secure the country. lou: that is what he has to do. >> thank you so much for watching, two hours of "lou dobbs tonight" is next. lou: good evening, a big win for president trump and republican leadership after the senate voted to begin debate on repealing obamacare, president trump will take something of a victory lap any moment now with a make america great again rally in working class city of young town, ohio. it is billed as rally in the valley, we'll bring you the events as soon as the president takes the stage. we understand he is running just a few minutes late, president has the wind at his back.

with a major step forward in repealing obamacare with a procedural vote today. >> senator mccain, returning to washington d.c. to cast the crystal 50th vote. infamous rhinos, susan co collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska, breaking ranks. forcing vice president mike pence to break the tie. president trump reacting in a news conference at the rose garden. >> i am extremely happy that we got this vote. this is -- they say, if you look historically, this is the tough vote to get, now we're going to sit together and try to come up with something that is really spectacular, we have a lot of options, i want to thank some of the republican senators who were really

fantastic in getting us here, particularly john mccain for making the trip. i think we'll have a great health care, this is the beginning of the the end of the disaster known at obamacare. lou: kevin corke travelings with the president in youngstown ohio, reporting to the president's busy day. include a sharp rebuke of attorney general sessions. >> we'll see what happens, time will tell. reporter: president trump was unwilling to put a timeline on when or whether he would fire attorney general jeff sessions. >> i want the attorney general to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies. which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before. at a very important level, we

cannot have that happen. reporter: today, from the hammering his a g on twitter, writing sessions has taken a very weak position on hillary clinton's crimes. clear indication that president, now wants him out, telling the times when he told reporters. >> sessions had have never recused himself, if he was going to it he should have told me before he took the job, i ul have maked someone else. >> wasted little time weighing in. lilindsey graham, tweeting today -- >> i think that the attorney general is doing a fine job,

he made the right decision to recuse himself from the russia matter. >> it is clear that president trump is trying to attorney his own attorney general out of offers, how can anyone draw a different conclusion. if president trump had serious criticisms about his attorney general, why not talk to him in important. he wants him out. >> white house officials acknowledged the president's disappointment. >> i think that is a decision that if the president wants to make he will. and he can continues to move forward and focus on other thing, the frustration has not gone away. you know, i don't think it will. >> the cone versey come as white house deals with increasing internal friction, but officials tell fox news they are concerned about losing their job now that anthony scaramucci has taken

on role of the administrator director. michael short is a first staffer to say he will be leaving the team. this evening a big rally for the president in young youngstown, ohio, a chance to celebrate in the buckeye state. i'll have coverage for you this evening. lou: thank you, kevin, we look forward to your coverage of what promises to be, if this rally holds true to others, it should be exciting. >> first guest said that president trump should not fire jeff sessions but the clinton ties to russia should be investigatedded. here to talk about what all is happening in washington d.c.,

former speaker of the house, 2012 presidential ca candidate, newt gingrich. also author of understanding trump, now on "new york times" bestseller list for the last 5 week, congratulations, good to i have with us. >> thank you. >> let's start with greatest. that is president. going after jeff sessions, some of his open staff, and scaramucci among them saying, i would advise the president -- excuse me robber mueller, we getting some of the leaks out of the white house. we're getting some public statements now that are irritating and unusual. >> i think this is a very unusual administration, have

you a businessman who never participated in electionive office before, he has assembled a team that is still getting to know ea each other, and i think that scaramucci is a good step, i think gradually you will see trump get less aggressive. scaramucci will be so aggressive he will take up some of the burden. lou: already threatening to fire everyone in the communications department. >> well, that is -- you know, this is much more of a nondiplomatic operation. >> and good for them. >> entrepreneurial system, you talk about -- not fantastic. >> that is president-elected to be disrupter he has been.

he is making moves, we have consumer confidence in this country at a 16 year high as of today. we have a market that is 4 trillion dollar since he was elected. we have a different psyche, a tom at salem broadcasting sending me a picture of a hotel he was staying in, there was a giant american drag draped. we're looking at change occurring before our eyes. it is being boil down between the media release according to me. this president is taking on the system could so far beating all of the averages and odds. >> you sthawed it, it is clear when the house failed to pass health bill, trump stepped in.

a couple weeks later they got to a formula that would past, when senate failed, on first vote on healthcare, he problem delivede. deyou have a entreprel aggressive personality with huge levels of energy and he is a good salesman. you look at 40 thousand people last night in west virginia, crowd tonight in youngstown. this is a president who and i think, if you are not a hard-line left winger, this is a president who is intriguing and attracting a lot of attention from every day-americans, you see it happen in terms of the economy, if they can get a rail good tax cut this fall, i think you could have a boom electric year that would guarantee republican reelection in 2019. trish: there is a view that the trump trade is over, people they were counting on a

tax reform bill to come law. basically could looking at the leadership of senate and house, and said, we don't think we'll keep that trade. what they are betting on right now is donald trump, they have been rewarded to this point, handsomely. >> look at increase in federal revenue because of the market, and you add 800 thousand more jobs to the embassy. i think we'll have a very substantial tax cut, signed into law by thanksgiving. lou: i hope you can stay around, sustained if you can't. but we're delighted to talk with you, see you best, newt gingrich. >> good to see you. >> at the stage where melania trump, first lady with the

president by her side, she will introduce president trump tonight in youngs town, ohio, this make break great american rally 7,000 people held in the venue there. let's tune in, listen in and one thing we can say, we'll find out what is going to happen, at a trump rally.

