[♪] lou: we are coming to you tonight from the nation's capitol where the big political question is who threatened what against ukraine for what expected benefit to whom. the principal threat began withh with three senators. a second threat followed record on video. video that you see here, the former vice president joe biden bragging about his threat against ukraine. biden demanded the ukrainian government -- its general

prosecutor victor shokin be retired or resigned. that would do as well. he resigned. in each instance there was a quid pro quo. and a specific threat of consequences. you will notice these senators are all democrats. but it's president trump the democratic house is trying to impeach. apparently. all they lack is any reasonable charge or crime, any evidence whatsoever of their over-the-top zeal to impeach a high crime or misdemeanor. they promised us a transcript of the telephone conversation between president trump and ukranian president would provide the missing evidence. but no. a so-called whistleblower, numerous democrats and news media outlets reported therein would be references to the bidens and a quid pro quo and

threats against the ukrainian president. but no. not 8 references to the biden. 3. the president's release of that transcript proved the radical dimms and the left-wing media to be completely wrong. we have an exclusive interview with vice president mike pence who has no doubts whatsoever the trump-pence ticket will win reelection in 2020. let's talk with. catherinecatherineherridge. reporter: i think the first thing is the whistleblower. what we learned from the justice department was about the political bias. we have got that quote right here. that states although the icig's preliminary review found indication of an arguable

political bias on the part of the complaintant in favor of a rival political candidate, the intelligence community icig concluded the complaints appeared to be credible. the whistleblower had no direct knowledge of the phone call and the information they got came from white house officials. lou: not again? catherine: it's something worth highlighting. it explains at its source was like a leak. except i stead of going directly to the news media it came through the icig. lou: there was a referral to justice. and the justice department said no. catherine: we learned from justice department officials that for about a month there was the examination of this referral, whether the president's asks to the

ukrainian president amounted to a campaign finance violation. it's not a situation where they can pick and choose the steps to take. they follow the steps. the same steps they took with the referral on director comey. and they said it didn't reach the standard of a thing of value. lou: that's not a good start for democrats who want to suggest this telephone conversation contained suspicious or sinister contents. it was frankly -- it looked much closer to the president's word perfect than the democrats' words threats, quid pro quo. catherine: there were interesting elements in the transcript. a section that has to do with crowd strike, a private cyber security firm. if you go back in your memory bank. they did the forensics on the

dnc servers hacked during the election. that important because the fbi never physically examined them. it's worth to see that quote as well. the president says to the ukrainian president, i would like you to do us a favor because our country has been through a lot and ukraine knows a lot by the. i would like to you find out about this situation with crowdstrike. and a reference to an investor in crowdstrike. that was at th -- at the outset confusing. but that brings us back to 2016 election interference. lou: by whom? why would the fbi not insist on -- we are talking about a major major issue. but we didn't see the obama administration respond to

obvious intervention through contact with the dnc server. and the fbi took the word of a third party source tech firm, crowd strike instead of forensically analyzing it in its hands and possession. i can't think of another example. catherine: the fbi from my experience always prefer to have the physical evidence. lou: we could do great things with that answer tonight. we thank you. catherine herridge thanks so much. coming up, president trump using a news conference today to list the almost 50 countries that he met with during the united nations general assembly meeting. all of them which were overlooked by the left-wing national media for some reason. president trump: poland, new

zealand, singapore, egypt, south korea, united kingdom. india, iraq, argentina, germany, brazil, france, japan, ukraine, honduras, el salvador, saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain -- lou: we are not going to list them all. but the president working hard throughout -- i said 50. it's closer to 20. joining us with more on the president's reaction to -- i don't know if we can call it an impeachment inquiry. so far it has the makings of being something of a liberal smear attempt. but nonetheless we'll go with the expression impeachment inquiry. we'll put quoted around it.

our own edward lawrence with the story. reporter: for the president himself it's throwing a term the democrats have used back at them. saying this is a manufactured crisis. he says he believes this is calculated by house speaker nancy pelosi to coincide with the u.n. general assembly to take away from the work the president is doing. president trump: it's sad what the democrats are doing to this country. they are dividing. they are belittling, they are demeaning our country. reporter: the president sat there next to the ukrainian president. the two were asked if the call on july 25 amounted to pressure to start an investigation into the former vice president's son be straight from the source, here is the answer. >> we have i think good phone call. it was normal.

