exactly the president hopes to accomplish there in buenos aries, argentina. lots of other good stuff. have a terrific night. we just got the ratings in for last month. beating the competition, thanks to you. keep watching. see you right here tomorrow. 8:00 p.m. eastern. kennedy begins right now. kennedy: thank you, trish. the left tonight salivating over reports that robert mueller has the president cornered. they are claiming special counsel has a road map leading right to collusion with russia to win the election. once again, facts are throwing a little cold water all over that impeachment talk. just yesterday, the guardian newspaper reported that former trump campaign manager paul manafort met with wikileaks founder julian assange in 2016 at the embassy in london where assange is holed up getting dirt on the clinton campaign. but here's the problem with that story. the washington times is

reporting that manafort's passport has no stamps. assange can't leave the embassy. democrats are frothing over another report from cnn which allegedly shows two leaked answers the president gave to robert mueller's written questions and that the president apparently claims he did not know about the now infamous trump tower meeting in 2016 and also claims roger stone never told him about the wikileaks information on hillary. guess what? that's not a bombshell either because president trump himself has been tweeting about that in public for over a year. all these reports are apparently annoying the commander in chief. this morning he tweeted quote, while the disgusting fake news is doing everything within their power not to report it that way, at least three major players are intimating that the angry mueller gang of dems is viciously telling witnesses to lie about facts and they will

get relief. this is our joseph mccarthy era. is this proof that there really is a politically motivated witch hunt going on, and are the president's critics getting more desperate? joining me, former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski and former campaign manager to trump, david bossy, authors of "how the deep state is undermining the trump presidency." let's talk about the premise of the book, and that is the deep state working actively against the president. how do you see that manifesting in what we heard about the mueller investigation particularly with assange and manafort in the last couple days? >> well, let me start by saying this. look, i am no fan of paul manafort but to think that he went to europe, never got a stamp on his passport, had a secret meeting, never recorded, never happened so i think the burden of proof is on the media to prove that paul was there and not on him to prove he wasn't

there. kennedy: you can't disprove a negative. >> it's very difficult but i will say, the ecuadorian embassy has a lot of security, lot of security cameras. there's a lot of media to cover the comings and goings to meetings of julian assange, i think. kennedy: how many governments you think are spying on him? >> i'm guessing quite a few. >> all of them. >> including our own, i would assume. i would just believe that there is any actual evidence to be brought to bear on that particular meeting, we're going to find out about it. kennedy: it's interesting, because the president could have been spied on. is that a possibility, given some of the wiretaps and surveillance that we know about and could that information have been used to set written perjury traps for him? >> well, this is very much a real possibility, that the president as a candidate and as the president-elect was spied on, and we asked the president

in our book, in an interview, do you think that president barack obama knew about crossfire hurricane, the fbi's insurance policy to stop him from being the president, to spy on american citizens on domestic soil in violation of the fourth amendment and his answer was yes and moreover, he said if they would have done this to barack obama, it would be called treason and the people who did it would be in jail for a hundred years. but because they did it to donald trump and he was never expected to win the election, they have gotten a pass and this entire investigation about the russia witch hunt collusion has been a made-up story from the beginning, perpetrated by jim comey, who came up with that false dossier and leaked it to the media to start this hoax. kennedy: well, something is definitely going on and there is still so many outstanding questions, it feels like we're not going to get satisfactory answers until the mueller report comes out, but even then, allen dershowitz has said he thinks

the document is going to be subjective and damaging to the president politically. do you agree with that, david? >> i'm going to wait and see what the report says. i'm going to wait and see, because the report is going to indicate how this investigation was handled, what the mueller probe actually went into and what it didn't. look, we see all the time that the mueller probe, the people behind it and mr. mueller are saying we are following the facts. well -- and evidence. well, let's see if they follow the facts about who paid for the russian dossier, how that russian dossier was perpetrated on the american people. let's see if he brings any of the reporters in to the grand jury to talk about who in the fbi, who in the department of justice leaked information to those reporters that then used those -- kennedy: yeah. >> to go to the fisa court to get, you know, an application