♪ hello, ohio. good evening. it is a truly great to be back in ohio. this state means so much to us. we have been here many times. and my husband and i are always overwhelmed by the incredible people. it was just a year ago that we came to this state where my husband accepted the republican party's nomination. and its candidate for president of the united

states. what a year it has been. because of your support and support of millions of hard working americans in the country, last fall we defied the odds and reclaimed this country. you voted for a man who has pledged to renew the american dream. as president my husband will continue to fight each and every day to ensure our security, defend our lively hood, and rebuild the foundations of fortunes that have made the united states the land of opportunity. washington has taught him every step of the way, but i

-- my huz ban husband. he will never give up. you can always count on him. i know you will always support him and stand with him. so please stand with me now, and welcome my husband. president donald trump. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]

thank you melania. america loves our first lady. i thank you. i am thrilled to be back in the great state of ohio, right here with the incredible men and women of youngs town. what an amazing few day its has been, saturday, i was in virginia with thousands of brave men and women, of the united states military. do we love the u.s u.s. military?

we commissioned newest, largest, most advanced aircraft carrier in the history of our nation, the uss gerald r ford into the great american fleet. yesterday, i was in west virginia with almost 50,000 of our most impressive young americans, they are young men who learn to cherish words like duty, honor, god, and country. the boy scouts. [applause] then only a few hours ago the senate approved a vote to begin debating the repealing and replacing the own b obamacare disaste disaster.

finally, you think that's easy? that is not easy. we're now one step closer to li liberating our citizens from this obamacare nightmare. and delivering great health care for the american people. we're going to do that too. now tonight, i am back in the center of the american heartland, far away from the washington swamp to spend time with thousands of true american patriots. [cheers and applause]

we have spend the entire week celebrating with hard working men and women who are helping us make america great again. i am here this evening to cut through the fake news fille filter and speak straight to the american people. fake news, fake, fake, fake new news.

>> boy oh, boy. is there any place that is more fun, more exciting, and safer than a trump rally? [cheers and applause]

>> trump, trump, trump, trump .

[applause] where the hell did he come from? [ chanting ] >> this has been a difficult week for the media, i force them to travel with us, and spend time with tens of thousands of proud americans,

who believe in defending our values, our culture, our borders, our civilization, and our great american way of life. [applause] everyone in this arena is united -- they are loved, you know that. everyone. united by their love for this country, and their loyalty to one another, their loyalty to its people. and we want people to come into our country who can love us and cherish us and be proud of america and the american flag. [cheers and applause]

we believe that schools should teach our children to have pride in our history and respect for that great american flag. we all believe in the rule of law, we support the incredible men and women of law enforcement, thank you, thank you for being here. [cheers and applause] we celebrate our military and believe the american armed fores are the greatest force for peace and justice in the history of the world. by the way, they are getting a lot greater. fast, a lot greater. you saw our budget, we're ordering billions of dollars of new ships and new planes, and equipment for our great

soldiers, we're building it up. there has rarely been a time where we needed the protection of our incredible military more than right now, right here. that is what we're going to do. [applause] we believe in freedom. self-government and individual rights, we cherish and defend -- thank you, it looks like it is in good shape, our second amendment, congratulations. [cheers and applause] yes, our second amendment is very, very sound again. that would have been gonzo, gone. but i never had a doubt. we support the constitution of

the united states and believe that judges should interpret the constitution as written, and not make up new meaning for what they read. finally, we believe that family and faith, not government and bureaucracy, are the foundation of our society. [cheers and applause] you have heard me say it before, on the campaign trail, and i'll say it again tonight, in america we don't worship government, we worship god. [cheers and applause]

tonight we're going to set aside the cynics and critics. we know why they are so angry and so bitter. day-by-day, week by week. we're restoring our government's allegiance to its people, to its citizens, to the people that we all love. we are keeping our promises to the people, and yes, we are putting finally, finally, finally, we are putting america first. [applause] [ chanting. ] usa, usa, usa.

>> after years and years of sending our jobs and our wealth to other countries, we're standing up for our workers and for our companies. [applause] after spending billions of dollars defending other nations' borders we finally defending our borders. [ chanting ] -- build that wall. build that wall. >> don't think about it. we will build the wall. don't even think about it.

i watched the media as they say, well, he just had some fun during the campaign on the wall. that wasn't fun. we're building that wall, walls do work. we're going to have great people come into our country, but we're not going to put ourselves through the problems that we've had for so many years. after decades of rebuilding foreign nations, we are finally going to rebuild our nation. [applause] they are pointing to a protest or, honestly?

if you don't point, nobody will know he is here. weak voice, weak voice. no worries. [applause] usa. usa. usa.

these are democrats that voted for trump. so far in anything they have gotten even more committed. but they had a man on this they had a man on this morning who was a democrat his whole life. he voted as a democrat. but he voted for i say us. he voted for us in the last election, 2016.

