sessions' inability to lead crippled the department of justice and allowed to mueller witch hunt continue to run wild? cast your vote on you, here is lou dobbs, >> at evening, everyone. unless the francis in for lou dobbs. our top stories tonight. president trump once again slamming jeff sessions for his lack of leadership in recusing himself from the molar witchhunt. >> he took the job and then he said i'm going to recuse myself. i said what kind of man is this? and by the way, he was on the campaign. the only reason i gave him the job is because i felt loyalty. he was an original supporter. he was on the campaign. he knows there is no collusion. melissa: session snapping back

saying he can do to the justice department since the day he was sworn in. we will take up the latest in a race between the president and the doj with former secret service agent, dan bongino. also today, the ceo of targets that it may be the strongest consumer environment he's ever seen. president trump counts the wins of his administration. >> i give myself an a+. i don't think any president has ever done what i've done. we haven't even been two years. the biggest tax cuts in history. the economy is the best it's ever been in history. out on us give myself an a+ and so would many other people. melissa: very modest beard ed rollins weighs in on what the strong economy means heading into the november midterm elections. new concerns over the plans and show him the majority of americans are worried that illegal immigration opens the nation up to more crime and terror. we take up those concerns with

former i.c.e. acting director, tom homan. our top story tonight from story tonight from a more followed between president trump and attorney general john sessions. the president slamming the ag for failing to bring in the corrupt and out-of-control justice department. >> the dems are very strong in the justice department. and attorney general never took control of the justice department and it's an incredible thing. everybody sees what's going on in the justice department. it is a very, very sad day. jeff sessions recused himself, which he shouldn't have done. drain to the attorney general took on which an responded with a swipe at the president saying, quote, wally and attorney general, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. i demand high standards and

where they are not meant to take action. >> growing chasm between the president and the wayward doj comes more as the radical left are calling for the president's impeachment, an idea the president's attorney, rudy giuliani says would not sit well with the american people. >> i think it would be totally horrible. there is no reason. he didn't collude with the russians. everything he says has been disproved. the american people would result against that. >> joining me now, former n.y.p.d. officer in secret service agent, dan bongino. welcome to the show. thanks for coming on tonight. let me ask you about the first one. what he think about what rudy giuliani just said they are? >> giuliani is right. impeachment for wide? winning an election? you're supposed to be impeached according to constitution for high crimes and misdemeanors. not no crimes and misdemeanors.

the only crime donald trump committed was winning an election. this is absurd. what did he do wrong? there has been no evidence of collusion and buy some figures in the media. no evidence at all. i would've gotten our taxicab confessions and other nonsense stuff that really speaks to things we already knew about donald trump. he wasn't dishonest about who he was before he became president. this is an outrageous line double backfire against the dems if they continue it. one more thing, moderate democrats and others is a loser for the impeachment. >> if you listen to michael cohen or his lawyer. it all kind of makes me want to take a shower. beyond that, he says that he pled to a federal crime and implicated the president and nothing federal crime. straightforward enough

conspiracy. >> someone should tell the former fcc commissioner who actually knows about this stuff, who wrote an op-ed saying the exact opposite. he may know a little bit more about these things than lanny davis. he was the head of the federal elections commission and he said there's no way this is a crime. as a matter of fact he's barely a civil violation. i ran for office. not a lawyer but i'm pretty familiar with how these laws work. if an expense would've existed with or without the campaign, then it's not necessarily campaign expense. we can't get in his head. we don't know why he paid that money. maybe it was because he didn't want his family to hear about it. i'm not saying it is a good rating. i'm not saying these are mature. not saying trump would want to take it back. it is outrageously claimed in the straightforward slam dunk stuff. davis is reaching here big time. >> what he think about the

national enquirer getting involved that have been granted immunity in order to cooperate in an part of this case. what is the implication of that? >> i've been saying this forever. they are not investigating collusion here. they are investigating donald trump. having been a former law-enforcement officer, this stuff frightens me and should frighten everybody else watching today, too. if you asked and the secret service office where he worked inside a whopping neighbor investigated, i do know, we'll find something. but you don't do that in a constitutional republic. the national enquirer, mr. there in him all of a sudden being given immunity, you have to ask yourself, when is this going to end? who gets immunity next? they looking for trump, not looking for a crime. melissa: i've heard some people say that what david pecker might've done over at the national enquirer is fraud because he got a story with an idea bearing it. in my mind come you don't go to the national enquirer because