for a warrant to spy on an american individual. it is outrageous. we cannot -- i still can't believe that we have a law enforcement agency, the fbi, that was spying on a political adversary. kennedy: you can't believe that? i can believe that. i have been seeing it for years. those of us who have been saying the surveillance state has gotten so powerful, so corrupt and so rife for abuse, that it was only a matter of time before it was politically weaponized. >> you are 100% right. kennedy: and i think there are people who are outraged out of convenience because they are aligned with the president but this is something we have to be mindful of always. i want to talk about jerome corsi and this is one of roger stone's associates, because there are a lot of people who think roger stone is the bridge that connects the trump campaign with russia. corsi has been basically handing over documents from the mueller

investigation, where he has interfaced, to the press. i think it's entertaining. do you think corsi is being too open and could that damage the president? >> look, i can tell you when i was at the campaign, i don't think i ever met jerome corsi. i was never there if he had a conversation with donald trump, candidate trump and whatever his relationship is with roger stone or the media, is their relationship and it shows nothing because there was no collusion and he had nothing to do with the campaign. >> and i can tell you, my time in the campaign, i never spoke to jerome corsi but -- and i didn't even -- other than him being a book author, okay, i never knew of his involvement in any way, shape or form, so i never saw him talk to steve bannon or kellyanne conway or anyone else, especially the candidate, around us at any time. kennedy: within the deep state, who is the president's biggest enemy? >> well, i would have to say that those enemies were mccabe, strzok and page and comey,

clapper, brennan, those folks you are talking about in the sense that the intelligence apparatus -- kennedy: has the intelligence apparatus changed? because all those people are gone. so if they were just abusing their power for their own pleasure, they're no longer the problem. the system that's in place, still set up with the president in the crosshairs? >> this president is focused o and we did a wide-ranging interview that is printed in our book and i really would like people to read it because we cover a lot of ground, but the president talks about those things that he's trying to put in place to make sure that never happens again. >> bruce ohr is still employed by the government, senior member of the justice department whose wife was nellie who worked for fusion gps where this whole thing started. he's still one of the enemies of the american people and this president. kennedy: thank you both so much. >> thank you.

kennedy: utah senator mike lee just gave his republican colleague jeff flake something new to cry about. that's so sad. senator flake was part of the bipartisan bill to protect special counsel robert mueller from being fired, but the liberty-minded senator called the bill unconstitutional. watch. >> we cannot convert an office like this one, an office like the previously existing office of independent counsel, without creating a de facto fourth branch of government. fundamentally undermining the principle of separation of powers that is so core to our liberty. on that basis, madam president, i object. kennedy: the bill was ultimately blocked by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell but come on, if president trump had any intention of firing bob mueller, wouldn't he have ended this whole thing a long time ago? the panel is here to discuss. we have former criminal defense foreign emily campagno along with town hall.com political

editor, fox news contributor, guy benson. he's been in this very seat i'm sitting in. and co-author of "america in the age of trump" and fox news contributor is here. i need to write a trump book. you people have written about the president for and against, you are showering in hundred dollar bills. >> i don't know how this one lewandowski and bossie came out with happened so fast. one of them just had another book and it flew right out of them. kennedy: let's talk a little bit about the legal implication of this bill. i know it was blocked, but what was it intended to do? just protect bob mueller or special counsel in the future? >> both. i also want to point out a nuance that isn't getting a lot of coverage. that is that the bill included in it a clause to expedite judicial screening in the event if mueller was fired. that can happen anyway. that's probably what i want to get across to viewers tonight, the things in the bill are things that could happen

regardless, and it didn't have to take up this precious senate floor time for it to do so. i personally was not curious why senator flake was taking so much time and taking such a hard line stance when again, if it was the legitimacy of that particular, the issues within, that could have been achieved anyway. kennedy: i'm going to block all the judges. but these are essentially guidelines that are already in place at the department of justice. what do you think mike lee's ultimate goal was here? because he's not someone who is accused of being the president's mouthpiece or lackey. >> he objected loudly to the nomination on the floor at the rnc back in 2016, lee did, on behalf of his friend ted cruz, who lost that primary overall. but i'm with mike lee on this one completely. i agree that bob mueller should not be fired, should be able to continue and finish his investigation without interference, fully on board for that, but if you look at the actual bill lee and others make a compelling case that it's

