large. thank you very much for watching. ♪ gregg: good evening, everyone. resistance at the southern border, radical dems trying to stop border wall funding in both california and new mexico. mexican lawmakers resisting the deal between the u.s. and mexico. president trump remains undeterred, putting together a security team with a core consisting of mark morgan, ken cucinelli and now tom homan. the president's america first agenda keeps paying off for american workers. in business, u.s. factory production and retail sales rise in the month of may while

china's industrial output falls to its slow pace since 2002, and president trump says the attacks on the oil tankers in the gulf of oman have iran's fingerprints all over it. iran detaining 23 crew members of the attack on the norwegian ship. those sailors remain in iranian custody, no indication of what the next steps are. but the u.s. military issuing a videotape showing iran's revolutionary guard removing an undetonated mine from one of those tankers. and acting secretary of defense patrick "mad dog" shanahan would not mention iran by name when addressing what he calls an international situation. >> it's been a busy 24 hours, as you can imagine, and secretary pompeo and ambassador bolton have been very, very helpful. but i think as you can tell, we

have an international situation there in the middle east. it's not a u.s. situation. and the focus for myself and ambassador bolton and secretary pompeo is to build international consensus to this international problem. gregg: for more on the white house's reaction to iranian attacks, ken corke is live at the white house -- kevin koch is live at the white house. ♪ happy birthday to you. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: a happy 73rd birthday serenade for president trump at the white house today. but while his attention in the rose garden was trained on domestic health care policy, earlier he took square aim at a familiar international storyline, iran's destabilizing behavior. >> well, iran did do it, and you know they did it because you saw the boat. i guess one of the mines didn't explode, and it's the probably got, essentially, iran written all over it. >> reporter: what iran did, the president surmised, was attack oil tankers in the gulf

of oman this week, evidenced by u.s. navy footage reportedly showing iranian vessels attempting to remove unexploded ordnance from a tanker. >> that was them, and they didn't want the evidence left behind. i guess they don't know that we have things that work in the dark very well. >> reporter: four oil tankers were damaged in attacks that the trump administration blamed on iran, proof said the president today of a faltering and increasingly desperate regime. >> we have 14 different sites of conflict, they were in charge of every single place. and they really are, they're a nation of terror. and they've changed a lot since i've been president. >> reporter: while some have suggested continued iranian aggression could hasten the drum beat toward war, the president told fox news thanks to his outreach to kim jong un, the u.s. averted a war with north korea. >> you know, the papers couldn't believe when we had the first meeting, when we had the second. you know, we never had meetings. if i wasn't president, you would

right now be in a major war with north korea. >> reporter: still, a war of another kind, a trade a war with china, continues to worry investors across the globe. and with the g20 meetings in japan set for later this month, the president today showed little interest in changing course to make a deal with beijing. >> it doesn't matter. if he shows up, good. we're taking in billions of dollars a month, brian, from china. we're going to see eventually they're going to make a deal because they're going to have to. >> reporter: the president said there is no way he's going to fire kellyanne conway. of course, you may have heard that a government watchdog group said she should lose her job because of repeated violations of the hatch act. that, of course, limits what federal employees and can't do with respect to political activities. the president said the office of special counsel was simply trying to restrict her right to free speech. greg: kevin corke in the white house, thanks very much. well, the uproar continues over the president's comments about,

you know, hypothetically accepting opposition research from foreign officials. president trump saying of course he would report bad information to law enforcement agencies, far more than the radical dems did in 2016. fox chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us tonight with the latest. >> if you don't look at it, you're not going to know if it's bad. >> reporter: the president clarify thed his position on whether he would accept information from a foreign government about his political opponents. >> if i don't listen, you're not going to know. if i thought anything was incorrect or badly stated, i'd report it to attorney general, the fbi, i'd report it to law enforcement, absolutely. >> reporter: that appears to be a firmer position than the abc news interview. >> if i thought there was something wrong, i'd go, maybe, to the fbi. >> reporter: in a new clip, the president disputed claims he told former white house counsel don mcgahn to get rid of robert mueller. >> i never suggested firing

