plus, start smart every day on foxbusiness, today we days for the foxbusiness network in the mornings with maria live from six-9:00 a.m. eastern. we set the tone for the day lou dobbs will have a special tonight. two hours of lou next. [♪] lou: good evening, everybody. our top stories. president trump in springfield, missouri tonight. there he'll address supporters. we'll be covering his visit over the course of the next two hours. and back in the d.c. swamp, the russia swamp and deep state spinning out of control. the "new york times" reporting that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein hoped the cabinet would invoke the 25th amendment to remove the

president from office. that from the reporting of the failing "new york times." president trump standing by his supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. president trump: one of the reasons i was elected was because you believed i was going to pick great supreme court justices. brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. lou: judge kavanaugh says he's willing to meet with senators on the judiciary committee next week. but it remains unclear whether his accuser will also be appearing. senator grassley's 10:00 a.m. deadline today came and went, and now the end of business is 10:00 p.m. than is still no word as to whether or not the accuser will show up. we take up the latest in the

left-wing efforts to derail judge kavanaugh and keep him off the supreme court with republican strategist ed rollins. presidential historian doug wead, and president trump calling for the end of the russian witch hunt. president trump: it has to come to an end. it's so bad for our country. i call it the witch hunt. when you see strzok and page and mccabe with his lies, he gets fired for lying. you see all the things. comey for lying and leaking. you see what went on. it has to come to an end. lou: this morning president trump delayed the release of the documents he had ordered declassified. he says he's doing so out of concern expressed by some key u.s. allies. judicial watch's chris farrell and "russia hoax" author gregg

jarrett weigh in tonight. our top story. the "new york times" reporting the deputy attorney general, acting attorney general, rod rosenstein, the man responsible for appointing robert mueller to run the special counsel, run the witch hunt. schemed to remove president trump from office. the "times" reporting in the days following the firing of james comey, rosenstein was emotional, conflict, acting erratically and told doj officials he could secretly report the -- record president trump and seek to give those recordings to cabinet officials to invoke the 25th amendment. rosenstein denied the report saying quote the "new york times" story is inaccurate and factually incorrect. i will not further comment on a story based on anonymous sources

who are obviously biased against the department and advancing their own personal agenda. the efforts of the left in this country to derail the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. judge kavanaugh says he stands ready to clear his name from a decade old sexual assault allegation. he wants to testify. but for his accuser, she has yet to confirm that she'll despite a 10:00 a.m. deadline set by senator chuck grassley. that deadline is 10:00 p.m. to determine whether she'll speak to lawmakers. if she doesn't respond by 10:00 p.m. eastern time, grassley says they will likely hold the vote monday for judge kavanaugh. joining us tonight, top

strategist for great america pac fox news political analyst ed rollins. let's start with kavanaugh and the way he has been treated by the radical left in this country and the way in which the republicans have responded. it appears the chairman, chuck grassley means business if there is no deal by 10:00, the vote is monday. ed: the deal is suppose to be done by monday at 10:00. i heard a democrat on fox today, a former strategist of the clinton campaign saying kavanaugh has to prove his innocence, not she has to prove her case. but kavanaugh has to prove his innocence. how does he do that? this is a drill in ridiculous ridiculousness. lou: why are the republicans

putting up with his nonsense. listening to someone saying he has to prove his innocence, listening to her attorney katz saying it's not up to her to corroborate her story. dianne feinstein talking about rushing the processing with saying republicans are rushing the hearing when she held on to the letter from this alleged accuser for seven weeks without doing a thing. ed: still has not given the chairman the letter which is absurd. this is a fine man being tarnished by the media and everyone else without any evidence. lou: the conduct of senator hirono and senator gillibrand of new york, they are talking like old-time union thugs.

