we're here for you. now, here's the man himself, lou. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. our top stories, the radical dems and their allies in the national left-wing media doing their worst, trying the block the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to supreme court. >> no way that the united states senate can vote on this nomination of brett kavanaugh without a full, fair investigation. >> they cannot get their arms around the fact that women do not make these things up, and they just want to obfuscate that by calling it politically motivated. lou: we take the up the hysterical, hyperbolic radical dems' full-on assault as they

try to destroy judge kavanaugh. congressman matt gaetz, republican strategist ed rollins, the new york post's michael goodwin all with us here tonight. also after much media speculation this morning, rod rosenstein is still deputy attorney general, but for how much longer? that remains a matter of intense speculation. rosenstein now scheduled to meet with the president later this week. congressman jim jordan weighs in on the radical dems' obvious effort to destroy one of the country's preeminent jurists, judge kavanaugh. and, of course, rod rosenstein and what his future means for the russia witch hunt. all of this underway as the president is leading his administration in the fight against china's theft of trillions of dollars in american intellectual property and decades of massive u.s. trade deficits. >> we're also cracking down on the unfair trade practices from china. china last year took out $500

billion from our country, $500 billion. we have rebuilt china. we have given them such wealth. and we're changing it. lou: president trump ordering new tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods exported to country beginning today. director of the white house national trade council, peter navarro, with us tonight. our top story, the radical dems have raised their voices from screams to screeches as they do their worst to block the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to supreme the supreme court by destroying the man and his family. in their vicious attacks, none of them have done anything to show that they're accused at these last minute accusers. of course, no one has stood more steadfastly behind the nomination than the president himself. >> this is the chance this could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate for anything.

but i am with judge kavanaugh. in my opinion, it's totally political. it is totally political. lou: no one looks more hapless than republican leaders who have allowed this to happen. where are the likes of ryan and grassley and ron that mcdaniel? why haven't they put a stop to all of this? perhaps they should follow the lead of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> senate democrats and their allies are trying to destroy a man's personal and professional life on the basis of decades-old allegations that are unsubstantiated and uncorroborated. that, mr. president, is where we are. this is what so-called resistance has become. lou: and kavanaugh himself hitting back against the smear campaign that would derail his

confirmation, destroy him and his family. last night another false and uncorroborated accusation from 35 years ago published. there seems to be a frenzy to come up with something, anything that will block this process and end a vote on his confirmation. these are smears, pure and simple, says judge kavanaugh. our other top story tonight, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein still has a job, at least until thursday. rosenstein headed to white house earlier today where it was thought he might be lose his job over "the new york times" report suggesting he was recording the president, thinking of recording the president in hopes of getting rid of him. rosenstein left today with his job intact, but white house press secretary sarah sanders announcing that the president will be meeting with rosenstein later this week after he returns from the u.n. general assembly. our first guest tonight to discuss whether, well, among

other things rosenstein deserves to be fired and how it all might affect the mueller witch hunt, joining us tonight congressman matt gaetz, a member of the house judiciary committee, a member of the freedom caucus. it's great to have you with us, congressman. >> good to be with you. and happy birthday, lou. [laughter] lou: well, thank you very much. >> you're going to love your 30s. lou: i can't wait. thank you for that. i want to turn, first, to rosenstein. the speculation was rampant in the media. the media started publishing well ahead of their knowledge on this, and that's the entire media, with a few exceptions. your thoughts about where we're headed with this, a meeting scheduled thursday with rosenstein at the white house. where are we and what do you think the prospects are? >> well, we've got to move beyond a circumstance where we've got, you know, claims from andrew mccabe who we know is a liar in "the new york times". we've got to get answers under

oath. rod rosenstein has never deny canned that he made mention of wearing a wire on the president of united states. what's in question is whether that was serious or whether it was a joke. maybe it was a joke that he hoped would become serious. sometimes people tell jokes at beginning. either way, it is inappropriate for the deputy attorney general of united states to even be joking about wearing a wire on the president in the presence of colleagues and subordinates. i think rod rosenstein needs to be in the witness chair this week in the house judiciary committee. he needs to go under oath and explain these circumstances. lou: i think that's an interesting approach. i think you're exactly right. the question is how do you get him there -- >> i've got ap an answer to that, lou. lou: okay. >> there are articles of impeachment against rod rosenstein that are currently pending. they have to be dealt with within two days. if our leadership will not put rod rosenstein in that witness chair so the american people can get answers, mark meadows and i

