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Hospitable. The president will take his case to lawmakers and the American People tonight. The white house calls his message optimistic and focus on the renewal of the american spirit. This morning on fox friends the president explained in part what that means to him. President trump well spend a lot more money on military. We have to. We have no choice. A lot of people think its a tremendous amount of money. It could be 30 billion more than that. Well get involved in negotiating and well be able to get, i think, a lot more product for our buck. The money will come from a revved up economy. You look at the kind of numbers were doing, we were probably gdp of a little more than 1 and if i can get that up to 3, maybe more, we have a whole different ballgame. A whole different ballgame. Thats what were looking to do. Bill Kristin Fisher leads us off live at the white house. Good morning to you. Final preps are underway. What more can you tell us and what will be in the speech tonight . Bill, the white house says this speech can be divided into two parts. The first part promises made and promises kept. The things he has already accomplished. Things like repealing and withdrawing from the tpp, reviving those two oil pipelines. Immigration order. Even though it ran into problem in the courts its popular with his supporters and the second part is laying out what he plans to do on things like tax reform, Infrastructure Spending and healthcare. All i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. We have a really terrific, i believe, Healthcare Plan coming out. Obamacare has been a disaster. Its way out of control. Doesnt work. Doesnt cover very many people. Does not cover very many people relative to what our population is. Now, the white house says the same group of writers who wrote the inaugural address are writing this speech. This one is expected to be a bit more hopeful and a bit more optimistic than what we heard on january 20th. Bill who are the special guests for the president for the joint address . If you want to know what this speech is going to focus on, look at all of the special guests that President Trump has invited to be in the House Chamber with him when he delivers this address tonight. Those people include the widows of two California Police officers who were killed in the line of duty by an illegal immigrant. The father of a High School Football star shot and killed by an illegal immigrant and the widow of the Late Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. One more thing. Were so used to seeing President Trump speaking to a crowd full of supporters. In this room tonight half of there oppose him. Half the people there will be democrats. So, bill, i think it will be interesting to see how President Trump handles it. Bill well be watching. Thank you, kristin. Setting the table on the north lawn. Shannon lets bring in digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt and charlie hurt. Welcome to you, gentlemen. Bill you did a great job with this, by the way. Shannon tried to take credit. Im giving it to the what do you expect tonight, charlie . One of those things where donald trump usually shines pretty well. The stakes are pretty high. He will be talking as he often does over the heads of the media directly to the American People and he does a very good job of that. The big thing will be how he is working the crowd, the audience of congress. Because he does have not only a divided congress but he has even people in his own party who arent completely on board with him. They may like the additional defense spending but want to get into entitlement stuff and it will be the beginnings of a negotiation. And i think a very healthy and open one that could wind up producing some good results. Bill there is a column in that answer somewhere, the beginning of a negotiation. Shannon chris, the president gave him some grades with our folks on fox friends about how he is doing. He doesnt think he is doing well on messaging. A bit of what he said and well get your reaction. President trump in terms of messaging i would give myself a c or c plus. I think ive done great things but i dont think i and my people, i dont think weve explained it well enough to the american public. I think i get an a in terms of what ive actually done but in terms of messaging i would give myself a c or c plus. How will you change it . President trump maybe i change it during the speech. Shannon Obama Administration said they hadnt communicated it well. There was truth in it for president obama and more truth for trump because things have been so chaotic. If i was Kellyanne Conway i thought i better show up early tomorrow morning. Bill because of the i and my people. He is not satisfied with his people. No, im pretty good, those people, though, that work for me arent doing so hot. They havent been. We should remember. I was talking to joe manchin about this in the lobby here, which was he ran a bare bones absolutely skeletal crew for his campaign and theyve staggered a little bit trying to get on their feet for the administration. Now theyre crossing over and this speech marks the pivot moment where either he learns to be president and can lay the stuff out or it stays a soap opera. Bill i dont know if tonight is a barn burner like the inauguration speech or inauguration 2. 0 or more inclusive. I think it will be like the inaugural. For people that support him theyll really like it. It will be i imagine knowing him it is going to be a little shocking at times where he levels a pretty scorching indictment of congress and the failures of congress and the voters of washington the people in the room wont want to hear that. In that respect i think it will be something of a barn burner but ive always said throughout the campaign the guy he is not a partisan guy. He really is a pragmatic guy who wants to get things done. Its why conservatives i myself, i want obamacare to be done away with. He wants it to work. Thats frightening for the conservative. Shannon does it turn into audience participation tonight . Are we Getting Parliament here . Totally different experience. I would imagine liberals in the house who have the incentive in their districts to be as awful as they possibly can will out do even the awfulness of republicans who somebody screamed you lied to president obama. There will be demonstrations. There will be this is the moment for trump where he needs to show you know what . I got the long game in mind, i have policies. In 1981 Ronald Reagan had a similar moment. He came before a joint session of congress in february and these are the four things i want to you do. He stayed on them to pass them an get an economic Recovery Plan that gave us silicon valley, the internet and all things out of those changes. Trump has to have a clear agenda, say what it is. When people holler and get upset this cant be theater in that way. It cant be audience pafrt participation. Ive got this and come with me to the better place. Bill steve bannon has a to do list on his wall in the oval office. When President Trump speaks about his agenda, when steve there is i find it enormously entertaining when he gets into skirmishes but what matters most is accomplishing growth. It solves all problems. Well see you gentlemen downstairs somewhere. We have a powerful prime timelineup tonight. Bret baier special report has you covered at 6 00 eastern. At 7 00 Martha Maccallum will have analysis on the first 100 days and it will take you right up to the president s address and a special edition of hannity airs at 11 00 p. M. Eastern. Bill we have a big show on tap in americas newsroom including thoughts on the speech from two powerful republican lawmakers, trey gowdy in a few moments and Jason Chaffetz. Well also talk to more. We have a big couple hours coming up for you to let you know. Shannon we talked about this before. The members in Congress Like to go and reserve seats along the aisles so they can shake the president s hand and getting on camera. It is forbidden. Well see if there is as much of a demand this year. The white house is firing back against calls for an independent investigation into alleged ties between russia and the Trump Campaign. Even some Congressional Republicans are divided on calls for a special prosecutor. What should lawmakers do . Bill how will congress handle repealing and replacing obamacare . The white house is working on its own plan now. Well have more on what could be in the details. And there are many. Shannon a plane plunges from the skies over Southern California right into a packed suburban neighborhood. The plane was going when they took the body out and then they i saw the body get dragged out. It was pretty dramatic scene. To lose weight . 