ed: the senator of hawaii said men, shut up and step up. gillibrand wants to run for president, she says if you put restrictions on this woman you are bullying her. lou: if anyone is bullying anyone it's gillibrand and hire reasohire --and h --hirono. i putting the texas senate race in the toss-up category. the last poll i saw had senator cruz up 54-45%. what's going on? ed: charlie cook is a good analyst. if we have to worry about ted cruz who has the best campaign and one of the best campaigners

in texas, if we lose that race we'll lose everything. i don't think so. i think he'll win and win big. lou: if he loses that race he will have lost to a socialist who is demanding basically the end of the second amendment. doing so in the state of texas, it should be a death knell for his ambitions. ed: everything i know about politics, cruz will win and win big. the media darling is the man running against him is a socialist. but cruz will win big. lou: the president talking in springfield, hour, supporting the attorney general running against claire mccaskill. the democratic incumbent.

your thoughts about the prospect. ed: mccaskill has always had a tough time. she has come out against kavanaugh because of campaign finance stuff. but the president ought to hammer and beat her good tonight. lou: can you tell me how it is that a president who led the economy to such impressive success on every level, unemployment at all-time lows, the markets and economy growing, an all-time high rates and levels. how in the world could the republican party even contemplate losing against the backdrop of the success of this president and the republicans' control of both the senate and the house. ed: there has never been a montana go into a mid-term with a stronger economy. the job he has done is

incredible. the independents should be there. lou: are they going to screw it up? ed: i don't know. the president will do what he dock and the candidates have to do what they can do. lou: so long as those candidates hang on to the coat tails of this president -- ed: talk about the economy and building a wall, talk about the things the president promised they would do. lou: up next, the president shedding some light on his order to declassify the russia-related documents and texts which he orders something of a pause for. president trump: we are moving along, we are work along. we are also dealing with foreign countries that have a problem. i got calls today from two very good allies saying please can we talk. so it's not as simple as all that. we do have to respect their

wishes. but it will all come out. lou: will it? and what will the base say about all that. putting our allies ahead of the public's right to know. not what they were expecting to hear and not what they want to hear. the president will be heard in a matter of minutes. we'll have more from the president when we come back and much, much more on the crazy conspiracy and the department of justice to unseat this president. what do you mean it's not working out, craig? i just introduced you to my parents. psst! craig and sheila broke up. what, really? craig and shelia broke up!? no, craig!? what happened? i don't know. is she okay? ♪ craig and sheila broke up! craig and sheila!? ♪ as long as office gossip travels fast, you can count on geico saving folks money.

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lou: i mean all hell is breaking loose in washington, d.c. president trump is asking the justice department's inspector general to look into the key trusting-related documents has ordered declassified. he said i met with the doj concerning the relieves various unredacted documents. they agreed but stated they have a perceived negative impact on the russia probe. also key allies called asking not to release. therefore, the inspector general

has been asked to review these documents on an expedited basis. i believe he'll move quickly on this and other things he's look at. in the end i can always declassify it if it proves necessary. speed is important to me and everyone. the president never spoke more correctly than speed is important west comes to this. joining us is chris farrell, the director of judicial watch. and gregg jarrett the author of the "new york times" best seller county russia hoax." it's reaping great success, and it's great to have you here. chris, this "new york times" report on rosenstein who has played the villain in this piece for quite some time and probably

foremost among them arguing appropriately so, rosenstein now looks to be in serious, serious trouble based on these among just sources reported by the "new york times." >> of course you can't believe the "new york times." we are in the same boat with rosenstein because you can't believe him. lou: is that a double negative? >> it is. you have a carefully word non-denial denial by rosenstein. this is sufficient grounds and the president doesn't need cause. he can fire him at will. but there is mounting evidence of enough is enough. the president has lost faith and confidence in mr. rosenstein and say it's time to turn the page. interestingly one of the authors of that "new york times" article.

