and so here we had barack obama stating, in no uncertain terms it's a red line and we won't accept it, but he did. now we have this refugee crisis across europe and the middle east because of his policies. all we have left is being able to claim no it's donald trump who is likely the killer of syrian refugees. and it's outrageous. liz: isis is all over that country right now. we just heard from security experts, you can't basically vet. women and children yes, of course. there is a civil war in syria has been an intractable problem. is it fair to go after donald trump with such harsh language? >> probably not. he's been on the job 11 days. but people will die in countries don't take refugees because america won't. it will be a problem. what we saw was an international agreement on chemical weapons and we took all the chemical weapons we were aware of at the time away from the syrian regime. russia is backing the assad regime. trump is talking about getting rid of those sanctions. what does that say about thousands and thousands of syrians. liz: the language and tone and rhetoric is in

and when members of barack obama's' own administration -- and i mentioned it before, cia, fbi, homeland security, they all said these people can't be vetted. so i asked over and over again why on earth are we bringing thousands of refugees from syria into this country knowing that isis wants to seed the population? to me, it seems like a common sense move, doesn't seem like it should be all that controversial, and yet you have the left at a fevered pitch of hysteria right now is that just because it's trump? all politics? >> i think that's exactly what it is. i mean, i think some of these people have simply lost their minds. i was talking to people about this last night and saying, look, are you going to argue to a machinist in michigan or a farmer in ohio that you want to have open borders with syria or with iran or with yemen? was that's, essentially, what you're saying. at the end of the day, you can protest and that's a great american way and i encourage if you want to, god bless you, go do that, but you've got to change voters' minds. i just don't think this is going to -- most of

don't they remember how they treated merrick garland, barack obama's choice for the supreme court. tit-for-tat. get over with it. deal with it. republicans saying this is very different. my point whether you're on the right or left. whether you're republican or democrat, this is not getting anything done. and this obestin nance is why why the markets are worried about anything ever getting done. a lot of that has to do with people communicating with each other, which seems to be alien concept intraand interparty. we'll get the latest from dhs secretary john kelly, many said was left out of the decision-making process on the travel ban, whatever you want to call it. he will clarify how his department will handle that. that it is not nearly as draconian as some said in the media. having said though, you would think, would think it is reemergence of the third reich how this was handled. this echoes the same security measures the prior administration took into effect and slow, not just freeze those trying to get into this country. dhs secretary john kelly, to spell it all out now. >> w

it is nothing more than a executive agreement that president barack obama signed. iranians never signed on to it. stuart: allen, i have the ceo of merck speaking after his meeting at the white house. we'll listen please. >> that people will live longer and healthier lives. thank you very much. >> when the president talks about driving down costs, how are you guys going to achieve that. >> we talked about making the marketplace better for competition and patient choice. that will help patients and our companies. when you help our companies that helps create jobs in this country. >> regulatory reform. >> we also talked about regulatory reform also can stimulate innovation. >> does one go with the next in order to drive down costs do you need tax reform or regulatory reform or can they be separate? >> all these things come together to create a system good for innovation and good for jobs. most importantly it is good for patients in the long run. thank you. >> are you more hopeful now than you were when the lasted a administration maybe prices come down as the presiden

whereas barack obama blamed george w. bush for every problem. >> reaction. >> i think both points are right, look, we got we got former president also have sally yates i referred to two hot dogs you showed both of them in the footage you had. yates was acting attorney general, her own office of legal council had reviewed the order, and commented on it signed off on it. so if she disagreed with that, she should have resigned hers for her to direct the department of justice not to defend the order first of all, she was being a hot dog second of all, her office of legal council short think tank. >> i justice department one political apointe he is not there yet all career people signed off on this have some swth the other who hot dog cory booker wearing his little cap talking about how people are attacking muslim americans, please tell me, please, mr. booker senator booker give me the name of the person who is attacking the muslin-american give me name of the muslin-american citizen who itself being attacked by the individual

obama. democrats are capable of looking at this, i think, cynically from a political perspective. you remember, president obama did not make comprehensive immigration reform a priority in 2009 and 10, when he had overwhelming that majorities in the congress. it was 2012, facing re-election and worried about tepid support in the latino community, he gave the extraordinary executive order he previously lacked power to institute. melissa: what do you think about chuck schumer's tears? he was out there crying this is not the nation we are. you look back the obama administration did some lar almost identical things? he is crying, president donald trump say i give you 5% chance those tears are real. that is pretty harsh. what do you make of chuck schumer? >> look, i'm not going to make a judgment about it. i'm going to sort of assume that they are honestly made but i do need to correct one thing. there is a very good article in foreign policy. president obama did something but it was not as broad