you want your story to get out there and your voice to be heard. if that's what she wanted to come you go to "the new york times" or "the wall street journal" or the "washington post." if you go to the national enquirer, you are looking for money in exchange for your story, which as i understand is exactly what these women talk. >> this isn't national review. are we seriously shutting down the country for about a year and a half? this is unquestionably taking a deep toll on the country's collective psyche, this collusion investigation which is supposedly what this is about. this is what we are up to now? michael cohen taxi medallions. "national enquirer" story about stormy daniels. we have to ask ourselves at some point, is this really worth it? this is a book candidly and the republicans base during the clinton years. they've had enough. melissa: i don't know if the democrats have learned that

lesson. if you look at cnn and msnbc commend to use the words impeach or impeachment 222 times around the story. it is really driving at home. my thought is i wonder if this doesn't blow up in the democrats face in the sense that they reignite voter enthusiasm if they go out and vote in the midterms thinking my president is going to be taking away. this person we elect them. the democrats are going to try to impeach him and i better go out and vote for republicans. a kid up having the opposite impact of what they're looking for a dare. your thoughts on that? >> melissa, and reasonably confident that a moderate and reasonable democrats. there is some left. it pains me to say it. i'm not going to do what they do to us. they have to know this is a complete loser. what really gets me is the first part of what you said, that media networks who are eyeballs. it is a business. it's journalism, but you have to

pay the bills. cnn is losing to cat videos on youtube. their ratings are down by double digits. you would think somebody in the boardroom making editorial decisions would be like hey, guys, listen, is there any evidence on this collusion thing because we are losing remakes of beachfront property on hdtv at 2:00 in the morning. melissa: i don't know, i love cat videos. you are tempting me here. it is trump arrangement. some people gotten so insane with the idea of impeachment that they are really frothing at the bit. dan bongino, thank you for your time, my friend. special counsel robert mueller steam was one juror away from holding a conviction against paul manafort homolka's 18 counts. bacon tax fraud according to juror paula duncan. in an interview also said manafort with never have been charged if he wasn't linked to president trump.

>> it was about paul manafort breaking the law and has nothing to do with president trump. i think he was derailed in the middle of a campaign that was going well. they were just looking for something. mr. manafort got caught breaking the law. but he wouldn't have gotten caught if they were president trump. >> president trump under his administration. >> more jobs, in the history of our country. black unemployment, asian unemployment, women unemployment , hispanic unemployment, historic lows. it's been an amazing thing. >> we will take

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china over the last four months is down about $15 million. people say it's the first time they've ever seen it when the united states is like the high country. we has to be the hot country many years ago. now we are the hot country again. melissa: during mass ed rollins of great america pac and political consultant. rollins served as white house political under president ronald reagan. i love when i talk to people on the side about what is going on with terrorist and negotiation and they are able to quietly admit they understand exactly what the president is doing and as business people this is how they would have also tried to renegotiate new deals. out in the public, people act like he doesn't know terrorists are hard on the economy. this is this wild crazy thing as opposed to a smart business renegotiation. >> it's a brilliant move, a courageous move. lou dobbs who want dobbs who honestly knows as much about

business as anybody is advocating terrorist for 30 years. the president has been advocating for a long period of time and the reality is that will work. it all happens in china basically starts to behave itself, it will make a big difference in american business and american jobs. he is a businessman. he understands business and what it takes to pay jobs and make the economy move. >> you are right that the upper courageous. what is difficult is you have to endure short-term pain. they are striking back at the people that support the president and train hit people with higher tariffs. the viciousness person, the only way to renegotiate something your country has given away or your site has given away is to find new leverage and create new leverage. he had to put tariffs in place but it's a gamble because you don't know how long it's going to go on. you don't know how much is going to hurt. to sit on the side of the table and hold your position does take courage. how long do you think people who support the president can stick

