keep it right here. [♪] lou: good evening, everybody. the president and first lady arriving at mar-a-lago where they will spend the weekend. the first lady accompanying the president to walter reed hospital where mr. trump had his first fiscal as president. mr. trump likely looking forward this weekend with more than usual relish because he had to put up with more than usual anger and hatred from the deputies and national left-wing media. they have been in full attack mode since "the washington post" published a claim yesterday that the president used colorful language in the white house as he referred to haiti and other

african nations having a priority and u.s. visas. his remarks came during a private white house meeting. the national left-wing media and the dems have worked nonstop to spin the story into a story of epic proportions. take a listen to one of those sanctimonious dems claiming offense at the president's colorful language. >> to no surprise the president started tweeting this morning, denying he used those words. it's not true. he said these things. he said them. lou: the dems are grand standing, doing their apparent best to ignore the president's fundamental point. what has happened to all of the aid the u.s. government sent to

haiti over the past fourth century. how was that money spent? whose pocket did it line? what happened to all the united nations aid, all the aid and money american churches and charities donated to haitians in that time? and why should any president, particularly this one, have to put up with the self-serving ignorance of the dems and the left who call mr. trump a racist because he questioned why all that aid hasn't been enough to eliminate horribly persistent poverty. president trump shouldn't put up with it from any elected officials democrats or republicans. and especially those who rush from the white house after meeting with him to leak to the left-wing media. they need a reminder he will get

nothing from the president they belittle and attack, even as they pretend to be civil while negotiating in his pres. we'll -- in his pres. in his presence. two angel moms who lost children through crimes committed by illegal immigrants. a budget deadline and the senate and the dems. so far there is no clear path to the end. president trump reluctantly recertifying the iranian nuclear deal, but he warns this is the last time he will do so.

he issued a stark warning to europe to fiction the flaws or the up s. will withdraw. our top story, the left wing national media attacking the president over his straight blunt talk. and an expletive the president denies saying. john roberts with our report. reporter: as we reported last night, multiple sources confirmed to fox news that president trump did indeed use the word s-hole. and as we have seen so many times in the past, the president and not the issue has become the story. at a white house event, signing a proclamation for martin luther king day, he ignored shouted

questions from the press about his comments yesterday. it was during a heated oval office meeting that president trump reportedly candidate, why are we letting all these people from s-hole countries come here. a firestorm of controversy erupted across the globe. to the u.n. high commission for human rights. >> the shock and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there is no other word one can use but racist. reporter: president trump denied he said it. he said the language used by me at daca meeting was tough, but this was not the language used.

he seemed to walk that back, never said anything derogatory about haitians other than hate he is a very poor and troubled country. but senator dick durbin did insist he used those word. >> he said do we need more haitians? then he went on to describe the migration from africa. that's when he used the vile comments calling the nations they came from s-holes. reporter: house speaker paul ryan again found himself weighing in on president trump's comments. >> i read those comments last night. the first thing that came to my mind is they are unfortunate and unhelpful. i see this as a thing to celebrate and it's a big part of

our strength. we have great friend from africa in janesville who are doctors who are incredible citizens. reporter: this afternoon, two of the participants at the meeting said we didn't hear the president say that. in a joint statement insisting we do not recall the president saying these comments specifically but what he did call out is the imbalance in our current immigration system that does not protect our american workers and our national interest. the president tweeted the so-called bipartisan deal presented yesterday was a big step backward. wall was not properly funded. and the usa would be forced to take large numbers of people from high-crime countries which are doing badly. earlier this week he appeared to

gain capital with the open-door meeting he had with members of congress. but how much of that goodwill has he squandered and how much leverage has he lost in those negotiations? lou: the standoff over immigration raises the threat of a government shut down. democratic lawmakers are facing a prospect of having just a week to pass a spending deal. reporter: the primary emphasis of immigration talks is a bipartisan group of of key leaders from both chambers of congress. house speaker paul ryan endorsed their effort. >> the four of them started bipartisan talks trying to agree

gait all the ideas out there to come to a consensus. do we need to fix daca? yes, we need to fiction -- we need to fix daca. reporter: durbin who is part of those talks says today he's not giving up on that plan. >> we'll prepare a bipartisan agreement for introduction into the senate. if the republican leadership has a better alternative bring it forward. reporter: while the talks continue -- >> chain migration is important. border security. taking care of the kids with daca. you want to avoid getting the deal too comprehensive because then there is too much to oppose. but if you can say laser focused on the four pillars, if you will. reporter: the government is due to run out of money one week

from tonight. >> the democrats need to stop playing politics with our military. they say we have to solve daca, and they are stalling on budget talks over this issue. >> we'll have to do something short term because it's too short notice for the appropriations committee to write a longer-term bill. reporter: there is some concern about congress' ability to get things done, facing some critical lead lines ahead. lou: we are coming right back. there is a lot more to cover. stay with us. president trump blasting those six senator hospital came up with the so-called bipartisan daca deal. and the dems who aren't interested in the safety and security of the american people. the president wants a wall and