. >> this is coming into us right now former president barack obama is signaling his support for the protests over the weekend. into response to the temporary and the cream shin band and he said according to the statement he's heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country. in his final a special speech he spoke about the important role of the citizen and how they all have a responsibility to be the guardians of our democracy not just during an election but every day. joining me right now for more analysis. good to have both of you here. your reaction to president obama's release of the statement here. it really seems to be he's wayne and from the sidelines perhaps in a way that we haven't quite seen past presidents do. >> bottom line is the left is digging their heels in to make them into a race. they need to stop it. that word muslim is not in order. these are only seven countries. the organization of islamic cooperation includes 56 countries and certain countries have zero refugees there taking in. yet we have some that were taking in and the l

you're quite right to point out this list of seven dangerous ones that barack obama came up with in his administration. and a number of democrats at time agreed. a third of some 90 who looked at these seven as being worrisome, yet of the 180 or so terrorist incidents we've had in this country, secretary, only 11 have involved individuals from these specific seven countries. then people say, you're even catching the wrong people with the wrong net. what do you say? >> a couple ever things. one is you're absolutely right, the sources of terrorism change with time. for example, the 9/11 hijackers, a bunch of saud dills and egyptians in that cohort. neil: right. >> things have changed. isis seems to be the place, areas isis controls are where the they're both sucking in recruiting stair terrorists and sending them out. this list of seven may become a list of 10 six months from now, and might be different countries t has to change to reflect the realities on the ground. the other thing i would note the other part of president trump's executive order, temporary freezing of refugee program. th

bush, president barack obama. we have great confidence in our nominees and with confidence that the senate will allow this president to have his full cabinet in place very soon. the one end of kellyanne, we should take note also that mayor rahm emanuel of chicago, a mayor that has utterly failed to protect his people and come up with a solution to rampant violence and record homicides last year and shootings, and by the way on pace this year to do even worse, has accepted the president's offer of help to eliminate the violence in that great city, and to bring law and order. i think that a lot of people who might be considering those votes president, again, prevail on a very important issue, one that's important to all the people of this country. >> kellyanne: it is. there have been over a thousand shootings in 2016, 760 murders in chicago, and 2017 is already on pace to keep track with our crime rate. this is what donald trump meant in his inaugural address when he said american carnage. the violence in the gangs.

most of the orders he is doing is actually reversing what barack obama did through executive order. >> that isn't true. what happened on friday, the national security ones weren't undoing what -- >> many of the immigration ones did. >> which is not popular. muslim ban was never concern. maria: we've got to go. >> most important thing this week, the supreme court appointment. when you have something yolove, you want to protect it. at legalzoom, our network of attorneys can help you every step of the way. with an estate plan including wills or a living trust that grows along with you and your family. legalzoom. legal help is here. i mess around in the garage. i want to pay more to file my taxes. i want my tax software to charge me at the last second. paying $60 to file my taxes was the highlight of my day. and you just saw footage of me flipping burgers. want to charge me extra to itemize my deductions? no problem. i literally have too much money. said no one ever. file for free with credit karma tax. free to start, free to finish. creditkarma.com/tax. a big tax company needs that $50 w

eric: julie, back to you, the trillion dollars or 866 billion dollars that barack obama got to spend shall the stimulus program that he spent. how did the unions react to that spending? >> well, the unions were for it because it did put people back to work. eric: they were for it prior to it. in the aftermath, were they happy the way it turned out? >> i think it probably should have been more and it wasn't enough. again, these union leaders went to the white house and said they had an incredible and magnificent meeting with the president of the united states because they're under the impression he's going to put a lot of money behind his words. if he does they'll continue to praise him. if he doesn't, the state union leaders are going to say that donald trump misled us, that he led us to believe he was going to put millions upon trillions, at least billions of dollars behind a public works project that our members could work on and he couldn't do it. and the problem is not what donald trump wants, the problem is with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. eric: there's one more big project y

