america you should be patriotic and i agree with the pledge of allegiance. david: that does it for "bulls and bears." we'll see you back here next time. liz: big tech under fire from censorship of conservatives. the president has had enough. he's about to hold a white house meeting tomorrow and censorship and abuses against conservatives by liberal tech giants as congress is about to haul in facebook, amazon and going toll explain why they should not be broken up. and andy ngo on the city of portland's failure to protect

him. reuters is reporting the justice department is trying to block robert mueller's chief of staff and one other from the committee from testifying behind closed doors. the debate tonight on whether those individuals will not testify. we have another strum victory. an appeals court dismisses a lawsuit brought against him by two democratic attorneys general. trump has the answer to reagan's question, are you better off than you were four years ago? this as the nasdaq closes at record highs. the fed rate cut coming. all of that increasing president trump's reelection chances.

to the border. a new bill introduced by a pair of republican senators who's allow illegal immigrants to sue sanctuary cities. they are accusing of the obama administration of deleting, wiping clean right before they left office, hundreds of public statements by top border officials including i.c.e. officials because the obama administration did not want public scrutiny of their tough positions on the treatment of detainees. this isy what the non-partr partisan -- the non-part and grounon- -- thenon-partisan gro.

i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. let's get into the news of the day. edward lawrence has the details of fed chair ever roam powell's' trait cuts. gerri willis is at the new york stock exchange. the three major indices performing well today. hillary vaughn on the labor secretaries handling of jeffrey epstein's plea deal. reporter: federal reserve chairman jerome powell made a case for a rate cut. he made the case he because of muted inflation. >> we see the economy as being

in a good place, and we are committed to use our tools to keep it there. reporter: powell highlighting that we are in the 11th year of an economic expansion, and uncertainty would be cleared up if the usmca was passed and other trade tensions were be'en. he feels it should be dealt with. >> our generation is entitled to spend whatever money we think we need for ourselves during our lifetimes, but we ought to pay for it rather than passing the bills along to the next generation. >> reporter: he says consumer spending is up and that, 70% of the economy of and the driving force behind it. powell indicated that we could see a rate cut coming the last day in july.

the market thinks it's going to happen. liz: let's get to gerri willis at the big board. what a day for our money, gerri. gerri: the markets with all three major averages flirted with sticking with all-time highs before the close. the dow components, microsoft, visa, all hitting all-time highs. 4.5% as the government reported inventories shrank because oil

rigs were being evacuated because of bad weather down in the gulf of mexico. amazon hitting 2,000 for the first time since october 1 of last year. liz: labor secretary alex acosta defending his handling of what critics say was a sweetheart plea deal for sex offender jeffrey epstein. this has democrats nancy pelosi and charles schumer demanding acosta resign. reporter: alex acosta saying his. he says he has no plans to step down as labor secretary. >> my relationship with the president is outstanding.

my relationship with me and mr. mulvaney, he called me this morning to say our relationship is excellent, too. reporter: acosta says during his tenure as u.s. attorney in florida that his office fought for tougher punishment for epstein and pushed to put him behind bars after state prosecutors were going to let him walk free. >> when we proceeded the expectation was it would be an $18-month sentence and served in jail. this work release was complete b.s. i have been on record as far back as 2011 saying it was not what was bargained and not what we expected. reporter: top democrats are pushing for acosta to resign. saying after this q and a with the press publicly does not

suffice. but mick mulvaney said he thinks acosta did a great job and did exactly what he needed to do in this press conference. liz: big tech under fire. censorship and abuse of conservatives to growing government concerns they are too big to be trusted. the president will hold a white house meeting tomorrow and censorship. house judiciary next week will haul in amazon, facebook, google, to explain why they should not be broken up. let's bring in a conservative journalist who was viciously, physically attacked by left-wing antifa protesters. great to have you on, andy. can you give us the update on what's going on with that attack against you by antifa, it happened a week and a half ago.

what's going on with the investigation? >> 11 days after the attack on me there have been no arrests, and as far as i know i don't think any suspects have been identified li what's going on there? why the slow walk? >> it's a pattern of either the authorities not having the ability other will to investigate crimes. before they attacked me on the 29th of june i had been assaulted, harassed, intimidated, had my address released online by antifa. those were reported to police and no arrests were made in those instances so this is a pattern. liz: what is the status of your lawsuit? are you still in portland? >> i'm withholding judgment on that. i am not sure exactly what will

happen next. right now i'm focused on making sure those who attacked me or helped in that are held criminally liable. >> let's move to the danger of conservative voices being silenced on social media. pro-life ads were blocked on facebook before ierdland's abortion vote. and diamond and silk and james woods, alex jones and david horowitz have seen their accounts blocked and suspended. >> when it comes to antifa they organize recruits on twitter and facebook. and they have taken no actions to curtail any of it.