are prepared to call up his impeachment and force a vote. that would keep congress in session potentially for a few extra days. the leadership wants to send us all home to campaign, but it goes to foundation of the institution of the presidency, and if we don't get answers, we might start demanding votes. lou: demanding votes, amongst those votes perhaps a motion to vacate as well to move your speaker out of that office that he resigned at the beginning of the year. >> well, look, i just want to get answers on what's before us, lou. and, look, our leadership has an obligation to institution so that we can perform our oversight. and in the absence of documents and witnesses, we're all just talking heads on tv. and the american people deserve more. that's why chairman mark meadows and i are demanding rod rosenstein this week under oath -- and if it turns out that he was joking about these things and laughing about 'em, my hope would be that president trump wouldn't have to fire him, that john kelly would fire him because any chief of staff should not tolerate that type of

behavior in the administration. lou: there are two names suddenly. there is john kelly, the chief of staff, and there is rod rosenstein, deputy attorney general. both whose names keep being associated in stories that is not flattering to either the president or to themselves. and this also should not be tolerated. enough is enough. there is a level of decorum and respect for the dignity of this president and his office that those types of behavioral outbursts from either of them should end. >> well, and you wonder why there is this feeling where resistance can be allowed inside the administration. if you've got the deputy attorney general joking about destabilizing the presidency, that is precisely the ecosystem that allows people to frustrate the will of this president that we're talking about each and every day the, the president moving the country forward, locking up successes, scoring wins. and he's doing it despite the fact that people in his own administration are undermining

him. lou: and despite the leadership of his own party who in many cases have been undermining him. and i want to turn to right now judge caf thought who has -- i mean, i've seen smear campaigns throughout covering politics for many years. i have never seen anything approaching the level of just absolute efforts to destroy a man like we have seen with this judge and these last-minute accusations that are in both instances absolutely uncorroborated. and you have sitting u.s. senators saying things like kavanaugh doesn't deserve a presumption of innocence. i think there ought to be an investigation. i agree with the democrats, it ought to be an investigation of democrats on that judiciary committee who are carrying out this politics of destruction against judge kavanaugh. >> well, we don't know the facts, but here's what we do the know, lou. if these people are lying about kavanaugh, they wouldn't provide a date so that he can't have an

alibi, they wouldn't provide details that he could refute, they wouldn't provide witnesses that can be challenged. and so if brett kavanaugh is not confirmed to the supreme court, then we live in a country where the accusation functionally is the conviction. that is counter to all of our views on due process and people's right to confront their accuser and get the facts on the table. brett kavanaugh should be owed that courtesy and opportunity, and my suspicion is that he's going to equip himself very well in categorically denying these events. lou: and i wish that the leadership of the republican party and particularly chuck grassley, the chairman of the senate judiciary, would start acquitting himself as reasonably in support of due process, in support of fairness and equity. because the man to this point has been played for a fool by chuck schumer, dianne feinstein and the other dems who sit on that judiciary committee. it's an insult to republican

leaders, it is an insult to american people, it's an ensubtle to constitution. >> we've got to start calling out the democrats for playing these games. they sat on the evidence, they delayed, and now they're doing everything they can to create a cloud of uncertainty rather than actually getting to facts. if they cared about the facts, they wouldn't have been sitting on these letters and accusations, but they did it because they want to delay it, and they want the timing to try to metastasize into the general election in hopes of blocking someone who is duly qualified to serve on the highest court. lou: i couldn't agree with you more. they've been venal, venomous and uncaring of tradition, values or, as i said, the constitution. but where has chuck grassley been, where have the republicans on that judiciary committee been when they should have said no, no and no, and they lacked the guts to stand up for their own apparently's nominee -- party's nominee, this president's nominee. to me, it's abhorrent.

