completely abdicated its responsibility to hold the government accountable in the form of robert mueller are. lou: great to have you with us. we appreciate it so much. >> great to be here. lou: thanks for joining us, good knight there will be no evidence of collusion. at best they will have the president on technicalities like they have gotten everyone else. i have done some digging.

and tonight you need to hear why this investigation all wrong and all one-sided. more on mueller. tensions running high at the historic g20 summit as president trump prepares to sit down with chinese president xi jinping for make or break trade talks. it's high time a u.s. president calls out the chinese. china is a big threat to our way of life. maybe it's not tomorrow. maybe it's not next year. but if allowed to continue stealing from us unchecked, i tell you china will eventually emerge as the most of powerful player on the world stage. why take that risk. why not address the crisis while we still have the power to do so. this is the president's thinking. for more on the china threat, i

want to bring in retired lieutenant general michael farriter. general, congratulations on the veterans museum. but from a military perspective, what kind of threat in your view does china represent? >> what the viewers need to understand is china is a competitor and they are playing on multiple fields at the same time. they will play us diplomatically through the information channels, through the military channels and through the check channels and the cyber channels, too. as a threat, we have to meet them with great strength on each playing field. trish: is it a threat that's

been emerging and now all of a sudden we wake up and say they are stealing $600 billion of intellectual property from us each year. they are putting tariffs on our goods when we haven't necessarily followed through the same with theirs. at what point does it become a military threat as well. >> they made the small islands in the straits over there, they take inches at a time. but inches at a time and microgains become ma yes gains. we find d become macro gains. trish: we still have a fair amount of power, if you think about it. we are their biggest customer. i would think we would want to use that leverage while we still

can. i would hate to wake up 20 years from now and not in the position to do so. you and i talked about china's interests around the world in africa and latin america. >> the u.s. military and our diplomats are in more than 156 countries. even though it's the smallest military we have had for many years. but through rule of law and business and medical capabilities. you wage and they have earned an ally and friend and positioned themselves firmly throughout the countries. and it wasn't a military takeover. it was much more over entering the markets there. trish: when you look at their investment in africa and brazil

and venezuela. let me turn to now what you are heading out, congratulations. tell me about the veterans memorial and museum in ohio. >> we opened on the 27th of october. it is the national veterans memorial and museum. it tells the story of how veterans have impacted u.s. history. as we transform and come back and transition into our cities and businesses that veterans are winners. when you hire a veteran, everybody gets better in your country and your organization. it's extremely well done and inspiring. trish: congrats again. i'll be out there in columbus. you bet. homeland security is asking for more security on our border.

the trump administration wants to send more military troops and people to deal with the chaos. we are just one week away from a potential government shutdown. the dems aren't budging on the wall. congressman, why do we need that wall? >> it's a matter of putting our country above illegal aliens. we were sent to congress top uphold the constitution and serve our citizenry. moderate republicans worried about the optics of illegal immigrants coming over the border shouldn't be. they should put our citizens first. that's why mr. trump is so popular and continues to lead this country. the least we can do is fund the

building of the wall. every sovereign nation deserves to have a border that's secure. trish: it's striking when you see the migrants on the border south of san diego. we saw our border patrol have to use tear gas to fight them off. this has been done multiple times before during the obama administration as well. it tells you we do have a problem. it's continually been a problem. it's reaching a tipping point as the caravans are become more aggressive in making their way to the u.s. the president said mexico is going to pay for it. a lot of democrats keep going back to that talking point. >> trish, you hit the nail on the head. it's not the first time they have come.

it's not the first time they have been lawless. we are a country of laws. and we have to preserve that for the rest of the world. it's not about teargas or being mean. it's preserving the rule of law. mexico in the end will pay for it, i believe that. just like china. we are stopping them now and that's who will pay for the wall. trish: how? a trade agreement? >> yeah, we are not going sit there and say mexico pay for the wall and we'll wait nl around until you do it, we'll build the wall, then take it out in trade. trish: effectively it's not costing the taxpayer anything. >> the key is are you going to fund, this is to my democratic and republican colleagues alike. are you going to put the people of this country, make them a top priority ahead of illegal aliens

or not? nothing else should be more important. if you can't do that, if you can't fund the wall, even for a year, you shouldn't fund anything else either. trish: you may be looking at a shutdown. >> if that's what it takes. there shouldn't be a higher priority than funding this wall when you have care vans of people more disrespecting our laws at our border right now. trish: you are willing to take that risk with the government shutdown. politically speaking do you think you will get blamed for that? >> chuck schumer and the democrats should get blamed they are the ones holding up the funding. all we are asking for is $5 billion. it will cost $25 billion as a whole to do the whole wall. we are not asking for it all. we are asking for a year's worth.

trish: what do you say to those who say this is not right, this is not who we are. this should be a welcoming country. we were founded by immigrants. >> we are. we are a welcoming country. we want people to come here the trite way. we are above all else a country that follows the law. no one is supposed to be above the law. that's what makes the other people want to come here. let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. let's follow the law when it comes to entering into this country. trish: the president preparing for his big meeting. do you think anything comes out of it? >> i was just in china in september, and i was amazed how bad their economy is doing. i was amazed they can't even electrify part of their city.