no accounts with antifa have been band or resnrictd their postings -- restricted in their postings. they are overzealous about policing the content on the right. i think there is a role for big tech to monitor extremism on the right. but with those other people you name, they cast the net so wide, they are targeting people who are not extremists while letting the militant far left organize openly. liz: isn't antifa's stated mandate physical violence? >> yes. people seem to think that the violence of brutality is above. but it's not. it's a feature. physical confrontation is a means toward their goal which is political resolution. they are working toward

solarization and making citizens not trust institutions of liberal democracy such as the rule of law, police, border enforcement, all of that. liz: to your point, twitter and facebook is helping to basically recruit and organize for this domestic terror group. >> extremism doesn't just happen on the right. liz: thank you so much for joining us. we have more breaking news on big tech. president trump ordering an investigation into france. france wants to tax tech companies like google. it could lead to the u.s. imposing tariffs or trade restrictions. a new bill introduced by a bill of powerful republican senators

would let victims of illegal alien crimes sue sanctuary cities. we are going to dig deeper into the story of the sunlight foundation. that's the watchdog group that all about transparency. now accusing the obama administration of deleting hundreds of public statements by top i.c.e. officials before leaving office. the watchdogs say the white house did not want public scrutiny on controversial topics like treatment of detainees, drug trafficking and more. that story coming up.

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liz: the immigration debate is consuming washington. homeland security discussing a call over the border crisis. reports say borner arrests plunged because mexico is getting tough.

reporter: homeland security officials are celebrating that 28% number. the reason for the drop is the partnership between mexico and the united states. it wasn't that long ago the president threatened tariffs on mexico if they didn't step it up. apparently it's work in some fashion. here is mark morgan late this afternoon on fox news. >> mexico agreed to and stepped up. the past few weeks they are doing what they aguide to do, and it's make an impact. reporter: the fight over democrats and republicans over how to secure the border intensifies by the kay. they are calling for an immediate change in leadership over these facilities. >> it's abundantly clear there

is a toxic culture at border patrol that can only be changed by the immediate firing of top leadership at the agency. cing bp need to clean house and the top people need to be fired now. reporter: they were asked about software facing recognition. the telling is unregulated and there are more questions than answers. >> there has to be a way for us to make that determination that a person is a u.s. citizen, and there are statutes that authorize us to consider evidence presented by that person. >> many of the lawmakers want i.c.e. to get approval from congress before tapping into facing recognition and similar programs. liz: let's get to some more

perspective on what david was reporting. border apprehensions down to a little over 104,000 apprehensions. it's 70% higher than june of 2016. let's bring in house judiciary committee member. is mexico stepping up to stop it? is the trump policies working? >> i think they are. but i would be cautious about trusting the security of our nation's border to mexico. i think they have been half hearted in the past meeting american demands. i think the president made credible threats with the imposition of tariffs. but ultimately the security our southern border is not mexico's responsibility, it's ours. and we failed the american people in our most of

fundamental responsibility to them which is to protect the sovereignty of our nation and the protection of our borders. liz: chuck grassley and ted cruz have legislation to let victims of crimes by illegals sue sanctuary cities. >> i think that's a very good idea neese sanctuary cities and sanctuary states like california are not protecting the general illegal alien populations, they are specifically defending those who have committed horrendous crimes. when they are about to be released they are supposed to notify i.c.e. so they can be taken into custody while they are in custody and are disarmed. what they are doing is releasing

the dangerous criminals back into our communities to prey upon the american population, requiring i.c.e. to try and apprehend hem after they left prison, after they rearmed, placing the agents and general public in grave danger. liz: the non-partisan government watchdog group is adducing the obama administration of deleting hundreds of public statements by top isofissions before leaving office. why? because the obama white house did not want public scrutiny of its positions on controversial topics like detainees. the obama white house being accused much deleting i.c.e. testimony and i.c.e. speeches. >> i'm not the least bit surprised. the obama administration was one

of the least transparent administrations in american history and hid many things from the american people we are only now just learning about including the use our intelligence agencies and the justice department to intervene in the 2016 presidential election. liz: we are watching other stories happening across the nation. in the gulf of mexico a tropical storm expected to form by tomorrow. non-essential workers are being evacuated from deep water platforms. the gulf coast faces major flooding. bringing a big storm surge and massive rainfall from louisiana to texas. up to 10 inches of rain.

tulane university and public buses shut down. a new trial for johnson and johnson after they were previously ordered to pay $472 million to a 62-year-old woman who claimed the baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. to the two earthquakes in california. questions growing in california about the safety of radioactive waste at the and aknow present power plant south of san clemente. reactors have been shut down for years. but 3.6 million pounds of highly radio active waste still stored there. a delta airlines passenger took this shot that appears to show a metal part rattling around.