>> well, too many republicans and democrats get paralyzed by political correctness. and, frankly, with we hold presidency and the house and the senate because donald trump is not afraid of the political correct culture, he leads by example and he leads with boldness, and i was glad to see the president stand by kavanaugh. and you know what? as republicans, we need to do the same. lou: absolutely. well said. appreciate it, congressman. >> thank you. happy birthday again, lou. lou: congressman matt gaetz. up next, the president spending most of his week here in new york city, spreading his america first agenda the around globe, ramping up deals with international leaders. >> in the united states, we're taking aggressive action, securing our borders, supporting law enforcement, devoting record funding to the opioid crisis and promoting treatment and recovery. we're working very well on north korea, a lot of very positive things are happening with chairman kim. we've done very well when you

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lou: more hypocrisy from the desperate dems, this time from the former first lady. >> believe me, i am frustrated too. i am sick of all the chaos -- [cheers and applause] and the nastiness of our politics. lou: tired of the nastiness? she must be referring to obama-led politics of personal destruction that have taken hold of democratic party. radical dems' efforts to destroy, for example, judge brett kavanaugh in order to block his supreme court confirmation. well, president trump's new tariffs on communist china taking effect today. edward lawrence in washington

with story. edward. >> reporter: well, lou, the president said that he would do it if china didn't change, and he did it. right now $200 billion worth of chinese goods -- [audio difficulty] increases to 25% on january 1st. these deadlines giving china the chance to sit down and work out the issues. the u.s. has been very specific for the chinese. this administration wants china to protect intellectual property, open its markets to u.s. products and lower tariffs that were already imposed. china refuses to change, and there are no plans for talks between the two sides. in the recent round of tariffs from the u.s., they're heavily on agriculture and fishing from towt to caviar to strawberries and tomatoes. the chinese originally targeted our farmers, now the u.s. has done the same. these tariffs also cover a wide range of products. in response, the chinese imposed new tariffs today on $60 billion of what we import into china from 5 to 10%.

that's about everything that we export the china, 5% on goods their population uses the most from the u.s. their shanghai index is down 16% this year, our dow jones industrial average up 8%. the president says he will add another $267 billion worth of chinese products under tariff, that's about everything they would import to us. lou? lou: edward, thank you very much. and, of course, the united states economy is the only, only major economy in the entire world that is growing and certain isly growing and -- certainly growing while the chinese right now face a major reversal of their economy as well as their markets, as you point out. thanks for being with us, we appreciate it, edward, for bringing us up-to-date. >> thank you. lou: joining me now, peter navarro, director of trade, industrial policy, director of the white house national trade council. peter, great to have you with us. i don't know about you, but i'm getting a kick out of reading

headlines on various news outlets talking about, well, it's judge kavanaugh's confirmation uncertainty, it is rod rosenstein's uncertainty, it is trade barriers and tariffs that are creating uncertainty in a market that that has already exploded to new highs over the last week. i mean, you must be laughing day in and day out as you watch the business press try to cover these issues and markets. >> i think there's a lot of frustration among the trump haters that our economy is doing so well and that this stock market is looking correctly at these tariffs on china and our other trade actions. it's actually beneficial to global economy. lou: absolutely. >> lou, we've been talking about this for years, how we need to restructure this global economy in a way where trade is free, fair and resip p procall, and

president donald j. trump is really exhibiting leadership on this. right now on the china issue, a super majority of americans have come around to idea and understand that a china cheats, and this is the time in our history that we need to stand up to that. and president trump has the courage to do that. and it's remarkable, lou, it really is. you've been watching this for years. watching this president work strategically is pretty amazing. lou: watching this president try to rebalance the entire world trading system by himself is extraordinary. and, by the way, he is moving in that direction. the trajectory for success is already in place, and the chinese are trying to frustrate, of course, this president and his trade policies. they are also in the european union trying, of course, to do their level best to dissuade