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You had the Intelligence Community look at russias involvement in the election. You had the house and senate both do the same. At some point you do have to ask yourself what are you actually looking for . How many times do you have to come to the same conclusion before you take the answer . Bill that from the white house pushing back on calls for a special prosecutor to invest igate between the Trump Campaign and russia. Youre a lawyer first and prosecutor. Where are we based on what you know about russia . Well, you proved the scoping. Theyve been investigating russia before it became fashionable to talk about russia. Intromentioned special prosecutor. There is no independent counsel statute. A regulation allows for the appointment of special counsel if the department of justice has a conflict and if all 92 u. S. Attorneys have a conflict. Until that evidentiary burden has been satisfied i dont know why republicans or democrats are talking about special counsel. Bill that sounds like a lot based on your interpretation of the law. Its too early, special counsel only applies to a criminal investigation. Congress has a constitutional role, of course we should look into russia and all of its manifestations, but bill, i think its important to note russia didnt target the dnc. It is not republicans fault that john podesta picked a password that a guy from sling blade could figure out. Russia targeted america and we should look at them and their efforts to influence in france and germany. If their only access thats a myopic view. Bill if they swayed votes here or there. Thats a big deal. If they tried to intervene, to what degree . Its separate from influence. What i want is those who have jurisdiction to do their jobs. The f. B. I. Investigates crime. Congress does not. Congress does investigate constitutional injuries and there would be a role for us to look at russias efforts to not just attack the dnc, but how do we know they also didnt attempt to attack the rnc and they dont have rnc documents but theyll wait until a later point to release them . Russia is not our friend. Russia is a global power desperately seeking to become a worldwide power or a Regional Power trying to become a global power. Im fine to investigate russia but to have a hearing where youre discussing confidential information isnt in the countrys interests. I would take more comfort in knowing there was an independent body doing its work as were doing our work in the Intelligence Committee. The single most important step we could do to give the Public Confidence this will be done in a completely nonpartisan fashion. Bill well see if he gets his wish. He talked about the leaks as well. Do you want to know who is leaking . At the white house or administration . I do. I dont like leaks regardless of who is doing it and who is impacted by it. You never heard me praise wikileaks or praise julie assange. I dont like leaks particularly when theyre criminal in nature. Bill are these leaks criminal . Yes. The content is classified with general flynn. That leak is criminal in nature. I wonder if thats the same adam schiff i worked with on the benghazi committee. He had a very different view before President Trump became president. Bill i dont know if you ever find a source of a leak in washington, d. C. When youre dealing with classified information, there is a very small universe. You didnt have the transcript. Shannon didnt have the transcript. If you can find the universe of people who would have had access to the transcript and use polygraphs and other forensic tools i guarantee you wont find the source of the leak if you dont look for it. Bill what do you want to hear tonight . What i want to hear is a roadmap for economic recovery and a conversation about National Security including russia and the threat they are to the United States and were in a hyper divided nation right now, bill. I would love to hear a message of unity. Finding those things that all of us as americans agree on. Maybe just because im getting old and been here six years. What unites us surpasses what divides us. I with like to hear a message of unity. Bill we call the leaders down together and have them shake hands on camera. That would be a start. Thank you, shannon, whats next . Shannon dramatic new video showing a truck and another vehicle brazenly crossing into the u. S. From mexico through a hole in a border fence. Will vulnerabilities like that be addressed . Bill President Trump saying he will introduce his own replacement to obamacare. Senator john thune is next on that live here in washington we have a really terrific, i believe, Healthcare Plan coming out. 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Bill newly released video showing a truck crossing into the u. S. From mexico. Happened in douglas, arizona, happened last november. The video is out just now. You can see a pickup truck and another vehicle driving through a hole cut out by smugglers in the border fence. Some patrol agents say Security Problems like these have been allowed to fester for a long time and they hope for a new sense of urgency under President Trump. President Trump Obamacare has been a disaster. Way out of control. Doesnt work. Were coming out with a Healthcare Plan that i think will be terrific. It will be very inclusive and i think it is going to do really what people are wanting it to do. Shannon President Trump undaunted by disarray in congress over healthcare policy saying he intends to craft his own replacement for obamacare. Governors Terry Mcauliffe and Brian Sandoval are giving us more insight into the plan that tom price will be involved and that the administrations healthcare proposal could be done in just a few weeks. South dakota senator john thune talks about that and more today. What do you make of this, the characterization that the gop are not united in the plan moving forward. They have multiple different plans within the house. The white house may send down its own plan. Whats the best course of action . There are a lot of good ideas out there. We welcome the input from the administration. If the president wants to lay out a plan, we would look forward to working with him on that. All we know we have to do this. This is a failed system. It is an example of the failure of liberal economics and central plan trying to define what healthcare coverage is for all of america. And we need a system thats more flexible that creates a more patientcentered personalized healthcare that is affordable for every american. What we hear most people talk about is cost. They want to see the costs come down. Shannon if you try to keep the things, a lot of things important for people. Preexisting conditions and keeping people on until theyre 26. That has a cost as well. Where do you make up that money by dismantling parts of the program and giving people more autonomy about what they do but keeping the good things that people love about the plan . There is a better way to do. The obamacare tried to dictate it from a one size fits all solution from washington, d. C. These are discrete problems that can be involved in different ways. Preexisting conditions there is an approach with high risk pools that states can come up with plans and the same thing is true with respect to making sure people 26 and under have access. I think that all these issues can be solved and well come together behind a plan. In the process it takes time. We have lots of different ideas and good ideas. What we know is what we have now is a failure. And whether Hillary Clinton had won this election or donald trump winning the election we knew we would have this conversation. It has to be fixed. Shannon congressman mark walker with one of the more conservatives groups in the house says the bill contains what increasingly appears to be a new Health Insurance entitlement with a republican stamp on it referring to a plan that were leaked. Can you understand why the most conservative over there are thinking and opposing what they understand to be the plan right now and they dont want to sign off on something that is more money good after bad . If you look at how it would work, advance refundable tax credit is a different approach than having the government subsidize these plans. It allows people to make choices and creates competition. Those things drive down cost. Most americans want to see reduction in cost. Premiums on the exchanges on average went up 25 . Seven states they went up 50 and 1 3 of all countries today only have one option. This is not working. It is a failed system and the refundable tax credit is being talked about as a feature in the house plan really is a much different approach than what is in place right now and it involves individuals giving them the choices, allowing Insurance Companies to compete for their business and that will have a profound impact on cost. Shannon weve had the governors in town over the weekend. Many of them have taken Medicaid Expansion which covered millions of additional people with some type of healthcare option. Theyre worried about anything that would strip that away. A lot of talk that some plans will pull the federal funding back. It is something that has a price tag to it. Those governors very concerned. Some of them didnt take the option and they think it isnt the best way to use this money to have the federal funds pouring in and telling them how to spend it. There are 33 republican governors. In half the states they did expand and about half they didnt. And then you have 17 democrat governors. You have to get these people involved in the discussion. Thats why i think the conversation that occurred yesterday was a good one. And its important in the end that we get a plan the governors can get behind. In soliciting their input, figuring out how to make this Medicaid Program equitable and the things done. If we distribute power and resources back to the states and allow them to run it and give them more flexibility how do we make it equitable. It is key to have the governors involved in the conversation. In the end that will save billions over a long period of time trillions of dollars if you do it that way instead of washington shannon thanks for coming in today. I know youll be tuned in tonight. Bill real money in the end if you can make it happen. Republican lawmakers facing fired up crowds at recent town halls in different parts of the country. President trump says politics are at play here. Who he says may be behind the raucous crowds. That answer may surprise you. That and more is our special coverage of the address to a joint session of Congress Rolls on live on a Beautiful Day in our Nations Capital. Bill fox news alert 9 33 here in washington were counting down to the first address by President Donald Trump to a joint session of congress. 