with him before they start second-guessing that? >> i think they will stick with him, maybe even -- the critical thing and i've done the work for a couple presidents. he's a strong leader. they knew what his agenda was and how to implement it. a couple who weren't quite as strong and so i think to a certain extent that's been a great gift he's given to us as a nation. equally as important is starting to work. that's a good thing. my sense is certainly they will be here for the midterm, maybe beyond. i think of the word. their money is dropping and i think they are the key thing to getting them to the table. >> they are getting heard in a big way. we will see if they land. at the same time the president has pushed immigration to the fore obviously. this is something that's been a major hallmark back in the news. here's what he had to say about

it. >> the immigration laws so horrible. what an incredible job. when you have bad laws, you can do good, but you can do a lot better if you have good lives. it allowed to change but we have to elect more republicans. >> is there the political will to do something about it because it's not an easy fix. that's one of the problems as you have so many problems within the immigration. >> the last major fix was when i was still in the white house -- >> last century. president bush had a majority of houston democrat and try to breeze through. obama had a majority of democrats he couldn't get it through. we'll take a bipartisan effort has to be a comprehensive overhaul. you can just be a singular thing. probably two years to do in a good agenda for next cycle after this election. but it has to happen.

you can't appease smell. there's a whole variety of things you have to do. building a wall as a secret promise they made and there's a war going on on that wall and for that reason he definitely needs to build that wall. melissa: how do you get the bipartisan cooperation? things are more divided than they've ever been before. democrats don't want to help at all. even before when he was just would've had a good deal, they were going to come to the table. >> in the figures i've never seen the partisanship as it is today. this is going to be an election. republicans have an opportunity to have a couple fantasies. we've still got a few less numbers than today. the partisanship will continue as unfortunate. >> immigration seems like something both sides have some name they want. they both have things they need to give out. that's the recipe for a deal. why can't you get it done?

>> that's the critical thing. when reagan did it at 86, he had bipartisan support. democrats wanted as much as republicans did in overwhelming numbers of both parties and that's what she needed. we'll take two parties to talk to the country. melissa: ed rollins, thank you here's >> my pleasure. melissa: john brennan attacking the president again today, treating i take no delight in seeing steady collapse of the u.s. president a commodity to take strong comfort in knowing the rule of law in our great government institutions are prevailing. things ultimately will get better. we will heal as a nation. are you kidding me? as a reminder, he apologized for the. he's now evoke security to attack the president vote in

tonight's poll as attorney general just sessions and ability to lead untranslated to mueller which i'm to continue to run wild. cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs. >> taking aim at the president over the death of mollie tibbetts. >> they put their faces out there almost like campaign posters in the political approach follows soon after. if you are not what the president on how to deal with the legal entrance and really his hostility towards all immigrants, ur disrespect and their families and putting others in danger. i don't accept that. melissa: yeah, anyway, will take melissa: yeah, anyway, will take that up with farmer acting their

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melissa: welcome back from everyone. i mueller says france is in for lou dobbs. no worries dobbs. no worries about the radical last plan for open borders and a fox news all 59% of registered voters darkens earned dual burden government programs. 59% are concerned it will increase crime. 55% are concerned terrorism will become more of a problem. other concerns include job losses and a change in u.s. culture. joining me now is thomas holman, acting director of immigration and customs enforcement. he is also a fox news contributor. thank you so much for joining us. i've been dying to talk to you on the mollie tibbetts case because originally it was reported that the reporters in iowa had used to be verified and he checked out. i have my doubts about that story up to the day. it turns out they had the out they had the documents and it's a background check, but it wasn't either of five. in your experience, how good is the verified?

>> he verifies the best tool out there right now. it's pretty good. can't be beat? you can if you know what to do. but it's rare. i'm very close with the director of cics. they're costly up taking that system. for instance, they work on something right now to interact so people that still somebody's identity will have a photo. every two months ago to improve the system. it's a good system. to stop hundreds of thousands of getting a job. >> the economic background if you like there is an economic a lot of these problems and one of the draws is the idea of coming here and being able to work illegally that if you just put you verified in place and mandated that employer no matter what and that you find him along the lines of some multiple of

