stories like this friday. a special show, government secrets, make sure you are watching outnumbered at noon on fox news channel. i will be co-hosting. go to our web page now. good night. speed. lou: good evening, everyone, house republican leaders have buckled. the republicans deciding that they had to act legislatively on macri says before they depart washington for a five-week summer recess. that recess beginning in less than 48 hours and the house republicans managing to come up with a 659 million-dollar border crisis bill which they hope to pass on thursday. and president obama got far less than what he had asked for, only about a fifth of the

$3.7 billion and gop leaders say that it's fully paid for as well, spending cuts elsewhere. some conservatives saying the legislation disappoints in its failure to change border policies. the republican bill would change of 2008 law that makes it harder to process immigrant miners from central america, but it does leave intact the president's 2012 executive order that defers deportation for legal immigrants illegal immigrants who came here as children and critics say is one of the main causes. president obama, and amnesty advocates, speaker boehner and the house republicans are being played for fools. mr. obama is now a president clearly going at it alone in defiance with constitutional and historically recognized limits of action and the powerful

office that he holds. a month ago the president recognized those and acknowledged he he lacked the authority to act with congressional authority on illegal immigration. this is him confronting a heckler eight months ago. >> that is why we are here. >> if in fact i could solve all these problems without passing laws in congress, then i would do so. but we are also a nation of laws and that's part of our tradition. and so the easy way out is to try to yell and pretend that i can do something by violating our laws. lou: those laws are of concern today. the president preparing to ignore those laws altogether to act unilaterally and grant work permits to potentially millions who are in this country illegally and the president has

continued imperial assertions of what our at best creating a crisis that could take this country from crisis to chaos across the border in our court system. this is seen outside of the white house this week. including direct representation within the obama in this nation and they did so without any obvious fear of consequence order of deportation. we are taking all of this with congressman ted poe. also israel escalating on hamas targets in gaza, carrying out its target since the conflict began 23 years ago. former ambassador john bolton joins us tonight to dissect the obama administration establishing a cease-fire in and

to discern the true policy in the middle east. we are also joined by scott brown and will president obama's global and domestic policy failures be the defining issue of the upcoming midterms? we will be talking with brown who obviously has a real stake in that question. in our first guest tonight among those who demanded answers from the director of u.s. person ship and immigration services, leon rodriguez. today at a house judiciary committee hearing at issue whether it would be legal to expand the president deferred action for childhood arrivals program. >> it's my understanding that there is -- and it's something that has been acknowledged by scholars across the political spectrum that yes, there is prosecutorial discretion, which can be exercised.

>> is there a limit? >> yes, it's based on whatever the law actually allows. >> what does the law allow? >> in most enforcement, there is generally broad discretion. >> joining us now is congressman ted poe. remember who you just heard asking a few questions. it's good to have you with us, congressman. >> it's always good to talk to you. >> before i turn to the committee and the administrations position, you are actually in texa rio grande on a patrol bloat and you're watching some of the children coming into this country. give us what you say happened on the capital. >> i was down there with texas law enforcement patrolling the river and we saw numerous people

on the mexican side and if they saar vote they would back the mexican side. there were many people attempting to cross and rocks were thrown at us and so a lot of folks coming to the u.s. because the word is out. you come to the u.s. and the president of the united states technologies day. >> the word being hour, as you put it, it turns out that it is correct and true. this president is now backing up his rhetoric of the past three years and he's making good on it and inviting everyone in and they will be able to stay in. >> that's exactly what it looks like. it's all run by the drug cartels

and human smugglers and gang members. the cartels smuggle people in up to the mexican and u.s. border and then the criminal gangs, many of them are teenagers crossover cross over into the u.s. and the come over from all over. border patrol said they have come in from 144 different countries including the ukrainian. people believe the president will let you stay and he will give you amnesty and he will take care of you and that's why they're such a great influx in the rate of texas is trying to secure the border because the federal government is really not doing it. >> i don't know the exact day, but it's going to be stern and right now they have the tech rangers and other law enforcement agencies right on the river, helicopters preventing people from crossing,

very expensive for the date of texas and that's because of the influx of individuals as yo mentioned. the billet you are alluding to earlier also include more people on the border from the national guard. >> talking to leon rodriguez today, were you persuaded? they say whatever the law permits after having just testified that they permit whatever he and the president want and then when you need to refer to more specificity, he went he went to broad discretion. what is your reaction to that testimony two. >> it seems to me that he takes the position that the administration takes that the president can do anything on deferred action.