mueller. >> that isn't what he says. >> i don't care what he says. that was to show everyone what a good counsel he was. >> reporter: the mueller report cites interview notes with the former white house counsel. quote: the president asked mcgahn, did i say the word "fire"? mcgahn responded, what you said is: >> r eporter: the president said he merely wanted mcgahn to raise it with rosenstein rain leave it to him to decide what to do. >> it's a very sad thing, very sad thing that he does not know right from wrong. i believe that he has been involved in a criminal cover-up -- >> i call her nervous nancy, she's a nervous wreck. and i'll tell you what, for her to make a statement like that is outrageous. her party got caught spying. >> reporter: lawmakers will not get mcgahn's testimony unless the white house allows it or the courts intervene. a former judge has ordered

former national security ad visor mike flynn to appear next week for his sentencing, amid speculation they may take a new, more aggressive approach. gregg: catherine herridge, thanks. more than 600 companies sending a letter to president trump asking if he resolved the trade dispute with china, among them are walmart and target. they claim that the president's tariffs are hurting their companies and american consumers claiming, and this is a quote, tariffs are an ineffective tool to change china's unfair trade practices. the letter not mentioning the president's tariffs are actually working, and china is feeling the pressure. for more on the president's america first trade policies, edward lawrence joins us now from the white house. edward? >> reporter: yeah, gregg, no movement from the chinese on the trade, saying they will not be pressured into a trade agreement with the united states. on that front the wto revealed today that the united states has asked them to pause an

investigation that they have into can china stealing intellectual property for six months. the u.s. trade representative's office will not say exactly why they want to pause that. the chinese have been waiting for the u.s. to come to table. the u.s. just as much as the u.s. has been waiting for china to come back to table with everything they've already agreed to in a trade agreement. white house economic adviser kevin hassett says the tariffs are working because it's hurting china's economy more than ours. >> there are a number of tariffs that were put in place that we very carefully designed to put maximum pressure on china while causing minimum harm to u.s. consumers. and the fact that we have really strong consumer spending today along with inflation numbers that are actually headed south, inflation is decelerating, suggests that our targeting has worked well. >> reporter: and the fundamentals of our economy remain strong while the chinese are pumping billions of dollars in stimulus into their economy. with japan president donald trump spoke by phone with

japanese prime minister shinzo abe. this is the second phone call talking about trade, and yesterday the japanese trade delegation was here meeting with trade representative robert lighthizer. the japanese trade minister says the u.s. and japan will quickly conclude trade talks after the japanese elections on july 28th. he indicates the japanese are ready to reduce the tariffs on american agriculture in exchange for protections against possible auto tariffs. one note, gregg, on the mexican agreement the president said he had that second agreement, the secret one, with the mexicans. well, the mexican government released that document today. in that document it says that mexico agrees to work with the administration in a binding, bilateral agreement that will help share the burden of the refugees. back to you, gregg. gregg: edward lawrence, thanks. coming up next, president trump takes yet another step towards solidifying his border security team. plus, radical dem politicians

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>> tom homan's coming back, yeah. i would say that would be announced next week, except i'd rather announce it next. he'll be a border czar, he'll be reporting directory to me -- directly to me. he'll be probably working out of the white house but spending a lot of time at the border, and he's a good man. he's a good man. gregg: president trump today revealing he wants former acting immigration and customs enforcement director tom homan to return to administration as border czar. homan would be the latest name to add to president bush's strong border security team. he would join acting i.c.e. director mark morgan and chief ken cucinelli. on a programming note, lou was scheduled to interview tom homan if this coming monday, so you'll want to stay tuned for that. more obstruction from the radical dems, this from california state attorney general hahier becerra -- javier

