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trump dossier which may have been used for fisa warrants. our special guest tonight congressman matt gaetz. he's among a growing number of congressmen who are calling for a second special counsel to the investigate political corruption at the highest levels of the justice department and fbi. and in the senate, republican leaders are moving closer to victory on tax reform and tax cuts. senators marco rubio, bob corker, ron johnson all now say they will vote yes, solidifying the chances of passage next week. we take all of it up here tonight. our top story, president trump escalating his criticism of the fbi after revelations of entrenched political corruption at the highest levels of the bureau. president trump today said there is an extraordinary level of public anger toward the fbi for its protection of hillary

clinton and in pursuing what he called a scam investigation into so-called russian collusion in order to frustrate president trump's policy agenda and mr. trump's first year in office. fox news correspondent kevin corke with our report. >> reporter: -- >> the president of the united states has your back 100%. [applause] i will fight for you, and i will never, ever let you down, ever. [applause] >> reporter: a clear, definitive declaration of support for the fbi and law enforcement today from president trump speaking to graduates at bureau's academy at quantico, virginia. >> i have so many friends that are police officers, so many people in the fbi. these are great, great people. these are really heroes for all of us. >> reporter: mr. trump's comments, his first at the training facility since he slammed the agency for apparent

bias in the clinton private e-mail server investigation as well as the ongoing russia probe. the latter of which spurred the president to unleash a barrage of tweets including one less than two weeks ago in which he suggested that the fbi's reputation was in tatters, worst in history. his attorney general wasn't willing to go that far. >> i don't share the view that the fbi is not functioning at a high level all over the country. he spoke to them today, the first time a president in 47 years has spoken to the fbi at quantico there, graduating police academy class. >> reporter: speaking at a summit on today, sessions backed the president's overall message trying to keep things positive. >> there is absolutely no collusion. that has been proven. when you look at the committees whether it's the senate or the house, everybody, my worst enemies, they walk out, they say

there is no collusion, but we'll continue to look. >> reporter: just over an hour before speaking at quantico, the president lashed out again at the russia probe which has led to two unrelated convictions including that of his former national security adviser, mike flynn. >> would you consider a pardon for michael flynn? >> grant to talk about that yet. we'll see what happens. let's see. i can say this, when you look at what's gone on with the fbi and with the justice department, people are very, very angry. >> reporter: anger thanks in part to the latest revelation that several agents involved in the russia investigation appeared to some to have a bias against the president based on numerous text messages, many of which were strongly critical of then-candidate trump. lou, no surprise a standing-room-only crowd today over at quantico to hear the president's remarks. and while the audience was mostly law enforcement officers, i should point out that, listen, the vast majority of the folks there were not actually fbi agents. still, the president was warmly

received as you probably saw from the pictures, and, in fact, there was robust applause on many to occasions breaking up the speech which might be counterintuitive considering all the negative hype and buildup before the president made his way down there to the facility. lou? lou: but, of course, kevin, the president's negative comments were directed toward the corruption of that bureau at the highest levels. the leadership of that bureau is the ones, are the ones that he is questioning, not the work-a-day agents who are keeping this country safe and enforcing our laws. and with that, kevin, thanks so much. kevin corke. our first guest tonight says special counsel robert mueller's investigation is infected with bias and has introduced a solution to remove mueller. joining me now, congressman matt gaetz. he serves on a number of key committees including judiciary, budget and armed services.

congressman, good to have you with us. this is quite an evening, i think, as kevin corke just reported. the president giving his full support to the folks graduating at quantico, the fbi academy, and we now know that so much of what is happening at the top levels of the fbi is absolutely disgraceful as the president put it. >> well, and you've exactly created the appropriate distinction, lou, between the heroic agents of the fbi who put their lives on the line each and every day to protect americans and some of the corrupt senior leadership that we see in the mueller probe at the fbi and at the department of justice. this bias is like an infection. it's like an incurable cancer that's inoperable, and we've got to end this mueller probe. from the department of justice where you see bruce orr, a senior official, having his wife employed by fusion gps, the company taking money from the dnc to go and give to russians