their profit, if they didn't use it, how much of a solution to your ink that would be? would it take a bite out of the problem? >> it would take a huge bite out of the problem. that is why when i was director of i.c.e. for year and a year and how come the first thing i did was instruct me increase by 400% pure when i retire they're already over 300%. mandatory key verifies something secretary nielsen has been pushing, i've been pushing, the president's been pushing. it makes sense. it's just not an an enforcement law. it's about saving lives. people die entering this country so we had to think about that, too. absolutely took a huge hit. absolutely. >> i don't know if you heard the sound we use the mayor, chris cuomo saying basically that mollie tibbetts would not tragically be used as basically a campaign poster and the idea

that the president really hates immigrants of all types. what are your thoughts on that? >> first? >> for so i heard the clip and i'll share something for you. i've gotten e-mail from a man named don rosenberg whose dad was killed at the hand of someone here illegally. he sent me an op-ed and they were saying the same thing. he sent it to remind me numerous times. the angel families are pushing this issue before president trump had even become president. this is the nature of the issue. these are people who lost a child. they came to the white house when i was an event with the president. they wanted to be there. they wanted a president to send pictures of their children. they finally have a president. they finally have a voice. he is 100% wrong on this president did with the angel families want as a whole is their voices heard. this is the first president grading the voice in i.c.e.

they deserve voice. they've been dealt pain that you can't even imagine. all they want is a voice. melissa: if you like sometimes when the left is attacking people that want stronger border enforcement and want to know who's coming in. it's not about keeping everyone out. it's about the idea you just want to know who was coming in and have sort of a logical system for doing that. you know, they immediately go and say that is racist and you're trying to say that people who come here illegally also were more likely to commit crimes. the point is that we see cases like this that everyone has been killed by someone who came here illegally, that is a murderer that should not have been. maybe that's the point. >> the same talking point i use. two aliens commit war crimes in your citizens. the question is how many crimes do not have been committed if they weren't here illegally. i've been called a nazi and

racist. we removed a nazi criminal the other day. we've removed and arrested many around the world. remove people in different countries. latin countries and south african countries, european countries. i'll say this. we are a sovereign nation. we have a right to protect our borders. i can't blame anyone that wants to be part of the greatest country on earth. you can want to be part of the greatest country on earth do not respect laws. this president will not allow it in a think it's the right thing to do. melissa: the first thing you have to do is reinforce the border. until you do that the rest doesn't make a difference. >> well, unless there is a consequence and deterrence of illegal activity and bad behavior comment not going to change. this president came into power. the first year of his president dropped at a 45 year low. that is a fact.

stone cold fact. deterrence and consequence has an effect on illegal behavior. this president i believe has law-enforcement 34 years. congress enacts laws. we enforce laws. >> not for the people that time to get here legally. people of relatives who trying to get here the right way the slow way. tomas hohman, thank you for time today. immigrants for having me. melissa: no to a paradise for residents of hawaii. a category four storm as seen here from space could be the most powerful to hit the low half state from 1992, packing winds of up to 130 miles per hour. the storm is expected to be off the west coast of the big island overnight. up next, ahead of headline grabbing tabloid, the head of the headline grabbing tabloid receives immunity from federal

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question, but not a legitimate position for them to take because they didn't raise the same issues when justice breyer was appointed by president clinton and president clinton was already in the grand jury getting documents and papers for him. there is precedent to move ahead in a situation that isn't even the same to what we have now. melissa: hypocrisy in washington? never. kavanaugh confirmation will go ahead as planned at september 4th. attorney at rnc committeewoman for california and great alliance cochairman and republican strategist. thanks to both of you for joining us. i will start with you. what you think of the holdup over kavanaugh? they make the case that will come of president trump will have things of personal interest before the supreme court. the idea is he's putting someone in there who will tip the scales in his favor.

>> yeah, it is a big stretch first of all the president trump will have anything of interest before the same country and supreme court. that is number one. number two, dishes the extreme desperation of the democrats because from the point of view of relative extremism versus being mainstream, and justice kavanaugh will be a very mainstream justice. so you know, they'll not to do better justice than the republican president. this is just delay and desperation. i think it is unfortunate because americans deserve a full supreme court that can hear these cases and make decisions for all of us. so you know, if they have messaging and something substantive to complain about, they would be focusing on that. they don't and that's why they were burning to theirs. >> let me ask you the political question. this seems like really politics in the sense that what really energizes folks on the right to get out and vote. the supreme court is one of the

main things and the closer they take this confirmation to the midterms and beyond, it seems that the more it's going to get republicans and trump supporters of any stripe out to the polls. >> yeah, let's are public and consultant for the democrat to keep at it all day. here's the reality. they don't have a message. their message has been all anti-trump. the problem that they have is that the substance behind the term presidency is in pretty darn good. bringing back abortion in some form to run on some sort of social issue because they are a party in search of the correct message. i don't think it's been a work. it's going to play into the republican's hands. melissa: i live in liberal new york city and praying for impeachment. they say wow, looks like they really got them this time.