becerra. he just filed a lawsuit to permanently prevent the president from building a wall along the southern border. good luck with that lawsuit. they argue president trump illegally diverted billions of dollars to fund the construction, ignoring the fact that congress actually passed a law allowing him to do that. here's what president trump had to say today about building the wall. >> the wall is going up, it's going up rapidly. we're going to have over 400 miles of wall built by tend of next year -- by the end of next year. the wall is very important. gregg: joining me now, sebastian gorka, host of salem radio's america first and former strategist to president trump. seb, great to see you, as always. tom homan, i think his first job is go down to border, stay down at the border and try to figure this thing out. good move, and what are his challenges? >> gregg, full disclosure, i consider tom to be a friend, but

more importantly, he is a great american, a patriot, a man who is very loyal to president and the president's vision for border security and immigration reform. i could not have picked, if i were in the president's position, a better person to be point man on this issue. this is what a lot of us have been waiting for a long time to hear. i only have one issue with it, gregg, i'm worried about fox news and fox business. who's going to be your best on all your shows now? [laughter] tom's going to be very busy. gregg: all right. you and i will fill the void. you know, i was struck this week by the acting dhs secretary when he appeared before congress, and he said something really stunning, that they have studied the issue and roughly 90% of asylum seekers who come here, they're detained for no more than 21 days under a federal district ruling. and then they're let go. 90% of them never show up for

their hearings. they just vanish. they're gaming the system. >> yep, absolutely. the figures i've seen before that announcement were low 90s, so 92, 93% literally disappear. they're given a court tate years in the future, finish date years in the future, and we never, ever see them again. this is why the president built his platform, the very first substantive platform of the maga agenda was immigration reform and border security. how is it that every other developed nation has more stringent and more efficacious border security and immigration policies than we do? try emigrating to australia, to canada, try going into -- gregg, try going legally into mexico and see what happens to you and and how long you stay in jail. you're not going to be given a court date three years from now and allowed to disappear. you will be in jail. gregg: yeah. they'll throw away the key. nancy pelosi, the president has

essentially characterized her as utterly oblivious. she opposes anything that, you know, the president does. and so the president had a few choice words for her. here they are. >> want a big lawsuit on the wall, brought by nancy pelosi. this one was brought by nancy pelosi. and maybe that's criminal, that she's allowing drug dealers and gang members into our country. maybe that's criminal when you talk about it. [laughter] gregg: maybe it is. but i will tell you the good news seems to be that, you know, we learned from senator lindsey graham a few hours ago that he is engaged in a bipartisan set of discussions with dick durbin to try to find a solution to this. a bipartisan solution, that seems rather new, doesn't it? >> it's not going to happen, gregg. you know, this is a woman who is so oblivious to what america

wants, she there giving press conferences thinking she's some kind of actress in a tarantino movie wearing a yellow leather biker's jacket, thinking she's in "kill bill," stuttering and stammering through her words and calling the president a criminal minutes before she's meant to meet with him two weeks ago, calling him a criminal yesterday because he'd engaged in a cover-up? this is the man who actually the wants to stop the crimes. think about it. we've had people, felons, who have been deportedded five or six times from this country come back in and then murder another person. it's insanity. and, look, this is the woman, let's just finish on this when it comes to nancy, who said people in ms-13 have a spark of divinity in their soul. while they're macheting your head off of? that kind of spark of divinity? gregg: yes. well, that's nancy pelosi. quick question about iran.