9 00 eastern time, prime time tonight. President set to make his case for more military spending. Repealing obamacare and longawaited tax reform. Meanwhile President Trump saying politics are to blame for the leaks plaguing the first month of his administration. That president obama may be behind it. I think president obama is behind it. His people are certainly behind it and some of the leaks possibly come from that group. Some of the leaks which are really very serious leaks. Theyre very bad in terms of National Security. But i also understand thats politics and in terms of him being behind things, thats politics. And it will probably continue. Shannon Juan Williams and guy benson. Good to see you both, gentlemen. Bill Beautiful Day. Interesting about donald trump is that he says yeah, president obama is behind it, no big deal. Its politics. Isnt that a curious answer on its face . I dont know what to do with it talking to you. I think to myself you always have to give the president of the United States the benefit of the doubt. He is often better informed than we are. There is no evidence that president obama is involved, complicit in such a thing as to purposely, intentionally provoke leaks to damage donald trump. There is not even evidence that there are this has been around town, there may be some leftover obama people in National Security, maybe over at state who have been reporting like the phone calls and the like. But when you actually start to push in on these sources you find out there is a lot of daggers among trump people, even trump people very close to trump. Bill you are dismissing it. I dont dismiss it. There is no evidence of such and therefore it would be offensive to president obama to make a claim like that against the former president. I want to give current president much respect. Shannon we know there are thousands of people who stay plugged into the infrastructure. The administration is worried about leaks from within. Inside this administration who dont have the nicest thing to say about the president. Sean spicer taking the phones and looking for leaks. Theyre trying to cover every front on this. I think thats right. I wonder if in this case. We have to dig in and take guesses. One of my guesses is maybe what the president is saying as obama his people, his holdovers. There has been reporting that some of his loyalists in the state department, in the Intelligence Community and elsewhere may be responsible for some of these leaks that are designed to damage and undermine trump. I dont think he completely pulls it out of nowhere. He was attributing to obama some of the town hall protests over obamacare. I havent seen any actual hard evidence of that. But if you think about it, the president the former president did come out and encourage people to protest trump policies on immigration. He has said almost openly that he plans to have a post presidency that is explicitly political and in his heart he is an organizer, a political animal. It wouldnt surprise me. Bill he could do it from this town, too, right. Organizing for america is his grassroots organization. Who is reporting on that . What are they doing and up to . So far it has been less organizing for america than some of these new groups popping up. Remember, a lot of the effort went into the dnc, Democratic National Committee Selection of a new chair. Clearly the obama faction there was behind tom perez the former labor secretary in obamas cabinet. They put pressure there. You had biden as well as jarret and others calling members. There is activity. But in terms of the real organizing that were talking about. Organizing for america, i havent seen that profile recently. Shannon they said theyd have 400 rallies aimed at pushing back on the president and gop with respect to obamacare and directed people with other groups and partnering with each other. It seems like there is plenty the obama people were good at organizing. Here is my broader question. Take a step back. Does it really matter . To quote Hillary Clinton at this point what difference does it make whether president obama and his top orbit are explicitly behind the organization or rooting it on, why does it matter . Were in a new era i feel. All of this is a former president shouldnt say things about his successor. Arent we in a trump era and past comportment complaints . Bill what difference does it make . Because things are so polarized and so intensely political at the moment if you were able to say president obama is doing this, i think it is much in line with President Trump saying the press is my enemy. Or these people are out to get me. And then you have a sense of him being embattled and rallying people who are his supporters saying if you guys will play like that well even be tougher. Bill my feeling, though, if youre the Democratic Party and you dont have power in this town, the only power you have is that of resistance. Thats true. I think thats why you see thats the slogan. They hang that off some of the building cranes around town resist, thats right. The thing is, if you do it in such a way that is antagonistic or offensive to the office of the president i think you hurt yourself. Watching the clip from trump i dont think he views it as beyond the pale if obama is involved. He said its politics. He thinks its fair game and almost like he said if the roles were reversed i would be doing it. He doesnt seem bothered by it. He is a savvy political actor in that way. It is beyond what weve seen in the past in terms of president s talking about each other. Even george w. Bush on hannity. He says he has some issues but very, very courteous and respectful. Shannon he took an eightyear high hiatus on doing that as well. Details coming out on the budget plan. More money coming the pentagons way but more than 100 retired general warning against the cuts planned elsewhere to make up for that money. Well explain why. Bill republican lawmakers warning against a witch hunt amid calls for a special prosecutor to look for ties between President Trumps Campaign Team and russia. Jason chaffetz is live in a morning and getting his morning steps in. First here is chairman devan nunez from yesterday. Weve always been interested in what the russians are up to. This is part of an Ongoing Investigation that i was hopeful would have never been out in the press like it is but now it is. From rochester to the hudson valley, from albany to utica, Creative Business incentives, infrastructure investment, university partnerships, and the lowest taxes in decades are creating a stronger economy and the right environment in new york state for business to thrive. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today at esd. Ny. Gov were going through all the evidence and, you know, the idea of a special prosecutor to go on a witch hunt against the American People we ought to be concerned about that. Bill that interview getting a lot of play for good reason. Devin nunez warning against a witch hunt into a New York Times report with ties between the trump team and russia and calls for a special prosecutor. Jason chaffetz is with me here. High above the buildings in washington, d. C. Nice to see you, sir. Can you find the answer . Can you get to the bottom of it . I think so. There is a reason why the house of representatives set up a select committee on intelligence. The whole idea was who is going to oversee the Intelligence Community . The c. I. A. And those types of folks. Devin nunez, i have great confidence in him. Adam chiffon the democratic side thats what theyll do and they should get to the bottom of it. Bill is it an easy thing to do . Its not. If youre looking at sources and methods youre looking at human intelligence, signals intelligence. Satellite. There is a select committee set up uniquely to do that and provide that oversight. In this case i think its best that the Intel Committee lead out on it. Bill i talked to trey gowdy, he said bill, at the moment there is no there there. Is there . They should look at it. Were going to be looking at general flynn and his going to russia or being paid to interact