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It was the centerpiece of the campaign and today President Trump will start trying to make the border wall a reality. Coming up, a challenging few days in which the president and his administration were accused of making false claims. The white house is now turning on immigration. The president previewed the executive actions hes expected to take in a tweet overnight. Big day planned tomorrow, among other things we will build the wall. This has Administration Officials are set to meet in walk. Todays executive action signing is the first of a multiday rollout of initiatives which is expected to include moves related to refugees and visas. Cnn White House Correspondent jeff zeleny has the preview isnt that. John and christine, President Trump tries to change the subject as he travels to the department of Homeland Security across washington to sign a series of actions focusing on immigration. First and foremost, the border wall with mexico. Something he talked so much about during the campaign. Were told he will be signing an executive action on that and other immigration proposals today and in the days ahead. Focusing on immigration and security as well as visas and refugees in the days going forward. Talking about terrorprone countries, syria and elsewhere, that he talked about in the campaign as well. First he made a claim to ban all muslims. We are told this will be a scaledback version of that, focusing on refugees. That is expected to come later in the week. Today, the focus is on border security. Building that wall with mexico. The question is who will pay for it. The Campaign Rally anthem was always mexico will pay for it. Of course, mexico said they will not pay for it. The u. S. Government will foot the bill and ask for a reimbursement as it goes through the week trying to get through all of the Top Priorities signing the executive actions to get the first 100 days quickly under way. All right. Fulfilling his Campaign Promises. In addition to the border wall immigration positions that jeff just told you sources say they will include socalled catch and release. Thats the policy of allowing undocumented residents to remain in the u. S. Without deporting them. The removing will triple the forces for i. C. E. Enforcement and removal and send swill end sanctuary cities and add pa,000 officers. A program for admitting Syrian Refugees would be ended indefinitely, we expect to get more details on all of this in the coming days. President trump also took on gun violence in chicago overnight with a tweet. If chicago doesnt fix the horrible carnage going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings up 24 from 2016, i will send in the feds. There have been 38 homicides and 182 shootings. The tweet came a short after a guest on foxs Oreilly Factor discussed violence in chicago using that word carnage. Mr. Trump last addressed violence tweeting as president elect, asking if mayor cant do it, you must ask for federal help. He did say in an interview over the years, his city has had to step up its resources directed at gun violence as the federal government has stepped back. All of this comes as President Trumps widely debunked claim that 3 to 5 million illegal votes were cast in the election. Move that was made not backing it up. Spicer brought the answer right back to his boss. He believes what he believes based on the information provided. Yes, maam. Whats that mean for democracy, though . What does that mean for democracy . It means ive answered your question. Have you . Now, spicer did cite a pew research study. The author of that study said while researchers found millions of registrations that were out of date due to people moving or dying, there was no evidence of actual voter fraud. The president s decision to revive the issue is not sitting well with many republicans including senator lindsey graham. He needs to disclose why he believes that. I dont believe that. It is most inappropriate thing for the president to say, without proof, people are going to start doubting you as a person. If you keep making accusations against our electoral system without justification. This is going to erode his ability to govern this country if he does not stop it. The president reignited the conversation monday night with congressional leaders as a way to explain how he lost the popular vote. The new debate over alleged voter fraud overshadowed President Trumps notable followthrough at a campaign promise. He signed an executive action for the Keystone Oil Pipeline and the Dakota Access pipeline. Both of which were signed by the obama administration. And in streamlining regulatory views. Environmental groups along with nativeamerican tribes vow to mobilize a move against President Trumps move. Ordering a freeze on state grants and contracts. The new administrations epa wish list removes Carbon Emissions regulations, calls for 193 million in cuts in Climate Change programs. President trumps nominee to lead the epa scott pruitt sued that agency several times as Oklahoma Attorney general now awaits a Senate Confirmation vote. Confirmation hearings on capitol hill are on hold. The Senate Democrats gathering in shepards town, West Virginia and House Republicans head for philadelphia where theyll be joined by President Trump. On tuesday, the Senate Confirms nikki haley as aim bass dror to the united nations. And he didnt have many specifics. When you commit that no one will be worse off . What i commit to, senator, is working with you and every Single Member of congress to make certain we have the highest Quality Health care. And that every single american has access to affordable coverage. You ducked the question. Will you guarantee that no one will lose coverage understand the executive order . I guarantee you that the individuals that lost coverage under the Affordable Care act, we will commit to making certain that they dont lose coverage to whatever replacement plan that comes forward. President trump has asked fbi director james comey to stay on the job. Comey was not expected to depart since his term runs through 2023. But he did have a rough election season. Comey rubbed republicans including mr. Trump the wrong way for not indicting Hillary Clinton for what he called extremely careless handling of emails. He also angered democrats by extendinged investigation just days before the big vote. President trump has a serious issue on the nations Unemployment Rate. Here are some of the criticisms he offered during the campaign. 5. 3 unemployment. That is the biggest joke. Dont believe those phony numbers when you hear 4. 9 and 5 unemployment. The number is probably 28, 39, ive even heard recently as 42 . The unemployment number as you know is totally fiction. Unemployment rate is 4. 