Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Americas Newsroom With Bill Hemmer And Sandra Smith 20180131

The state of our union is strong because our people are strong. We have created 2. 4 million new jobs. Unemployment claims have hit a 45year low. The stock market has smashed one record after another, gaining 8 trillion and more in value. We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in american history. I recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. One year later, i am proud to report that the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 of the territory. My duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend americans and their right to the american dream. [applause] sandra after probably not much sleep kevin corke is live at the white house for us this morning. Kevin, the president called on both parties last night to come together in this speech. How did it land from the white houses perspective . Listen, i have to tell you. It was a late night for a lot of us. You folks put in work all day long. The president did, too. They were beaming this morning talking about the fact the president was able to hit on themes important to him. If you had a chance to watch the speech to the folks at home, there are a number of powerful moments during the address last night from the family that adopted the baby of an addict to the raised crutch of a north korean defector. First state of the Union Address for the president. He laid out his vision for 2018 and beyond calling for unity of purpose. And promise. To serve the American People. President trump tonight i call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out Common Ground and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people. That speech 80 minutes interrupted several times by applause. He also drew a contrast with lawful, orderly immigration and he mentioned a pair of families whose daughters were killed by ms13 gang members. President trump we love you, thank you. We cannot imagine the depths of that kind of sorrow, we can make sure that other families never have to endure this kind of pain. Tonight i am calling on congress to finally close the deadly loopholes that have allowed ms13 and other criminal bangs to get into our country. The president hammering home that concept. Its something well hear more about in the months to come. Sandra what can you tell us about a potential deal to protect those dreamers . Its a math problem, right . Democrat you want to protect the dreamers. If youre a republican you want to protect the dreamers. Do you come to a compromise on the 1. 8 million the president talked about last night or do you hold your ground and refuse to give in to demands about Border Security . The president said they deserve a pathway to citizenship but also added this. They arent the only ones who have hopes and aspirations. President trump my duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend americans, to protect their safety, their families, their communities, and their right to the american dream. Because americans are dreamers, too. What a line. Americans are dreamers, too. That will certainly be one of the lines people will be talking about today. The president back to work, sandra, talking Monetary Policy and working on taxes. But no briefing scheduled yet. Well see if that changes. Back to you. Sandra kevin corke, thank you. Bill numerous emotional moments. Here is one of them. President honoring the parents of an American Exchange student who died days after his release from captivity in north korea. President trump ottos wonderful parents fred and Cindy Warmbier are here with us tonight, along with ottos brother and sister, austin and greta. Please. [applause] you are powerful witnesses to a menace that threatens our world and your strength inspires us all. Thank you. To honor ottos memory with total american resolve. Thank you. [applause] bill quite a moment there. The president calling those parents incredible people for what they have gone through. Also sandra President Trump recognizing the harrowing journey taken by a north korean defecter. President trump he woke up as a train ran over his limbs. He then endured multiple amputations without anything to dull the pain or the hurt. Later he was tortured by north korean authorities. His tormenters wanted to know if he had met any christians. He had and he resolved after that to be free. He traveled thousands of miles on crutches all across china and Southeast Asia to freedom. Today he has a new leg, but i understand you still keep those old crutches as a reminder of how far youve come. Your great sacrifice is an inspiration to us all. Please thank you. [applause] sandra for many this was the emotional high point of the night. Sung ho lifting those crutches as an act of defiance against north korea. Bill the americans we saw in the gallery last night. White house now and get Immediate Reaction from hogan gidley, the White House Deputy press secretary from the north lawn. Thank you for your time here today. Powerful moments from last night. Bill how did it generally. I think most people graded it around a c, the democrats. People in the hall doesnt make sense to me why they would sit down on key issues. It actually we were in the room watching the speech and marking it up and tweeting and everything and we looked down and said they didnt stand up for things when the president said in god we trust. Didnt stand up when the president mentioned we should stand for the national anthem. They refused to stand up when we talked about jerusalem being the capital of israel which the senate voted for unanimously and in addition mr. Gutierrez walked out of the hall during the chanting of usa. For the life of me i cant figure out when democrats became so antibusiness, antimiddle america and quite frankly antithis country. Bill i saw him get up. I dont know if it was because of that moment or getting ready to do an interview. Sometimes you have to get to a location. Leave that to the side nancy pelosi said this. The president presented a selfcongratulatory speech without vision. America deserves better. They have a real disdain for your boss. Why is that . Absolutely. Bill is it policy or is it personal . I believe its both. For the life of me i just cant figure it out. They have to make the decision whether they want to how much they love america versus how much they hate this president. The president outlined several key issues that should be bipartisan. He talked about tax cuts allowing people to keep more of their own money, something democrats used to be for. Lowering the Corporate Tax rates. Something democrats used to be for. Bipartisanship, someone asked me should there by bipartisan for daca and infrastructure . Bill do you think you can get to 60 votes on anything . I hope so. Were always optimistic at the white house. The president will take this message directly to the American People. He started to do that last night. The real question is are no democrats out there supportive of the issues we just outlined . Are they not supportive of Border Security . Bill lets see where that goes. On the fisa memo i assume the president has seen it and read it. Has he or not . I dont know that he has seen it or read it. I havent spoken with him this morning. He will go to the proper channels and talk to the National Security team and in addition he will meet with the white House Counsel and they will decide the best action to move forward. I can say this the president would never and will never put American Peoples lives at risk. And threaten our National Security. If anything in this document does that, he will not release it. Bill wow. A decision has not been made then. Absolutely. A congressional decision. The president doesnt have to act on it at all. If he does nothing it becomes open to the public. Bill last night he was caught on microphone telling the republican congressman from South Carolina that he would release it 100 . Is that official . He is 100 for transparency 100 of the time. He has been talking about that since he took office way back in the campaign. He wants people to see and decide for themselves just what is going on in their government. I have think its been pretty clear, the president deeply supports the rank and file members of the f. B. I. But were troubled by some of the reports out there that some in the top levels investigating Hillary Clinton showed massive proHillary Clinton bias and antitrump bias. Bill is that what well learn when it is made public . I dont know, i havent seen it. Your guess is as good as mine. Bill you suggested it was some sort of corruption at the highest level of the f. B. I. Is that what we learn in these four pages . I havent read the memo. You guys have reported about it. Most of the media reported about it as well. Some of the Text Messages are completely damaging and disturbing to some of the highest levels of the f. B. I. Theyre the ones in charge of investigating Hillary Clinton. It appears from those Text Messages and some of the conversations they had with each other that they had no interest in getting to the bottom of that. They did more in trying to protect the clintons. Thats something for someone else to decide. Bill thank you for your time hogan gidley. Busy day at the white house. Thank you for stopping and sharing with us today. Well speak again. So much for american carnage. That was so 2017. Very different message. Sandra the white house giving the speech an a plus this morning in reaction. But you kind of expect that. It was a big night. All right. Meanwhile many republicans making a quick exit from washington after that big speech heading to a retreat where they will be focusing on the future discussing the legislative agenda and the 2018 midterms. Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will join us to talk about that and hills reaction to President Trumps state of the Union Address. Bill as i mentioned on his way out last night the president dropping a not so subtle hint that the classified House Intel Committee memo, will he make it public . Peter king on that live as our coverage from the state of the Union Address continues right after this. Is sparking innovat. You see it in the Southern Tier with companies that are developing powerful batteries that make everything from cell phones to rail cars more efficient. Which helps improve every aspect of advanced rail technology. All with support from a highlyeducated workforce and vocational job training. Across new york state, were building the new new york. 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Sandra three other democrats also gave their own responses. Bill moments ago we heard from the white house. They say no decision has been made on the release of that memo. On his way out of the chamber last night the president was heard saying the following. Listen. President trump dont worry, 100 . Bill peter king member of the house intelligence committee. Good morning to you after a late night last night. You just heard the white house reaction to that. What did you hear that you think is important in understanding . One thing i would certainly urge the president to release the document. As far as any concern about National Security, this was shown to the director of the f. B. I. And some of his top aides on counter terrorism, intelligence and they could not find one factual error in the memo and they could also not find any threat at all to National Security. So that should not be a concern. The president s people will look at it. Secondly, the assistant press secretary said that the president makes no decision in five days it becomes public. No it doesnt. I comes back to congress and that would require having a full debate in a closed session of Congress Asking all 435 members to debate it and have a vote. That would be much more protracted and more of a risk of something coming out. So no, i would urge him to release it. Bill simple question then. You would urge him to do what then you were saying . To release it. Declassify it. Bill it would seem to suggest we are going to see it. If thats the case, what will we learn . Well again, i cant go into detail other than the fact that you will see there have been intentional abuses or very severe negligence on fisa dealing with the fisa courts and actions by the f. B. I. At the highest levels and the department of justice. Thats really as far as i can go as to what the specifics are. I want to make it clear i heard Chuck Schumer talking about the f. B. I. , myself and the president support 99. 9 of the men and women in the f. B. I. This is an outstanding institution. What we are talking about is a handful of people who either made serious mistakes or knew what they were doing and in either event it really was an injustice. Bill you mention Chuck Schumer. This is what he said about you. Give this a listen. Im really appalled by our republican colleagues in reference to this. They have always been defenders of the f. B. I. They have flipped. They remind me of a movie the silence of the lambs. Bill now they have flipped, what do you think . We all support Law Enforcement and the f. B. I. And stand with it. Putin, im on the intelligence committee. Ive heard how many hours of testimony from every key witness in this. Ive listened to all the democratic unending repetitive questions. I havent heard one word of anything incriminating whatsoever. To me this investigation should never have started in the first place. We have to complete it now. But this whole thing is really i think tragic that a year has been spent looking into a crime that never was committed, an incident that never occurred, there has been no collusion so far that ive seen at all with russia by anyone in the trump campaign. Certainly not by the president himself. Bill peter king, thank you for your time. Perhaps it is this week. Well bring you back then if it happens. Sandra minutes before the president gave that big speech Hillary Clinton responded to revelations she refused to fire a top Campaign Staffer accused of Sexual Harassment. Our panel is here to take that up. Bill also the president honoring some american heroes during his address last night. Here is just a sample. President trump a guy who took a bullet, almost died and was back to work 3 1 2 months later, the legend from louisiana, congressman steve scalise. L over the country in search of our big idaho potato truck. But not any more. I am done with that. Ooh, ooh hot just gonna stay home on the farm, eat a beautiful idaho potato, and watch tv with my dog. Tv anncr the big idaho potato truck pulled into town today and its really a sight to see. Oh man. Lets go. distant you comin, boy . Sfx dog gulp woof. You know whats not awesome . Gigspeed internet. When only certain people can get it. Lets fix that. Lets give this guy gig really . And these kids, and these guys, him, ah. Oh hello. That lady, these houses yes, yes and yes. And dont forget about them. Uh huh, sure. Still yes xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. Now you can get it, too. Welcome to the party. Bill there were 14 guests including a california firefighters, new Mexico Police officer and his family, a north korean defector. The president saying they represent an unbreakable american spirit. President trump firefighters david dahlberg. David faced down walls of flame to rescue almost 60 children trapped at a california summer camp threatened by those devastating wildfires. Preston sharp started a movement that has now placed 40,000 flags at the graves of our great heroes. He was on duty when he saw a pregnant, homeless woman preparing to inject heroin. He went home to tell his wife, rebecca. In an instant she agreed to adopt. Justin and his comrade, chief petty officer kenton stacy, were on a mission to clear buildings that isis had rigged with explosive. Staff sergeant peck, all of america salutes you. Bill there was also a moment there where the parents of those two teenagers from long island, new york were killed by the ms13 gang. That got to me seeing that father. Such a visceral reaction on National Television was gripping. Sandra but then the show of incredible support from not only the president but from congress and people rose to their feet. There were so many powerful moments last night. Bill for a president who knows he draws so much attention to himself putting the families in the galleries and putting their stories on television helped deflect a lot of that away from him and onto them. The theme of the whole night. About america and americans. That was the opening and closing lines. Sandra emotional and powerful speech. New developments on that false missile alert that caused panic in hawaii. Were learning that employee believed it was a real emergency and has since been fired. The alert caused chaos for nearly 40 minutes you will remember for a correction was sent through the Emergency Alert system. Reading there is no missile threat ordaininger to the state of hawaii. Repeat, false alarm. Adam housley joining us now live on what were learning exactly happened that day, adam. So much to learn. A lot of details coming out. The now ex employee, of course, who triggered that false alarm back on january 13th has been let go. That has been officially announced. That sent people scrambling throughout the Hawaiian Islands and some parents sticking their kids down Manhole Covers took place during a change of shift among many other mistakes. The fired resigned employee has taken full responsibility. Some coworkers have said that same employee has been the source of concern before and on two other occasions confused real life events and drills so it hasnt happened just once before. A federal report released before the hawaii presser found the employee believed there was a real emergency which contradicted an earlier explanation from state officials that he accidentally hit the wrong button. It all started with a shift supervisor decided to run a drill even though the top of the drill included the message exercise, exercise, this is not a drill. Employee