with the russians even though he was not in the military, wasnt in the Trump Administration. Thats something were curious about. Of course they should look at it and the Intel Committee is doing that and leading it out. Bill you mentioned adam schiff. He said this about the leaks and where it goes from here. The fact that the intelligence agencies were or officials there were trying to push back on their times story acting as a pr arm of the white house is inappropriate. Bill who is doing the leaking . The suggestion on behalf of the white house is we had information suggesting that what we were telling you was indeed true and we wanted to get more of that word out there. Do you believe thats inappropriate in any way . I dont see any evidence that anything was inappropriate. I think if there was an investigation going on, the f. B. I. , others, should not respond to that but you want the president of the United States to know what is or isnt happening if there is an imminent threat. I dont see any wrongdoing at this point. Bill why is this so much the talk of the story in this town . Democrats are still flailing. They havent figured out why they lost and cant believe that donald trump is the president of the United States. There are some legitimate questions. Were asking and others are asking but to suggest a special prosecutor and all these extreme things seems very premature. Bill you met with the president two weeks ago. I dont know what the content of the conversation was but you stated it to several reporters. What is your sense about how he is doing . Its amazing. Its such a sea change in washington in a good way. You have a president thats wholly engaged. He has his shirts sleeves rolled up. Pushing the agenda faster than congress, house and senate can go, which is a good thing. He is a disruptive president , which is what the country wanted and what i welcome. The idea well get after tax reform and obamacare and regulations and thats exactly what the country signed up for and thats what theyre getting so far. Bill what will they get tonight in this speech . Who knows . Bill this is a twitter feed for an hour, hour and a half straight. Can you use twitter . It would be bad form to pull out your phone and do twitter. Bill are you allowed to or is it against the rules . I dont know who would come in and turn it off. You arent supposed to. There is a decorum this country has. People should not be pulling out phones. Bill do you believe this is inauguration 2. 0 where you get a barn burner of an address or is it different . I think you get a bit of a barn burner of an address. When you have the room full of democrats and republicans it is sort of a mellow drama, right . People are standing up. Other people sitting on their hands. Some are clapping. I hope we do come united, though, when we talk about foreign policy. When we talk about our military. We have to show a united front. We have to show the United States of america means business and that weve got each others back no matter which party were on. For our military thats very important. Bill the reaction on behalf of lawmakers will be half the story tonight. More than half the story. Thanks, bill. Bill Jason Chaffetz. Thank you, good to see you in person. Shannon, whats next . Shannon the big speech tonight for President Trump. What does the Republican Base want to hear . Brandnew rnc chair woman will join us live. Bill a deadly plane crash in Southern California. How a trip to disneyland turned into such tragedy. When we got here we saw a lot of people panicking. We saw the back house of the neighbors exiting. Firefighters were taking people to safety. Make sure the germs they bring home dont stick around. Use clorox disinfecting products. Because no one kills germs better than clorox. Shannon a trip to disneyland turning into tragedy. A small plane crashing into houses in suburban Southern California. There were five people on board the plane heading home from a cheerleading competition. Three were killed. Were live in los angeles. What do we know about what happened . Shannon, the plane was a cessna 310. It took off from Riverside Municipal Airport about 60 miles directly east of Downtown Los Angeles around 4 30 yesterday afternoon. Within minutes it was plummeting to the ground seemingly taking a straight downward path that could indicate an engine stall but were not sure at this point. We saw some dramatic and disturbing aerial pictures of one victim badly burned being pulled from what was a very intense fire as that jet fuel burned destroying, as you can see, quite plainly there, two homes in the process. Witnesses who were very near to the scene said it was extremely frightening. Listen here. It was scary, the second time it happened in riverside. It happened over on adams street a plane fell down. Another plane fell down, a little risky living around the airport community. It was raining at the time of the crash, shannon. It was also overcast. Visibility were told was around three miles. The National Transportation safety board now investigating exactly what happened, shannon. Shannon jonathan, do we know anything about the victims, those on board . You mentioned at the top that three people were killed, two were injured. All of those were told were on board the plane. No one on the ground was hurt. We dont have any names yet from officials but were told that on board the plane were a husband and wife and three teenagers. Were also told they were flying to san jose after taking part in a cheerleading competition at disney over the weekend where the junior usa nationals for girls 15 and under were being held. But that is about all we know about the victims right now. We should get more details, shannon, at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. Thats 11 00 a. M. Out here in the west when officials are due to hold a News Conference and tell us a little more about this terrible tragedy, shannon. Shannon well check back with you then. Thank you. Bill were minutes away now from a News Conference here in Washington House Republican Leadership on the day of the big speech from the president. Certainly topics likely to come up. When that begins in the Capitol Building well bring it to you. I dont know if they could have painted a better day than what we have. Last week in february . To have a day like this in washington, d. C. . You never know what you get. Shannon last time we had heated blankets, hand warmers, umbrellas, the whole thing for the inauguration. This is our gift to us after that. Bill much appreciated. Thank you to Mother Nature there. Shannon takes the train to new york on sunday, takes the train back to washington on monday, takes the train back to new york today, and then back to d. C. On friday. Shannon who was it that senator thune said im getting a lot of hemmer time. I like that. Bill you better, there is a lot of it. Break right here. Back in a moment with paul ryan and much more at the top of the hour. Y282uy ywty its league night . saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico goin up the country. Bowl without me. Frank. im going to get nachos. Snack bars closed. Gah ah, ah ah. Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. Shannon right now House Republican leaders are about to hold their weekly News Conference. This is coming just hours before the president s first major speech to congress laying out his plans for the coming year. Well keep an eye on that. They are certain to talk about obamacare and more important things. When they happen well take you there live. President trump offering a bold agenda. Saying tonights speech to congress will focus on early accomplishments and plans to make good on Campaign Promises to the American People. Welcome to a brandnew hour of americas newsroom. Im shannon bream. Bill im bill hemmer. Welcome to washington a stunning day. Prime time address will call for the renewal of the american spirit. The phrase that sean spicer has told us will wrap the them up in tonights address focusing on how to solve the problems of everyday americans. The speech to a Republicancontrolled Congress is expected to focus on the priorities facing a difficult path through congress. That will be healthcare, infrastructure, rebuilding the military. The president touched on all this a bit earlier today on fox friends when he said this about tonight. President trump ill try to bring people together. You do that through success. When i create jobs, when i create a Healthcare Plan that works as opposed to obamacare which does not work, when we do the kind of things and get rid of a lot of bad players, really bad players that were doing now on the border. People are loving what general kelly is doing. I have think that will change. A lot of the people that are protesting are the people that lost the election. Bill Rona Mcdaniel runs the rnc and our guest in our Nations Capital. Great to see you. A beautiful washington day. Bill michigan is probably beautiful. It is always beautiful. Bill we wont beat this. Your expectation based on what you heard from the white house is what . The president is talking to the america people as he did the whole campaign talking about how he will make their lives better. He will save them from the disaster