back in 2009, barack obama through the democrats proposed an 800 billion-dollar stimulus plan, he said it would take over the past couple of years it would take unemployment down, certain levels. targets were never reached. >> unemployment levels did come down dramatically. >> i don't think you can correlate the two. we had zero percent interest rates. >> one of the two things did happen. neil: he's pointing about what you're not pointing out and you're pointing what he's not pointing out. [laughter] charles: this week president trump talked about the environmental studiehe regulations, things that -- no no, to take -- >> that's not infrastructure. >> charles: to make it effective let's cut out the two-year environmental study that cost $10 million. ken cep let's go past -- neil: all right, we are going come back and make a larger point here. i'm promising you, remember ronnie and maggie, i want you to get ready for the sequel, donald and theresa this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually there's

i want to give trump credit but i would like to hearsay nice things about barack obama. dagen: the market really took off after election day in anticipation trump is going to do and is doing in a week. >> first of like, i would like to say usa today doesn't sound like that verbally? [laughter] >> i want to say, look, the stock market is a good indication of the economic policies proposed or the president and probably the pretty good one but you have to say the markets think they are going to work and you also have to say that the obama policies were pretty good which was one of the best returns for a president. that all said, as far as who is getting more optimistic for average consumers, every person who was negative in the last eight years, there's a lot of them, they voted one way, there's a million of other people who were positive and now negative during the streets protest. that's a wash, zero sum gain. investors and business owners were worried that when rates were up, there was not going to be anything to pick up the slack, they are comfortable with rates going u

because donald trump is following the same thing barack obama did with iraq and the refugees. >> he would do it regardless baits' the right thing to do. this is a man of valor who took the job. he felt he had to run and had to win. he's following up on all his campaign promises. how refreshing. lou: thank you. kip werely, tony, appreciate it. you are an optimist. donald trump has such impact in mysterious ways. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. do you believe democrats are only hurting themselves and the country by pursuing their scorched earth policy? cast your vote on twitter at lou docks. fog me on facebook and "lou dobbs tonight." the cases of the seasonal flu have reached epidemic levels. 8 pediatric deaths unfortunately nationwide. this is an epidemic as they say. wall street, stocks closing. the nasdaq up 6. why bother. closing at a new record high. vol on the big board. and for the week. dow, the s & p. economic growth, the economy expanding at a disappointing 1.9% rate. consumer confidence the highest in 13 years. president trump looking after the interests of all americans. >

liz: what if this happened with an image of barack obama. >> it doesn't matter when it happened. liz: my question is what if it had happened with president witt obama, what would the reaction have been. >> significant. we have had a darkening of our discourse in this country. we have become a less gracious country and incidents like this reflect that. it's not just this teacher who acted poorly. the author on "saturday night live" who mocked barron trump. and madonna saying she wishes she could blow up the white house. liz: tammy, there are student and kid involved. is this what teachers are teaching our kid. >> i found it appalling the joke or attack on barron trump. this is not only the suggestion of violence. but the physical acting out of it in front of other people. that take a different kind of step. we heard the secret service is also interested. americans voted for trump because we have seen the rule of law sort of dissipate. you have a person taking an action shooting at a president. demonstrating it. wishing for him to die. that's the kind of thing the secret service sh

it wasn't this laborious thing t took barack obama like an hour to answer a simple question about the weather. i mean that is not happening thank god. what is funny about donald, for all his brashness he can be incredibly charming, and he can deal with the press. he knows how to deal with the press. he has been doing it for years. that was an excellent press conference. the mexico thing wasn't excellent, we were making huge thing out of a wall, in reality something really simple helped propel donald trump to the election. i'm sure the wall played a role but defining characteristic between him and hillary clinton was the economy. how she wanted more of the same obama-nomics. rammed up obamanomics with taxes and screwingsmall businesses. he didn't. he wanted the opposite. one of the problem with all the wall nonsense it is taking him off the central premise, reason why markets are up. markets are up, not just fat cats making money. what it is investors believing the economy will improve more thant is now. we're not talking about taxe we're not talking about cutting regulations. we're ta