one said he didnt know it was an exercise even though five others that were in the warning point room at that time heard exercise, exercise, exercise, which indicates that it is a drill and informed everybody that it is a drill. Furthermore, when it became apparent that the real world alert was issued, employee one seemed confused. He froze. And another employee had to take over his responsibilities. It wasnt just the warning that went wrong. It took 38 minutes because of this very long process that included a number of different avenues that had to be moved around in order to put out the retraction which, of course, was part of this press conference as well. That whole situation, of course, needs to be fixed, sandra. We found out there were three supervisors on duty at the time and in the hallway when it went down. A number of new plans are being put in place including the fact now it will take two people in order to send out an alert. The first person will have to have a second person look over his or her shoulder to ensure it doesnt happen again. Sandra what a 38 minutes that was. He is now gone. Adam housley, thank you for the report. Bill more to come on this story. Who knew . Law enforcement working to sharpen their skills on an active shooter situation. A live look at some of the drills showing the hard work put in to keep people safe. Sandra President Trumps big night gets rave reviews from his own party. Not so much from democrats. Sean spicer is here and well get him to weigh in on all the reaction this morning. There he is. I think nancy pelosi looks like that all the time. She needs to smile for often and the country would be better for it. She seems to embody the bitterness that belongs in the Democrat Party right now. They. The whisperer . Why do they call him the whisperer . He talks to planes. He talks to planes. Watch this. Hey watson, whats avionics telling you . 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Life line screening. The power of preventvention. Call now to learn more. Bill markets are open at 9 33. Wall street bouncing back from the biggest down day weve seen since last summer. The dow is off to a good jump here. Up more than 200 points following last nights state of the union and impressive earnings from boeing and wages went up. Sandra boeing is accounting for at least 100 points of that nearly 200point gain. Some impressive earnings. Bill apple, earnings. Well see how they do. Sandra off and roaring. Meanwhile President Trump touting the booming American Economy last night saying all americans will be benefiting from the policies republicans have put in place this year. President trump this, in fact, is our new american moment. There has never been a better time to start living the american dream. America has also finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade deals that sacrificed our prosperity and shipped away our companies, our jobs, and our wealth. The era of economic surrender is totally over. We repeal the core of the disastrous obamacare, the individual mandate is now gone. [cheering and applause] sandra so many stand out moments from last night. Joining us now is former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Thanks for being here this morning. All right. What did you think . I thought he did fantastic. I thought the tone was perfect, the use of guests and not just who was there but how they translated into policy was perfect. I think that he had a great balance between talking about what has happened the past year both domestically and internationally. Economic policy, National Security. As well as had a very, very positive unifying vision for the future. Sandra you clearly did not have pleasant things to say about the democrats and their response even during the speech. You tweeted this out last night. Truly sad, some democrats wont even stand to acknowledge the symbolism of our amazing u. S. Capitol, state of the union democrats, it was at times difficult to watch when you looked exactly what they were not standing for or lending applause to. Ive been up in this town for 25 years and worked for a ton of members of congress and ive crafted a lot of the responses when we had democrats in the white house. Most of the time we would say it was a great speech, here is where we disagree on policy. Here are the policies. To see that many individuals just sit on their hands on policies and issues that should unite all of americans. I understand this idea of the resistance theyve come up with but you are taking it a little too far when the president talks about the majesty of the capitol, symbolism and unifying aspects that all americans should agree upon and they are sitting there with sourpusss on their face. Thats different than objecting to policy objectives that the two parties have. Sandra as you are talking were showing these shots of pelosi and schumer and the sour faces and lack of standing up during that speech even though, sean, the president reached out to democrats very clearly in many ways saying he would work on issues very important to them such as infrastructure, family leave, criminal justice reform. So was the president , because the white house said that he set out with a goal of unifying congress with this speech and the country, did he achieve his goal of delivering a unifying speech last night . Thats a great question. I think that what you saw in the exit polls was this. The hard left democrats who are part of this Resistance Movement definitely thats their base and i get it. Poll after poll on issue after issue independents were with the president and what he laid out for the vision of america. Thats the difference. Republicans are with him and democrats against him. You saw the middle of the country agree with where weve come as a country and where the president wants to take it. Sandra so push this forward for the Republican Party because i know you also tweeted this. If last years president ial joint address was an a, this state of the union is an a . The Senate Republicans are off to their retreat this morning. So how do the next few months look . Were approaching fall midterms. Thats right. A couple things. Last night was a great speech wherever you sit on the aisle you say it was a good speech. Now we have to translate that. Were seeing the effects of the tax and job cut act. When it comes to an election people vote how they feel things are going. If the economy is doing well and neighbor and families are doing well and wages are rising. Healthcare costs are under control. I think what we need to realize is at the end of the day despite everything else. You can give a million speeches but we have to continue to not only enact the policies weve had that came into fruition the last couple weeks but now go out there and talk about them. Tout them, be on the road. Make sure people understand that when they see that increase in their paycheck its because of the policies that were passed by republicans in the house and President Trump. So weve got to go out there and now continue to sell, sell, sell the policies that have been enacted and the rest of the agenda they want to do. You cannot rest on our laurels now. The stock market is at a high. Adp numbers showing more americans were at work in january than were expected. I think 234,000. We have to get out there and continue to tout those successes. And i think voters will reward the party that has those policies in november. Sandra that market is off and roaring as you were talking. The dow is up 250 this morning alone after the president s big speech last night. A lot of positive earnings as well. Another company citing the president s policies for reasons why its doing so well, boeing. I want to ask you about this memo. The president was caught on a hot mic responding to one of the lawmakers as he was exiting saying are you going to release the memo . And while the president didnt say an exact words of 100 that he would release the memo he responded 100 . We talked to the white house just a few minutes ago, no clarification as to whether or not the president has even looked at it or has plans to release it. Final word to you on that, sean. He needs to do what is in the best interest of the country. Get the advice of his National Security team. That being said, from a communications standpoint i would urge the white house to wait, ride this huge wave of success from last night, talk about the policies, talk about the the memo can wait. They can enact the internal policies to deal with that now but dont you have to take advantage of a huge night the president had last night and the record achievements that his policies are having on the stock market and job market. Sandra great to have you on this morning. Bill im saying tomorrow, thursday, see if im right. Buried in the news cycle last night Hillary Clinton explaining her decision to keep a staffer on the payroll. After learning of Sexual Harassment accusations against him. What she is now saying nearly 10 years later. Sandra President Trump making it clear his administration