75% vacancy rate. and pollution stung my nose. our economy is strong. we are winning. the rest of the world including china is not doing so well. and i think china will come to the table in a humble way before it's all over. trish: i'm so with you on that. if you don't take that opportunity now, our kids will be challenging with his challenge, and it will be a whole lot harder. you won't have the leverage and the economic position. you are not going to have that, right? because you will be in a weakened position. >> exactly right, trish. we don't allow our kids to cheat. why would we accept it from a trading partner? that's what this is about. they don't abide by the rule of law. that's not a partner, that's a

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trish: the left and the mainstream media are declaring president trump guilty of something, but they are not sure what. one anchor accused trump of sounding like a guilty man. he said the president sounds guilty. based on the president's tone, he should be behind bars. >> this is not the way a high-elected official is supposed to talk. it's the way guys talk to me when they are wearing orange

jump suits and explain why they got done wrong. trish: joining me, pete hegseth. that was chris cuomo. what do you think of that? >> really insightful stuff from him. but he wasn't the only one. he was the most of glaring example of hyperbole based on body language and tone. but network after network are declaring it's time for him to go to jail. last time i checked, mueller was charged with attempting to show there was collusion in the 2016 election. but what i'm learning is donald trump was a builder for decades in new york and international

building. that's why this defense has been so strident and straightforward. this is what i did, this is who he was. i made deals in tough places. but i had no idea how you can take that connection and turn it into collusion. trish: you bring something important. frankly, this this is my theory. people have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to business. they don't understand the role of business and they don't understand the president was actually still running a company with 500 entities in two dozen countries all over the world. necessary was going to give it up and say forget it and not work at all or have a position at his company if he was running. if you are a businessperson, you will be doing some deals.

we live in a global world, right? >> that's part of the reason they can't stand the guy. they go to fundraisers but not really doing big deals or making big decisions. donald trump entered in because he wanted to fiction this country. until then he wanted the biggest profit and bottom line. remember when he talked to his donations to democrats and republicans? he said i knew how to play the game. i greased the skids with campaign donations so i could get my buildings built. he says i know how the system is rigged, i know how to unrig it. and in places where i might be able to forge through a

relationship with putin. and the manufacturing of guilt from michael cohen and paul manafort who had shady deals for decades. a couple of people might go to jail for lying to congress which you shouldn't do. trish: he said they stopped talking to russia six months prior to the time they stopped talking to russia. we don't know because michael cohen lied over and over again. >> manafort, remember we were told he met with saader three times. this is all specious evidence. we don't know what mueller knows. he doesn't have a collusion or obstruction case. if he's going after trump's business deals, that's not the

point. trish: i don't think mueller has an idea what he's looking for he's in search of a crime. trish: great to see you at the reagan presidential library. the left-wing media thinks michael cohen's guilty plea is proof that trump excluded with the russians. i think robert mueller doesn't have any idea what he's look for in this investigation. find out why. we have i'm ken jacobus and i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees. what's in your wallet? coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high blood pressure and need cold medicine that works fast,

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tonight the left is salivating. absolutely salivating over michael collins guilty plea. ultimately bring down the united

state president. they think the timing technicality issue of when he planned to be in moscow somehow .-ellipsis campaign colluded with the russians heading on the second exactly happened? i want to know. do you think the president of the russian student of an house under? stealing the election from hillary clinton is giving the russians an awful lot of credit last i checked those voting machines. you cannot going forward, of course. you can't hack them. suppose the russians operated accounts more than not not it is

not like the russians were running hillary clinton from campaigning in places like wisconsin and pennsylvania. not instructed to tell : minus out of business. she did that all on her own. donald trump associates try to tap russian sources, i just ask. how is that anything other than opposition research. how's that anything different than hillary clinton's team originating on opposition research? hiring a firm and then hired for, christopher steele, the british spy who then had his foreign sources, russian sources, actually, to on donald trump. i looking into that dossier?

some of them have been wrong? this is such an utter distraction. it is a disservice to our country. i cannot understand what they're trying to prove here must they find touchup hired a hacker to illegally obtained john podesta 's emails and turn them over to wikileaks. maybe they got something. stretch. i am not sure what mr. miller is trying to prove this investigation has been going on and on. i do not think he knows either. joining me now is brad blakeman who were done several presidential campaigns along with former hillary clinton campaign advisor. talk to me about the opposition research part of this. he likes politics to offer

business that goes on to that opposition research staff. besides do this? >> absolutely. there cannot be a football game if you do not have an offenses and defenses team. to know what they are capable of. what they've done. >> i am just curious. hillary clinton, her team commissioning that dossier, that is normal, right? course of business? >> information comes from a bout of sources. the question is, are you sources legal? information obtained legally? >> let me fast-forward this. antoine, i will bring you in the

second episode i looked up to you had with the russian earlier responded with a little more than she had. is that okay to have? can you have a meeting like that #. >> yes, you can can have any number of meetings within the boundaries of law to find out whatever permission you can on your opposition. either way, democrats are famous for this. there was not collusion in 2016 was in regards to democrats. the hillary campaign worked in a conspiracy to deny bernie sanders denomination. >> hang on. hang on. i have to let antoine respond to that. >> is friday night. political malpractice.