congressman jim jordan and my good buddy mike gallagher. thanks for being with us tonight. good night from new york. kennedy: lawmakers back on capitol hill. but are they any closer to getting something done on healthcare? former f.b.i. director james comey in legal trouble after his trump memos? grab a shovel, time to begin. with republican discourse slowly killing the healthcare bill and obamacare in an actual death spiral, democrats are licking their lips over the ultimate

goal of government insurance single payer. we know firsthand how bloody the horror story ends. imagine countries like sweden and the u.k. are medical utopias where everyone is covered and no one dies. but they have little bearing on our healthcare in this country as spiking premiums, one or no insurance companies left on exchanges and a creeping mortality rate under obamacare weren't enough of bureaucratic. the va is a better illustration of how centralized rationed care will look. you won't have nurses fresh off the swedish bikini team. you will have an overwrawt expensive team that is trying to

limit access to drugs. the urban institute has a moderate estimate for what bernie sanders healthcare will cost the next 7 years. $32 trillion. i have no doubt these progressive do gooders think they are providing the ultimate service when they are narrowing your options to zero. socialized healthcare has failed utterly in this country, and when you screw something up that badly, you don't get to do it again. welcome to the show and your week. i'm kennedy. so what will happen if democrats get their way and we get a single payer healthcare system.

let me bring in a fan of that system. richard fowler is a fox news contributor and host of the richard fowler show. convince me single payer is the way to go. let's talk about the senate bill first it gives you insight into how close we are to moving to a single payer. there is a $50 billion bailout to insurance companies because what the senate realized is providing insurance in the post-obama world is not profitable. wet affordable care act was put in place, the ideal behind it was we would force insurers to insure those they didn't want to insure. kennedy: which would force tax payers to insure people they don't want to insure and having the government steal their money.

>> the system prior to the affordable care act, if you didn't have sp medical insurance and you went to the emergency room, we had to pay for that. kennedy: that assumes the only healthcare that low-income people were receiving in this country was through emergency rooms. that of course is a last resort for people like the homeless. but there was medicare and medicaid and a series of clinics and institutions that were helping the less fortunate. but no one ever talks about that. conveniently they leave that out as though hundreds of millions of people were parading through knowledge rooms at $1,500 a visit just to get their tonsils checked. >> what all the studies show, millions of people weren't showing up to emergency rooms,

but people who didn't have health insurance. they wouldn't go to the doctor to get preventive care. kennedy: people still do that with insurance. >> they are more likely to get a checkup if they have the insurance. just because you have health insurance doesn't mean you have adequate healthcare. what democrats are saying is the best way to insure we as a country have adequate healthcare, not health insurance, healthcare, is going to require that the government say, hey, listen, it's the right of the government to make sure every american has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. kennedy: i don't want my income this country to be adequate. i want my healthcare to be extraordinary. and the only way that can happen is if you have innovation. and if you have a free market

and companies and doctors competing. i know that's a dirty concept to statists who want to control every aspect of our lives. but when you move to a one side fits tall ordinary adequate program, that's when people die. british patients and the nhs system have a 45% more likely chance of dying than patients in the u.s. who are fortunate enough to be subjected to the dying remnants of a free market system. >> point number one, people forget before the affordable care act, the healthcare system was the wild wild west. kennedy: it wasn't. it was based on the entire healthcare system and medical con grom rats based on medicare in this country. >> think about the family with a

maximum cap on their health insurance and had a prenatal child. the care for that child could have been $750,000. which means the family only had a quarter million to spend on the family's healthcare. kennedy: let's say the aca fixed that one problem. that of course is no small problem when you have a child who is born with some sort of congenital defect that would require a lifetime of care. that's the worst case scenario. let's say the aca fixed that. it created so. more problems that have come pounded since its inception that healthcare in this country is dying. and too much government in our healthcare system has sickened it to the point where it's in icu.

>> i think health insurance companies are dying, but healthcare isn't dying. let's take hiv aids. people are getting tested. kennedy: in the private sector. >> the private sector is not subdued because we put onus on insurance companies to cover their patients. kennedy: yes, it is. if you want the best minds to be attracted to medicine, you can't have a medical system that's adequate. that's what will happen if we have single payer in this country. >> that's a false pretext. think about a country like to cuba. they have a cure for stlung cancer in cuba that we don't have over here. that as many as socialized medicine. kennedy: and they have disdon't in prison.

