going to defeat this evil ideology. charles: thank you very much general. >> thank you. charles: thank you for watching at home, every night 6 p.m., dvr the show, lou dobbs is next. lou: 52 days now until president-elect trump's inauguration and the transition team it under attack from all corners it seems, much of the recent sniping concerns mr. trump's potential choice of secretary of state. today saying he was quote very impressed after meeting with retired general, david petraeus, at trump you to either afternoon. and -- trump tower this afternoon, and mitt romney still on a short list, transition team announcing that mr. trump will meet with a second time with romney

tomorrow. and kellyanne conway today, said he has already shared her feelings about romney privately with mr. trump, and questions romney's credentials and loyalty to trump this weekend. >> people feel betrayed to think that governor romney who went out of way to question the character and integrity of donald trump, now our president-elect trump, would be given the most significant cabinet post of all, secretary of state, that is a decision that only one man can make, president-elect trump, i will respect it and support it 100,000, but i am reflecting when grassroots are saying. lou: president-elect trump, addressing the recount effort launched by green party presidential candidate dr. jill stein, and joined over the weekend by hillary clinton campaign. trump tweeted this -- we'll

talk about these continue attacks on trump, and critical cab necabinet choices with ed rollins, randy evans, oversight committee member congressman mark meadows and prominent governor echoing mr. trump's concerns over sanctuary cities, we'll be joined by governor of great state of texas, greg abbott, he is pledging to ban cities protecting illegal immigrantses in his state, and vowing to cut the funding of such cities. also today, fbi now investigating whether there are any ties to terrorists after a heroing incident at

ohio state university, a somali refugee, a student, plowed his car into a campus crowd, he jumped out, and then began stabbing people with a butcher knife before he was shot and kill by the officers. we talk with professor jasser. and vice president-elect mike pence said, very important announcements would becoming soon. governor being cryptic these days could but knows how to form a tease, saying to the press today, buckle up. battle over secretary of state, becoming content shoes -- contentious. rnc chairman, has been trying to downplay all of these reports of struggles within the transition. >> it is not a matter of

warfare, there are a lot of opinions about it, this is a team of rival concept if you go toward governor romney concept. but i think that should tell-all americans about where president-elect trump's head is at a place that will put best possible people for all americans. lou: hillary clinton's campaign participating in a recount process that gets underway in with a wis this week, election commissioners rejecting jil jill stein's question for a recount. they have to finish by december 13 under federal law. in pennsylvania jill stein filed a lawsuit asking a judge for state wide recount, despite missing a number of deadlines, that 21st. jill stein unable to get required 3 voters from each of

state more than 9,voting pre-- 9,000 pricincts. joining me now, a member of the rnc rules committee, former senior advisor to newt gingrich and his presidential campaign in 2012, randy evans. good to have you here. and former reagan white house political director, he is just getting started, ed rollins. >> thank you. lou: let's start randy with these recounts. donald trump said they will not amount to anything, your judgment? >> they are not, i was there in the bush vs gore where we felt with a real,.

and that was much different. here, the electoral college, ballots will be cast, when congress convenes on january 6 they will open ballots and count them, donald trump will be well north of 270 that will be it. that is elaborate fundraising mechanism to elevate name profile to try to create a false hope that something different might happen. >> democratic party that needs money or jill stein? she is rolling in dough. >> i think democratic party, i am they are destitute they lost at every level in house, senate, their coffers are try they need some rallies point, this fall hope -- false hope

they could somehow over take the election is a failing home with no merit. i've been through it, it is not going to happen, december 19, ballots cast, it is over. lou: i presume you agree. >> he is the expert. lou: i hate it with you defer to each other. you are both so smart. >> in this case, there is not a thousand vote differential, if you did all three states, this is done. why they're doing this is foolish, this makes her look very petty, and her people look like sore losers, to a certain extent they are. >> i think this is an abdecaying of -- new role going forward, in democratic party. they have to look for a new standard bearer.

