Seconds. We have to build the wall. We have to stop drugs from pouring in. We have to stop people from just pouring into our country. We have no idea where theyre from. President trump tackles immigration. When does construction begin . As soon as we can. As soon as we can physically do it. Within months . I would say in months. And you ask one way or another, as the president has said before, mexico will pay for it. I have said that mexico will never pay for that [ bleep ] wall. Massive inferno in washington state. A large blaze ripped through a construction. The dow opens this morning above 20,000 for the first time after reaching a market milestone. Is there going to be a fireworks display . We have hats but no fireworks. Fans are mourning the death of beloved actress Mary Tyler Moore. This has been a pretty good life. It has been a wonderful life. Absolutely terrific. President trump attends a gop retreat in philadelphia today. The city center will be filled with protesters. The highspeed chase ends with a bang in east l. A. Whoa, whoa, whoa unveiling a sleek new suit to help protect the next generation of nasas astronauts. A passerby leaps into action at the scene of a car crash. The suv finally stops. In the australian open, venus will take on younger sister serena, who cruised to the final. I look forward to it. Like i said, a williams is going to win this tournament. On cbs this morning. He wants to build a 25 billion wall, and he promised that, although he might have to pay some money up front, mexico will reimburse us for it at some point in the future. Is it me, or does this sound like an email scam from a nigerian prince . This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. President trump used his First White House tv interview to hit many familiar targets. The president condemned chicagos violence and illegal voting, and he defended a crackdown on illegal immigration. The president visited the department of Homeland Security yesterday and signed two executive orders on immigration, including a measure to go ahead with the wall on the border with mexico. Major garrett is at the white house where the president will use his pen again this afternoon. Reporter good morning. The president is expected today to instruct federal agencies to temporarily halt the flow of refugees into the United States until tougher screening, something mr. Trump called extreme vetting on the campaign trail, is put in place. Now, that process of taking words spoken at Campaign Rallies and translating them into action here at the white house, a big theme of the president s prime Time Television appearance. Our country has a lot of problems, believe me. I know what the problems are. Reporter in his first televise the white house interview, President Trump took a hard line on key domestic and Foreign Policy issues. You cant have thousands of people being shot in a city, in a country that i happen to be president of. Reporter mr. Trump compared the city of chicago to a war zone, saying he will deploy federal aid if the citys mayor doesnt stop the killings. This year, which has just started, is worse than last year, which was a catastrophe. Theyre not doing the job. Reporter on obamacare, the president offered few details on his plan to rewrite the law but said ideally no one will lose their coverage during the transition. We want the answer to be known, but i will say millions of people will be happy. Right now you have millions and millions and millions of people that are unhappy. Reporter the the world is as angry as it gets. What, you think this is going to cause a little more anger . The world is an angry place. Reporter offering little details, mr. Trump also insisted mexico will pay for a wall on the u. S. Border, except american taxpayers will be the first to foot the bill. I never said theyre going to pay for it from the start. I said mexico will pay for the wall. Reporter late last night, the mexican president said he was against mr. Trumps decision to move forward with the wall, and mexico will not be paying for it. Weve been talking about this right from the beginning. Reporter during a visit to security yesterday, mr. Trump signed two executive orders. One to begin planning for construction of that wall. A nation without borders is not a nation. Reporter the other action allows federal agents to target undocumented immigrants and seeks to cut federal funding to socalled sanctuary cities. The day is over when they can stay in our country and wreak havoc. Reporter sanctuary cities like new york, boston, San Francisco, seattle, los angeles do not arrest or detain People Living in the country illegally. Gayle, legal challenges to this white house threat of withholding federal funds have already been promised. And thats what were talking about right now. Thank you, major. The mayors of sanctuary cities say theyll defy President Trumps executive order. Hundreds of cities and counties around the country protect undocumented immigrants. They received millions of dollars in federal grants last year. The president s order aims to cut off that funding. The mayor of boston offered to shelter immigrants in city hall, if necessary. Californias attorney general says the order violates constitutional and legal standards. President trump also talked last night about bringing back socalled enhanced interrogation for terror suspects. I have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence. I asked them the question, does it work . Does torture work . The answer was yes, absolutely. The president said we have to fight fire with fire. On torture, mr. Trump said he would rely on the advice of his secretary of defense, james mattis, who has taken a dim view of such tactics. Protesters gathered in philadelphia where the president and Vice President mike pence will meet with republican lawmakers today. Nancy cortes is in philadelphia where the gop congressional retreat is focusing on the partys priorities. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. Nearly all Congressional Republicans are here. They share a big agenda with the president , and theyre eager to discuss it with him today. But theyre also more than a little uneasy about these reports that he wants to review and possibly modify the nations torture laws. With respect to torture, thats banned. Reporter south dakota senator john thune was one of many republicans win who showed no interest in reinstating harsh interrogation tactics. I think it would take a change in the law, and congress is on record opposing that. Reporter but candidate donald trump was an enthusiastic proponent. Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than water boarding. Reporter there are some in congress who subscribe to his view, like new gop congresswoman liz cheney, whose father championed the use of enhanced interrogation when he was Vice President. So i do support enhanced interrogation. I think that its something that clearly has helped us in the past to prevent attacks and save lives. Reporter republican lawmakers came to philadelphia to strategize on their top priorities, like replacing obamacare and cutting taxes. So the torture talk has been a distraction, as has mr. Trumps call for a Major Investigation into voter fraud he insists cost him the popular vote. Of those votes cast, none of them come to me. But when you look at the people that are registered, dead, illegal, and two states and some cases maybe three states, we have a lot to look into. Reporter many republicans here reject that unfounded claim. Very important that people have confidence in the elections. Reporter congressman jason chaffetz, who would normally spearhead such a probe, told reporters, i just dont see any evidence of it. The Oversight Committee is not planning to do anything with it. There is a lot the president is doing that republicans here are thrilled about. They love that hes keeping his Campaign Promises to unravel obamacare, cut regulations, and build that border charli charlie, theyre still a little unclear about the details. Thanks, nancy. Cbs News Senior National security analyst Fran Townsend is here. Good morning. Morning. So we have a new discussion about enhanced interrogation. The president said within the last 24 hours he talked to people who said yes, in fact, it does work. Torture does work. On the other hand, you have general mattis who says that there are other ways that are better, and you have mike pompeo, the new cia director, suggesting hes in the in favor of some of these things. What is the president going to do . Well, you know, its a good question, charlie. First and foremost, we ought to remind our viewers, enhanced interrogation techniques are not legal. Regardless of whatever the president thinks of torture, enhanced interrogation techniques, he cant implement it without congress. Lets understand what we mean by enhanced interrogation. Sure. Water boarding. Thats the technique most, i think, americans think of when they think enhanced interrogation techniques, torture. Is sleep denial enhanced interrogation . What you have to look back to is the army field manual. If its permitted by the army field manual, its legal and you can do it. If its not in the army field manual, it is most likely prohibited by the legislation passed by congress. I think that we should to the extent this upsets and worries americans, our allies around the world, its not legal now and cannot be reinstituted or begun anew without new legislation. And theres no support in congress. None. On either side of the aisle. Theres also a leaked document senator mccain too. Correct. Theres also a leaked document that the Trump Administration is considering, opening up these sites where the torture occurred. Whats the purpose of sending these messages on these things, coming from the president of the United States . You know, its interesting. One, even a leaked document, its not clear that theyre leaked from the current administration. There are some reports this goes back to an old romney draft and changes these black sites. The other thing about black sites is you have to find countries that are willing to host them. By the way, there have been lawsuits, there have been governments toppled over having hosted these. Its not clear you could even find, if you wanted to go back, find countries willing to host them. Lets talk about building the wall in mexico, which were now learning we would have to pay for first and then get reimbursed. Mexico has made it clear thats not going to happen. Is there anything to suggest that building a wall at mexico will make america safer . Gayle, i think its clear that the more complicated you make it for people to enter illegally, the more discouraging it is, right. Fewer people will cross. It is true to say that every nations got the right to control its own borders. But i mean, i will tell you in 2006, a decade ago when the law passed by congress, we sort of forced on the bush administration, president bush signed it into law, we found it to be very difficult. We shouldnt assume any wall is going to be purely bricks and mortar. Youre going to use technology, find ways to discourage people from trying to enter illegally. Hiring more security guards. Absolutely. Thats part of what President Trump has said. Theyre going to increase the size of Border Patrol. That will certainly be part of this plan. And extreme vetting is another thing. We dont really know what that is, charlie. President obama also had a stand down in issuing visas and allows refugees in to strengthen the