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. it s 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 .
let s let the president make his proposal. let s evaluate it on its merit. you guys are afraid, because for mike years, you guys stood by and you will get us all killed. it s not a right to come to america, it s a privilege. the first duty as a president and commander-in-chief is to make sure we re safe. you guys were a tone-deaf during election and that s why you guys lost. melissa: let simon respond, go ahead. it s my belief that the dhs and our intelligence community have done a great job in managing our border. there ve been no foreign fighter attacks the united states the last 15 years. there s been no increase in undocumented population in the last decade. i think the president has done a disservice to the hard-working men and women who have kept our country safe. can we make it safer? absolutely. melissa: lawrence, you notice he changed his language
i am dana perino, we have a big show for you, reaction to president trump s edge as from both chris wallace and former press secretary ari fleischer, he has some advice from george w. bush s 2001 playbook plus congressman trey gowdy says mr. trump s immigration order could use some clarity. what does he want to see? we are going to ask him and asked the chairman of the ways and means committee whether a border adjustment tax is definitely part of the big tax reform plan. that and more just ahead on america s newsroom hq . jon: you might ve heard president trump stressing the importance of border security in his first speech to congress. william la jeunesse has reaction from residents of san diego county just miles from the mexican border. william? one of the things we heard all night is the economic value of the low-wage, unskilled worker to the economy, to the labor market. residents told us, be careful what you wish for whether it be the prices of produce, restaurants or ser
that import like retailers and holding companies, they don t much like them. last night, he didn t go into details. he just said is going to be a big tax cut which is a good starting point, but as you said, if he decides to embrace water adjustability, they definitely need a new name if they re going to sell that one. i think what he has to do, is explained to people how it s actually not punishing one sector over another, it s a way to get lower rates and more growth. jon: and reviewing the speech last night, the ap wrote an article saying that donald trump finally gave republicans what they spent months begging him to do. the question is, how long will they be united, will they be behind him on some of these points? i think they were thrilled last night, even if they disagreed with some of the details, because he is now showing that he looks like he s going to be a successful president, and they need a
additional troops to afghanistan, whether or not to ramp that were up. the larger issue that the u.s. has an afghanistan in the last several years or so, it doesn t matter the trip numbers when the taliban has been able to use neighboring pakistan as a base of operation to go in and out of afghanistan. the larger issue has not been the number of troops in afghanistan, but how to deal with that safe haven across the border. no word yet, speech anyone come about that with the u.s. might do with that issue. jon: america s longest war grows even longer. conor powell, thanks. melissa: breaking out another wall street record, the dow jones soared past 21,000 and will stay there green arrows in reaction to the president s speech. plus, the unexpected proposal to slash state departments and foreign budgets. if the president is vowing to