Priebus echoing his complaints about media coverage. The truth is we dont have problems in the west wing. You read about the stories i dont get along with bannon. Actually, weve gelled as a team, and we get along great, and were working well together, and the amount of drama and spin that you read about mostly in the Washington Daily Gossip Rags is unbelievable stuff and isnt true. And you read it every day and wonder what Alternative Universe theyre reporting on . Harris we have fox team coverage, Garrett Tenney is following developments and the possible Executive Order on immigration coming at any time. We begin with Kristen Fisher traveling with the president in palm beach, florida. You and i saw each other friday when he got there. The president met with four candidates for National Security job today, but may not be done interviewing, i understand . Reporter thats right, the white house says President Trump could be meeting with
more candidates tomorrow. On top of the four candidates he met with today. These four candidates were flown down for facetoface meetings at maralago and white house Chief Of StaffReince Priebus says whoever gets the job, they will have total job over the National Security council. And the president has said very clearly, that the new nsa director will have total and complete say over the makeup of the nsc and all of the components of the nsc. There is no demand made by President Trump on any candidate for nsa director. Including steve bannon now . Its very unusual to have a political operative in that role. So those reports that youre citing, those are more Fake News Stories that are completely untrue. Reporter priebus was referring to reports that two of the president s top picks to replace general Michael Flynn,
general David Petraeus and former vice admiral Robert Harward didnt want the job because they were afraid they wouldnt have total control over the National Security council. Look at what David Petraeus said at the munich conference. He said whoever agrees to take the job should do so with very, very significant assurances, that he or she should have authorities over the personnel of the organization. At issue is one of the First Executive orders signed by President Trump which gave his Chief Strategist steve bannon a seat at the table at the National Security council, and today on Meet The Press senator john mccain said hes worried about the president s council membership. There has therefore been a permanent member of the National Security adviser. Mr. Bannons role as member of the National Security council
im very worried about. Reporter i asked an Administration Official how the white house was planning to respond, or were they responding to the comments from senator mccain . She wouldnt say, harris . Harris you know were hearing that the Senate Intelligence committee is now formally requesting that all documents, materials that might be related to an investigation on russia be preserved at the white house and through the administration. What is the response now from the white house . Well, the white house says that it is preserving all documents as yushlgs as required by law, but an Administration Official wouldnt say exactly how the white house is responding to this specific request. Now what happened here is these senators and these are members of the Senate Intelligence community, republican and democrat senators. What they want is for the white house to confirm and reassure them theyre saving anything thats related to Ongoing Investigation into alleged contacts between members of theTrump Campaign and russian officials. You may remember a New York Times report last week stating members of the Trump Campaign had been in, quote, Constant Contact with russian officials, but today white house Chief Of StaffReince Priebus shot that down. He called that Report Fake News and complete garbage. I can assure you, and ive been approved to say this, that the top levels of the Intelligence Community have assured me that that story is not only inaccurate but grossly overstated and it was wrong, and theres nothing to it. Reporter regardless of what this Senate Intelligence community finds, if anything, one thing is for sure, this investigation is going to take up a considerable amount of time and Political Capital on capitol hill. Harris . Harris and at the same time, this president just rolls along with his agenda and were going to get more of that. Kristen fisher, good to see you, thank you very much. Now to the expected brand newExecutive Order on immigration. We have learned this. Homeland security secretary john kelly says the new policy will not stop green card residency holders or travelers already on planes from entering the united states. And this development, internal memos from the department of Homeland Security have been posted online by the Wall Street Journal and other Media Outlets this weekend. They appear to outline the plan to crack down on illegal immigration by speeding up the deportation hearings. Garrett tenney is live in washington with this. The white house is not denying that the documents exist. Just a short time ago, they called them draft memos, conversations taking place as leadership forms hard policies. Whats in them . Reporter exactly, every policy has to start somewhere that works its way up the chain. They are dealing with a pair of Executive Orders that President Trump addressed border security, and theyre essentially the blueprints for
how the department of Homeland Security envisions putting those Executive Orders into place and do include sweeping changes to how our Immigration Policy is enforced. For instance, federal agencies will be able to fast track the Deportation Process for anyone in the country illegally for up to two years. Thats instead of the current limit of two weeks. Also, if someone from mexico is caught crossing the southern border, instead of being released and allowed to stay in the country weeks or months or years while waiting for the hearing, theyll be immediately returned to mexico. And as you mentioned, the plans include hiring 10,000 additional i. C. E. Agents and 5,000 for Border Patrol to enforce the policies. As for sanctuary cities, if cutting off federal funding wasnt enough, the memos lay out how the administration plans to go after them into what amounts to a public shaming campaign, a weekly list of criminal aliens arrested for committing a crime and the cities released them from