i know our military was gutted under barack obama. what do you think he is going to have to do initially to get us back up to snuff? >> here is what i think he is going to do. i haven't seen the specifics, charles. most of our units, army, navy, air force, marines, are probably 50% or less. when i was in unknit readiness, units were ready at 80 or 90%. obama administration last nine years, very cleverly, used sequestration as problem, not funded readiness, maintenance and parts, operations and maintenance dollars they have starved them from. you will see him. he will t into seltivereas whe he is increasing manpower. increasing dollars for support, new parts, et cetera. that is what you're going to see. charles: general, what about the idea of bolstering the military, not only more personnel but modernizing it? president trump talked about submarines, we need new ships. there has been a major complaint, listen i think the b-52 is still our primary carrier of nuclear bombs. >> exactly, charles. the b-52 was still being introduced when i

charles: all the issues barack obama stood for are ranked so low with respect to overall importance. about does the mainstream media go from here. you have got massive rejection by the american public and social media alternatives. president trump talked about making sure these other sources, the news sources will have an opportunity. so what do you see. do you have see maybe this being a dagger for the mainstream media or some sort of ultimate come yo -->> they won't straighp their act. >> but their tone newsrooms are saying let's get some reporters tbhaitsd midwest and in ohio, wisconsin, that are in the rust belt so we can tell their stories a little bit bert and not all our stories are coming out of new york and washington d.c. it's its own bubble that doesn't reflect the pulse of america. charles: thank you all very much. the major averages were a little bit mixed. but the dow keeps soaring. another record high. i have got to show you proof that mayor case coming back in three great stocks. we are coming back. charles: hundreds of thousands of people expected to be in washington

the closest i can compare it to is the chill of, with barack obama and benjamin netanyahu when he had agreed to speak to a joint session of congress. he was invited by then speaker john boehner but this is almost in that camp because this guy not coming at all! >> you're exactly right. it is something that is unfortunate neil, and i think that the president would have been well-served to go ahead and come in and meet with president trump and meet with con aggressional leaders and start a dialogue. the american people and mexican people would like to see some definition on that southern border and put an end to the trafficking, the coyotes working through that area. that has to be disruptive to them and their families. so this is a problem that needs to be solved. i think he would have been well-served, let me be part of the solution. let's work this out. now, we might not get everything we want from them on doing this but i have to tell you anytime i've given the opportunity to be at the table i will try to fine a way to extend a hand and say we may disagree but work together for a so

obama the way he did in the tweet. i thought that was statesman like of him. dagen: both of them, president trump and president obama were really trying there at the end to put on a civil front, charlie, but to the point, it goes back to whether you're talking about illegal immigration or what chelsea manning did rule of law, this individual is a traitor, committed treason and should have spent the rest of her life in prison. >> dagen, that's a vitally important point. when you look at chicago and you look at the fact that you have -- they received federal money to enforce federal laws that they don't enforce regarding illegal immigration. maria: that's exactly right. >> you have a system like that, doesn't that tell you everything you need to know about what is wrong with the city of chicago. maria: so then you don't get federal money. bottom line. charlie, good to see you. thanks so much. how amazon is beating brick and mortar as well. brand-new edition coming out of shell today, we taste test the taco shell made ent

barack obama in his last press conference seemed to suggest there was some sort of racist -- he brought up jim crow. that's a strategy. if you care about integrity at the balance plot box, therefore you are a racist. you have to show a picture i.d. to get a mortgage and buy a car. surely it's more sway credit to vote. people come from other countries and see how lax it is are very surprised. here in wisconsin we have voter i.d. i'm a minority and i don't care that i have to show my i.d. i think it's patronizing for someone to suggest it's racist for me to bring a voter i.d. to the voter box. charles: i couldn't get into this building without my i.d. >> 782 votes were cast in detroit in this presidential election, and those are just ones we know about. is it massive to the degree trump suggests? no. you only need 50,000 to 200,000 votes across a handful of states to flip a presidential election. here is why there is no evidence of this. post-election ballot audits are only a fraction of a percent. when you add in the fact you have 3 million people registered in one state and dead people

obama and george w. bush who were both largely in many ways frankly lazy presidents who let a lot of issues slide, who let government grow, who were satisfied with slow growth. none of that is the case. we're seeing a phonetic pace right now from president trump, and i'm just thrilled, and i think the american people are going to be. because what you know? the status quo wasn't that way. they voted that way, and we're changing things. and don't look at my word, look at dow 20,000. trish: yeah, up 165 points, a lot of people are attributing this to donald trump saying lower taxes, less regulation, better security for this country, all going to translate into more economic prosperity. richard, as much as we can anticipate and lee has told us how the base is just going to love this with the wall and cracking down on immigration right now, i imagine on the other side, the flip side, you've got a base out there of clinton, obama, sanders supporters, will they equally be as enamored by this? >> well, if the po