to discredit the president? to the fbi where you've got people like peter strzok sending text messages to his mistress that he hates the president and that he's the insurance policy, and he has all kinds of ways he's going to save the country. to the mueller probe itself where you've got people like andrew weissmann who attended the hillary clinton non-victory party, i should say. i mean, goodness gracious, we've got a lot of talented federal prosecutors. you'd think robert mueller wouldn't have to go find one who was at hillary clinton's election night party i. shows -- it shows that mueller was either picking people because of their bias or he simply had reckless disregard for the fact that he has assembled like the governing board of directors of the never trump movement to persecute our president. lou: peter strzok, to his credit, was removed from the special counsel's office, but put in the h.r. department, for crying out loud. apparently, deciding who would be hired at justice brought in

for other prosecutorial jobs, investigators. i mean, it is an awful, awful scene that we witness now before our very eyes each day; that is, the leadership, the leadership of the justice department is a damn disaster. and it -- the president has been saying this, and now with, as he almost concludes a year as our president, we're seeing that everything he was saying was exactly right. >> well, you're totally correct. and the real question, lou, is where in the world is attorney general jeff sessions on all of these critical issuesesome we continue to see more and more evidence of this bias, and it's not just evidence of people's personal beliefs. peter strzok and his mistress were making a plan, talking about actual plans to disrupt this presidency. and the attorney general needs to step up and fire robert mueller as a consequence of these damning revelations. i wish he'd do it. lou: may i question just a little more closely what you

said. this is, in the case of orr, his wife working for fusion gps, these aren't people planning to do anything, these are people who said they were going to do it particularly as between, when it comes to bruce orr at the top of the justice department and it comes to peter strzok and his illegitimate affair with lisa page. they were actually doing things. and on two occasions, we have tweets in which they absolutely manifest their intent, and we know that in the case of strzok he was involved in the e-mail investigation, he was involved in this absolutely the deposition, the testimony of hillary clinton and her top aides. he was involved in the immunity. this is an agent who had full rein over the outcome and acted,

and acted -- in my judgment -- absolutely corruptly. no planning, no anything else. he did it. >> well, you're right, and that's why we need, we need peter strzok, we need his mistress, we need bruce and nelly orr in for depositions, sworn deposition testimony before the judiciary committee so that we can find out what damage they did to our democracy and to our country. i'm frustrated because jeff sessions and attorney general rod rosenstein won't answer questions about whether or not peter strzok was the very individual who signed affidavits authorizing the fusion gps dossier to be used as a basis for fisa court warrants to spy on americans. this is a rotten guy, and he did rotten things. lou: congressman, you're not going to like what i'm going to say next, but i've seen congressional investigations throughout the eight years of the obama administration, and not one of them were worth a damn. they didn't produce any change, any different outcome. we have a record of some things,

we've got ten committee hearings, eight years of stonewalling. this go to the white house and tell the president what you want, you and your committee and tell, and ask the president to tell the justice department, the attorney general and his new fbi director to turn over whatever it is you need! because this is oversight, and you just got stonewalled again this past week by, i mean, it's just, it's terrible. you've got rod rosenstein not giving you what you're asking for. >> you're absolutely right. we do, and i'm not doing my job for my constituents if the committee i serve on doesn't issue subpoenas and get this information. here's where our investigation so far has had an impact, lou. just today harvard university released a poll showing a majority of americans now believe the mueller probe is, in

fact, biased. as we make the case to the american people, we are proving that this is a rotten deal. and i'm hoping that pressure from the public, pressure from the congress and from the president will get the attorney general to do his job, fire robert mueller and acknowledge this for the witch hunt that is baseless, and that's certainly where we stand. lou: yeah. and i concede your effectiveness in that regard, and i certainly concede to the house intention committee its great effectiveness in the use of its investigators to produce for the first time a real understanding of what's going on on the part of the justice department. but i, again, i would implore you to go to the white house, to the president to the get clearance from him, to get him to ask -- to order the attorney general to do what the hell is the right thing, and that is to turn it all over. congressman, we thank you for everything you're doing, you and your committee. right now you're, you know, we are at a place that we would not