will treat like enemy combatants. President trump i just signed prior to walking in, an order directing secretary mattis to reexamine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay. Bill Hillary Clinton explaining why she did not fire a former Campaign Staffer after learning of Sexual Harassment allegations against him. Clinton saying this in a long Facebook Post last night. The short answer is this. If i had it to do again, i would not. Brad blakeman former Deputy Assistant to president george w. Bush and richard fowler. Were all getting ready for the speech last night and at 8 59 this statement comes out on facebook. Does it put it behind her or not . Its statement thats very dismissive of a serious breach of duty that she had as the leader of her campaign to make sure that their workplace was safe for everybody. This was going to be the first woman president. And yet she protected a serial abuser within her campaign. Unconscionable. The reason why she did it, not me saying this, her Campaign Manager, a woman at the time. The reason why hillary didnt do it was because she was afraid of the publicity that would be generated so close to voting in primaries. Absolutely inexcusable. Bill how do you look at this now, richard . I think there is some truth to what brad is saying here. Its sad this didnt happen when it should have happened. Once again it speaks to the fact that we as a nation are at a time of reckoning now. A lot of people who engaged in a lot of bad behavior a decade ago who still had jobs until a couple of weeks ago. So i think we as a nation are turning the page and now we know that this type of behavior will no longer be tolerated in any workplace. I think thats a step forward. I think its sad that Hillary Clinton didnt fire this person immediately. I think her statement bill is that acceptable . She should have fired him immediately but were at a different time and place. There was a time a decade ago. Bill he went on to another job and was fired for Inappropriate Conduct at another job. I mention this a long Facebook Post. Here is part of that again where she points the finger. Many employers, she says, will be well served to take actions at least as severe when confronted with problems now including the have media outlet the broke this story. She is shifting the blame on the New York Times and glen thrush in that comment. Its what the clintons do. Always somebody else to blame. They take no personal responsibility for their own failings. By the way, she should have been the champion of this kind of abuse. She is married to somebody who has abused women and been a victim and also been the enableer of this type of activity. But she chose not to. And that speaks to everything about her character and probably the reason that the American People turned on her and said she cannot be president. Here is my thought on this. We should all be the champions against this type of abuse. Absolutely. We all have mothers, sisters, aunts and nieces. With that being said for decades a lot of men and a lot of women were silent as this behavior happened. Hillary clinton was one of them. To sit here and throw a cross on her back and not throw a cross on others. She is not just any woman, thats the point. It seems absurd to me. Im not saying she is not wrong here, im saying that we as a nation have clearly moved forward on this issue and because we moved forward this reckoning is happening and more and more and more bad actors are being fired and kicked out of their jobs for engaging in this behavior. Lets not act like 10 years ago the folks were being fired of this because they werent. Bill she writes i think its possible to avoid termination by doing right by everyone involved. Im inclined in that direction. To our viewers you can read the post yourself. Richard going back to this point. Is 2018 different from 2008 . Because thats where richard is going with this argument. It is certainly not. When you talk about Hillary Clinton who is the champion of women, she said it at every rally, every piece of campaign material, yet when something comes to her doorstep and the evidence is overwhelming and her Campaign Manager did her due diligence, presented to the candidate and she says no, we are just going to keep him on. Its an outrage. The reason why she did it was to protect her political career. The ideal that 2008 and 2018 are the same is absurd. He is a leader. A lot of leaders who did this type of behavior and now the reckoning is happening. Bill thanks for coming on today brad and richard. Sandra when we come back were live during an active Shooter Drill happening right now. Well get an inside look at Law Enforcement Officers Training to be ready for an assault at any time in any place. Sandra weve seen countless mass shooting tragedies across this country. Now in upstate new york Law Enforcement officers and hundreds of employees there are training to be ready for an assault and thats where our reporter is this morning. Whats happening there . Good morning, bill and sandra. Were in the middle of a drill at a Distribution Company here in new york. The Beverage Company decided they felt their employees deserved to have active Shooter Training and thats exactly what were seeing behind us right now. A live situation where the swat team is here. They are operating as though this is a real drill. We have employees lined up and have just checked the rooms inside this Distribution Company and mechanicville, new york. The Saratoga County Sheriffs Office said theyve had an increase in demand for this type of training exercise. They used to have one to two a month. Now they have upwards of 10 to 15 requests per month in this type of training for the schools and businesses who want to teach their employees how to respond to an active shooter situation. Today while this active Shooter Training drill started off with a bang, you can see right now this is the assailant here, the shooter who has been apprehended. An actual Police Officer pretending to be the assailant. He came into this Distribution Company shooting off live blanks as well as throwing up fake pipe bombs. They sounded like gunshots. It felt and heard like pipe bombs. This was in order to give people a real Life Experience inside what it would actually be like in an active shooter situation. The shooter came into the warehouse and when this happened the alarms came off into the warehouse to warn people to run and hide. So the employees inside this Distribution Company went and they did exactly that. After that the first swat team came in. The first police team came in. Then a second team came in. Apprehended the suspect and now what theyre doing after apprehending him right here they are clearing the rooms stepbystep making sure that everyone is okay and clear. Of course, this is all a simulation. This is a drill but meant to be as real life as possible. The Saratoga County police say its not only important for them for the Sheriffs Office. They believe its important for them but also important for the people out there concerned about this very thing and why its important to have these real life drills and scenarios like what we saw today. If you think this is the only place where its happening, it is not. The alert nationwide system. The alert center in Texas State University is training 300,000 people over the last 15 years on how to respond to this type of situation. And there are Law Enforcement agencies around the country demanding and wanting this type of training while Jeff Sessions and the department of justice have actually granted 5. 4 million recently to make sure they can actually offer this type of training to many Law Enforcement agencies who want it. Sandra brian showing us Officers Training for an active shooting drill there. Important stuff. Bill well be with you throughout the entire day. Brian, thanks for that. Days after a sudden rest ignition at deputy f. B. I. Director Andrew Mccabe is being investigated by the Justice Department for his handling of the clinton email probe. More reaction from President Trumps first state of the Union Address last night. President trump as long as we are proud of who we are and what we are fighting for, there is nothing we cannot achieve. Sandra the f. B. I. And Justice Department bracing for fallout as President Trump considers releasing an explosive surveillance memo related to the russian investigation. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, everyone. Im sandra smith. Bill late night last night. Interesting night last night. I think he has joe manchin but im not so sure he has anyone else on the other side of the aisle. Sandra the visual last night. Bill President Trump now revealing which way he is leaning after his state of the Union Address. Catch this at the end last night. Watch. So the f. B. I. And Justice Department want the president to block the memo for National Security reasons, they say. Congress and peter king last hour here on our program saying that there is no reason to hide from this memo. Here he is. I would certainly urge the president to release the document. As far as any concern about National Security, this was shown to the director of the f. B. I. And some of his top aides on counter terrorism, intelligence and they could not find one factual error in the memo and they could also not find any threat at all to National Security. So that should not be a concern. Sandra chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge has been reporting on this, the best for us is live in washington for us. So much changing on this story. Thats right. Thank you, good morning. A source familiar with the discussions tells fox news that President Trump has told aides he wants the memo out as soon as possible but didnt want it out before the state of the Union Address. Republicans tell fox news the memo was drafted to eliminate National Security information and in a recent interview the Oversight Committee chairman said great care was taken. There is a way to communicate what i think we need to communicate to the American People without jeopardizeing sources and methods. Christopher wray reviewed it and two senior f. B. I. Officials, one from the Counter Intelligence and legal followed up. The f. B. I. Officials could not point to any factual inaccuracies. The f. B. I. Had no comment for fox news a Justice Department official disputed that characterization. Democrats have seized on the january 24 Justice Department letter calling the memos release unprecedented and reckless. After their own review at justice an official told fox the term reckless is mute. Sandra what have we learned about the Inspector General investigation into former f. B. I. Deputy director Andrew Mccabe . We can confirm the Inspector General is looking into his handling of the clinton email probe. The Washington Post first reported the probe seemed to stall three weeks before the voting. Federal Law Enforcement sources complained to fox news f. B. I. Headquarters appeared to slow roll a review of classified Clinton Emails found on the laptop shared by Anthony Wiener with his estranged wife huma abiden. It is focused on whether mccabe or anyone else at the bureau wanted to avoid taking action on the laptop emails until after the election. No action was taken until late october when as you remember the case was briefly reopened. The post said after a meeting with f. B. I. Director about the Inspector Generals investigation monday mccabe was removed. He is now the sixth senior f. B. I. Executive to retire, be fired, reassigned, or demoted, sandra. Sandra thank you. Youre welcome. President trump i call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out Common Ground and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people. This is really the key. These are the people we were elected to serve. [applause] sandra quite a moment last night. President trump calling for bipartisanship a big part of his message. John kelly now speaking moments ago in the west wing with fox news radio and Brian Kilmeade praising the president s olive branch while shaking his head at the response you just saw from the other side. Frankly it breaks my heart, brian. There used to be a time in our country that we could disagree with each other on politics or social issues and not hate each other. It seems now that we have to hate each other. Bill this morning republican lawmakers have a retreat for two days. The latest deadline on immigration now a week away. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel live on the hill. Good morning there. What are expectations now as they head off to the greenbriar in West Virginia . An opportunity to plan for the rest of this year here on capitol hill. I asked the House Republican conference chair about the agenda at the retreat. This is really an opportunity now for us to go dig a little deeper. The president , Vice President will be with us again. We will be spending extended time around the infrastructure question, Workforce Development as well as the budget process itself. Then well have a session also where well get into a whole host of other issues. One of the truly powerful moments last night was President Trumps tribute to House Republican whip steve scalise. He nearly died after being shot on a baseball field. Last night the president called him the legend from louisiana. I asked scalise what that salute from the president meant to him. President trump has been incredibly warm to me and my family throughout this journey since i was shot june 14th. He came to the hospital with melania, spent a lot of quality time with my wife. When i was fighting for my life unconscious. And he has called me from the hospital many times and been there every step of the way. The salute led to the president asking folks to set aside their differences and seek Common Ground, bill. Bill what are you hearing from democrats today . The reaction last night was pretty obvious. They didnt find a whole lot to applaud even though the president asked them to work with him on immigration and rebuilding the nations infrastructure. We should get fresh reaction from House Democratic leaders. They did not cheer a whole lot of what they heard from the president but i asked a california democrat about perhaps working together with the president on rebuilding the nations infrastructure. Were all for infrastructure. As soon as he tells us how well pay for it we want to sit down and do that. But thats almost its not a programmatic proposal its an aspiration. We all want better roads and sewer systems. In this Midterm Election year infrastructure might be a rare area of cooperation. Bill interesting day today. Thank you, sir. Sandra more on this in a moment. First some breaking news right now. White house chief of staff general john kelly responding just a few moments ago to a story we brought you earlier this week on americas newsroom. A California Teacher getting into some hot water after he insulted our military calling our troops, quote, the lowest of the low. Here is john kelly speaking with Brian Kilmeade just a few moments ago during thinks radio show. The lowest of the low, they are not talented people. What is your reaction to that knowing he is teaching a bunch of 17yearolds this . I think the guy out to go to hell. I just hope he enjoys the liberties and the lifestyle that we have fought for. Sandra lets bring in guy benson, Fox News Contributor and update to that teacher. He hasnt gone exactly where john kelly wants him to go just yet. But he said the superintendent has said there will be disciplinary measures taken and he has been placed on administrative leave, guy. But that fresh reaction from john kelly on a teacher calling our military men and women the lowest of the low. It was a profanitylaced tirade this teacher made in front of the class and i can understand general kelly taking that personally. Sounded like he was viscerally angry in that interview on the radio this morning. I think the important point, though, that general kelly then made was this is a teacher who made those comments in a country where were allowed to speak our minds. Whether he can do that in the workplace if front of students is another question. But we can say what we want to say even if those thoughts are really very ugly and ungrateful because we have the freedoms that are protected by the socalled lowest of the low in his mind. Something that he should, i think, really think about very hard as he goes through this selfinflicted ordeal. Sandra all that happening during a history class at a high school in l. A. We wanted to get your reaction on that because we just heard from john kelly. Moving on now and looking back at last night and waking up this morning and wondering whether or not we are going to get the unity this president promised in that speech last night. You heard several calls in that lengthy speech for bipartisanship. Where does it leave us this morning . Spoiler alert. We wont get unity. Its american politics from obama and trump as well. There is a chance that maybe the two parties can Work Together on immigration and infrastructure as we heard in the report from mike emanuel. I am struck as i watched the speech there were lines where the president was simply touting unambiguously good news for the American People regardless of what your political persuasions might be and the democrats sat there with these sour, bitter, angry looks on their faces. Many of them didnt stand when trump entered the chamber. Many of them stood and did not applaud, rather. Thats a break from a longstanding bipartisan tradition. I really think that the democrats understand their base wants nonstop, furious resistance and opposition to him. But they are out of touch with most americans. The polling were seeing this morning from multiple news networks, the vast majority of the American People who watched the speech last night, 70 to 75 approved of the speech and the democrats it was not a good look for them. I understand why they felt like they had to act that way but i think it looked really weird for normal people watching. Sandra difficult to watch at times for many americans. Guy benson, it was quite a night. Good to have you here this morning. Youve been a busy guy. Good to see you. Bill President Trump talking about the importance of patriotism during that speech last nie. Meet the 12yearold american who has a great story all his own. Plus theres this. President trump terrorists are not merely criminals, they are unlawful enemy combatants. [applause] and when captured overseas, they should be treated like the terrorists they are. Sandra President Trump announcing a major decision on the future of Guantanamo Bay and says that is where terrorists belong. Is he right . Well take that one up. Bill the former Deputy Director of the f. B. I. Facing new scrutiny for his actions during the 2016 campaign as the president gets ready to make a big decision on the obama surveillance memo. Alan dershowitz to respond and separate rumor from fact. Today its this memo, on and on and on, conspiracy theories with virtually no fact. Awn evan. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. And at our factory in boston, 1,200 workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. Today were bringing you americas number one shave at lower prices every day. Putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. As one of those workers, im proud to bring you gillette quality for less, because nobody can beat the men and women of gillette. Gillette the best a man can get. President trump terrorists who do things like place bomb in civilian hospitals are evil. When possible, we have no choice but to annihilate them when necessary, we must be able to detain and question them. So today i am keeping another promise. I just signed, prior to walking in, an order directing secretary mattis to reexamine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay. [cheering and applause] sandra President Trump there opening the door to setting new detainees to the military prison at guantanamo. Giving james mattis three months to come up with a recommendation on how that would work. Lets bring in michael waltz. He joins us now. Colonel, thank you for being here this morning. So the president says gitmo stays open. Good move . Well, i think its the realistic move. This is yet another example of how practical and pragmatic this president is who sees the world as it is. It was in stark contrast to the last eight years of president obama who wished the world to be a certain way and then just kind of tried to ignore the reality. So on guantanamo i he was on behalf of Vice President cheney looked hard at alternatives. There arent a lot of good ones. We would all like for it to just go away. But we arent going to get these terrorists the rights of u. S. Citizens. When you release them back to their home countries, they often find their way back into the battlefield. Thats what president obama was doing. Im really thrilled, really very happy that President Trump highlighted the repeat rate. Various estimates. It looks like about a third of the terrorists that have been released are back on the battlefield including the military commander for the taliban, so here were doing things like highlighting that green beret Staff Sergeant peck who kept his teammate alive for 2 1 2 hours of cpr fighting these guys and having to fight them again. The reality is we have to keep gitmo open. Its just the reality of it. Sandra how do you make that case to critics of this who say its expensive, not totally necessary. They lay out other options. As weve heard from the left many times they call it a recruiting tool for terrorists. Well, its a recruiting tool for terrorists some believe that but it also in their propaganda but it also is a deterrent for terrorists. Ive been out on the battlefield and we have gotten intelligence where they think if they do this they will end up dead or in gitmo thats not something they want to do. The other piece back to the options, sandra. There arent any other good ones. Are we going to hold our soldiers to the same evidence standard and put them through the u. S. Court system . No. Its not reliable to send them back to places like yemen and pakistan where they end up being released. So thats just the final option and because yet obama refused to accept that, we are finding all of these workarounds. Putting guys on ships and sailing them around the world because we had nowhere to go when they were captured. And then finally ill point out that the intelligence that we get from these detainees is valuable. President trump backed away from the torture issue. He said secretary of defense mattis convinced him of that. Back to the practical nature of the president. Sandra bring us up to date with the fight against isis. The president last night giving us an update on that. President trump last year i also pledged that we would worked with our allies to extinguish isis from the face of the earth. One year later, i am proud to report that the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 of the territory just recently held by these killers in iraq and syria, and in other locations as well. [applause] sandra the president s words met with great applause there, colonel. He is absolutely right in the sense that we have defeated isis as a state, as a socalled islamic state. We have not defeated isis as a movement. That is now franchising around the world and not defeated islamic extremism as an ideology. He took the handcuffs off the military to do their job we need a broader strategy that undermines the ideology of extremism like we undermine the ideology of communism. The other piece is winning the peace, so to speak. We have the antiisis coalition turning on each other, the turks, the kurds, and the iranians are just running amuck. Its that after strategy that im looking forward to now. Sandra colonel waltz. Good to get your take on things. Thanks for being here this morning. Bill that gitmo announcement one of several National Security issues where the president put his focus. What now about north korea . What he said about that coming up in a moment. Sandra the president reaching across the aisle on immigration last night but says we cant help the dreamers without securing our borders. We are live from the u. S. Border with mexico next. President trump its time to reform [applause] these outdated immigration rules and finally bring our immigration system into the 21st century. [applause] patients that i see that complain about dry mouth. They feel that they have to drink a lot of water. Medications seem to be the number one cause for dry mouth. I like to recommend biotene. It replenishes the moisture in your mouth. Biotene definitely works. [heartbeat] show of hands. Lets get started. Who wants customizable options chains . Ones that make it fast and easy to analyze and take action . How about some of the lowest options fees . Are you raising your hand . Good then its time for power e trade the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. Alright one quick game of rock, paper, scissors. 1, 2, 3, go. E trade. Sandra want to show you now House Democratic leadership are holding their weekly media availability following a closed caucus meeting. You are looking at House Minority leader nancy pelosi there. She has taken the last few moments to blast last nights state of the Union Address and her most recent words instead of offering a hand of unity, the president offered a clenched fist, says nancy pelosi. Bill she said he stepped to a new low. Among the many issues last night from the president was the following. Patriotism. The president recognizing 12yearold preston sharp who organized a campaign to place american flags at thousands of veterans graves. Did it on his own. President trump young patriotist like preston teach us about american values. I met him a while ago and he is something very special. Thank you very much for all youre done, preston. Thank you very much. [applause] prestons reverence for those who have served our nation reminds us of why we salute our flag, why we put our hands on our hearts for the pledge of allegiance, and why we proudly stand for the national anthem. [cheering and applause] bill quite a moment there. You can read it a lot of different ways with the super boll coming up on sunday and the debate weve had standing at the national anthem. Sandra all the members of the military present in that room last night. Tough to see those that chose to sit. Bill quite a moment. Weve been finding a lot of those. President trump i call on congress to finally close the deadly loopholes that have allowed ms13 and other criminal gangs to break into our country. We have proposed new legislation that will fix our immigration laws and support our ice and Border Patrol agents. These are great people. These are great, great people that work so hard in the midst of such danger so that this can never happen again. Sandra President Trump calling for unity on an immigration deal last night. His proposal and some of his remarks drew a decidedly negative reaction from democrats. Were live near