critique and they could come up with this. traumas left, does not matter. >> i would love to see the him honor. tiger woods have it. david: that deliverables and bears. elizabeth: breaking news, you're looking to get a live shot the president is about to present tiger woods with the presidential medal of freedom, one of the highest honors given by the president. we will take you to the rose garden in just a few seconds. trumps tax returns. we will go to washington for the details. >> the treasury department just released a response asking for the president's tax returns, in his response he says that it presents. constitutional questions, a resolution which may have

lasting effects for a number of taxpayers, the department of justice released their findings saying that the committee must have legislative pursuit under purpose to ask for the president tax returns, the treasury department says, the committee lacks that for him to turn that over. they cannot lawfully fill the request in order to get the tax returns to the committee. the other thing they are watching is china, president saying the u.s. president treasury secretary mnuchin saying they will go up $200 billion with the chinese goods friday morning at 12:01 a.m. also they will start the process to add additional tariffs on $325 billion with additional chinese products, basically everything china imports in the

united states will be turfed, the additional 325000000025%, that process is within the next two days to get those tariffs imposed, the tree technically wealth this week however, the trade delegation will be here thursday and friday. >> let's not move too fast, we have been reporting on the show for at least a here in half. we broke the news first that the legislative purpose the congress needs to have in order to get the president's tax returns, we have not heard anything from the democrats sense on supreme court decisions that have upheld that. otherwise congress has mandated his legislation and that's an oversight. we have not heard anything from the democrats right customer. >> know they are putting their findings on legislative purpose and the finding that will be released tomorrow, there was no legislative purpose but to turn over the tax return. elizabeth: i wanted to say this,

i testified twice for congress about the irs, i have covered the irs for decades, there is an issue, the president is using tax returns for political reasons, we have seen that, reported on that, now congress is politicizing the issue, that is a debate here edward? >> that is part of the debate because if they give up the president's tax returns then they could go after any american citizen. in the justice department saying they just don't see that legislative purpose therefore this could be targeted. elizabeth: edward lawrence, let's get back to the rutgers re garden. tiger woods overcame great personal and health related setbacks and he fought back and won the masters for the fifth time last month. first to you jessica, an extraordinary comeback from

tiger woods. >> this is so huge, tiger is about to become the fourth golfer to receive this extremely high honor from the president of the united states, just with golf fans but for experience in general. very exciting not just for fans and tigers but the ends of the game of golf. elizabeth: the near time ran a story to polish his own business. >> this is a good new story, tiger woods has overcome numerous challenges in his personal life in order to get on top, get back on top of the golf and he had to deal with those issues first. i think he is a success story for people to look at, he can

overcome challenges and be a success. in the highlighting, what he has overcome in his personal life but also in the professional world of golf. it's a great point you just may, he had the most went to 18, tiger is right there with 15. the record pga tour. >> that is correct. the tiger is at 81, sam sweetie at 82. it's all time record. he is only three behind jack nicklaus, it is crazy that we are even talking about this debate and reigniting at this point. it seemed like it was never going to happen. along here going boy before he claimed that victory. he is coming up on two of the chippy chips were a lot of people think he is a favorite. we can get those extra two, just one away. elizabeth: the other thing, to jessica's point, other

professional authors that received the metal. a go to entertainers, celebrities, a whole list of people, and this was initiated under president "kennedy". but why the outrage, of tiger woods, because president trump was involved. any think the president does the more the democrats have a problem with it. what tiger woods has been over to overcome and to show that you can overcome challenges. >> jessica, i want to talk about tiger woods injuries. i know that barack obama, he gave one and that was a heckuva time and that was an extraordinary event and will worth watching. obama gave it. can you talk to about tiger woods injuries and how surreal

