Families who sacrifice daily for our freedoms, our hearts, our prayers with all of our deployed soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines will not be home for christmas. So you decided to do this trip. Tell me more about that. Mrs. Trump i wanted to come and visit military families and also the servicemen and women. Its very important that we support them. Holidays are coming. Not many of them, they will be with their families. So for me its very important to show them that the president and i, and the country, we are behind them. Sean you know whats amazing, we are on the uss george h. W. Bush, who recently passed away. They put as many as 5,000 people on this ship. I was watching you as you are watching the jets come in and out. If we tipped it over it would be the size of the empire state building. What did you think when you see this . Its incredible. Even when i flew over here, you see the ship, its very small and then you are approaching and its really big. It was great to meet some of them who serve here. Now today there are 3,000 servicemen and women on it. Sean right now. Right now. And i saw the airplanes taking off and landing and its incredible what they do. Sean the cost of freedom is high. We forget sometimes, dont we . Mrs. Trump correct. Sean i watched you as you worked the rope line, as you spoke with the families. It seemed to me that they cling to you and they want to send you messages. What are they saying to you . Mrs. Trump just be thanking me for the service. What i do for them. And i thank them for their service. I guess i see that we have incredible support out there and they see what im doing and that im here for them and to support them. Sean let me ask i would say i told a lot of people is going to be interviewing you. There is a curiosity about you. I dont know how you take that. But i think a lot of people know your husband is so outspoken and youve been behind the scenes, but youre making it out more. You want on your trip, nigeria, ghana, malawi. Mrs. Trump i went to the four countries. I started with donna and malawi, kenya and egypt. I did a five day trip in africa on aldos four countries. It was an amazing trip and they were very happy i came there and i worked with the u. S. Aid so we are helping them to become selfreliant. Sean i noticed in interviews one of the things you often say, first do to find yourself in the abc interview, i thought it was a really interesting question as a mom, a wife, as the first lady of the United States, as a friend, and then you talked about your confident, youre very focused and you used the term stay true to myself, you use that term a lot. I want you to expand on that. What does that mean and i will ask you about your roots a little bit but that stuck out to me. Mrs. Trump i do what i think is right. I know i will get the criticism from the public or from the media but i will do what is right and what i feel is right for the country and for the people. And thats what i say, i want to stay true to myself and listen to myself and what to do and what is right and what is wrong. And live a Meaningful Life every day. Sean you talked about this is temporary. You see that its temporary. Would you want to stay for a second term . Mrs. Trump i think my husband, hes doing an incredible job. The country does best ever, so yes, i think i want the country to continue to do well. Sean you come from a small town in slovenia. And i dont think youve talked a lot publicly about your journey from that small town to paris, to all these major cities from there to new york city. Tell us about that journey. Were your parents with you when you were a model and alone . Mrs. Trump after my studies i went to the modeling business. I lived in paris and in 1996 and moved to new york. And then my career, i loved it and i stayed in new york and here we are today. Sean its interesting because you are not traveling but you end up in the biggest city and you told a story about how you met the president. When did you know that he was the one . Was there a moment . Mrs. Trump we had a great chemistry when we met in 1998 and we start dating and we dated for a long time before we got married and we got married and had a son. But we had a great chemistry from the day one. Sean is there a moment that you realized wow, small town slovenia, now im the first lady of the United States and im living in the white house. It was there a moment that you realize this is real . Mrs. Trump its incredible. Especially when you think about your life, where you were born and all the steps you took. I took a lot of steps. Its not just like you end up here. You learn a lot on the way here and in my business, in the fashion business its a tough business as well. And here the politics is as well. Its a tough business. And you need to have very thick skin. Sean whats been the hardest for you since youve become first lady . Whats been the hardest thing youve had to deal with . Mrs. Trump i would say the opportunists who are using my name or my family name to advance themselves from comedians to journalists to performers, book writers. Sean does it hurt . Mrs. Trump it doesnt hurt. The problem is they are writing history and its not correct. Sean especially when the speculation about you and your family and your marriage. Youve addressed that in past interviews. Mrs. Trump i did. They like to focus on the gossip and i would like that they focus on the substance and what we do, not just about nonsense. Sean you said if he ran you knew he would win. How did you know . Mrs. Trump i told him if he runs because i knew him, i knew how he connects with the people. He builds an incredible business in his mind, hes into the business and to make America Great and successful. So i saw how he connects to the people so thats why i said you know if you run you will win and its a possibility. Sean i know people want to know this. Do you often weigh in on the issues of the day with the president . I know you do watch a lot of news. Youre very aware of whats going on. What you think in terms of what kind of insight