>> i'm talking about the healthcare system. you see a lot of socialized medical systems, a lower infant mortality rate. you see inowe vision the same. kennedy: how can you have innovation if you don't even have the internet. access to information is critical to innovation. richard fowler, thank you for your time. you know i adore you. the gop is appearing as fractured as ever. and they restart their push to repeal and replace obamacare. but according to senator john mccain the whole effort could be dead in the water. >> my view it's probably going to be dead. but i have been wrong. i thought i would be president of the united states. i fear that it's going to fail. kennedy: if this thing dies again, does the gop have a plan b? let me go to my diamond

encrusted party panel. carley shimkus, dave smith, and meghan mccain co-host of "outnumbered." >> did richard fowler just tell your audience to go to cuba to get good healthcare? they don't have internet. everybody i know who has been there said the hotels are crap because they are stuck in the 1950s. >> you know what the nazis got right? why does richard fowler go to cuba and get the healthcare the average cuban gets. kennedy: why do you think people risk their lives and die trying to get out of cuba.

>> the only state approved hospital i am sure the castros is very nice. >> i find that so deeply insulting the idea different many simple. global leaders come to this country to get healthcare because it's the best of the best. not throughing to cuba. if he thinks government-run healthcare is so amazing, come down to the va in arizona where i come from where veterans actually die waiting for healthcare. i don't understand how he can be so disconnected from the reality where you are telling americans to go to cuba to check out what great healthcare they have. it's one of the stupidest things i have heard on tv in a long time.

>> three gop -- 10 ask gop senators have expressed some sort of opposition to the bill. this is on shaky ground. i think what the president's tweet says it screams that it might not pass. what he had to say is listen, i can't imagine gop senators or any senator leaving congress to go to their august recess without. i would be surprised if this thing passes. kennedy: former f.b.i. director james comey back in the spotlight. boy do we miss you, jim. a report according to the hill

says half of his memos were classified and he ignored security protocols. the president was quick to take a swipe at the f.b.i. director tweeting quote, james comey leaked classified information to the media. that's so illegal. could comey himself be in hot water and deep yogurt. >> i can't believe we have a president who talks this way. it does seem insane. i don't know for sure it's the memo he leaked has classified information or not. but the whole thing seems crazy it seems like the rule is if you are working with the deep state to embarrass the president, we don't care say whatever you want to. but if you are working against the deep state.

edward snowden can't come home. but these guys, it's fine. james clapper should be in jail for perjury. you are with the deputy state so you are fine. but if you oppose the deep state you will sit in a cage for the rest of your life. >> chelsea manning got out. >> after sitting in a hole for 260 days. >> reality winner is sitting in jail. kennedy: when i first heard about that i thought it was somebody on the "celebrity apprentice." >> james comey remind me of inspectoinspect. i don't think what he said -- he said he prepared an unclassified version to give to his friend. but as the director of the

f.b.i., it's a no-no to hand a document over to your friend whether there is classified information in it or not. kennedy: megyn, we talked about this on outnumbered. i don't know how formal those job descriptions could possibly be. >> i can't believe he's going home at night and dear diarying about it. it's amazing you can get people from all party amill yaitions who hate this guy. i do think he should be in jail. there are people in positions of power that will forever go clean, loretta lynch, and itn't matter what they do. kennedy: i can't wait to read judy bloom's next book. the party panel returns a little bit later.

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kennedy: the ongoing probe into president trump's ties to russia has leaked everything but proof. some on the left say they found the smoking gun after the "new york times" reported that donald trump, jr. met with a russian lawyer two week after clinton clinched the nomination. they claimed they were only discussing adoption laws. he since confirmed the subject of the clinton campaign came up but dismissed the significance of the tweet. saying obviously i'm the first person to took a meeting to hear info about an opponent. went nowhere but had to listen. joining me is ben shapiro.

