lauren blanchard gives us a sneak peak for super bowl sunday. >> it's not j excited about on super bowl sunday. sunday. >>> a creative agency based in new york says it's about the ads, and getting a place during the super bowl is not cheap >> the costs have sky rocketed for a 30-second media placement it's 5 million dollars and production on top of that is maybe 1 million if you're talking celebrities, it could be upwards of 3, 4 million, so you're looking at 6 to the million. >>> mr. clean hits the mark this year. >> the mr. clean ad, hits a broad audience for super bowl viewing because people watching in a social setting and it's about making men feel sexy for cleaning, i think it does a good job entertainingnd >> he also liked audi. >> what do i tell my daughter? the audi drive progress ad makes good emotional statement, saying they're going to do equal pay for men and women >> and skittles. >> it's simple, clever and can speak to an audience from eight to y >> and buick. >> but not such a fan of wendy >> their ad simply shows one with a blow torch in a freezer. i don't think take aw

dave. >> lauren blanchard. have some fun for me too. >> reporter: i will. >> all right. >> you can watch super bowl li right here. ktvu fox 2 this sunday. our coverage starts at 8:00 a.m. kickoff is at 3:30. after the game you can watch the premiere of the anticipated show 24 legacy. that is followed by a special edition of ktvu fox 2news. >>> sal is right over there watching our drive this morning making sure everybody behaves. >> right over here dave? >> over there. >> okay. >> yeah. >> good morning. i'm just trying to dial up my map to the tracy drive. okay. here we are. we are doing okay here with that tracy drive. it is a little bit slow as you may imagine. westbound on 580. people get up rather early so -- if you are watching at home you can still haven't left a lot of people have. get out to the the tracy drive. you can see the traffic here is going to be busy on 580 westbound in to the pass. by the time you make it to livermore it hasn't been that bad. the traffic is move agriculture long okay. also thi

lauren blanchard is in houston with a look at the preparations under way, good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, pam and dave. crews here in houston have been working around the clock to make sure the city is ready for the big game. >> ever since boston everything has changed. >> reporter: security is high for super bowl li and homeland security officials are helping local authorities keep everyone safe. >> there are no known credible threats, obvious three is an extremely profile event. our intel and law enforcement communities at the federal, state and local levels are working together to ensure security throughout the event. >> reporter: nrg stadium will host the game, thousands of fans expected to be there, those coordinating the whole thing have to make sure there are no hiccups. >> a lot of moving parts that need to be coordinated and sequenced. >> reporter: businesses are preparing for more foot traffic. >> everybody got super bowl fever. and we are going to be ready for them. >> reporter: many predicting at atlanta falcons to win their first ever super bowl. but the patrio

fox's lauren blanchard spoke with an add agency of what we to commercial this year. >> it's not just game to be excited about super bowl sunday. jason harris ceo of mechanism creative agency based in new york says it's all about the ads and getting plays during the super bowl is not cheap. >> the cost this year skyrocketed for 30 second media placement $5 million and production on top of that is maybe $1 million if you talk celebrities it's upwards of $3 or $4 million and fall $6 to $9 million 330 seconds. >> mr. clean hit the mark this year. ♪ >> mr. clean ad that's a fun ad. i think it hits a broad audience which is great for super bowl viewing people watch 24 a social setting and really it's about making for cleaning. i think it does a good job. it's entertaining and fun. >> he also liked audi. >> what do i tell my daughter? >> the audi drive progress ad i think it's a really, really good emotional statement saying they will do equal pay for help and women. >> an exitled, katie. >> i like the skittles ad it's simple and clever and can speak to audience from 8 to 08. >> and buick

reporter lauren blanchard has more from washington. >> reporter: the president is setting a record he likely doesn't want. his cabinet is taking far longer to be confirmed than the last six administrations. for context, president bush had his entire cabinet confirmed in two weeks. now we're five weeks out and still eight members are hanging in limbo. >> our administration is running with great efficiency, even though i don't have my cabinet approved. nobody mentions that. it is just a delay, delay, delay. it is really sad. >> reporter: here's a look at the nominees still waiting for full senate confirmation. some have passed a committee and need a full senate vote. coates awaiting a scheduled committee hearing and others have no hearings at all. this senate has been out, but the labor secretary nominee is scheduled for a vote tomorrow night. democrats have been dragging their feet on nearly every nominee. majority of the votes have been party line and democrats have vowed to continue the slow down because they say the cabinet doesn't have the average american's best interest in mind.