hillary clinton is forfeiting that right. i agree. but even then, he could have -- he could have left as a president who said, i'm going to follow the standard of george bush and be bigger than the process, he chose not to. lou: barack obama, this has to be for democrats a generational year, 2017, where they turn to new leadership in the house. >> they don't have any new leadership. i think that old leadership stayed too long. and obama was a failure for 8 years. my sense, he could pull names out of the hat to call on the next leader. lou: enough of that, let's turn to transition team. what you make of kellyanne conway's comments about mitt romney, and what you make of production inviting governor romney to dinner.

randy. >> i will join with speaker newt gingrich, this is a horrible mistake, think about optics, you go to "new york times" say, if you say untrue mean spirits things about me there will be consequences. then you turn to somebody who did that, and say, the consequences, you may get to be the state department secretary. there is all you have done is open up pandora's box to say there is no penalty to being disloyal to attacking me at most personal basic level. now moment you p -- permit that you just created option to say have you a cabinet who could attack you at every turn without consequence and potential for a promotion. lou: ed? >> i'm not a romney guy. i don't buy that team of rivals, he would have been

blown out early like everyone else, he stuck his toe in water, as former nominee of this party, a lot of us supported him, not particularly enthusiastically, on the way he had an obligation to support trump, he did not, i am against him. kellyanne is representing grassroots, many of us supporters. lou: -- >> notice what was missing, you would have you that the after having -- have thought that after having been granted that first interview, you would have seen mitt romney go to a microphone, repudiate his remarks, and apologize, and say i will be a team player. did you ever hear that? have you heard him say, i was wrong, i am willing to make

amends, when you can't hear that. lou: my expectations of the governor are so reduced and low, i would not have had the same anticipation as you. it is tempting to construct this as donald trump, with something of a twofer. he gets to play governor romney, and play the national media, left wing in all cases, and that is sort of tickles me to think about it. >> i think one great thing about this he highlighted some out standing military leaders. the three four-star generals. lou: i am all in for mattis. >> i am too, i am being honest. lou: i don't care what the job is. >> i am happy, let petraeus and romney go in back -- back alley, whoever comes

outstanding is secretary of state. and then let rudy take on the winner of that one. >> look at how quickly things pivot, looking at passing with fidel castro, barack obama -- >> you know, i love that president-elect trump said a communist, how many people say communist when they talk about him? >> i do. lou: a communist dictator is dead, i have to wrap it up, thank you. >> thank you. >> ed thank you. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. lou: we're coming right back, much more ahead, stay with us. >> hillary and dr. jill stein seeking a recount of their losses. >> i think that american people know this is a waste of everyone's time and money, this is a distract and a fraud. lou: we take up the left's attempted assault against our electoral system. >> governor greg abbott to ban sanctuary cities in the great

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lou: the governor of the great

state of texas, greg abbotts, said he will design a law banning sanctuary cities. there are now 5.9 million living in sanctuary cities across the nation. joining me now, texas governor greg abbott. it is great always to have an opportunity to talk with you. we welcome you. your order, cutting off funding to those sanctuary cities, what has been the reaction in texas? >> well, this is simple, we're a nation of laws. and time for our cities, and counties, all elected officials to follow the laws, we've seen even in texas, some other parts of america, some local officials say, they are

not going to enforce the law. i am being clear, i don't care what jurisdiction you are in state of texas, you are going to comply with the law, i issued governor order cutting off funding from governor's office, funding on some of these jurisdiction. we have a ban on sanctuary cities in the state of texas putting teeth on this. lou: is it incredible. in 21st century we have to talk about enforcing the law. as if somehow that was a valid considering. >> you have some people in some media come out, and criticize those who want to enforce the law on the books. to see some elected official get up and say they will

willfully not apply the law that is contrary to american principles and what we'll establish here in the state of texas. this is not just a story about kate steinle, texas has had several people killed at hntd at hands of people, going in and out of immigration system here in state of texas, here, wel toton was kill by someone who was repeatedly deported back and forth. lou: and good efficient you, i know --e good for you, i know that citizens of texas have to be grateful to you for taking this action. i want to say to you, as a attorney general you are remarkable, and a governor already remarkable. i am a fan of governor abbotts, in case i have not made it clear, one of the greatest public officials in

