Fox news alert. President trump moments ago wrapping up remarks at a boeing plant in South Carolina trying to refocus attention on jobs and the economy, and our workers. Hello everyone. Im sandra smith. Well, the president suggesting while standing in front of the latest boeing dream liner that hes getting closer to a deal on the new air force one. And im being very, very serious. The new air force one, that plane, as beautiful as it looks, is 30 years old. Can you believe it . What can look so beautiful at 30 . An airplane. I dont know. Which one do we like better, folks . Tell me. Sandra all right. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts traveling with the president , is in North Charleston. As we understand it, hes still behind you, john. There he is. Live pictures of the president , getting a tour of that dream liner. And in the cockpit right now. As your president , im going to do everything i can to unleash the power of the American Spirit and to put our great people back to
commerce secretary just passed a procedural hurdle 66-31. that is just the first step. top republicans are blasting democrats for a lack of cooperation. cabinet nominees were named. what we saw were a list of eight nominees come out that senator schumer had as his hit list of nominees that he was going to oppose, slow down, obstruct, boycott. democrats delay. they delayed again. they delayed again. that s what we saw in one after another after another. with lawmakers in town for the president s day holiday, it appears other nominees will wait at least ten more days for some sort of action. sandra? sandra: what have democrats been saying after their all nighter on the senate floor? well, they tried to hold up the scott pruitt nomination by arguing that he s done nothing to help the environment. he s only attacked the epa as attorney general of the state of
our nations and sentinals, we see our as the arc of instability builds on nato s preufry an beyond. jennifer griffin is travelling with the defense secretary. watch her tonight on special force for more, sandra. sandra: thank you very much for that report. all right. joining me now, congress woman marcia blackburn. thank you for being here. what do you make of what you just heard, as we con to watch this russian spy ship make its way along our eastern coast line? well, i think we all know that putin is a thug and he has a military that is trying to flex its muscle and send a message. and we probably should not be surprised by such activity. sandra: the president was pressed in his most recent news conference as to whether or not he believed that russia is testing him. he didn t say that he believed that to be the case.
michael flynn, russia and other topics. we ll keep an eye on that for you and have more details when we get them. all right. president trump sharing one of the perks of life in the white house with new jersey governor chris christie. the president telling christie to try the meat loaf. governor christie saying the meat loaf was actually pretty good. this is what it s like to be with trump. okay? he says there s the menu, or whatever you want, then says, chris, you and i are going to have the meat loaf. i said well we re going to have the meat loaf? he said the meat loaf is fabulous. tkpwhr did you the meat loaf? i did. sandra: everybody loves a good meat loaf. so what makes that meat loaf so great? there s a white house recipe online from former first lady pat nixon. it includes ground beef, bread crumb, whipping cream, tomato sauce and egg, parsley, salt and pepper. of course black pepper.
carrying trump man since 2008. it was sold then to trump wine, the president s company. they re not changing it. it does great in sales. there you have it. this is a stark difference in the way nordstrom responded, right, with the ivanka trump brand. that was catching all kinds of backlash. back to you. sandra: very good to see you. you, too. sandra: thank you. should president trump dial back on social media? what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is saying about it. plus a russian spy ship lurking off the east coast near the largest naval base in the world. what is it doing there? and now lawmakers are sounding the alarms. anyone who would loiter off the coast of connecticut is not doing it because of the great climate and weather. it s freezing weather out there. they are doing it, obviously, with aggressive intent, to say the least. where s frank?