rob: i do like our red christmas lights or whatever you would call those, the red lights on the tree. good morning, you re watching fox & friends first , i m rob schmit. heather: it is friday and half past half of the hour. president trump hours away from addressing the crowd. first president to take the stage since ronald reagan. rob: mike pence firing up the crowd last night. griff jenkins with a show of conservative unity, griff. hey, rob and heather, the secret service still clearing the building, getting ready for president trump s trump speech a little after 10:00 a.m. and i will tell you, it s very exciting talking to the folks here because it s historic that
after calling canadian prime minister justin trudeau a supremacist. rob: federal judge refuse to go block suit in 7-year-old case, armstrong defrauded the government by accepting millions in sponsorship money from usps as he won a string of tournaments while doping. the cyclist was stripped of his titles and banned for life. heather: billionaire businessman mark cuban thinking challenge to president trump, hinting at a 2020 presidential run telling business insider, quote, we will see. i know mark cuban well, he s not smart enough to run for president. well, cuban responding with a screen shot of an e-mail exchange reading in part, quote, i may go after that job one day and it could be against you. rob.
hope your day is sunny and sweet. back to rob and heather. heather: janice, thank you. janice: you got it. heather: she did manage to steal the show, take a look. the best in show award. how cute. who doesn t like a dog run around. how does a dog not freak out when you have 50,000 people screaming at you. heather: exactly.
sworn overnight. up next va secretary nominee david to be confirmed this afternoon. ben carson for department of housing and urban development and former texas governor rick perry. heather: appealing the immigration ruling. this as homeland security confirms that the majority of illegals rounded up are violent criminal offenders. kelly wright here with more development this is morning. rob and heather, good morning to you. president trump facing a new legal hurdle over executive travel order, a virginia judge says it violates the constitution putting a temporary injunction in place and citing religious bias. just last week a federal acourt holding restraining order that prevent it is order from being enforced nationwide. now the president s team is
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