you know, bernie sanders is saying, oh, the president's going to take us into war. no, if anything, he'll do what reagan did. in operation preying mantis back in the 1980s, tactical strikes against iranian oil platforms, let's sink or cripple their iranian navy ships. back then, gee, all of a sudden iran stopped their aggression. >> does anybody listen to bernie sanders on national curt? the man who took -- security? the man who took the his honeymoon in the soviet union when it was still the soviet union? i worked for donald trump, and i know above all else he cares about this nation, about national security, and he a always wants to bring our guys home. this isn't about interventionism, this is about the biggest state sponsor sponsor of terrorism that was given $150 billion by the obama administration. we are not going to facilitate terrorists anymore. that's why there's a new sheriff

in town. gregg: all right. sebastian gorka, thanks very much. >> thanks, gregg. gregg: florida governor ron desantis today signing into law one of the strictest bans against sanctuary cities requiring local law enforcement agencies to fully comply with federal immigration detainers that also makes them share information with federal immigration authorities after illegal immigrants are arrested. any officials who fail to cooperate could face removal from office or possible litigation by the state attorney general. coming up next, los angeles blaming wealthy suburbs for a worsening homeless crisis. really? [laughter] we're going to take up that and much more after the break. the rich people's fault. ♪ ♪

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continue to win and prosper under president trump's buy i can't economy. factory production rising next month, all this while china's industrial output hit the slowest pace since 2002. the trump tariffs against china are, obviously, working despite the outcry from rinos, dems and the left-wing business media. in the meantime, a growing homeless crisis seems to be affecting the suburbs of los angeles. an l.a. city councilman telling fox news today that surrounding affluent towns and cities are not doing their part and are even moving some of their homeless into l.a.'s city limits. shame on you, rich people. this comes on the heels of a recent report from the city's newspaper, "the l.a. times," that focused solely on the increasing homelessness in, guess where, mexico. they don't report their own homeless are, just mexico's. the story totally ignoring the estimated 59,000 homeless

currently living in los angeles county. joining me now to talk about all of in the, charlie hurt, washington times opinion editor, fox business contributor. and patrice, who is a senior policy analyst at independent women's forum. good to see you both. >> good to see you too. gregg: let's start with the economy. you know, charlie, the economy is doing wonderfully. best in decades. but, you know, you won't ever hear a democrat or, frankly, anybody in the left media -- which is redundant, left media -- [laughter] just saying. they'll never give the president credit for it. >> no, they won't. and, quite frankly, i think that that has a lot to do with why they spend so much time talking about this nonsense about russia, because if they actually looked at the issues and they were actually talking about the issues, they would be even farther up the creek without a paddle. because on the issues like the

economy, donald trump is doing speck tack a particularly -- spectacularly. and the 2016 election, it was an unusual election, there was a lot of fisticuffs that a lot of us had never seen before, but the bottom line, at the end of the day that election was about issues. and donald trump was right on all of the issues, all of the important issues including the economy -- gregg: right. >> -- and hillary clinton and the democrats were wrong. and i think that's a big reason why they spend so much time talking about this nonsense about russia. gregg: you know, patrice, people love to focus on social issues and other issues other than the economy. in the runup to a presidential election. but, boy, once they step into the booth and they close the curtain behind them, they vote their wallets, don't they? so it's going to be very hard with a strong economy at the back of the president for a democrat to overcome that. >> well, absolutely. i mean, there's a reason why there's so much attention in the

media around social issues for, quote-unquote, women's issues, things around abortion, you know, health care pertaining to women, you know, paid leave, all these different issues. it's meant to, you know, distract really from a very good economy. and so, you know, what's interesting though is what you -- when people go into the voting booth, they're asking is my life better today than it was four years ago. and, you know, just looking at the fact that restaurant spending by americans rose i guess .7% indicates that people are getting out there and having dinner, they're spending money, they have more discretionary income than they had before, and it's showing up in ways that they're, you know, treating tear family on a -- their family on a friday night for dinner, but they're also going out on monday night for drinks. that's fantastic for the economy. the challenge for democrats is why should voters change the course of the economy and the country if they're doing so well. gregg: it's great. i go to taco bell now more often -- [laughter] because that's my favorite restaurant. you know, charlie, the dnc has