can you give us may be a better way to ask it. As to how when you feel strongly about something that you would relay that to him . Mrs. Trump i wish to have time to watch more news, but i dont. Sean i hope you watch hannity. Mrs. Trump with my office and traveling and doing my work i watch you and i sometimes also tape the shows and if i have the time i watch it. But i know exactly whats going on. I follow whats going on and i give my husband advice and my honest opinion. And sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesnt. Sean if i look at the two of you and i know the two of you pretty well and ive known him for a very long time. I dont think there could be two different styles. He fights, hes combative, you have discussed the issues of tweeting and social media and youve even said youve asked them to tone it down a little bit. How does that go over . Mrs. Trump we could see it it. Sean meaning its not working. Okay. Mrs. Trump i dont agree with his tone sometimes and i tell him that. So as i said before sometimes he listens, sometimes he doesnt. Sean sometimes he was going to Say Something mrs. Trump i said to him i dont think you need to read that out but in the end its his decision. He knows the consequences. Hes an adult, but hes a fighter. Hes the fighter. Sean its interesting. You saw the exchange i assume yesterday with him and Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi. And i gave my commentary on it. I said thats what america elected. Somebody that fights hard for promises. What would you want america to know about him behind the scenes that maybe they dont see or know . That maybe the media would never portray about him. Mrs. Trump that hes fighting for america and the American People every day. Every day. He wants to govern the right way and sometimes its tough because he could see the media wants to bash and focus on negativity. Sean lets talk about the media. Theres been a lot of controversy, he says its fake news. Or some of its fake news. Do you agree . Mrs. Trump some of it. Some of it is fake news. I would say dont believe everything you hear and what you read. Not all of it, but some of it is fake news. Sean even your young son has been brought into this at times. That would make me angry. Does that make you angry . Mrs. Trump it does make me angry because children should be offlimits. And i protect him and i want to give him normal life as possible. This is not normal life but i like to protect him and give him the childhood that he deserves. Sean do you feel its working out as best he can . Ive met him. He seems like a young, very respectful happy kid. Mrs. Trump hes very happy, hes strong. Hes tough. Hes enjoying life in washington. Sean who is he more alike, the outward fighter donald or his mom . Mrs. Trump he has both qualities. Hes a fighter. He has a soft beautiful heart but hes a fighter too and hes very strong. Sean do you find with all the issues that your husband deals with foreign policy, russia, china, little rocket man, to use this term, all the issues with employment, regulation, energy, borders, the wall, are you mostly in agreement on the big issues that he fights for everyday . Mrs. Trump with policies some of them i agree, some of them i dont and i give him my opinion, but he is the president. He was elected. Sean when all is said and done and you know have taken a more public role, what you want people to know about what issues matter to you the most . I know you have your be best campaign. Youve seen the military, youre traveling the world now more than you have. What do you want people to know about whats important to you . As first lady . Mrs. Trump might be best initiative is in the early stages and im very proud of what i have accomplished so far. And i have wellbeing of children, Opioid Crisis and social media use. So i traveled the country. I meet with the people, i meet with the parents and i want to shine a spotlight on the organization and programs that support children and want to be the best for them to grow up in responsible adults. Sean on borders in particular you did go down to the border and you met with a lot of Border Patrol guys. Ive been down there 13 times in my 23 years at fox. Everywhere from the rio grande to san diego, and drug warehouses. When youre down there and you see with your own eyes whats going on, is the wall, in your head, the only answer . Mrs. Trump i think we need the wall to protect the country. Sean for security . Mrs. Trump the security. Protected from the drugs. Of course we know we will always have people coming over but this is one solution that we could stop big caravans coming over. And i was in the border and saw firsthand and met with Border Patrol and i see what they do 24 7. In their hands are full. Sean s all rocks and bottles being pelted at them and they try to crush the border, the southern border of mexico. He recently spoke out about the metoo movement. We saw what happened with Justice Kavanaugh and his confirmation hearing. Which to me is so overthetop, but you also said we take it seriously. Listen to women, but then you talked about due process and the presumption of innocence. Do you feel thats missing in this movement . Mrs. Trump i think we should all be heard. Women and men. We need to be heard and we need to be treated equal. Sean remember every time before we ever heard from some of the individuals in the Justice Kavanaugh case hear people say i believe. We hadnt heard from anybody. Mrs. Trump you can believe until you are Proven Guilty. You cannot be guilty until you are Proven Guilty and thats very important that we follow the law. Sean i want to talk about your journey a little more because we kind of glossed over it. If you grew up in a small town in slovenia. Then youre a model in milan and paris. If you were independent. If you were alone at that time. Mrs. Trump correct. Sean did you grow up wanting to be a model . B2 i study design and architecture and stopped my study architecture because i wanted to go in the modeling business and professional career as a model. So i moved to milan and