♪ good evening, everybody. our top story is robert mueller under fire. the judge in the manafort case repeatedly rebuking mueller's legal team of angry democratic prosecutors while president trump calls for an end to the witch hunt. the phony russia investigation may finally have hit a wall. we'll talk about it tonight. republican strategist ed ramons with us. president trump also turning up the heat on china, calling for a boost from 10 to 25% for $200 billion worth of chinese imports to this country. the trump administration fighting hard for american workers, the middle class and

in the face of steep opposition from the dems, the radical rhinos and the business round table the chamber of commerce and the president's good friends the koch brothers. i'm be facetious. the left wing media spreads lies and disinformation about the president and stokes the outrage of the radical dems and the violent thugs and the so-called resistance. suddenly whining, whining, loudly about how they are being treated at trump rallies. we'll talk about the fake news hypocrisy with the panel. candace owens from the turning point usa. and the "daily controler" vince. and the top story, fox news learned that special counsel robert mueller will not agree with an interview to the president restricted only to questions about the russians collusion, which by the way is

the reason he exists as a special counsel, period. in a letter to the president's attorneys, mueller says he still wants to talk about obstruction. and other topics as well. it's not looking good for a sit-down with the president. day two in the trial of former trump campaign manager paul manafort. and the presiding judge t.s. ellis. the judge repeatedly rebuked the mueller team prosecuting attorneys after ellis admonished the prosecution tuesday using to term "oligarch" to describe manafort's ukrainian connections. he reminded jurors, did the judge, manafort's spending was irrelevant and warned the prosecution not to roll their eyes at him. how about that? a classy move. wouldn't that be something you want to see from an attorney or prosecutor in a courtroom. class acts. the judge stated he hopes to

finish the trial much sooner than the anticipated three weeks. joining us tonight, ed, chairman and hall of fame political consultant and strategist and fox business political analyst. it's great to have you here. >> thank you. >> lou: let's start with this thing. a federal district court judge has to talk to a team of attorneys from the special counsel like they are sixth graders for crying out loud. >> well, you know, sometimes you can bring way too much evidence. they have been spending time gathering it. if they have the goods on paul manafort who i know well and have known paul to be a reputable guy and a guy who is detail-oriented. if you have the evidence, move forward. if not you don't have to bring pictures of suits and all the things they are doing. bring your case and move on. >> lou: i'll say straight up, they are being ignorant. to have a special counsel, a team of attorneys who don't know how to behave in a courtroom acting like the

fools they have initially at least in this case is exextraordinary. >> it is and they have a tough judge. this is a good judge on the bench a long time. >> lou: thank goodness. who wants an idiot performing like the lead counsel for the special counsel? >> totally agree. i don't know any more about the evidence than what i have read in the paper. i have known paul a long time. >> lou: there isn't any of it. >> at the end of the day -- >> lou: we know one thing. the architect of bernie sanders campaign who worked with manafort in the ukraine is apparently no longer going to roll over for the government or be the government's first witness. we know that. he had planned to be. he apparently is gone. >> well, again, i don't know anything more than what i read and heard and i won't argue the merits of it one way or another. >> i don't want you to argue. i want you to agree. who the hell wants to argue? >> i don't want to argue. paul worked for me in 1984. and he is --

>> lou: did you get some of the $60 million? >> no, i did not get any of the $60 million. but if he got $60 million, didn't pay taxes -- >> lou: i thought you didn't want to talk about evidence. >> i'm amazed he made $60 million. the interesting thing that you don't know, paul was the other candidate to run reagan's campaign in 1984. i got picked by the president. paul worked the round of convention delegates for me and did a very good job. been around the game a long time. he made a lot more money than the vast majority of people that tells me is a lot smarter than the rest of us. we'll let the merits -- >> lou: as you know, you can't always judge a man or a woman's intellect by the amount of money they make. >> thank god, because i haven't made much money which my wife will tell you over and over again. >> lou: say that again. >> i haven't made much money. my wife says paul made $60 million? you were in the same business? what happened to you? >> lou: well, you know, that

is another reason we all need an understanding wife. right? >> yes. >> lou: anyway, let's turn to this mueller probe. the president tweeting out to his attorney general that he should end this travesty, the mueller witch hunt. and then you hear the nasty voices from the left in the media, having a fit because the president has ordered, they said -- he said, "should." the novative are in play. get real. >> we are not the president. >> lou: wait a minute. what do you mean? we're not the president? i'm a host of a tv show? >> you may think you're the president more often than that, but the bottom line -- >> lou: hardly. hardly. >> we have all argued strenuously what we have seen publicly and publicly and