unconstitutional. if the overall point here, according to jeff flake and others, is to safeguard the rule of law, i don't think you do that by advancing an unconstitutional bill. even if you like the idea behind it. kennedy: is it just political protection for the president? because guy makes a very compelling case, and i have to agree with him that mike lee is an idealist, and he is a constitutionalist above all. >> i think it's symbolism. we have seen a lot of symbolic bills that have come across the floor, most of the time when the parties agree it's because of something that's not going to make much of a difference. i think that it was something democrats obviously wanted because you hear the president, you know, he's not saying i'm going to fire him but he's getting as close as he can with rod rosenstein as well. we have him this morning tweeting rod rosenstein behind bars with his pals clinton and obama, et cetera. kennedy: wildly immature. [ speaking simultaneously ] >> but you are enjoying it, too.

kennedy: it's so entertaining. i still can't believe first of all when we say president trump, it seems otherworldly. but also that we have a president that shares the sense of humor with my 13-year-old daughter. >> i would actually give her more credit than that, she might not go for that meme. >> she does chant "lock her up" at kennedy. >> when you say go to bed? kennedy: i'm like come on, man. i'm outnumbered. but there's more than just politics here. >> well, there is. mike lee is making that point and i understand you don't want to protect rule of law by subverting rule of law but something has to be done here because of the aggression we have seen on the part of this administration towards the special counsel. i think bob mueller has done a great job in keeping things unleaky and just -- kennedy: i share your point of view. i can't wait to see this finished because i want to read

the damn thing. >> it's taking a lot longer than we thought. kennedy: there will be so many shakespearean conclusions to all of this, particularly with the mueller investigation. we still don't know what is going to happen. it's fascinating. when we come back, we are with the panel a little later. we will talk about the president once again meeting with world leaders at the g20 summit this weekend. man, he's got a lot of fires to put out, among them, what to do about the crown prince from saudi arabia about the murder of jamal khashoggi? steve hilton joins me with suggestions, next. ♪ there's no place like home ♪

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kennedy: don't cry for him, argentina. the president is heading to your country. he's going to buenos aries this weekend for the g20 summit and there's talk of meeting with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman, mbs as he's known, to discuss the killing of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. the president has faced a lot of backlash over his handling of that situation but today, secretary of state mike pompeo says there's no reason to believe the prince is involved except for all the reasons. and secretary of defense jim mattis concurred but not everyone is pleased, including republican senator lindsey graham. um-hum. he said the senate briefing

didn't go far enough. >> i do believe i've read everything that has come in over the last few hours. i read it all. there is no direct reporting connecting the crown prince to the order to murder jamal khashoggi. that's all i can say. >> we have no smoking gun that the crown prince was involved, not the intelligence community or anyone else. there is no smoking gun. >> about the briefing, i'm glad we had it. i admire both secretaries but it was inadequate because the cia was not there. kennedy: look at that. white house press secretary sarah sanders says that no meetings are planned between the president and mbs but she couldn't rule out any interaction between the two. the president is also expected to meet with xi jinping and vladimir putin. fun. there are signs the president is looking at a crazy weekend but can he make it a productive one. host of "the next revolution"

and author of populism -- "positive populism." sorry, i get so excited talking to you, my tongue does cartwheels. steve hilton is here. glad you're with us tonight. let's talk about the president. if you were going to rank the most important things he has to knock out and rock out while he's in argentina, what's at the top of your list? >> absolutely number one is not caving in to the pressure to take the pressure off of china. china is the biggest threat to this country. the president has been fantastic in turning around the failed policies for decades which was basically based on the idea that if we suck up to china, they will reform and become more open. the opposite has happened. now they are a real threat because they are getting to the point where they are dominating the technologies of the future like artificial intelligence and so on. they are a serious threat in the 21st century and we have to stand up to them. the president has done a great job of that so far. there's a lot of pressure on him