have been, certainly. but i think it's time to think about who should be put in jail for dishonoring their oath of office, for violating our constitution and subverting this president and subverting this government. congressman, thanks so much. matt gaetz, appreciate it. >> thank you, lou. lou: we're coming right back. there's a lot more straight ahead, stay with us. ♪ ♪ lou: president trump slamming the fbi for its disgraceful handling of the clinton e-mail investigation. >> when you look at what they did with respect to the hillary clinton investigation, it was rigged. lou: we'll take up corruption at the top levels of the department of justice here next. and a wave of republican senators now say they'll vote yes for president trump's historic tax cuts. will the remaining gop holdouts come to their senses ahead of next week's critical votesome

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lou: tax reform is getting closer, tx cuts getting closer. republicans tonight releasing the final text of their tax reform legislation ahead of a vote to be taken as early as next tuesday. fox news senior producer for capitol hill, chad pergram, live on capitol hill with the latest. good evening, chad. it looks like they're getting this done. >> reporter: well, it seems like a fait accompli. we knew the house of representatives seemed to have the votes, and they're going to have a vote on tuesday. and then it goes to the senate. there there's a little more of a question. they'll start debate on tuesday and probably try to finish this on wednesday. the reason we think that this is a fait accompli is that we got news this afternoon there bob corker, the republican senator from tennessee -- you might remember a couple of weeks ago he was the only republican no on the bill, and he said at the time i will not vote for any

bill that could contribute even a penny to the deficit. even in his statement today saying he was going to be a yes, he said, you know, this still may explode the deficit. the republicans will concede that this could add $1.5 trillion in deficit spending, but he says this is a generational opportunity. i know you've been a naysayer about house speaker paul ryan. he indicated tonight that this is getting done. he said this is on a glide path, and they're going to finish this sometime next week. i would keep in mind who the fence setters are. you have susan collins of maine, you have mike lee of utah, you have jeff flake of arizona. all of those voted yes last time. this is a little bit of a different bill, but they should try to move this through the senate next wednesday. lou: you said i'm a naysayer on paul ryan. i'm an extraordinarily vigorous naysayer on the man's talent and ability to produce and move legislation. it does look like this time he may get there. mitch mcconnell as well. and i know that we're going to start hearing from you and our folks an an capitol hill about

the health of both thad cochran, senator cochran, and senator john mccain. what do we know tonight? >> reporter: right. i communicated with cochran's office this afternoon. he had a minor procedure, he had a lesion, a melanoma removed from his nose. he has not been voting the past, you know, week or so here. i am told that he should be back, and he will be voting yes. john mccain remains up in the air. he has not been voting this week. lindsey graham from south carolina who's one of his best friends had not spoken with him when we asked a couple of days ago. we thought we might get some information about senator mccain's health right now. everybody we talk the tells us hey, you know, we expect him to be here. but if he's not and if the vote holds the way it is, you could have 99 senators and they pass the bill 50-49. [audio difficulty]

>> i should point out that vice president pence ohs poned his trip to the -- postponed his trip to the middle east. it's unclear if he might be needed to break a tie vote. lou: right now it's going the way of the republicans and the passage of historic tax reform. chad pergram, as always, thanks for keeping us up-to-date. be sure to vote in our poll, do you think we should be focused on making the fbi smaller and far more transparent rather than cumbersome and so corrupt at the top? cast your vote on twitter. follow me on twitter @lou dobbs, follow me on instagram at lou dobbs tonight. a record-breaking day for stocks, the dow up 143 points, the s&p up 24, the nasdaq up 80. and, by the way, all three indexes are tonight at all-time

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tree into vladimir putin is questioning whether members of congress are normal. speaking during his four-hour annual oppressor, the russian president came through -- were putting his country on the same shelf as north korea and iran, while at the same time demanding president trump worked with russia to reign in those same countries nuclear ambitions.