privately there is no "there" there. if he has anything he needs to put it forward. he can't go on forever. >> lou: the hell he can't. we keep hearing the nonsense. not from you but the nonsense from the talking heads. they say we have to play it out to the finish and let it resolve and let bob mueller do what he chooses. we have to wait -- we are in year three of the investigation into president trump on russia and collusion. and somebody needs to have the judgment to say to mueller, "it's done." and we are not going to wait for the midterms. you have had enough time -- he has had enough time to build an original aircraft. what in the world is going on here? >> i had bad memories of walsh when he was the special prosecutor. >> lou: iran contra. >> it went on for seven or eight years. at the end of the day made bad

charges. >> lou: do you remember when they released that report? >> it was the next administration. >> lou: the friday before election day. >> absolutely. indicted wineberger for nothing. the key thing is the president should not testify. he is exactly right to send the tweet out today. and telling sessions to do your job for once and get in there and look at this thing. if there is no "there" there, shut it down. >> lou: it's a mess. i just can't understand why people don't look at history and say, you know, we are not going to repeat the disasters that have been the spacial counsel. >> congress eliminated the special counsel because walsh went on too long. >> lou: went on too long, didn't do anything and were dishonest in what they did do. >> now they are acting on the power, this guy is acting on the power of the attorney general. >> lou: mueller is seeking on that as precedent for his own behavior. >> the attorney general should shut it down. >> lou: absolutely. is there any chance we could

see jeff sessions gain consciousness and conscience long enough to shut it down? >> no, i don't. but i wish he would. >> lou: what does the president do if sessions doesn't? >> i think, i think at the end of the day here, he has to fire sessions. >> lou: you know, the only way you can improve it is make it the first part of the day. so, we'll see. >> great. >> lou: appreciate, ed. ed rollins. the national left wing national media outdoing even the radical dems in the hysterical response to the president's tweet expressing his view that attorney general sessions should end the mueller witch hunt. watch this. >> the president doesn't see this as interference. he sees it as he can do whatever he wants. >> trump does appear to be testing the boundaries here. >> this is a potential third rail. maybe this is the beginning of a new saturday night massacre. >> i think the president should be concerned that he is in deep trouble because it looks like he is. >> i don't think necessarily

it's the court of law where it will sort out. it will be in the politics of impeachment. >> the a.g., deputy a.g., deputy director are more or less ignoring what the president are saying and they're just doing their jobs. >> lou: folks, you don't want to know the answer but if we were to do an average there on i.q., and integrity, i'm not sure that we would need double digits. also tonight, the latest on the trade fight with china. commerce secretary wilbur ross is joining us here tonight. he is next. stay with us. we'll be right back. the fact is, there are over ninety-six hundred roads named "park" in the u.s. it's america's most popular street name. but allstate agents know that's where the similarity stops. if you're on park street in reno, nevada, the high winds of the washoe zephyr could damage your siding. and that's very different than living on park ave in sheboygan, wisconsin, where ice dams could cause water damage. but no matter what park you live on, one of 10,000 local allstate agents knows yours. now that you know the truth, are you in good hands?

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>> lou: our top story tonight, president trump proposing an increase in tariffs on chinese imports into this country from 10 to 25%. the u.s. trade representative robert lighthauser released a statement saying in part this -- "the trump administration continues to urge china to stop its unfair practices to open its market to engage in a true market competition. regrettably instead of changing its harmful behavior, china has illegally retaliated against u.s. workers, farmers, ranchers and businesses." chinese officials responded to the proposed increase calling it "blackmail." and saying they would respond with retaliatory measures. joining us tonight to give us

some inside views from the administration's perspective, the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross. mr. secretary, great to have you with us. >> good to be on. >> lou: increasing the tariffs, the chinese has been recalcitrant. they have not been forthcoming reducing barriers, both trade barriers as well as specifically limitations on u.s. exports. what choice does the administration have here but to raise tariffs and to make them, if you will, feel it? >> we really have to do it, lou. the president ultimately wants less tariffs, less nontariff trade barriers, level playing field, no subsidiaries. the whole nine yards. but to get there we have to make it more painful to continue bad practices than to

modify them. that is what this is all about. >> lou: at what point do you think the chinese are going to come to their senses and understand because they have been spoiled as the president has noted by the previous administration by anything the chinese wanted. there has been no prosecution of the chinese espionage front companies in this country stealing everything from technology to trade secrets. some $600 billion in intellectual property every year. in addition to the trade surpluses they have been running against the country from the moment they entered the w.t.o. two decades ago. >> you have to go to the date they came in. the idea of bringing them in on the theory that they would now play by the rules was a terribly flawed theory.

