Mike pence assuring a crucial u. S. Ally in asia as Tensions Mount on the korean peninsula. And the pentagon is saying it makes sure that it stands ready for any threat. It is all happening now. But we begin with a fox news alert, President Trump about to arrive in wisconsin where he is inspected to sign an executive order on Foreign Worker visas. Immigration is one of our top stories today. Look up to the second hour of happening now, i am jenna lee. Jon im jon scott. The buy american, hire american order calls on federal agencies to look closer at the h1b visa program to make sure employers are not hiring Foreign Workers at the expense of american employees. It comes as tensions rise on the korean peninsula. North korea vowing to keep not 8 launching missiles as Vice President mike pence reassures our allies in the pacific region. Meanwhile, defense secretary jim mattis is focusing on the u. S. Security partnership in that volatile section of the world. We have Fox Team Coverage on a
At Trump National golf course. But before heading out he spent time on twitter. Also tweeting anew about north korea and defending his decision to end the joint military exercises with south korea. He wrote, holding back the war games during the negotiations was my request because they are very expensive and all so quite provocative. Can start up immediately if talks break down, which i hope will not happen. He touted his agreement with kim jongun. He says the denuclearization deal with north korea is being parades all over asia. They are so happy. Here in america people would rather see the Historic Deal fail. We should note while the entire world is hoping north korea will denuclearize. But several of our allies have expressed concerns about the decision to end military exercises. Steve bannon says the president has been unfairly cite sides for his meeting with kim jongun. He says republicans are not doing enough to support number those peace talks. He didnt give up any sanctions. It
But im trying to respect the institution and to answer questions in a respectful way. We have a lot more questions for him. It certainly is disappointing and disturbing that he cant answer our questions. He made a statement after he testified that the fisa warrant process basically looking into that would be a joke. Thats not funny to me. I dont know how that happened, and the role he played. There is a lot to look at when it comes to fisa oversight. I intend to do that early on. Bill peter doocy more on the comey transcript. Kevin mccarthy is live in studio. We start at the white house with kevin corke there. Good morning, kevin. Good morning, bill. You could call it a tweet tirade or perhaps an online onslaught. The president is using the virtual bully pulpit to particular shots at perhaps his political enemies or his fired former f. B. I. Director. He says democrats cant find a smoking gun trying trump to russia. No smoking gun because there was no collusion. The dems go to a privat
That, quote, never in the history of our country has the press been more dishonest than it is today. Stories that should be good, are bad. Stories that should be bad are horrible. Many stories like with the real story on russia, clinton and the dnc seldom get reported. Too bad. End of quote. The desperation is especially justified, because in the past week Michael Cohen was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for various charges related to his actions as the president s former personal attorney. And today we learned more about where the president allegedly fit into those actions. We also learned that federal prosecutors are investigating charges that middle eastern nationals tried to curry favor with the Trump White House by donating through proxies to the record breaking haul that funded the president s inaugural committee. And former Trump National security advisor, Michael Flynn awaits sentencing tuesday for lying about his contact with russian agents after a federal judge this
And as the Government Shutdown heads into day 34 by the end of this hour, a senior officials telling nbc news the white house is preparing for this impasse, e get this, to potentially continue for many more weeks. That is just ahead. We begin with longtime trump personal Attorney Michael Cohen suddenly pulling the plug on hir upcoming live congressional hearing. Cohen says he will not testify publicly on the 7th of february because of intimidation coming t from the president. Cohens Legal Adviser lanny vi davis issued a Statement Today that reads in part, and we quote, due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump and mr. Giuliani, this is a movie script, as well as mr. Cohens continued cooperation with ongoing investigations, by advice of counsel mr. Cohens appearance will be postponed to a later date. This is a time where mr. Cohen had to put his family and their safety first. Last week on this Network Davis made a similar accusation. R. W theres only one person in t