in fact post this election watches continue wages of a barack obama rally. that was significant over his eight years you about the latest catalyst in this 11% jump in the dow since mr. trump's election does at least raise the possibility that he might have something to be doing with this but you never see it in media reports, more fixated, maybe because donald trump has made it an issue on things like crowd sizes and all of that. to daily caller news foundation editor. katie, what do you think of that? this is actually the president's doing. he wanted to revisit this issue, the crowd size issue and he gave the media distraction and they ran with it? >> exactly. i think donald trump needs to stop. sean spicer needs to stop. they need to stop talking about crowd sizes. he needs to stop tweeting 8:00 in the morning about voter fraud, he needs to stop. interesting thing about this media is so intent covering donald trump's tweet about voter fraud but had zero interest in covering jeh johnson and department of homeland security, when they on january 6, had the me

obama because americans still looked at their paychecks and circumstances and they had no confidence. so, you couple now, the idea that my 401(k) has come back and jobs are coming back, i'm getting a raise. that's the magic ingredient. you have all the ingredients for wealth effect that builds on itself. stuart: keith fitz, what happens if we get the growth we're taking about here and the fed puts interest rates up a couple of times. you're going to throw cold water on a market rally? >> no, it would have in the past, but here is the thing. janet yellen lost control a long time ago. she's no longer relevant and traders know it. i think even if she raises interest rates three times, and up .75, that's 60% low where normal interest rates have been normally. i don't think if it's a gradual raise it's a problem. companies are going to grow much faster than that. stuart: scott shellady, about you care, will it re if janet yellen raises rates two or three times this year? >> let's go back to day one. why would they be raising rates? they're raising rates because things are doing well. if w

>> you bring up a good point because that is something barack obama was right in with government spending. you will see president trump not talking about government spending. he sat in a row at our private sector in getting america back to work in $10 trillion in spending cuts the next 10 years. trade to by the way, under that umbrella, president trump signed ticket of voters yesterday implementing a hiring freeze except for national security for governor in that commitment and policy that forbids international nonprofit is receiving money from providing abortion services. the whole idea of cutting back in terms of government spending. >> washington has to learn how to waste last. there's 20% to 30% of waste out there across all the various areas and if they become more efficient, they could be more effective in what they do spend. dagen: one thing we need to talk about his entitlements. you can talk about cutting off the edge in washington. unless you take a hatchet to the entitlement program, the debt will continue to bind. maria: has paid for budget director nick mulvaney said the $20

charles: permits, regulations, barack obama instituted $800 billion worth. some of that has to hurt you. that must be a hurdle that could really lower your cost and maybe get you to invest more business and more in employees. >> what's great about having a president that's a businessman, he understands, we need to invest. if we have investment tax credit, we'll renovate more stores. charles: all that stuff all in the same year. write it off right away, get the permit done in days, not weeks, not months. move the economy. >> what's the ripple effect. if we renovate stores we have to buy new floors, ceilings, fixtures. those manufacturers have to bite component parts. look at what he's doing with the structure bill is brilliant. what better person to build an infrastructure than donald trump who is one of the greatest developers. charles: coming up, the british elite strike back, delivering a serious blow to the brexit revolution. emains. global markets may be uncertain... but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or you

obama was. donald trump is the opposite. donald trump won't take no for an answer. maybe it's their backgrounds, a community organizer and u.s. senator. and one has buildings, and builder in new york city and creator of wealth. and the latter believes anything could be negotiated and carrier in indiana, they're returning, something that president obama said would never happen liz: and the president. let's get back to the keystone pipeline. when you look at the actual numbers, president obama had basically, are we going to take the access on the keystone pipeline? let's take it and get your reaction. >> if we're going to build pipelines in the united states, the pipes should be made in the united states. much pipeline is bought from other countries. we build the pipelines and want to build the pipe, put a lot of steel workers back to work. >> that's 4% growth, promised that. >> how could you disagree with that? that's so rational, simple and basic. we build the pipeline, we want to build the pipe