him. this is really a remarkable period, and the potentiality in market terms for even greater heights is enormous! and that, i think, concerns the dems as much as it does some of our trading partners including china and germany that have taken advantage of us for decades. >> well, let's look what happened today, lou. this is another example of this president promises made, promises kept. we go back to june of 016 -- 2016, he told the american people, if elected, he'd renegotiate bad trade deals like the south korean deal the. and guess what? he and the president of south korea sat there together, signed a deal which is mutually beneficial to both countries, and and we're going to sell them more autos, more ag and more pharma. it's all good. and we've consummated a deal in principle with mexico. we're talking to europeans, we're talking to japanese, and we're moving to that world, lou, which we imagined years ago

might never happen, a world where the american people are no longer, as the president says, the piggybank of the world, and american workers basically can work with their hands again in factories, make an honest, dignified living and live the american life. and that's what this president's standing up for, and that's who he represents in the flyover states. lou: it's flyover states, coastal states, you name it. he said he'd be the president of all americans. he's done exactly that. we have a couple of trade issues that he is moving ahead on. amongst them, canada which seems absolutely intransigent on preserving the enormous surpluses they enjoy with the united states in large measure simply because they happen to be the most proximate northern neighbor we have. >> here's what puzzles me, lou. we have an agreement in principle with mexico which would reclaim our manufacturing base and, most importantly, our

supply chain for north america. so mexico and the u.s. will be substantial thely better off -- substantially better off with a strong manufacturing base -- lou: the deal's done. >> right. canada, canada doesn't seem to want to get in on that, and they run the very real risk to their manufacturing base and supply chain will migrate south to mexico/u.s. relationship -- lou: here's the thing, and i want to see how this conform ifs ifs -- conforms to white house thinking. and that is if justin trudeau is not smart enough to understand there has to be a balanced trade relationship between our two countries, the canadian people are going to just have to make other choices or preserve that choice as prime minister. it's up to them entirely, right? >> you make a very interesting point. my concern is that the leadership in canada is putting their political fortunes ahead of the economic welfare of the canadian are people. if you just look at -- lou: but that's not for us to decide. >> correct.

correct. lou: and by the way, we've got plenty on our plate managing our politics. we'll leave it to our good friends, the canadians, to manage theirs and their choice of prime minister. peter, as always, i congratulate you on -- >> happy birthday to you, lou. we brought you a new deal yet again -- lou: that's very kind of you. and you've got an acronym for it. it doesn't spell dobbs, it spells chorus, is that right? >> well, that was the old deal. i think when we get rid of those old deals, we would like to have a new acronym, so we'll let the president make that choice. he's pretty good at making up good names. lou: peter navarro, thank you so much. >> take care, lou. lou: be sure to vote in our poll tonight, do you think it's time for chuck grassley and all republican leadership to fight back against the radical dems' smear campaign against judge brett kavanaugh? cast your vote on twitter at @loudobbs follow me on twitter, like me on facebook, toll me on

instagram at lou dobbs tonight. coming up next, "the new york times" shows journalistic integrity during an ideological, partisan fight. and the result, the result is a victory for traditional journalism. we take that up. ed rollins, michael goodwin join me when we continue here. stay with us.

lou: "the new york times" rediscovered their journalistic integrity and asserted their standards over the weekend, shredding -- in so doing -- the left's latest accusations against judge brett kavanaugh as reported by the new yorker. times reviewing the story claiming that kavanaugh exposed himself to deborah ramirez during a party at yale in the 1980s. however, the times could not in the any way corroborate the allegation, writing this, quote:

interviewed several dozen people over past week in an effort, in an attempt to corroborate her story and could find no one with firsthand knowledge. ms. ramirez herself contacted former yale classmates, asking if they recalled the incident and told some of them that she should not be certain mr. kavanaugh was one who exposed himself, end quote. the times also reporting, it would be difficult for the senate to confirm dr. christine blasey ford's testimony later this week when she is scheduled to testify, quote, saying this: senators looking to confirm or refute the allegations will face a nearly impossible task. dr. blasey ford has said she does not recall the specific date or location of house where the alleged incident occurred. i want to just personally say to new york times, thank you for this rediscovery.