and foolishness was not to have a real enforcement mechanism in case the theory proved untrue as it has proven to be. that was the double flaw in what was done then. but because it has gone on for so long it will take a lot of effort to reconsider what they are doing. they know very well what they are doing. there is no intellectual problem. we need to give them enough motivation to fly right. >> lou: and fly right is something that is not obviously either comprehended or comprehended and not respected or acknowledged by the national left wing media who seem to be incapable of doing basic mathematics. but for that matter so are the koch brother challenges. they are attacking the administration tariffs saying

they are ridiculous. he is not concerned about harming american workers and the middle class and businesses. he is worried about foreign workers. what they are doing attacking with the $400 million the republican candidates because they want open borders, you know, free illegal immigration and they don't mind that the chinese take $600 billion in american intellectual property it's the darnedest thing i can imagine having to deal with from your perspective. >> the left wing press doesn't get it. they don't want to get it. i will tell you who does get it. the average american citizen. the average american worker. even the american farmers who have been singled out for some of the retaliation. our farmers, our workers are

real patriots. i was traveling with the president last week in iowa and illinois. and the enthusiasm of the crowd was even greater than it was during the campaign. during the entire time that we were at the re-opening of the big u.s. steel plant in illinois, every single person in the audience stood the whole time. it was amazing to see the reaction, the emotional reaction. you know the worker who just got a bigger paycheck because of lower withholding, the worker who just got a job back and just got a bonus, he knows. >> lou: mr. secretary, i think you are exactly right. i also think that the elitist global orthodoxy on capitol hill -- i'm talking about the bought and paid for speaker of the house and the majority

leader of the senate, they are not used to having to deal with the president who actually means as he said in the campaign to lift all american workers. the result has been just extraordinary. low unemployment rate, record low unemployment rates for minorities in this country. a prosperity that remarkable in and of itself. if it had been at the end of his first term or even at the end of his second, some would argue. but to have it in happen in a year and a half, this president is proving who he is and what his leadership does mean to americans throughout our society. >> he is, he does and if all politicians would keep their promises the world would be a much safer place. >> lou: right. >> the president takes those

promises as real commitments and there isn't a single one that he has blinked on despite all the backwash from the left wing. i think what is really driving the left wing nuts is that it is working. remember they were all saying oh, trump's policies will bring gloom and doom. he will provoke a depression -- >> lou: you don't hear from paul krugman often these days. >> or larry summers or any of them. >> lou: by the way, for that alone we are deeply in your debt and debt to the president. we appreciate it. mr. secretary, keep up the great work. we appreciate it mightily. thanks so much. >> thank you, lou. we're going to win this. >> lou: amen. thank you so much. up next, president trump defends law enforcement along the border, repeated attack from the radical dems notwithstanding. >> i have to take my hat off to the border patrols, for the

law enforcement, to i.c.e., which really has been maligned by the democrats. they go into these ms-13 nests. the nests of bad, bad people. killers in many cases. they get them out. they either go to jail or they get out of the country. >> lou: we'll take it up with the national border patrol president and the border patrol union. brandon judge joins us here next. by the way, you hear lots of politicians thanking the border patrol, don't you, in immigration and enforcement? i remember a senator -- no, not a senator. not a congressman. but we have a president that says thank you and is grateful and represents the express of most -- expression of most year, i am sorry about that. [music playing]

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president trump statements came in a joint press conference with italian prime minister where he called the u.s. immigration laws the laughingstock of the world. the president's words unfortunately seem to fall on deaf ears on rhinos in congress as they usually do. >> i don't like to play shutdown politics. let's try to avoid it. >> i don't think we will shut down the government. let's make sure we keep the government open but we'll get better policies on immigration. >> if the president wants to shut down the government, that is his prerogative. i think it would be a mistake and i don't think it is going to be necessary. >> lou: well, it would be interesting to see the over and under on whether it's necessary. oklahoma congressman tom cole towing the rhino line as he always does and said, "we are going to have a challenging midterm anyway. and i don't see how putting