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liz: president trump threatening more sanctions on iran for exceeding limits on enrichment following the 2015 nuclear deal. trey? >> the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog met to discussion the key terms of the nuclear deal.

iran had an ambassador in attendance at the international energy agency in vienna. the iaea told world ambassadors in attendance that iran has you are passed the uranium enrichment threshold in the nuclear deal. all these breaches of the deal come as iran remains under heavy pressure after u.s. pulled out of the deal and imposed sanctions on iran. an iranian tanker was seized by british forces near the strait of gibraltar. now iran is warning of consequences for britain if the vessel isn't returned. calling the act piracy.

>> your action is very preposterous. wrong it's a mistake and it will harm you. the security in the sea and all that comes after it, they will be accountable for it. >> there is a tanker taking shelter off the course of arabia. there is concern this vessel could be targeted in retaliation. liz: joining me now, the heritage foundations joe carafano. >> i think everybody is still kind of within their box. and this isn't going anywhere. it's just more of the same. the most of interesting thing is

the our iranian decision to increase enrichment. that would require a dispute resolution and the snapback of more sanctions. why would the iranians do that? the most of logical he can explanation seems to be, the iranians know they are not going to work around sanctions. but they are enriching now because if they have to go back and negotiate with the americans later, they have something to negotiate with. liz: that point is important. the e.u. is calling for iran to not further violate the nuclear deal. there is a threat of international sanctions, right? >> the e.u. is just a bystander. liz: but to your point about international sanctions. so they have nothing their back

pocket, meaning a nuke. >> they won't have nuclear weapons. but they have to have some card to play. to shut down the straits of hormuz, they have to have something people wanted. to ratchet back their program and give up their highly enriched uranium. if president trump is re-elected and they are stuck with him. they have to have something to negotiate with. liz: the joint chiefs of staff said yes to protecting the strait of hormuz. what's your take of getting an international coalition together. >> that's smart. if it's international coalition

and the iranians go after anybody, then they further isolate themselves. it's very consistent with this administration's foreign policy. when it's for the common good, everybody should have skin in the game and everything should participate. so i think it's smart and consistent with what we tried to do in the past. liz: ohio, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. both parties targeting them for 2020. there is another state that's important that the republicans are worried about. alexandria ocasio-cortez he she want to get rid of homeland security. she first wants to abolish i.c.e. we'll bring you this disconnect with this story coming next. how do you gauge the greatness of an suv?

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li develop manies in washington over the fight on immigration. alexandria ocasio-cortez says it's time to get rid of homeland security. shaffer, what do you think this idea from alexandria ocasio-cortez to get rid of homeland security? >> i think she is crazy. she was 11 years old when 9/11 happened. she doesn't understand the threat. four isis members are caught in south america heading toward us. and several more overseas. i don't think she recognizes the threat. but i think she is simply continuing to be a cite next stand instead of a legislator on the field and not coming up with solutions. liz: we have reports that drug

cartel members are seek asylum or have achieved asylum in texas. i know of brain surgeons who work on illegals who basically machete them in the head and they are not getting paid to do these kinds of surgeries. when you hear aoc weigh in like that, beside saying she is crazy, ways your take on what's going on in washington. you have nancy pelosi and the democrats saying they are going to have an immigration overhaul. i hope they do come up with a good point. i don't mean to be so hard on ocasio-cortez but she seems to move without good information and just makes off-handed remarks. i haven't seen the plan and i

don't know it. but i am excited that somebody is trying to get a plan. prior to this the only person i knew was lindsey graham. liz: the progressive left caucus attacked the problem solver's caucus for blocking humanitarian aid for the border. the chair of the caucus tweeted out. since when did the problem solver caucus become the child abuse caucus? that shocked the democrats when he tweeted that. >> it's shocking the way they attacked them. she referred to the places down there as concentration camps, but she voted against the money to deal with it. she is not working for us. she seems want to be the cite

next stands. liz: ways your take on members of congress now visiting the border after years and years and years of knowing it's been in crisis. now before an election year, your reaction to that? >> the recent polls say the majority of americans believe there is a crisis. but they better do something to that border. i think they are heading down there for their photo ops and gain popularity in their district saying i'm down here doing something when in reality they are not doing much. li thank you for joining us and thank you for your service to our country. liz: the battle lines being drawn. the democrats facing an ever-deepening civil war. and it might help president