4 . Theres an underemployment rate. Theres also, you know, just shy of 10 . None of these numbers, though, none of the factually based numbers the analysis of the labor market for 20 30 or 40 . The next jobs report will cover january. The president only in office 11 days. So how will his administration react to the data . Will this Administration Believe its own Labor Department career economists who very carefully put the numbers together . One economist said its all about dissection. Well, he wants to make the argument that things are terrible before he comes into office. And therefore, any improvements he can claim credit for. Now, the facts are that the numbers are not terrible. No matter of which these numbers you use. Again, we do have different definitions, thats not unusual in the statistical world. A lot of them point to an economy fairly close to full employment. The Unemployment Rate has dropped to 4. 7 right now. The Unemployment Rate is the most widely watched economic number in the world. It measures the people who have a job, who have a job who are looking and who are unemployed. Its the most accurate gauge of the job market. Ten minutes past the hour, one day after collapsing at the state of the state address, governor mark dayton has revealed he has Prostate Cancer. The governor sounding optimistic about his upcoming treatment. Ill be going down next week to mayo to determine the best course of treatment, regarding surgery or radiation. I dont expect it in a very short period of time to impede ply performance or responsibilities. Its not clear if governor daytons Prostate Cancer caused him to collapse. He said he does not have a strong memory of that incident. Bombings leave several dead and more trapped at a compound in mogadishu. We go there live, next. Oothes ay muscle aches and pains. And its convenient for those hard to reach places. And if youre like me, youll love blueemu super strength cream. Its made with real emu oil, its non greasy, its a deep penetrating formula that works itself down into your joints. Take it from me. It works fast and you wont stink. Blueemu, it works for me itll work for you. Breaking news out of mogadishu. A deadly truck bomb exploded overnight outside the diahotel in the somali capital. The Jihadist Group al shabaab is claiming responsibilities. What have you learned . Reporter what were learning right now, john, is that early this morning, a truck packed with explosives went to the diya hotel and exploded. Five gunmen had stormed the hotel. 15 minutes later we heard another explosion where another truck went off. All five attackers have been killed by security forces. We as know tens of millions are also dead. 30 injured. And this has become a modus operandi which is affiliated by isis. They want to turn the whole of africa into a kind of islamic state. We know these mps ironically had gone to the hotel because theres 45 places in mogadishu that is supposed to provide security. Al shabaab attacked in june, another hotel, killing 15 people. The ambassador hotel, 15 more people were killed. It has probably begun to be the very top of the security agenda when any new president comes into office. This is the case this morning. The first deadly attack of 2017, once again, its al shabaab at the center of it. Its the most likely not the last. Thanks so much for that. 17 minutes past the hour. Israel announces the Biggest Development in years. How is the white house responding . We are building and will continue to build. Those were the words of israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after israeli officials approved the construction of thousands of new housing unitses in west bank settlements. The move represents the largest Settlement Expansion by israel in more than three years. And comes just days after the Prime Minister spoke by phone with President Trump. We want to go live to jerusalem and bring in cnns Oren Lieberma liebermann. Oren, this is being seen here as israelis capitalizing on what they see as a new environment provided by the inauguration of donald trump . Very much so. President netanyahu expected donald trump to be much more accepting of the announcement of the largest settlement construction in years. When White House Press secretary was asked just in his second briefing what the white house response is to the announcement of so many settlement units his response was its a huge ally the United States. And netanyahu and trump will talk about this when they meet in february. That was it, no condemnation or criticism. That is criticism that we routinely heard from president barack obama. Things are very different here in the early days of the Trump Administration. This comes just days after the u. S. Seems to have backed off its promise to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Spicer now saying those decisions are being considered. And theyre just in the earliest stages of discussion here. It seems as if israeli politicians have stopped calling on that move to happen immediately. So very different responses here for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Under trump, that was expected. Palestinians calling this the israelis taking advantage of the Trump Administration and calling on the International Community to step in here. John. It will be interesting to hear and listen to the United States nations and what other folks weighing in on the move. 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So call today. Because nows the perfect time to learn more. Go long. Breaking overnight President Trump set to take executive action to direct money to build the border wall. Hell do that the same day a delegation from mexico visits the capital. Things that are not true. Repeated, continuing and new claims for the president that millions and millions voted illegally. His press secretary stands by this fabrication. The question now, will Congressional Republicans stand up to the president . And the deadly attack on a hotel compound in somalia, a gun fight followed. A wellknown terror group claimed responsibility. Were live with the latest. Welcome back to early start this wednesday morning. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Nice to see you, 30 minutes past the hour. This morning, behold the wall. The rallying cry of President Trumps campaign. In just a few hours, the president will sign orders to promote the construction of a border wall between the u. S. And mexico. He also promised always that mexico would pay for that wall. Its not at all clear how or if that will happen. This comes days after the president in his after after days when the president and his press secretary were saying things that are not true about inauguration crowd size that alleged mass voter fraud. While he continues to say things that are not true, he has been true to many of his Campaign Promises, the president previewed the executive actions overnight writing big day planned on National Security perform. Among many other things we will build the wall. The timing is controversial, it comes the day when the Mexican Foreign minister is in setting up a visit for the mexican president. Cnns White House Correspondent jeff zeleny has a preview. John and christine,