in houston, lauren blanchard fox news. >> time to getn bthose bargains.bargai. >>> just a reminder in casen cae you didn't know, fox5 is your yr home for super bowl sunday.unda join us at 11:00 a.m. for ourr o seven and a half hours of of pregame coverage.rage. kickoff by the way 6:30.6:0. >> seven and half hoursalf they're going interview everyrvy single player playing in the game. me. no. >> they still would have foura hours left. >> and everyone going to thehou game. >> interview their>> ihe grandparents as well.andparen >> everybody.ts a [laughter] >> i'd tune in for the'd tunin r grandparents. i think that would be neat. happy ground hog day to both of you. >> this morning 7:25 we got video of punxsutawney phil pl doing his thing.hing. his handler sure to wear chain mail gloves. of his phil breaks out lethargy and says let me just ju bitey.his guy. phil did see his shadow. according to the folk loreto that means six more weeks of thf winter which is perfectlye timed because we are at thee halfway point between winterint and spring which is real what w ground hog day is all about.

catch us this sunday on fox, lauren blanchard, fox news. >> i like mr. clean one. >> do you have a favorite super bowl >> mr. clean >> i like the one from a couple years ago, the little darth vader started the car >> then dad turned it on. you thought he had the power to do it. >> advertisers are not the only ones cashing in on the super bowl >> so are the people in the city of houston, coming up next. we'll explain. z2933z zstz y2933y ysty >>> welcome back, there are many residents town in the city of houston cashing in big time on this game >> renting their homes to super bowl fans on sites like aiir b & b and craig's list, they're expected to rake in a total of $3.7 million this weekend. a tiny one bedroom apartment going for $1,000 a night. while a luxury homes are asking about $4,000 a night and there's even one home going around for $10,000 a night. >>> wow. >>> that's a little bit bigger than a hotel room, i guess. we have a big day to announce here today. national, is this true? is this a thing >> bob our viewer reminds us today that it is nation

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox blanchard, fox news and on the sunday talk shows members of the trump administration defended president's comments. chief of staff rinse preeb us appeared on "fox" news sunday and president believes in free press and gets upset when stories are printed that he believes are patently false. >> there are certain things happening in the news that just are not honest and we're not talking about everyone chris, we're not talking about all news. but we're talking about something that i guess he termed asteak news. >> as example priebus cited a story that said members of his campaign had constant contact with russian spies and the story is false and outrageous. >> on meet the press john mccain defended media saying it's important part of >> if you want to without it i am afraid we would lose individuals liberties over time. that's how dictators get started. and trump has a lot of democrats worried and some like entered president's attacks on the media to a different president, richard nixon. >> and turning in this problem with leaks on attack with enemies

lauren blanchard shows us who's up for on the job >> last night the president told reporters on board air force one that many want the job of national security advisor and we can expect a decision the next couple days. >> former lieutenant general keith kellogg, the acting national security advisor after general flynn was asked to resign last week. kellogg has been a long time supporter of the president serving as his foreign policy advisor during the campaign. then there's former ambassador john bolton appointed by george w bush in 2005, he served over a year in the role. however, battle ton may struggle. general hr mcmaster, a silver star recipient and decorated officer he has a reputation for questioning the status quo as he did in his book. the other meeting at the southern white house is the superintendent of west point military academy robert cap can lynn. the first choice robert har ward turned down the position and pena nie pena nieta petreaus. was in the running but no longer. it's embroiled in another controversy after a senior staff member was fired when he was critical of

lauren blanchard thank you. >>> you can watch super bowl li here on ktvu fox 2 news on sunday, coverage begins at 8:00 in the morning, kickoff set for 3:30. >>> coming up, music superstar beyonci was a sting out of the spotlight recently but today she took to instagram making a big announcement. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. >>> major developments in the battle over the dakota access pipeline, the us army corps of engineers could announce a permit to allow construction to be completed on the controversial project. the pipeline is mostly finished except for an area under a lake. the tribe is concerned construction of the pipeline would affect drinking water, last

fox's lauren blanchard shows us how it all plays out. >>reporter: the nominee fornomi secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. > what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turnedure into a marathon press conferencr with the president repeatedly berated reporters. the news is fake. we are doing a tremendous disservice to the americaneric people. the president saying his white house is running well, despite the m from the last administration.dmn the middle east, a disaster. north korea, we'll take care of it. i just want to let you know, i inherited a mess. mr. trump blasting for democrata for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. i still have a lot of people that we'reve a waiting for. and that's all they're doing is delaying. later the president clarifying where he stands on us relations with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, noo person that ideal with owe oatwh tougher i am on russia, the better. you know what, i want to do the right thing f