the border in san diego for us this morning. William, from a border wall perspective what else caught your ear about the speech . Sandra, he did talk about the wall but he failed to give us very many details about the length or the cost. He talked about Immigration Reform outlining the four pillars saying yes, i will not just legalize but offer citizenship to the dreamers in exchange for 25 billion for the wall, a crackdown on criminal aliens and closing the loophole to falsely claim entry by claiming asylum. Open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities. Now president obama in his last state of the union recognized dreamers as hard working americans. The first illegal immigrant was an ms13 gang member. As for the term open borders thats controversial. Number one under president bush he doubled the size of the Border Patrol. Half of those who try to enter illegally make it. President trump did recognize that the flow of illegal immigration is changing, sandra. In fact, the number of mexicans apprehended coming over the border illegally is outnumbered by Central Americans and a third are children and trying to end that catch and release policy. Democrats say these people deserve protection. Back to you. Sandra thank you. Bill breaking news in a moment on that obama surveillance memo. The white house chief of staff general john kelly saying minutes ago he thinks the memo will be released, quote, pretty quick. The details with Alan Dershowitz to examine this straight ahead coming up live. As far as the memo goes. The memo came over. We have our folks in the our National Security lawyers in the white house that work for me, work for the president. They are slicing and dicing it looking at it so we know what it means and understands. Bill did you see it . I did. What do you think . It will be released and the whole world can see it. Bill general john kelly a few moments ago saying he believes the white house will release the white house surveillance memo. Alan dershowitz back with us today by way of skype. Specific question to you. We think were going to see it. I dont know if it will be today. Perhaps before the weekend. Do you see any danger in releasing this fourpage summary . First i want to congratulate by friend and former student joe kennedy for outstanding response last night. As to your question, look, ive been in the area of National Security releases, pentagon papers for over 50 years. In almost every case when it gets released people throw up their arms and say what was the problem here . What was the National Security issue here . Why are we so concerned . We should always err in favor of releasing rather than withholding. Most claims to censorship based on National Security turn out to be overstated, overwrought and sometimes out and out false. So i dont think there are any great risks. If it were great risks, believe me, the National Security people would be on top of it in a minute. So i think this is something where the American Public has the right to see it and make their own judgment as to its content. Im looking forward to reading it. Bill the wall street journal said let everything out. Go ahead and when its appropriate deliver it to the public. On another issue the Inspector General of the f. B. I. Is investigating Andrew Mccabe in the final weeks before the election of 2016. I think the essential question is why based on what we think we know, why did he not investigate Hillary Clintons email server or the missing emails when he first received information about it . Again im reading between the lines here but apparently he may have sat on this information for a period of three weeks. I think the question then becomes did he exhibit a bias in his investigation . What do you think the central question is there . I think first of all the central question is we should have more investigations and fewer criminal charges. I think we jump to criminalization much too quickly but we should know the truth. The Inspector General is the right official to make that decision. We dont need special counsel and prosecutors. Enough with everybody is a criminal. Lock him and her up. Lets find out what happened. Right from the beginning i proposed a bipartisan nonpartisan commission of inquiry into what happened in this last election. This last election raises great problems for democracy on every side, on both sides, on all sides. I think we have to know the truth. Anything that gets us closer to the truth and away from lock her up and lock him up is a development that benefits the American People. Bill his rest ignition was abrupt. Whether the i. G. Or Christopher Wray saying its time to go, i assume well figure that out in time. But something told him to get out now. Well, he was scheduled to resign when his in a month. Something happened yesterday. We have a right to know that. He have was the second ranking person in the federal bureau of investigation. If there is any agency that requires transparency for americans its the f. B. I. And c. I. A. Secret agencies that enormous potential impact in our lives. Were entitled to know the dynamic. Why did he leave . Who pressured him . What were the issues that led him to make a change in the timing of his decision . We have to know all of that and then we can come to conclusions. Bill two answers ago you referred to it. Lets expand on that now. Paul ryan 24 hours ago on this program was speaking from capitol hill and he made four major points about why he will release the memo and what americans should think about it. The fourth point he mentioned is something you just talked about and that is the integrity of these Great American institutions be it the department of justice or the f. B. I. And how important it is to maintain the trust in the American Public in these institutions. Question, do you believe the reputations of either organization have been damaged by what weve been trying to report for the past two years . In the 1960s i began to write a lot about the f. B. I. And i was alone certainly conservatives didnt support my view. I wanted to make sure hoover didnt want to abuse his power. Thank you for joining me calling for transparency and that they dont suffer from a lack of integrity and locals of focus. I think its so important for liberals and conservatives, republicans and democrats not make it a partisan issue. Everything is a partisan issue. Lets make it a bipartisan concern to make sure the f. B. I. Is depoliticized. No politics in the f. B. I. Or other agencies in the United States government. We have to get politics out of these institutions. Bill the reaction to some of the lawmakers in the house last night i think thats a pipe dream right now. You know, its a pipe dream but we have to keep dreaming. We have to keep dreaming and bring our country together. Conservatives have an obligation to marginalize the extreme right and dem lets become a centrist company where we can talk to each other rationally. Bill thank you for your time today on the morning after. President trump i took an action endorsing unanimously by the u. S. Senate just months before, i recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. [cheering and applause] sandra President Trump last night touting his historic recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. David lee miller is live jerusalem. No reaction from the World Community after President Trump made the call to stop funding countries that take a different position than the United States. It is worth noting that mr. Trump has already cut off humanitarian aid to the palestinians citing their refusal to return to the peace process. The palestinians, however, say citing mr. Trumps jerusalems designation the u. S. Cannot be an honest broker and saying they wont be blackmailed for u. S. Dollars. Meanwhile iranian leaders fired back following mr. Trumps state of the union message. The president said despite foreign pressure the people of iran will not waiver in their support of the islamic republic. President trump said the u. S. Stands with the people of iran and their courageous struggle for freedom and mentioned his support last year for antiregime demonstrations. His remarks were broadcast on state tv. They have to understand the fact that the iranian nation will never give up hoe mainis legacy. A return is impossible. Irans foreign minister sent out a tweet that said trump again confirms his ignorance of iran and region. Everyone knows where he stands and it is certainly not with iranians. Then he further wrote his democratically elected clients in our region may cheer but not those on the receiving end of their tyranny and weapons, including yemeni children. That was a swipe at the u. S. Position in yemen, the conflict there is seen by many as a proxy war with the u. S. And saudi arabia supporting the government and iran supporting the rebels. And lastly, during his speech last night President Trump called for congress to address what he called the fundamental flaws in the iran nuclear deal. So far no specific response to that point from tehran. Sandra. Sandra David Lee Miller in jerusalem for us. Thank you. Bill middle east and north korea the president blaming past administrations for where things are today on the foreign policy. Sandra a rare treat for sky watchers, a super blue blood moon and it hasnt happened in some 150 years. Did you catch it this morning . How could you miss it . David. Whats going on . Oh hey thats it . Yeah. Everybody two seconds dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance. Through the Tuition Assistance program, every day mcdonalds helps more people go to college. Its part of our commitment to being americas best first job. On a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. Your Insurance Company raises your rates. Maybe you shouldve done more research on them. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. Switch and you could save 782 on home and auto insurance. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Bill the second full moon this month making it a blue moon. Two full moons in one month. Its at its closest approach to earth, a super moon and underwent a total lunar eclipse. I was a blood moon. Sandra look at it changing. The first super blue blood moon visible from the u. S. Since 1866. I remember that one. Kidding. I got up this morning and i thought i left the light on outside. It was that bright. In new york with no clouds around it was that bright. Sandra my mother texted me this morning, go look at the moon she said. A lot of people love it. It is hard to keep track of all that stuff. All right. President trump vast experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. I will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations that got us into this very dangerous position. Sandra that was President Trump blaming past administrations for letting north Koreas Nuclear program grow into the threat it is today and vowing to take a different strategy to keep america safe. Marc thiessen is a columnist for the Washington Post and Fox News Contributor. Ill get your thoughts on that speech first. My understanding is you thought it went over very well. It did go over very well. Look, donald trump had a big challenge last night which was he has a huge record of accomplishment in his first year. Passed tax and regulatory reform. Repealed the individual mandate. Driven isis from its caliphate. Booming economy. The stock market is booming. 45 year low in unemployment and yet his Approval Rating going into last nights speech was just 38 . Historically low for an american president in the first year of their presidency. So why is a president who is so successful so unpopular . Donald trumps job last night was to turn that around. He had an opportunity. Sandra did he . He seized the opportunity. His job was to go out and make the pitch to the millions of americans out there who like his policies but are not necessarily trump supporters. And to turn them around and get them he did that very effectively. He reached out to the other side and was bipartisan and engaged the other side on a host of issues from workforce reform and immigration where he made a major concession. Basically without using the word said that he would support amnesty for 1. Million people in exchange for changes in Border Security. Sandra even leading up to the speech and youve written a lot about it and writing a lot about it this morning. In those moments where he did call out his predecessors as you just heard him do and that specific occasion it was calling out those that came before him for mishandling north korea and the reason why we see that growing a large threat coming from there. What do you make of that strategy . Was it effective last night . I think its true. In the case of north korea for 25 years republican and democratic administrations have been kicking the can down the road on north Koreas Nuclear missile program. On trumps watch weve run out of road. No more road to kick the can down. On his watch theyre either going to become a Nuclear Power or not be allowed to become a Nuclear Power and he inherited the mess and he did that as well. Not just on that. I think on immigration, republican and democratic president s have failed to solve the immigration problem. George w. Bush tried, barack obama didnt try very hard but didnt accomplish it on his watch and maybe nixon can go to china, only donald trump could pass Immigration Reform. The question is, are democrats how are democrats going to respond to this . He has done something which is what great leaders do. Challenge their own base. Endorsed amnesty. Sandra he really did. He made that appeal to democrats. He said quote, it is not enough to come together only in times of tragedy, a powerful moment. Tonight i call upon all of us to set aside our differences and seek out Common Ground. He really appeared to reach out to democrats last night. I just wonder as we wake up this morning does this change things . Well, he didnt just do it with words which is really important, sandra. He did it with action. He endorsed amnesty to 1. 8 million people. Great leaders challenge their base and reach out to the other side to achieve great things for america. The question is, if you look at the demeanor of the democrats yesterday, the sour faces on the other side of the aisle, when donald trump said those words that you just quoted nancy pelosi was sitting there with her hands in her lap refusing to clap for unity. If they arent going to meet him part of the way, then they will lose because leadership wins ultimately in the popularity contest and theyll make donald trump more popular by refusing to work with him. Sandra theyve continued with that rhetoric and action this morning. They held their Weekly Conference and nancy pelosi shared the same words. Bill he had a long night. Holocaust survivor paying a special visit to the u. N. Today. Her connection to the man who inspired the book schindlers list. My mother saved my life. No, first god, then mr. Schindler and then my mother. You might take something for your heart. Or joints. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brainhealth supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. Well see you in seven minutes with new reaction to President Trumps rousing first state of the union. He wants both sides of the aisle to cooperate to move the country forward. Can they . The employee behind the missile alert that caused panic around hawaii saying he believed a real missile was flying toward the island. He has now been fired. Buried in the state of the Union Address Hillary Clinton releases an explanation why she didnt fire a Campaign Staffer accused 10 years ago of Sexual Harassment. What she says she would do differently today top of the hour. Thank you, at the u. N. Theyre remembering victims of the holocaust today. One of the youngest survivors in schindlers list serving as the keynote speaker at a special ceremony. Eric shawn on the east river. She did survive the holocaust as you said and was the youngest person saved by Oscar Schindler. Now at 81 years old she is addressing the United Nations General Assembly today. She was 6 years old when she was rounded up in poland and sent to auschwitz. She met shidler who saved her life and it was in the film schindlers list. He tells the nazi guards he needs ava because her little fingers are the only ones that can fit in the barrels to clean the guns. Shidler often did not tell the truth to fool the nazis and protect jews. He lied, of course, he lied all the time, god bless him. Did you realize that your life was being saved . Of course, of course. Every time that the nazis i knew my life was saved. The holocaust claimed six million lives. Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations which falls january 27, it marks the liberation of auschwitz. As for Oscar Schindler he had been a nazi. He died in 1974. He was 66 years old. He is credited for saving the lives of 1,200 jews. He is buried in jerusalem. Back to you. Sandra eric shawn watching that today from new york. Reaction pouring in this morning to President Trumps big first state of the Union Address last night. Keep it right here for more. One tweet in a day and a half. Thats different. Different world. I think things are changing. Becoming more traditional. Nothing yet. You have rand paul on today . Watch outnumbered. Rand paul sits on the couch. Tough act to follow you yesterday. I had a great time yesterday. Thanks for joining us. Happening now starts right now. Jon we start with a fox news alert on reaction to President Trumps first state of the Union Address. Im jon scott. Did you watch the whole thing . I did, too. It was long and late but it was a lot. There was a lot in there. Jon interesting stuff. Absolutely. Im melissa francis. Last nights speech was filled to calls for action with lawmakers and appeal for untease and warnings to our enemies. The president striking an optimistic tone highlighting the growing economy and the strength of the american spirit. President trump as long as we are proud of who we are and wh