has attorney general jeff sessions' inability to lead crippled the department of justice and allowed to mueller witch hunt continue to run wild? cast your vote on twitter,@loudobbs. that's it for us tonight. lisa: president trump defiant and confident in the face of mounting legal and political problems. swinging back at his critics and shrugging off calls for impeachment. today, another potentially damaging development. federal prosecutors this afternoon granting immunity to the guy in charge of the "national enquirer." his name is, say it with me, david pecker. the feds reportedly want to find out what he knows about the hush money payments to stormy daniels. and former playboy playmate karen mcdougal. you will recall on tuesday the president's former attorney and fixer michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations, claiming then-candidate trump directed him to pay off the women.

the president's legal team has maintained those payments are not a crime. the president cannot be indicted. today on "fox & friends" the president blasted cohen for flipping. >> this whole thing about flipping, they call it, i know all about flipping from 30, 40 years, i have been watching flippers. everything is wonderful, then they get ten years in jail and they flip on whoever the next highest one is, or as high as you can go. it almost ought to be outladd. it's not fair. if somebody defrauded a bank and is going to get ten or 20 years in jail but if you can say something bad about donald trump, you will go down to two or three years, which is the deal he made. lisa: more flippers than a pinball machine. flipping like simone biles. is the pressure getting to the commander in chief? according to him, not at all. >> i guess my whole life has been this way.

somebody always says oh, gee, such controversy. i don't know, i always had controversy in my life and i always succeeded. i have always won. i have always won. it was controversial when i ran and i won. now the country is doing better than it's ever done. lisa: he needs controversy the way babies need milk. how worried should he be and what is his best defense at this point? joining me, former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. welcome to the show. let's talk about this immunity deal for david pecker. what exactly does this mean, and is there legal peril for the president? >> well, the government decided there are bigger fish to fry than mr. pecker so they gave him a deal, immunity, in order to cooperate to help bring down michael cohen and presumably, donald trump. so basically he can't be prosecuted for what he had done, because what he had done, he's basically committed wire fraud and potentially was a co-conspirator in committing campaign finance fraud as well.

lisa: does the money have to come from the campaign in order to be a campaign finance violation? >> not necessarily. lisa: really. >> what it was done for. so -- lisa: so if you don't want skeletons from your closet to emerge right before an election, and you pay people to be quiet, that is a crime? >> because it's there to benefit the campaign, of course. you just have to declare it. lisa: what is there to keep you -- >> if they declared it, it wouldn't be a crime. lisa: that's a funny thing. people keep saying that. but i can't imagine when you are submitting these forms to the fec how you put payments to a loose-lipped porn star. how do you line item that? >> i think lawyers have to get creative over there. lisa: i think they did get creative. that's part of the problem. >> i think what you said is the way to put it. look, here's the thing.

it's the fact that obviously, there's some timing issues here. trump had momentum in 2016, right. james comey had made the announcement. these payments were after the announcement about what hillary clinton had done and how reckless she was. trump had momentum. these things would have killed the momentum. and that's what the statements were made for. lisa: trump had momentum october 28th. he did not have momentum july 5th. that's when james comey made his first announcement. those payments were reportedly made in the summer. let's talk a little about flippers, because the president doesn't like dolphins, doesn't like people flipping and no one likes anyone who is going to flip on them. if you feel you have been loyal to someone and they have been loyal to you, then they are going to betray you, that is one of the worst feelings in existence. however, when someone flips on your opponent, it's the greatest thing in the world, isn't it? >> well, i think there's a

problem here. interestingly enough, president trump has highlighted a certain problem within the federal system. stitching or flipping, you can use either term, the thing is the whole federal criminal system is built on snitching. all these investigations, these long-term investigations, are built on people flipping above those above themselves on whatever hierarchy they are, whether it's a drug gang, a cartel, whatever it is. that's what the whole system is built on. when the president talks about outlawing, you can't do that. you wouldn't be able to bring down large-scale organizations without it. he does highlight a problem, though, because in the federal system, there's almost this thing, once somebody becomes a federal cooperator, it -- lisa: criminal informants are some of the more questionable