and it's not a law but a memo to homeland security to not enforce the law for certain individuals. and it's very disturbing and it seems to be the position that the president believes in and made to fill his promise to others it that he will impose this and give it to other individuals. >> deferred action has traditionally been, as he said, a matter of judgment about an individual or a few individuals and not as an entire class of people in the eyes of the law, which is what this president has created here. why is that not being tested in court? >> it ought to be, one of the many things that we tested quarter. deferred action giving

discretion on a case-by-case basis. it doesn't give deferred action amnesty to a whole group of individuals and that's where it's being abused by the president and i don't think he has the authority district nor the law and let folks in. that he thinks he does. >> the congressmen, to the audiences knowledge, he said something to the judiciary committee and i just want to talk about the u.s. code section 1325. i can't tell you the number of times i've heard activists say that there is no law against entering this country illegally, it makes it clearly a crime and a punishable crime by fines and imprisonment and at what point is a crime going unpunished and

it is permitted by the chief executive as a matter of concern for the speaker of the house and the republican party with the responsibility to save the constitutional standards are met by the chief executive. >> we passed that point where they have the obligation to make sure that the president enforces the law and how can we do that? we can do that by cutting runs to the president. the long-term answer to this issue is cutting off the funds to homeland security until they enforced the rule of law. but the problem is we have to send resources to the border because people are still crossing in tremendous numbers and that's exactly what we should do, cut off the money in the department of homeland security. >> this ill would put

$659 million into the hands of the executive's and not reduce it. so if you will, can you tell the number of americans watching tonight what the odds are that is engulfing will change on the border as a result of this legislation and whatever impact it might have on the view of this president? >> it will give resources, taking money from other funds including foreign aid to put more border patrol boots on the ground, national guard on the border, right on the border to protect people from coming in and it will change the 2008 law not to give special status to folks in central america. they're treated that are, they need to be treated like everyone else they are not subject to immediate repatriation and treat everyone the same. those are two things that will do it will take money in foreign aid and other money that is

already available to do those mean things and to border security bill primarily. >> your best judgment, will this bill pass on thursday? >> i really don't know if it will or not. as we have said, we will see thursday and i think that we are going to stay until some type of order security bill is passed by the house and that is what we do here. >> congressman, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. lou: turning now to the conflict between israel and hamas a day after benjamin netanyahu one of a prolonged engagement and a major escalation today. the heaviest target since the conflict began three weeks ago. the signs of a cease-fire

agreement despite intense pressure as hamas refuses to agree to stop firing rocket that israel. conor powell is in gaza city tonight and has the report. >> israel reached its most intense level as explosions lit up the night sky. and they continued as they 23 of the conflict continued. hitting the gas tank of gaza's lodgers attempt largest powerplant. they said it is affecting the life of the people is really lost has also increased and 53 soldiers have been killed during

the one-month long war. the politicians show no sign of changing force. >> israel is facing a unique opportunity to defeat jihad as terrorists and the israeli public has never been stronger. >> it could be extremely costly and so far troops have focused on rocket launching sites in the goal of them say this about three days away from completion. this video posted today shows the military infiltration into israel, in washington, john kerry defended his efforts to broker a cease-fire after criticism of his efforts was

made. >> it seems to me that this is a reasonable effort fully protecting israel's rights and the prime minister himself said to me, can you try to get a humanitarian cease-fire for this. matter of time stealing thank you for reporting from gaza city. the president's focus today, ukraine. the president making a statement at the white house today in which he announced that the united states has decided to impose tougher sanctions because of its role in supporting separatists in the ukraine. trying to make the case for energy, weapons, and the finance sector.

>> satellite images along with him information that we declassified in recent days show the forces inside russia have launched artillery strikes and another ball violation of the sovereignty. russia continues to build up its own forces near the ukrainian border in more equipment, including air defense equipment has been transferred across the border to the separatists. the on president obama went on to deny that these new tougher sanctions mark the beginning of a new cold war with russia. in my commentary tonight, we will focus on this new sanctions because we are coming right back. lou: the defense of israel. israeli defense forces rocking hamas targets. u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolton will have

the latest from gaza coming up

lou: israel is acting not only in self-defense but in america's interest as well. joining us is ambassador to the united nations, fox news contributor john bolton. it's good to have you with us. let's start with the sanctions against russia. the european nations, the united states, ratcheting up these sector targeted sanctions. and they have been determined of an outcome in modern history. what are we doing and what is the on christine consequences

with that strong and intelligent diplomacy with those sanctions. both as announced from the european union and the announcements today and we've been talking about sanctions and the russians have on notice and i'm sure these institutions and others have taken steps already to mitigate the effects more importantly the whole approach on sanctions to russia and iran is completely misguided. >> your encouraging has set up cutouts and other devices to hide their real identity and their businesses at a slightly increased transaction costs that just goes on. this is an academic theory and i