we talk about many things. and so i think and you read it, nobody pushed me. reporter: nobody pushed me, nobody pressured him. democrats won't let this go. senator chuck schumer says the mere text of the call is the smoking gun. nancy pelosi wants more documents. she is continuing down the path to impeachment. >> we reiterate our call for the release of the full transcript of the call between president trump and the ukrainian president and reiterate our call to protect whistleblowers from retaliation. reporter: the president is saying she is giving into the more radical side of the democratic party. he is questioning whether any vote can be done in the house of representatives. we are also talking about any other gun issues the president

would like to see background checks. >> the president a great optimist and a decent person to even persist in thinking that the democratic party is anything other than a party of hate and obstruction against his agenda. it's an extraordinary moment in our history. >> he seemed disheartened in the news conference toward the end there. lou: he has every reason to be hurt. it's -- this is a terrible, terrible nonsense to have to deal with after all he does for this country and has done. and he gets to play with the likes of pelosi and schumer. not a fitting reward, i think. ed, thanks so much. up next. our exclusive interview with the very much mike pence.

why he says the democrats moved forward with the impeachment inquiry and why he says president trump and vice president pence will be re-elected. we'll have that and much more as we continue, including reaction from attorneys victoria toensing and joe digenova. stay with us. ♪

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lou: upcoming our exclusive interview with vice president pence. the volume on the big board, somewhat lower trading, 3.3 billion shares. crude oil down a percent. gold down 2%. silver down 3%. president trump securing a trade agreement with japan. signing it with japanese fell shin zoap abe a --with shinzo al rules for trade between the united states and japan. president trump today standing up in the face of the endless

efforts of the radical left to subvert his presidency. president trump: so many leaders came up to me today and said, sir, what you go through, no president has ever gone through, and it's so bad for your country. people laugh at the stupidity of what they asked for. lou: earlier i talked with vice president mike pence. we began our conversation with what can only be categorized now as the wide open conflict between republicans and democrats. >> the first thing, as the president said a week ago, he did nothing wrong. the transcript reveals despite reckless accusations in the media and democrats on capitol hill, the president somehow threatened aid to ukraine to dede manned a specific act. and it never happened. the transcript is here on that.

the only time i'd did happen that we know about is when vice president joe biden threatens aid to you a crane in exchange for a specific act. in this case the president has been completely vindicated. i think the american people look at this in the context not just this week and month. the last 2 1/2 year. 363 million americans voted for the donald trump. and since the day after the election the democrats have been trying to overturn the results of that election. 2 1/2 year of reckless accusations, obstruction, collusion with the russians, all of that panned out to be nothing. last week democrats were making baseless allegations against a supreme court justice calling for his impeachment. this week before she had any of the facts, even though she knew the transcript was going to be

released today, speaker nancy pelosi initiates an impeachment inquiry into this presidency. and i think the american people have had enough. at the end of the day, i think it's because they know they can't run against this president's record. they can't run against a record accomplishment you talk about every night on this broadcast. so they decided to look for one more way to overturn the election. it's just not going to work. the american people see through it. now that they have the transcript they can see the president did nothing wrong. he had a conversation with a world leader, that he spoke about issues that were appropriate, issues related to our strong relationship with ukraine and it's nothing more than that. lou: from the tone of the transcript, there is a very good relationship between the two leaders. there have bother conversations complementing him on his

election and complimenting the ukrainian president on his election and ridding ukraine of corruption. >> it's so important you bring that up. this was a call following his win in the parliamentary election. the president wanted to speak about that. the united states of america has stood strong with ukraine ever since the russian military overranl crimea and has -- overran crimea and has bern injured writing a savage war in ukraine. we have been providing defensive weapons. the obama administration was sending blankets and pillows. this president said we'll stand for the sovereignty of ukraine

and provided them with weapons to defend themselves. the president was concerned about corruption. seeing this new leader rise, the president raised that issue, and they both spoke of it. the lack of european support were both issues the president raised in this call. they were issues i met when i met with president zelinski in warsaw. lou: they are standing united together, but the party as we are talking, one republican senator is saying anonymously because he does not want to be straightforward about it as so until this town occasionally do. he thinks releasing the transcript was a mistake.