of obamacare. He wants them to have better jobs and creating an optimistic vision our future and wants everyamerican to take part in that. Bill a lot of it costs money. How will you get that through . He talked about lowering the tax rate and making america competitive. When you grow the economy youll have more jobs, more growth and more money. Bill this is Kevin Mccarthy the House Majority leader on camera. Were watching for news and headlines and expect the House Speaker to be there as well. Thats coming up. We expected it. In the meantime the president was asked by the folks at fox friends how he would grade himself and if there is an area of improvement he would point to. He said the following. Listen to this. President trump in terms of achievement i think i would give myself an a because i think ive done great things but i dont think ive i and my people, i dont think weve explained it well enough to the american public. I think i get an a in terms of what ive actually done but in terms of messaging i would give myself a c or c plus. Bill part of your job at the rnc is the message. How do you think he is doing . He is doing a great job. He has a lot of obstacles. I give him an a. He is coming to the American People to give his message to congress and the American People. The obstruction of the democrats not working with this president and not giving him time to get his cabinet or work with him, thats a problem that he has dealt with from day one. Something that barack obama never had. Why arent the democrats giving this president a chance . 73 of americans have said they want to see democrats work with republicans. He will lay an optimistic vision for this country out tonight and we need democrats to work with republicans to help american families. Bill you mention this in your answer previous, growth. A lot of the budget expectations depend on 3 or greater. Whats holding us back . Were not competitive. Our Corporate Tax rates are too high. It sounds like business is holding us back but if businesses invest in america. They arent coming to small towns and putting jobs in small towns, we arent growing. Think about 1,000 jobs in a state like michigan. That means your schools are getting more funding. That means your local Community Businesses are getting more funding. Already President Trump has put more jobs in this country. Ford is investing more, dow. He wants to make us the most competitive nation in the world and he is working to achieve that. Bill last question. What are you hearing from fellow republicans about how they are reacting thus far . I thought jerry had an interesting piece in the wall street journal yesterday and he said a lot of the feelings about President Trump are baked in. The people who love him, love him a lot. And the people who do not do not like him at all. Does that change . It does. I go back to michigan every weekend. Im not from d. C. Im a washington outsider. I see it every day. I go to the Grocery Store and gas station and people are so pleased they finally have somebody in the white house who is championing the average american. People who have been left behind by the obama failing economy. The Democratic Party has become the party of the coastal elite and the Republican Party is the average american citizen struggling. Bill the message here in washington is very different. Its different. I go home every weekend. It is nice to go home and talk to people. I was at the nail salon the other day and she said ive been a democrat my whole life. My husband and i voted for President Trump. He is giving us hope and makes us feel finally we have someone in the white house that cares about me. Our voices havent been heard by the coastal elite democrat party. Bill tell the ladies in michigan we said hello and well see how it goes later tonight. It will be prime time viewing for sure. Good luck with your job running the rnc. Thank you. Shannon healthcare reform and Infrastructure Spending expected to take center stage in the speech tonight. Byron york is here. Were keeping an eye on the Republican Press conference. We talked about whether it gets rowdy or not tonight. It could. There was one republican representative. Joe wilson, South Carolina famously yelled you lied and apologized for it ever since. This is a really grand setting for the president. Almost as grand as the inauguration and you remember during the campaign we talked about pivots all the time. This is a chance for president bush President Trump to pivot from some of the things he has done in the beginning of his administration through executive Authority Like getting out of trade agreements, like strengthening border enforcement and pivot to the things he wants to do with congress that he has to have congress do. So this is a chance for him to one, build up support from the Republican Base. We just heard from the chairman of the rnc thats already pretty strong but do something that could appeal to democrats like Infrastructure Spending. Shannon the things weve heard from the white house its optimism and renewal. Most of the language i saw sounded populist. Apparently the president will take things that he has gathered from all the listening meetings that he has had at the white house with Union Leaders and healthcare ceos and other Business Leaders about regulations and those kinds of things. It will be reflective of what he is hearing from the American People. He has to show he is a different kind of republican president and the democrats cannot just use the oh, he is going to cut taxes for the wealthy and cut your benefits rhetoric against him. One thing weve always also seen is the beginnings of a conflict between him and Congressional Republicans about entitlements. I went to a lot of trump rallies in the campaign in which he said you paid for your Social Security and i am not going to cut it. And this is something that is a little different from what they call entitlement reform on capitol hill. He should highlight some differences with republicans as well as the things he wants to do. Shannon you talk about how the two coalitions are working together. Mike pence is a good liaison for some of those things. We have a sound bite from paul ryan talking about how theyre tackling some of these things and the role of the president. I see him as a chairman as a president like many successful president s have been. He gets people around him who are are detail people. Thats exactly the kind of commanderinchief we need in this country. Shannon acting as a chairman. People who are experts dig into the policy and wonky stuff but the speaker says its working well. Many successful president s do it that way. You could view that as the speaker of the house saying leave all the stuff to us. Well take care of it. The question is how much are their priorities exactly the same . Is tax reform as republicans want to do it on capitol hill exactly what donald trump wants to do . Remember, this is a night for grand rhetoric. Grand statements. But the actual details come later and we saw just yesterday with the president saying who knew healthcare could be so complicated . Shannon it does. Byron york, thank you. Bill lets drop in. The speaker of the house on capitol hill behind us. People are left with little or no choices in some instances. We need to replace it with a better system. Our whole purpose is to improve access to affordable healthcare coverage regardless of whether you have a preexisting condition or not. Thats what we ran on last year. Thats what were working on this year and thats our objective is to give people more choices, to give people access to more affordable healthcare choices, not less affordable healthcare choices or no choices at all which is the case with obamacare. Allen. [inaudible question] look, youll have a lot of churning this is plan were working on together, the house, senate and white house so there arent rival plans. Were working on this together with the administration. I would tell you, allen, we started this process not a few months ago. We started this process over a year ago. House republicans assembled a Healthcare Task force with all the committees of jurisdiction and any House Republican who wanted to get in on that. It looked like a lot like the price plan. It was considered the conservative Gold Standard at the time last year. Many conservatives cosponsored that plan. That plan looks a lot like what were working on right now. You have to remember when it comes to tax credits, people who do not get Health Insurance from their job are discriminated against right now in the tax code. Let me say that again. The current tax code discriminates against people who dont get healthcare at work. We want to end the discrimination in the tax code against people who dont get healthcare through work and equalize healthcare so everybody regardless whether you get healthcare at work or dont has an opportunity to get a Healthcare Plan affordable for you. Thats what weve always been looking at and what were working on with the administration. At the end of the day when we get everything done and right well be unified on this. Are you 100 confident there were no contacts at all between the Trump Campaign and russian officials . We have an Ongoing Investigation. We