the attention on shutting down the government when you control the government is going to help you." joining me now president of the national border patrol council, the union for the border patrol. brandon judd. it's great to have you with us. the president now threatens to shut down the government. if as he put it, the dems and rhinos don't deliver the construction of the wall. your reaction? >> i'm a federal employee. i'm not speaking on behalf of federal government but i can tell you as a border patrol agent i would support shutting down the government if in fact it was going to lead to border security. this is a topic that we have been discussing for years. i have been a border patrol agent for 21 years now. this is something that comes up year after year after year. we finally need to get ahold of this. we are not talking about legal immigration. we are talking about illegal immigration and we need to get a handle on it. this president is trying to make that happen. >> lou: he is trying to make

it happen. he also is opposed by the business roundtable, the chamber of commerce, wall street, corporate, u.s. multinationals -- not corporate america. u.s. multinationals and the koch brothers who are spending money to make sure borders are wide open and the illegal immigrants have a free pass. how does it make you feel? >> that is the problem that the border patrol agents face. we look at it from the left and they want voters. we look at it from the right and they want cheap labor. >> lou: you bet. >> we are caught in the middle trying to fix a problem that has existed for years on end. we are not getting support from either side. from either the democrats or the republicans. this is an upfield battle that thank goodness is president is willing to take on and hopefully he wins the battle.

>> lou: without question. the president is fighting the koch brothers and it's not a fight that he sought but nonetheless that is where we are. the koch brothers are saying to every working man and woman in this country, every american family, our american middle class to hell with you. and they mean it. they are putting their money where their mouth is. they are trying to drum it up as an anti-trump message when it's absolutely an anti-american message they are sending loud and clear across the country. it's one of the most appalling, arrogant things i have ever seen from even the koch oligarchs but particularly charles koch. disgusting. it's appalling to see that. >> if you look at this, what the american public has to understand border security is an issue of national security, an issue of economic security. it's an issue of public safety. >> lou: why didn't charles koch understand that?

>> he does. he does. but again, everybody comes into this with their own interests. charles koch wants to continue to make more money. you know? when is enough enough? i'm not saying there is enough. but when you look at it, they are looking at how is it they can make their pockets even deeper. and they are doing it on the backs of hardworking americans who want a safe and secure country that want country of laws -- >> lou: on the back of every american. they change the culture and the character of the country and the safety and the sovereignty of the country. to keep it in context, when is enough enough? we are talking about $120 billion for the koch brothers. that is a good net worth. perhaps not enough as you apply. that is for them to know and the rest of us to guess about. it's great to have you with us. thank you so much. >> thank you.

appreciate it. >> lou: one of the men accused of killing a u.s. border patrol agent appearing in federal court today. he is said to have taken part in the 2010 murder of brian terry. whose death exposed the obama administration fast and furious gun walking scandal. he won't face a death penalty, however, in the trial in september. life sentence. the worst that can be brought against him. mexico refuses to extradite suspects when capital punishment is on the line in this country. coming up next, facebook shutting down 32 fake pages and accounts. they can't say it's russian. but there are some democrats who figured out it's russian right away. where the heck were our spy agencies, our intelligence agencies? how can this just happen? what is going on with the very smart intelligence agencies? all involved apparently in an effort to influence the

midterm elections. the red call dem -- radical dems have it all figured out as usual. we'll take that up. f.b.i. assistant director joins me here next and we'll take up the deep state as well. stay with us. do these moves look familiar? then you might have a condition called dry mouth. biotène is clinically proven to soothe and moisturize a dry mouth. plus, it freshens breath. biotène. immediate and long lasting dry mouth symptom relief.

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although the social media giant said it didn't know who was behind the effort, senator mark warner, the ranking democrat, the vice chair of the senate intelligence committee says he knows who it was. he said this. "today's disclosure is further evidence that the kremlin continues to exploit platforms like facebook to sow division and spread disinformation." joining us tonight james calstrom former assistant director of the f.b.i. who served nearly 30 years with the bureau and it's great to have you with us. great to see you. >> 27 years. good years. >> lou: great years for the country, too, because your service, it was a different time. the f.b.i., a different organization. >> ronald reagan. >> yep. now we have donald trump. >> lou: you better believe it. >> they are. they stand as pillars in the pantheon of presidents. it's hard to believe he hasn't been in office two years.