real reporting, real journalism. and in the process, reminding the radical dems there is an independent and objective reality. again, this reporting by the times to be saluted, and i'm deeply grateful to you, thank you. joining me now, top strategist for great america pac, former reagan political director, ed rollins. new york post columnist, michaeled goodwin. thank you both for being here. michael, i want to turn to you. were you surprised at the reporting of "the new york times"? >> yes, in that regard i was, lou, because my first reaction was, well, must have been a substitute teacher on that day. because it's such a departure from what they normally do. and peter baker, one of the white house correspondents, actually put that on twitter as well, that paragraph that you mentioned. they buried it in the story, but they did broadcast it in social media that they found that, you know, all these people they

talked to. but it pals raises -- it also raises another question which is how did they get on to the tip also. and i think that gets to fact that ronan farrow, the new yorker reporter, says democrats went looking for this stuff. lou: of course. by the way, they acknowledged that -- >> they're trolling all their classmates from those eras. lou: it's stunning stuff to see this in the times, and that's more of a commentary on the times in which we live. >> right. lou: it is -- and i mean it, i'm grateful. to be reminded by times of what they're actually of and how important they are when they do repair to the highest standards of journalism p. to me, compelling. you may think it's a little early -- [laughter] >> obviously, if they'd had any kind of a source, it would have been printed. bottom line here is it's a made-up story, and i think there's no credibility to it -- >> yeah. but the new yorker didn't seem to have a bit of problem --

>> no, they did not. >> lou: and listening to ronan farrow going on about he couldn't substantiate everything leaving the question open, why did the new yorker publish it? >> because jane mayer was the co-author, and she was the one who wrote the anita hill book. she's been on this rampage for 25 years. i think the critical thing here is this is going to show that between now and thursday and beyond democrats are coming full bore. they are basically revved up. they've got operations, they've got lawyers -- lou: yeah, but -- >> no, no, just let me finish. this is an important point. i know it's your birthday, you always cut me off. [laughter] lou: that's right. >> this is a battle, and the reality is republicans have got to stop this battle, and the way they stop battle is they don't believe this stuff, they support kavanaugh, and they basically shut this thing down as quick as they can on thursday. lou: you got to point that was

driving me nuts. [laughter] it's almost like the entire republican party is whining the democrats being smear merchants they are, being the devious, venomous, nasty public officials they are. i mean, this senator hirono, what's his name -- >> blumenthal. lou: who lit them up? they are just as nasty as they can be. >> one quick thought. they fight ultimate fighting. there's no rules. >> i completely agree with that point. lou: and a great man and his family are being dragged through mud and muck. >> that that's why i think you don't have to smear back, but you have to stand up for what's right. and unless there's real evidence on about what happened, something kavanaugh did -- and so far we haven't seen any -- then you've really got to stand with him. you've got to be bold, you got to join the side you're on. lou: grassley's talking about

trombones and being in chuck schumer's orchestra. i mean, what kind of madness is that? >> republican madness. >> well, this is a man of impeccable credentials who should be on court and on this court quickly. lou: all right. ed rollins, michael goodwin, thank you -- >> happy birthday. lou: thank you very much. and thank you for letting me get a word in. >> first time ever. [laughter] lou: president trump previewing his plan to sit down with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein this week. >> we'll be meeting at the white house, and we'll be determining what's going on. we want to have transparency, we want to have openness, and i look forward to meeting with rod at that time. lou: we'll take it all up with congressman jim jordan. he joins us right after this very quick break. stay with us, we're coming right back. ♪ ♪