it means that he or she will have to fight for the president, the very much, for this administration. >> we are heartened by the support already since the transcript was released on capitol hill. senator lindsey graham really focused the issue earlier today when said last week his only concern was whether the president threat earned aid to ukraine for a specific act. and he said look at the transcript you can see that clearly didn't happen, despite the fact democrats were repeating that allegation. our opponents in the media were repeating that allegation with no basis whatsoever. now we are hearing strong support from capitol hill. and i think they appreciate the fact the president said this was a perfect call early on. and despite the fact it was a tough call for the president. because our leader has to have the ability to have candid

conversations with leaders around the world. but at the end of the day the president believed this was a moment for transparency. this was a moment to give the american people the facts. now that the facts are out. the american people can see this was an appropriate call talking about appropriate issues between the president of the united states and the president of ukraine, than was no threat, there was no quid pro quo in this call. and the president felt it was important that the american people see that for themselves. lou: the transcript revealed zelinski saying to president trump, you have been my teacher as the role model for winning his election. an unexpected win for zelinski as well as the president in 2016. >> president zelinski had a

career in pelvis and our president spent time on tell sprition with great success. when i net with president zelinski in poland we talked about that. i know they will make that same connection not just on a shared background. but they are non-conventional leaders willing to lead from the front and drive for veal progress. at the end of the day, the present company excepted. the media doesn't focus on an amazing record that in the midst of reckless accusations the last 2 1/2 years, we rebuilt our military, rolling back regulation, and energy revolution. we have seen 150 conservatives appointed at every level in our

courts. it's all due to the leadership of president donald trump. whatever the democrats want to do with this latest allegation. i promise you this president, this vice president, this administration is going to keep fighting to deliver to the american people and that's why i think president trump is going to get four more years in the white house. i think we'll re-elect a republican majority to the house of representatives. lou: we'll have more with the vice president as we take up the america first agenda of the trump administration before the globalist general assembly and how that's being received by the radical left domestically. that and much more. attorneys victoria toensing and joe digenova straight aheadadadd

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lou: we are back:our exclusive interview of vice president mike pence. the vice president reacting to the president's strong rejection of globalism before the united nations general assembly. >> the speech at the united nations this week by a president of the united states was historic. and it was important. because in his first address to the united nations he gave that view of america first. and remember he received a round of applause which is very rare at the u.n., when he said we'll always put the interests of america first and we expect you to put the interests of your one require first. and -- your countries first and it was greeted with applause. and he unpacked what we are doing as a nation putting the interests of our people first. all of it is in the context of the president making it clear that this is an administration and president that rejected the

globalist march weakening the american economy. weakening our borders. and immigration laws. and moving america down a pathway of multi national trade deals that will ultimately weaken our strength for generations to come. the president rejected all of that. but he demonstrated yesterday, as we have been strengthening our country and standing up for the belief the future belongs to patriots and the citizens of nations, he also made it very clear that we are back to leading on the world stage. i can't tell you how many leaders around the world have told me in private conversations how grateful they are to have a president once again who embraces his role as leader of the free world. this week at the united nations the president played out our agenda. he laid out what we have done for the american people, and he

laid out a determination to provide american leadership to the challenges in the world. it's what we call promises made, promises kept, and the president gave a full accounting of that to leaders around the planet. lou: the american people as they listen to that speech understand that globalism is if not a dead -- certainly decaying philosophy, and by the way, he has now supported scholars and think tanks, some of them are awakening to new possibilities. because of the leadership of the trump administration. i want to close by asking you about the direction of the republican party, how you are going to galvanize and work against what is a bloody,

bloodthirsty democratic party that they seem to be winning more fights than they are losing. and the republicans don't seem to have the same passion, the same commitment from you and the -- aside from you and the president. as i look at senate and the house, i scratch my head and wonder, what did you all do to deserve such tepid support from people who should be excitedly following. >> the president and i are very grateful for the support we have had from leader mcconnell and republicans in the senate. 153 conservatives confirmed to our federal courts, including two supreme court justices. we are on a path wait for an his -- on a pathway for an historic move towards' upholding the constitution in our courts.