were they? >> is just incredible what he has overcome, he had four back surgeries, in a surgery that cured him in april to start this comeback. but then to think about what he is faced emotionally, the challenges he had, that he had a prescription painkiller addiction and had to overcome that. the tabloid scrutiny, there is just so many things that he had to deal with on a level that is not relatable for a lot of professional athletes even those in the spotlight today. >> seen him go from the lolos to see what he achieved now is so remarkable. elizabeth: sorry to interrupt you, there has been contracts against her because of temperament off the course. >> people would criticize the fact that he did not seem open

in years past, but certainly that is another thing we have seen change, i think he said himself, he has a different perspective on the game now, he is glad to be there, and he feels lucky to be given a second chance in a lot of ways. elizabeth: final point to you, the president has played lots of rounds of golf with a lot of people lik. >> sure he plays with a lot of people. i wouldn't dare embarrass myself. i have a terrible terrible handicap. elizabeth: will have you guys stick around we will give the viewer the quick update of the market, it did battle back, it was a major comeback the dow plummeted 471 points at its low, and then it came back to 66 points, susan has more. what a day. >> the u.s. stocks are down 425

points, the dow only finishing down from 66 points, and the loser today was the industrial shares, these are usually the major with the markets feel china boeing of caterpillar. micron, nvidia lower, technology to facebook and apple as well. you can count on apple, they came out as well saying if there was a full blown trade war china and the economy would fall by 1.62 percentage points and they would feel the blunt of it. elizabeth: thank you so much. we will take a quick break and monitor what is going on at the rose garden with tiger woods. also this, is china just plain crazy ? his component says he's

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use it seldom and this is one of the times we use it, tiger. it is my privilege to award our nation's highest civilian honor, the greatest athlete in the history of sports. tiger woods. tiger, congratulations on receiving the presidential medal of freedom. [applause] are great vice president, mike, thank you very much, members of our cabinet, some of our nation's governors and many distinguished members of the house and the senate, thank you all for being here. we are also pleased to have tiger's mother, his daughter sam and his son charlie, his girlfriend erica and his caddie

joe where is joe. [cat.[applause] for over five decades this is been given to individuals who have been outstanding contributions to american allies history and culture. this evening we are in the presence of a true legend, an extraordinary athlete who is transformed golf and achieved new levels of dominance he is also a great person. he is a great guy. tiger introduced countless of new people to the sport of golf from every background and from every walk of life he inspired millions of young americans with his thrilling wire to wire victory. tiger would is a global symbol of american excellence, devotion and dry. and just expense he watched from his high chair as his dad, he

was very special, i got to know him, a veteran of vietnam war and army special forces, he was tough, was any. but good. >> not as tough as her. >> i think she might be tougher. [laughter] he practiced in the garage of his family home at 18 months he was on the driving range and looking good, people were saying well, starting at age 15 he won three u.s. junior amateur titles in 18 he became the youngest ever winner of the u.s. amateur tournament. at 20 he capped off his amateur career with a nonviable third consecutive title. that would be six in a row, that is a record that can never be broken. that is incredible. stroke play, match play, everything. that will never be broken. in 1996 he was on the

professional stage as rookie of the year. but 1987, at agusta national to the sport of golf, that the game would forever change for four straight days at the masters tournament he stunned the world with his power, grace and strategic brilliance, tucked away pins with precision like nobody has ever seen before. and he buried one clutch pot after another. on that sunday we saw tiger crushed the field by 12 strokes, at 21 years old he became the youngest masters champion of all

time in the first person of african-american or asian heritage to win the history tournament. or any of golf formations. as a new york times headline said the next day, would tears up agusta and tears down barriers. incredible to achieve. after clinching the green jacket. [applause] amazing. after clinching the green jacket, tiger marched straight to his first coach, his dad. then tiger turned to hug his mom who has been there throughout his life, that red is his power color. while that was a good move. in the years that followed tiger