would argue that it's worse than those sanctions. those and others have said that the united states is not really serious and not prepared to take tough steps and the war in the ukraine goes on. lou: mr. obama claims that this is not the onset of a new cold war with russia. he told us what it's not. is there any reason to suspect that something always? what is this and what are we headed with that because what does await us are unintended consequences in a highly integrated global economy. >> as well as entirely foreseeable consequences. the clip of obama saying that it's not a new cold war, it is specifically related to the ukraine. and maybe in his mind, but is a pattern of russian behavior, including the violations of the treaty, what is going on in the

ukraine, with syria and iran, his interference in the middle east and these are all part of a new russian strategy. is it a new cold war? no, it's not ideological. lou: you are talking about his intrusion into the middle east and i would have to believe that a lot of people think it is president obama who is intruding tonight calling for a cease-fire, acting unilaterally in that regard, insisting that israel simply is surrendering its strategic initiatives and the military objectives against hamas and move to a cease-fire. what are your thoughts? >> i think that that is exactly right, this president is the most hostile toward the state of israel since it was created in 1948 and he says that israel has the right to use of defense but then in the next breath he turns

around and tries to impose a these higher that will prevent israel from going after the missiles supplied by iran that can target almost every civilian population center in israel and i'm not sure, i can understand how democratic members can say with a straight face that the president has israel's back when every step he takes and leaves the united states more portable and it's a direct threat to us and that is why israel should be permitted. see what it's good to have you with us, ambassador john boehner. and it's time for a look at our online poll result and we asked what you think president obama

should be spending most of his time on, foreign policy, the economy, or illegal immigration. 60% of illegal immigration and 26% said the economy and 14% said foreign policy. it's really interesting to speculate about what were the motivations and those answers, be sure to vote in the poll. cast your vote at loudobbs.com. coming up next, president obama criticizing vladimir putin. and i will talk about what the president is likely to do next, president is likely to do next, stay with dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer

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♪ but. lou: coming up here next summer republicans gaining confidence as the midterms near. senator scott brown hopes to be part of a wave election that allows the gop to take over the senate. he joins us next perry secretary of state john kerry defending his actions in israel. the "a-team" on his failures in creating a ceasefire first.

president obama announcing the sanctions against russia before he probably jetted off to kansas city to meet with the americans who wrote in a few letters. mr. obama of brag about using his phone and his pen has used both to communicate. in his most recent letter to the russian leader mr. obama accused russia of violating the nuclear arms treaty by test firing a cruise missile. with all of that letter writing you would think our post office would be able to turn a profit. the president today also bragging about these new, tough sanctions calling them the most significant and wide-ranging to date starting the energy, financial, defense sectors of russia. what mr. obama did not write in his letter, nor has he said to the american people about the sanctions about which he brags so heartily are dangerous and

create great risks to the global markets and nearly every economy played in geopolitics injury leads to further injury and every market sanctions are never a subsidy for strong, intelligent leaders. i can find no example of economic sanctions ever actually working in modern history. sanctions have done little to deter america's trade relationship with russia. that's right. it is booming. in fact, american exports to russia have risen since mr. mr. obama's sanctions were first announced back in march. our exports to russia are up 17 percent over the past three months. now, that is a sanction, is to? and the value of our exports to russia has risen each month topping more than $5 billion. now, russia accounts for less than 1 percent of all of our exports to bubble we sell to

russia is largely technology and equipment for the energy sector. that is right. we are helping out russia, and the target of the day's expanded sanctions to my energy. the european union has also intensified its sanctions against russia after previously targeting only individuals and certain organizations with direct involvement in threatening ukraine. but those nations in europe stopped short of sanctioning. why? because europe is overly dependent on russia for its natural gas. that is part of the problem with sex is like these. ultimately these sanctions, these embargoes, blackouts, where everyone to call them will injure innocent and unintended victims in this highly interconnected global economy of ours. in fact, the danger of unintended consequences could

well put at risk not just the russian economy but that of all of europe, the united states and indeed, perhaps the entire world. something from mr. obama to think about when he does want to brag about sanctions. we are coming right back president obama's border crisis playing a big role in the midterm elections. senator scott brown, the latest to tie his opponents and mystique and the president's broken policies. broken policies. he joins us here next when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america.