people in the legal system but look at someone like brian pagliano who was working with hillary clinton who helped her scrub her e-mail servers. someone like that is given immunity, and nothing really comes of it. like there was really no purpose in granting him immunity, because she's not locked up, is she. >> well, no. listen, it's not about hillary clinton. lisa: it's always about hillary clinton. >> for certain people on this network, yes, absolutely, so it's about hillary. let's talk about whether donald trump was involved. michael cohen went into court, was sworn in and said that he did this at the behest of donald trump. he's admitted to committing a crime and said, obviously didn't name trump in person but he was obviously the candidate. his lawyer went on to confirm that. that's what this is about. interestingly enough, donald trump is highlighting it's a problem that snitches are almost

immune from lying, but he's doing so in a very self-serving way. the difference is, you know, what's interesting is as a defense lawyer, you don't have the bully pulpit. years ago, when preet bharara was u.s. attorney, he would use the bully pulpit and create atmospheres where defendants couldn't get a fair trial. he was criticized for doing that by multiple judges. lisa: everyone knows the defense attorney. jose baez, robert kardashian. no one knows marcia clark. perry mason? that's one guy. i love talking legal strategy with you. it's quite fascinating. hope you come back soon. >> thank you very much. lisa: whether the president likes it or not, impeachment will likely take center stage as we move closer to the midterms. we all know a bunch of democrats want to get rid of the president because they don't like him. congressman al green and congresswoman maxine waters, they talk about it on a daily

basis, harping on and on, but in reality, the push to impeach is a double-edged sword. even house minority leader nancy pelosi knows that. she and other democrat leaders are reportedly very worried that calls for impeachment, the calls alone, could damage their chances of winning back the white house and getting her, icy pause, back on that powerful seat. but republicans also grappling with how to handle all of this. gop leaders said to be quite worried some rank and file members could start speaking out against the president. that would signify the opening of the first major rift between the party and the white house. what's going to happen as we move closer to election day? joining me, townhall.com political editor, guy benson. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. lisa: absolutely right. the gratitude is mine, friend. let's talk a little about impeachment because i think this is the most interesting political tool that both sides

could effectively use, but they could also both blow it. what is going to happen here? >> well, i think that the president and his supporters should actually be rooting for the democrats to talk a lot more about impeachment before the election. if the midterms will be a referendum on impeachment, i think the republicans would welcome that, at least at this stage, based on the evidence that we currently have. that would be overreach by the democrats and i think that it would cloud their attempts to talk about their agenda, such that it even exists. so there's a reason why some of the strategists on the democratic side are saying no, no, let's not talk about that yet, let's wait until we win and then we can do what we want. we just don't want to make that case to voters right now because it could fire up trump's base and alienate independents, could turn out people who are saying i'm not sure about this trump guy, but impeachment is a heavy duty thing and this is too much. that's why i think you are seeing a lot of dancing around the issue for many democrats, while a few of them are really out there, mostly from hardcore,

safe seats, deep blue seats, saying hey, resistance team, let's go do this. it's good for fund-raising. lisa: undoing election results that you don't like and removing someone forcibly from office, that is the ultimate resistance. >> yes. they are the pence caucus. they really want president pence. lisa: they don't think they will get president pence. i was talking about this last night in my monologue. they think they will get hillary or leapfrog pence and go straight to nancy pelosi. that's not how the system works. >> that would be very funny if somebody has to whisper in maxine waters' ear, you know if trump gets impeached and removed it will be president pence. hillary does not bust through the wall like the kool-aid man and is suddenly president by the 75th amendment to the constitution that exists in her mind. lisa: it's so true. she's not even the 46th president. she's 45. she is erased from everyone's

memory. people like maxine waters, that's the last thing she wants because mike pence is popular on capitol hill. he's so conservative. >> probably more -- definitely more conservative than the president. again, i think it's all so premature. yes, the clouds got darker this week with manafort going down and cohen flipping and then the deal today with immunity for the guy who ran the "national enquirer." lisa: say his name. >> kennedy, it is not okay to say that name on television. mr. pecker. i feel like you are just giggling on the inside. the point is, the clouds got darker over the white house but we are still so far away from anything remotely proven of a high crime or misdemeanor. again, i think they are out over their skis on this one because a lot of people calling for impeachment today were the same