launched one of the single most dominant runs in the history of sports. he holds the record for the lowest scoring average in pga tour history, 68.17 in 2000, remember he only plays and part of the tournaments, that's a pretty amazing thing, i wonder what would happen if he played 35 a year. let's try it tiger. he played a record 142 consecutive pga event without missing a cut, that's incredible. he has a pga tour winning percentage of 23% of the events he played, that nearly devised comprehension, nothing like it. at the publishing 2000 open up pebble beach the entire shot over par but tiger finished 12 under, the first time in u.s. open history anyone beat par by double digits. he led the field by 15 strokes

setting the record for the largest victory in the 150 year history of the major golf tournament. that was the most amazing day of golf i've ever seen. tiger's cumulative stroke total was better than the field average. a month later tiger finished 19 under par and eight strokes ahead of the field. he then took the 2001 asters to become in the modern dairy to win all four major championships in a one year. known now as the tiger slam, tiger's determination and work ethic, pro golf to new heights of popularity. there were moments we will live forever such as his unbelievable on the 16th hole at the

masters, the shot rolled perfectly on the slope of the green and hung on the edge of the cup with a breathtaking three seconds. before finally dropping it. we see that shot many, many times. in the midst of the success tiger suffered severe injury. in 2008 he entered the u.s. open with two leg fractures and a torn acl. on the third day at torrey pines he was one over par after the 12th hole in it really looked like he had no chance, then came some of the most relating scenes in golf history. he eagled the 13th, you are member that tiger? i thought so. he has a great memory the sky. he remembers himself which is important. what he did there was amazing.

he chipped in liberty and then eagled the 18th hole, all very vivid memories for all of us. in the final round of the 72nd hole his ball was 101 yards from the pen and he had to get up and down to keep his u.s. open hopes alive. after hitting within 15 feet tiger wheeled the putt in to force a playoff. that was a great player. he fought through the pain and one the dramatic 19 hole. unfortunately two days later he announced that he would be unable to compete the rest of the season due to his injuries. in the years that followed tiger endured knee surgery, and for excruciating back surgeries.

i know you remember that too. that's not good but it ended up good. including a spinal fusion in 2017. he fell from number one in the world rankings in 1199. i don't believe that even if he had one leg, i don't believe that. that's gotta be the best bet anybody ever made. tiger's injuries were so profound that for two years he could barely swing a club. as tiger said, it was appointed time i didn't know if i would ever do this again. or if you play again. he fought through the terrible pain and he fought all the way back to golf. last year we saw a sign of what was to come when he won the tour championship. people forget that, but he won the tour championship posture. then just weeks ago, the world turned in to the 2019 masters

and that was something special. what happened next was one of the most incredible comebacks in golf or any sport has ever seen. on saturday, tiger shot six birdies for a score of 67 sending him into the final round tied for second place in just two strokes behind the leader and they were looking and watching. they say here we go again. gusty winds on sunday, still behind by two strokes on the 12, tiger called on his wisdom and experience to play for park while other players shot and unfortunately they found the water, there was a lot of water they found. he birdied the par five on the 15th to take the lead for the first time in the 2019 asters. then on the 16th, he shaped a perfect draw.

as the ball rolled within feet of the whole he was back on top and one his first major in 11 years. that was some major record setting television. i don't know if you know about that tiger. record setting readings. [applause] just as he did after sinking his final putt on the 18th hole, it play back to 1997 he went straight to his loved ones and embrace his kids who were too young to remember the last time he won a as of today is 81 pga victories, one behind the all-time record. and he will text that soon. he is one of the second-most major championships, he holds the record for number one in the world, more than twice as long as anyone else, that is an

amazing number. but in addition to his incredible playing career he is a successful entrepreneur to put it lightly and devoted the wronr lan.he has over 165,000 studento pursue their dream and stanfield. tiger, we are inspired by everything you become and obtained, the job you have done is incredible, your spectacular achievements by the golf course, your triumph over physical diversity in your relentless will to win, win, win. these have embodied the american spirit of pushing boundaries, define limits and always striving for greatness. that is what he does. congratulations again on your major come back in your amazing

