night tomorrow night, the state of the union address. lots to talk about. lou dobbs is up next. have a good one. >> lou: good evening everybody. the border crisis that the radical dems deny has produced caravans carrying thousands of central americans rising up through the middle of mexico toward our southern border. yes, they are still denying it. the most recently formed caravan made up of some 2000 people. as usual, most young men. they arrived today at the mexican border city in the caravan expected to do what is before them have done, namely enter illegally the united states, where they will gladly be apprehended and seek asylum in the nation that will pay for their every care, every social

benefit that was once reserved for u.s. citizens. america's generosity and the government's casual regard for border enforcement and utter stupidity have combined to create an irresistible magnet that draws the central americans due north. the united states has paid a heavy price for more than two decades now. president trump warning against the invasion of this country and declaring the only way to end it is to build a border wall. >> this really is an invasion of our country by human traffickers. these are people who are poor horrible people bringing in women, mostly, bringing in women and children into our country. human trafficking. we are going to have a strong border. the only way were going to have a strong border is to have a physical barrier, a wall. anyone who says you don't, they are just playing games. >> lou: radical den leaders, pelosi and schumer defiantly

insisting there will be no funding for a while. republican establishment leader, mitch mcconnell, urging president trump not to declare a national emergency. the results of which would be to turn over our sovereignty to the countries and people of central america, and mexico, who me to overrun our border. eight legislative days now before republicans and democrats on the bipartisan conference committee have to give the president a bill to pay for the wall. in final legislation. we take up the radical dems opposition and a sold-out republicans who refuse to fund the president's wall. republican national committee chairwoman joins us tonight. the party, not so unified. the democrats, very much so. also, more problems for democrats in virginia and ralph northam saying he was not part of the races picture from his medical school yearbook.

>> my first impression actually that this cannot be me. but, there's so much hurt that i was feeling and people were calling. so i reached out and apologized for people for this very picture being on my page. last night, i finally had a chance to sit down and look at the photograph in detail. it is definitely not me. i can tell by looking at it. >> this is a very complicated picture of the governorship of virginia. we take up the dems calls for his resignation. the dean of political strategist, it and rawlins is with us tonight. president trump stated that he plans to keep u.s. troops in iraq. and tonight, general jack king gives his view of what's going on in the middle east. it should our troops be brought home. our top story tonight, president

trump and the border wall and the influx of drugs, sex trafficking and criminals being smuggled into the country every day. president trump over the weekend tweeted, with caravans marching through mexico and toward our country, republicans must be prepared to do whatever is necessary for strong border security. dems do nothing if. if there is no wall, there is no security. human trafficking, drugs, keep out. not even republicans on my conference committee will concede to fund the wall. dems say it will be part of any legislation. listen to this. >> i believe that we have got a chance this week to move things. will we, we don't know. we could be wasting our time. how the other hand, we could come up with a solution. >> i think we can get to a solution but it needs to include barrier funding. mr. include personal, technology

and funding. >> were not can have a wall. can we look at some enhanced barrier? that's something we can look at. >> lou: you have to love these people. republicans, democrats, they can't form a sentence without wanting to qualify it. the committee telling us there will be no more public meetings of the conference committee after last week's single 90 minute session. with no indication that a bill will reach the president's desk. president trump may have no choice but to declare a national emergency. however, mitch mcconnell is telling president trump that congress may pass a resolution against a national emergency. he warns the president if he would to veto the deal would be in opposition of republican lawmakers. senator, it is you and your steam colleagues who are risking

and forcing our president to veto your too cute, too clever resolution. the president now is the voice of reason in face of resistance from the rhinos, the obstructionist dems. continue paralysis of congress and the president making clear, no wall, no security. joining us tonight, republican national committee chair, it's great to have you with us. what is going on with your party? just about the time this president has garnered the nation's attention on the crisis that is at our border, you have mitch mcconnell pedaling a bunch of establishment k street nonsense that we can't declare a national emergency just because there is a national emergency. what's going on? >> lou, this is why the president came to washington. he saw the bureaucracy of washington was broken.