joining me now, "forbes" media chairman and editor-in-chief, steve forbes. steve, great to have you here. are those people in congress normal? they are definitely not normal. you have a minority view on not? >> i don't know how many members are normally there. lou: we don't know them. they aren't nearly as relevant as our folks are. this is encouraging and i sitting here on a friday night. everything moving forward come the text of the bill, now, moving forward for a perhaps tuesday morning though. this is good stuff. >> a month ago, the bill was looking pretty bad, both for passage and for the senate gave its not perfect, but they claimed a lot of stuff up on the business side near the rates

they are putting in on the personal side are far better than they were two or three weeks ago. so you can smile. dream to the president can smile. i noticed looking at some faces of the republican party of the establishment strike, they are a little upset because this president appears to get what he needed to produce a foundation for a strong performance for the next three years of his first term. >> well, this tax club will be the first of many to come especially after last year's elections if republicans do well. in terms of the economy, we get the 53.5%, 4% next year, which a good chance we will come easily. suddenly, when prosperity if when prosperity affair come that people get less paper. lou: i would like to say, steve, i agree with you that they will. you would think they would.

look at what has happened here. president trump has delivered on 3% plus economic growth, 4% unemployment rate, the highest level of consumer confidence and investor confidence in the all-time blockbuster first year for any president in the market and you still got everyone tried at least to ignore prosperity at hand in improving economic circumstance for all americans. >> you'll always be in denial. for the general public this begins to sink in that the economy really is at a faster pace. that is what counts. they have a handful of votes, the media, 150 million other voters out there. lou: we are seeing some evidence of that. those of you at home see when you are going for a drive or in your community in your communities or towns, your cities, but i am seeing far more in the way of christmas displays, christmas lights and

we've lived in our house for 30 -- just about 33 years. i've never seen so many displays and so much obvious joy in the moment here as they come into christmas. to me that's a pretty good measure. animal spirits are breaking out in the best of ways. >> yes, they are. even in new york this year there seems to be more colorful displays and certainly the sidewalks in many parts of the city you can barely get through. lou: brick-and-mortar has a shot here. people are out on the sidewalk. we are also getting a shot at something else. we now know, i think it is safe to say, we now know they have the most corrupt fbi, the most corrupt justice department in our countries history.

it has been demonstrated, congress has yet to act. there should be people going to jail right now. it is so clear, the actions of so many who tried to frustrate the constitution and the duly elected president. >> we've never had anything like this. this is unprecedented in american history where the leadership of the fbi, department of justice, various intelligence agencies actively work to subvert the campaign of a major party presidential candidate. and never been done like that before and now it is coming out and a lot of those people are going to be experiencing weird and thick striped suits. lou: i certainly hope you are right. it's interesting to hear the legal establishment trying to tamp things down, saying we don't prosecute the previous administration, which is the same thing as saying there are two sets of laws, rules and

expectations and tradition. one for the wealthy and powerful in the one for the rest of us. i think that it's going to be really tested this time. people want consequence for what has been -- >> and individuals who break the law. they are not an in administration. they are individuals. you break the like should pay the penalty for it. you see it with the leaders of the fbi, the agency itself is still strong and good. if the leadership that's corrupt. the attorney general, doj was corrupt in various intelligence agencies did things they should have never done. they all thought it was for higher power. lou: michael morel, the acting head of the cia under the obama administration acknowledged that the intelligence community went too far in its actions toward president trump. that is at least a beginning to

get the record right. >> will quit and did not meet with the attorney general. lou: we are coming back a lot more ahead right after these messages. stay with us. president trump promise to be a lot harder president and is keeping his promise. >> the president of the united states has your back 100%. i will fight for you and i will never, ever let you down. lou: we take out present tense battle to make it safe for all americans. space x launch into history once again. we'll show you the video this historic achievement coming up right here in one moment could stay with

lou: attorney lisa bloom tried to line up cash for women who have been accused then candidate donald trump has misconduct according to the reporting of the hill, bloom solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars from tabloids supporting, guess who, hillary clinton and retake a 33% cut if they were able to raise a little money as they took their stories to the media.

