i'm jamie colby. thanks so much for watching "strange inheritance." and remember -- you can't take it with you. [ whistle blows ] kennedy: the president taking credit for the nation's booming economy. plus robert mueller. it's time to get kicking. sometimes it seems the president can do no right. but that doesn't matter as long as business is booming, wages are up and people are working. remember when candidate trump said this? >> if i could snantd middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters.

it's incredible. kennedy: love him or hate him, if the economy continues to do well, not only will he not be impeached. he will get re-elected in landslide in 2020. people didn't vote for a republican. they voted for a parachute from a burning plane with decades of broken promises from self-serving politicians. people aren't tethered to a party anymore, they are looking for their own bottom lines. wages are up 2.5%. unemployment is up to 1.4%. people are feeling it. and if the thanks plan does half of what's promised, the economic engine is primed to go from zero to 60 senate seats by mid-term. this is not by virtue of what

government has gotten right. the president is like some unhinged babbling grandpa and the groping perverts from both parties have their hands full of rest is nations. perhaps the best thing it president has created is a deregulatory government. hands cuffs are for bandsage and bachelorette parties, and it would be sadistic to change people through government force. to illustrate the great contrast between optimistic individuals and hopeless politicians. i'm glad you are here to start the show. i'm kennedy. earlier today the president

jumped on twitter to boast about the economy and tweeted stocks in the economy have a long way to go. immediate expensing will have a big impact. enjoy and create many beautiful jobs. if the economy of is still cranking, can republicans swing the mid-term momentum back in their favor? joining me, charlie hurt. welcome back, charlie. despite a series of ongoing republican stumbles, the economy is doing quite well. i say it's in spite of government, not because of it. is the president right to take credit for this economic upswing. charlie: sure. i understand a lot of people don't like donald trump and don't like his style. but they have to love the fact he has run completely against

conventional wisdom, turned it all on his ear. remember on election day paul krugman said the doom and gloom scenario he laid out, it would never stop collapsing, all because of donald trump. first month, second month and all the way to today, 70:new records have been broken on the stock market. kennedy: every four days there is a new stock market record. what do you chalk that up to. a lot of people said it's because the fed is still monkeying around with interest rates. and it created a natural bubble. but what say you, charlie hurt? charlie: it's absurd. this is part of the swamp trying to take credit for all this and trying to sort of wave people away, wave the audience that's gathered around this great

carnival barker donald trump saying we are still in charge. oz is over here. we are the ones make this good stuff happen. the truth of the matter is it's simple stuff like him hating red tape and eliminating all that stuff that federal government does just to monkey with everybody's lives. my favorite thing he does is when he holds up a snow chart and a makes he slain chow hold of of d makes elaine chao hold this thing up. he shows what they reduced it to. that's a big deal for people actually building and making things. that's the less they have to go through. kennedy: there are statists who claim nor regulation is required because human beings are such awful people, if the government doesn't regulate their behavior, no one will and they will

naturally do awful, filthy things. charlie: the government cares more about the individual according to them than people do, people within a family or neighbors. i see it because i'm from a rural area where there are a lot of the farmers. farmers love the land. they are devoted to the land. they live off the lands. kennedy: let me write that one down. charlie: the guys i was buying milk from for years in harold had a squat * team -- they raid his predawn no-knock raid in the morning of his farm. these people are amish. and they go because he was selling illegal milk across state lines because i didn't want to get from a big dairy and

it was really good milk. kennedy: have yourselves a merry big christmas. it will be the biggest ever because of this economic growth. charlie: it will be bigly. kennedy: the president's democratic critics points pout the economy did well after barack obama's first year in office. but it was in the crater. is the president right to be taking victory laps? joining me, noelle nikpor. and dolph ziggler. let's get to this stuff. let's talk about president obama

deserving some credit for this economic upswing. when president clinton got into office and enjoyed the same kinds of swing it was as republicans said a result of reagan-bush policy. can we apply the same logic here? >> the way ray gone-omics was set up, whoever was elected the started veepg of the benefits of ray gone-omics. g of ra lay. reagan-omics. kennedy: does he deserve criticism when they can't get the market going after 8 years. >> the minute a republican was elected the market rallied. i don't think it has anything to

do with something obama set forth that trump would reap the benefits of that. kennedy: one of the arguments is the deregulation so business and individuals can thrive and borrow money and make money. and there is something to be said for that. are people being short-sighted by giving this president all the credit? >> i think you have to give president obama some of the credit because he did correct the market a little bit. when he got here it was a free-fall. he got economy out of the ditch and did a lot of work to make sure the economy was on the right track. kennedy: it was a lot of money. >> let me make the more important point. when you have sit here and talk about the idea of a stock market. those who benefit from the stock market aren't everyday

americans. let me finish my argument. kennedy: that's not true. >> the people who benefit immediately from the stock market it's because they have mutual funds or they have pension plans. but immediate benefits like today the stock market rallied and i personally benefited, that's not everyday america. [all talking at once] >> that's not everyday americans. i have a 401k. working class americans who are postal workers and nurses, they don't have -- west virginia coal

