thank you for watching us and having us in your home. lou dobbs is next, right here on the foxbusiness network. have a good night. >> lou: good evening everybody. president trump reopen the government and demanding democratic and republican lawmakers get to work, now on a plan to fund the border wall. the president over the weekend spelled out the dangers of living without a wall. the massive influx of illegal immigrants, drugs and human trafficking. chuck schumer making it clear the dems do not want to work particularly with the president. >> in the past, when the president has stayed out of it, when the president has given congress room, we have been

repeatedly able to forge bipartisan agreements. when the president injects maximalist, partisan demands into the process, negotiations tend to fall apart. the president should allow the conference committee to receive with good faith negotiations. >> lou: in other words, cry and chuck thinks it would be a better discussion if it were only one-sided, without the president. imagine that. tonight, we take up the president's battle with the radical dems, the rhinos in his own party and the #resistance within his own white house. an all-star lineup, ed rawlins, columnist with the post, cory lewandowski, republican strategist, amy tarkanian is all here tonight. also, tensions rising in venezuelan as opposition leader, juan guaido and nicholas maduro, both seek military support.

senator lindsey graham now says the president is interested in you using military capability to intervene and assist in ousting maduro. north korea becoming the latest rogue nation to support the maduro regime. join the likes of china, russia, and iran. secretary of state pompeo, over the weekend address the un security council on the involvement of bad actors in venezuela. >> now, it is time for every other nation to pick a side. no more delays, no more games. either you stand with the forces of freedom, or you lay with maduro and its mayhem. it's not a surprise those who rule without democracy in their own countries are trying to prop up maduro while he is in dire straits. nor are these countries supporting international norms as they cynically claim. china and russia are propping up a failed regime.

>> lou: we take up what could be escalation in venezuela and the red storm rising in this hemisphere. general jack keenan's state department advisor, christian white are both with us tonight. attorney general nominee, william barr says president trump has not asked him even once, anything at all about the mueller investigation. the acting attorney general, matthew whitaker says, are you ready? the mueller probe is close to over. we take it all appear tonight. former sbi assistant directors with us. our top story, when reopening the government, president trump called on a bipartisan committee to present him with legislation and settle the matter. they had nine lawmakers in a republicans from both the house and senate. they have until february 15 to make their way to the legislation if the history is any indication is any indication of how this will play out, the

president border wall expectation should be well tempered. it's -- the same goes for the house members on the committee. the six house dems decidedly more left-wing than the four republicans are right wing. and edward lawrence is in washington tonight with the latest. >> democrats say they will begin negotiating over border security funding on wednesday. president donald trump said he was $5.7 billion, which would include building a wall. press secretary, sarah sanders indicating the president would negotiate. >> at the end of the day, the biggest thing that has to happen, there has to be real and adequate funding for border security, including funding for a wall. >> reporter: the congressional budget office as the economy lost 11 alien dollars because of the shutdown.

larry says he has a fundamental problem with the congressional budget office, in this case he believes that loss will snap back, because people will start spending back bills. >> now that the government is reopened, the switch goes right back on, there's certainly no permanent damage to the economy. >> reporter: house speaker, nancy pelosi told her representatives on the joint border security committee, they can proceed with negotiations to protect the borders and their values, without holding federal workers hostage. she thanked democrats for the unity. on the republican side, senators are talking about waste and shutdowns. >> shutdowns never work. or, at least hardly ever work. i don't think the president will shut government down again. i don't speak for him and i haven't talked to him, but i don't think you will. >> reporter: wednesday will be a critical day to say who is serious about negotiating.

who is offering just lip service. nancy pelosi also invited the president to give the state of the union address on february 5. >> lou: speaking of nancy pelosi, a new poll tonight shows the biggest loser in the partial government shutdown was, house speaker nancy pelosi. during that time her popularity fell six points, 28% of americans view her favorably. a whole 20%. by comparison, the president's favorability dropped to just 43%. joining me now one of the greatest republican strategist in history, ed rawlins. also with us is foxbusiness a contributor, michael goodwin. >> let's start with winners and losers this conference committee is a remarkable group of folks to assemble. all appropriators doing the

bidding of pelosi and mcconnell. >> the president's role in this, which he needs to understand is that he sets the bar. if i don't get x, y, z i go back to the bill. he doesn't get to say,. >> lou: he gets to say, go to hell. >> exactly that. >> lou: i think he is a very clear understanding. >> at the end of the day, i think they're not going to come and make him happy. i think the reality is that he has to do whatever his alternate it is, which is veto, or let it go through and do the emergency on the wall. >> lou: let's hear marco rubio. , this is a man who suddenly is channeling the presidency and here is senator marco rubio. >> i think people be surprised at how much this white house is willing to do. maybe not as far as the democrats want to go.

