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>> First Lady Melania Trump joins us now for an exclusive interview good morning to you madam first Lady. Good morning good morning, I'm excited about the movie I hope to go see it this weekend. But first let's talk about some of the news that's happening around our country and let's start with what's happening in Minnesota there these protests there the shootings the world is divided there's pressure on both sides. You have talked a lot about coming together and being respectful and your husband yesterday had a way to maybe bring some calmness to that area contacting the governor contacting the mayor, hopefully working together what is your message for America about unifying both sides. >> We need to unify I'm calling for unity. I know my husband, the president had a great call yesterday with the governor and the mayor and they're working together to make it peaceful and without riots. I'm against the violence so if please if the product protest protest in peace and we need to unify in these times. >> This past weekend we saw this monster storm just pummel so many states across our country, 34 people as of this morning have died 500,000 are still without power 20 out 28,000 flights have been canceled that's the most since covid and we watched you when you went to the flood zones in North Carolina when you visited those precious girls at Camp mystic down in North in Texas. You went to the fires, the Palisade fires in California, Las Vegas for the shootings during the first term, I know you went to Puerto Rico during the floods in the first time so what is your message to Americans who are suffering right now. >> I feel deep compassion for the people who are impacted by the storm. I know that federal government is working hard to provide assistance to all who need it. And as Americans we need to help each other and come together in these difficult times you have to send them go ahead I send them my strength and love and thinking of them and I know that they would be OK and here we are the government is here helping so I hope the weather will get better soon. >> Well you have decided to pull back the curtain on what's happening in the administration you take us behind the scenes you show us so much apparently in this new movie that's coming out on Friday. The movie is called a new film Melania and it's in theaters everywhere we have all seen the trailer you release that right here on Fox and friends first recently what can we expect him and why was this important to you because you're a very private person in many many aspects. >> This story was never told before so the audience will see me how I manage my business. My philanthropy family preparation for the inauguration and also establishing the east wing for the White House. How I manage all of that in 20 days prior to the inauguration. Transition from private cities and to being a first lady again. >> What was it like because you had these cameras following you all around every day from the beginning of January all the way through the inauguration. >> It was intense schedule. But that is my life and they were following me and as you know in these situations you could only have a one take so whatever we got it we got it and I had a great team around me and a very talented director that he put together the team, the award-winning team so that was a plus. >> There's the famous hat that you were inauguration day the second term you talk we see some scenes of you designing your inauguration dress. We see the hat and then we also see moments apparently of when you talk to the Biden's you have tea together you drive to the rotunda you're on Air Force one the Biden send off to how are the Biden's to the trumps on that day. >> They were very nice and very beautiful relationship that day so it was a very special day that we are spending together driving to the Capitol and they were very it was very cordial relationship. >> There's another scene where the president is preparing a speech. I'm not sure which speech that was maybe you can you can tell us you jump in and you add different language you say maybe you should say it this way how involved are you in the president's day to day. >> I give you my advice and I tell him what I think sometimes he listens sometimes he doesn't but I am here to support him I think it's very important to have an open communication. >> And that scene when he's at the podium and it looks it's it's at the White House, I assume that's the inauguration speech is that what you were helping him with. >> Yes, yes, it's inauguration speech. >> There's another scene with the Secret Service and you're planning security for the inauguration, this is mind you after 2 assassination attempts on his life. There were death threats at the time on your life too. So are those dangers always a part of your every day of those part of your everyday thoughts. >> You think about it and I have a great Secret Service team and you need to be very vigilant. What do you do where you go. We are leaving in the dangerous times and preparation for inauguration was part of it. >> You show some scenes of a typical marriage a typical dynamic, there's one that that made me laugh at the very end of the trailer where you're calling the president you say hi Mister president congratulations and he says did you watch and you said I did not I will see it on the news. So typical dynamic what why was it important for you to include that scene because you didn't have to do that, but I'm glad you did. >> I was very involved in the in the leading the production and choosing the trailer. I want to show the people that they will see the communications and private communications between me and my husband. So that was part of it. >> And I know that you had a private screening for the movie on Saturday, just very very close friends, family members, a source that was there told me that the college students the teenagers were mystified they were glued to the screen they loved it and what I was curious to to know what did the president say to you after the screening after he saw it for the first time was that the first time you saw it Saturday night. >> It was the first time that he saw home a film and he loved that he said a mask watch. >> And then what about their end of their ends in the film a lot what did he say what was his reaction. >> He is in the film and he liked it too. >> And what about the other children. >> The other children didn't see it yet they will see it soon and but it was wonderful to have so many world leaders with me on Saturday from all different fields and we were celebrating it and the reception of the movie of the film was very warm. >> And what what is your favorite part of the movie when we all go to watch this weekend. >> It's very hard to choose because the audience will experience many different emotions. >> Humor sadness, grief. Many many things and I think everybody will connect on the certain scenes. >> Also the letter to Putin you had I mean that led to 2 unifications returning children from Russian captivity back home to their moms and their dads in Ukraine. You have to take it down act legislation fostering the future executive order you have the AI zoom and roundtable you recently met with Tim Cook and with Lisa Sue with AMD the second largest chip manufacturers to your extremely busy when you wrote that letter to Putin. We we were all just amazed that you were getting involved and that you are standing up for those children because that's been a concern of everyone around the world. Did you run that by the president or does he have to run everything by you first. >> I told him that I'm writing the letter and he would please leave it to president Putin. We had the success he he wrote back a right away and I'm still working to unified more children behind the process. I hope we will have success soon again and I'm very mission oriented. I want to impact Americans lives and of course I I'm honored to carry on the duties of first lady traditional duties as planning state dinners organizing Easter egg roll and Christmas and all of the events that that go in the White House. So I have a very wonderful team in the East Wing office and they work tirelessly every day. >> And what what is it like being in the White House for the second term compare that to the first term because this is the beginning of moving back into the House you lived in 4 years prior. >> As I said I'm very action oriented and we had the great success, the first year of so many as you just mentioned take a down act legislation. It was bipartisan was a big success. It was written into a law. I I'm working on another legislation right now I have fostering the future and so many other points that you mentioned 25 million to had for fostering the future children as so many different things that people can go on my website and and read it. >> Madam first lady, thank you so much for joining us. >> Thank you so much you're welcome the new new film Melania it's in theaters this coming Friday global in 30 different countries and you can buy tickets right now in advance online. God bless you thank you thank you.

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