they couldn't get things done. they are promising the american people and he saw the escalation at the border. he said i'm going to come to washington and were going to get things done, finally. he's right. asylum claims are up 1700% over the past eight years. we have 2000 people trying to cross into the country every single day. 90% of the heroin coming across our southern border. we have 300 harrowing deaths per week. it's a crisis, it's escalating. we've created a magnet for people to get into the country illegally. the president has an obligation to make our country safe. he is going to do that. >> lou: you say kick the can down the road, of all the expressions that i hear, kicking this can down the road, were talking about 30 years of can kicking. those are presidents and senators and congressmen are

sold out to the establishments, the reit rhinos in the republican party. the dems pursuing their left-wing virginia and the hell with working men and women and their families, the middle class, those who aspire to it. this president was elected to represent those people who have been ignored for three decades. your party, whether jeff flake, mitt romney, mitch mcconnell or paul ryan, do you ever just pick up the phone and say, maybe you need to come to your senses and get with the party. >> i certainly share what i see from our base. i traveled the country all of the time. we see the letters coming into the rnc. we see the support the president has. the small dollar fundraising along has eclipsed anything republican has seen. you know why? people are saying this is a person who is going to champion us and is listening to the

problems we are facing. washington is so out of touch and they have lost step with the american people to such a degree, we don't trust them to get things done. president trump comes in and says this is a crisis that is been pushed down for 30 years. it is time, once and for all, to address it. republicans and democrats will have to get on board. it's putting our safety at risk when you have drugs crossing our border at the level it is. human trafficking, think about that. people being trafficked into the country to be put in a sex slaves. that's horrific. isn't that worth $5.7 billion to make sure not one woman has to go through that. >> lou: is worth about 30 billion. get the wall built now. not 200 miles, the entire border needs to be secured. this is not a political gain. there is no room in my judgment, my loan sole judgment, that there is no way the president of

the united states, or for that matter, senator or congressman should ever negotiate a compromise on national security. that is exactly what were talking about. do you not agree? >> i do agree. when you listen to ice agents and border patrol, and when you listen to obama's border patrol chief, mark morgan he said this is absolutely a humanitarian crisis. you hear the democrats saying it's not a big deal. the numbers don't lie. let's talk to the people on the frontline. that's who the president is talking to. he's talking to the experts who are dealing with this and putting lives on the line every day. he is trying to address an issue. it's not political. it's about the safety and security of our country. democrats know this and are choosing not to work with the president for political reasons. shame on them. >> at some point, when do we say shame on us? this is no longer a political

issue that resists solution. the solution at hand this president has proposed it. that wall, putting it up. you cannot get agreement from the chamber of commerce, the business roundtable, isn't it time the republican party says were not going to take your money. how about saying, were not going to take your money. say to wall street you're not going to take their money. and say, you are going to represent only those people in this country as individuals. get these fools out of our way. they are running the country, not the republican party. not the democratic party. those corporations. those banks. those koch brothers are running the country. it's time for it to stop. >> we have to listen to the people that are suffering every day. the angel moms, the people suffering from drugs.

they're saying why are you listening to us. where we do have fences and barriers, or walls, it works. >> i know that. >> 90% of a decrease. >> lou: for 20 years the country has lived with this. you know who has pushed this all the way? the chamber of commerce. the business roundtable. the koch brothers. wall street. u.s. multinationals. i don't believe the republican party your the democratic party can listen to those voices and represent those working men and women, the families, the middle class and those who aspire to it. if you're taking the money of the very people who are trying to roll us. >> the rnc supports the president and we have a huge base of small dollar support. across every spectrum. i hear it every day. from business leaders down to small dollar average working mom-and-pop shops. they're saying thank this

president for what he's doing. >> the people who are with him. i'm worried about the republican party and senator mcconnell and paul ryan, i'm worried about the entire republican establishment. they look sold out. >> they have to listen to the people that elect them. we will have a lot of senators and i think they will hear from their voters as they go to town hall. this was a huge part of the president's election. he addressed this issue. he recognized it has not gotten died. it is why many voters rallied round the president. our party needs to support him and get it done. >> lou: it's great to see you. thank you so much. up next, the left-wing national media finding a way to take what is termed by the governor of virginia, a racist photo.

think about that. a racist photo. ralph northam, the governor, we'll see how that got into president trump. >> it has something to do with what donald trump has unleashed. >> donald trump has normalized this overt display of racism. it used to be impolite. >> the president himself has been accused of being a racist multiple times. >> sorry republicans, you can call northam the racism and give trump a pass. >> that largely drove white people voted for donald trump. >> we have donald trump. he has showed that he has really bigoted and racist ways. he is still there. >> lou: fake news and with willingness to spread lies. it is unconscionable, but not on the left.

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the photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook. the lieutenant governor saying he wants northam to do the right thing for virginia. fairfax is facing allegations of his own. he's being accused of sexual assault. the allegations he says are completely false. even suggest northam could be the one spreading the rumors that he has a problem with sexual transgressions. joining us now, former reagan white house political director, great strategist, the best in the country. let's start with the first difference here between the democratic party when you watch them gnashing their teeth in needing their knuckles, rather than telling northam, it's a wrap. >> it should be a wrap. but, they are much better at defending their own than we are. if it was a republican, it would be thrown out of office.