life. and forgiving sports fans everywhere a lifetime of memories, we cannot wait to see what is next, it will be good we know that. it is going to be good. there are no winners like you. and now i would like to ask the military to come forward and read the citation for tiger wood's presidential medal of freedom. thank you. [applause] >> elder tiger woods is one of the greatest golfers of all time, the second all-time and professional victories of 81 and the u.s. open, three open championships in four pga championships. with a record-setting performance in 1997, he became the youngest person and first

african-american to win the masters. in 2019 he became the tournament second oldest champion. off course, tiger established the pdr foundation, which is empowered students to classroom, career and success for more than 20 years. the united states is now proud to honor tiger woods to tenacity, willpower and drive inspires all. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, mr. president, mr. [applause] [cheering]

>> thank you. [applause] i just want to say this has been an unbelievable experience, and to have the support that i've had for all these years, and everyone here has seen and been with me for, some of you for my entire life. some of you for more than half my life. you've seen the good and the bad, the highs and the lows, and i would not be in this position without all of your help. in '97, yes, i won the masters, and i was there to -- i ended up hugging my dad and my mom. my dad's no longer here, but my mom's here. i love you, mom. thank you. [applause] sam and charlie, for all your

love and support, i love you guys so much. erica, thank you. i mean, everyone has meant -- you guys have meant so much to me in my life, and i've battled. i've tried to, i try to hang in there, and i've tried to come back and play the great game of golf again. i've been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to do it again and found a game that has allowed me to do this. and the amazing masters experience that i just had a few weeks ago, certainly, it's probably the highlight of what i've accomplished so far in my if life on the golf course, to have had that type of experience and to be able to come out on top and win. joey, thank you. all the great reads too. [laughter] i just want to say thank you again. this is an honor. i know that i'm the fourth golfer to receive this award.

the late arnold palmer, the great jack nicklaus and charlie safe earth who is, i always called him grandpa if, because he was like the grandpa i never had. and i ended up becoming so close with him, that i ended up naming my son charlie after him. to have been chosen as the next golfer after charlie is truly remarkable. so thank you again, and thank you, mr. president. [applause] [background sounds]

[applause] ♪ elizabeth: tiger woods. we have been staying on the story since it started to unfold in the rose garden moments ago. moments of color, the president gave a shout-out to tiger woods' caddie, joe. he also pointed out that tiger woods' mother is in the audience and a moment of fun right there moments ago when the president pointed out the mother was in

the audience, basically talking about earl woods who has since passed away, tiger's father, who was in the army special forces. the president said, well, your father woods was tough, and tiger woods said, my mom's tougher. let's go back to deneen borelli and jessica marksbury. wow, jessica, it is quite a comeback to be number one and then to drop to 1,399th? -- 1,199th? that's what happened to tiger woods, as the president pointed out. >> yeah. that was some surprising detail from president trump. we got some yardages, some play-by-play throughout tiger's incredible career. definitely a fun moment. you could tell president trump was really invested in tiger and what he was talking about and very enjoyable ceremony all around. >> i agree. tiger seemed humble and he seemed sincere. it was great that his family was there to celebrate with him as well. 9. elizabeth: and i'm glad you guys were here to cover it with me. coming up, the fight against

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elizabeth: more breaking news. the powerful uss abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force heading to the persian gulf. quote: unusually specific intelligence reports about fresh iranian threats to american forces in the middle east. joining me now to discuss this is fox news senior strategic analyst general jack keane. general, is this a country we have not given enough coverage to lately? does this have to do with iraq? >> no, this largely has to do with iran's aggressive behavior in the region and the fact that this is the first administration to truly push back on them. we are using sanctions to do that. we designated the irgc as a terror theist organization -- terrorist organization, but we also are shutting down countries

doing owl trading with iran -- oil trading with iran. and i know for a fact based on reports that the sanctions are really taking a hold on iran. so iran, and "the wall street journal"'s reporting and i have the tendency to believe it -- that what the administration is doing is moving this carrier battle strike group into the middle east and also a bomber task force. why? because they've got intelligence now in the public domain that iran has full intentions of attacking our forces in iraq, some 5,000 there, in syria, some 2,000 there, conducting drone attacks in the straits of hormuz if, that's in the persian gulf where all the oil is trading, transporting through. and also interfering with the entrance to the suez canal at the western tip of yemen. and it's in yemen, of course, that the iranians are conducting a proxy war in that country.