have seen no evidence so far based upon the investigations that have been conducted. There was an Intelligence Department investigation. The House Republicans have been doing investigation on russia itself and we have a bipartisan investigation through the house Intelligence Committee. They finished their oversight plan last night to go forward. I wont get ahead of the investigation thats occurring now. Just so you know, this has been investigated, weve been investigating it and continue to investigating to make sure no stone is unturned. Casey. Entitlement reform i never give up a dream. Im a green bay packer fan. So never give up a dream. By the way, two entitlements are being reformed with repealing and replacing obamacare right now. Two entitlements were reforming this spring. Were repealing and replacing obamacare. I think thats a good start. Thank you very much. Bill there is your headline right there. No evidence, Ongoing Investigation with regard to this russia matter on the election, but it will continue and speaker ryan also making a point of saying that theyve been on this obamacare thing for some time and what he topped his remarks off with were trying to figure out how to improve access and affordability. All that is happening now on the house side in the capitol behind us. Russia story is a headline. On going investigation, no evidence. Shannon the white house is promise to boost military spending and major cuts in other areas. More than 100 retired generals warning against that move. Well tell you why. The future of business in new york state is already in motion. Companies across the state are growing the economy, with the help of the lowest taxes in decades, a talented workforce, and worldclass innovations. Like in plattsburgh, where the most advanced transportation is already en route. And in corning, where the future is materializing. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today at esd. Ny. Gov shannon here moments ago paul ryan talking about the future of obamacare. Joining me now governor rick scott of florida. Rebuilding america now super pac. Were not in trouble. You hear the sirens. Not coming for us. There have been people sounding the alarm for obamacare a long time. You have had specific issues with florida and resisting the Medicaid Expansion. Thats something a lot of governors are talking about now including your counterpart in ohio, governor kasich. You spent a lot of time with him. How tuned into to the details the president is. Spent two hours talking about an issue. I focused on healthcare. We spent two hours. He asked a lot of questions. He really cares. He wants to get into the details. He knows that i think he said something thats complicated. The truth is politics are complicated. Fixing it is a pretty easy if you do the right things you can fix healthcare in the country but politics are hard. Shannon i think we have the sound bite he talks about how complex it is. We have come up with a solution thats really, really i think very good. Now, i have to tell you, some unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated. Shannon you know because youve been dealing with this. Kevin brady, the congressman of the house ways and Means Committee its like a rubiks cube. Everything you tweak triggers other things. Its tough to get it done. The president got a lot of input from governors. A lot of work on capitol hill. How do they get on the same page . President trump inherited a terrible mess with obamacare. A lot of expectations that will be difficult to make happen. I know the president cares about people getting healthcare. I grew up in a family that didnt have healthcare. He cares about healthcare. What he said on saturday. He has to make sure states are treated fairly. Some expanded, some didnt. You have to treat everybody fairly. He has taken the time to get information. Tom price is a great hhs secretary. I think together theyll come up with a great plan. I think theyll give me a lot of flexibility. What i want. I know what people need in my state. The other governors know what their needs are in their states. Theyll give me a lot of inflexibility and i can improve healthcare in my state. Shannon youve been hanging out with democratic counterparts. It could get raucous tonight. This will be fun. Ive never been on a speech in congress. Im sure donald trump will be excited about tonight and talk about healthcare, how to improve the economy. Weve added 1. 2 million jobs. Follow our blueprint. Lower taxes, less regulation. Shannon you spent a lot of time with him and see if he takes your suggestion. Thank you for coming, governor. Great florida weather. Bill whats the truth behind russia and our election . We just heard from paul ryan, the white house saying the issue has settled. Why is it still the talk of Washington Well find out next. I think that russias involvement and activity has been investigated up and down so the question becomes at some point if there is nothing to further investigate, what are you asking people to investigate . Bill now the white house firing back against calls for a special prosecutor on this investigation to alleged ties between russia and the trump team from last election. Well bring in Julian Turner who served on the white house National Security staff under president s obama and bush and a fox news contributor. A hot topic in washington seems like it will continue for a little bit. Just so you know Jason Chaffetz and trey gowdy on last hour. Gowdys point as a former prosecutor there is no there there and may not be anything there there. Chaffetz said well do the investigation and figure out whats behind it. Two issues need to be investigated. One is the Trumps Administration campaign Era Communications with the russian government and the matter of who leaked this information during what during their time in office . So both are, i think, important National Security issues. Both warrant investigations. I think you muddy the waters when you pursue them together, though. Thats where they become politicized. I dont think that either are really political issues. Bill can you find leakers in this town . Name one. Part of the problem here is the Obama Administration came down really hard on leakers. They looked for these people, they would then prosecute them. I think the Trump Administration is reluctant, came in reluctant to do that but they are now starting to see what the real problem it is and feeling the burn. Bill 10 minutes ago paul ryan said this about the investigation. House republicans have been doing an investigation on russia itself through the Intelligence Committee and a bipartisan investigation with the house Intelligence Committee. I wont get ahead of the investigation occurring now. Just so you know, this has been investigated, weve been investigating it and continue to investigate to make sure no stone is unturned. Bill if memory serves he also said there is no evidence in that same comment. A little contradictory. With the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence investigation. Do i get a gold star . The Intelligence Committee looking into this now, i think what were going to find is based on the statements from representative schiff and nunez on this already, they will come at it along ideological political lines. I dont like that. I feel it does a disservice to these really important issues. Investigate. Find a way to work together. Not make it about whether or not you like the Trump Administration and their style of governance. Make it about what has actually gone on. Bill you have to emphasize in all the analysis here and the fine point to be made, did they throw any votes or did they just try to influence . Right. Bill if its b and not a, russia is doing that in how many countries around the world . Exactly. Its still Important Information for the United States government to have. We can decide if we want to take retaliatory action. Thats what im interested in. Im not as interested in did they change American Voters minds and sway people. Its unlikely they did. What i want to know is how concerted was their effort and what levels of kremlin were involved . Bill that many people in this town talking about this . Maybe a few weeks ago. More people should probably key into it. Not as a political issue. Forget who is the president , forget who ran in the election. This is about did the russian government on its own decide they were going to in a concerted manner try and interfere . Thats to me a very important question. Bill thanks for coming up today. How about that . You have given orielly a hard time last night. I cant help he was a little sensitive. Bill you held your ground. His point was at what point do the town hall hecklers cross the line . Bill, if he was up there he would last longer than the congressman. Bill he would have booted all of them. Thank you. Shannon were just getting in a little video. Mike pence is doing a swearing in ceremony for the secretary of commerce, wilbur ross. He finally made it in with the formal vote in the senate. It has become an official position now there so we watch the video of the Vice President swearing him in and another member of the trump cabinet takes his place in the cabinet. There are others