and they said to him, so if the election were held now again, what would you do? and he effectively said man, would i vote for trump even faster. [cheers and applause] his name is gino difabio. get over here, gino. , yes. you know, anybody who knows me,

friend of mine, people who love me, it's worse for them. but they know how it's been since president trump started running for the election. how much i supported this guy, how much i love this guy. he's the real deal. everybody else says we are going to fight for you, we are fighting for you. this is also the teal valley. every -- the steel valley. every one of these people love, sir. and i don't want to sound silly, but i thought, what would i say to the president if i ever got to meet him? this is an over the top moment for me. i thought i'll tell him something. thank you for justice gorsuch on the supreme court. right? that started it all.

then i apologize, i said, mr. president, thank you for melania. could we have a more outstanding first lady? i'm probably going to be in trouble with my wife. but god bless that woman. the last thing i said, i didn't think he thought i would take this much time. i said thank you, sir, for keeping the promises that you made to these 12,000 people and to the country. my recommendation, sir, look what you can do in the bastion of the democratic party. i don't think there is anybody more than cuyahoga county more democrat than us. i would go back to washington and tell the democrat and republicans. i'm going to do my rallies. you have got the agenda.

those people are voting for me and mine. pass my agenda. we are going on the road. absolutely right. thank you, sir. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, gino. thank you, gino. what a man! i watched him this morning. i said we have got to find this guy. he's a great person. always a democrat, now it's gone. i rode through your beautiful roads and i was looking at some of those big ones incredible job-producing factories. and my wife melania said what

happened? i said those jobs have left ohio. they are all coming back. they are all coming back! coming back. don't move. don't sell your house. don't sell your house. i got a lot of credit -- the press gave me a lot of credit because a number of years ago i said this is the time to buy a house during one of my speeches. i said get out and buy. they did this big story. i said don't sell your house. don't sell your house. do not sell it. we are going to get those values up and those jobs coming back and fill up those factories or rip them down and build brand-new ones. it will happen. we are going to have it so that

americans can once again speak the magnificent word of alexander hamilton here the people govern. political correctness for me is easy. sometimes they say he doesn't act presidential. and i say, look, great schools, smart guy, it's so easy to act presidential. but that's not going to get it done. i said it's much easier to act presidential than what we are doing here tonight, believe me. and i said, with the exception

of the late great abraham lincoln, i can be more presidential than any president that's ever held this office, that i can tell you. it's real easy. but sadly we have to move a little faster than that. we'll never be behold on the lobbyists or the special interests. we'll never be silenced by the media. i want to protect america and i want to protect the citizens of america. your hopes are my hopes. your dreams are my dreams. i have had a great successful career, i built a great, great business. this is the only thing that

matters. this is the on thing that matters. there is nothing left. your future is what i'm fighting for each and every day. here is just a small sample of what we have accomplished in just our first 6 months in office. and i'll say this -- they always like to say, well, i don't know. but i think that with few exceptions, no president has done anywhere near what we have done in his first six months. not even close. [cheers and applause] but they don't let you know. they don't want to write about it. unemployment last month hit a 16-year low.

since my election, we have added much more than 1 mill jobs. 1 -- 1 million jobs. think of that. and remember i came in and some people said don't say that. i said what do you have to lose? i talked about the inner cities. i talked about the crime and problems and lack of education. i talked to my african-american friends. and i said vote for me, what the hell do you have to lose. remember that? [cheers and applause] the hispanic, the african-american, the inner cities. so now it just came out, african-americans and tine agers

are enjoying their lowest unemployment since just after the turn of the millennium. that's pretty good. right? [cheers and applause] we have eliminated burdensome regulations at record speed and many, many more are coming off. and boy have we put the coal miners and coal back on the map. and all other forms of energy. we achieved an historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve. we signed new legislation to hold federal workers accountable for the care they provide to our great, great veterans. [cheers and applause]

veterans accountability act. they have been trying to get that done for many, many, many years, even decades. and you understand why it was tough. but we got it done. our secretary is with us tonight, david shul shuhke. not having to wait online for days and days and days and getting sicker and sicker where you can be taken care of immediately. now, you go out and you see a doctor. [applause] to protect american jobs and workers i withdrew the united

states from both the trans-pacific partnership potential disaster. and the job-killing paris climate accord. believe me. and if we don't negotiate a great deal with mexico and canada, we'll terminate nafta and start all over again. you remember when i was in youngstown, i said we'll either renegotiate nafta or terminate it. so let's see what happens. we are right now negotiating with the heads of mexico, good man, the president, and the prime minister of canada.

good man, let's see what happens. we'll no longer be the foolish people. we'll no longer be the stupid people that can taken care of so badly by our politicians because they don't know what they are doing. we'll always work with our friends and partners, but we'll never again sacrifice ohio jobs or jobs from any state in our union to enrich other countries which has been what is happening to this country. [crowd chants "usa!]

by the way, while we are on it, the iran deal which may be the single worst deal i have ever seen drawn by anybody, if that deal doesn't conform to what it's supposed to conform to, there is going to be big, big problems for them. that i can tell you. you are going to see that. believe me. you would have thought when that deal was made by secretary kerry, he may be the worst negotiator i have ever seen. you would have thought that iran would have said thank you, united states, we can't believe you gave us between $100 and