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lou: the president canceled his planned trip next month to open the new u.s. embassy in london. he tweeted that the u.s. sold the best located embassy in london for peanuts only to build another one in an off location, bad deal. wanted me to cut ribbon. no. the lease to the old embassy was sold to a qatari real estate firm for $241 million. below market value. that looks like a problem. we'll find out more and keep you posted. since the left wing mainstream media is focusing on the language we use when discussing

immigration, i would like to remind you what senator ted season difficult said. they called the president a racist and bigot. even if he used the word that he didn't use. i can't remember how it goes. but his sweeping immigration bill was signed into law, ted kennedy said this 42 years ago. our cities will not be flood with a million immigrants annually understood the proposed bill. will not be flood with those immigrants. under the proposed bill the present level of immigration remains substantially the same. secondly the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset. contrary to the charges in some quarters. the bill will not inundate america with immigrants from any

one country or area or the most of pop late and deprived nations of africa or asia. everything he promised wouldn't happen, happened. and not you u.s. immigration system is completely broken. mean while the national left-wing media's continued obsession with president trump's alleged language has reached a fever pitch. listen to this. >> it doesn't make what he said any less rig more rant or less racist. not racial, racially charged, racist. >> there is a distinction between the people who live in a country and the people that run it. >> we know that we have in the white house someone who could lead the klu klux klan in the united states of america.

>> brown, black, purple or orange. if they are qualified and coming in to make this country a better place, i'm all for that. >> that release of you of your white guilt. >> i have never had white guilt. trish: oh, boy. lou: joining us, ed rollins, and john bolton. both of our guests tonight. good to have you here. have you ever seen such decorum on the part of senate democrats where they would rush from a meeting with the president to accuse him of sordid and nasty things. >> that's the way it goes these days. who should be surprised by it? you are not going have a candid

conversation with dick durbin. whatever it might be, anything they can use -- they are going to go out into the driveway of the white house and say it. do you think when tip o'neill and ronald reagan had a glass of scotch together that he ever said he double hockey sticks? i think he did and the world didn't ends. lou: we tested it a few times and we are testing it now it seems to me, when you have a senate that's so disrespectful of the president, his powers, his prerogatives, that this kinds of ignorance would be leaked to the national left-wing media. ed: immigration is a complicated issue. the fact that durbin is not bringing a piece of paper.

they need 60 votes. show me how many votes they have. we are a long ways to go before we get a bill. daca alone will not pass. republicans and democrats will stop it because it's about security. how do you get it worked out. 2006, the kennedy in mccain come prehencive immigration could have been solved and put into slaw except pore menendez and number of senators who wanted to retain chain migration. that was consciou a calculation. they have been proved wrong. >> the whole notion you are going to get comprehensive

immigration reform is misguide. we tried it with ronald reagan. in 1986, control the borders. the borders weren't controlled. so the problem now is twice as bad as it was in 1986. ed: you have to get a budget done if the longer you delay that you go to another temporary issue. i think the court put a delay on the daca thing. they have more time to deal with it. lou: the dems and the left wing are a frivolous bunch. we are talking about a travel warning for americans saying do not go into mexico because of the record number of murders and the violence spilling over

across the border into the united states. this country needs border security desperately. $57 billion in illegal drugs. just the drugs crossing alone. >> and the national security threat. i think the democrats think they would benefit from a government shutdown it's up to republicans to say we are trying to fund the government and resolve this problem. and they are not. ed: if they shut the government down the democrats will get blamed in every congressional district in this country. this president has to be more forceful. you can't do that. he has to say this way want, security first. lou: we have got to hear some numbers about what they are talking about.

the principle of trading daca for a wall, fully turned and constructed, the idea of trading daca for the end of the lottery system. that sounds terrific by the time you get through this. you heard dianne feinstein offer that on a clean daca bill, mr. president. who do they think they are talking to? this president should make it clear where they need to get off. ed: she claims she had a bad cold and didn't realize she was releasing the document. her statement was more of a mess. >> i think it president is confront with an extraordinarily difficult situation. they are just playing charades at this point.

lou: thank you both. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. do you believe the president was being hateful and racist or descriptionive in his colorful -- or descriptive in his colorful remarks when talking about hate he. follow me on lou dobbs, facebook and instagram @loudobbstonight. the dow jones industrials closing in on 26,000 after surging 228 points today. the s & p up 19. vol on the big board 3.4 billion shares. the s & p and nasdaq just under that. listen to my reports three times a day on the salem radio network. president trump finding the d.c. swamp filled with snakes and