on one month later barack obama sent judge garland's name to the senate, by all accounts an unbelievably great justice. he never even got a hearing. so you know, that is going to be an explosion when his nominee gets to the senate because mr. mcconnell, senator mcconnell we'll say let's get this moving, have a hearing, when he said we'll not ever have a hearing for judge garland. there is a lot of things that will cause difficulty in the days and months ahead. as my expectation most of us want our economy to work well. i want the president to follow a prudent course on a lot of issues. i'm not so sure that will be case but i hope it will be the case. liz: start with bea republican, end with a democrat. you're both friends of the program. byron dorgan, judd gregg. we love your perspective. you guys have been in the room where it happens. 15 minutes before the closing bell rings. that is a record for s&p, we need to close there with 15 minutes to go. can we do it. stay with me and watch, nasdaq also at a record. >>> one of president trump's appointments could have major impact on a specifi

barack obama really wasn't known for that. he was kind of known as somebody who didn't like to socialize with congress frankly, he didn't want to meet with them unless he had to. is this a trump strategy that maybe a different type of president? >> howie: the contrast cannot be clear. obama did not like any of the smooching that comes with being president. democrats complained about that and hurt his ability to move any legislation on the hill. donald trump, one thing we know about him, he's a deal maker and done in this his business career and meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer as well as members of his own party show a different kind of presidency. we will have to see the results. i thought it sent a good signal working with democrats particularly on issues with orthodox conservatives may not agree. cheryl: something tells me that the president won't care if they do or don't at this point. big day, of course, as we watch the media, you can all watch howie on mediabuzz on the fox news channel every sunday. the presid

less secure than the world that barack obama inherited from george w. bush. so i think the team that donald trump surrounding himself with are the right people to show the kind of aggressive american leadership worldwide that we have been hoping for for years. charles: ceos and generals know how to get the job done, and none of them needed this job. they're not career politicians to your point. they are indeed patriots. senator, thank you for taking up the time. >> thank you, charles. charles: see you soon. lockheed martin meantime, shares have fallen. reported earnings this morning. it was the outlook. let's go to nicole petallides on new york stock exchange what president trump might have to do with this outlook. >> he has been very tough on lockheed martin, talking particularly about prices of fighter jets and they said they will be lowering those. the ceo made a personal commitment to donald trump for exactly that. the stock is down about 2%. it is off the lows of the day, and you summed it up great in our own tweet, charles payne, noting that they

obama there, is probably something that is going to stand him in good stead with democrats on capitol hill, when he finds a couple of issues that he can work with them with. stuart: monday and tuesday, you see as a hands down political win for president trump. my question is, where does this leave the democrats because i haven't heard very much from them? >> you know the president kind of, not just this president, the presidency kind of sucks up all the oxygen when the president is active. that is what happens now. there is no leader of the opposition party. i don't think the senate minority leader charles schumer really qualifies. where they are right now is just trying to slow-walk the president's nominees on capitol hill, trying to you know, come up with some sound bite about there being a swamp cabinet and billionaires and bankers, but right now trump has the initiative. he can use it how he wants, and right now, he seems to be using it to keep his campaign promise. stuart: meanwhile the media is really, well, they're very much in sight because they're all over the place. but they

i think there was not a love between barack obama and hillary clinton. i think maybe they thought they didn't have to do it. and that the investigation would run it course. donald trump doesn't seep that into going down this road. and i think he did a hat tip to hillary clinton and former president clinton at that lunch after the swearing in on friday. i'll be interested to see if anything goes forward. you can't stop investigations that are going down the road. but they cannot come to fruition. kennedy: we'll see what happens. it was an interesting day seeing everyone there at the swearing in ceremony. everyone partaking in all the event. bret baier, thank you for stopping by. let me introduce my unsinkable party panel. kristen haglund. jamie swin weinstein is here. hey, hey, no fascism in the usa. donald trump made a promise that will affect just about every single one of us. >> we are going to be cutting taxes massively for both the middle class, and for companies. and that's massively. we are trying to get it down to anywhere from 15% to 20%. it's no

byron complete your puppet i apologize. >> seven barack obama got on this first day. i do think it was a significant day as far as tillerson nomination is concerned. as you noted a razor thin margin. if just one republican had gone the other way it would have gotten negative recommendations from the committee and mitch mcconnell could have used parliament terry devices to get it out of the committee and to the floor. but he didn't have to so now we have marco rubio coming out saying people support this. earlier we had john mccain and lindsey graham say they would vote for tillerson. lou: baird venture was byron why would they even start with the business of we don't like this idea. what was the mccain said, he supported barely. this is an odd that if content first theater on the part of the graham mccain do well. >> probably a shot across the bow. they clearly have concerns about donald trump and russia. they are very very hard line on that. they want to make sure he doesn't essentially cross them. i think they ought her question was what was going on with rubio. he q