paris. Sean how young were you at that time . Mrs. Trump i started modeling in slovenia first when i was 16. And then went to milan and start from then on. Sean were you with your parents . Mrs. Trump i was alone. Sean you grow up fast at a young age. Independent. Mrs. Trump correct. Sean as you look back on that and your parents from milan and paris to new york, did that make you the person that says that they are confident, good friend, and true to herself . Mrs. Trump yes. My journey made me that. Sean madame first lady, thank you so much for being with us. We really appreciate it. Thank you. Sean were just getting started. Coming up next on the special edition of hannity, the first ladys christmas message to the troops. Thats next. Merry christmas and live from americas news headquarters im in a anna kooiman. President trump will not budge. The president parts of the government will stay shot as long as democrats refused to build more barriers on the u. S. Mexico border. That announcement this morning a lot of hopes for a christmas miracle that will soon allow federal wow several federal departments to reopen and employees to return to work. The partial shutdown began on saturday and Senate Democratic leaders say there is no resolution in sight. Thats because they are refusing to give the president the 5 billion he is asking for for that border wall. Everyone of of those democrats approved the wall or a fence or very, very substantial barriers. Every single one. The only time they went against it the only time they went against it, there was only one time, one donald trump said we want to build the wall. Soon as i said we want to build the wall they were all against it. Earlier in the day President Trump took some time out to which american troops stationed around the world in the country a Merry Christmas. Speaking by videoconference to members of all five branches of the military mr. Trump acknowledged the great sacrifices our men and women in uniform make far from home and away from their loved ones. At the Vatican Pope Francis provided thousands of pilgrims gathered in st. Petersburg square about the true meaning of this holiday. He pleaded for fraternity among people of all races and faith. He also urged World Leaders to put aside the political differences and find a solution to wars in syria and yemen and conflicts in ukraine at the korean peninsula. Its happened again. An 8yearold boy from guatemala has died well under the custody of the u. S. Government. Philippe a gomez alonso is now the second immigrant child die custom Officials Say the boy died early today just hours after he was taken to a new mexico hospital to be treated for a cold and a fever. The exact cause of death is not yet known. He and his dad had been en route to tennessee and the father said his tongue was in Perfect Health at the time. Earlier this month a 7yearold guatemalan girl died after being apprehended by border agents. Jaclyn was laid to rest today in her native homeland. And christmas celebrations traditionally filled with laughter and uplifting music were replaced by somber prayers for tsunami victims in an area slammed by waves that hit without warning, killing more than 420 people and leaving thousands homeless in indonesia. The pastor of a Pentecostal Church in a disaster zone says the subdued holiday, our celebration is full of grief. Squeeze your kids just a little bit tighter on this christmas holiday. Im an appointment. Now back to hannity. For all your headlines log onto foxnews. Com. You are watching the most powerful name in news, fox news channel. Sean welcome back to the special edition of hannity. During the first ladys recent visit to two military bases and the uss george h. W. Bush she thinks the brave men and women that are out there serving this country every day, all during the Holiday Season as well and here was for christmas message to the troops. Take a look. Is my great honor to introduce the first lady of the United States, melania will mel. [cheers and applause] mrs. Trump good morning. Thank you for the kind introduction. I want to start by thanking the joint base leaders for having us here. Im looking forward to spending time with you and your families today. When preparing for this stop i learned that this base is more than 100 years old and has a long history of excellence. I also learned that the airmen and soldiers in this room are set up after natural disasters like Hurricane Michael and that many of you have recently returned home from deployment. Im honored to be able to say welcome home and thank you for answering the call of duty. I have said this before, but it is worth repeating. We know that we are free because you are brave and i speak on behalf of my husband when we tell you we are forever grateful for your service. I also want to take a moment to recognize the families of those who serve. We know that you often indoor time apart, which also comes with a degree of uncertainty and some of you are here today while your loved ones are far away. Frequent moves and deployments can be hard and that kind of lifestyle requires its own kind of incredible courage. Please know that your sacrifices do not go unnoticed or unappreciated in the president and i thank you for all that you do. After we leave here we will be flying to the uss george h. W. Bush Aircraft Carrier to visit with the crew on board. That stop will not only allow me to visit with more members of our military, but it will be very meaningful after the recent passing of president bush. We continue to keep his family and our thoughts and prayers. Im looking forward to the tour of the f22 raptor, but before we get started i want to let you all know that the president and i are so grateful and have unconditional appreciation for all that you do. This administration will always stand with the men and women of the United States armed forces and the families that support them. Merry christmas and happy new year to all of you and may god bless you, your family and the United States of america. [cheers and applause] [inaudible] i have a very special gues