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wisconsin, michigan. these are the states president trump won in 2016. throw in texas. texas now a worry for the republican party. more californians pouring into texas. the democrat civil war getting worse and that increases president trump's chances. what's your take own all this, don? >> i love that you call what's going on in the democratic party a civil war. normally when you think of a civil war you think of a single nation torn in two. this is the democratic party torn in 23. they are competing with each other to get name recognition. the only way to do that when you have got a crowded field in two nights of debates is say outrageous stuff.

get the camera to go to you to give you a chance of getting name recognition. when this process is done, what will face donald trump is the bloodied, battered survivor who has don't most of side stuff to get the most of attention. that person will be the crazy, damaged democrat who goes up against donald trump. this won't be that challenging for trump. he just gets to sit back and watch them destroy each other. liz: biden versus kamala harris. aoc versus in already. this is a far left group that backed ocasio-cortez. they are pushing to get rid of the moderates. >> they are just going to hollow themselves out. the reality of the american

political life is elections are decided by moderate. you just went through a list of 80s that will decide who the next president is. they are the reasonable people who will listen to an argument. everyone knows how california is. they are stuck on crazy. pennsylvania, it's a toss-up. democrats need a purple candidate who can win a purple state. and they are nominating people who are radioactive blue. liz: let's get to what ronald reagan said. this is what trump can campaign on next year. >> if you would ask yourself, are you better off than you were four years ago? liz: show the scroll of trump's

victories. what is the 2020 democrat answer to ronald reagan? >> i guess we are born with all this winning. trump gave them that line. beside, you have to be a spectacularly bad president in your first term to not get a second term. you pretty much have to be jimmy carter and that's off the charts bad. trump has the same approval ratings that reagan, obama and nixon did. he's fine. incumbent first-term presidents get re-elected unless there is a depression on. people joample look the hundreds of victories by president trump. some estimates show trump victories surpass the numbers reagan had in his term.

open borders, right to free healthcare insurance for illegals. government-run healthcare, getting rid of private health insurance. democrats warning their own party is going too far left. watch the democrats here. >> i have been very public about my concern about how far left the democratic party is leaning. >> on healthcare, i want a public option and i'm concerned about some of these plants that would kick half of america off their insurance. i don't agree with that. >> in the general election fight, who won? mainstream democrats. liz: the founder of bleangertainment network bob johnson is saying the party is too far left. >> it's not only too far left, it's too far angry. we have a good economy.

things are going in the right direction. a good person is grateful. the democrats are so resentful, that won't resonate with voters. >> coming up, we'll have more on this. but you have a terrific guest, come back soon. president trump defending home depot founder bernie marcus. the president said bernie marcus is being targeted by crazy and vicious people. people are calling for a boycott of home depot. i'm here to steal your car because, well, that's my job. what? what?? what?! (laughing) what?? what?! what?! [crash] what?! haha, it happens. and if you've got cut-rate car insurance, paying for this could feel like getting robbed twice.

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people who go to home depot have things to do, i doubt it will impact home depot as much as some people are threats ending, but they are responding, means home depot founder, saying this is nonsense. elizabeth: people in social media not liking what bernie is saying, the truth that donald trump produced more than anyone else had. anyone. we're better off today. >> you know who else is saying that, b.e.t. founder, robert johnson, he said that trump is great for the economy, the first black billionaire in united states, he loves what trump has done for the economy, and thinks that democrats are going too far to the left, no one is calling for boycotts of b.e.t., yet home depot gets this grief, amazing. elizabeth: a federal appeals court threw out a case brought by democrat attorneys general for washington and maryland.

maintaining businesses in washington like trump international ho hotel, third circuit court of appeal saying this is a borderline abuse of the court. it should not have been drought. >> that is right, they said that is judicial speak for you are wasting our time. the judges they are unhappy with maryland and different ri distrf columbia for thinking they even have standing. and they gave a brow beating to the clinton appointed judge. who brought this in the first place. they just don't have standing in this case according to the judges. elizabeth: democrats were hoping for it to go forward, thank yo you, vince.

>> thank you for watching, we hope we helped you tonight, lou dobbs is next right here on the fox business network, have a good evening. david: i am david asman in for lou dobbs, another boom, president trump's soaring economy reaching new heights, dow, nasdaq and s&p all hitting record highs during trading. more anti-trump politicking from the bench, second obama appointed job blocking department of justice from changing its legal team in case involving census citizenship question. and president trump's top drug enforcement official today touring southern border with mexico, jim caroll telling fox news that border agents are stretched so thin, they have no way of focusing on the thousands of pounds