lauren blanchard has more. reporter: hi laura. the miami-dade county commission voted 9-3 to back the order of the mayor to uphold the president's executive order requiring compliance with immigration officials. the mayor of miami-dade ordered his correctional department to comply to ensure his city would lose out on any federal. despite the loud protests of many who wanted miami-dade to become a sanctuary city, the commission upheld the order last night. people packing into the meeting to voice their opposition and support. >> disorders a threat to our country. >> it's appalling to below appalling to pull of law appalling to below flood. spinning is undermining undermining everything the fabric of this community. >> if you want to be here as a citizen obey the law. for. last month the president signed an executive order that would strip federal funding from cities that fail to cooperate with federal authorities. fearing the risk of losing millions of federal dollars the miami-dade mayor back to trend that up and pushing back on t

at super bowl li in houston, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> of course, you can watch the new england patriots take on the atlanta falcons in super bowl li tomorrow right here on fox 29. but the game day party starts early here on fox p join mike and alex from seven to 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. it will be fun guaranteed. >> it sure will. lots of food, too. as we celebrate black history month, a local non-profit is sharing the gift of reading in a very special way. today the african-american children's book project set up shop in spring garden at the community college of philadelphia for its annual book fair. books that are written by or about african-americans were sold and some of those award winning authors and illustrators were on hand reading and greeting today. and autographing their work. >> because i really believe that the children are our future and as you see these young kids coming and you see them going down the aisles looking for books to buy, not to just get a book a free book but they're here to buy books and that's encouraging, because a book opens up a world of

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foxes lauren blanchard gives uss a sneak peak of what things are going to look like on super bowl sunday. reporter roar it's not just the game to be expected about on super bowl sunday. 30 seconds media placement. it's $5 million and productionll onion top of that is maybe 1 million if you're talkinglkin celebrities, it could be upwards around 3 or 4 million. so all in you're looking at, you know, six to 9 million for 30 seconds. > from human, nostalgia to adso with a message, mr. clean hitr.c the mark this year. the mr. clean ad, that's a fun ad. i think it hits a broad audience which is great for super bowll viewing because people watch it in social settings and reallyrel it's about making a man feelfeel sexy for cleaning. i think it does a really goodod job. it's entertaining and it's fun. he also liked audi. the audi drive progs app, iapp, think that makes a really,ally really good emotional statement. audi is saying that they're going to do equal pay for men mn and women. and skittles. i relate i like the skittles ad. it's really simple, clever andnd really can speak to an audiencee

. >> fox news correspondent lauren blanchard begins our coverage. >> the nominee for the secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. >> reporter: what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference with at the present time repeatedly bear rating reporters. >> the press has become so dishonest. the news is fake. i have never seen more dishonest media than flankly the political made i can't. >> reporter: the president saying his white house is running well despite the mess, as he says, he inherited from the last administration. >> to be honest, i inherited a mess. it's a mess. this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. >> reporter: mr. trump blasting democrats for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. >> the democrats are making it very difficult. i think we're setting a record or close to a record in the time of approval of a cabinet. >> reporter: and later the president clarifying where he stands on u.s. relations with russia. >> the tougher i am on russia the better, but i want to d

fox's lauren blanchard has the highlights. >> the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. >> reporter: what was supposed to be announcement of new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference. with the president repeatedly be rating reporters. >> the press has become so dishonest. the news is fake. i've never seen more dishonest media than frankly the political media. >> reporter: the president saying his white house is running well despite the mess as he says he inherited from the last administration. >> to be honest, i in inherentea mess. a mess. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> reporter: mr. trump blasting democrats for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. >> the democrat are making it very difficult. i think we're setting a record or close to a record in the time of approval of a cabinet. >>> and later the president clarifying where he stands on u.s. relations with russia. >> tougher i am on are you shaat better. but you know what, i want to do the right thing for the american people and to be h

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> today, oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt was of the environmental protection agency, they rallied all night in opposition and urged senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to delay on tuesday when pruitt is ordered to release thousands of e-mails related to communications with people in the fossil fuel industry. >>> a russian spy ship still off the coast of the united states, about 19 miles off of norfolk virginia but still in international waters. fox news was the first to sight it. it's equipped with communications and signal intelligence gathering equipment. >>> coming up, gary is back with a full look at your forecast. >> he's excited about the forecast. he was just over here a second ago. popping up and down. he'll have the details when we come back. >>> 200,000 people on edge in california. just returned home after being evacuated earlier because of a failing damn >> they've been warned another evacuation order could still be issued at any time. fox's claudia cohen is monitoring the latest. >> reporter: braces for more wet weather