$150 billion when they are ready to fail. we can't believe you gave us $1.7 billion in cash. do you know what that looks like? you would have thought they would have said, thank you, united states. we really love very much. instead they have become emboldened. that won't take place much longer. [cheers and applause] the great president from the state of ohio william mckinley. does anybody know hot hell he is? william mckinley understood that when america protects our workers and industries we open up a higher and better destiny for our people. we don't protect our people. we don't protect. trade comes in, goods come in.

i was with harley davidson, a great company from wisconsin. who has a harley davidson? they came to the white house. and they said to me, yeah, it's tough going outside of the youth. we are doing great in the united states. but which we sell a motorcycle to certain countries, we have as much as a 100% tax event. i said tell me, when they sell back to us, mooning reciprocal, what tax do we charge them? the answer is zero. [crowd booing] those days will be over very soon. unfortunately like everything else, there are so many retricks

on doing what's right -- so many restrictions on what's right for our country. wouldn't you think you could say, hey, you charge us 1. >> us -- you charge us 100%, and we charge you 100%. we can't do that. we have to go back to congress who by the way has made some very bad healthcare deals other than today. we'll be fools no longer, folks. we'll be fools no longer. [cheers and applause] every single president on mount rushmore -- here's what i do -- i asked whether or not you think i will some day be on mount rushmore, but, no -- but here is

the problem. if i did it, joke, totally joking, having fun. the fake news media will say he believes he should be on mount rushmore. so i won't say the, i won't. but every president -- they will say it anyway, you watch tomorrow. trump thinks he should be on mount rushmore. isn't that terrible. what a group. what a dishonest group of people, i'll tell you. and you note funny thing is that you would think they would want to see our country be great again. you would think so. but they don't. some day they will explain it to me. every president on mount

rushmore believed in protecting american industry. we have to protect our industry. and now we are going to start. we are reclaiming our heritage as a manufacturing nation again. [cheers and applause] bob kraft, the owner of the new england patriots. he came to the oval office and he brought with sheet with hip that just came out. manufacturing enthusiasm in the united states is at an all-time high. isn't that great? to me that's so great. because we are going to bring back our jobs, bring back our wealth, and we are going to bring back our dreams.

and we are going to bring back once again our sovereignty as a nation. [crowd chants "usa!" ] since i took office we have cut illegal immigration on our southern border by record numbers. 78%. [crowd chants "built that wall"]

record numbers. in fact the i.c.e. folks -- and the border patrol police, they are phenomenal people. they are working with general kelly. and just so you understand, we have already started fixing much of the good wall that's already there. we already started fixing. but we are breaking records and it was actually told to me the other day by somebody in mexico who is very high up, they say their southern border is getting very little traffic. nobody is coming anymore because they know they can't get through our southern border. so they don't even come.

never again will america surrender the security our people. the safety our community. or the sovereign tough our nation. we are cracking down hard on the foreign criminal gangs that have brought illegal drugs, violence, horrible bloodshed to peaceful neighborhoods all across our country. we are throwing ms-13 the hell out of here so fast. [cheers and applause] you know, we are actually hard to believe we are talking about our great country. we are actually liberating towns and cities. we are liberating. people are screaming from their

windows, thank you, thank you to the border patrol and to general kelly's great people that come in and grab the thugs and throw them the hell out. we are lib rating our towns and cities. can you believe we have to do that? [crowd chanting "build that wall"] earlier this we are immigration and customs enforcement conducted the largest raid on transnational gangs in the history our country. we are dismantling and destroying the bloodthirsty criminal gangs and we are not doing it in a politically correct fashion. we are doing it rough. our guys are rougher than their

guys. [cheers and applause] i asked one of our great generals how tough where our people? how tough are they? he said, sir, you don't want to know about it. then i saw one guy come out, a customs officer who is a monster. and i said, so, general, you think i can take that guy in a fight? he said, mr. president, sir, i don't even want to think about it. i said you are right, actually. we have tough people. our people are tougher than their people. our people are tougher and strong and meaner and smarter than the gangs.

one by one we are finding the illegal gang members, drug dealers, thieves, robbers, criminals and killers, and we are sending them the hell back home where they came from. [cheers and applause] and once they are gone, we'll never let them back in, believe me. the presented towards and criminal aliens who poison our community with drugs and prey on innocent young people, these beautiful, beautiful young people will finds no safe haven anywhere in our country. and you have seen the stories about some of these animals. they don't want to use guns

because it's too fast and it's not painful enough. so they will take a young, beautiful girl, 16, 15, and others and they slice them and dice them with a knife because they want them to go through excruciating pain before they die. and these are the animals that we have been protecting for so long. well, they are not being protected any longer, folks. [cheers and applause] and that is why my administration is launching a nationwide crackdown on sanctuary cities. [cheers and applause]

american cities should be sanctuaries for law abiding americans. for people that look up to the law. for people that respect the law. not for criminals and gang members that we want the hell out of our country. sanctuary cities legislation has passed the house along with kate's law, named for kate steinle who was brutally killed by a five-time deported illegal immigrant. we are asking the senate to vote on sanctuary cities and kate's law legislation. we have got to get it passed. the trump administration has the