vetting process. I think what President Trump is doing is similar to what president obama did. Hes going to look at the process and hes going to increase the vetting to the extent youre able to. Thank you very much. Sure. A member of congress is defending her decision to meet with syrias president during an unannounced trip to the middle east. The democrat confirmed the meeting with president Bashar Al Assad in an interview yesterday. She said it took place during a weeklong visit to the region that included damascus, aleppo, and beirut. Jan crawford shows us how the congresswoman has put herself in the middle of a major Foreign Policy challenge. Jan, good morning. Good morning. The Senators Office is calling her visit to syria a factfinding mission. It was privately funded and planned. A lot of details arent available. As for that meeting with assad, gabbert says it was impromptu. The rest of your children are okay . Reporter thats u. S. Congresswoman gabbert on the ground in syria as the countrys civil war stretches into its sixth year. She toured a hospital with victims of the syrian conflict and spoke with religious leaders. But it was her meeting with president Bashar Al Assad that has her colleagues asking questions. Whatever you think about president assad, the fact is that he is the president of syria. Reporter on wednesday, gabbert defended her meeting with the syrian president. When the opportunity arose to meet with him, i did so because i felt its important. If theres a possibility that we could achieve peace, and thats exactly what we talked about. Reporter gabbert, an iraq war veteran and a democrat, has consistently criticized the Obama Administrations strategy in syria of arming rebel forces. So long as assad is there, we cannot achieve that kind of stability inside of syria. Reporter republican congressman Adam Kinzinger spoke out on facebook. To say im disgusted would be an understatement. By meeting with the mass murderer of syria, Bashar Al Assad, gabbert has reporter democratic leadership was unable to confirm any details. She hasnt reported anything to our office, as far as i know. Reporter as of this morning, we dont know how gabberts trip to syria was financed. Last november she met with President Trump during his transition to discuss Foreign Policy, including americansyrian policy. Gayle . Jan, thank you. Mary tyler moore is being remembered as a Television Pioneer who redefined how women are portrayed. The beloved actress and comedian died yesterday. She was 80 years old. Moore won seven emmys in a career that spanned more than six decades. She was a star who let others shine and inspired a generation of working women. Youve got spunk. Well i hate spunk reporter from the very First Episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show, moores character, mary richards, embodied the qualities audiences grew to love, including an independence seldom seen from women on tv at the time. A single, careerdriven woman, juggling life at work and at home. Read it. All right. Out loud reporter she played a successful female lead in a maledominated industry, and women everywhere took notice. When she threw her hat in the air, she liberated all the women. I think women applauded her all over the country and all over the world. Youre not allowed to ask that. Reporter she stood up for herself and her friends. She faced life with humor and a very human vulnerability. Im not so different from her. I think theres a lot of us a lot about us that is similar. What . Were earnest. We mean well. Reporter America First noticed moores comedic skills on the dick van dike show. Her portrayal earned her the first of seven emmy awards. The show rees creator was also occasional costar. I had seen actually 23 different ladies to play dick van dikes wife. The first line she read, i said there was a pain in her voice that got to me. It hit me. Reporter moore tapped into an emotional honesty and intensity with her dramatic turn in the 1980 film ordinary people. What have i done to make you so angry with me . Its not what youve done. Its what you think ive done. Reporter she was nominated for an Academy Award playing beth, a repressed mother mourning the death of a favorite son. There is a part of me that was, is like beth which part . Expectations, perfectionism, loathe to communicate any failings. Reporter the brooklynborn actress found success on broadway, and in 2013 reunited with her Mary Tyler Moore cast mates on the cable show hot in cleveland. For her, it was all about making people smile. Of all the things youve done, youre proudest of what . I guess it would have to be the Mary Tyler Moore show. It would have to be, wouldnt it. I think so. So many people have said to me on a serious level how appreciative they were of that series and what it did for them at the time, how it allowed them to stay home on a saturday night and be okay not having a date because it was all right for mary. Thats so true. I loved her and love that show. You knew her well, charlie. I did. She also lived with diabetes and was a very, very strong supporter of doing foundation stuff for diabetes. She was you understand this much more than i do. She defined what it meant to be a woman. She was a pioneer. A pioneer, a feminist icon. She had values and class. In our next hour, well talk to tv legend dick van dike about his longtime friend Mary Tyler Moore. Thats ahead. Tonight, a prime time special celebrating the live of Mary Tyler Moore. Well feature more of charlies conversations with her and talk with oprah. Its no secret how oprah has felt about Mary Tyler Moore over the years. Thats at 9 00, 8 00 central. Were going to miss her after all. A u. S. Mayor along the border with mexico takes a look announcer this National Weather