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> time to check with wore fox 29 weather authority. clouds are making a bit of a come back as we take a live look at wilmington, delaware. that's not all all. cool air making a return as well. those temps blowing in on high winds they are going to pick up as we head into the night. it's not all bad news. >> kathy orr is here with the forecast. >> we have a few sprinkles, few flurries and sleet out as there as well a few sprinkles through philadelphia but through the lehigh valley through allentown and into northampton county as well some snowflakes an little bit of sleet mixed in there especially through upper milford and heading toward allentown and in areas like bedminster, buckingham and even warrington a few sprinkles as well. please be a wear of that. look at these temperatures. we have winds out of the northwest it's only 28 in the poconos. it's 39 in allentown and pottstown it's 38. it's 43 degrees in millville and atlantic city. you mentioned the winds. winds gusting to 40 miles an hour in pottstown. a northwest wind at 37 in l

fox's lauren blanchard has more. >>reporter: the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference with the president repeatedly bar raiding reporters. >> the news is fake. we are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people. the president saying his white house is running well, despite the mess as he says he inherited from the last administration. the middle east, a disaster, north korea, we'll take care of it. we're going to take it all. i just want to let you know i inherited a mess. mr. trump blasted the cabinet for slow down his nomination. that's all they're doing is and later the president clarifying on where he stands on us relations with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that ideal with -- the tougher i am on russia, the better. you know what, i want to do the right thing for the american people and to be honest,

lauren blanchard explains. >> reporter: former national security adviser michael flynn out of a job after misleading the vice-president. the white house saying general flynn one of the president's closest advisers was asked by president trump to step down because he no longer felt confident in flynn. not because he believed flynn's breach in diplomatic protocol was illegal. >> we got to point not based on a legal issue but based on a trust issue with a level of trust between the president and general flynn had eroded to the point where he felt he had to make change. >> reporter: even some republicans are admitting general flynn may need to testify to the intel committee and democrats selling blood in the water now calling for an independent investigation into flynn's actions and his connection to the russians. >> this is a house republicans conducting no oversight of president trump. zero. >> republicans also attempting a narrative change questioning who leaked flynn's phone calls and their political motives. while supports the president's decision to remove the now former adviser. >> i t

fox's lauren blanchard has the latest from washington. >> reporter: president trump back in his element revving up a large crowd of boeing employees during a visit to their facility in south carolina. a new tone from the president after publicly criticizing boeing in the past for over pricing their contract for a new air force one. >> we want products made by our workers, in our factories, stamped with those four magnificent words, made in the usa. >> talking big business and jobs, president trump says it's part of fulfilling a campaign promise. >> i don't want companies leaving our country. making their product, selling it back, no tax, no nothing. >> reporter: following the stop at boeing the president heads to florida spending his third consecutive weekend working out of his winter white house. and as questions still linger on what is to become of his national security council, another cabinet pick is approved by the senate. the new administrator of the epa scott pruett. republicans blaming the other side of the aisle for dragging on the process as democrats remain fiercely critical

fox's lauren blanchard has more. >>reporter: the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turnedrnd into a marathon press conferencn with the president repeatedly bar raiding reporters. >> the news is fake. we are doing a tremendous disservice to the americanrica people. the president saying his whiteyi house is running well, despite the mess as he says he inherited from the last administration.nit the middle east, a disaster, north korea, we'll take care of it. we're going to take it all. i just want to let you know i inherited a mess. mr. trump blasted the cabinetet for slow down his nomination. that's all delaying. and later the president clarifying on where he stands on us relations with russia.sia. i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that ideal with -- the -- tougher i am on russia, the better. you know what, i want to do the right thing for the american people and

in washington, lauren blanchard fox news. >>> president trump's pick for labor secretary andrew pudzer withdrew today. democrats and liberal groups criticized the fast food ceo of mistreating his workers opposed toing the minimum wage and supporting automation in the workplace he was dogged by scrutiny of had his personal life including allegations he abused his ex-wife in the 80's. no word who the president will nominate. >> fox 5 is your station for falcons. tweet us your thoughts right now use #5at630 and look for your tweet on our political show coming up next at 6:30. . >>> fox 5 is in fairfax county where police have announced the ar connection with the murder of a 15-year-old, and police suspect this was a murder connected to gang activity. 15-year-old demaris race rivas was found dead saturday. we're learning another murder in prince william's county could be linked. fox 5 matt ackland is live at police headquarters with more on this one. matt? >> reporter: tony, as you said, ten people have been arrested in connection to this murder and authorities say they're looking at sever