backs of our i.c.e. officers, our border patrol agents, and yes our great police officers, and we have their backs 1. >> backs -- 100%. we are going to protect them like they protect us. [cheers and applause] this month in chicago there have been more than two homicide victims per day. what the hell is going on in chicago? better tell that mayor to get tough. it's not working what they are doing. we are going to get criminals off our streets and make america safe again. [cheers and applause]

we also strongly believe that our borders must always be closed to terrorism and extremism. we don't want radical islamic terrorists in our country. [cheers and applause] we have seen the total devastation in europe. and we have seen the murderous attacks from new york to boston to san bernardino. exactly one year ago last month i came to youngstown to deliver a major address on how my administration would protect our country from terrorism and radical islamic terrorism. we only want to admit those into our country who share our

values. who love our people. and who always will love our people. we don't want people coming into our country who have bad intentions, even before they start. we also believe those seeking to immigrate into our country should be able to support themselves financially and should not be able to use welfare for themselves or their households for a period of at least five years. as we speak, we are working with two wonderful in the ordinary course of business, tom cotton, to create a new immigration system for america.

instead of today's low-killed system, it's a terrible system where anybody comes in, people that have never worked. people that are criminals, anybody comes in, when want a merit-base the system. one that protects our workers. one that protects our economy. we want it merit-based. we want people who worked hard in their country and are going too come into our country and work really hard. we don't want people to come into our country and immediately go on welfare and stay there for the rest of their lives. we are not going to do it. [cheers and applause] we are working every single day to move the legislation that serves the interests of the

american people. as we discussed earlier, at the very top of the list is healthcare reform. with obamacare, the washington obstructionists, meaning democrats, made big promises to the american people. and every single promise they made turned out to be a lie. you can have your doctor, you can have your plan. do you remember? 28 times. you can have your doctor. you can have your plan. i know democrats that heard that and they would have never voted for it. but they voted because they believed the lies of president obama. for seven years, every republican running for office promised to repeal and replace this disastrous law.

now they must keep their promise promise. [cheers and applause] the senators working not only to repeal obamacare, but to deliver great healthcare for the american people. any senator who votes against repeal and replace is telling america that they are fine with the obamacare nightmare. and i predict they will have a lot of problems. in west virginia recent premiums have gone up 169% since obamacare went into effect. in alaska over 200%. and the deductibles have gone through the roof. you will never even get to use it. in missouri premiums have shot

up 145% under obamacare. in pennsylvania the cost of obamacare insurance has more than doubled. and the coverage has become horrific. it's time for democrats to stop resisting. that's their term. resist, resist. they have to do finally what's right for the american people. but probably we'll do it ourselves. because today we won 51-50 and didn't get one democrat vote. think of that. my administration is working every single day to heed and honor the will of the voters. that includes work on one of the biggest tax cuts in american

history. and actually if i get what i want, it will be the single biggest tax cut in american history. we have the highest taxes anywhere in the world. and this will really bring them down to one of the lowest. and we really have no choice. we'll have growth, we'll have everything that we dreamed of having. it's time to let americans keep more of their own money. it's time to bring more companies to our shores and create a new era of growth, prosperity and wealth. we want millions of americans to be lifted from welfare to work and from dependence to independence.

one of the ways we'll put more americans to work is by rebuilding our nation's crumbling infrastructure. that's why i have called on legislators to pass a bill that generates $1 trillion in new infrastructure investments. we are going to fix our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, our airports. we'll fix all of the things that once made us great and we are going to use american iron, american steel, american aluminum. [cheers and applause] we'll buy american and we'll hire finally american. we want once again to have the best infrastructure. the best schools, the best jobs,

the best factories, and we want products that proudly carry the label "made in the u.s.a.." we want this country that we love so much america, to be strong, proud, and free. which means america must also be united. because when america is united, america is totally unstoppable. all thee you'll be totally honest with you. even if it's not united we are

unstoppable. so don't worry about it. we are going to be unstoppable either way. but it would be nice, wouldn't it? our small differences are nothing compared to our common history, common values, and common future. we share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny. now it's up to us to preserve the birthright of freedom and justice, the birthright of prosperity that our ancestors want for us -- won for us with their sweat, with their blood, with their work, with their muscle, with their brain. they point for us and we'll make it bigger and bert and stronger than it ever was before. it's time to look paths old divisions. the tired, really tired

politicians. and the stale debates of the past, and to finally come together as one nation under god. [cheers and applause] we have no choice, we cannot and never will back down. we'll never ever give up. we cannot fail. and if we remember what unites us, then i promise you we will not fail. we cannot fail. we'll make america strong again. we'll make america wealthy again. we will make america proud again

again. we'll make america safe again. and we will make america great again. thank you, god bless you, god bless the state of ohio. [♪] lou: quite a speech, and this president with a very strong message. much of that message not only directed at his supporters and the american people, but specifically to a lot of the democratic leadership, i believe, demonstrating that sitting there in youngstown, ohio -- he lost youngstown there in the election by a few percentage points. it's a county that president trump won by 27 points.