>> there would have been heard stampeding. >> the idea that he says, i don't want to go out of office and think people on a racist. how can you basically say, and put this picture. >> lou: we cannot adjudicate it. but, the reality is, irrespective of the allegations, the republican party, they would go after each other and there would be nothing but remains on the ground afterward. and, the republican party can't unify on a concept. talking to mcdaniel who has been extraordinary chair of the rnc. she knows, you know, every republican knows they are getting run by k street, the business roundtable, the koch brothers, wall street. how can they even look.

stephen listen to mitch mcconnell say to the president you can't declare a national emergency, that's an endorsement of 70000 drug overdose deaths in this country every year. >> as i have said too many times, there's a club in washington. the good guys they become part of this establishment. the reality is, this is a president who is not establishment. he ran against the establishment and he won. but, you have to support him. he's entitled to set his agenda. it's a national agenda. this country desperately needs a wall. nearly 30 years ago we built a wall in san diego where 700,000 people were coming across. we stopped it. it worked. >> lou: that scared the hell out of everyone in the establishment because it did work. 60 miles in their mind was enough. despite the fact that it's a 2000-mile long border. the president will be talking

about the state of the union tomorrow night. typically the president says, the state of the union is stro strong. this is a union now being torn apart by rhino republicans, by a radical dabs. it is a hell of a political mess. >> he needs to highlight the economic stuff. it needs to be a short speech. it cannot be in our speech. >> do not tell that to barack obama and bill clinton. >> but none of those were good. a good 30 minute speech. but, highlight the things he has done. talk about the strong leadership needed to provide international on in the critical thing we have to do in his priority was to fix the border. build the wall. national security. that should be the speech. >> even when he was running for

president, as he has pointed out, tirelessly a critical, national emergency whether he declares one or not, it is a national emergency. >> it's like having 20 people in your front yard trying to break into your house and we see these pictures every night it gets worse and worse and it's stage. he is the only one and we have to build the wall. >> thank you. >> lou: we want to hear your thoughts. share your comments, follow me on twitter at lou dobbs. follow me on instagram at lou dobbs tonight. up next, paul manna for backing court. before we go to break, let's take a look at the national debt. it's not always exhilarating to do so there it is,

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>> a washington federal judge today scheduled them march 13 13 sentencing for president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort. they did not rule on whether manafort violated the plea. there also overseeing the roger stone case. there you go. the president judicial watch also working with the international policy form. tom, good to see you. let's start with the good judge. she has had quite an impact already. what do you expect to have happened in the manafort case? >> i'm sure he will get a higher sentence than he anticipated. courts too often have been to differential to the special

counsel. their expansive reading of the laws on the suggestions that he lied to them. i just don't think he's in a position to say hey, is trying to be honest with you. i may have misremembered a few things. these judges keep coming down on the side of the special counsel operation. the justice department is just letting the smaller special counsel really stomp all over these various defendants. for what public interest, i'm not aware of. >> lou: let's turn to the witchhunt itself. that is, of course extensively it is about to ramp up, we hear from various reliable or not so reliable quarters. what do you think? what does judicial watch thing? is this thing finally coming to an end?

>> i hope so. but i don't think so. it was just reported today that there is a subpoena issued to the trump inaugural committee. i think any report is going to be an interim report in the special counsel, or the justice department, which is really running the special counsel, you can't separate the two. the harass the president as long as he is president. in my view the justice department cannot be investigating the president and the idea that muller will write a report and the right another dossier of president trump on top of all the other abusive activities, to me, it's an abomination that needs to be curtailed or shut down. this is impairing the office of the presidency and no one signed up for this one muller was appointed. >> and from the very point, it has been a farce. illegitimate, just a ridiculous

enterprise that is benevolent. it remains out of control, even with the trump appointed acting attorney general, there seems to be no constraint whatsoever on the muller witchhunt. now, were learning that the doj's bruce or in special counsel andrew wiseman were in contact going back to perhaps 2015. in the roles are shifting here. the story is changing. then, people start to think well, maybe these bad actors because they are part of the most politically corrupt justice department in history have been falsifying evidence, creating new evidence, composing new evidence, that there narrative, there lies and we have 30000 missing clinton e-mails. the list goes on.

even the special counsel has destroyed evidence. what are we to make of this and why isn't there someone, someone somehow putting parameters on this misguided special counsel? >> i've said it once, i'll say it again. special counsel muller is king of the justice department. congress is afraid to confront him and hold him accountable. it's just judicial watch suing for records in court. were asking for collusion of the fbi and dnc and clinton oriented fusion gps. were asking for cost information about what muller has been up to. >> lou: by the time you get an answer this may have been wrapped up for a year or two. that's how far. >> this is the only oversight out there. it's an independent watchdog.