in washington lauren blanchard fox news. >>> today's spacex successfully launched a rocket this morning. >> three, two, one. it blasted off at 6:30 this morning from cape canaveral and for the company owned by elon musk since the explosion destroyed a rocket and damaged the launch pad. this rocket is carrying a load of supplies to the international space station. spacex says the booster also landed as planned on the bars there of the ocean. that marks the eighth successful landing for elon musk and their rocket company. >>> national parks across the country will be free tomorrow in honor of president's day, although it will be pretty wet out there. one of the days each year when the national park service will weigh their entrance fee for 214 parks in some cases you could save about $30 a person. the yosemite by the way we are told is expect today be crowded even with the winter weather. >>> a world war ii pilot is taken to the skies once again. getting behind the controls of the mustang. he never missed a beat. but the foundation, they would make this fight possible, saying that the rea

here's lauren blanchard. blanchd >> reporter: the fight on capitol hill these last fewas weeks to confirm president trump month' be cabinet have not beene pretty.et slowly but surely the membersem are being confirmed, but the the trump administration says the t hold sup hit of hurtinurti americans while democrats sayocs they're just doing their dueue diligence. >> we can't stop these nomineess we know that. we're going use our time to makk sure that people understand thee background of these individuals. they're commitment to the agency that they are being appoint to do. so we can hold them accountable. >> on monday the senate isndayhs voting on former goldman sachs executive steven the next treasury secretary.rety now waiting for the senate the e schedule a vote on theirir confirmation.iron >> they lost the electionlost te they're in the process of losini they are mine. the bottom line is, the left iss gone nuts. they can't understand why theyhe lost. they want to tack trump at evere stage. >> reporter: alth

lauren blanchard has more on who is in the running. reporter: last night the president told reporters on board air force one that can want the job of national security advisor. lieutenant general keith kellogg, the acting national security advisor at general flynn was forced to resign last week. then there is for ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, appointed by george w. bush in 2005. he served over a year in the role. however, bolton may struggle to gain support from conservative republicans. h.r. mcmaster has a reputation for questioning the status quo as he did in his book, "dereliction of duty." robert caslen is a bronze star recipient. general david petraeus was in consideration but white house officials tell us he's no longer a finalist. the national security council is still without a permanent leader embroiled in another controversy after a senior staff member was abruptly fired when he was critical of the president and steve bannon. that staffer is no longer with the nsc. >> we don't have a level playing field. you

half of his nominees are stillil waiting for senate approval.oval here is fox's lauren blanchard. >>reporter: the president iss setting a record he likelykely doesn't want. his cabinet is taking farng licensinger to be confirmed than the last six administrations.mii for context, president bush had his entire cabinet confirmed in two weeks.two now we're five weeks out and atd members are hanging in limbo. our administration is running with great he though i still don't my cabinet approved. nobody mentions that. it's just abody m delay, delay,. it's really sad.. here's a look at the nomineesmie still waiting for full senate nomination. berry have passed through committee and needs a full senate vote. coats awaiting a full senate hearing. and acosta has no hearing at all. the senate has been out but the labor secretary will murrse ross is scheduled forcr aet vote tomorrow night.ht democrats have been dragging their feet on nearly every nominee. majority of the votes have beene party line and they have continued to continue the slow down because they say thee cabinet doesn't have the

lauren blanchard has more on all of this from washington. >> reporter: if national s.s[ did discuss russian sanctions with the russian ambassador before president trump was sworn in, it would be a violation of the logan act which bars citizens from unauthorized interference with u.s. foreign policy. the obama administration was still in power when flynn reportedly had phone calls with russian ambassador to the u.s. to talk about then-president obama's newly-instated economic sanctions. if true, flynn's conversation would have been considered a breach in diplomatic protocol. flynn denied the sanctions talk ever took place, and in mid january then-vice president-elect pence defended flynn. >> i talked to general flynn yesterday, and the conversations that took place at that time were not in any way related to new u.s. sanctions against russia or the expulsion of diplomats. >> reporter: now a spokesman for flynn is walking back that previous denial. in a statement to "the washington post" saying flynn, quote: indicated that while he had no recollection of discussing sanctions, he couldn't be c