you have greater legal perspective here. let's figure out why people are just upset about this. i think it's. >> the distraction. the fact that donald trump, jr. had to change his story is just another and sort of ongoing communications flub. what do you see here? >> the general rule here is never substitute a nefarious explanation where incompetence and ego would do. it look like trump junior was approached by someone who said they had information on hillary clinton. he got man for the and kushner -- he got manafort and kushner in the room. but at the same time the next step in the story is the part that's missing. was this the beginning of actual

collusion or was this a failed pitch by somebody who has links to the russian government in the meet cog be bad but that would not necessarily establish trump-collusion. this is where the democrats and media have exceeded their limit here. they are trying to make accusations that aren't backed up by the story. they keep saying this is the first step and dem scraits the whole thing -- and demonstrates the whole thing. kennedy: a contract enterprise that marries return to the up s. the fact there are so many neophytes running around trying to make deals. that was the lure.

the potential to be close to power with people who don't have any formal training in interfacing with the power mechanism. >> manafort has a long history of hanging around with shady people. it's no surprise people hanging around with him end up looking shady. there is a reason trump fired him during the elect. let's say there was some sort of campaign collusion which there is no evidence to show this. but let's assume even that were true. why would you assume trump knew about it. if you were going to form a conspiracy, the last person on earth you would tell about it would be president trump. he would be on twitter a minute later saying i know something you don't know. kennedy: there are so many holes in it that makes it seem like a

conspiracy theory. kennedy: but it doesn't mean they are innocent of doing stupid things. it goes to show you maybe donald trump, jr. doesn't have the art of the deal like his dad does. >> there is a lot of amateurishness here. jared kushner spent no time in government. this is not exactly the a-team here. kennedy: that's part of the magnetic force. ben shapiro, thanks for coming by. coming up, snortable chocolate. chuck schumer want the fda to crack down. today, we're out here

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kennedy: welcome back. it's called a critical milestone in the fight against isis. iraq's mosul city is liberated. a few fighters are pinned down in the city and said to be using

their own wives and children as human shields. how close are we to destroying isis? here is an iraq combat veteran, brian suits. welcome back, suits. great haircut by the way, you are welcome. you spent a lot of time in iraq. you know the region and the country very well. mosul liberated once again. but i get sense this sill isn't over. give us your perspective. >> it's the first out in the bottom of the 9th. there is a large city still under isis control. it's coming down to the individual isis fight tore decide to fight or run. and run back to syria, not belgium. those who held their eu

passports left six months ago. this is the transition of a jump-up terrorist army back to individuals. the transition from this to some urban insurgency is difficult because they never were that. they started as a rag tag army. they didn't start as insurgents having to fight the power. they are definitely in iraq, though. kennedy: we obviously have some questions about vetting in this country and people coming over from syria. how does syria keep isis fires from reproliferating there? >> they know they have a even youous hold -- a tenuous hold on the border controls. one of the things about the desert. you might be from syria or iraq,

but you are no desert survival expert. you stick to the road. they rely on checkpoints and border crossings to go in and out of syria. syrians don't want the iraqi version of isis back into syria. kennedy: i can't imagine they do, but i guess that's my question. how good are those checkpoints at keeping those fighters from going back to the country? obviously ashould is not our ally, but he doesn't want them in there. >> they are treating it like a one-way involve. the iraqis want them to go back to syria. most of the isis guys were iraqis and they are being vetted out pretty quickly. a lot of things we would rather not know about is happening. this is like chemotherapy with

the iraqis saying let's have an aggressive cure so our long-term health is guaranteed. kennedy: who is paying for it? i can't manage it will be pottery barns and theme parks. >> start selling your antiquities through hobly lobby. the iraqis will get loans from gulf arab states. from turkey. the iraqis are very industrious people. they can fix a car. they are not kuwaitis. kennedy: that's why many want them off that travel ban list because many of them helped u.s. troops over there. last week we spoke about a fresh new product hitting the shelves called cocoa loco. it's an energy supplement in the form of a snortable chocolate

powder. senator chuck schumer is coming around being a buzz kill. he wrote i can't think of a single parent who thinks it's a good idea for their child to be snorting fill atlanta up their noses. this suspect product has no clear health value. he's just trying to push his brand of strawberry energy flavored powder. the party panel is back. dave, every time i hear chuck schumer running around decrying the next product as the next fight and the next battle in the drug war, i think a lot of it is overhypes nonsense. everyone knows it's a lot easier to drink the ingredients from red bull. >> this ridiculous and everybody in congress seems like they are

snorting some type of chocolate. but chuck schumer -- people get rich off this regulatory state stuff. there is a reason he's the favorite senator of wall street and k street. he wants to regulate everything. the stereotype libertarians. they are giving people who want to hyper regulate. it's disgusting. he talks like he cares so much about your kids. he's getting rich. kennedy: it's like bernie sanders who profits from the unions. >> makes a million dollars off a book on how it's wrong to make a million dollars. >> i would like to think of some way to get an i.v. of caffeine in my arm before i come to work. still waiting for that.