still waiting in the wings. Were going to learn more about them. Rick perry, former Texas Governor is still waiting as Energy Secretary and the secretary of interior nominee congressman ryan zinke waiting as well. Theyre expected in short order that they will be teed up and get their votes in the senate as well. The senates advise and consent has been very busy. Bill well hear something about this tonight. I think there will be a nudge on the floor of the house tonight during this address before congress. You know, whats the holdup . Get it done. Here comes the Vice President pence. Lets go ahead and drop in and see if we can hear something. Thank you for joining us on behalf of the president of the United States its my great privilege to administer the oath of office to a man who will become the 39th secretary of commerce for the United States of america, wilbur ross. [applause] since this department was founded in 1903, the position of secretary of commerce has been filled by many distinguished americans and wilbur rosss addition will continue. Bill wilbur ross is the next cabinet member now to be sworn in, shannon. Shannon military leaders are welcoming the president s call to boost their budget but why are they warning against cutting other departments to make that happen and saying it could make the world more dangerous . Well get involved in negotiating. We will be having the greatest military that we ever had by the time i finish. Yes, sir, we need your password. The password that i use . Yes, sir, your password. Theres been another breach sir right. Okay. Iha. Temyjob1. Ihatemyjob1 . Wanna get away . Now you can with southwest fares as low as 59 dollars oneway. Yes to low fares with nothing to hide. Thats transfarency. Sfx clap, clap, ding bill 10 33 here in washington, d. C. More than 100 retired generals now pushing back against white house proposals that make major cuts in nondefense spending. They would offset a hike in the military budget which will be the proposal that you will hear in part later tonight. President trump well spend a lot more money on military. We have to. We have no choice. A lot of people think its a tremendous amount of money. It could be actually 30 billion more than that. Were going to upgrade our military substantially. Bill jake keane is a fox news military analyst and with us on the roof. Let me come back to the generals in a moment. I think the more important point is you as a military man for several years has been saying we can beat isis, we just need to commit to the fight. And now there is an idea where President Trump wants to see a plan to beat isis within a year. Is that going to work . The pentagon is coming in with Something Like that. The operation in iraq were committed to in the fifth month of that offensive in mosul. Once that is cleaned up most of the territory will be retaken. Not much change to that. The challenge in iraq will remain twofold. One political unity to help stabilize that country politically. Thats a huge challenge in front of us. We can play a role in that. Number two, lets face it, our forces will stay in iraq for probably years to come and this president will have to make that decision. Syria is really the issue in terms of reclaiming territory and they are coming in with plan to do that. From what i understand they are strengthening the current plan of having special Operation Forces there and using the kurds to take down isis at raqqa. That will probably take some months to be able to do that. Theyll put artillery in there and apache to enable that ground force to be more effective. I actually prefer that the turks plan to be frank about it. Which is Arab Coalition on the ground. Turk coalition on the ground. U. S. Coalition small on the ground. Take it down quickly more decisively. Leave the Arab Coalition in place. Pull out the turks and u. S. Quickly. Bill that can be done in a year you believe . That would be done considerably less. Bill you are talking months . Yes. Bill that isolates isis in iraq and isolates isis in syria. There is more to the plan. Bill what the dozen other countries . This is the comprehensive nature of the plan that the president has called for that the pentagon will bring forward, a whole of government approach. We have to destroy their virtual caliphate. Take away their finances. The comprehensive nature of the plan. Agree with it. As you suggested, this movement has expanded into 30 plus other countries. We need to work with our allies in actually defeating isis in those countries. Bill that will take more than a year. That will take more than a year but it wont take u. S. Troops on the ground in those countries. Thats not the plan. The plan is to insist with intelligence and training possibly if they need that with some capabilities they may not have. But what we dont have now is a strategy to deal with all that. This is the first time were going to see a comprehensive strategy to defeat isis. Bill james mattis will lead that. Is he getting input from david petraeus. He will lead a whole of government effort. U. S. Treasury to help work on finances. The state department to assist with allies in terms of undermining the ideology. The allies themselves obviously closely align with them. This is putting together a strategy and a bit of an unofficial alliance to defeat isis. Bill raqqa is a town in eastern syria. It was or imagine still is at the centerpiece of this movement. It is. Its their headquarters. Bill to years ago you said id land them on that airstrip at nighttime and they would be gone in three days. Not necessarily three days. Bill is that how you characterized it was to suggest you can do this easily. Still today, general, do you believe whether its that simple of a mission or has it changed . What i was talking about is raids in those days to bring down isis much more quickly than what we have been doing. Conduct largescale raids that bring the capability down. Dont give them their headquarters and the sanctuary they have there. Weve been doing air campaigns but havent been contesting them on the ground. Right now were encircling raqqa. This plan i think we dont have resolution of the plan and i dont think we should. Thats one thing i totally agree with the president about here is that lets not talk about the details of what this plan is going to be and tell our enemy everything that were going to do with it. I suspect he will be somewhat circumspect about what were actually going to do. Bill want to squeeze in one last question. 54 billion in defense spending will be the request. Will Congress Give it to him . Theyll find the 54 billion someplace else. Congress will probably vote that. I do believe i think it has to be greater than that, frankly. I sort of agree with senator mccain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee and his white paper he prepared. Its a pretty authoritative paper. They call for a 91 billion spending in the first year. The president mentioned this morning that he may have to add more money to the 54 billion. I think thats absolutely necessary. I mean, our view has got to understand how seriously depleted the military is these last number of years and how much well have to invest to get us back to a position that is absolutely where we have a credible deterrent. We dont have the credible deterrent we used to have. Some of the money im convinced can be found inside the Defense Department if we take a tough look at the businesslike functions we have there and truly improve these functions, which occupy hundreds of billions of dollars over the course of a fiveyear plan. Bill im well out of time. Thank you for yours. General jack keane here. Thank you. Shannon tonight is the big night. President trumps highly anticipated speech before a joint session of congress. Will we see the same President Trump tonight we saw on the campaign trail . A look at that next. In addition to laying out the concrete steps the president has already taken to make the American Dream possible for all of our people, he will talk about the bold agenda he wants to work with congress. With 9 lobster dishes. Try succulent new lobster mix match or see how sweet a lobster lovers dream can be. Theres something for everyone and everyones invited. So come in soon. Everything your family touches sticks with them. Make sure the germs they bring home dont stick around. Use clorox disinfecting products. Because no one kills germs better than clorox. Bill President Trump setting the tone for his highly anticipated address to Congress Later tonight. Youll be watching. Shannon youll be watching, too. Bill 60 million will be watching. Shannon the theme of the speech is the renewal of the american spirits. If were likely to see a toned down policy president or the outspoken guy on the campaign trail. Bill Campaign Director action fund and the former assistant to president george w. Bush. It is may in february. Shannon its beautiful. Bill good stuff. Shannon it is gorgeous. It could get hot tonight, too. Well have to wait and see what happens on the hill. We have the president talking about how much he likes the back and forth with his press and opponents. Here is what he had to say. President trump i won with News Conference and speeches. I love this. Im having