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lou: it's hard to watch the swamp at work. the worms at work who are so pretentious and they think they can sit down with the president of the united states and bargain for amnesty then viciously attack him. president trump has been clear from the beginning, and i mean the very beginning of his campaign that he opposes amnesty, that he wants a wall built. still he has been able to trade for a wall, an end to chain migration and the visa lottery system that would create a daca amnesty and settle the matter.

but the pro-am necessary city and open borders and rino republicans decided to make the president's language an issue. they really don't want any border security at all. the dems, the establishment don't want this president to succeed on illegal immigration and border security. period. they don't want him to add more success to his unprecedented achievements in this first year of his presidency. since president trump was elected the stock market has gained almost $8 trillion dollars in value. unemployment is at a 17-year low. the number of americans who received jobless benefits reached a 44-year low, and

economic growth, we are talking 4% in the fourth quarter. not 3, and not sub2 which was the high water mark for obama economic policy. americans on food stamps has fall to the lowest level since 2010 and 130 companies as a result of tax preform are offering bonuses or additional benefits to their employees and raising wages. the dems and their ignorance are the problem here, mr. the. not you, and not in any way, and certainly not your direct clear language. the dems and the left-wing media are so ignorant and so hateful and unprincipled that they show no signs that they will at any time acknowledge your successes, achievements, accomplishments.

no signs they will respect you, no matter how much you do. the american people, however, say thank you. and they support your rejection of the insip i'd and insuperintendenting deal on immigration the dems and rinos put in front of you, pretending to be serious. it appears to be where, mr. president, it would seem appropriate to tell the dems, the left and the chamber of commerce, all of them who don't express a great deal of concern about the nation, the middle class, our destiny as a nation. maybe it's time. this is the time and place to tell them all to go to hell until at least they learn if not respect. at least far better manners. wouldn't that be helpful? our quotation of the evening. this one from winston churchill. he says success is not fal,

failure is not fatal. it is the courage to continue that counts. president trump introduced the angel moms to america during his campaign. >> i'm going to ask all the angel moms to come join me on the stage. >> my son ronald dasilva was murdered by an illegal alien. mr. trump i totally support you, you have my vote. lou: we are pleased to have two of those angel moms with us tonight. get ready to beat what may be the smartest dog on earth. she first gained fame for pulling her own sled so she could pull it down a hill. but this australian

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lou: our next guests each lost a child through illegal immigrants committing a crime. they say the trump administration needs to put an end to sanctuary cities before any action is taken to protect daca recipients.

joining us is marianne mendoza. it's great to have you with us. and agnes giveny. what is your sense of the negotiation for daca? understanding what will be the result if the president has assured everyone the wall will be built. there will be an end to the lottery system. what do you make of it, agnes? >> i hope that president trump will not give amnesty to these daca kids. i don't think they were vetted. we don't know who they are. and how many are there? we need to protect our own country. they need to do it legally like my family did. they don't deserve to cut in line ahead of others trying to

come in through the front door legally. lou: marianne your thoughts. >> the administration knows there are ms-13 gang members in the daca program. if there is going to be something that goes with this daca program, they have to remove anyone on welfare and public assistance. anybody who is not a contributing member of society. anybody who has committed a crime. they can commit three misdemeanors and stay within the daca program. a lot of these people who come before a judge, their felonies are reduced misdemeanors by a judge. lou: let me ask you both.

have you expressed your viewed to the white house about daca and about the president's judgment here? >> i have. every chance i get. i tweet mr. trump. no daca, no amnesty. president reagan gave amnesty several years ago and it has proven to be a disaster. we would just invite a million more illegal immigrants into this country and chain migration. we can't allow that, no. i have expressed my feeling. >> i sent an open letter to president trump and the american people. it's aviacusa is our facebook page. and we sent an open letter to president trump outlining what

we expect him to do. and it's all of his campaign promises. the congress passed kate's law. our senators left at the end of the year and didn't deal with those issues. there are 900,000 convicted felons in our country roaming the streets that both of those things would get them deported. american safety needs to be first and foremost on american official's minds. we need to get rid of criminals being released into our communities and making every day an unsafe place for americans to be. >> we thank you both for being here. it is a tough time for both of you as it is for the country. the president pledged to build the wall to end chain migration. and all we can do is wait and see whether the democrats want

to negotiate in good faith. we'll see what happens and we appreciate you rejoining us soon and often to keep this issue in front of the audience of this broadcast. >> if i may say something. i would ask california is a sanctuary state. if everybody would go on fight sanctuary state.com and help fight. if california goes down, the rest of the country is going to go down. go to fight sanctuary state.com. lou: we'll tweet that out as well. thank you, appreciate it. big telling doubling down on its support of dreamers at the expense of their own american workers. forbes editor-in-chief, steve