>> what happened to trey gaudi and all the republican chairman, bob goodlatte. they didn't produce a single damn thing. they were fraudulent enterprise from the very beginning. that was the republicans. now we have a democratic congress. what are we going to be delivered by then. >> and the democrats won't ask robert muller about his collusion with the democrats. this dnc dossier, the democratic party was behind the dossier. we know that andrew wiseman was part of number two. >> nothing has happened with fusion gps. >> when simpson testified to congress and they asked, what did you tell the clinton campaign about what you are doing and reporting out. he refused to answer saying it was privileged. why are the clinton people being

brought in. >> lou: i wish would you asked if i knew something there be something to be known. i know he didn't answer a damn thing. as always, thanks for everything you are doing and judicial watch, as you say. without you, we would have a lot less. >> lou: another super bowl victory for the new england patriots. it did not grab the attention or approval of everyone. there are some snowflakes who melted down over the thought. president trump calls for keeping troops in iraq. we will take all of that up and much more right after the break. general jack keane

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the super bowl, the patriots beat the los angeles rams 13 - 3. it was the least watch super bowl since 2009. there could soon be a new meaning to the mile high city. voters in denver said to decide whether to also decriminalize possession of small amounts of hallucinogenic mushrooms. the denver residents will vote on that measure in early may. maybe they will call it gateway city instead of -- nevermind. the pentagon up to its old tricks saying active-duty troops will soon be helping the customs and border protection agents protect our southern border. they said 3850 new troops are being sent to the border. the fact is, they have withdrawn so many troops that there will actually be 850 fewer active-duty troops on the border and were there when originally deployed last november. cute. very cute.

president trump said he wants to keep troops stationed in an airbase in iraq. it will allow the united states to push back on any remains of isis and syria as well is watch threats from iran in the region. joining us is foxbusiness chief strategic analyst, general jack king. good to have you with us. let's start out with keeping troops in iran. is it a good idea? >> we have always been watching iran. they are the number one maligned actor in the region. obviously our presence in iraq, we have had our eyes on these guys. they put money in the back pocket of the iraqi government leaders. they had built major shear militia groups that number the tens of thousands may have helped arm and train them. they clearly undermine u.s.

political economic and military efforts as much as they can. >> are you talking about the iran that we gave $150 billion to? 2 billion in currency piled up on pallets? are you talking about the iran that we gave a certain path to nuclear weaponry? this is the same iran and there is no protest from the congress like we have her day in and day out from this congress? the senate? >> absolutely. the sanction relief money that they have received, as you indicated, is way up there in the billions of dollars. they're using that money to fund the war in syria and yemen. and to undermine u.s. efforts in iraq. keeping our eye on iranians is something we have been doing and we have absolutely got to do it. they are the number one strategic threat in the middle east. >> lou: list turned to venezuela. that conflict is rising in

intensity. will the united states and china, what are the prospects here that we will see one of the other two major powers, china and russia, and treat what is most likely to be a regime change. what are your thoughts? >> i do not think there will be any intervention from them from a military perspective. from russia, a lot of bluster, muscle flexing, but they know full well, this is the western hemisphere. they know how the united states feels about intruders. they are way away from here. they are in an ocean away with any kind of capability. the chinese have considerably less interest in anything like that militarily. nonetheless, both are major investors in venezuela. make no mistake about that. they clearly want this regime to stay in power. if it does stay in power, what they will get out of it, it will

strengthen their hand in one week and the united states and in the region. the president has made a declaration and wants it done peacefully. i totally agree with that. all the arguments are on his side. he's coming down to where his military stands on that in the muscle we can put on that military to change loyalties. >> doesn't give you any pause whatsoever that the opposition leader, juan guaido, has made overtures with china and their certainty with the relationship should he secede the president. >> i don't have a problem with it. i think it's more tactical than

strategic. he's trying to lessen support that majuro is getting, clearly from russia, china, cuba are the major ones. it is interesting, the kind of countries that are supporting venezuela. all adversarial, all authoritarian countries that repress their own people. >> lou: absolutely. and an increasing number of countries in the west supporting juan guaido as he seeks to replace majuro. always good to have you here. thanks so much. >> lou: up next, why washington post writers are upset with their own papers big fancy super bowl ad. how much did that thing cost? also, presidential historian joins us to take up the state of the union.