a good time doing it. Shannon he is having a good time. He does seem to be having a good time when he is sparring. Thats what he likes best. Tonight should be very interesting and on the one major speech he gave so far it was a Campaign Rally again. So this is the time he goes before congress and what they want to hear and i think what the public wants to hear is how he is actually going to tackle the things that he wants to tackle. The specifics of obamacare, how is he actually going to keep people on their plan while still wholesale repealing it . How is he actually going to stimulate the economy and not just benefit from the lag over from obama . I think people want to hear specifics and tone is a lot. Tone does matter. Bill we were talking about this in the commercial. There may be democrats tonight sitting on their hands. You would grant me that . Well see how that goes. Is there a chance that some republicans will do the same if they dont like what they are hearing . I think they do it at their peril. Donald trump has a long memory. He will see who is sitting on their hands and there may be some calls going out tonight or the next morning. How come you didnt clap . Bill is there that possibility . You dont know how the lawmakers will react and theyre half the story. This is a challenge to america. This is fixing that which is broken and donald trump will be serious tonight and lay out his plan for renewal of america. Time for tough love and making deals and fix stuff. He will talk about immigration, healthcare, taxes, strong military. Rebuilding our cities so there is a Little Something for everybody. What i would warn democrats is, its the art of the deal. He is going to challenge democrats to come and work with him and if they are smart, if you sit at the table with donald trump you are more likely to get something. If you arent there, youre not. I think democrats need to understand that he is going to be speaking to them tonight as well. Shannon he has talked about that. He wants there are certain things like infrastructure bill and other things they want to work on together but i would imagine tonight there will be i dont know if we get to booing and hissing. Some of that happens in all the big speeches. What do you think the atmosphere will be like tonight . It will be tense. What he has come through with the executive orders and promised to put forward has been making a lot of the issues he talked about worse. He promised the make them better and they are making issues worse. Shannon which issues . A lot of people feel for business theyre excited. The markets are excited. They like rolling the regulatory framework. Which ones are getting worse . I would look specifically to the workers. Congress is supposed to pass a bill tomorrow that expected to sign into law that will roll back protections for workers, manufacturing workers and safety and making it worse on security and immigration by deporting families and people not looking to work with Law Enforcement in a way they had before. He is making healthcare worse because the markets are unsure what is going to come. There is no clear deal in place. All he says the hard line at repeal of obamacare but it is not clear what the specifics. Bill what about the art of the deal, brads point . He is essentially saying ill give you something on the table here, democrats going the take it or not . Its still yet to be seen. I think he will put a high priority trying to work with democrats because he cant consolidate the Republican Party. I dont think thats the reason. This is what i think his philosophy is. In order to get a good deal, you have to get a good deal, i have to get to good deal otherwise if you think you got a better deal than me youre trying to get out of the deal. One thing is for sure. A lot of washington is broken. Weve seen that. The electorate doesnt want the dysfunction that has ruled this town for decades. He will be a fixer. Thats what he did in business and what hell do in government. If democrats were smart. Come to the table. Listen to him. Maybe you get something on healthcare youll get something. Youll get preexisting conditions. Youll get kids to stay on their parents healthcare. Youll have lifetime caps. But healthcare is broken, we know that. Why not try and meet the president halfway and fix it . Because the republicans and the democrats have to understand healthcare is gone as we know it. Obamacare is gone. Why not try to rebuild something that works . That would be great. I think it would be great if there are pieces. The try and parse out pieces of the law that are working as only democrat ideas i think would be a mistake. I think we can see that in republican town halls all over the country right now. People who voted for trump who have been life long republicans didnt take the president literally and didnt take congress literally when they said they would wholesale repeal the law and theyre worried what it means for them. They wont be able to stay all of the pieces that you just ran through. So i think it is yet to be determined to see what people can work with him on. But i think its worth Democrats Holding a line in the sand saying were willing to work on infrastructure, healthcare and all those issues as long as its a real deal. Bill what is your level of confidence repealing and replacing obamacare that republicans can satisfy the concerns at the town halls . Can they do both . Absolutely. Thats the art of compromise. Donald trump, if you read his book, everything is about the deal, everything is about compromise. You have to give something to get something. Shannon well see what its like tonight. Were all tuning in. I think it will be everything he does is unconventional. He pops in, gives a Campaign Speech and out in 10 minutes. Everything is unconventional. Shannon he comes in from the ceiling. He has dropped in. [laughter] i dont know. Bill thank you emily and brad. More on tonights big speech in a moment. First another big story. A string of bomb Threats Targeting Jewish Community Centers leading to some frightening moments like this in different parts of the country. I just came to pick up my daughter and it was very scary. This is uncalled for. It was frightening. Very frightening and its not just your life. It is small children. No, i picked the wrong insurance company. With new car replacement™, well replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. Liberty mutual insurance. Put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. Its a big night. Mr. Trump delivers an address to the joint session of congress. In depth analysis including bret baier at the top of the hour. Expecting the news to replace obamacare, immigration, defense planning and plans on infrastructure and the latest on a possible investigation into the russians alleged meddling in the u. S. Election. See you at the top of the hour. Shannon the feds are investigating after threats were reported on jewish centers. A dozen states just yesterday alone. What do we know . No word on who is making the calls or where theyre coming from. No bombs were found. But local, state and federal Law Enforcement trying to get to the bottom of this. Yesterday there were a total of 31 bomb threats called into 23 Jewish Community centers and eight jewish day schools across the u. S. And parts of canada. Some are robocalls. Others a live person phoning in specific threats. The calls forced evacuations keeping adults and children outside for hours until getting the all clear. In total around 100 threats have been made in several waves since january. Jewish Community Members are encouraging swift action from the feds to identify and capture those creating so much anxiety and fear. All this on top of the vandalism at jewish cemeteries. St. Louis and philadelphia targets where tombstones were overturned. Ramped up coverage nationwide in front of jewish centers. Bill we await the president s first speech to congress. What can we expect to hear tonight . Well tell you when were back in the Nations Capital in just a moment here right after this. Double as here, batteries you can trust against the ear hair you cant. Without them youre conducting business with an armpit on the side of your head. Thats not just some battery. Thats a duracell battery. Thats a power you can trust. Okay, folks at home tell your neighbors to keep it tuned into fox tonight. We have indepth analysis for the first 100 days, then its oreilly at 8 00, he takes over. Hannity picks up things at 11 00 eastern time, so you go nowhere, weve got it all covered for you in the big address tonight. Leadership wrapping up a conference saying they dont plan to disrupt tonight, but each member is on his or her own. So well see what happens, it should be fun. Have a great day everybody. Happening now starts right no now. Jon President Trump preparing to address conference for congress for the first time tonight. Jenna mr. Trump is a site to sign off on more executive orders before he gets ready for one of the biggest political speech is due date, and address to a session of congress where he is expected to unveil an agenda. Kristin fisher is live at the white house with more for us. The word we keep hearing over and over from the white house is optimistic