starting in 2016 he was sort of the fbi's favorite designated hitter when it came to leaks out you have fbi. so there may be a little palace intrigue between the fbi and the doj in that regard. some say this might be a provocation to make president trump fire rosenstein and cause a crisis. i don't buy that. lou: i know that's one of the theories abroad. to me this looks like a clear statement, gregg jarrett, that shows just how corrupt the incipient origin of the special counsel, the witch hunt really was. this is the man who wrote the memo, rod rosenstein that recommended firing james comey. and then who wants to determine

the president of the united states when he is creating the special counsel and naming the special counsel. this man is deeply conflict. if we are to believe the "new york times," acting erratically, conduct despicable. and here he is. the question is what does it say about the special counsel that he created. greg: once in a leap year the "new york times" gets it right. i think they got it right this time. i tweeted out that rosenstein should be fired immediately. how many times have i said that. but it's true. there are a great many reasons i have written about rod rosenstein and why he should have been fired a long time ago. i also tweeted out because he

oversees the robert mueller investigation, and this is more evidence of rosenstein's incredible virulent bias against trump, that the -- lou: this is more than bias. this looks to be if not treason, about as close to it as you can get. gregg: the point is he tainted the special counsel investigation which should now be promptly terminated because of this. it's not just rosenstein. but the conflicts of interests of robert mueller he ignored with impunity. andrew weissmann's misconduct and the special counsel's conducts. it has been corrupt and tainted so nobody can have confidence in the results. lou: chris farrell, do you agree? chris: absolutely. gregg summarized it beautifully.

how far does rosenstein have to go. he's involved in what appears to be a seditious conspiracy. all the details gregg laid out, his conflicts of interest. the underlying question that mueller is looking at. how can this continue? what dose have to do to get fired? lou: it's a grand question. i asked chris farrell and gregg jarrett to stay with me the next two hours as we cover this breaking story and so many others including the judge kavanaugh confirmation hearing. we learned that at 10:00 p.m. we'll learn beth whether the new deadline set by chuck grassley, the chair of the judiciary committee, for the accuser to say whether they will testify.

and if she does not act, there will be a vote on the confirmation of judge brett kavanaugh. gregg, your thoughts on the way in which he has been treated in this confirmation process. horribly. gregg: nobody knows what really happened. which is why it is abhorrent that the united states senators have predetermined and prejudged who is guilty and who is innocent. they should wait until we hear it from the lips of the akierls as well as the accused. i hope it happens monday. we'll have to wait and see. lou: chris farrell, it seems to meet accuser tonight role of the prosecutor. and her attorney is saying the burden of proof is on judge kavanaugh. his guilt or innocence is to be

determined by an accuser who has not put forward details, specifics, an attorney who claims she had no responsibility to corroborate the story, dianne feinstein, the ranking democrat on the judiciary committee held the letter for seven weeks and did not take any steps to find outfit was truthful or not and disavowed any responsibility for the truthfulness of the accuser. this is unfair it seems to me to judge kavanaugh and the confirmation process. chris: initially there was a reaction, this is kind of a circus. that trivializes this. this is a deeply corrosive attack on the constitution. this is a predetermined effort

to undermine the advice and consent under the constitution. the actors in this, feinstein and others have used wreckless language and deliberately and tawdged the procedure and they are doing so to score their own political objectives and gains. if you extract the personalities from this and look at how the process has been perverted and twisted, it's a sin against the constitution and american public. lou: we are going to take a quick break. when we come back i'll be asking gregg and chris an important question. how much responsibility do attorneys bear for the conduct that we are watching sitting on the judiciary committee. those representing accusers. and those who sit broadly in the u.s. senate? it's become an attorney-driven ugly toxic process.

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lou: you are looking at jqh arena in springfield, missouri. the president is expected to take the stage shortly. in a matter of moments. he's there to support state attorney general josh hawley in his bid to unseat the democratic incumbent, claire mccaskill. she said she is not going to vote for kavanaugh no matter how great he is. that's sort of a mccaskill issue. google discussing ways to redirect search results days

after president trump instituted the travel ban at the beginning of his presidency. in emails reviewed by the "wall street journal" google employees said they could look at islamic results. google said they were a spit balling thing and no one should be fired just because they were talking about how to block the president's agenda like several district court judges, but ultimately the president prevailed thanks to the higher court. i just want to point out before we go to the rally in springfield, missouri. with us tonight are social media superstars and some of the president's most of loyal