meanwhile, the deep state, the radical dems are going after him like dogs. and in the republican party leadership, the rhinos, mcconnell and ryan don't stand with him. matter of fact they provide support and substance. >> they are so weak -- if i had my side arm i'd have to hold my hand down not to shoot the television out when i see ryan talking. i mean, just the way he is absolutely had no support whatsoever for this president. look what he has done for the economy. look what he has done for the middle class, lower class, all classes of people. the lowest employment rates across board. then we hear that strozk now, more of his communication. >> lou: from the f.b.i. >> he wants to hold on to all his clearances and his ability to classify and unclassify.

so he can really, really churn up the whole conspiracy over there working for bob mueller. >> lou: yeah. to have him near the special counselle in any capacity is stunning to begin with. the fact that mueller dismissed him. without even considering the reasons he had done so. the texts he is looking at, that basically scream subversion of a presidency and not one question from the special counsel of peter strozk. >> of course, he never told anybody either. >> lou: no. he forgot to mention that. >> he forgot to mention that. >> lou: there is so much that the special counsel hasn't mentioned. >> he takes a 14-year-old case and apparently they couldn't make a case 14 years ago. >> lou: right. >> what do they do? they go in the middle of the night and serve search warrants for his family. just the way they have treated this guy. he is in solitaire -- solitary

confinement with the judge in d.c. and the way they dealt with it. >> lou: they carefully selected the venue for their advantage. understandably that is what you want to do, i guess, if you are a prosecutor or a defense attorney. but to do so, so heavy-handedly so obviously biased and completely, completely absolutely the bounds of just fundamental common sense and decency and judgment. >> our system of laws has to treat everybody the same. when the chairman of the bank to the drug dealer. everybody has to have the same respect. what they've done in just the way they searched donald trump's lawyer. the way that was handled. >> lou: you don't even hear anything. there is no discussion now amongst the professionals that is the american bar association. the attorneys. they are all like hyenas attacking carcasses. instead of talking about elevating the standards, the

conduct of investigators to the standards that are required by law. >> of course, no discussion of grand juries. you know? the intelligence committee and the house did a great job. the one shining light really. >> lou: absolutely. >> but until we can actually see what is in the affidavits, the original one and the continuations. you know, the regulations say okay, you get the order and you are proclaiming that there is some kind of offense, you know, some sort of a crime going on. some sort of counterintelligence investigation. you have to show after the first period of time if it's 90 days or whatever, you have to show some sort of progress. you have to document that to the judge, to continue, you know, the great, the fact you are intercepting somebody. so when we find out what is actually in these affidavits -- >> lou: which we still don't know. >> -- it will be a big day in

a lot -- and a lot of people will feel the heat of the law and they should. it's an outrage. >> lou: still sitting out in the wings waiting his turn. he comes out, and still sanctimonious and self-righteous and still so compromised. and i think personally, so corrupt. >> total look of common sense. -- total lack of common sense. an educated moron. look what he did to the f.b.i. no leadership. no discipline. no nothing. >> lou: you get the last word here. where does this end in your view right now? >> i don't know what will happen with the deputy attorney general. he needs to be not the deputy attorney general. someone should empanel a grand jury. these are the most egregious crimes conducted in my

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>> lou: judicial watch has again uncovered new e-mails. this time from disgraced f.b.i. agent peter strozk. strozk insists that he retain his f.b.i. security clearance before moving to special counsel robert mueller's team. strozk is assured he will remain free to act just as he did while a deputy assistant director of the counterintelligence division. the senate intel committee offering no new, well, results after a hearing on foreign influence operations and use of the social media. chairman richard burr and vice chairman mark warner issued this statement saying --" "today we learned that foreign campaigns to sow discord and disinformation through social media began well before the 2016 elections. and continue to this day." "new york times" publisher arthur a.g. salsberger complaining to president trump about the potential for violence against journalists.

i appears his pape -- it appears his paper and the rest of the national left wing media are not interested in actual violence like you are seeing here against supporters of president trump. the hypothetical and the real. not under suggestion by salsberger. last week a u.s. marine was assaulted in hollywood by left wing attackers because he was wearing his trump jersey and a usa hat. the national left wing media correspondent cnn's jim acosta whining after being heckled by trump supporters at the rally in tampa last night. the massive crowd booing and chanting. there, there he is. as he tried to, well, to broadcast his very important report on live television. and apparently he was triggered somewhat. triggered. later on, acosta blamed president trump and, quote/unquote "media" for the incident. acosta tweeted this --"

"just a sample of the sad scene we faced at the trump rally in tampa. i'm very worried about the hostility whipped up by trump --" that would be president trump to you, sir. "will result in somebody getting hurt. we should not treat our fellow americans this way. the press is not the enemy." acosta made a judgment there. it's interesting. his tweet is ignoring the fact that for most the radical dem agenda and they endlessly attack president trump and his supporters. and he is awfully delicate to be in this racket. very delegate indeed. and stephanie maxine waters mayn trouble with fundraising. we will take that up next. much more straight ahead.