got another problem. they're about 6.2 million in debt right now. are the money woes, assuming they continue, going to hurt whoever's the nominee? >> well, i think this is why they're having to turn to socialism, because, obviously, capitalism's not working out for them very well. but, you know, i do think that, obviously, you know, ground game and all that kind of stuff, the stuff that that money pays for, is going to be crucial over the next year and a half. but, again, it all comes back to what is their big message. and, you know, bernie sanders embracing the term socialism, talking about socialism, talking about how proud he is of, to be a socialist, i just, i don't think that that works even in the democratic party. and if he winds up with the nomination if, you know, i just -- or any of the others with some of the other crazy ideas that are getting spouted out about, i just think it's going to be really difficult. >> you know, i'll just jump in here and say the question is

when bernie would even get the nomination. i think there's still a lot of hurt feelings, a lot of angst from democratic voters who felt that, you know, they were shafted, frankly, in 2016 by the dnc and by a lot of the backroom dealings -- gregg: we'll have to ask donna brazile about that the next time we talk to her. i want to ask you about the homelessness in my hometown of los angeles where i grew up and went to college. you know, i ohio -- i love it but not anymore. and gavin newsom, the new governor -- a democrat -- has now a $214 billion budget. let's put up that graphic, because what jumps out at me when you look at this is $650 million for homelessness. but look at the $98 million, health care for illegals under the age of 26. now, charlie, let me get this straight. so if you're a legal tax-paying

citizen in california and you don't buy health insurance, you get taxed. but if you're an illegal, you get your health care for free, right? that's a sweetheart deal, ain't it? >> it's so incredible to watch these politicians play these games, and they are games. and they play the games, and it's just like business on the border, you know, the idea that they don't want to seal the border. well, you know, if we sealed the border, that's going to be the only way we stop these horrific tragedies where people die trying to cross the border like that 7-year-old indian young girl from india who died in the desert trying to cross. the only humanitarian thing to do is build a wall and stop the illegal immigration. but these politicians, they don't care, they don't care about these people. they are glad to play with their lives as long as it allows them to make political points and amass political power so that they have all power that they

can imagine, especially here in washington. gregg: and, you know, patrice, "the l.a. times" focusing on mexico's homeless -- [laughter] and seemingly ignoring their own. >> oh, it's embarrassing. it's surprising to me that lawmakers in california were surprised that homelessness went with up 12%, i believe, in l.a. county over the past year? boy, those are probably the people they're stepping over every day while they're dodging needles on the sidewalk. i mean, i think what's sad though is that you're talking about taking, i mean, i guess the governor is probably going to take a budget surplus and use it on illegal immigrants who should not be getting health care, bucking the federal law, frankly, just to provide that because they have an eye towards, you know, future elections. they're trying to build up, you know, potential voters who can't vote right now, but i guess they will eventually. and i think that does a disservice to taxpayers -- gregg: it does.

>> a disservice to residents and legal residents. >> as i said, i grew up there, my family is still out there, and everybody wants to move out of california. and "the l.a. times," by the way, utterly unreadable except for the sports section. all right, patrice and charlie, good to see you both. coming up next, nervous deep state actor andy mccabe's newst approach to oust president trump from office. that's right, mccan be cape, mccabe! isn't he in a jump suit yet? we'll take that up more when we come back. ♪ corey is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+ / her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy.

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gregg: the left-wing national media unable to, apparently, focus on anything else -- well, anything other than their hatred for president trump. according to the media research center, cnn and msnbc prime time shows last night wasted 72% of their air time talking about president trump's comment that he would hypothetically want to hear foreign political dirt. disgraced former acting fbi director andrew mccabe, one of the leaders of the trump coup attempt, under investigation for lying under oath now, weighing in on impeaching trump. >> i'm not a political person. i'm not a political operative. i respect the house leadership and the fact that they may be considering, you know, a lot of polls and political strategy in