president trump says he has full confidence in nine.co we'll get thenf latest from foxs lauren blanchard. >>reporter: if michael flynn did discuss sanctions withwith russia before president trump it was be against the act.act. flynn reportedly had phone calls with russia ambassador to the us to then talk about president obama's newly sanctions. it would have been a breach in diplomatic protocol. flynn denied the sanctions talk ever took place and then in mid february president elect pence denied it. the conversations that tookt place at that time were not inn any way related to new us sanctions against russia or theg expulsion ofains diplomats. back that previous denial in an statement to the washington post saying quote, while he had no recollection of discussing sanctions he couldn't be certaie that the topic of game up. misleading vice-president pence would put a strain as multiple members of the white house areoe calling for an investigation into flynn. i can tell general flynn and the trump administration that theree will be a violent reaction in the congress against liftings russia

and lauren blanchard is live at cpacing in national harbor, jan, with a wrap-up of today's events. hey there, lauren. >> reporter: hi, julie. we are just moments from getting those straw poll results, and over the last few hours the polling group that has been in charge of that has been tallying some nearly 1500 responses to see what exactly is important to these conservatives and how they think the president is doing. >> he has had a lot of support here from really most everyone that i've been talking with and sitting next to and in line with this week. i think it'll be a mixed bag, but i expect it to be a positive result. >> he's keeping his promises, and i'm hoping that the results of the polls reflect that so far. >> the most important question was it asked whether we think trump is changing the republican party, and i agreed with this, because i think we've seen a big change in platform as far as trump versus traditional republicans. >> reporter: here's an idea of what participants weighed in on. which of president trump's campaign promises they want to see and follow through

arthel: lauren blanchard, thank you for the update. eric: who will get the nod? let's bring in mike baker, president of diligence llc of global intelligence and security. we have three military men and diplomat. but qualification best fit the job? the two previous pics, one with a general. the other vice admiral. >> there's been a history of having military officers in the past, and previous administrations. so it is not unusual president trump would be looking at these generals. john bolton obviously well known, sort of a hard edged conservative. i think he would have trouble getting a lot of support. necessarily from democrats on the hill, but particularly mr. bolton. when you look at these candidates, they would all fit the bill. they would all be very good. what he really wants in this position and national security adviser role is an independent thinker, somebody who in effect isn't afraid to lose their job or isn't afraid to stand up and say i disagree with you, mr. president and this is where we have to part ways. at this point in time in the white house,

blanchard has from washington. >> the leader receiving a congenial welcome from the conservative u.s. president. >> it is a great honor. reporter: first attending a round table with business leaders including the president's daughter ivanka. and groined by the vastly different positions on immigration was at the forefront. this as the white house is considering rewriting the president's executive order on immigration that is in legal lim. into we want to have a big open beautiful door and we want people to come in our country but we can let the wrong people in. >> the last thing canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country. our role, our responsibility is to continue to govern in a way that reflect canadian's approach. >> and the prime minister headed to capitol hill to meet with top republicans. and today the senate voting on steven mnuchin as treasury secretary and david chaffetz the president has selected the most anti working class cabinet that we have seen. >> all of this is one of president trump's inner circle finds himself in hot water. michael flynn re

fox lauren blanchard starts us off from capitol hill. >> reporter: a ceremonial welcome to the white house for israeli prime minister netanyahu's and his wife. the president and first lady greeting them before a joint press conference r >> with this visit, the united states again reaffirms our unbreakable bond with our cherished ally israel >> the prime minister enjoying a noticeably less tense relationship with president trump than obama >> under your leadership i believe we can reverse the rising tied of radical islam and in this great task as in so many others, israel stands with you. and i stand with you. >> reporter: president trump asking prime minister netanyahu to hold back on settlements and disputed territories. the leaders discussing whether a one or two-state solution is the best option for peace in the middle east. >> i think the israelis are going to have to show flexibility which is hard to do. i'm looking tattoo at two-state and one-state. >> reporter: despite firing his national security advisor michael flynn, he told reporters flynn was treated failure >> general fl

. >> he met with four potential candidates today and more now from fox's lauren blanchard. >> last night the president told reporters on board air force one that many want the job of national security advisor and we can expect a decision over the next couple of days. let's look whoot is in the running keith kellog acting nationality security advisor after flynn was asked to resign last week. kellogg has been a long tim surprise torter of the president certaining at foreign policy advisor during the campaign and former am bar door to united nations john bolton appointed by bush in 1975 he served offer a year in the role and he may struggle to gain surprise port and army lieutenant general h. r. machine faingt er. he has a reputation for questioning the status quo as he did in his book the der application of duty. the other meeting at the white house is superintendent of west point lieutenant general robert kaflan he served in a number of wars and it bronze star recipients. president first choice robert citing family reasons and david petraeus was in consideration but white house officials