people calling for it a week ago before we knew any of this stuff. lisa: yes. by the way, do you really want to lower the bar that much? so pretty much anyone who is unpopular, you can find a reason to impeach them? if you give special counsel enough money and enough time, everyone goes. washington is going to be a ghost town. i can see the tumbleweeds blowing down constitution avenue now. >> sounds pretty good. lisa: you live there, so no traffic. guy, thank you so much. great to talk to you. tune in next week because guy will be hosting this very show in this very chair. look at that. can't wait to see you. i'm going to hawaii. what a bad idea. meanwhile, president trump had a dire warning of what would happen if he were impeached. watch. >> i don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a great job. i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached i think the market would crash. i think everybody would be very

poor. because without this thinking, you would see -- you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe. in reverse. lisa: i love greatness and i love wealth. for some context, when president nixon resigned, stocks did take a big dip but the markets were already reacting to other events like the global oil crisis and the winding down of the vietnam war, and stocks actually continued to rise during president bill clinton's impeachment hearing. so would the market crash like the president is warning? let me ask associate professor of economics at the kings college, brian is back for brianomices. class is in session. i think stocks could take a dip for a number of reasons and the idea of the country being torn further apart, really ripped apart at the seams, that is unattractive for the markets. >> it is, but i think the bigger event actually happens in november. impeachment is not the thing that will roil markets.

it will be if you see hard left democrats do better in november than everybody thought because that means the president's agenda is in peril and that's what the markets love. they love tax cuts, they love deregulation. if you've got the party of warren and sanders running the show or looking like they are going to run the show in the future, investors say i think growth is coming out of this economy, we want out of here, they start selling. so the president -- lisa: betting these policies take further hold. >> markets are always looking forward, saying we have a lot of growth left because taxes are low, we won't get more regulation. but if you see democrats, especially hard left, start to get power here, they say huh-uh, growth is coming out, stocks are a bet on the future. the future looks worse to investors. they sell now. i think if democrats make big gains in november, that's when you see the market turn. lisa: that's interesting. that's why people like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders hate the stock market. not only do they hate wealth and

hate individuals having private ownership, but they really hate that it tells the truth. >> because people get to bet on how their policies will work out and most of the time, the people in the market are saying we don't like what you are going to do. we don't like socialist policies. we think that will take things out. yeah, they hate when free people get to make a bet on policy. if they do win in november i think the market's going to pull back because they are already looking for a reason for this bull market to end. if elizabeth warren is the reason, if sanders and their acolytes get into power in november, that's a great reason for investors to sell. look for that. lisa: we want the markets to continue to flourish. a lot of people have money in 401(k)s. >> there's no reason, by the way, you need to have a pull-back. the policies in place can sustain growth. investors look at the future and if they think now it's going to be about universal health care and free tuition and jobs for everyone, they don't like that because they know that's trillions of dollars more that it will jack up interest rates more. you can see the writing on the wall. lisa: at some point, we talked

about this so many times, you have to service that debt. you have to pay the credit card bill. you have to pay the minimum interest. that is going to be 60% of gdp. >> and it's growing faster and faster and if november goes the way it looks like it could go, hard left, that problem is going to get much worse. lisa: that's why you are back for solutions. great to see you. very good. coming up, president trump once again going after his favorite whipping boy, jefferson sessions. this time the attorney general is fighting back. >> he took the job, then said i'm going to recuse myself. i said what kind of a man is this? george woke up in pain. but he has plans today. hey dad. so he took aleve.