but how much certainty they will provide under doctor, tps. people who have been here for a long time but are not criminal. the president can get his primary promise, we all want to protect our border in a way that is effective. >> lou: don't you think he means that he doesn't want to protect those borders? >> rubio's history on this, i think you have to look at him and hear him say that and think of his history. but, i agree on what's gonna happen. the president is not going to get what he wants out of this committee. this conference committee. on the other hand, if he gets everything except the border wall, everything except barriers, the humanitarian, more judge. >> lou: humanitarian? >> thinks he asked for. >> i guess this goes to those low-wage citizens in this

country who are working and will be competing with illegal immigrants. is that the humanitarian crisis you're talking about? >> that people who will be pushed to the back of the line is these people are pushed the front for amnesty. is that the humanitarian crisis? >> i think what the president meant was better housing for those being held. more doctors, the medical aspect of it. he has been wise to stress that has been part of his plan. i think you will get that from this appropriation. then, he will need to find another way to build the barrier. he will not get that out of this. >> lou: you don't think so? >> absolutely. >> lou: shouldn't he tell them to go to hell? >> i think another shutdown -- >> lou: he can tell them to go to hell without shutting down the government. >> i think you can send it back. >> lou: he could declare a national emergency and do what he promised.

you have the anti- trumper's who have squatters rights in the white house right now. i'm told who i really there are more anti- trumper's in this white house, and policy positions, then there are pro trump supporters. can you imagine that? >> i do not doubt it. i have watched them put these pieces in play. others are doing the policy stuff. they are never trump people. the key thing, this is not about redoing immigration reform, this is about border security. so, if any attempt to do daca, and other things they are talking about is absurd. he's going to get the border wall, or he is not. if he doesn't get the border wall than it needs to go to the emergency stuff. >> lou: as usual, with my short questions you still managed to

run over time. let me ask another short question. by the way and being considerably facetious. mark whitaker saying that he believes the special counsel is going to file his report soon, it's a wrap, your thoughts? >> that would be great. i think the country needs this. just the idea that there is no collusion shown anywhere, it is time to put the cards on the table. >> i agree,. >> i also think it's time for whitaker to go home. >> muller, when bar comes in as a new attorney general he gets to bring muller in and muller and and say show me your stuff. >> very soon. >> lou: your column this weekend, you believe the president will win a second term, based on everything as it sits right now, frozen in time.

>> i would not say that right now. i don't think he has lost it either. i think it's a jump ball. he has lost a lot the last couple weeks. when ronald reagan asked me to run his campaign he was at 35%. so, the president is doing much better. he's not reagan, but at the end of the day, he can come back. >> lou: and will. ed rollins, michael goodwin, thank you very much. still ahead, the radical left to rejecting the idea of any money for that border wall, just because it works. >> the president believes it's a wall that would be a solution to the problem. many of us do not. >> spending billions on a border wall would be a waste of taxpayer dollars. we need to get away from the conversation of the wall. >> instead of debating a wall or no wall, let's debate border security. >> more democrats oppose a concrete wall or any kind of

barrier that reaches across the entire border. >> democrats have a commitment to border security. we think we have some better ideas about how to do so. >> lou: wow! smarter than the president. will have much more on that. up next, roger stone, the fbi used excessive force during a raid on his home. we will take up what the fbi has become, former fbi assistant is not pleased with what is happening to his fbi. right after the break. stay with us. [nondescript dialogue] what would it look like if we listened more?