to say right, you have put too much on, it's now threatening the economy, back off a bit. he keeps going on about his beautiful relationship with xi jinping. the number one thing is for him not to cave in. keep the pressure on china. kennedy: who is more vulnerable in this game of chicken in terms of the tariffs? china or the united states? >> definitely china. it's already having an impact. you are already seeing a lot of grumbling to the extent that it's allowed in china. obviously the state controls the media there, so it's not that evident, but there's a lot of concern about the fact that xi jinping, it wasn't that long ago when he announced he would be president for life and there was complete kind of cheering for that. people are starting to question that, that kind of kremlinology they talk about the soviet union. i don't know what the equivalent is of china. beijing-ology or whatever. there's a lot of people detecting weakness there. you have to keep going because i think in the end, unless we really push home our advantage, then it's going to go back to where we were, where china is just ripping us off and it's not

so much on the trade deficit. it's actually about the fact they are stealing the technology from our companies and using it against us. kennedy: yeah. that intellectual property theft is unacceptable and there's got to be a better way of tackling that without tanking the world economy, particularly ours, in our part of the world economy. let's talk about saudi arabia now. the president has been skeptical about mbs's involvement in the khashoggi killing although gina haspel says it's pretty clear that he ordered the murder. so how does the president deal with this? how can you possibly neutralize such an explosive situation? >> well, you can see that they are trying to find a way through and please everybody. so they are trying to show with the cia's kind of briefings that they have got to the bottom of it and basically let it be known they think it's pretty certain that mbs did order this, but what you saw secretary mattis and pompeo both saying today, the classic non-denial denial. they didn't actually deny that

mbs ordered it. they just said we don't have the smoking gun, we don't have the direct evidence. if you listen carefully to their words, they were consistent with what the cia has reported which is that he did order it and president trump, of course, has a strategic objective. he wants the arms deals and he wants to use saudi arabia to advance our interests in the middle east. the truth is, when has that ever worked? we have been kind of hanging out with saudi arabia for years and it's not exactly been a great success. kennedy: no, it's been horrible. and the proxy war in yemen that we're essentially funding with these multi billion dollar arms deals, it's immoral. i'm sorry. now, you are -- i consider you to be a futurist because you are a non-traditional thinker and you can also see things materialize before they happen. how will the world be different for saudi arabia and russia when we are off oil? >> yeah, that's exactly it. that's a really big threat to them. that's the leverage that we've got.

i think that mbs, to be fair to him, understands that. that's why he's really desperate. that's our point of leverage. because he's trying to transition to a non-oil economy. he's got these grand plans to make saudi arabia a tech center. that's what that big conference was all about the other week. he's desperate for our help with that. that's our point of leverage, because the other thing they have been doing, with all that oil money, is funding islamist extremism all around the world for the last few decades. they have been paying for the radical mosques and radical preachers of hate that led to al qaeda and 9/11 and isis and so on. so one thing that i think we should do is precisely because they want to get back in our good book, use some of that money, make them pay to get back in our good book to fund a new network of non-radical mosques around the world so that young muslim men have somewhere else to turn than the radicalized preachers funded by saudi arabia. kennedy: that's exactly where they have been making their non-oil investment. amen to that. thanks so much for being here. appreciate it. >> good to see you. kennedy: coming up, president

trump is jumping on the federal reserve, saying he's not happy with chairman jay powell. there's a whole bunch of reasons why we should get rid of the fed all together. i'll tell you why, next.

kennedy: the president is fed up, not with invading marauders or jim acosta's hot wind but with the federal reserve. in a wide-ranging verbally impulsive interview with "the washington post" he touched on a common frustration shared by economic libertarians when he said quote, i am not at all happy with the fed. i'm not at all happy with my choice. so i'm doing deals and i'm not being accommodated by the fed. i'm not happy with the fed. they're making a mistake because i have a gut and my gut tells me sometimes -- more sometimes than anyone else's brain can ever tell me. i'm not just saying, i'm not happy with the fed. well, do you know what you can

do, mr. president, or at least what you can strongly suggest to some like-minded liberty folk on the links at mar-a-lago? end the fed. tell your friends in congress that. this fussbudget central bank is an opaque bubble factory that exacerbating income inequality by acting in secret printing money and devaluing our currency with almost no oversight. the president often claims the fed kept interest rates at zero for too long to prop up the preliminary situa flimsy obama economy and is kind of asking jay powell to do the same for him. when the fed raises rates as they are bound to do by a quarter percent next month for the fourth time this year it spooks the stock market, which has already burst and popped more bubbles than a porcupine in a soap factory. when rates go up, markets drop. yeah. it's a vicious cycle brought on by an unnecessary monopoly that drives deficit spending and inflation as it rests on a foundation of sand and smog.

