remains in session after an all-nightmare thon as democrats are working hard to stop the confirmation of scott pruitt as the next epa administrator. a record of suing the epa as he served as oklahoma s attorney general. meanwhile president trump s cabinet continues to take shape slowly with mick mulvaney s confirmation to lead the office of management and budget. bill: 15 past the hour now. mike pompeo fresh on the job slamming a report claiming that u.s. spies withhold sensitive intelligence from the president. he said they will never hide intelligence from the president period. we aren t aware of any instance when that has occurred. today s wall street journal storing is dead wrong and impaouns the integrity of
something that gets a lot of headlines and attention but the reality is the intelligence community is vast, huge, langley, c.i.a., nsa. enormous institutions with a tremendous amount of civil servants showing up doing the best job they can do day in and day out and their mission is to bring this individual and his top advisors, donald trump and his cabinet and those around him and the rest of the national security complex the best intelligence they can. for anyone to suggest which is what is being suggested by the way, that they can t give the president of the united states that information because he would give it to other countries and possibly give it to our enemies is an accusation of betrayal and treason. bill: the first trip president trump made was c.i.a. headquarters, why? he was an understanding his intelligence community and languagely c.i.a. are essential
it to you. up in new york city we re open for business on the stock market. expected to cool off today. that s what it is doing. we ve had one heck of a run-up wow from the day after the election. losing a bit of momentum now. investors waiting for clarity on economic policy. the president talked about tax reform almost on a daily basis. we see whether or not he continues to talk about that today. stocks are moving on wall street. shannon: president trump will leave the white house shortly for a trip to south carolina and then to florida taking his populous theme to more friendly territory outside the beltway. this after he said he inheristed a mess from his predecessor. president trump: to be honest, i inherited a mess. it s a mess, at home and abroad, a mess. jobs are pouring out of the country. you see what s going on with all of the companies leaving
whether it s here or overseas and you wonder how he approaches that. i think the first sign we had of that was when the navy seal was returned to dover air force base two weeks ago and he made a trip out there with his daughter. that s the way he addressed that. things will get real on his watch. ultimately, however, it s the results. if he gets the economy going, if you get tax reform, if you get obamacare, which are huge deals as you point out, if you get that in the system, legislatively passed and signed into law, that is how this presidency will be judged, correct? absolutely. you know, there was a key line. it was my favorite line from president trump s inaugural address where he said every decision that this administration makes will be to benefit the american family. that s the right marker. it does does this benefit the american family or not? i thought yesterday was awfully entertaining and vintage trump. but it really didn t do
in an executive order. they need to look at the four corners of the document and determine whether the president has the authority or not. that s the only issue that should be before the court and the fact that seven countries have a predominantly muslim population but 85% of the muslim world is not impacted by it, that ends the case in my view. shannon: those countries were selected under the obama administration and were not cooked up simply when the trump administration arrived in town. we ll look forward to seeing if you take on this case, jay. you ve had a lot of success in the supreme court. i ll see you up there. bill: 9:30 in new york. president trump saying he is on mop-up duty. president trump: to be honest, i inherited a mess. it s a mess, at home and abroad, a mess. bill: is it fair now to point the finger at former president obama? or does president trump have a point? got a great panel on that. juan and mercedes in a moment. shannon: plus president