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lisa: sessions did not stay silent for long, releasing a statement saying quote, i took control of the department of justice the day i was sworn in, which is why we have had unprecedented success at effe effectuating the president's agenda. while i am attorney general the actions of the department of justice will not be improper influenced by political consideration. he released the statement moments before a key meeting at the white house on prison reform that the president was also attending. meanwhile, senator lindsey graham caused quite a stir by predicting quote, it's very likely that president trump will appoint a new attorney general after the midterms. so is this the beginning of the end for beauregard? my panel joins me now. kate katie freitas is here. co-author of "america in the age of trump."

so jeff sessions, mr. recuser, what are we supposed to do with this? >> we have been talking about this for awhile. as a democrat, recusing yourself from the russia investigation is the only thing i like this man has ever done in his life and has seemed aboveboard. president trump like any other president before him certainly has a right to have people serving him who agree with his world view and are effectuating his policies the way he would like them. we will get into the prison reform dust-up there. i imagine he will replace him. it will be difficult because it's now so politically charged for him to do that. it's not just hey, i want a new person. it's hey, there is the mueller investigation which may lead to something and you are trying to get out of something. lisa: you really see that as jeff sessions' fault? if jeff sessions hadn't recused himself we wouldn't be in this special counsel quagmire that we have been lingering in for well

over a year. >> the mueller investigation? lisa: you didn't know? >> i always get blindsided. >> 17 angry democrats. >> sessions is going, but i would bet a year's salary that he is not going anywhere before the midterms and he's not going anywhere until whatever this mueller investigation is ends. whatever it is. i don't know what it is. sessions, the only thing i have to say about sessions, he reminds me of that kid who finally gets a spot on the team because he hangs around the sandlot long enough and you just feel like all right, fine, i'll take him and put him out in right field. lisa: isn't that rudy? >> no one's rudy. you can quote me on that. lisa: do you love jeff sessions? >> no. lisa: what is the president doing here? >> being president trump, doing

what he does best. >> being presidential. lisa: is he trying to bully jeff sessions out of a job? will jeff sessions get so sick of the president's constant harping he throws up the white flag and leaves? >> i think he would have done that by now if that were the case. i also think attorney general jeff sessions is the president's favorite person to hate. i think he loves to have him as his punching bag. of course he's going to go i think somewhere fairly soon. the president is not known for having impeccable timing. if it happens soon rather than later, i wouldn't be surprised. but clearly, the passive/aggressive high school antics won't die any time soon. lisa: i don't think he will do anything until after the midterms and will wait until after the mueller investigation. >> what i find hilarious is jeff sessions had a really safe, cozy seat in the senate. now he's doug jones because of all of this and the president is apoplectic every day about it. got a bad attorney general

and -- lisa: there are two types of people the president appoints. there's the basket of deplorables and the basket of adorables. the adorables would be neil gorsuch and nikki haley. >> sarah sanders. >> very hard hit or hard miss. no middle ground. lisa: you get two types of people he hires and he tends to hire the deplorables or the loyalists, really. >> i find that refreshing, actually, with president trump. look, he's honest. you may not like it, you may dislike it intensely but he's honest. i hired him because he was loyal. there's honesty in that. lisa: unfortunately, he thinks he's doing the right thing and it comes back to bite him in the keyster. speaking of which, the panel will return in just a little bit. however, coming up, medicare for all, it sucks but people aren't getting the message. a new poll says most americans support it. it looks like it's time for a

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the staggering $30 trillion price tag doesn't dissuade the idealist from a one size fits all budget gobbling monstrosity. sadly, the one size is zero, because that's the kind of economic growth we'll have when we're saddled with this horrible unrefundable entitlement. we all know what happens with socialized medicine. rationing and stagnant care. in canada, wait times to see specialists have skyrocketed more than 125% and you have to sit on your abscess for an average of four months to see someone about your cancer or infection or bum knee. you think millenials want to wait for any kind of medicine or procedure, let alone an uber? not a chance. these non-voting utopians are the ones leading the hollow charge. know who pays for socialized medicine? you do, genius. do you know what people do when they think it's abundantly free? they loot.