if no one has the nards to do what is morally and monetarily just by ending the fed, then at least audit the damn thing like thomas massey and rand paul wants to do so this heartless vampire can dissolve in some much-needed sunlight. take that, bloodsucker. that's the memo. so is there any hope of getting rid of the central planning behemoth? what would a replacement look like? joining me, jeffrey tucker from the american institute for economic research. welcome. >> nice to be here. thank you. good editorial. i enjoyed that. kennedy: thank you very much. i appreciate how you have written so passionately about the fed. i want to ask you practically, if we were going to do this and this has long been a pipe dream of those who think we should be on the gold standard and have real economic liberty in this country, how would we end the fed? >> i love the idea of a gold standard. that's great. but i don't think it's necessary -- i thought about this a lot -- i don't think it's

really complicated to try to get rid of the fed. know how i think you get rid of the fed now? you just shutter the doors. just close it and forget it. it's actually not necessary. it doesn't do anything, really. banking can be handled by the banks themselves. monetary affairs can be managed by the banks themselves. we don't need a central planner setting the federal funds rate. banks do that themselves, private sector can govern itself. we have interest rates being set all the time. i don't think that the fed does anything that we really need to have done. kennedy: i think you can say that about most of the federal government. but the problem is the unintended consequences of the federal reserve creating these frustrations throughout the economy, and when this kind of central planning is too aggressive, it really does exacerbate so many areas that it brings the economy down. now, is the president saying that he wants the fed chair to keep the rates lower so his

economic policies could have the same kind of protection that he blamed the fed for giving president obama? >> i understand. his instincts are not incorrect that the fed is basically a relic of a technocratic age. it's un-democratic. he resents the hold the fed has over his own economic recovery. i kind of get that. i'm not sure if he's right about the pace at which rates should increase or decrease. and really, i'm not sure really trump knows the answer to that, and here's the thing. i don't think the fed knows the answer to that, either. a lot of times it seems like these guys are just improvising all the time. like i say, i just don't think we need this kind of central planning. i think trump's instincts to go after the fed are good. maybe he should just use the opportunity to shut the doors. kennedy: how would -- is it something you would have to do through legislation or could the president just write an executive order one day, wake up

super cranky and be like the fed is done, see you? >> well, that's a very interesting question. congress created the federal reserve more than 100 years ago and i'm assuming that it would have to take legislation to finally get rid of it. it's long past time. it's just been one disaster after another, decade after decade of disasters, 100 years of failure is enough. i don't know, maybe trump can try an executive order. i don't know. kennedy: we only have a few seconds left. i want to ask you, will crypto currency outlive the federal reserve? >> well, certainly we are living in an age of monetary competition now for the first time after a century of monopolies. nothing will change that. we have better money now than the fed is producing. i think we need to recognize that reality. it is a reality. nothing's going to change that. kennedy: thank you so much. love it. >> nice to be here. thank you. kennedy: more trouble brewing

for anti-trump crusader michael avenatti. his most famous client, stormy daniels, just told the daily beast she is tremendously grateful for avenatti representing her but added, michael has not treated me with the respect and deference an attorney should show to a client. he has spoken on my behalf without my approval, filed a defamation case against donald trump without my wishes, repeatedly refused to tell me how my legal defense fund was being spent and now is on a crowd funding campaign using my name and face without my permission and attributing words to me that i never said. avenatti responded by saying he's always been a quote, open book with stormy as her lawyer. but this is just the latest blow against him. he's facing domestic violence allegations and his companies reportedly owe millions to the irs. the panel is back. emi emily, guy and jessica. glorious. emily, i will start with you. how problematic, if what stormy