he and steve scalise marshaled republicans, standing strong, not just in the two years when we passed tax cuts and rolled back regulations and unleashed american energy. but in the midst of this democrat majority in the house. to your point, the way we'll win this election, i believe the american people are going to give president trump four more years in the white house and put a republican majority back in the house of representatives is because of the choice between freedom and socialism. i mean, the truth is, republicans now under this president's leadership have a record of how freedom works. when we put america first, when we stand up for the rule of law. when we secure our borders and unleash the economy through less taxes, less regulation, more

american energy and trade deals that put american jobs and american workers first, it all comes roaring back. 6.3 million new jobs. unemployment at a 50-year low. african-americans and hispanic-americans have the lowest unemployment rate ever record. freedom works when we put freedom first and defend the rights of the american people. you and i have known east other a long time. i never thought it would live to see the day one of the two major parties in the united states of america would openly advocate an economic system that impoverished millions for generations and robbed the liberties of people around the world in the last century. whoever the democrat nominee is, their party has been overrun by radical politics, left wing ideas, and socialism masquerading as the green new

deal, medicare for all and a whole range of issues that will infringe on the freedom of the american people and set us back on a pathway of economic decline. when we take that case and when our team running for office for election and reelection takes that team to the american people of, you give the american people a choice between freedom and socialism, they will choose freedom every time. lou: thank you, mr. vice president. thank you for your time. we appreciate the vice president's time this afternoon and a spectacular view off the vice president's balance -- balcony. we'll have more on the democrats' hate. they are attempting to subvert the presidency of president trump. attorneys joe digenova and victoria toensing join us after the break. wor

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straight. the militaries of people look -- the millions of people look at what's going on. they see it and they think it's disgusting. lou: so obviously does the president of the united states. president trump earlier today slamming the radical dems. the left wing national media, their efforts, their ongoing efforts to carry out that insurance policy the president referred to to undermine and subvert and overthrow his presidency. joining us, victoria toensing, deputy assistant' to the attorney general, joe digenova, founding partners of the digenova and toensing law firm. thanks for being here. let's begin with the president. he was -- he had a tone of as is nation. as if he has got to carry on the

fight, but it's against immense stubborn odds, particularly when it comes to the deep state and radical dems. >> i don't know how he gets up every morning and fights this. but thank god. we all know if nobody else is fighting. he will still be there. lou: when i say this, i don't know another human being with his strength, stamina and outright gut courage to take on the sobs in the swamp. >> he said i can get through this, i have the strength. i can do it. i'm not sure other presidents would be able to. i think that's the sense of duty he feels to the office and future presidents. what he just said about the insurance policy and the campaign against him. this is a disgusting example of

what happened to the democratic party and media. they care nothing about this country and they use him as a vehicle for hating this country. >> earlier today a liberal panelist was asked what's the difference between the three democratic senators we all know about, durham, lehy and durbin. he said if you don't cooperate with mueller you have might not get united states aid. what does he do? change the subject. nobody can answer that when who is a democrat. lou: this president has done so much for this country. what's wrong with our country right now. a man who has done so much is getting treated this way, asailed from all quarters. asailed continuously by the left.

and the national media has thrown their lot in with the leftists. >> hillary was supposed to win. she didn't. when she didn't, it was war on trump. the state of american journalism is it doesn't exist anymore. this is no longer journalism. this advocacy, it's partisanship, the american media has lost its way. they are at the bottom of the barrel on public support and public recognition. they are killing themselves. >> the stories are ignored all the time. john solomon wrote about a meeting at the white house in july of 2015 where president obama squadron the ukrainian government to provide dirt. the media doesn't want to cover that. lou: despite everything, this

president reached out to the democrats. he wanted at least to make some sort of deal on guns. i have got to be very straightforward about it. i don't want to make a deal with anyone on guns. i believe the second amendment unfettered is the second amendment and it's what we deserve in this country. but he's still after all they have done. they have spit on him, kicked him, they have run roughshod over him and never given him even credit let alone his due. i just admire the optimism that represents. >> what happened yesterday with the fake informal impeachment nancy pelosi did yesterday, she lied to the american people. it's not a formal impeachment inquiry because there has been no vote on the floor of the house of representatives to authorize one. they declared war on the presidency per se. nothing will happen now legislatively. they know what they are going to

try to do. they are going try to destroy him. they are going to shut this country down for the next 13 to 14 months to try to ruin him and defeat him. lou: what joe is saying may happen quite literally. they have until monday to come up with expanding authorization. and this country could be shut down. we are going to take up next this whistleblower so-called, he or she may not be a whistleblower and may indeed reside in the white house. we'll take that up with victoria and joe. please stay with us. we'll be right back. - [announcer] tea time used to start