if you thought car maintenance was covered by uncle sam and you would never see a bill, what would keep you from getting brakes every few months? and when it finally sets in that your crippling tax bill is going to saturate fat huffing zombies who now have no financial incentive to lean up, you are powerless to shame anyone out of their mountain dew despite your strong desire to slap doritos out of an old lady's hand. doe according to a fox news poll, health care is now the number one issue on everyone's mind according to democrats and republican ineptitude to come up with anything better. now the best alternative to those whistling past the graveyard is the worst possible choice. medicare for all and medical justice for none. that's the memo. the swing towards socialism doesn't stop with health care. that same reuters poll found that a majority of americans also support free college tuition.

yeah, that sounds cheap. 79% of democrats support that and a surprising 41% of republicans do as well. so what are the reasons we are seeing this massive change in america? the panel is back. katie, i will start with you. why are we going tommy? >> because in theory, it sounds so nice but there's a reason that utopias only exist in fiction, because in reality they don't play out that same way. i think of course, with health care, you do want everyone to be able to get access to what they need, but again, in reality, that's just not how it works. i have had a lot of friends i have had discussions with and they say well, the government will pay for it. then i say well, where does the government get its money. they say well, we will just tax the rich people. what if the rich people -- i ask how much of your paycheck are you willing to put toward other people's bills and the conversation becomes much more uncomfortable because then it's like about 90%. of course they are like no. what are they left with? lisa: whatever the taxes are

now, you would have to double them in order to afford something like medicare for all. the problem is, we don't need a one size fits all health care plan in this country because some people just want disaster insurance. other people have to be covered for all sorts of pre-existing conditions and the market has to reflect that. the market is actually a very favorable force here, but there are a lot of progressives who demonize it and say medicine should not be for profit. guess what, it will be, because when we have a socialized system, there will absolutely be a private system and that's where the best doctors will go to get cash from rich people. >> it's true. look, i'm a dual uk/u.s. citizen. i have had some experience with the nhs. when people need real quality health care, quickly, we are talking in times of serious need, they go into the private system. that's just the way it works. i'm sure progressives watching this are going sweden, denmark, that's always what they respond. sweden, denmark. look, i would love to see a

survey that asks this question about would you like medicare for all but also include questions like would you be in favor of having your taxes raised. the problem with that is there's a lot of people don't have skin in the game, meaning they aren't paying taxes. my research tells me 5%, the top 5% of income earners in america pay 197% of all taxes. lisa: roughly that. >> something like that. correct me if you would like. you get my gist. lisa: you are absolutely right. they coupled that with a paying mechanism, i think the outcome would be very different in these polls. >> actually, a lot of those polls, having worked in this space and done poll iing for erskine bowles which tried to make people think about debt and deficit and what people pay to have these kind of entitlements, when you break things down, they don't look at rosy as they do on bernie sanders' twitter account

this evening. lisa: of course not. >> they didn't figure out what it would cost. >> we know that. we have seen enough dem socialists on television lately getting the same question over and over which is how are you going to pay for this. there continues to be a lack of preparedness on that front. this isn't me putting the kibosh on that idea. i understand why americans who have been abandoned by republicans who said they would fix this, they really mostly blame republicans. >> to your point with the uk, i also lived there. i did have a health scare and my nhs doctor said can you afford to go to harley street, which is their fancy doctor street. lisa: you said yes, i can. >> i was very lucky that i could do that. lisa: you know what, rich people will get great doctors. doctors aren't going to want to take a 40% pay cut when they realize they don't have to go through insurance to get money from the wealthy. >> we have one, medicaid and

medicare. lisa: it's not for everyone. that's the problem. not everyone should qualify for the safety net. >> it's a safety net. it was never intended to cover the vast numbers. lisa: it becomes a lead curtain that kills people. we have to talk turkey. speaking of turkey, they just made a big mistake, according to national security adviser john bolton. relations between the u.s. and turkey have been getting pretty bad for weeks, as president trump and turkish president erdogan have been fighting over tariffs and a u.s. pastor. fox business network is in washington with more. tell us everything. reporter: yes. yes. you have turkey saying this is an economic war. they are saying president trump is using sanctions and trade to create a global trade war. they are unhappy. why is this coming back, tensions have increased over the last few weeks or for a little while because turkey is holding a pastor, andrew brunson. he's 50 years old. he's been a christian pastor,