daniels says is true from a strictly legal perspective, how problematic is that for michael avenatti and what sort of punishment could he face if he's filing suits on behalf of his client that she does not want filed? >> it is tremendously problematic. here's why. the legal ethics rules are clear that in a material decision in a case, the client always makes that decision, unequivocally without exception. that includes, it's stated in the ethics rules, settlements. obviously if a settlement is considered a material, which it is, development in a case, obviously the filing of the suit is as well. so it can rise to the level frankly of malpractice. he could absolutely be sued by stormy daniels, or he can suffer any kind of, on the spectrum of discipline, up to disbarment. i want to point out also, one of many troubling things about this is the allegations of kind of financial messiness of it and what he's doing and the fact he's not communicating with her on those matters, the number one

single largest reason for attorney disciplines and disbarments are comingling of funds and the ethics surrounding finances. kennedy: he basically said he was doing it, i had to pay for her security with this crowd funding. >> i'm just trying to gather myself, as i'm dealing with the shock that perhaps michael avenatti is not a fully ethical actor. i can't believe it. it's very disappointing. look, it's so interesting because during this entire public battle with president trump, michael avenatti has held himself up very ostentatiously as a champion of women. what have we learned or what has been alleged at least over the last few weeks about michael avenatti, and in this case, his famous client saying he was filing lawsuits basically in my name without my permission. by the way, they lost that one. that's another strike against him. now raising money using her name and likeness without permission. that seems like highly problematic legal terrain for him to be on. as you point out, and i think

politically, of course, pretty devastating. kennedy: no one would know who he was without stormy daniels. >> that's right. kennedy: and she's really turning on him. so this was the democrats' last best hope in 2020. you must be personally devastated. >> yes, i'm going to have to go for beto now. we will all be fine. not gross. avenatti is gross. kennedy: let's just be positive, man. i'm going to swear. >> positivity is a good thing. kenned >> can we avenatti bash and leave beto alone? >> you brought him up. >> but in a nice way. kennedy: you and beto should hug. >> i was in dallas this weekend. i went for my run and took picture next to a beto yard sign. kennedy: that's not hugging. i don't know what it is. so is this the end of his political road?

>> i really hope so. i actually don't know. it was one of those twitter things, it was like avenatti for president and him talking about it, but i never met a card-carrying democrat who was saying anything. kennedy: nor have i but he apparently met with groups in new hampshire. >> it's not hard to find a bunch of kids and say i met people. kennedy: look at hillary. anyone can be president. what happened? >> come o now you bash hillary for no reason? only avenatti tonight. kennedy: beto is a male hillary. >> i don't even know what's happening anymore. kennedy: this is when the wheels come off the wagon. it's getting late. jessica, guy, emily, thank you so much. coming up, they said many characteristics of anti-trumpers, they are high profile gay liberal-leaning couples from new york city but despite catching a lot of flak from their own circle, they are now the president's biggest supporters and join me, next. a february to remember,

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kennedy: welcome back. our next guests are a political power couple who once backed hillary clinton but have since thrown their full support behind president trump. they are even hosting a $5 million trump fund-raiser this winter because of all this, the two have become persona non grata in some circles and were just featured in an article, how a liberal gay couple became two of trump's strongest supporters. they join me now. welcome, gentlemen. >> how are you? kennedy: i love this story. i think it's fascinating. bill, i want you to tell me about election night, when you were over at the javitz center waiting for the fireworks barge for hillary's coronation.

it turned into a funeral and you drove to midtown manhattan to the hotel where president-to-be trump was celebrating. did he embrace you with open arms? >> you know, it's a metaphorical thing. i actually did do it because i just could not believe how sad everybody was over there, and i understood it. we had known the clintons for many, many years but we have also known donald trump. so i really am an american, i'm a patriot. once our president is elected, whoever that is, it's my job to get behind my president and to support my president and my country and the good things that i know a new president really wants to try to achieve. so i drove over there and actually saw a lot of my friends from new york, because whether you're on the left, right, the middle or the sides in new york, you usually know a lot of people. that was more of a metaphoric thing. kennedy: now you guys have a higher profile in a new