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lou: breaking news now, the ceo of ge will meet privately with top republican lawmakers, we're told, this coming friday. the "wall street journal" reporting he will take up new scrutiny of the company's work with china, its market power and alleged bias against conservatives in its search results. the ceo will also, we're told, take part in a public hearing later this year. awfully good of him to join the

rest of the industry and to actually acknowledge the importance of our congress. but that's happening friday. joining me now, congressman jim jordan. he certains on both the judiciary and oversight committees. congressman, great to have you with us. a lot of -- >> good to be with you. lou: let me start first with the ceo of google deigning to join the house of representatives -- >> yeah. lou: -- and take up these issues, very important issues on platform bias and everything else, including their alignment with china. your thoughts? >> no, i think that's great news. look, whether it's the google, facebook or twitter, we know that these guys have been up to making it difficult for conservatives to access conservative information or get the same kind of access on their social media platforms. i think this is important. as you know, lou are, there were four members of the house of representatives who were shadow ban by twitter, gaits, meadows,

nuñes and jordan. oh, it was just a glitch in our algorithm. i thought, wait a minute, what'd you butt in the algorithm? laugh -- put in the algorithm? we know there's something going on there. they're either a neutral social media platform or a newspaper. and if you're a newspaper, there are different laws that apply to you. or we have to look at them as a monopoly. this is where we're at. we need to start the conversation, so it's good they're coming in to talk with members of congress. lou: i think you're exactly right, and i think that you right about that algorithm. it's not a very complicated one, is it? i want to -- and, by the way, the president supporting -- >> we don't know. we've never seen it. come in and tell the us that. let's see what it is. lou: that'll be a fascinating process. and apparently you've succeeded in making sure it begins this friday, so good work on that. let me start with rosenstein, all that you -- speaking of those four members, each of you

part of the effort to bring to heel this justice department led in the most corrupt and toxic fashion throughout. your thoughts about rosenstein, whether the president should keep him and what should be the outcome of that meeting thursday. >> well, i'll leave that up to president in the white house. here's what i know, based on what we've learned in the last few days relative to mr. rosenstein is, he should be in front of the house judiciary committee as soon as possible. you cannot have, lou, the top guy at the justice department -- which is what mr. rosenstein is, in effect -- you cannot have the top guy at the justice department talking to subordinates about recording the commander in chief. even if it was done in a sarcastic way. so we need mr. rosenstein in front of the house judiciary committee answering our questions.

who was in that meeting? was mccabe? strzok? lisa page? who was in that meeting? we need to know all that information, so come in front of the judiciary committee in the house of representatives and answer our questions. second, we need the information. i asked for the mccabe memos clear back in july. justice department said, no, we're not going to give them to you. but somehow they're leaking them to new york times, so is give that information to congress so we can get answers for you, you folks in the press and, more importantly, the american people. lou: again, you're exactly on point with this. the issue also though becomes what are we to do with this department that is leaking, this department that is not working in alignment with the president of the united states and which seems to be responding to clarion calls from the left to work against the interests of the white house and the president of the united states as, quote-unquote, an independent department? to which potentially i say the hell you say, independent? it reports to the president. >> yeah, right. this is so frustrating. i've said this before on your show, lou, but think about this: james comey fired andy the

mccain, deputy director, fired jim baker, lisa page, fbi counsel dethe moted, then left. peter strzok, deputy director counterintelligence, first demoted and then fired. -you ever seen that happen at a federal agency with the top people -- the same top people who ran the clinton investigation, launched and ran the russia investigation. this is how serious it is. we know all the information that's coming out, and thousand we have mr. rosenstein -- who according to "the new york times," and i don't know whether to believe this or not, whether to believe andy mccabe or not because obviously he lied ender oath, but we now have this story about mr. rosenstein telling in front of subordinates he was considering actually recording the president of the united states. come on. it's why i want to ask him questions and get to bottom of it so we can all figure out exactly what happened. lou: congressman jim jordan, great to have you with us, as always. thanks so much. >> thank you, lou. lou: up next, president trump

calls on congress to give him money for the border wall. where is the wall? >> if they'd let us build that wall faster, if congress would give us those funds -- the thing i do best is build. i could do the whole thing in a year. a lot of people have promised us right after election they're going to approve the rest of the wall. let's see if they keep their promise. lou: former i.c.e. director tom 40man joins me next.