what's the message? these are trump democrats, and there will and lot more of them come 2020. play very carefully. this president plays to win. we are joined by ed rollins. he served in three presidential administrations. the dean. what do you make of the speech? ed: extraordinary speech. it was a great day. on thing that could make the day greater for donald trump is to get a big mac, an order of freeze and a coke and be happy. lou: this is not a man to mess with. and they have been messing with him, whether it's speaker ryan holding forums on his states about the attorney general or robert mueller. there is some overinflated visions in the heads of some of the gop leadership that i would

think this would begin to at least quiet. ed: there isn't a one of them who wouldn't like to have an audience or enthusiasm like that. this guy is getting stronger. he's getting more confident. he so hammered the free media to the point now where the people describe them as the false media. he's now hammering the congress. he's forcing his will and making people do things they don't want to do and what they should do, and what the country wants. lou: you have got to love the fact that he was introduced tonight by the first lady herself. that suggests to me this is going to be a very important part of their strategy going forward. she is, if you will, the president's big gun. ed: she is an extraordinary woman. when she basically visited a hospital in france and went in with those kid, her approval

numbers went up and spoke to them in french. she is a classy lady, a smart lady, and a great role model. anybody who had hesitation about trump will say we can't get rid of trump because we need the first lady. day by day this guy is getting more confident. it does him wonders when he's out there with the crowds. lou: you have been particularly painstakingly observant and have never detected any lack of confidence. i have not seen it at any stage of the campaign or its presidency. y where did you detect this perhaps lack of confidence. ed: he gets up every single day no matter what. lou: it's remarkable. ed: i worked with presidents. i lived through watergate and reagan, good days and tough days. you talk about all the things he

accomplished. reagan accomplished a lot in the first six months. but he got shot in the process. this president is forcing his will which is not the will of the washington establishment down their throats. lou: he said it tonight. it's us, it's "we." he's talking about the will of the people. he's talking about representing them and the things he pledged to them on the campaign trail. this man is -- i loved his reference to there are folks who don't think i'm presidential enough. in my opinion those folks aren't paying a bit of attention to what he's accomplishing and who he is. ed: he's going to redefine what presidents are all about. he's going to get a big agenda through here, i think. today was a gigantic within for him. a week ago we both thought we won't get the votes to move

forward. he called us, he's taking his case to the public. and if i was involved in his campaign in the white house i would have him on once or twice a week. it reinvigorate him and sends a loud message to those back in washington. lou: the president has to be further energized by the love he feels in the room. bringing 7,000 people together on a tuesday emergency youngstown, ohio to hear the president of the united states to talk about healthcare and policy? he did. it was about substance, foundation values of the nation, and the people he was speaking to. not only in that room, but across the country. ed: i was reminded it was like a convention crowd. convention crowds are the most of partisan people of all.

if you put mrs. clinton in that crowd tonight in would be no enthusiasm. his enthusiasm among his diehard supporters are not diminishing. lou: the president touting the that's vote to open debate on healthcare. we are coming right back. >> we are one step closer to liberating our citizens from this obamacare nightmare. [cheers and applause] and delivering great healthcare for the american people.

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lou: we are joined by chris farrell, the director of investigation at research at judicial watch. i just heard the president give a terrific speech. a friendly crowd of supporters who are trump democrats sending an important signal back to the dems, particularly in leadership on capitol hill. but i think we have to go to the issue of what the democrats are doing.

john brennan, obama's cia director openly calling for government revolt if the president were to order special counsel robert mueller fired. what is going on? i understand the deep state, its efforts to delegitimize, to you vert this president. this is -- to subvert this president. this is over the top. at what point does john brennan is he engaging in sedition itself. >> brennan should be the subject of an investigation based on his performance as cia director and certainly with theout ray just comments from the aspen institute. lou: these are the same people who provided the security, so-called, at benghazi.

>> i have been up to mount olympus. the rarified air of aspen. i can tell you that's the sort of place where james comey stood around and kept referring to terrorists as troubled souls. so i mean, it's a fantasyland. lou: you have got a set of officials, james comey, john brennan. and others from the intelligence and counter-intelligence community. they are beside themselves by the fact that president trump is taking this nation in a direction theyer in dreamed possible because they lacked the guts, the principle and vision to do so. >> they are actively undermining his presidency. the kind of speech the president delivered drives them out of their minds. it is the antithesis of what

they believe in. lou: the founding values of this nation and shared heritage and culture of all americans. it does drive them mad and good for the president. i think he talked about what we share for 15-20 minutes before he got to any issue anybody could consider divisive or controversial. and those people would all be on the extreme left. >> even the republican leadership needs to pay attention and snap to when it comes to the message the president set it's very powerful imagery. lou: this is a president who says he's disappointed with jeff sessions, the attorney general. jeff sessions has disappeared for weeks. he has recused himself in one of the most of difficult and controversial and what has to be surely the most of frustrating

issue this president is facing. that's an investigation by robert mueller, a special counsel who was -- whose job was created by the man he fired as director of the fbi. and the congress was played for fools as was the justice department, and did the bidding of a man who should never in my judge the have held the office of director. >> let's cut through all the double talk and the russia craziness. no one can name the criminal predicate. we do not conduct criminal investigations of people -- we conduct investigation of crimes that occurred and identify suspects and subjects. they turned this entire process on its head. lou: they who? >> some people like rosenstein and mueller and comey. lou: and the chairman and ranging members of the senate