political circle but it's interesting, brian, because people in new york tend to be liberal, they tend to be better off financially than most of the country, and they assume you think like they do. when people realize that you two are trump supporters, what has some of the blowback been in manhattan? >> well, i joked with, it wasn't quoted in the "new york times" but i joked with sarah, who wrote the article, i felt like i was coming out again and you know, people that have been friends of ours for 10, 20 years, literally find out that we're supporting trump and stop talking to us. which is disappointing but at the same time, you know, we have met a lot of great friends that are trump supporters and a lot of people that really are excited that we are -- i have always been a registered republican but this is not huge news for me, per se. but we did support her and -- kennedy: you were with her. you were wearing the i'm with

her shirt. she couldn't seal the deal. she couldn't get the job done. >> well, i mean, yeah, from the night -- you know, speaking of the javitz center, she didn't come out that night and i felt that was very telling. just the whole way the whole loss was handled put a bad taste in my mouth. but also, i think we are two years after the election. he's doing a phenomenal job overall. he's appointed one of our dear friends as an openly gay ambassador to germany, and i don't really understand, you know, if we were having this conversation a week after the election, i would get it but two years later, i don't understand what the big fuss is. we are actually very pleased with the job he's doing and i think he's just getting started. kennedy: all right. well, we have only about ten seconds left. will he get re-elected in 2020

with your help? >> oh, he's definitely going to get re-elected. we are going to help him. i have known donald trump for 30 years. no president has done more for veterans, our military and supporting our law enforcement. that's things we really care about. we love the economy. we love being on telling you and thank you for the opportunity to say we support our president and our country. kennedy: i want to party with you guys. thank you both for being here. >> come on down. place, the xfinity xfi gateway.

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kennedy: bill and hillary clinton kicked off their speaking tour in toronto last night, but the theater was only 20% full. didn't help that tickets were going for as much as $700. of course, bill wants all that money in singles. catch him outside because this is the topical storm. topic number one, we begin tonight in broward county. there it is. broward county, florida, where the christmas decorations are a real steal. watch this. yeah. this jerk was caught on camera taking inflatable lawn ornaments from someone's yard. police have not identified him but we know that both inflatables are registered to vote in broward county. just kidding. if caught, he's looking at a year in prison and heaven help

him if the elf on the shelf tells santa claus, hope they catch him soon because the story hits home for our staff. why, just last christmas one of our producers had an inflatable stolen from his house, which was a shame because his parents were really looking forward to meeting his girlfriend in their basement. sad. topic number two. there we go. we now head to winston, australia, where a farmer is telling a very tall tale. nickers the cow stands 6'4". that's a behemoth. weighs one and a half tons. it puts him at the same height as michael jordan and the same weight as michael moore. there is talk that nickers could be the tallest cow in the world but its owner can't get the guinness book of records on the phone because he keeps getting calls from the outback steakhouse. he will make an offer you can't

refuse. actually, nickers can't be sent to the slaughterhouse because he's too heavy. that's a true story. he's eaten more grass than willie nelson at a police checkpoint. it's a shame for his owner because if nickers did hit the auction block, those would be some really high stakes. topic number three. if you hang around the state of florida long enough, you'll see everything. except normal people. now florida has dogs on surfboards which is nothing compared to what the rest of florida is on. notice how the dogs aren't even scared of the ocean because they know in florida, you have a better chance of getting eaten by a person than a shark. never mind that all the sharks in florida are retired so they have already eaten dinner by the time these dogs got in the water at 3:00 p.m. the event raised $1,000 for local animal shelters. the winner of the competition got free lawn ornaments. this looks like a low budget christmas version of the movie "taken." at this point, if they make

another "faentaken" it would be about liam neeson's morning medicine. topic number four. taco bell just released a new line of holiday clothing. if you happen to be in the market for a fantastic christmas gift, just keep on looking. look at these onesies. they may not be easy on the eyes but wearing one is the easiest way to tell your family you have given up on life. truth be told, the collection is not like the taco bell menu in that it contains 30 different items made from the same four ingredients. in fact, the only difference between taco bell's clothing and taco bell's customers is that their clothing prices aren't high.

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