♪ ♪ lou: joining us tonight, thomas 40man, former i.c.e. director, fox business distribute r -- center. it is great to have you with us. let's start with this lathes rio grande valley sector report, more than 2,000 illegal immigrants in just three days apprehended by border patrol crossing illegally. i mean, number is just, it's becoming overwhelming. >> it is, but, you know, why would they stop coming? you've got a judge in the 9th circuit who won't let us detain families for more than 20 days, they get released off into society, never to leave. you've got another judge that says don't remove the families that you separated -- lou: right. >> keep them in. so if there's no deterrence, if

there's no consequence to entering this country illegally, why would they stop coming? that's why congress needs to fix these loopholes. the president has the right idea, but he needs congress to back him up. lou: this congress has refused to do so. the president, one of his campaign -- a fundamental, foundational cornerstone campaign promise was to build a wall. and paul ryan said, by god, you're not going to build a wall. and do you know what? ryan has stopped him for the entire year. >> well, look, i've said this many times, i've worked for six presidents, and i love this president because he cares about this country. every congressman up on the hill, i don't care if you're republican or democrat, this should be a nonpartisan issue. their number one responsibility is to protect the sovereignty of this nation and protect the citizens. what is the downside on securing the border? there is none. it's political. there's no operational reason not to do it other than the take on trump, try to make president trump fail -- lou: right. >> that's the only reason.

everybody should want to secure our nation's borders. every country has a right to secure its borders. lou: and there's one other part of this, it's just as ugly, but it's just staring everybody in the face. the chamber of commerce, the business round table don't want that wall up because they want those borders open. they'll say it's for commerce, but the result is exactly what you said. tens of billions of dollars in the most deadly, the deadliest illegal drugs crossing that border, human smugglings, sex trafficking, guns. i mean, it's just -- >> and open borders are dangerous for the people of this country because many coming across the border are criminals. they're all not criminals, but when you enter this country illegally, it is a crime. and this country is built on foundational law. we need to enforce this law. it's about saving lives. you leave that border open, porous, more people are going to die entering this country

illegally, and they're bankrolling the criminal organizations that have murdered border patrol agents and continuing to field this illegal immigration cycle. lou: and this, the border wall, getting it built, whatever the reason there is no other way but to put republicans in the house of representatives. because if the dems are elected in these midterms, they mean to reverse everything that's been achieved in the first not even two years of this president. it's scary stuff. >> well, that is why i think the president needs to make a decision. he needs the shut it down. shut the government down if he doesn't get government funding. they control the white house, the house, the senate. if it doesn't happen now, when is it going to happen? put your political ambitions aside for one vote and protect this country. that is their job. if it don't happen now, i'm afraid it may not happen. lou: great to have you with us. >> great to be here. lou: come back soon.

up next, congressional republicans want rod rosenstein to appear before them or face impeachment. we take that up next right after the break. stay with us.

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congress to set the record straight on his remarks at a meeting at the department of justice. congressman matt gaetz says rosenstein needs to be in the witness chair. >> there are articles of impeachment that are pending against rod rosenstein. if our leadership will not put rod rosenstein in that witness chair so we can get answers, vote. lou: brett kavanaugh vowing not to withdraw his name from nomination despite the worst of the radical dems and the national media smeesh campaign. the hearing with his accuser is still scheduled for this

thursday. president trump scheduled to address the general assembly tomorrow. on wall street today, stocks were mixed. the dow fell 181 points from its record highs. the nasdaq fell 6. listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. a remind tore vote in our poll tonight. the question is, do you think it's time for chuck grassley and all republican leadership to step up and fight back against the radical dimms smear campaign against judge kavanaugh and his family? cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs. we thank you for being with us as we continue to probe the deep state and rampant corruption. we hope you will be with us tomorrow. thanks for being with us

tonight. good night from new york. >> not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process. not going anywhere. >> not going anywhere in an exclusive interview with fox news. judge brett kavanaugh defends himself against allegation as sexual assault. in markets trade worries rattling investors dow sinking 181 points yesterday are, and today futures are -- mixed. dow futures up by 21. nasdaq down by 3. >> we're also watching oil closely here as live crude crossing 72 dollars barrel that is the highest close since july. >> and yield on ten ewe treasury up six of the past trading delays as they meet today. >> rising energy