this is the lowest number in decades, especially compared to former president barack obama. rex timer on's nomination for secretary of state was pushed through by the foreign relations committee and will go to the full senate for a vote. katie, it's so interesting that the media had its fascination with donald trump and how quickly he would put his cabinet together. he made the selections very quickly. all the food drags was going on. >> i mean of course that's democrats, that's dragging out the process as long as they possibly can. they don't have the votes to stop anything. now they are going to drag things out as long as they can. and they will say see how many cabinet members he has, look how divisive he's being. he's selecting people for his cabinet secretaries that are pulling people apart. we are just doing our jobs by pointing out and dragging out this process. chles: doesn'tt iseem like a dumb political move? >> absolutely. >> i don't get it. over the weekend you had mcconnell and graham saying we are going -- we are okay with rex tillerson. today marco rubio follow

barack obama did not create a better america. liz: it was also in the meaning a number of democrats in the meeting. and what's striking here, angela is that earlier in the day, donald trump met with factory union leaders. and this is a democrat. these are historically the guys and the women who back democrats. what is going on here? >> i really think that this president will be historical. i think he's going to have a great legacy, and he is going to right the wrong. he is doing it in a little unique way, and they are standing there, and i would suggest tone it down, pull it back, and do the job that we elected you to do. we're making everything about nothing and a lot about nothing when a message is not out how bithe crowds are, it's not about who thinks he's not legitimate when john lewis testified before the senate. it doesn't matter. you're president. you're in the white house. work. . liz: okay. angela and danielle, thank you so much for your time. president trump used his first executive order friday to one of them -- one o

cabinet confirmed by inauguration day, barack obama six, george w. bush, seven. his father, zero. reagan one. carter eight. are the democrats slow walking or going as planned? >> i don't know if they're slow walking. a lot of people haven't given requisite information for quite a long time at least since their nominations were announced. secondly i think everybody wants a fair hearing. frankly rex tillerson just got done with his last week. betsy devos certainly had some rough patches. i don't know when she will be held up for a vote. we are having vote. at least secretary of state being voted on and cia director being voted on today or tomorrow. melissa: brad, it doesn't seem like it is slowing him down though. he is firing things off. he is meeting with people. i don't know if he notices what is happening with -- i mean, i don't mean that insulting way, he is sort of i'm going ahead whether you like it or not sort of thing? >> there is no doubt. he can't let any grass grow under his feet. the president has too much on his plate and i can guarranty if they haven't learned anythin

neil: much has been made of the fact that at this point barack obama had seven cabinet officials ready to go. two maybe three for 4%. does that have rapidly how it can be going? >> he obviously wants to have this team together given all the very tough issues that inherits from the obama administration. go see the president, the new president spent his time today largely on domestic matters. the president went out on saturday. the special cia director accompanied him. not out of a molehill. >> thank you, sir. in the meantime, the protests across the country, across the world and a lot of them in washington. you won't believe what their focus will be. but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. invest with confidence. neil: how about a million woman march for the worldwide protests if activists are looking at an april 15th protest. that is tax day. they are not over your taxes or their taxes, the president trumps taxes. tea party patriots on all this. apparently what they are saying is you have not said you're not go

when you look at donald trump and barack obama, barack obama's first phone call the mahmoud abbas, leader of the fattah. first interview with al arabiya. and then he gave another speech of cairo university which set the course. what you see is president focused on as you said trade and foreign policy they both go hand in hand. remember barack obama said to england after the "brexit" vote you will have to get in the back of the line. i don't think what donald trump is looking to do. instead of these large collective trade agreements like nafta, cafta, and tpp, donald trump wants to make sure we have trade agreements country to country does benefit the american worker so we can get production and manufacturing here. i think another important aspect of trade and foreign policy how we export our energy resources especially oil and natural gas, especially to the countries tied to russia so we have higher ground when it comes to foreign policy. stuart: on friday, president trump, said, i will eradicate radical islamic terror. he will knock it out of the ballpark. can he do that, allen? you're a