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the state committee of california. to include kamala harris on a fundraising mailer when harris was a senate candidate. that is a no-no. the organization claims a third party payment to waters violates federal election law. obviously, another no-no. joining us now candace owens, the communication director for turning point usa. "daily caller" editorial director, vince is here. great to have you. >> thank you. >> lou: let me start, candace, with you. cnn has a very sensitive white house correspondent. what do you think? >> i think it's quite hilarious and i love you use the adjective "delicate" to describe him when the treatment of how the anchors treated the american people has been anything but delicate. they have been nasty. i endure attacks from jake tapper all the time on my twitter feed. he has never had a conversation with me. but knowing i'm a black woman

supporting trump is enough to come after me and the organization i work for turning point usa. this is them sowing what they reap is what is going on. they treat us deplorably since hillary's election and they are not satisfied with the results have been that trump is in the oval office. that is what we are seeing taking place. they are responding to the way that cnn treated them. >> lou: you know, i couldn't agree with you more. vince, i mean, acosta seems like a guy if he weren't whining he wouldn't be saying anything at all. >> he loves this. the spotlight is on him and it's increasing his twitter followers and that is what it is all about. he pointed out that a notion he can't believe, he remembers when we were all on the same team and he has trump supports asking him why aren't you on our team? he is lamenting the disunity. but of course he played a massive role of the disunity. instead of being what is the problem here? why is there a trust deficit

with cn? he thinks all of these people must be deficient and something wrong with them they don't like me. when they are tranting -- chanting "cnn sucks," first i nod in agreement. obvious point. but then he is making a case that is a threat to the first amendment that they are impeding on his ability to be a member of the free press. they are not, actually. they are joining chorus. this is a symphony, brother. you are trying to give a report and in the background the american people, in this case, the trump support es are adding color to the news you are supposed to be presenting. that is a news camera, baby. they are picking up news. they think you suck. >> lou: well, you know, it's interesting that the national left wing media says we have to ignore the consequences and attack the president no matter what, as if they were -- i don't know what they are thinking. other than idealogically. then they get a response from the audience. the trump supporters or

otherwise are part of the audience, candace, and giving them immediate feedback they do not appreciate the left wing media tearing up the president every day and every way they can. >> that is exactly right. let's just think about how cnn portrayed trump supporters, racist and sexist and misogynist. you name it. we have seen every name on the network they are standing behind a man that they liken to hitler. they make comparisons that donald trump is literally hitler. they are shocked to see this reaction. they are shocked to see that the american people no longer stand on their side. if they ever stood on their side. cnn has had an air of elitism looking down, sticking their nose down to american people. what you said is right. they have no curiosity. they don't want to learn about the american people. they don't want to learn how they are feeling or how the rest of america, all the land in between new york and l.a. is feeling. and this is the direct result of that.

>> lou: and as we wrap up here, vince. i mean, president obama, former president obama coming out with his left of 88 endorsements that he is handing out. >> right. >> lou: and i am thinking how thrilled that frankly mcdaniel must be at the r.n.c. here is his record during his eight years in office. if we could put that up on the full screen. the obama legacy 63 dems lost house seats. ten dems lost senate seats. 900 republicans gained seats in state legislatures across the country. and 12 republicans gained gubernatorial offices. >> yes. >> lou: i've got to believe that mcdaniel is thrilled with the obama endorsement. >> not exactly the mudas touch, is it, lou -- not

exactly the midas touch, is it, lou? the democrats if you get them two drinks in, they start to admit this. it's a reality. look, obama helped himself. president obama was gud for himself in terms of the political future. not so good for the democratic party. everywhere i see in the press today they are excited about his picks. i don't know why given his history. >> lou: see if history repeats itself or continues. thank you so much. appreciate both of you being here. we have had a little book sales competition going on among some of our favorite colleagues on the show. and we can now tell you how it's going. "the russia hoax" by gregg jarrett moved to number one on the "new york times" best seller. judge jeanine pirro is number one right now until the 12th when gregg takes over the first place. and sebastian gorka's "why we fight" and the sydney powell "licensed to lie" are having a

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