the country. but i struggle, a lot of people do, to understand why there is this volition around laws, you can't pray in school, you can't pledge allegiance in some schools, you have to follow dec -- d ictus in washington, and another public places, but you have smoke pot. can you explain that to us. ofhow we've gotten this this point. >> which is pretty much definition of anarchy. when people can decide, which laws they will follow and nothay man for himself under the legal system, that is not the way that united states was constructed that is not what we will allow to happen in texas, we're a nation of laws, people are expected to follow the laws and law enforcers.

>> and jeff sessions, senator sessions to be attorney general of president-elect trump. how pleased with you. >> it will be a game changer, as you know i have been battling with attorney general, and her predecessor eric holder. we have had these fights it will be a breath of fresh air with a person who is committed to the united states constitution, and committed to the rule of law running the u.s. department of justice. lou: governor, great to talk with you, thank you for making time, we electric forward to our next -- look forward to our next opportunities. >> thank you, lou. lou: vote in our poll, do you believe the establishment is having far too great an influence on the trump transition team? what do you think? cast your vote.

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lou: this recount stuff is becoming hillary and jill's excellent adventure. demanding recounts of votes in three states, they both failed not only in the election, though hillary did in all fairness in orders of magnitude better than dr. stein. some savants portrayed the two as struggling to realize they lost. that they have made themselves

so much smaller than they would have been were it not for their pitiful shrill deand for recounts. or in hillary's case doing her leftist following a favor by participating in dr. stein's demands for recounts. campaign attorney mark alias wrote we believe we have an obligation to the 64 million americans who cast balance lots for hillary clinton to insure an accurate vote counts will be reported. here is what hillary clinton had to say during the third presidential debate last month about donald trump were he not to accept the results of the election. >> we have had free and fair elections, we have accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them, and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage

during a general election. he is denigrating. he's talking down our democracy, and i for one am appalled. lou: appalled she should be at her own and jill stein's unprincipled behavior and their leftist zeal not to carry on their campaigns, not even to steal an election because their odds of doing so have diminished to almost zero. the true purpose of the left is to destroy our electoral system, the power and enforcement of our lawfs and adherence to our nation's interests. their object is to carry on their leftist assault on our constitutional republic to as barack obama put it, to fundamentally tranls form this nation. president obama failed, but he did great injury to million of americans and perhaps an entire generation and attacked many of our most:cherished values.

the president-elect is waiting 52 days to begin the effort to rebuild and restore and make america great again. he has begun that effort by winning the presidency. like the vast majority of americans i believe he wins the day. tom always jefferson said i was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they lead and bearding every authority who stood in the way. the trump transition team asailed from all sides and blois from within as well. the president-elect will meet with romney a second time. >> we'll be see normously disappointed if he brought romney in any position of

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lou: the white house announcing vice president biden will not attend castro's funeral. they said we know this fills cubans with powerful emotions, recalling the countless ways in which fidel castro altered the course of individual lives, families, and of the cuban people. history will record and judge the enormous impact of his singular figure on the people and world around him. the president in 2014 restored diplomatic relations with cuba after 50 years of embargoes. canadian prime minister justin trudeau called castro a remarkable leader.