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feeling more generous with daca recipients and his own workers. he's dough naightd $3 million to a scholarship fund for the so-called dreamers. but 10% of amazon employees in ohio are on food stamps. what's going on, jeff. what kinds of a business are you running? i know you are worth $5.5 billion. i get it. but this is the image you want? joining me, steve forbes, "forbes" magazine editor-in-chief. what do you make? steve: what you will see him do is do what numerous other companies have done and start to share the bootie. numerous companies have given $1,000 and $2,000 bonuses and

raids wages. i think he will follow suit. lou: 10% of his employees with this incredibly successful company, he has employees on food stamps? steve: it tells you something about food stamps. lou: and the value system that would permit a ceo and founder of a company to act like that. steve: you will see more companies look at how much do our people make, how many hours do they have work? but you will see in this year ahead, you will start to see real labor shortages in certain skills. you will start to see wages bid up. you will hear the federal reserve say the economy is getting overheated and we must do something about it. but the thing is, when you

athrowf free markets to work, if you don't responds to those needs, you will pave a price. >> which one of those needs should we responds to? you are being so clairvoyant about it. i don't know that markets have to be completely par is a tory. a wonderful leading economic indicator. >> and they wouldn't keep going up if they sthopt strong clouds were ahead. people still don't believe it. you don't have the giddiness that you had in 1999. people are still cautious by the. that's a bullish sign. lou: what's your sense? is it going to continue in perpetuity? what would be your limit? steve: my grandfather once said we make more money selling

advice than following it. the market will have a decent year barring the usual caveats. lou: you are not selling? steve: no. i would say for your retirement funds, leave them alone. put the money in every square and let the market do the rest. lou: with that, ladies and gentlemen, i feel reassured. steve: i'll take my commission after the show. >> after we seat performance. but you will have a commission, i guarantee you. steve forbes, as always, great to see you. fles roll the video and meet secret. an australian shepard mix. she can mop the floor helping with the laundry. are you kidding me? we have a couple of chihuahuas

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lou: here is feedback for the white house and leftist dems and the rinos. we asked you, do you believe it's time for paul ryan and mitch mcconnell to pivot to border security after the travel warning was issued because of increasing violence and the

cartels in mexico. 98% said yes, pivot. expwhrieng now, pass for robert jeffress. great american, good friend, and he's got a new book, and a devotional. and i want to say thank you for the devotional. my wife and i are deeply appreciative. let's start with immigration. the president's -- the president was treated roughly and badly by the dems and rinos who met, and six of them who went in being open borders and amnesty, like-minded. they are trying to a game the president of the united states. what an insult. >> that's right. they are not going to succeed in this, lou. apart from the language. the president was 100% correct

in his poll i on merit-based immigration. in our church we welcome people of all raise and backgrounds whether they have have anything to contribute or not. but america is not a church. it's a country who has the right and responsibility to regulate who comes into this country based on what they have to offer the country. thank god we have a president who realizes he has a biblical and constitutional responsibility to put the interests of america before every other country in the world. lou: america first. the trump doctrine. that's the primary value under which this president wants the country to operate. but you use i think very important language. you talk about the right. there is a debate about whether we have the right to decide who

enters this country when in fact it's the responsibility of our government to make that determination. it's a responsibility, a duty, an obligation. >> just look at history, lou. it's always been that way. there has never been unrestricted immigration to our country it's always been regulated. there are sincere christians confused about that because they don't understand the difference between the responsibility of the church in showing mercy and the responsibilities god has given government to protect our nation. lou: all of the noise around what the president said, how he said it, whatever. i'm old school. i believe when you are talking to the president of the united states, what's being said is for him to release to the public. not to whom the person he is

speak. how in the world can they imagine this president would put up with the insult and the deplorable behavior of people who are not committed to the issues that are under negotiation? otherwise they would have been far more careful. >> that's right. they are trying to stop him every way they can. they are not going to succeed. he hasn't even been there quite a year and he's invigorated the economy. they are not going to be able to stop him. >> the list goes on and these dems should be -- they should take a knee out of respect to the president and say thank you. >> if they walk away from this daca deal. if they walk away, it shows they are the hypocrites who we think they are anyway.

they don't care one thing about the dreamers. lou: it's clearly established who they are and what they are. ambassador, always great to have good night from new york. kennedy: tonight the house votes to allow the government to continue spying on you. why do they hate freedom? should president trump sit down for an interview with special counsel robert mueller? the president apparently changed his mind. superstar singer steel is claiming oprah is part of the problem in hollywood. 702 of the fisa act was beefed up and reauthorized. there was hope