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>> lou: returning, michael cohen agreeing to appear before chairman adam shifts house intelligence committee. they said the february 8 hearing will be close. leading michael cohen's concerns about his own safety and that of his family. michael cohen reports to prison for three year sentence for lying to congress and tax fraud on march 6. just less than a month from when he testifies behind those closed doors.

to the very congress that he was convicted of lying to. let's figure that one out. joining me now, james carlstrom, former assistant director of the fbi. he served nearly 30 years with the fbi. michael cohen, he's going to talk to the intelligence committee. he has been talking to the special counsel, now there's going to be a special hearing. >> a professional liar will go before the committee with all the other liars that are sitting on the other side. what kind of a joke is that? >> lou: it is pathetic. it is absurd. all you can do is laugh. that's what we have descended to. adam shifts, running the house intelligence committee and his first witnesses michael cohen. >> apparently the senate intelligence committee that is ahead of richard burke, who doesn't run the committee. >> lou: he doesn't do anything. >> he let the democrats do it.

they will subpoena michael cohen also. does that make sense? >> lou: not a bit. in this business with roger stone, who was accused by the special counselor, basically of covering up, covering up what, we don't know. but covering up. sending swat teams, for crying out loud. seventeen cars full of fbi agents in tactical gear. most of them, to rate his home, his wife who is deaf. this is a white-collar process crime that he is accused of. >> i think it was absolutely outrageous. in my history and the bureau which was 27 years, we would never do that. we never wanted people in the fbi that like to kick indoors. now, we may have to kick indoors on drug dealers in armed and dangerous felons and many others, but what they did to stone is really unforgivable.

the leadership's way. whoever made that decision, i don't know if that was out of the miami office. this stuff, we cannot act like that. we are normal citizens on white collar crimes, or people that are not armed and dangerous. >> lou: it looks like we have a police state. by the way, we may have. i'm not sure now. no one in this country can say with certainty that the fbi will be honest, will rule out corruption in its own ranks. forget about being gangbusters and going after the bad guys. they themselves are the leading example of corruption right now in this country, aside from the elected officials. >> that's why what they did to stone is so outrageous. because, it shows the fbi is really thuggish actions. this is not the first time. they did the same thing with

paul manafort. it's really disgusting what they did. i have had a plethora of calls from people, my former swat commander and others who are very, very sad about what happened. this is a sad thing. so, where is the leadership? this cannot happen. if the special prosecutor wanted that to happen, the answer should have been no. we are going to knock on the door with three or four people. we are going to do what were going to do, exercise the warrant, but you don't bring 29 people and have these weapons showing. >> i don't have personal knowledge. apparently a boat behind his house, who are you going after? the largest drug cartel guy in the world. >> lou: and of course the agents for the special counsel at cnn sitting there waiting for an hour before the fbi agent showed up in tactical gear with their

weapons drawn. >> i feel bad for the vast majority of agents would never want to partake in that. it is so alien to the fbi that i knew, that we would treat somebody like that in a manner that should be reserved for armed and dangerous felons. >> you would think that ray would have said no. whoever is in command of the people who went would have said no. you would have thought the swat teams themselves would have said really? are you kidding me but there are two issues here. one is that didn't happen, obviously. because, they win. we are not here. from rank-and-file agents you should be outraged with what is happened with that bureau. when you serve that so well for nearly three decades. we are also not hearing outrage that an american citizen, by god

was treated like a violent criminal. his rights were violated. anyway you want to say. you don't hear anyone,. >> there's a lot of agents who agree with i have said but they don't have a megaphone. you are never going to get coverage of someone saying what i am saying on the other networks. but, that's why it was so outrageous what they did. it's not just a single thing. anyone who sees that and looks at it and sees what happened, wow, what happened to this agency that they would do something like that? >> lou: i'm disappointed with whitaker. to go in and say that's enough of your nonsense. you're done. that is the people's fbi. >> i have no idea if raven knew about it. he came in fort lauderdale out of the miami office and whoever's in charge down there, in my view, if i was the director, should be replaced.