the way to figuring out what to do next. i think we are clearly there with the results of the special counsel team. there are so many witnesses who could provide important, essential testimony to congress that could only be done in the scope of an impeachment inquiry. i think that action should be taken immediately. gregg: andrew mccabe. why would anybody in their right mind even talk to him? heritage foundation hans von is spi kousky joins us. hans, great to see you. i read mccabe's book, it was painful because it's as nauseatingly self-righteous as comey's book. but he was promoting it, he was still saying, yeah, you know, i think the president is a russian asset9, you know? he's a manchurian candidate, just don't show him the queen of diamonds. i mean, isn't it embarrassing

that a guy like andrew mccabe was even ever allowed in the halls of the fbi? much less acting director? >> oh, yeah, no, i agree with that. particularly when you remember that he admitted in testimony before congress that what did they rely on to start the investigation of the president? what did they rely on to go to fisa court in washington to get a secret warrant to eavesdrop on the president? they used political opposition research, the steele dossier. i mean, that tells you that he was not qualified to be in that job with, that he would think that that justified opening up an investigation. gregg: and what's a amazing is the media, as we mentioned, you know, 72% of it dwelling on the president's remarks about opposition research from a foreign source. when the media seems to be absolutely ignoring the fact

that hillary clinton's campaign and the dnc paid for phony russian information and disinformation and fed it to fbi and the media for the sole purpose of influencing the 2016 election are. >> right. and they hired a foreign intelligence agent to prepare that opposition research. and, yeah, no one says a word. by the way, on this claim that somehow talking to a foreign government or getting their advice or opinion or information that somehow that's a violation of federal campaign finance law, i mean, that's just not the case. what foreign governments can't do is they can't make financial contributions to candidates, they can't engage in independent expenditures. but just talking to an american candidate is not against the law. if it were, hillary clinton ought to be prosecuted because you may remember in the 2016 campaign she bragged about how many foreign leaders she had spoken to and how many of them

supported her campaign. gregg: yeah. if you go to federal election campaign web site, federal election commission web site, it specifically says foreign nationals may volunteer their services -- >> right. gregg: -- on an american campaign. finish and, you know, i heard an anchor on cnn say, oh, well, that's a thing of value. information as you've written in the past has never been considered a thing of value in an election campaign. >> right. gregg: it's just not. >> no, it's not. and those who say that providing information is a contribution to a campaign, you know what that would mean? that would mean that no presidential candidate could receive information, advice or opinions from anyone. not just foreigners, but anyone in u.s. that wants to act as a voluntary adviser, and that's

just an absurd notion. gregg: well, and jonathan turley at george washington university took it a step further, and he said e if information is a thing of value, then every politician and their aides who have conversations with foreign nations would become subject to prosecution. but the media is so obtuse, they never bother to actually look up the law. >> no, that's true. and i said, i mean, that is just not the law. and, by the way, i say that as a former commissioner on the federal election commission. i mean, i had to interpret the statute and apply it, and that is just not a violation of the federal election campaign act. gregg: no, it's not. so where do you think this is going with hillary clinton campaign, the dnc actually paying for -- which is different than just volunteering

information -- paying for information, doesn't that establish its value? >> well, yeah, it does. but so far we have not gotten any information that the fec is actually investigating that. and i find it pretty ironic, because i believe one to have democratic commissioners on the fec put out a press release just the other day saying, oh, yeah, yeah, this is potentially a violation of the law. and yet that same commissioner hasn't done anything -- [laughter] to initiate investigation against hillary clinton for paying a foreign intelligence agent to provide, to prepare that political opposition research. gregg: and that's the difference. >> right. gregg: hillary clinton paid for it, and the trump campaign, the president's son, was simply willing to listen. and when the meeting happened at trump tower with the russian lawyer, no information was conveyed. but somehow that's a heinous crime, and everybody belongs