based on those four issues, the united states, i think, is taking this action to do what? they want to deter the iranians from taking this, conducting these attacks. that's what they're about. elizabeth: this is important how you just outlined it, sir. general, we appreciate your input here. so there are four spheres of influence the dictators there are trying to push into. what do you -- in your mind, what is the most serious? they're all serious, but if you were to rank them, what's the most serious? >> of the four that i just described in terms of potential attacks? elizabeth: yes. >> clearly, the one that we would react to most to would be attacks on our forces in iraq and syria, and also interfering with drone attacks if they were going to take on commercial u.s. shipping or u.s. warships, which i find hard to believe because they wouldn't survive it. elizabeth: you know -- >> clearly, the iranians want to push back here. and at least that's their intent

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foundation, kelsey bollard. jerried thatler refuses an offer to -- jerry nadler refuses an offer, and now he's filing contempt charges? >> you're right, liz, this is absurd. the general public saw a version of this 400-plus-page report with only 8% redacted, and congressional leaders were offered to see a version where only 2% was redacted. and that 2% is required by federal law to be redacted because of grand jury. so the question is why would nadler be wanting to hold attorney general barr in contempt in really this is just political theater, and i think an attempt to discredit barr and get ahead of what could be very unflattering conclusions that come from barr's investigation into how this whole trump-russia investigation began. elizabeth: eric holder was held in contempt in 2012 connected

with the fast and furious scandal. what's the fallout here of holding william barr in contempt, and the final we, mueller kennelinged to, i -- scheduled to, i think, testify on may 15th. your reaction to that as well. >> again, i think this is just going to be political theater, and i don't think it's going to yield positive results for democrats because we know a poll in the hill found 4 in 10 democrats are ready to move on from this. 2020 candidates are not being asked about the russia investigation because americans are ready to talk about issues actually affecting them like health care, like the economy. so, look, this is what democrats are going to continue doing. it really just shows where their priorities are. elizabeth: may 15th, by the way, is a tentative date set for robert mueller to testify. kelsey bollard, come back soon. coming up, the democrats already rolling out a bush list of, wait for it, executive actions if they win in 2020. of you will see what that list is, and it's a big if if they

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♪ ♪ elizabeth: president trump has ignited a blue collar boom along with the entire economic boom that's going on. but the democrats are running as walter or raise your taxes mondale versus trump's reagan-like economy. it's to you didn't built that democrats trying to claim the boom is obama's economy. remember obama? how's he going to do that, meaning trump, bring back manufacturing jobs? we've got a list, let's go over it with "wall street journal" editorial page editor gillian melcher. beto o'rourke would sign the paris climate change treaty by executive action. elizabeth warren wants to stop all oil drilling, and kamala harris wants gun control. your take on that. >> yeah. i think they're looking on odds are not great they're going to get the senate, they have a far-left base, and they're saying i'm going to do it on my own. i'm going to do this

unilaterally, who cares what the voters or want. i'm going to ignore them and jam this new. very obama -- elizabeth: yeah. i mean, i think at this point in time newt gingrich was leading, i think, in 2011. i think hillary was leading in 2008. clearly, trump's blue collar boom has the regular guy winning. >> lowest unemployment rates in 50 years. we're talking about more women, more minorities, even disabled people booming into this blue collar economy. there are more opportunities being created. is and it's for people that were otherwise often on the margins, that's how strong -- elizabeth: is it obama's economy? >> no, it's not. elizabeth: why? >> it very clearly has to do with tax reform and deregulation. it's been those two things driverring economic growth. driving economic growth. if you want a job in this economy, you can get it, and you can probably get a raise pretty fast. elizabeth: obama inherited a national nervous breakdown, but he doubled the debt, right? and this was gdp growth of 2 %,