i would be right there every morning. kennedy: it's a novelty. >> i'll take your word for it. the train i personally take to work every morning derailed and 34 people were injured. and deblasio is in germany protesting god knows what against our president. so one could care about the transit travelers on the east coast right now, it would be wonderful. coming from new jersey, too. i need to specify. >> politics aside i'll go out on the limb and saying putting something called cocoa loco up your nose is probably a bad idea. the founder of this product says he didn't consult any medical professionals.

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kennedy: curtain arm strong studied at academy of dramatic arts and he's best known for his work in this 1980s classic. >> call me booger. >> okay. why do they call you booger? >> i don't know. kennedy: "revenge of the nerds," and now he has a fantastic book

including interviews and pictures of some of the greatest minds behind the movie. curtis arm strong joins me now. you may be one of the most famous people i ever interviewed. >> four jobs in 8 years that never go away. kennedy: and decided the trajectory of your life. you have a choice and decide whether to be resentful and work against that notoriety or embrace it. which choice did you make? >> i made the choice to embrace it. i realized i hadn't wanted to do booger in the first place. i thought it was better than all that. i had done "risky business" which was kinds of a classy movie.

then nerds comes along. and i thought do i want to be in something called "the revenge of the nerds" let alone picking my nose and belching. but when we got to tucson, we worked all together, the writer, the directors, worked on the script to make it more accessible and make the people more people you care about. kennedy: that's something you hear about, but that's not part of the typical process. >> we did have a week, and it was feature film. they give us a week to rehearse and work on the script. kennedy: when you were work on "risky business" you took a lot of notes on tom cruise who at

that time was not in the clutches of scientology. >> i kept a diary of the entire experience. tom was 19. he was a kid. i was 28 when i maid "risky business." i was the sold man. kennedy: reback and tom cruise were having a hot -- >> they fell in love on that film and were together for two years. there was a lot of stuff in those movies. it was the 80s, wasn't it. kennedy: do you miss the 80s? >> not remotely. but so anyway, the "risky business" thing was a journal to remember what making a movie is about. everybody is interested in tom.

but the journal was kept because i was a stage actor who thought i was still going to be a stage actor. i didn't think this would lead to anything. i wanted to remember what making a movie was like. every day i wrote down everything that happened. you notice things. kennedy: including the starlets lined up outside tom cruise's trailer. >> he was a talented, attractive young man, and it was the 80s. he had really good teeth and made me feel very self-conscious. kennedy: if you saw him today what would you say. >> hello, mr. cruise. it has been a long time, decades since i have seen him. kennedy: let's go find him. he may in the big city.

curtis, great book, very entertaining. i have one question, if we can get the mountain behind me, what is the street value of this mountain? >> in today's dollars i wouldn't hesitate a guess. in the 80s you could get it for almost nothing. curtis arm strong, "revenge of the nerds," thank you very much. the nerds," thank you very much. the national chicken show took

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whole train. but i have got to admit it was nice to see anthony weiner again. a bat that was used by mickle mantle is going up for auction. it's supposed to fetch $50,000. many historians consider him to be the greatest hitter of all times. sure there were other guys more hits and home runs. but he admitted he was plastered pretty much every game he played in. so he was facing three pitchers at once. the auction house is selling a louisville slugger hillary clinton used to smash 134 blackberries after receiving an f.b.i. subpoena.

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kennedy: apparently there is no gluten-free will according to the catholic church. bread consumed must contain gluten. i feel the pain and the plight of my compromised brothers and sisters. and i haven't had communion for years. but in the greek church we get

andi -- a rock. the holy father is lucky enough not to be plagued by the autoimmune condition. wine is not enough to complete the spiritual circle of transformation. if you consider up to 90% of celiacs go undiagnosed, that's a lot of people affected. perhaps the orthodox and catholic churches can work together to insure those who hunger for the holy gift are not sickened in their spiritual quest. thank you for watching the show tonight. you can follow me on twitter and instagram. email ken web.

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