dr. jill stein praised him as a symbol for you the struggle for justice in the shadow of empire. are you kidding me? president-elect trump has called castro a brutal leader and has threatened to renegotiate the agreement with cuba. when i was talking about the clinton campaign attorney elias, you saw something that piqued your interest there. >> it did, lou. it's' the hypocrisy you are talking about. here is the clinton attorney marc elias saying we need to make sure there always recount in which hillary clinton and jill stein lost by a remarkable

margin. but he's saying governor mccrory should give up when the vote count is 10,000. we aren't starting to finds out what the green is all about. the democratic party is out of money and this is an effort to raise money and that's the primary if not sole purpose of the recount. i want to turn quickly to what you are watching here in trump tower. and that is you have can see it seems, a real effort on the part of the stab to the insinuate itself into the decision-making process. are you concerned at this point? >> i think all americans are concerned because the deficit of trust in washington, d.c. is at

an all-time low. and they have shope president-elect trump will make sure we do indeed drain the swamp. i got a text from someone who was outdoor knocking for president-elect trump. he said are they going to go with romney and by pass giuliani? i certainly hope not, i thought things were going to be different. i can tell you donald trump made outstanding picks for his cabinet. i have faith he will do the right thing. lou: i think we all do. and there is as i suggested earlier in the broadcast. this could be a play on the part of mr. trump to kind of -- well, to use tom as jefferson's words, to kinds of beard governor romney and the national liberal media at the same time. let's turn to the leadership of the house and where we are going th

ryan makes a lot of noises like he thinks this is the better way agenda, and not president-elect trump's agenda. am i misinterpreting the good speaker? >> i can tell you the people spoke on november 8. if anybody were to suggest that the better way agenda was driving the american agenda that wouldn't be the case. i can tell you that particular agenda, the better way as it dovetails into what president trump wants for our country. there are some common areas. i talked with steve moore about what we dock on tax reform. but we must not mistake the fact that those rust belt states actually made a defining choice to go with donald trump. we need to make sure we recognize that and work on that agenda. lou: you have got to be impressed as i was that the oecd evaluating trump's potential through his economic policies to

stimulate growth, they are talking about doubling the rate of growth by 2018. that's impressive and god beyond i think any number of economists that could be put on a list and printed in a newspaper. that's a big deal. >> it's a huge deal. we we start to look at that. that's what matters most to the folks up in michigan, pennsylvania and ohio. if we can get the gdp growth back to 4 to 4.5% we'll make a lot of different decisions and we'll see an economy that thrives as we make america great. >> sounds good to me and i suspect just about everybody else. thanks. >> it's great to be with you. thanks, lou. lou: be sure to vote in our poll. the question is do you believe the establishment is having too

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lou: police shot and killed the

somali man who attacked and injured 11 people at. jo ling: state university. the suspect, abdul razak ali artan. he plowed his vehicle into a crowd of student on campus then began attacking them with a butcher knife. he was a student at ohio state, a permanent legal residents of the united states. the f.b.i. is investigating whether he had ties with terrorists overseas. my next guest says today's attack has all the hallmarks of home imroan terror. zuhdi jasser. why do you say this has the hallmarks of homegrown terrorism? >> it's not only homegrown, but it has the hallmarks of isis terror. we see a refugee who began in somalia with his family, went to pakistan, another haven for jihadists.

he was showing his grievance narrative in the years leading up where he complained about the west being islamophobic and not being able to pray and used the isis-inspired method and motives, to use a vehicle which happened in nice, and the isis magazine called for the use of vehicular terror and another isis magazine called for the use of machetes and stabbing soft targets on beaches and crowds and universities. this point to what we already know. we have a foreign enemy in isis and domestic insurgency being radicalized through sharia-state type ideology where we need to look at the precursors and not just wait for them to be violent. lou: all of the reports of these radical islamic training camps

in this cub tri. what do you make of that? >> well, you know, it's not necessarily just camps, per se. but the issue is folks that are feeding into this grievance narrative that it's muslims against the west. that america is antiislam. all of these grievances with creating a state of find where they don't embrace erika and they are starting to feed into this global jihadist where you take a kid who appeared to be just a regular somali immigrant turned into a jihadist operative who went violent against the infidels and wanted to commit this heinous act. lou: there is a linedlessness to this. -- there is a mindlessness to this. he was interviewed by the ohio state newspaper.