>> lou: have to say, thank you. thank god for you and all of the agents who serve the country so well as you did and continue to do so. >> it's tough enough to get the public to understand that it is a good agency. that goes by our constitution. it is tough enough, then have this happen. >> lou: to have it happened three times. by the way, in each instance they were republicans, weren't they. that's an odd coincidence. but, i'm sure just a coincidence. jim, great to see you. coming up next, the white house imposing new sanctions against venezuela, telling nicholas maduro, time is up. former state department advisor, christian white joins us here. before go to rate, take a look

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>> lou: the trunk administration one -- today, photographers during the white house briefing dealing with the issues on the venezuelan sanctions, they saw this and took pictures of notes written on john bolton the national security advisor's legal pad. it reads, 500 5000 troops to columbia. white house spokesperson commented saying all options are on the table. as the president has said. joining me now, christian white and, senior fellow and former state department senior advisor in both the trump and george w. bush administrations. good to have you with us. let's start with the sanctions

against venezuela. how important is that in the effort to be sure the venezuelan people have a new opportunity for running the country? >> i think it is important. the noose is tightening around maduro, the person we refer to as the former president of venezuela. really the country and the economy has been ravaged so badly, now all it has left in generating her capital is its export of oil. by sanctioning that oil monopoly, it is intended to preserve that wealth for the future and hopefully incoming government. it is just another sign that the tide is turning against them. >> that incoming government will be led by juan guaido, they have been recognized by the united states and the trump white house as the interim president.

what is it going to take, and how long do you think it will take for him to establish a government once maduro is driven from office? >> it should go quickly once he is gone. the question is, when will he go. it comes down to when the police and the military no longer support maduro. there are good signs in the fact that maduro has been unable to suppress juan guaido and his colleagues. the fact that this people power, this show of force by the people of venezuela have persisted and seems to be gaining strength, the outgoing government is unable to bring it under control, those are good signs that the old regime is eroding. >> lou: what you make of the note, the number 5000 troops are for columbia, accidentally well written purposely by john

bolton, and then captured by the press you saw it. >> we all love john and his legal pads. once a lawyer, always a lawyer. were not going to invade venezuela with 5000 troops. in panama and 91 it took about 27000 troops. this could be a discussion about pre-positioning u.s. forces for an emergency and venezuela, to protect the u.s. embassy and citizens of things go sideways. that may be appropriate. columbia would make sense as an ally. a place where we have a lot of cooperation, both police and security operation goes, you can also have assets at sea. that is my guess from the meaning of that. >> lou: the announcement that robert light heiser, the trade representative will be leading the trade talks with the chinese delegation beginning on wednesday and importantly, peter

navarro, one of the president's toughest trade negotiators and analysts. what you make of that? >> i think these are great signs. i think people have mistakenly priced in a deal with china thinking we are going to get ts. i think trump would like to get ts for the sake of our economy and the stock market. but, i think he really wants long-term change and will not just take up ordeal to get any deal. the chinese have offered up reportedly big purchases of u.s. exports, more than they have in the past. not any believable promise of systemic change that we need. also, there is a strong feeling in the white house that, regardless of the promises they make, we need to make them fulfill that. we can't take their word anymore. it is a coin toss to see if there will be a deal.

>> lou: with china it is not trust but verify, it is verify, verify, verify, as you would agree. and frankly, you get into a negotiation where you are negotiating whether or not another nation can steal from you, which is really the effect here. you talk about force transfer. it's stealing. it is straightforwardly that. some of our most important technology and secrets and it is hundreds of billions of dollars every year. so, that negotiation has to go one way, would you not agree? >> i think that's true. one of the great things about venezuela, if it flits from socialism to capitalism, that will complete a number of transformations in south america. maybe that is the growth market are investors and companies should be looking at. or, the growth is never there and you get robbed blind of your

technology. >> lou: good to have you with us. thank you. >> thank you, lou. >> lou: up next, the department of justice charged with stealing intellectual property. the law enforcement action some would say, an act of war. also, possible into america's longest war, we take it all up with general jack keane. stay with us, we will be coming right back -morning. -morning. -what do we got? -keep an eye on that branch. might get windy. have a good shift. fire pit. last use -- 0600. i'd stay close. morning. ♪ get ready to switch. protected by flo. should say, "protected by alan and jamie." -right? -should it? when you bundle home and auto... run, alan! ...you get more than just savings. you get 'round-the-clock protection. (get-together, especially after ibeing diagnosed last yearto go with my friends to our annual with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. (avo) another tru story with keytruda. (dr. kloecker) i started katy on keytruda and chemotherapy and she's getting