i'm lauren blanchard in washington. i'll tell what you we can expect. >>> this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. nice and dry outside. but, steve, it is cold out there. >> it is. we will rebound with warmer temps. hang in there. be patient. be patient. thank you, mike and gasia. a system on the north coast. won't make it down here. maybe mendocino county. a lot of 30s. there is a north/northwesterly breeze in place. that has ushered in, you see the systems clip the northern part of the state. that's their issue. low snow levels. it's cold enough for crying out loud. for us, bouncing off the morning lows. 36 in the mix. low 30s in the east bay. now 35. livermore at 35. vallejo, 38 degrees. concord made it to 34. already 40 degrees. north wind, north wind, northwest. that's the sign of things to come today. all the way down to southern california. rain ending in phoenix soon. that's good news. for us, lots of sunshine. temperatures war

lauren blanchard with more on what is behind the foot-dragging on capitol hill. >> reporter: hi, harris, the president is setting a record he likely doesn't want. cabinet is take far longer to be confirmed than the last six administrations. for context, president bush had his entire cabinet confirmed in two weeks. we're now five weeks out and eight members are hanging in limbo. >> our administration is running with great efficiency, even though i still don't have my cabinet approved. nobody mentions that, it's just a delay, delay, delay. it's really sad. >> reporter: here's a look at the nominees waiting for full senate confirmation. eight cabinet-level positions, ross, zinke, harris and perry need votes. and purdue and acosta have no hearing at all. the senate has been out but the labor secretary nominee wilbur ross is scheduled for vote tomorrow night. democrats dragging their feet on nearly every nominee. majority of the votes are party line and democrats vowed to continue the slowdown because the cabinet doesn't have the average americans best interests in mind. >> president trump t

lauren blanchard has more from washington. >> reporter: many want the job of national security adviser and we can expect a decision over the next couple of days. first, let's take a look who's in the running. former lieutenant general keith kellogg, the acing national security adviser after general flynn was asked to resign. kellogg a longtime supporter of the president serving as foreign policy adviser during the campaign. then there's former ambassador to the united nations john bolton, appointed by president george w. bush in 2005, he served over a year in the role. however bolton may struggle to gain support with libertarian leaning republicans. another candidate, army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, a silver star recipient and decorated officer. he has a reputation for questioning the status quo as he did in book the dereliction of duty. the other meeting at the southern white house is the superintendent of west point military academy lieutenant general robert cas lin. served in a number of wars and is a bronze star recipient. robert harward turned down the position citing famil

we get more now from fox's lauren blanchard. >>reporter: if national security advisor did discuss russian sanctions with the russian ambassador before president trump was sworn it would be a violation of the act. flynn reportedly had phone calle with russian ambassador to the us to talk about then paper's obama's newly economiconom statements. would be a breach in diplomatic phone call. flynn denied the phone call ever took place and in mid januaryua then vice-president elect pence defended mike flynn. i talked to mr. flynn at that th time and the conversation asnver that took place at that time were not any way related to the us expulsion. a spokesman for flynn is walking back that previous statement.met flynn indicates this while he had no recollection ofcoll discussing sanctions he couldn'o be certain thatns the to misleading vice-president pence- would putpr a strain on therain national security advisor's role in the white house, as multiple members of congress are callingn for an investigation into flynn. even fellow republ

lauren blanchard is in houston this morning with a look at the preparations already underway and all the fun that everybody is having there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes we are just four days the super bowl and crews here are working around the clock to make sure that the city is ready for the big game. >> ever since boston everything has changed. >> reporter: cuter is high for super bowl li and homeland security officials helping local authorities keep everybody safe. >> there are no known credible threats obviously there is a high profile event. our infel and law enforcement communities at the federal, state and local levels are working together to ensure security throughout the event. >> reporter: nrg stadium will host the game and with thousands of fans expected to be he there and millions more watching home those coordinating the whole thing have to make sure there are no problems. >> a lot of moving parts that are involved that just need to be coordinated. >> reporter: local businesses are also preparing for more foot traffic. >> looking for a big weekend. every

i'm lauren blanchard in super bowl houston. i have details coming up. i can show you the world shining, shimmering, splendid tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide a whole new world welcome to aulani it's hawaii with a touch of disney magic. for special offers visit disneyaulani.com or call your travel agent >> this is ktvu fox 2 news morning on 2 weekend. >> it is saturday, february 4, i'm claudine wong. >> happy saturday everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. we have the weather coming up shortly. first, a couple of headline to share with you. >> let's take you inside sfo. this is the international terminal. christien kafton is there. we are following developments on the executive order on the immigration ban. there was a nationwide hold on it when a judge ruled it had to be put on hold. so we are getting a lot of reaction this morning. homeland security reacting this morning with different directions to airlines and visa holders. we will have more on that. we will always talk about how president trump is responding on twit. >> we will