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provided, it was from an anonymous source and it was hearsay. so they take a vote -- this shows you anything trump does, if he cleans his ears he will be impeached because they will figure out a way to do it and contrive it into something illegal. democrats did the same thing. the president does it and it's not so fine. lou: joe? >> i think the whistleblower is not a real whistleblower. this was timed to happen purposely right now, they were looking for an opportunity. web this call was in july, late july, this is september, after mueller they needed something. so they were looking around. they had people planted. this came up. they manufactured this. this is nonsense when you look at this. the i.g., the inspector general

remind me please -- he worked for john carwin who ran the fisa. i am look at the statements the i.g. is making which are wrong. this wants a whistleblower and a matter of you are gentle concern. it takes the justice department until today to issue a memo saying everything the i.g. said was wrong. >> bob mueller said the same in his report. he said you can't reach a threshold without a monetary amount. $25,000. lou: these are all the machinations of the deep state. >> when you have the media with you, it helps. lou: they own the game. radical dimms, the media and the deep state. >> some people believe this

telephone conversation was a matter of quote grave concern. you have to be a 4-year-old to think that telephone conversation was of grave concern or you have to be a corrupt political operative which it appears this third party whistle blower hearsayer was. this was a setup. nothing in that phone call involved anything other than the president acting like he's president under article 2. he's the chief law enforcement officer in the united states. he can ask a question about anybody in the world. > > >> the u.s. ambassador was thwarting that. lou: victoria, joe. thank you for being here. good work on that getting rid of. more to go. lots more. up next.

rino resisters in the senate trying to put something of a dent in the president's plan for that border wall without success. former i.c.e. director tom homan with us after the break. stay with us.

lou: joining us, tom homan, form

acting director of immigration and customs enforcement. tomorrow you will be testifying before a committee. >> i'm sure it will be another attempt by them to push a false narrative. i will be there to defend i.c.e. as i promised i would do until the day i die. i'm not looking for a fight, but i won't run away from one either. lou: i know you aren't looking for one, and i know you won't back off of one. right now at the border we are looking at resurgence and families coming across the border, the numbers are improving over the past, over the summer. the test will be the next few months. your thoughts. >> i agree 100%. every it of success on the border goes to president trump

and his policies and out of the box thinking. congress can't do anything. but mexico need to sustain what they are doing. that's my concern. will they sustain it? can they sustain it? if they fail, if they stop, we are in trouble. lou: if they fail, if they stop, the president says president obrador will be in trouble and tariffs in place in a blink. >> this president will not fail on the border. he will never back down from anybody. he's a fighter. he loves a fight and he will fight until he succeed. and he already succeed. he has done more than any o othr president on the border and he has don't on his own. lou: he's taking on the cartels. he's taking on the issue of sovereignty. taking on open borders which means the folks on k street, the

u.s. multi-nationals, globalization is a done deal at the naits. this is going to be a sovereign nation in every way, secure borders, control of its immigration system and it's more than overdue. >> that's what the american people want and that's what he promised the american people. we have a great president. the right president and the right time and the right issue, he won't fail. i have full confidence in that. when he went into this issue, the american people win on this issue. lou: if anybody anybody doubts how great a president he is and how historic he is, they have to look at the house of representatives and the senate minority leader's office. they are coming after him because they know they can't whip him any other way than to subvert him. this man has don't you be thinkable, the unimaginable. he's turning the country in the

right direction. tom homan i will be looking forward to your testimony tomorrow and we'll be watching. we thank you for being with us. see you tomorrow night. good night frommmmm lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories at this hour many as more information surfaces about the whistleblower complaint against president trump democrats ramp up their inquiry. will it ultimately backfire. cheryl: the u.s. signing a trade deal with japan but the work is far from over. the big sticking point that has both nations in gridlock. lauren: , plus, a shakeup at juul as they pull their advertising. the cost for the families affected by the vaping threat. cheryl: millennials are complaining they're being ruined by their pets. by avocado toast and the cost of that now takes a back seat to fido a