missionary in turkey, for about 24 years. he went into the local police station to renew his passport. this is about two years ago. and they charged him, they held him, said he was on terrorism charges. they said that he was planning to overthrow the government. the pastor is denying this, yet he's held under house arrest in turkey. his wife is there as well. you have, as you mentioned, john bolton, the u.s. national adviser, weighing in saying that was a big mistake not releasing the pastor. president trump does believe that a lot of his voter base is evangelical christians and he has started to put sanctions over the past few weeks on turkey, hoping that if you hurt the economy in turkey, that will get president erdogan to weigh in and eventually give up these americans, not only the pastor but turkey is holding a few other americans as well. erdogan is being really defiant, telling turkish people to stop using u.s. goods, even saying get rid of your iphones, sell

gold, buy the turkish lira. he's saying fwhathat because th economy is doing poorly at the moment. the turkish lira plunged over 25% just this year alone, actually down 37% this year. i have been in washington reporting on the nafta trade deal but today i happened to run into a family, turkish family. there were about six of them here visiting for a wedding. the father of the family said he is very, very angry with erdogan at the moment and even brought up corruption and pointed out that the finance minister in turkey is the son-in-law of the current president, saying that his situation is not well. he's saying this trip has cost him a lot so he's not happy. right now, turkey has said they are filing a complaint with the world trade organization over the tariffs and you have this economic war that's erupted between the united states and turkey. i know you guys will weigh in on this right now. lisa: that's right. thank you so much. the turkish government, not our friend. how do we deal with erdogan? let me take it back to the panel. mike, i know that you have been

in turkey as an operative. >> now we all know that. lisa: john bolton can't bomb north korea, can't bomb iran. but turkey. >> it wouldn't matter whether it's a christian pastor or atheist engineer. it wouldn't matter. erdogan has overplayed his hand as he has in many other ways. turkey doesn't need the trump administration to have a dire financial situation. that country has gone through a large number of cycles where the lira has collapsed at various times and now erdogan thinks the way to manage the turkish economy is by his direct control, essentially. years ago, howard stern used to play a game on his radio show called who wants to be a turkish millionaire. that was a long time ago. this is nothing new for turkey, but it's helpful to erdogan in his mind to have a bogeyman. trump is that man.

he can now bring up the nationalism in turkey which is very strong and rally the country against trump to take their minds off the economy. >> i don't think he's going to get anyone to give up a phone in 2018. lisa: not a chance. that's the only chance they have for freedom, is getting information and trying to move out of the place. last word. >> i have also been to turkey, for vacation, a number of times. >> sure. that's what you say. >> i had a great time. it is so beautiful. lisa: i want to get my beach on. >> don't skip hawaii. lisa: thank you so much, jessica, mike and katie. coming up, california republican congressman duncan hunter, sounds like a fake name, is facing corruption charges. could spell big trouble for the republican party. ed henry has all the answers. come away with me barnabas!

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lisa: california republican congressman duncan hunter and his wife pleaded not guilty in court today to charges they used a quarter of a million dollars in campaign cash for things like vacations, clothes, dental bills, even flying the family's pet rabbit across the country.

how else is it going to get there? the charges against hunter come just two and a half months before the midterms and raise republican concerns that a solid red district could now be in jeopardy. joining me to discuss all of this, fox news chief national correspondent, ed henry, back in the game. >> that rabbit had to be there on time. lisa: they didn't tell you the rabbit flew private. >> duncan hunter did a good job in trying to explain his side of the story in general, but there are parts of it that don't seem to add up. he was making a big picture that a lot of law makers in both parties raise money, they spend too much time raising money. so sometimes -- lisa: especially people in the house, because they are running -- >> they are constantly running for re-election. you go to hawaii and it gets messy because you're there for fund-raising purposes and are reaching out to donors so you tell your wife and kids why don't you come along. obviously you should try to separate it out and pay for their airfare. lisa: you pay for them and their

