Capitol hill. We start with john roberts. Jon, good morning to you. Just a few minutes ago, the president called for a noon News Conference. The thing that hes really been going on about this morning is the leaks of intelligence. The enormous megaphone he has on twitter, hes turning the narrative away from questions about what Michael Flynn might have talked to the russians about. Tweeting out this morning the democrats had to come up with a story as to why they lost the election, and so badly, 306, so they made up a story, russia. Fake news the president also going after leakers this morning saying the spotlight has finally been put on the lowlife leakers they will be caught leaking, and even illegal classified leaking, has been a big problem in washington for years. Failing New York Times and others must apologize one of his Deputy Press Secretaries a short time ago on fox news saying theyre going to take every effort they can to try to root out these leaks. Listen here. The people a
A pitch for bipartisanship to get his agenda done. While democrats and some on his own party accept the offer . Plus. President trump my administration has been working on improving vetting procedures and we will shortly take new steps to keep our nation safe and to keep those out who will do us harm. Jon the president expected to sign a newly revised travel order on emigration in the coming days after the previous one caused a political firestorm. Also, Severe Weather takes aim at communities in the midwest, with deadly consequences and the outbreak of dangerous storms is not over yet. Its all happening now. We begin with this fox news alert. President trump now hosting a house and Senate Leadership luncheon, but it seems democratic lawmakers were left out of the loop, you might say. Welcome to the second hour of happening now. Mellisa speaker of the house, paul ryan, Mitch Mcconnell among them. The white house says new democrats are with them. Todays developments follow the president
Its a phrase that stuck out from the inaugural address, the theme for tonights address is going to be the renewal of the american spirit. President trump has really been influenced by all the listening sessions hes been holding at the white house with Health Insurance ceos, Law Enforcement officials, coal miners, union reps. The two big themes, economy and security. He is expected to start with a look at what he is already accomplished, promises cap and promises made, reviving those two oil pipelines. Even though he ran into problems in the courts, its still promises kept to his supporters. He is expected to lay out his agenda. Hell talk about tax reform, infrastructure spending, health care, hell also have to explain how he plans to pay for the 54 billion increase in defense spending and he gave us a preview of where he thinks the money will come from this morning on fox friends. I think the money is going to come from a revved up economy. You look at the kind of numbers we are doing,
President trump signaling he could potentially make a deal on Immigration Reform, will there be compromise . One of the political biggest issues. And President Trump lowering expectations for the swift repealing and replacement of obamacare. While republicans struggled to unify on a plan. Is it just too big to fix . It is all happening now. Jenna we begin with the attorney general who is under a cloud of controversy over his meeting with the Russian Ambassador during his time as senator and whether or not he disclosed that information to congress and the American People. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jenna lee. Jon im jon scott. More republicans are calling for senator Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from any investigation of that Trump Campaign linked to russia, this afternoon reports that he met with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Twice during the campaign. An apparent contradiction to his sworn testimony during confirmation. We will get into that and a bit.
Obamacare. And the Severe Weather threat is not over after tornadoes touched down in the american heartland. It is all happening now. But we begin with this fox news alert with President Trump set to depart soon from the white house on his first overseas trip since taking office. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jon scott. Julie im julie banderas, happy friday come in for jenna lee today. First stop is saudi arabia, birthplace of islam where the president will seek support in fighting terrorism. Kingdom already preparing for this historic visit, putting up billboards featuring trump and saudi king salmon with a slogan that reads today together we prevail. American flags also lining the streets there. President trump leaving behind a swirl of controversy currently dodging and dogging his administration. House lawmakers today hearing from Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein about the Russian Investigation and the firing of former fbi director james comey as we learn a