supporters, diamond and silk. there you are. good to see you. the president is getting warmed up, getting ready to talk to his supporters in springfield. the arena is filled up. everywhere he goes he gets huge huge audiences. much i am sure diamond to the frustration of the left. >> oh, yes, what he's doing is galvanizing us all. we love it when he goes do these rallies because he gets to take his message directly to the american people and the american people are paying attention. we have to get to the polls. we have to vote right so he'll not get left. lou: i love that, vote right so you don't get left. that's pretty catchy. you guys are traveling around and meeting a lot of folks. talking with a lot of folks.

the mood of the country right now, how do you find it, and where is the president? is he more popular, less popular? we want your temperature on the state of his support. >> well, first all, our president is more popular than ever. people love him. we just had a hurricane hit here. he was in north carolina handing out food, walking through neighborhoods seeing how this is built and that is built. the people love him. i don't care what side of the aisle you are on. we are not seeing democrats and republicans. we see people who love the fact he's bringing back economic opportunity and jobs. that's what they love. we have a lot of people on this trump train. you are on the trump train because people love the fact we are thriving in this country. >> finally lou we have a president who absolutely loves the american people and we love

him back just that much. >> yeah. lou: it must be driving the left nuts, and i think that explains some of the irrational behavior and choices they are making whether it be attacking judge kavanaugh with a scorched earth policy. this president has 31% approval among african-americans in this country. hispanic joblessness in this country is at an historic low. household net worth for hispanics at an historic high. i don't understand why anyone in this country wouldn't grasp' the simple fact this president is doing exactly what he said he would do, and that's improve the lives of all, underlying all americans. >> you have to understand, lou, the left is so upset, these career politicians. they have been in office for their own greed and not the need of people.

president trump, a businessman is make the politicians look shamed. you have been in office all year and you can't get one simple tax done. look at all he has gotten done for the american people. he is truly working for the average american. and that's what we love. we are paying attention to that and we absolutely love it. >> and you have to remember the democrats are obstructionists, they are resistors. we are going to persist as they resist. when i look at these, our taxpayers pay their salaries. technically they work for us, we are their boss. if they don't do what we want, we the american people want them to do, guess what, lou, they are fired. lou: i like it a lot. i not on like you guys, i love you guys, and i'm going to vote

right so i don't get left. thanks so much. diamond and silk. i said we are going to take up the issue just how much blame should be placed against the legal profession as we watch what is going on in washington, d.c. and here to defend the entire legal profession, gregg jarrett and chris farrell. we are going to get to them right after this break. president trump supporting republican senate candidate josh hawley in missouri. look at the stadium, just minutes a x from taking the stage in springfield, missouri. he'll be address as well, we expect, the "new york times" report that rod rosenstein worked to subvert his presidency outright as well as continue our coverage of brett kavanaugh's confirmation in what has been a moving deadline by the judiciary committee for his accuse tore step forward and commit to her

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reported by the new york -- the rosenstein remarks as reported by the "new york times," this is nasty stuff. talking about wearing wire in the white house to record the president and invoke the 25th amendment suggests that rosenstein is -- if it's factual and accurate, he doesn't understand the 25th amendment. and how limited it would be in such circumstances. i want to get to all of that. but first i would ask you about the role of attorneys in the toxic and politically corrupt atmosphere of the nation's capital. i haven't heard a single attorney stand up and talk about the conduct and the behavior of those trying to interfere with the appointment and confirmation

of a president's choice to the high court. your thoughts about where the legal profession is, and the judicial system. it doesn't seem to be work at all at least not for the country. chris: there are ethical standards, these are officers of the court, of the bar. they have a higher standard incumbent upon them as legal professionals. so the notion of them gaming the system and abuse the process the way that they have, manipulating facts, withholding information, this is deplorable in the sense of really a gross -- the wrongdoing itself, but the consequences that flow from that. and attorneys are held to a higher standard. lou: you are saying they are held to a higher standard. they look to me, frankly and i