hotel. >> in this case it seems like a lot of co-mingling, number one. number two, there's a trip to italy, about $14,000. not taxpayer money. campaign money. lisa: they lump in the naval tour. >> go check out a naval base. the navy said no, i don't think so, and there is some paperwork where he told his chief of staff, which he basically admitted to martha maccallum, he said "f" the navy which isn't good in a military heavy district. innocent until proven guilty but he served his country after 9/11. he quit his job, joined the marines, did three combat tours of duty. this is somebody who has served his country. let's hear his side of the story. then when you hear the details, it sounded like he was blaming his wife, who, yes she has some culpability. she's his campaign manager. but rather than taking the heat with this interview with martha, he seemed to be passing the buck to his wife. lisa: it's unfortunate because they have challenges with their personal finances. let's just hope there wasn't so

much overlap, but you know, ed, this is a bad week for the president because duncan hunter was one of his very first supporters in congress. >> yes. there are some republicans saying wait a second. so the first two house republicans to support donald trump would be duncan hunter and chris collins of new york, who oh, by the way, was indicted a week and a half ago. now, if they did wrong, they should be indicted whether they support trump or not. is there a conspiracy or not. lisa: that remains to be seen. are you on the case. so good to see you. thank you. tropical storm is next.

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lisa: on this day in 1974, former beatle john lennon claimed he saw a ufo in manhattan. more shocking was his claim he saw musical talent in yoko. that's hard to believe. this is the topical storm. topic number one, let's go to bourbon street where we begin tonight as usual, everyone is acting like a bunch of children. the governor of louisiana announcing he wants everybody to bring the kids. the idea, yeah, transform the area to more family-friendly place because anyone can bring the tribe to see mickey mouse but only a real parent can take their kids to see a guy named

mickey pass out on the sidewalk in a puddle of his own sick. family selfie time. the governor says the goal has never been to attract people who want to drink daiquiris and go to a strip club. of course not. you were also hoping to attract people who want to power chug so much tequila they unknowingly make out with a guy in a wig. but enough about jimmy fallon's vacation. it's unclear if the plan will work. the transients are furious with the measure because if you fill the sidewalks with strollers there's no room for their houses. let's hope they can all find a way to think outside the box. topic number two. aerosmith are getting ready to kick off their las vegas residency which means tourists will now have two ways to pay for some love in an elevator. get it? tickets to the deuces wild las vegas residency go on sale

tomorrow but the tour doesn't start until april 2019. if you see a pirate hooker on the sidewalk between now and then, please don't automatically assume it's steven tyler. it's also worth pointing out that by taking a vegas residency, aerosmith joins the ranks of some of the most talented musicians of all time and also britney spears. the band is expected to sing their classic hits from their catalog including "crazy" and of course, hillary clinton's 2020 anthem, "dream on." topic number three. this went viral early this summer when a woman decided to ride her bike to the gap. oh, gosh, the drawbridge is closed, i better hurry up and beat it. whoopsie, oh, no. someone please help. she managed to avoid major injury and get this. afterwards she told cops she didn't see the lights and barriers.

when it comes to things that are hard to believe, i give that a 9 on a scale of 1 to peter strzok. although she's okay, her bike was ruined and she told friends that she's not sure if she will buy a new one. apparently she's going to crash that bridge when she comes to it. topic number four. let's go to santa cruz, california, where a pastor is opening up a church that's also a brewery. yeah. if you thought a lot of people were out cold during the sermons now, well, you ain't seen nothing yet. pastor chris van hall says there's nothing in the bible that says you can't drink during mass and he's right. in fact, the only difference between beer church and regular church is that in beer church, people confess to the guy next to them instead of to a priest and there's not as many collections for the poor, but they do take up a collection for domino's at least once a mass.

wonderful people. if you plan on going to beer church, all the pastor asks is that you designate a biker. oh, this poor gal almost fell right into the holy water. topic number five. of course, today is throwback thursday so let's catch a few messages that we probably should throw back. this is viewer mail. peter kicks it off with you are goofy looking enough without making all those stupid faces. michael tweets since you returned to your witty sarcastic snarky comedic roots you have become much more watchable and fun. i have a feeling you are tweeting from a state where recreational cannabis is quite legal. just wondering why you yell. i always know when my husband is watching your show because i can hear you yelling.

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