and the democrats don't mention the $21 trillion in credit lines -- >> but when i talk to small business owners, what i hear is the deregulation and the overall sense that the your entrepreneurship isn't going to be held against you, you're not going to be gone after and targeted for your success. look at the rhetoric from democrats on billionaires and how they want to soak the rich. i think that sends a terrible message. elizabeth: final point, the tax code got way more progressive. right? i think the top 1% pay way more, four percentage points more in taxes, than they did prior to the tax reform, right? >> but more important than that, there's opportunity. i think it's incredible that the middle class knows shoot for the moon, and the government's not going to hold you back. elizabeth: wish we had more time, we had tiger woods getting the medal of freedom. next, president trump's harshest democrat critics went ballistic when the president asked for

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♪ ♪ elizabeth: all right. this sounds pretty reasonable. the president wants another $4.5 billion for humanitarian aid for the crisis at the border. fierce and ferocious opposition from the left. even "the new york times" is

saying, hey, give him the money. let's bring in senator kevin kramer of north dakota. why aren't they just giving the money for humanitarian needs? >> well, because they've invested in the partisan notion that this is a manufactured crisis, that now to give him the money would be a confession that they've been wrong all along. the problem is, is that it is now very abundantly clear to the american public that this is not a manufactured crisis, that it is, in fact, a humanitarian crisis that demands a solution. so they've boxed themselves in by their own political rhetoric. i think the best thing to do is stop digging the hole and start lending a hand. elizabeth: to your point, $4.5 billion is pocket if change compared to $93 trillion for the green new deal or $32 trillion for bernie sanders' single-payer. cnn now says it's a crisis, so does "the new york times" and "the washington post." when are the democrats going to get onboard? >> when their constituency

demands it, and i would expect that that should be happening. the problem we have, and this, of course, is a presidential election year. it seems like half of the democrats in the senate are running for president. you also have a speaker in nancy pelosi who's a pretty darn good floor manager in the house, but she's even been taken hostage by the far left from people like alexandria ocasio-cortez. and so you have this political dynamic that comes with responsibility. i think that they're going to come around. i just think they have to. i would say this, but the other thing that encourages me is i'm grateful that the president now has jared kushner working on a comprehensive ill gration plan -- immigration plan. i think as time goes on and things become more of a crisis, evident -- elizabeth: but the democrats will deny the president any victory on that front. are they really going to go into 2020 saying we said no to

humanitarian aid at the boarder? they're going to have a hearing on the v.a. budget. really they're going the deny that? it's just astonishing. >> no, i don't believe -- i believe at some point, and we've got to be getting there soon, liz -- elizabeth: okay. >> -- there are a whole bunch of normal democrats who haven't had their say. they've had to yield to the radical left in their party, and there are many more, there are a good 30 or more freshman democrats as well as some senior democrats that come from places that donald trump carried and is likely to carry again. and eventually they have to have their say -- elizabeth: but when, when are they going to become the loudest voices in the room? to your point, the loudest voices right now are the extreme left. >> when they stand up to nancy pelosi and say, maaed dam speak or -- madam speaker, we are no longer going to be held hostage. and i think it's a ripe opportunity, frankly, for some bipartisan outreach in the house. elizabeth: senator kevin kramer, thank you for joining us, sir. appreciate it. thank you for having us in your

home. thank you so much for watching. lou dobbs is next right here on the fox business network. have a good evening. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. president trump has restored america to prosperity, he's restored americans' faith in our future, and the president has delivered on his promises of more jobs, better jobs, higher paying jobs, creating a vibrant, robust economy with the lowest unemployment rates in a half centuriment the president's economic -- century. the president's economic success puts him in a class with only fdr among presidents, and today he reviewed some of his results in his first 25 months in office. >> our country, needless to say, is doing fantastically well. we're setting records. over 100 days of stock market