want you both to weigh in on this, the ethical standard of the legal profession look like they are not certainly higher and they look like they bump into snake bellies they are so low. we are watching despicable conduct here. we are talking about a judiciary committee putting up with people demanding fbi investigations when they know perfectly well, the president, it's his choice, and they are sending letters off to the attorney general or head of the fbi as if they are the ones who could make the decision. in point of fact the president has to make that decision. >> there is an aspirational goal in the conduct itself. but their code of conduct is so low and poor. lou: gregg, why isn't there some

standard enforcement in the legal profession, within the judiciary itself. the conduct is abhorrent. gregg: there is a fine line between ethical conduct and advocacy between yourself and your client. it's the role of a lawyer to be an advocate but it has to be within the professional code of conduct. lou: if ethical and advocacy compete and conflict, which does the attorney follow? gregg: he follows advocacy for his client within the rules. the code of professional responsibility. lou: are you trying to absolve attorneys. gregg: i'm an attorney, everybody sins, so i'm not going to defend all attorneys.

but you made reference to the kavanaugh case. i think the lawyers on behalf of the accuser have pushed the envelope of propriety. they are trying to get the best conditions for their client. but there is no where in the senate rules or the law that entitles an american citizen to demand an fbi investigation. lou: or pretend it isn't the responsibility and authority of the president. gregg: this is a lawyer and her witness trying to hold hostage the senate confirmation of brett kavanaugh by setting terms and conditions to which they have no right to set. for example, the lawyer was saying we want kavanaugh to testify first. that's upside down and backwards. how can kavanaugh as the accused respond to the accusations unless the accused levels them. lou: i want of you to answer

this. how in the world should we permit a man of judge calf false integrity, distinguished -- judge raf thank you's integrity. distinguished a rear and report before the american people, be slimed by an accuser who is still unknown to the american people, and basically i think has already succeeded in holding hostage the confirmation process for judge kavanaugh. chris: judge kavanaugh's record stands on its own. he's eminently qualified. lou: he's on the second highest court in the land. what's wrong with saying this man is an outstanding jurist of distinction. chris: he is.

but we talk about these claims which at best are hazy, fuzzy -- lou: scurrilous and unfounded. chris: a huge amount of gamesmanship in introducing these claims. but now it's senator grassley's problem that he's allowing it to tint way it has. gregg: grassley is not a lawyer and neither is senator feinstein. generally the judiciary committee is led by lawyers. but this is an exception. lou: maybe the law is too important to believe the lawyers. gregg: you are criticizing a non-lawyer in grassley.

lou: i'm criticizing the entire judiciary committee. i'm criticizing grassley because he unless charge of it. i'm criticizing the process where they are allowing a distinguished jurist to be dragged through the mud for what? gregg: he set a deadline and now the third deadline sometime tonight. we'll wait and see. nobody knows the truth here. the accuser is telling the truth or she is mistaken or she is not telling the truth. but we won't know until it comes from her lips publicly next week. then kavanaugh will have an opportunity to defend himself. lou: why didn't she go to the police? why did she go to feinstein? >> sexual abuse victims, she is an alleged victim at this point in time, are reluctant to talk about it.

it's a very traumatic experience. lou: she is a psychologist. gregg: it doesn't matter, she is a woman who says she was the victim of sax iewm attack. lou: if you want justice don't you normally go to the police? gregg: no, and you know that. a lot of sexual abuse victims are so traumatized by it, they don't want to revisit it or litigate in a court of law. you know this. this happens quite frequently. i am very sensitive to it. i have a wife and two daughters. lou: so do i. gregg: everybody knows somebody -- lou: there is this impulse to look at this point to create the perception here that if one insists on get together truth of a matter that somehow you are insensitive or just not being