miners are not investing in the stock market. >> i have a weird job so my friends who have normal jobs. and they have on their phone an app where it's $7w e-tde day to day he goe throughnd that happeng on a regar occasion with peoe with middle of the road jobs. kennedy: deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe testified behind closed doors today. he was grilled on everything from democratic donations to his wife's virginia senate campaign. before the hearing gop lawmakers were homing in on the text from strzok that read, i want to believe the path you threw out

for consideration in andy's office, that there's no way he gets elected, but i'm afraid we can't take that risk. now the "wall street journal" reporting the conversation did take place in mccabe's office and referencing collusion between russia and the trump campaign. either way this all comes before mueller's team is set to meet with white house lawyers later this week. just in time for christmas. are republicans right to be worried about bias in the fbi? what can the fbi do to repair their image? >> i feel like the people who voted trump in and saw government or people behind the scenes which we have known for hundreds of years, there is corruption. politicians are crooked is a punch line we have had for 200

years. but to think there is something out there to get trump, that we have to get him out of here and he will ruin everything. whether you like him or not or he doesn't fit your mold for a president. he's in there. just to see that word "insurance policy," now any time there is one step -- you report on just the facts on trump. the crazy things that happen and he says. but any time they are trying to jump to the very end and be the first person to let them know they found the collusion. every time something comes up that's debatable, they go for it because they want to be the one. when they don't, everyone goes, see? kennedy: that's why other journalists get so upset when some of their peers make stupid

mistakes. what do you think went on in that closed door testimony. >> i have no idea. i think there clearly was bias. it speaks to the credibility and the character -- kennedy: you are talking about peter strzok. >> mueller removed him immediately. i think it doesn't take away from the facts of the case. donald trump's national security adviser is guilty of lying to an fbi agent, and that is a very, very high crime. if you are the national security advisor. kennedy: he lied to the fbi. >> when you are the national security advisor for the united states of america and you lie to the people who report to you -- and the president of the united states made him the national security advisor speaks to the judgment of the president of the

united states, period. that's problematic. on tap of that, the chair of your campaign, paul manafort has been indicted for a myriad of things. that speaks to the fact -- kennedy: that that doesn't mean -- all of what you just said doesn't clean up the mess the fbi left behind. >> fair, but the president of the united states has a lot of mess and it doesn't smell like roses. >> i feel like we are missing the game here. there is a quote that russia is wrapped in a mystery in an enigma. the whole deal is about russia and russia's meddling in the election. we are focusing so much on trying to target donald trump which you have a right to look into. but the investigation stings.

it's -- stinks. it appears to be not forthcoming. the whole thing needs to be looked at as what we can do to stop russia from meddling. kennedy: it's government overreach is being used to -- it doesn't matter who this power long term. >> did you see the hearing where they had google and twitter? kennedy: we'll be back with the party panel later on. donald trump called out russia and china as threats to america. how will two of our biggest rivals

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partnership with those and other countries. but in a manner that always protects our national interest. kennedy: the president's remarks did not sit well with the russians. a kremlin spokesperson said they do not agree with an attitude that sees russia as a threat to the united states. while china said there will be more issues with military and trade policies. and north korea is practicing military strikes against the u.s. john bolton is here. welcome back. so the kremlin and china. apparently working on joint

exercises together to combat u.s. should we decide to invade north korea. how true is this, how problematic is it? >> they may be doing something together because of their geographic proximity to north korea. but the odds of them doing anything together if we use preemptive military force begins the military program are slim to none. even in china there have been public pieces written recommending joint chinese-american military intervention in north korea to bring down the kim jong-un regime. and i think this is a serious point here. i think there is one diplomatic play left with china to say, you want to get rid of the north korean nuclear threat, the way to do it is to get rid of this

regime. let china replace it with another regime as long as they extract all the nuclear capabilities. kennedy: i don't think it's up to the united states to conjoin two countries. but i think you are right there is a diplomatic solution to be had with china. if it makes china a little bit nervous, that's great. if it makes china align with russia, it seems problematic. one of the sticking points we have is the thaad missile defense system in south korea. why do they hate thaad so much. >> i went through this with the russians in 2001 when under president trump we withdrew from the 1972 antiballistic missile

treaty so we could build a national defense capability to prevent innocent american civilians from the likes of iraq, north korea or iran. this is a cold war doctrine which led us to assured mutual destruction. missile defense is a good thing. mort we have, the better off we are and the people of japan south korea are, too. kennedy: . mollie hemingway is next.