and house intelligence committees, the oversight committees. these are people behaving ignorantly and outside the law and outside the traditions of this country. we have created, allowed to be created a force within our government, the special counsel that is outside the law, outside our traditions, and outside the scope of the people who are supposed to be governing this nation through this election of the congress, the senate, and the president of the united states. >> mueller is disqualified just by his association with comey. and we don't investigate people until we find a crime. it's not the way we operate in this country. no one has been able to name a criminal predicate. lou: do you believe that the attorney general sessions opens

up the investigations on the clinton foundation, the clinton emails, the clinton corruption, and the actions of certainly the attorney general of the obama administration, would he keep his job? >> that's what he needs to do. if he doesn't do it that's when he needs to go away frankly. lou: we are coming right back with much more on jeff sessions, the attorney general, and our president. when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try new parodontax toothpaste. ♪ when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance.

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the writer and producer of "clinton cash." why do you suppose jeff sessions will not open an investigation into hillary clinton, the obvious corruption of the clinton foundation. the obvious corruption of the obama justice department, including his attorney general as well as the fired director of the fbi when they were investigating quote-unquote the matter known as clinton emails? >> there was a lot of investigation going on at the fbi. my understanding is the f.b.i. continues to investigate those things. where it's been log jammed -- lou: they have taken way too much time and i think that f.b.i. appears to be as politicized as it possibly could be.

the f.b.i. investigation is in a logjam. they asked for subpoena power and wiretap capability as it related to the investigation, they were not grarnted that by the obama justice department. it's now a trump justice department. it's not good for the president to be airing these questions and publicly brow beating the attorney general. lou: may i take an opposite view and try this out on you. this is a president who is extraordinarily frustrated. he's looking at a justice department that's still in the hands of his political opponents and some would say the enemies of this country because they are trying to subvert the president and his administration, while he has not had the benefit of the slightest evidence presented that any of this people did anything wrong. we know collusion is an

impossible crime to prosecute since it isn't in the statutes. >> that's where i think the mueller investigation is change. i don't think it will be about collusion anymore. i think -- lou: he needs to get a new charter. >> this is the problem with independent kownls. you can have a situation where it expands. it's clearly moving in the direction of look at issues related to money laundering and the fact there was a lot of russian money flowing into new york real estate in general. lou: where the hell was the obama justice department. >> that's really not what the independent counsel is suppose to be investigating. lou: why is he being permitted on his own to change his charter and the direction of what is an illegitimate investigation and

usurpation of a president and his administration. >> it's a huge problem -- lou: you say it like we have to accept it. why in hell should he the dully elected president of the united states have to tolerate this kind of nonsense from a sold out chairman of the senate intelligence committee, richard burke. he turned it over to the ranking democrat on that committee. >> there are two options here. one is that mueller continues and you create a circumstance where you could have charges or allegations made in this area. or trump would fire mueller and then you are going to have a major crisis because you have a lot of republican senators saying they would resist that. it's a terrible situation. i think the president --

>> one of the reasons he's out there talking to the american people going over the left wing national media, fake news media as he calls it. he wants to talk to the american people. put him in that office. not a bunch of sold-out senators on capitol hill. >> if you had the trump foundation take $145 million in exchange for selling uranium to the russians. and melania trump taking huge speaking fee s from the russians. you would have a massive investigation with the trumps. you don't have it with the clintons. lou: do you think jeff sessions has the gets to open the investigation that is so urgently required. but by the president saying this publicly it creates the

impression of the attorney general being bullied. i don't think publicly is the way to do it. lou: i grant you that's a fair view. but this is a president for the first time the american people don't have to ask ways on his mind. you remember a guy by the name of barack obama promised to do and failed to do precisely the same thing. this president succeeded. peter schweizer. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. the president wants the attorney general to investigate the children tons. do you agree sessions should take on the clintons? up next, new threats from iran and north korea the house votes to impose new sanctions on the

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lou: former ambassador to the united nations within fox news contributor, john bolton. the president going after sessions. he gave him some room today saying if he got himself straightened out, things could

be worked out. the reality is jeff sessions disappeared here. john: i think sessions should go see the president. i think they should sit down and work this out. i think if the president is dissatisfied with somebody, he has a perfect right to replace him. lou: chuck schumer said they ought to talk about it. he would be the first one to scream that the president was intervening in the process. john: i think this is a matter between the two, trump and sessions. and i think the sooner they sit down we'll have a resolution. the president is the embodiment of the executive power. the supreme court said the attorney general is the right

hand of the president in taking care that the laws be faithfully executed. this is presidential decision making and it's entirely appropriate. lou: i'm going to clean this up. i was about to use a bad word. what in the world is this country doing forgetting about loretta lynch, eric holder than air independent even from obama. they would have fought tooth and nail to the death for that president and his policies and political interests, and as we learned, they did so. john: i served in the justice department under ed meese who defended the president in the iran contra affair. he came out with his integrity. but going through an experience no one deserves. that's how the opponents deal

with a republican administration. lou: the left in this country are repugnant on every level. their goals and objectives are not partisan politics. they mean to reconstruct this government and recommit this nation to a vision that the rest of us know very little about except on the left fringe. >> i think the stakes are very high here. and i think republicans are not used to this kind of combat. i don't know what the problem is in terms of getting them energized. but the fight here will be to the bitter ends. lou: this president i think now understands it better than his people. they need to be brought along here. anthony scaramucci, the new communications director. i love watching the man come out screaming. he's going to fire people if he can finds them.

he's a street brawler. and that's good stuff. john: the line the democrats are putting out, trump's deep involvement with russia. i'm still waiting to hear what the deep involvement is. lou: the democrats need to blame themselves and forget about the damn russians. ambassador, great to see you. thanks so much. up next, president trump celebrating a healthcare victory in the senate. we take up the president's new momentum after the break. stay with us.