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gregg: president trump today unveilings to expand health care options for small business workers. the president also slamming bernie sanders and radical dems for their socialist health care proposals. >> more than 120 democrats in congress have signed up for the bernie sanders massive government takeover of health care. that's going to hurt a lot of people. it's going to hurt our country. socialist health care would crush american workers with higher taxes, long wait times and far worse care. gregg: and some breaking news, new york city has now become the first u.s. city the directly

fund abortions. the tate's 2020 budget -- the state's 2020 budget will allocate $250,000 to help pay for abortions for low income women who travel from other states into new york. the money will help pay for about 500 abortions. joining me now, robert jeffress, who is a member of the white house faith initiative, pass pastor of the first baptist church of dallas and a fox business contributor. he's also host of the new fox nation show halfway to victory that is launching june 24th. pastor, it's always a great pleasure to talk to you. so what do you make of this new new york city initiative to fund abortion? >> well, let's be clear, new york city is trying to become a sanctuary city the for killing babies, and that is truly evil. i mean, apparently, it's not enough to kill babies from your own city, they want to entice women there from other states to sacrifice their children as well. it is absolutely horrendous what

they're doing. and my question, gregg, is where are the christians in new york city? i believe it's time forked good and godly -- for good and godly men like cardinal dolan, tim keller and other christian leaders to get their people into the streets and raise holy hell about this. this is evil, and it has to be stopped. gregg: speaking of health, the socialist health care policies, what's your reaction to that? >> well, look, i believe the president what he said during the campaign that he didn't want to leave people dying in the streets because of a lack of health care. as a christian, i believe in proid viewing for the neediest -- providing for the neediest in society. but i believe this is a way to do that without creating a socialistic, one-size-fits-all health care plan that completely destroys our health care system and also bankrupt our economy. and i believe once we get past this 2020 election and hopefully break the backs of the left,

we'll be able to accomplish something that achieves that goal. gregg: let me get your reaction to something one of the democratic candidates said, pete buttigieg. he said if you're an evangelical and you support donald trump, then you're a hypocrite because trump is anathema to scriptures. what do you think? >> well, i don't know what scriptures he's anathema to. he believes in religious liberty, which the scripture teaches. he believes in protecting rather than murdering the unborn, is what the scripture teaches. i don't know any policy the president has that is nonchristian. he is the most pro-christian president that we've had in history. but pete buttigieg, i mean, certainly embraces the killing, the murder of children. i don't know how you reconcile that with both the old testament and jesus' words thou shalt not kill. gregg: i think he was saying

that because the president is trying to enforce strictly immigration, that that's un-christian. is it? [laughter] >> no, it's not un-christian. look, the bible says that god has given the government the role of protecting society. i hear this all the time the even from the pope. walls are un-christian. well, if walls are un-christian, then god's un-christian, because he told nehemiah to build a wall around jerusalem to protect the city. the bible even says, gregg, there's going to be a wall in heaven. so if walls are ungodly, then god is ungodly. gregg: all right. you're going to be in orlando, florida, on tuesday with the president when he sort of sets off his re-election campaign. tell us why you're going to be there. >> well, here's why i'm going to be here. i believe this next election in 2020 is not only about giving the president a second term, i believe it's about the survival of our nation. and here's why i say that,

gregg. i just finished reading michael wolff's new book, and i know there are all kinds of problems in it, but there is one thing that you and even the president would agree with. he says that there was a coup ins grated against president trump -- instigated against president trump not because he was failing, but because he was succeeding. and that's exactly what is happening. the left hates the direction the president is taking this country. he is reversing the downward death spiral we were in. they hate what he's doing in the court system and with abortion, and they want to try to stop him any way they can. and i believe, gregg, if the left cedes control -- becomes in control of this country once again, they're never going to let go, and it's going to be the end of america as we know it. and that is why as a christian i am standing up and encouraging other christians to stand up for this president and his godly policies. i believe, as millions of christians do, this is america's last chance. we can't get it wrong.

gregg: pastor robert jeffress, thank you so much for being with us tonight. appreciate it. >> thanks, gregg. gregg: coming up next, president trump points the finger at iran for a recent attack on two oil tankers. weaver going to have more on that after -- we're going to that after -- we're going to have more on that

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