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what they are describing as an encounter with the suspect. they are taken to local hospitals. the gunman was quote, taken down. in other headlines, the department of justice filing 13 criminal charges against wall way, the chief financial officer, to affiliates, the charges including trade secrets from t-mobile. bank fraud and violations of u.s. sanctions against iran. seventeen years after the first american died from gunfire, the united states and caliban have agreed in principle to a framework with which to negotiate a formal end to what has been a seemingly endless war. joining us tonight, retired four-star strategic analyst, general jack keane. good to have you with us. >> it is for some of us have been covering this for long

time, it has been almost 18 long years of warfare in afghanistan. your thoughts about the prospect of peace in the architecture of a framework to negotiate such an end? >> there clearly has been some progress, lou. what is different, there is some momentum. why is that? well, first of all, they caliban in the last two or three years have been a whole and after the u.s. pulled all of his forces out except those who are doing train and assist missions. literally they tried to take over some provinces and put real pressure on this government. they were not able to do that and sustain that effort. they were able to take back that territory but nothing consequence will. the war is stalemated, they know that.

second thing, this is key, pakistan believe it is no longer in their interest to support the status quo, where they were supporting the taliban and also the united states. we talked about that many times on the air. so, now they want to taliban at the peace table and have push them to do that. that is why we are making some progress here. the taliban recognizing they are not only going to come to a stalemate, the afghan government will not be able to defeat the taliban with a small amount of advisors we are providing. we are moving to a framework to get a cease-fire, and eventually some kind of negotiated settlement. we are a long way from that. because, why? that taliban has not had one negotiated discussion with the afghan government. at the end of the day, that's who they have to make the deal with. there needs to becom some kind f power-sharing and giving up the territory. certainly we will play on all of

that. that would be formidable, to say the least. progress made to be sure, but keep a healthy dose of skepticism in terms of where we are going. >> lou: after 18 years, my skepticism is intact. >> is well-deserved. >> lou: general, journey to china, today, the sanctions based on the wall way charges, it's the chief financial officer waiting extradition, and bringing in the charges against stealing, china stealing but wall way specifically, u.s. international technology technology from t-mobile and others. by the way, we know hundreds of others over the past ten years. many have said it's a military action against china for what it has done instead of a negotiated framework in a trade document. they are stealing us blind and

have been doing so for decades. your thoughts? >> first, that is absolutely true what you have said. secondly we do have a president who is standing up for this and attempting to stop this economic part of this they are bullies, stop the stealing of intellectual property and pushback on joint ventures taken place inside of china. wallway is not just with the united states. it's a worldwide organization, it literally takes over with emerging nations. china comes in with the telecom companies and they own all of the personal intelligence in those countries for generations to come. it is staggering what they have been able to achieve. we should be pushing back on this but we should not be alone. the other countries in the world need to recognize the wake-up call that the united states has

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>> lou: on wall street, stocksc. the dow down 209, the s&p down 21, that as an p down 71. crude oil lost 3% down to $53 a bear. gold, silver, copper losing over a percent and a half. i couldn't tell you why. no matter what anybody says, just don't believe it to where copper goes every day.

earlier today, the trump administration ordered new sanctions against majuro and venezuela's state owned company. one reporter from the left-wing business press decided to ask an absolutely absurd question, are you ready for this? about china. >> is the administration worried is putting too much pressure on the chinese economy and it could boomerang and negatively impact the u.s. economy? >> lou: listen to my reports three times a day, coast-to-coast on the salem radio network. and you won't hear me ask a question about, you being too tough on the chinese. what a crazy question. the race to take on president trump in 2020 already turning into a bit of a circus. former starbucks ceo, howard scholz announcing he may run for president as an independent 2020. democratic donors went berserk.