it's so close. i'll ask you. the latest wrinkle we heard about today, the publisher of the "national enquirer" and the women who traded in their stories and their money. what are they going after with him in particular and what could he possibly say that would be damaging to the president from a legal point of view? >> i think that what could be found in that vault could be embarrassing from a social point of view, but legally, problematic adult theater even frankly politically. it is very desperate to be sort of rummaging through the trash to see what the cat dragged in and put that in the public sphere. the fact that the president had settlements of people who were in his life is relevant in terms of the great president he was cutting taxes.

again, smacks of desperation shows a lack of substance on the part of the democrats. the border in national security, they'd be running on not. they are not. >> from a political point of view we talk about turnout, which is what the midterms tend to be all about. they say that bringing up this kind of story dissuades suburban women. that their are people likely to be closer to more independent or could be dissuaded to voting at all. when you remind them about these issues, if your mind and the president is not a great husband, that it turns off people that might have gone out of voted to help him out. i hear that argument from democrats all the time. doesn't hold water? >> the underestimate women. women care about the same thing men do, which is a better business climate, which trump is doing. they care about better jobs which this administration is also performing on. the reality is it's overreach by

democrats. this is not even a campaign finance violation. the president is a private citizen was being extorted or the caller but it is. if you're reaching a a settlement, he has a brand. the trump brand happen to be during the election. it is a global brand. that's all they were doing. this is something that happens every day in the course of business life and that's what he did anything again it will not work for democrats. melissa: can ask you real quick and lean on your legal expertise. this was a payment that was made by the publisher of the "national enquirer" to help with the election and quiet down these stories. that is sort of a gift in kind to a campaign. it would be over the limit or would have not been disclosed. to characterize that like god, does that spell trouble for the president? is that a campaign violation? >> well, maybe, but there are but there are a lot of its

thinnest till doesn't spell legal jeopardy for the president. we have to look at this in the big picture of it being a unique president, someone in business throughout his life. like eric said, i reached settlements for client similar to the ones we are talking about. rich people, successful people are regularly shake it down like this. this is the ordinary course of business for mr. trump which i bet he'll be able to prove if it comes to that. it is not a campaign finance violation and that is another pie-in-the-sky fantasy by your knee-jerk friends you see on the street and what i see you're in san francisco. that's just not the way the law works. >> is interesting. the defense has done us a bunch in the a bunch in the past before so it had nothing to do at the campaign because it was long before he ever decided to run for president. that would be an interesting defense, but it sounds like it might work. thank you both for joining us.

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melissa: vice president mike pence is a nasa's johnson space center in houston, texas. today he announced moon missions will be a key element of the 29th the nassau budget and president trump's goal to send american astronaut to a moon orbiting station. by 2024. mysterious russian satellite turning heads at the state

department. one official calling it inconsistent with anything seen before. have you heard about this? the official also indicated it could be used as a weapon to take out systems such as gps, internet, but saying the u.s. can't know for sure. of course, obviously russia has denied that the satellite has any military application. joining me now is christian davenport from christian davenport, "washington post"-based industry reporter and author of the space therein. thank you for joining us. tell me about that last story that we just talked about there. what is the object that is out there? what do you think it's doing and what's the danger? >> well, we don't know. not that concerned. one of the concerns they have is if they are into space, it could go up to u.s. satellites national security satellite that we are so dependent on warfare in the way we fight.