quite as considerate as you should be. the fact of the matter is, there are a lot of interests here being ignored and are very important. it just so happens judge kavanaugh has a wife and two daughters as well. he had to ask his daughters to leave the hearing of the judiciary committee because of the foul left-wing attack on him, and i don't think we should put up with it. if we want justice for a woman who has been victimmitessed we should seek legal recourse and it should not be a political one. gregg: i agree. in maryland the statute of limitations on sexual assault does not exist. this should be in the hands of the state investigators. chris: i'm not an attorney so i get to answer this in a practical way. if someone makes a claim and wish to say they suffered some

crime or harm or some tort, then they need to step forward and make the claim. you can't have it both ways. you can't publish articles in the "washington post," have attorneys advocate and make statements, intercede in a public process, then withdraw or not cooperate. i think there has been serious accommodation made to give her the opportunity to make the case or explain what happened. whenever there is this hedging or this yes, but, i think it further calls into question the entire way that this thing has been handled. if you are going to make the claim and go public with it and advance your position, well, then, do it. and not do what appears to be some level of political cooperation or games planship with people like senator feinstein. gregg: i agree there has been

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lou: another look tonight at president trump. he's sneak springfield, missouri. he's on stage with attorney general josh hawley who is running against claire mccaskill. i haven't seen a poll that shows anything but a pretty tight race there. it will be interesting to see how that plays. we'll stay with this through this hour. as news is made and broken we'll tell you all about it and go straight to the president of the united states. the end of the day is now 10:00 p.m. eastern time. that's when nor chuck grassley set -- when senator chuck grassley set the deadline for

the woman who accused judge calf enough sexual misconduct, the deadline has been moved for her to produce her testimony and agree to the terms of the judiciary committee. grassley says if there is no response by the accuser or her attorney, the committee will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh on monday. well be joining us tonight, presidential historian, doug wead. good to have you with us. i have been talking with my good friends and colleague gregg jarrett and chris farrell of judicial watch about ways an extraordinary piece of theater playing out in washington, d.c. and that is the left in this country, the democrats, the radical democrats attacking viciously judge kavanaugh who has -- who stands before both

the senate and the american people presenting what is a record -- an extraordinary record achievement as a jurist, as a judge never aspect of his life as a citizen and a family man. and now the left has attacked him as venomously and viciously as they possibly can with scurrilous innuendo of misconduct from 36 years ago. a letter the ranking member of the judiciary committee won't share with the chairman. this is nasty stuff. >> bad stuff. in 1987 the left went after robert bourke. ron cald reagan nominated him. it took 413 days of hem before

they blocked it. in the dictionary you will see the word boarkd which means to -- bourkeed, which means to systematically destroy someone's reputation. then george h.w. bush nominated clarence thomas. anita hill who worked with him came forward and accused him of sexual language. didn't touch him. i believed anita hill. but there are two things that strike me years later. lou: you believed her? >> at the time i did. number one, he never touched her by her own words. it was just dirty jokes. barbara bush told me a dirty joke so she could never be on the supreme court. secondly, no one in all of these years has ever come forward to

say they ever heard clarence thomas say anything inappropriate to them. in all these years. lou: there is a little matter that gets overlooked. at the time they out an fbi investigation. fbi investigated. the fbi found nothing to support anita hill. and that is never referred to in the chronicling of the events. the bourkeing, if you will, of clarence thomas. it's an interesting omission from the memories of people who look back on it. >> fascinating. i like to watch this channel because it gives both sides. it talks about the fbi investigations of brett kavanaugh, six of them. i went through an fbi investigation. they had to locate someone who lived on the same block with me

every year of my life. that's how thorough their investigations are. lou: those investigations are rigorous, are they perfect? certainly not. we learned that. because fbi investigations have gone on. i want to, if we may, doug, go to the president right now in springfield, illinois, talking about judge kavanaugh and the confirmation process. he weighed in this morning. county are was born for the u.s. supreme court. and it's going to happen. but she just after he nounced -- she'll vote against everything we wanted to do, including tax cuts. figure that one out. so claire mccaskill will never ever vote our way because she loves the swamp. she is part of the swamp.