wasting no time criticizing his potential campaign. some calling it a pathetic vanity project. some concerned his bid would split anti- trump votes on the left and ensure his reelection. do it howard, do it. >> michael bloomberg warren scholz, there is no way an independent presidential candidate can win. such a bid would only ensure trump's reelection. earlier tonight, the founder of the weekly standard, never trumper, bill kristol said he understands the democrats concern because they perceive the president to be a wiki candidate and they have an easy path to victory without scholz. by the way, crystal is a virtual profit. by the way, it was utterly wrong about the 2016 election. it just kills them to this day.

not to be outdone, hillary clinton told her friend she has not ruled out her third presidential run in 2020. joining us, former trump campaign manager, cory lewandowski and republican strategists, amy tarkanian, good to have you with us. amy, let's start with you and your thoughts about another billionaire on the left getting into the campaign. howard scholz, would he be helpful? >> and never thought a million years i would say, i agree with michael bloomberg. i do think this would help our president tremendously in becoming reelected. >> lou: let's get a man. let's cheer him on. >> absolutely. it would be wonderful for the republican see him jump into the race. historically, doesn't look good for third-party candidates. the closest they overcame were teddy roosevelt ross perot. teddy roosevelt only got 27% of the vote, ross perot got five. you also have to get to 70

electoral votes which is virtually impossible by the time you pay for the attorneys, petition each state to get on their ballot, it's a lot of work, a lot of time and finances. i know he's a billionaire but, i welcome him. >> the fact is, cory, cannot help but think of what the president said about jeb bush. howard scholz fits the definition of low energy, doesn't he. >> he's low-energy. he will never satisfy the democrats on the left. he wants to run as an independent. there's clearly a path, you should get in the race today. of course, you should do this for vanity project. you've now hired part of the obama administration's communications team. you're going after the mccain administration to bring them on. you should do this howard, we want you to do it. your winter. were kidding. you're not going to win, you should do it anyway. >> lou: quit telling him you're kidding. be serious about it.

>> let's look quickly about what's going on. we have no a conference committee put together to come to some sort of resolution about border security and illegal immigration. amy, i don't believe there is a way in the world that this group of people should be doing anything but one thing at a time. this idea of enlarging problems. this should be about border security in my opinion, 100% building the wall. if the little minds that set on capitol hill with such great comfort cannot understand that, i don't know what to say to them. what would you say? >> with that line of thought, i wish i were calling you congressman dobbs. i agree. there seems to be too convoluted. you have all of these grand ideas to where you will get to the point where we can't agree on anything once again.

i wish border security, i don't understand why the democrats couldn't get on board prior to this three week extension. it has been obvious when the president brilliantly had the security border agents go on television and say specifically what they need, why they need it, and why that number so important, i don't know why they don't believe the experts don't know what we actually need. >> because chuck schumer and nancy pelosi don't give a damn about border security. >> a lot of talk about the president talking up temporary status. marco rubio, the genius of immigration and border security saying, the president you can get a lot more than you think from this president. what you think? >> i literally left the president left less than 30 minutes ago. he is completely resolved in

building this wall. what he said is, we have set the table. will give the democrats what they want. we open the government which is the right thing to do. people need their paycheck. that being said, the wall is an issue of national security. if 21 days go by and they have not come to the table with the resolution to give him the money needed to control the borders, then he must take action necessary under the powers he has to make sure that we have the chance to control our borders. that means building that will in the southern border. >> lou: build that wall. music's warriors. thank you for being with us. were coming right back. stay with us. r will i. i treat my mbc with everyday verzenio, r will i. the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. verzenio is the only cdk4 & 6 inhibitor approved with hormonal therapy that can be taken every day for post menopausal women with hr+, her2 negative mbc.

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lou: the u.s. today sanctioned nicolas maduro and the state-owned oil company. the justice department filing charges against chinese huawei. those charges come two days before trade talks begin in washington, d.c. a capitol hill committee tasked with hashing out an agreement on homeland security meets this wednesday. congressman andy biggs, sean duffy and the "washington times" charlie hurt join us tomorrow.

like me on facebook and follow me on twitter and instagram. good night from new york. [♪] trish: breaking tonight. the u.s. says it's all in on venezuela's fight for freedom. washington leveraging its financial power by ramping up sanctions on the say the-owned oil company pdvsa. these actions could cost nicolas maduro's r -- regime could cost $11 billion for the next year. the income from the royal will go to juan