custody. The white house tells us none of the plans are final and still reviewed and a final version will likely be released sometime this week. Harris as a veteran reporter, ive been at this a long time. When you see Something Like this understand and the Administration Pushes back with the drafts, you have to know that these types of conversations go on all the time. What is different now is that we get a peek inside. So im very curious to know how that peek happened . Are we talking about a leak . What happened exactly . Reporter well, the Washington Post was the first to report on the memos and said it was leaked to the reporters. It was interesting to note when the white house was asked about the memos, they didnt refer to it that way, they were matter of fact about them. So another thing, though, that stood out in the documents and the president referred to this earlier this week is the administration does not plan to overturn daca, president obamas Executive Order that allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came into the here on work permits, and the
president talked about it with the struggle with that issue at his Press Conference on thursday. Were going to show great heart. Daca is a very difficult subject for me. To me, one of the most difficult subjects i have. You have the incredible kids, they were brought here in such a way. Its a very, very tough subject. Reporter with that being said, the white house indicated the plans are specifically for the president s two Executive Orders and down the road, anything to change. Harris . Harris thank you very much. And the president S Immigration policies were the subject of another protest today. This time in times square. Organizers calling it a, quote, i am a muslim too rally. Look. A muslim too a muslim too hiphop mogul Russell Simmons cohosted. New york city mayor Bill De Blasio was on hand. He called it a message of solidarity. The Trump Administration says it will be a top priority. And Martha Maccallum will host a first 100 days town hall event on the topic. Tune in on tuesday 7 00 p. M. Eastern right here on the fox news channel. And right now, it is official. Operation inherent resolve is on. The goal, to clear the isis savages from their last major strong hold in iraq. And sending more u. S. Troops back into afghanistan . The secretary of defense on when that decision might come . And it will be subject of tonights fox report interview. Watch for that. You are watching fox report, im harris faulkner. When did mixing food,
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to keep you on track. Time to think of your future its your retirement. Know where you stand. Harris we could know soon whether more u. S. Troops are headed to afghanistan. The top u. S. Commander has asked for additional thousand troops to train and advise Afghan Forces but the Defense Secretary is formulate wearing exactly he stands, watch. Putting our thoughts together now. The president has been rightfully reticent on it because hes waiting for my assessment and the assessment of the Intelligence Community, and hes open to my advice on it. First of all, ive got to formulate where i stand. This is the normal collection of the information, and to assess what the other countries in the region are doing in afghanistan to help or hinder us in our efforts there. So were still sorting that out, and here shortly ill have my thoughts collected. Harris Defense Secretary also commented on reports the transition to the new administration has caused concern in the military. Here are his thoughts. Welcome to democracy. Its at times wildly contentious, its at times quite sporting, but the bottom line is this is the best form of government that we can come up with. So the militarys job is to hold the line and to hold the line and to hold the line while our government sorts out the way ahead and our people speak, so we dont have disarray inside the military, and thats where my responsibility lies. Harris this is the secretarys first trip to the middle east since taking office. And this story coming to the this sunday. A major push now underway to push the Islamic State savages out of their last strong hold in the key city of mosul. Troops liberated Eastern Mosul last month are and moving into the western part of the city. It has been slower than anticipated. If they are successful, it would be a major victory over the terrorist group but the stakes are high as you might imagine, hundreds of thousands of people live inside the isis controlled half of mosul. Kitty logan with more. Reporter Early Morning local time, iraqi troops made rapid Progress Today but are expecting things to get much tougher as they move towards residential areas. Iraqi military Police Seized several villages on the west side of the city in the first few hours. The next step is to take control of the airport also to the south but the battle is likely to get much tougher when they reach the narrow streets in the west of the city. But today iraqi troops went in with full force, convoys of Armored Vehicles on the ground backed by Helicopter Rocket Attacks and crucially Coalition Airstrikes targeting militant
positions ahead of the ground troops. U. S. Defense secretary jim mattis said u. S. Forces are embolden in this battle giving air and ground support. The u. S. Forces continue in the same role that they were in, in east mosul, and the Coalition Forces are in support of this operation, and we will continue, as you know, with the accelerated effort to destroy isis. Reporter the fight to free mosul from isis has been going on four months now. The iraqi army faced stiff resistance in the east of the city they claim to control but militants continued to carry out Suicide Attacks there. And the fights in the Western Parts of mosul is unlikely to be any easier, the u. N. Is Warning Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped in their homes. Harris . Harris kitty, thank you very much. My guest Army Special Forces veteran and green beret ben collins is about to join me to bring inside battle lines perspective. Stay tuned for that. Mega mogul elon musk has reason to celebrate today. One of his spacex rockets pulled off a successful launch from a historic election. And allout manhunt in the midwest. Police are searching for the suspect you see here. You can barely see him. Two people are dead two. Teenaged girls. Why investigators are turning to the public for help . Stay close. The sunll come out tomorrow. For people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow in the largest Heart Failure study ever. Entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low Blood Pressure. Kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow. Ask your heart doctor about entresto. And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the United Mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes. Priority boarding. And 50,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The United Mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. Do you know how your you might be su