♪ lou: border security taking focus in these midterm elections. republican senate candidate scott brown unveiling a new television ad attacking his opponent. new hampshire democraticíq> americans go through security before they get on a plane, enter government building or

attend a ball game. folks to come here illegally just walk across the border. that's wrong. thanks to the pro amnesty policies of president obama we have an immigration crisis on our hands. we respond with compassion. it is time for us to secure the border once and for all. lou: joining us now, former skin and -- senator scott brown. good to have you with us. >> thank you to you and your -- lou: we are glad to have you believe the house looks like they're going to put up $659 million not the three and a half that the president wanted. your reaction to the republican move in the house is? >> well, there is a need to make sure our border patrol and others have the tools and resources to do their job and do it safely. we are a compassionate country but the bottom linew3÷3k is whe president and senator sheen and others put up this neon sign to

-how do you interpret it? >> well, first of all, and every understand the challenges. they have every right to defend themselves. it is clear very using children

as shields. it is not new to their philosophy. they are terrorists. terrorist groups supported by other terrorist countries. me to make sure they cannot export terrorism to israel and around the region. i support what they are doing and hope the president and secretary give them 100 percent support. lou: you hope. i guess we all hope that. but we have seen today is far, far short of that. in ukraine, the president saying that there is violation, the white house saying their is a violation of the nuclear ban treaty. he is complaining about the behavior, raising of these sanctions. see you think any of this makes any sense? is there anything there that is enforceable against russia and that will alter is attitude and policy direction?

>> our allies don't trust us, and our foes to not fear or respect to us. that is a result of the president's the chair will foreign-policy. he drew that red line and there was crisscrossing and hopscotch and over demint said the strong message to the rest of the world don't worry about the united states. they're cutting their military down. his $17 trillion debt. so we are shrinking of of the world. our lead is being questioned. lou: is to have you with the spirit we appreciate it. good talking with you. >> the people want to learn more they can go into the website that help make carried the minority leader. lou: scott brown, what was that? endowed. >> scott brown dot com. lou: the speaker blaming

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and. ♪ and. lou: joining me now, fox news talk-show host, on line opinion editor of fox news political analyst bill did good to have let me start with secretary of state carry. could he have mucked it up anymore than he did in attempting a humanitarian ceasefire? i am trying to think there is another kind of cease-fire, but they chose to call it a humanitarian cease-fire. >> here is what i would say but you want to have a cease-fire to get to a pedestrian compared it with velvet that. he did not want us to have a cease-fire just to have a cease-fire, 24 hours, four hours, never been raided could not get to that. i just wonder what our purposes,

we are trying to accomplish. i know what the israelis are trying to accomplish with. the united states, not so sure. >> what he did is even more destructive than that unfortunately. he was so desperate to get any kind of cease-fire that they went down this road of going one with the turks, consulting with the islamists won, blowing up the entire dynamic in the middle east, not only undermining israel but also some of our more traditional allies in the middle east and the more moderate. the saudis were really angry about this. it had the effect will have consolidating a moss him, solidifying their stranglehold buried even when you have guys and now saying when you lost that palestinian authority to take. lou: suppress the pla position which they needed to bolster over the purpose of negotiating bury the reality is, as an ally

of israel, the united states should be saying, there will be a price if you continue this. you are waging war against our allies. you of time. and that is the relationship that exists between us and has for more than six years. why should there be any space between the two countries whatsoever? >> tunnels connecting that hamas says doug which are deeper, more formidable and, frankly, more dangerous to israel's survival and we ever knew in the opposition cannot have been better said. >> you know, talking about the tunnels, absolutely you have to go and destroy those. they are a threat to the civilian population. the longer-term strategic threat is will we are seeing now which is the longer-range rockets that is a longer-term threat. one longer-range rockets can now

reach all of israel did. lou: in this administration when it comes to ukraine and all of the lip service provided by this administration, bringing on new sanctions, the part of the president as if there were having some effect or likely to have some effect and made some sort of sense in terms of a policy for europe and the united states to carry out. europe remains utterly dependent upon russia. they are not going to boycott or sanction. i mean, it would devastate the world's foremost economy pretty. >> the fact that we have not been able to facilitate the army are rearming of the ukrainian military despite pleas is very, very sad to me. >> well, the president. to point out that the ukrainian

military is far better armed than the russian separatists. >> what he announced today, i day late in the dollar short. they're is a long lag time for sanctions like this with sectors of the economy ticking again. no backup for the europeans. look, what should have happened is the united states should have been arming the ukrainians. number two, american forces should have been put in place in front line nato nations like poland, the baltic states to send a shot across the barren. and we should have reinstalled the missile defense shield that obama pulled out of poland and the czech republic several years ago. that could have done more than any of this to leg. lou: this is not real politics on the part of this administration as certainly is not on the part of -- the voices were in the voice of the united states some is, frankly,

weakened a bit tiring. >> well, monica and i were talking before, she has an important piece coming out on how many nations have fallen apart under barack obama. afghanistan, iraq, libya, israel is in jeopardy, ukraine is in jeopardy. lou: tree to have you with us. thank you very much. time for a few of your comments. we ask you what president obama should be spending most of his time on, illegal immigration, the economy, foreign policy. for real change she should spend at least a little time of three. respite from his golf and fund raising. the president and should spend time as far away from it as possible. and about congress's response, congress was going to continue to allow him to act alone what are repaying them for? backup of my novel going to the office go to facebook.

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