blanchard joins us now from houston. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is one of the largest sporting events in america and at super bowl li here in houston they are trying to show that everything is just a little bit bigger in texas. >> it's the great of the sports event on earth. i don't think it ever gets old. this is my 4th super bowl as a pregame show host for fox. >> reporter: with the super bowl just two day away the pressure is on for the preformer and athletes. while fan cans expect a close game the half time show is sure to be a show like only gaga can. >> i can't want to give away what songs i'm singing because i feel like it'll ruin the surpriser. many about 71,000 people expected to pack into nrg stadium and authorities are screening every truck deserving all the food and items. >> we keep count every day. we are running at about 180 to 200 a day. we expect that to go up as we get closer to game day with the food and everything else. >> reporter: this isn't patriots quarterback tom brady's first ro

lauren blanchard joins us from houston. good morning again. we are all in red today. >> reporter: good morning. yes. i don't know what that is supposed to stay about what i'm rooting for. won't say. it's one of the largest sporting events in america. super bowl li. here in houston and the city is trying to prove that everything is just a little bit larger in texas. >> it's the greatest sports event on earth. i don't think it everrer gets old. this is my had 4th super bowl as a prey game show host. >> reporter: with the super bowler bowl just two day away the pressure is on for the sports casters, athletes and lady gaga. while fans can expect a close game between the patriots and the falcons the half time show is sure to be a show. >> i don't want to give away what songsly sing for the half time show. i feel like it'll ruin the surprise. >> reporter: about 76,000 folks expected to pack into nrg stadium and authorities screening every truck delivering all the food and items. >> we keep count every day women are running at about 180 to 200 a day.

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> andrew puzder is the ceo of the company that owns carl's jr. and hard yi's fast food. he was under fire for admitting he failed to pay taxes on an undocumented worker. there were enough senate republicans that opposed him that he would not have been confirmed. >>> we continue to watch the situation in san francisco where a concrete slab at a high-rise under construction could come crashing down. you're looking right now live at pictures from sky fox. buildings in that area have been evacuated. updates come be up. >>> controversial proposal backed by bart could earn the agency a lot of money while raising tolls on bay area bridges. . >>> it's only a ballot proposal, but bart is asking voters to approve a toll hike on seven bridges owned by the state. transit agencies get some funding from bridge tolls, so bart and others are asking the state to increase tolls between $1 and $3, bringing some bridge tolls as high as $9. drivers we talked to this morning, they aren't so sure that's a good idea. >> bart needs the money, they definitely need to

lauren blanchard is in houston with a look at the preparations already underway. what is the weather like? >> reporter: good morning. it's the sun just came out here in houston. it's gotten a lot nicer. there is a lit of rain but we are expecting a nice week. super bowl is nice. hopefully it stays nice and crews here are working around the clock to make sure that the entire city is ready for the big game. >> ever since boston everything has changed many. >> reporter: security is high for super bowl li and homeland security officials helping local authorities keep everybody safe. >> there is no known credible threats. there is a high profile event. our intel communities are working together to ensure security throughout the event. >> reporter: nrg stadium will host the game and with thousands of fans expected to be there and millions more watching from home those coordinating the whole thing have to make sure there are no problems. >> a lot of moving parts that are -- involved. that need to be coordinated. >> reporter: local businesses are also preparing for more f

lauren blanchard fox news. n >> they actually built that clul she's talkin bg about they built it on the grounds.grn thahat's cool. >> they put in all this crazy ts stuff for all the fans for the experience.rien also do you think when tom bradb says to the media it's going tog be a tough game.e. >> right. right >> he just starts to immediatela laugh afterwards? like um-um. >> every game they wouldn't hast been a tough game.gh gam the biggest margin of victory if you will has been four points tp the seattle seahawks when they e won that super bowl the rest ofo them by three points.repo but i do think -- tnk >> i'm hoping for that. i'mg >> you can hope for that. >> don't think that's going toto happen this time around. >> it's a for gone conclusion.os >> just everybody is countingevr them outyb. >> i think the falcons are goini to do it.o it >> i'm calling the now the t falcons are going to win.. >> any given sunday. anyen s >> i hope everybody says at land will lose and give them the inspiration.. >> vegas alrea