does that sound like a pay for play scheme to you? president trump has denied all of their allegations and were trying to find out exactly the details of what ms. bloom and the accuser stay. looks kind of interesting, doesn't it? editor-in-chief, author of the art of the donald, christopher bedford and fox news contributor, tammy bruce, good to have you goes here. what do you make of ms. bloom and her little cash to trash? >> is pretty horrible. especially for the women of genuine stores who should be heard, this tells everyone come especially with women in the argument is you don't know what a woman's motive is, you don't know what she really wants or she just wants to get money. here you have everything i will make confirming the stereotype

come out which harms many women who are seeking real justice. it also casts a shadow one i believe every single accusation against the president. you see this kind of machine. lou:.the other thing. all of this has been litigated. the public knew about it, voters knew about it and now we're watching a desperate for the democrats. >> we are seeing every front, tax on the president to pull back what's really been behind it. this cat is feminism -- lou: who is weak? >> lisa bloom, the feminist movement. that is where been pulled back. we now realize that the machine for money and influence than to harm those and influence and to harm those with whom they politically opposed. that's the reality of it. it looks like cashew trash the

president. >> about two months for lisa bloom's reputation as she puts forward as a feminist attorney who puts women who were put down. right now she's denying this. she's saying she was collecting money for women's security to help them out for the threat they might face. she was really does happen with one of her $750,000 offered to pay the mortgage for another. not only that, but six months of lisa bloom from this attorney was represented harvey weinstein , maybe the biggest in hollywood allegedly i guess i should say somebody who allegedly attacked multiple women and she represented him against these women. she's undercutting the case of people who are actual victims, politically motivated to hurt the president had going after women who sound like they are powerful liberal person. doesn't matter. >> a lot of it doesn't add up. and a lot of it is seems to me, tammy, this all came out during the election.

it has been debated, litigated. in his talking points being driven by the last. so what? >> i think this is an example of the nature of what the last days. lou: we have examples. >> are so much information to the american people as often as we can, whether it's the fbi are in a situation text in e-mails and conversations for the american people to realize that the left is a fraud, that this is what they do, in this dynamic on a regular basis to have this proof and the argument we continually as i know -- lou: proof of what? >> the fraudulent nature. >> all of the e-mails, between strzok and his lover --

>> bangkok for technology. we are getting it in writing about the real nature of what these individuals are doing to our culture and politics is an easier conversation because we have evidence now. lou: one of the things i get a kick out of is an unmasking through the fisa warrant for him because he would be such a risk. he could be vulnerable and here you have arguably the top counterintelligence agent and peter strzok at the justice department engaged in 10,000 communications with his lover, lisa page and wouldn't he be far more formidable. the opm has been an open bowl to hackers, certainly the e-mail system at the justice department would be even more so. >> the last years have exposed a lot of the people would hold up on pedestals has been reliable

are these intelligent. general pretorius was brought down by communicating with a mistress to drive spirit michael flynn was involved in a meeting about kidnapping u.s. resident, turned out that saint james woolsey within them room to give the contract. the fbi here calling the president an idiot. when there's a question about the integrity of the conflict of interest generated in someone else's to investigate your point of special counsel to do it instead. on the american people down in favor of this conflict of interest could write no molars pro does compromise the repeated examples of conflicts of interest dragged out slowly by the department of justice or congress and it's hard for the american people to find any reason to trust it. lou: don't you find it stunning

that ron rosenstein doesn't find any need for any concern whatsoever, and even as his entire department has been ripped asunder by so many conflicts of interest, intent to subvert and, by the way, i sort of illicit affair in the midst of all of this between two people responsible for the integrity of the justice system and indeed the security of the nation. >> if i could just say, this is also about the bureaucracy. it is such a habit, a habit to defend, you look at the process you have in the process and the process is good and you don't as individuals. lou: the deep state? >> the deep bureaucracy that these are like zombies in a way who go through and it doesn't even occur to you that she would think the state would be. lou: you get the last word?