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kennedy: a bombshell report in "politico" claims the obama administration let hezbollah off the hook for money laundering and drug trafficking to keep iran on board with the nuclear deal.

hezbollah. we may have proof of presidential collusion. but not the kind we were promised. joining me now, senior analyst. is this evidence of obama administration collusion? mollie: the more we learn about this iran deal the worse and worse it gets it wasn't just that the obama administration sabotaged this law enforcement campaign against iranian-backed hezbollah. but they let top hezbollah operatives go free, even though they were convicted in american courts of plotting to kill authorities. we were giving a terror group a

glide pass in pursuit of a deal with a state sponsor of terrorism. we gave them $150 billion in concessions and got nothing in concern. i don't think there is any example of any administration being so differential to an enemy since world war ii. let's talk about this a little bit. accusation is hezbollah was funneling dakota the united states where if drugs were legal we wouldn't have these problems that prohibition creates. but is there proof their organization was doing that? mollie: we need to mow a lot more about these allegations. hezbollah is known to be involved in the drug trade. it's true our drug laws enabled

some of the worst actors in the world to capitalize on this. there is evidence hezbollah has been involved in south america. if this were the trump administration. this level of collusion with a putin-backed operative, people would be lightly alarmed because it's the previous administration and they are out of power doesn't mean we shouldn't know everything there is to know about to pass this deal. kennedy: there was so much we didn't know. it's not surprising to hear some of these details. obvious lit opacity was there to height contents. mollie, thank you very much. don't you hate when partisan hacks vomit talk points over and over. make our liberal and

conservative guests argue for the opposition. look. here's how it works. here is how it works. our liberal richard fowler is going to argue the conservative side. our conservative is going to do the opposite. and dolph ziggler is going to ask them the question and referee to see who can do it best. >> the 2018 mid-terms. richard, why is trump the reason 2018 will be a clean sweep? >> donald trump ran on this platform to make america great again and that's exactly what we are doing. we are going to pass an historic tax bill today, but beyond that we have seen the stock market gone through the roof. we deregulated and got rid of everything with the word obama on it at all of the agencies,

and we have our education secretary betsy devos demolishing public education which is awesome. we'll get rid of the epa. the american people know how to take care of the environment. farmers love their land. and they know what to do. they understand it. and they will go out and vote trump. on a scale of abraham lincoln, donald trump. make america great again. >> switch all the obamas into reagans for now. >> christian values always. >> why do people reject the

trump brands and continue to eliminate all the republicans running. >> look what we did in alabama. a stronghold in the republican party is a strong state. we are probably going to take 2018 because the republicans can't do anything, and donald trump is wanting to drain the swamp and the only swamp they got draining is the republican party. after of the senators don't even want to run. they can't even work with him. so we'll be the party unity. we have always been a imraifort unity. look at this tax reform. we didn't even want to play tonight because we weren't going to get a voice. we got it handed to us within 24 hours and we had to do markups on that? kennedy: will the resistance

work? >> the resistance is already work. we just picked up alabama. kennedy: are only democrats are going to run against alleged child molesters. >> i can't say what we are going to do. >> let me say this. nancy pelosi got a tax cut. bill clinton got a tax cut on this plan. they all got tax cuts. they all got thanks cuts on this bill. >> one more question on this bill. richard, why is roy moore completely justified in refusing to concede? >> the reason why roy moore shouldn't have concede is pretty simple. these allegations came from the far far far left media bias. kennedy: and they were probably

paid off course they were paid. >> it's about the idea of somebody forgiving, this about christianity. forgiving. the christian believer, whether he did it or not. kennedy: should i run tore president? >> no, but i believe you go to church, you pray by the and you move on. he was a flawed candidate and he lost. i think the voters voted -- she tries to make it about the ideal that it was taken overwhelming winter doug jones. the voters had their say. kennedy: last question for noelle. >> why is al franken's resignation the most of beautiful and poetic speech since ronald reagan. a, it came from the heart. b, it was authentic. he owned it and he took

responsibility. and he did what donald trump should be doing right now. should donald trump resign? >> donald trump needs to get out. all he has done, he has the nerve to sit and comment on things when he should be out. >> al franken does deserve due process. when you have overmanchin saying he deserves due process. i do believe that. >> your party represents the 1%. kennedy: who wins, dolph. >> i never heard you sounds smarter, richard. so you are the bigly winner today. kennedy: coming up. president trump pushed for his federal infrastructure plan.

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kennedy: the deadly amtrak train crash in washington state caused by an engineer. an employee in training was in

the engine and he may have lost track of the speed. the train was going 80 mirns in a 30-mile-an-hour zone. hours later the president tweeted about his infrastructure bill. he said it shows why our soon-to-be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly. could the answer to making infrastructure safer and more efficient be in privatization? joining me is john stossel. john: yes. kennedy: that's what i say. we see these repeated transportation failures. politicians wants to spend so much money on trains.

people don't ride on them. it's pretty typical that there weren't more people on this train because people don't really ride on trains. john: they do in the northeast corridor, but nowhere else. the route to louisiana loses $400 a passenger. but congress won't kill it because some congressman is on that route. kennedy: and they continue to subsidize this form of transportation, people go to other countries and marvel at the technology they have in japan. but as long as there is government involvement w