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>> lou: wall street stocksclosi. the dow up 175 points. the s&p up 18, the nasdaq 84. volume on the big bore 8.3 billion shares. political showing president trump is considered to be likely to choose treasury department official. david has his choice to lead the

world bank. the white house will announce the choice on wednesday. meanwhile, in commodities, crude oil dropping 1% to nearly $55 per barrel. gold down half a percent and silver is flat. a reminder to listen to the reports three times a day on the sierra salem radio neck network. >> they spent $10 billion on a super ad. the cochair of the post union criticized the decision to run the 62nd ad saying quote, while i too, am extremely proud of the post and its legacy, this seems like an especially inferior rating expense. joining me now is presidential historian, foxbusiness contributor, good to have you both here. the state of the union tomorrow. the state of the union is strong.

doug, is that what you expect to be the first words out of the president smiled tomorrow night? >> who can guess what the first words would be out of donald trump's mouth. he could say. because, it is strong. lbj said we are going to have a war on poverty and unemployment. donald trump has done it. we can say ronald reagan in his state of the union address said we were seeking energy independence and donald trump found it. he is superman. he can declare the state of the union is good. do you agree, pastor #. >> i do agree. the american people are going to see the phrase make america great again the campaign slogan is the desire of the president's heart. it's why he ran. it's why he puts up with the crap that comes with him every direction every day. it's why he's willing to reach across the aisle and work with the democrats on immigration, on

infrastructure and other topics. but, what the people are going to see is that the democrats are so blinded by hatred, they have no interest in working with this president. all they want to see is him ousted from office. the good news is, the american people are starting to see this. the cnn poll shows the president's approval rating are increasing as more more americans are seen that it's the democrats who are only interested in obstructing, while the president is interested in governing. >> lou: as a presidential historian, i thought that i had seen polarization, that i had seen alienation in the 60s. this is something, that we are experiencing right now, that is, i mean the country is divided as never before. i cannot imagine this president

successfully coming to a rational compromise with irrational radical dems. >> there has never been anything quite like it. whatever he does come he gets no credit. they say you haven't destroyed isis, the spirit is still a live. that's like saying we did not win world war ii because there are still nazis. the fact is, there is no country isis controls. no city, no village, not one square mile. there were 35000 square miles of isis when obama was in power. those coptic christians were beheaded in libya. >> you had president obama just a couple months ago trying to take credit for the trump a booming economy. >> listen to this. donald trump is probably released more young african-americans from prison than barack obama. prison reform appealed to

conservatives because it cap murders still in prison, but released young, nonviolent drug offenders, most of her marijuana and tell him thousand young prisoners were released. it's remarkable what has happened. >> lou: it is. the president has done so much, he has such a new tone, a new attitude. there are some in that white house who seem to be intent on making him into a politician. they want him to compromise on issues that are really democratic issues. they want to give the democrats whatever they want to get a part of what the president tells the nation is absolutely needed. i asked earlier, why in the world should any president have to negotiate or bargain on the issue of national security?

>> i think in the end, he won't. this is what i mean. i think he has shown over the last month that he has gone to every length possible to try to compromise and work with the democrats. they are going to show they are unwilling to do it. i would expect stones tomorrow night of people walking out or not coming, or trying to embarrass the president. it's going to show what a truly big man he is and how small they are. he has played this perfectly over the last month. i think he is setting the table perfectly for declaring a national emergency to get that wall built. >> lou: historically, as we watched this most recent caravan carrying another 2000 of the tens of thousands making their way to our border from central america, arriving almost on cue for the president's state of the union. it is something to behold. the democrats, as we all know have never kept their word on the issue of border security for the past 35 years.

doug, great to see you. pastor, good to see you. >> lou: up next, new reminder of the crisis along the border, as if we needed it. buses, full of migrants, arriving near the great state of texas. oh yes, that is the u.s. border. we will have much more as we contin great news, liberty mutual customizes- uh uh - i deliver the news around here. ♪ sources say liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. over to you, logo. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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lou: president trump addressing the need for a border wall as thousands of immigrants are headed toward our southern border. the pentagon will send 3,500 active duty troops to assist border agents on the southern

border. tomorrow in the state of the union the president will call for an end to he certainly will address the border wall, but also national security and border security, immigration overall. >> the president will certainly takee about the historic success he has had over the last two years, tax cuts, the economy. lauren: we are hours away from president trump's state of the union address as another government shutdown looms. will president trump declare a national emergency to get his wall and can his economic accomplishments unite a divided congress. gerri: alphabet beating estimates, and what can we expect from disney and snap when