Couple of controversial Pipeline Projects. And today he may take action on his longpromised border wall. And Health Secretary nominee tom price in the hot seat for a second time as senators pressed him on replacing the Affordable Care act. Good morning, everyone. Its wednesday, january 25th. Im alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. Today marks the fifth full day of the Trump Administration. A big day planned on National Security tomorrow. We will build the wall. Trump will sign an executive order to construct a new barrier along the Mexican Border when he visits the department of Homeland Security this afternoon. Also, cracking down on cities that refuse to hand over the undocumented for deportation. Still unknown what action the president will take on the obama executive order that protected thousands of undocumented who arrived as children. And there are reports from reuters and the New York Times that trump might fulfill a Campaign Promise by imposing a temporary plan on most refugees
Debunkds. The president also using the meeting to dwell on the size of his inauguration crowds. From his perspective a very, very large crowd and we didnt push it beyond that, but it was clear that this was still in his mind. In his first firnl briefing official briefing as white house secretary, sean spicer defending the president. Its about sitting here every time, being told, no, the crowds around that big. Hes not that successful. The narrative and the default narrative is always negative and its demoralizing. Spicer on the defensive after falsely claiming the 2017 inauguration had the largest audience of any swearing in. I think sometimes we can disagree with the facts. Our intention is never to lie to you. But beyond his continued obsession with votes and crowd size, trump spent most of his first monday in office on repealing obamas policies. Great thing for the American Worker, what we just did. The president signing an executive action to withdraw the u. S. From the transpacifi
Election. The president has believed that for a while based on studies and information he has. Were going to break down those facts and talk about a supreme pick. The president sayse will announce his Supreme Court choice next week, and weve got the short list. So much to cover. We begin this morning with President Trump taking the First Step Towards transforming immigration policy in america just a few hours from now. Hes expected to sign a new executive order putting money towards building that big border wall down south. More orders are expected to follow banning most refugees and temporarily blocking visas for more than half a dozen countries in the middle east and northern africa, and a third targeting undocumented immigrants currently finding shelter in socalled sanctuary cities. Guess what, we have got the best team in the business here to talk us through all of it. I want to bring in nbcs kristen welker. Shes at the white house working overtime because Donald Trumps got a lot h
Defines of the u. S. And un and traditional ali, china. Testing missiles that might be able to reach the u. S. Rich edison is watching tonight. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson travels next week, he will meet with the south korean government that is on its way out, after the south korean court removed from office the president after a Corruption Scandal. Supporters rallied protesting the decision. They said they must elect a new president within 60 days. In the meantime, we will continue to work with Prime Minister for the reminder of his tenure as acting president and look forward to whoever the people of south korea elect. This is a domestic issue on which the United States takes no issue. That will consumes much of the south core freen government. Theyre focused on the missile tests. And ballistic prove vocations. The current security situation is very urgent and serious. Even a moment of carelessness or a single mistake is not acceptable. The state Department Says the u. S. Will co
So help you god. Shannon that was mike pompeo sworn in last night by Vice President mike pence. At about the same time the president was meeting with top congressional leaders from both parties. Bill a lot to get to. Peter doocy is watching a busy day on capitol hill and byron york has analysis but we begin with john roberts. Set the stage for this meeting today with automakers, what is going the happen . Today the focus will be on jobs for the first part of the day meeting with leaders of the Automotive Industry and the ceos of the big four. He will sign another executive order this morning at 11 00. We dont know what it is. Were trying to dig up the contents of it. There are a number of executive orders he will sign over the next week that have to do with jobs. 1 00 this afternoon hell meet with his new c. I. A. Director mike pompeo, confirmed and sworn in. President trump wanted to have pompeo in place on friday. The democrats decided they wouldnt hold a vote on his confirmation whi