he said he wouldn't pray properly. yet he was ohio state, the state of ohio, where they have one of the largest concentrations of refugees. then they have the temerity, this young man and others a year ago, to attack in a terroristic manner. how do you break through that min --mindlessness? >> the vast majority of somali muslims, somali americans love this country and are here because they can have freedom and express tonight ways they can't in their mother countries. but the problem is we also need to stop the exaggerated grievances, need to stop and realize that the grievance narrative is the first steps in radicalization. we need to realize we have a muslim problem that needs a

muslim solution. the jihadi websites, political his lamb against the west. our muslim reform movement gets crickets from the plus limit organization and they are pushing out the grievance narrative. lou: and they are doing so clearly, clearly conscious and intent on what they are saying and doing in each instance. >> absolutely. i mean, they realize that the bottom line is the militants want to create chaos, have americans become isolationists, because isis is getting squeeze in syria and iraq. and they want us out of there. here the insurgency groups wants to separate muslims out of society rather than counter the

ideas that radicalize them. lou: veterans voicing their outrage over a university's decision to not fly the american flag. some 1,000 gathered -- 1,000 vets gathered in hampshire, massachusetts. and they brought the flag. the school reached a decision not to fly the flag after some student allegedly burned the flag to protest donald trump's victory earlier this month. the president of the college defended his action saying some student considered the flag to be a quote, powerful symbol of fear. apparently not one of them sees it as a powerful symbol of freedom. hampshire college. outrageous, despicable actually. the establishment looking to influence the trump transition team with the president-elect

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lou: we asked you, are you surprised how quickly and how well the president-elect is making his choices for his administration. 74% of you say no. that other 26% will have to get used to a new way of doing business. joining me, congressman ryan zinke. a member of the house joint services committee. he's the you a theefer brand-new book, i want to hold it up for you because we recommend it highly, "american commander." we are delighted to have you with us. first, donald trump's election and what it means to you. >> i think his election was more about not as mandate per se about conservatism but a mandate about americanism. i think america wants to see things done.

donald trump a billionaire related to the plumber and the single mom, the law enforcement that just want to see america move forward. they want the same thing most of us do, house, opportunity, law and order. lou: and middle class that that's growing instead of being repressed by administration after administration, republican and democrat who decide they know better than the people of this country. >> he restored the people's voice to the people's house. >> it was a pushback on the political he let. so status quo is unacceptable. i think america dug deep. he zopped corruption and he will have every opportunity to a advance the ball on the field and make this country great. lou: he said we'll win so damn much you will be sick of winning.

we are willing to try that, mr. president-elect. he's talking about rudy giuliani for secretary of state, then the conversation evolves around to governor mitt romney, general david petraeus was there. suddenly we are seeing military leaders in a different primary position in the evaluation process. your thoughts. >> you look at what happened. we key created vacuums around the world. the world is safer when you have a strong america. i can't think of anyone better than jim mattis. he's a warrors warrior. he also understands the backbone of our service. the sergeant and the chief petty officer. and it's the front line. if we want to straighten out the military. the right rules of engagement and the right equipment to win

decisively on any field of battle. he to do that the question has to be stronger than it is. the budget has to be bigger than it is for the military. and we have to have a new attitude on the part. our leadership. the generals as a class didn't win a victory over the course of the past 15 years against radical islam. we have been fighting for 15 years. general petraeus talked about a long war. you and i i think would say a long war isn't in the interest of this country ever. we have to come up with a new generation of leaders to make certain we don't ever get into what we have been through the course of the past 15 years. >> it starts out with a policy. what is your policy in iraq. our policy in syria. our policy with iran. what is our policy, then once you develop a policy, then the military can support that policy.

>> and we both support general mattis. congressman ryan zenke's new book. "american commander." kennedy: the vote recount moving ahead as planned and hillary clinton is conveniently on board. jill stein joins me to explain her motivation. president obama reportedly planning to cram through a bunch of executive orders before he leaves office. what's he got his sleeve, a phone and a pen? is time travel really possible? new research suggests it could be. we are ready to break it down. so grab your helmet. it's time to blast off. dr. jill stein found her telephone marginalized by