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lou: joining me with reaction to the president's rally in ohio and the healthcare victory today, olympic media managing editor and editor of the daily caller, katie frates and charlie hurt. that was a terrific rally as we are accustomed. the president has served loud notice that his attorney general has disappointed him.

he gave him to leeway but said he has to step up on all the issues, the clinton investigation, the investigations that need to be carried out against the former president and the secretary of state his wife. >> i do disagree with the way's expressing it. jeff sessions has been nothing but loyal to the president since the beginning of his campaign. lou: i think that's a fair comment. i have the greatest respect and admiration for the former senator and the attorney general. but he's disappeared for weeks. this is not acceptable. >> it's essentially sugar coating an insult. you can't sprinkle a dmnts there and then turn around and sucker punch someone. lou: i can do whatever the hell

i please. but i'm speaking sincerely to you. i have great respect for senator sessions, period. i admire the man, period. the fact of the matter is he also disappeared for weeks on end as attorney general. why? katie: i'm not sure why and i'm not sure i am the one who can answer that. he has been absent and he needs to have more of a presence. but i don't think trump brow beating him on twitter is the way to get that from happening. lou: i'll put you in the same camp as the media. you have got a better way for the president to behave. charlie, your thoughts. charlie: i don't know that i think this strategy of going after jeff sessions is a smart one. the problem with it is what is he going to do if he gets rid of jeff sessions? lou: he hasn't said he's getting rid of them.

he says the attorney general recused himself from the most of important frustration facing him as president and his administration, and there are grearpt examples of -- greater examples of collusion more prominent and substantial than these delusions about trump and the russians. all we are asking the attorney general to do is investigate them. charlie: i agree with you on all of them. i'm get together point and i can't believe i'm going to say this. i'm get together point where if you could find a way to fire, mueller or get rid of bob mueller and end this ridiculous stupid investigation, i would be completely in favor that. we have an election by people voting. we don't elect presidents by getting the fbi to determine whether we can have a president or not.

lou: this is a fraud being perpetrated on the american people by the republican leaders of the u.s. senate a u.s. house of representatives. they are gutless cowards and they are serving the interests of k street and their billionaire donors. not the interests of the american people, the very people this president campaigned against. charlie: in terms of fixing that problem, to what end does going after jeff sessions help that? it doesn't help that. he needs jeff sessions. any replacement for jeff sessions will be worse. lou: i think the president in his own unique style is asking him to do his damn job. katie, thank you so much. we are out of time. thank you very much. that was interesting waiting for to you get to that point about firing mueller. we are delighted you have gotten

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procedural success. >> everybody thought it was dead. a lot of trump supports and republic base people don't like to john mccain. he was the hero of the day. he flew all the way back and kept this thing alive. it's a little bit of momentum. hopefully we'll get it across the line. lou: they said it's a procedural vote, but mike pence the would be make the deciding vote and they were correct. and john mccain bravely coming back to washington for this said he won't be voting with them the next time. >> i know this is slightly going off in a tangent. in today's technological age. john mccain was just diagnosed

with an aggressive kind of brain cancer. lou: the same brain tumor ted kennedy was diagnosed with. >> he couldn't be sciepped in? he had to be flown to washington to cast the vote. >> when i had my baby, my husband was with me. you have to be there in person. he missed the vote. then everyone would just call it in. lou: it would be virtual representation. it would be awkward. >> it would open up a precedent. i can buy that. what did you think of the rally tonight? lou: they are always entertaining and informative. this is the trump era.

that's what we'll be watching for 8 years. >> do you think people will be taking people up on the stage like gino difabio? lou: i loved the guy. he brought great energy, intellect and america. >> the t-shirt. he said trump won. trump said for instance with the exception of the late great abraham lincoln, i can be more presidential than any president who ever held office. lou: in large measure he's the most of successful in six months into his tenure. he has momentum, joe. >> only in the beltway do they think he's not succeeding. lou: the beltway doesn't think much. >> elections come down to ohio,

michigan, north carolina, wisconsin, florida. the other states don't mean anything. he carries four of them he wins the election. kennedy: republicans scoring a potentially major victory on healthcare. president trump is doing a victory lap but the battle may just be beginning. president trump tonight is letting the military have it. a big celebration after a nuclear threat from north korea and a standoff with the iranian navy. and attorney general jeff sessions back in the hot seat. are this days in the white house numbered? it's time to rock it was one of the busiest days in d.c. history as healthcare resurrected itself.