satellite is our gps. the little blue dot in the phone comes from a satellite. missile defense, missile warning. all of that is in space. communication, reconnaissance, intelligence. if there's a spacecraft in space that could potentially interfere with essentially the eyes and ears of the u.s. military and intelligence community, that's a huge concern. >> it is. what we anticipated that as a potential problem and we have a way of defending against it? >> that is something the pentagon has been concerned about a number of years. back in 2007 china actually fired a missile and took out one of their own dad satellites, an old weather satellite. but the point that the pentagon took away with, they have the capability then to shoot down a satellite just sitting there that made them realize that space which was long seen as a sanctuary peaceful domain now because we are so dependent on it and the way we fight war

really were vulnerable. china also fired a missile for the pentagon has some of its most sensitive assets. this has been going on for quite a while. melissa: i do remember those events. do not have a way to defend against it? >> the pentagon has been talking about that with the advent and technology for satellites instead of having big exquisite satellites out there that do one function, that you disaggregate them. that incentive when you have dozens or hundreds or maybe even thousands of small satellites. just as computers have gone from huge mainframes down to your iphone in your pocket, satellite technology has made the massive satellite the size of a refrigerator now the size of a shoebox. if you put it dozens or hundreds of them come you can take out one but that can be taken over by another. melissa: now i am biased. my 11 year old just got home from a scanned and he had an

amazing time focused on space himself. are we as a nation focused enough on that? is the idea of a space wars, a lot of people laughed when the president said that. is that the best way to go out of for you no come you wrote your book about the billionaire told battle in space weather is jeff bezos or elon musk. is that a better approach? >> what these billionaires are able to do is help the pentagon gets satellites into space more cost effectively, more reliably, just quicker. what you're seeing now is they have been talking about space for a number of years, but now he talked about vice president pence visit this morning to the johnson space center about a return to the moon is time to say they are talking about creating a space branch of the united states military dedicated exclusively to space. all of those are big deals. you see them get a lot of attention right now.

but the civilian exploration side in the national security side. melissa: is an important go back to the moon? >> a lot of people think so. they wanted to attend a different way. when we went to the moon in 1969 he was a huge moment of national pride. the moon now can be seen as a steppingstone to go deeper into space, to go into mars. a significant discovery recently a vast deposits of water on the moon and why that significant as water, hydrogen and oxygen as rocket fuel. that helps to propel deeper into space. when nasa and the white house are focused on are not just flags and footprint flags and footprint trip to the moon like we did in the apollo era, but creating a sustainable architecture that will allow for a base camps that space a base camps that space station in the divinity of the allow us to build on that technology can really partner with the private sector with a lot of these commercial companies that i wrote about in my book and then go deeper into space and into

mars. melissa: christian davenport, thank you so much good about talking to you. hope you'll come back. >> thank you. melissa: secretary of state mike pompeo over denuclearization. they make further diplomatic progress towards her object is. national security adviser john bolton says he expects pompeo to meet with kim jong un. after the break, collusion with russia and the deep told they are taking on our nation. are taking on our nation. stay with so you just walk around telling people geico could help them save money on car insurance? yea,that and homeowners, renters, motorcycle and boat insurance. huh.that's nice. what happens when you catch a fish? gecko: whoa.

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melissa: on wall street, all three major u.s. indices flubbed. the dow dropped 77 points, the s&p dropped five and the nasdaq down 11. volume on the big board, 2.7 billion shares. a reminder to listen to news reports three times a day coast to coast. the ceo of target has some high praise for the trump economy. brian cornwell says his company is benefiting from the strongest consumer environment he's seen in his career. the comments come amid a number of big retail gains that helped fuel the best retail earnings in eight years. this writis where we are today. president trump blaming

attorney general jeff sessions for the ongoing russian witch hunt hoax as he calls it today. former secret service agent dan bongino joined us earlier to discuss the damage caused. >> this is unquestionably taking a deep toll on the country's collective psyche, this collusion investigation which is supposedly what this is about. is this what we're up to now, michael cohen's taxi medallions, "national enquirer" stories about stormy daniels? this is -- is this -- we have to ask ourselves at some point, is this really worth it? melissa: attorney general and rnc committee woman harmit dillon says the cohen guilty plea presents no legal jeopardy for the president, she thinks. radical dems politicizing the murder of mollie tibbetts. they need to confront the illegal immigration crisis. an agent says you can't be part of one of the greatest countries on earth and not respect the

laws. president trump will not allow it. a reminder to vote in tonight's poll. has attorney general jeff sessions' inability to lead crippled the department of justice and allowed to mueller witch hunt continue to run 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.