>> i agree you can't trust these guys. the whole thing with the fbi not answerable to congress is kind of in that spirit of course the fbi answers to congress and the president. lou: they are really trying to say they are independent of even the oversight committee. and the committees have been with it because it is convenient to their political interest to frustrate this president and the republican party and those who would like to see this president succeed. >> exactly right. lou: chris bedford, tammy bruce, a new dawning in america. i think we can safely say. please roll the video. spacex accomplishing more common launching a used rocket for the first time ever. both components, dad is the launcher and the spacecraft.

the falcon nine delivering goods to the international space station just in time for christmas. so to everyone, and merry christmas. i can't wait for the norad santa cause. that is kind of fun. up next, chicago continuing to struggle with gun violence to save come in the very least, they are shooting 80 people a day, when every three hours. rahm emanuel has focused on declaring the city to be a sanctuary city and a trump free zone. i can't tell you how cute this fellow is. i can tell you how desperate the city as for. so desperate one of their leaders is turning to the u.n. for help, for crying out loud. they are out of control. we'll have a full report for you from chicago

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lou: president trump weighing in on violence in chicago. left-wing city has the toughest gun laws in the country but has had nearly 3500 shooting so far this year. fox news correspondent matt then with our report. >> you look at what is going on chicago appears to president trump speaking at the fbi

academy graduation ceremony did not hold back when it comes to his anger chicago's violent crime. >> what the is going on in chicago. what is happening there? he went on to say person a shot every three hours in chicago with police data confirmed. 620 people murdered in the windy city so far this year. total of 731 people killed averaging two per day. cook county richard boykin is calling on the united nations for relief. >> i'm hoping to appeal to the u.n. to come to chicago and meet with victims of violence and maybe possibly help out in terms of peacekeeping efforts. reporter: the latest attack on chicago did not specifically mention rob emanuel. however the president has feuded over the mayor's defiant stance is a sanctuary city and trump has repeatedly called out the city's crime, even warning the

feds. the city has received more atf agents. this week, again snubbed his nose at the president. >> is wrong for the direction of the city does not have wanted the election turnout. reporter: critics say they have been more focused on a sanctuary city status or money for reelection than worrying about the overwhelming number of african-americans being murdered in the city. >> it is really troubling to have a mayor in chicago who's demonstrated black lives don't matter to rahm emanuel. black votes matter. >> police superintendent successfully lobbied for his a bill that would crack down on repeat drug offenders in the city of chicago's latest in a drop in crime citywide compared to last year, specially the most dangerous neighborhood, englewood. lou: thank you very much. not much of a drop in crime, running just about 100 in terms

of shooting murders. a tank i would call that any kind of improvement for a failed mayor. rahm emanuel has got some kind of extraordinary view of the city's fortunes. up next, president trump bowing to repeal the johnson amendment. congress has refused so far to comply. robert jeffers joins us with not and much more. in the public square. we take that up

lou: the online poll is that we have to do believe corrupt forces and should the fbi face jail time for their subversion in violation of the rule of law. 95% of you say yes you do. joining me now, robert jeffers, pastor of the first baptist church, great to have you with us. the johnson amendment, the president keeps calling for its repeal and the return of god to the public square. sophia come in the house and not been helpful. >> well, it did not make it into the final tax bill in the reason was the senate parliamentarian was against it and she found a procedural way to stop it, but i talk to congressional leaders said they believe they will ultimately get this done not through the tax bill, but another way.

i've been with president trump another times this week. he's in great spirits and is fully committed to this subject to religious liberty. ultimately, the way to protect religious liberty in the profession of god in the squares to have conservative justices and judges on the court and he is going overboard to make sure that happens so i have complete confidence president trump will get this done. lou: and the question is when and when will we see real cooperation from the leadership of the senate and the house with this president? >> well, i think right now the president is able to accomplish a lot to executive orders, but he told me this week executive orders are as fine as long as he's in office or did someone else comes then they can overturn them like he's done with obama and he is happy about that. we are good for the next eight years, which is why we better work hard to ensure he continues to prosper in office.

lou: we listen to the president talk about this. he's very passionate about it. a pew research poll shows by the way america sees christmas as a religious holiday. 46% down just four years ago. what is that suggest to you and what should we expect? >> first of all, our country is becoming more secular. absolutely no doubt about that. still, a large portion of people believe christmas is a religious holiday. my gosh, you don't even have the word christmas about christ. the president asked me last week at the white house christmas party to close the evening by sharing comments and praying. i think this president for having the kurds to keep christ in in christmas and to have as fully and freely expressing our faith. that is something we haven't seen in a long time and we are grateful to this president for doing that. lou: this president is having

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