lou: good evening, the radical dimms and speaker pelosi are trying something new to overthrow president trump. the speaker shifted strategies after 35 days of secrecy, subversion and the outrageous refusal to acknowledge the essential testimony and evidence that clearly exculpates president trump of their specious charges. the radical dimms propose this resolution to invalidate the efforts of several house committees to continue their impeachment inquiry that would

permit but not require public hearings or an equal voice for the president they mean to overthrow, or fair participation of the republican congress. it is straightforwardly a democratic blueprint for the removal of the president of the united states. the democratic resolution would continue house intel chair adam schiff's control over who is called to testify. schiff would have the to continue to deny all republicans an equitable role of assuring president trump due process of any kind. john roberts with the latest. reporter: the resolution in the house appears to give president trump at least some of what he wanted, including a vote in the full house. but the white house says the resolution confirms the impeachment has been an illegitimate sham from the start as it lacked authorization by a

full house vote. he tweeted nervous nancy pelosi is doing everything possible to destroy the republican party. our polls show it will be just the opposite. the do-nothing dems will lose many seats in 2020. they have a death wish led by a corrupt politician, adapt schiff. house investigators heard from the first witness who was actually listening in on president trump's july 25 phone call with the ukrainian president zelensky. while he has been an employee of the national security council since 2018. president trump dismissed him in one tweet calling him a never trumper witness. he said why are people i never heard of testifying about the call. just read the call transcript

and the impeachment hoax is over. he says the democrats can haul as many witnesses as they want up to capitol hill. but it does not change the fact that the transcript is out there for all the world to see and come to their own conclusions. no doubt this will be a topic of the fundraiser tonight for president trump. lou: house republicans lashing out at the inquiry calling it more lack of due process for the president. catherine: ahead of a planned thursday floor vote, quote the house authorizes the commit reon the judiciary to conduct proceedings related to the

impeachment inquiry including to allow for the participation of the president and his counsel. republicans said the move proved their point, the democrat inquiry is unfair. >> the resolution that was filed today affirms the soviet-style process that's been going on and continues to deny due process. catherine: according to his prepared remark. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman told staffers behind closed doors, i am not the whistleblower but i did convey concerns internally out of sense of duty and operate within the chain of command. unlike previous witnesses, vindman says he has direct knowledge of the phone call between president trump and the

ukraine president. he said i didn't think it was proper for a foreign government to investigate a u.s. citizen. house lawmakers debated the significance of vindman's testimony along familiar party lines. >> the transcripts that will be released. you will see how much you have been misled on so many didn't depositions on so many different days. catherine: the house republicans accused adam schiff of shutting down multiple lines of testimony including who he talked to immediately after the phone call. lou: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell seemed to take credit for the radical dimms inquiry resolution.

he claimed they laid out their public ground work to overthrow the president because of pressure republicans. >> they responded to the pressure we put on them to handle this in a more trance parent way that meets basic standard of due process that every american would be entitled to. lou: our first guest says schiff's impeachment inquiry is devoid of rules and antithetical to the constitution. joining us is congressman matt gaetz, a member of the house judiciary and armed services committees. your reaction to the senate majority heder taking credit for this resolution that is best i can read offers absolutely nothing in the way of equity or participation to the republicans. >> two weeks ago you had nancy pelosi calling a vote on an

impeachment inquiry nothing more than a republican talking point. then last week you saw me lead a group of my colleagues down to the meeting room. and this week you see an actual vote occurring to legitimize that sham process. i believe nancy pelosi is feeling the heat, but the way she is responding to that is antithetical to our constitutional principles. the one mistake they made. adam schiff made himself a fact witness. and we intend to call him in the judiciary committee. he said he's like the ken starr. he's the independent counsel. if that's true and he's able to do a secretive investigation, we have a right and obligation to call adam schiff as a witness. doug collins said that's what we

are going to do in the house judiciary committee. lou: i think folks around the country congratulate you for storming the scif. i think for the first time republicans did something in terms of their views, values, and this president. now as to the senate majority leader. this is a document that would seek only your validation by participation in a vote. are republicans going to do that? you would gain nothing in the way of equity or participation without the permission of adam schiff, which is where you are right now. >> this vote is not a legitimate exercise in congressional oversight. we are all for oversight and transparency. but what you see now is the

conclusion before the development of facts. adam schiff and nancy pelosi said donald trump was a russian asset before the russia hoax. they said they had more than considerable evidence on the russia probe. i think that when you have democrats putting the cart before the horse, it's obviously transparent to the american people this is a sham process and not a single republican should vote for this resolution. if any republicans vote for this in the coming days, then they have abandoned this president and have done a terrible thing to the presidency and the congress because they allowed us to cloak his totally illegitimate investigation with legitimacy. lou: wouldn't it be a validation of the process that the

democrats invoked upon? why would you not refuse to vote on this and the conference just say effectively to hell with you until you get your head on straight and do as other impeachments have, that is a house floor vote to inaugurate the issue for impeachment. >> these democrats wanted to impeach the president before the ink was dry on his election certificate. but i will vote no. i want my co constituents and al americans to know i stand against this presidential harassment. this is harmful to our country. when we are trying to renegotiate trade deals and bring capital here to fund the dreams and ambitions of american workers. these democrats are so obsessed with president trump they are trying to delegitimize him because they can't win a debate

or election against him. lou: i say efforts to overthrow this president by the radical dimms. u.s. customs and border protection announced apprehensions this year have more than doubled those in 208. border patrol officers apprehending 151,000 illegal immigrants crossing the border. there were only 396,000 in 2018. a record number of families were and prelearnedded up 341% from last year. mark morgan says those apprehensions have dedpliend recent months because of the closing of loopholes including catch and release. >> the message is going out now for the first time if you grab a

kid, it's not an automatic passport into the united states. we are shutting those loopholes down. they know there are consequences to the actions and we are seeing the numbers go down because of that. lou: another intense day of firefighters taking on raging wildfires in california. creating another crisis for california's radical left governor to contend with, and he has challenges aplenty and failures to boot. sydney paul on the criminal conspiracy to bring down general michael flynn. stay with us.

lou: california's largest utility, pg & e as the utility tries to prevent the spread of more dangerous wildfires amid an extreme red flag warning issued by the national weather service. they are expecting hurricane-force winds up to 80 miles per hour to fan the already fast-moving fires. william lajeunesse with the

story. reporter: we are in brentwood. you can see where the fire started over near the getty museum. the flames jumped this canyon, record up a hillside taking out several homes on this street, tiger tale. wildfires are part of the california landscape. today it's phase two, if you will. after the initial air attack and structure protection you have hand crews trying to cover the sleeping embers buried under the ash. >> it only takes one ember to blow down wind to start another fire. embers have been known to travel several miles. so we are very concerned about tonight's wind event. >> what does the santa anas mean and why are they dangerous. >> they strip the surface of

fuel moisture leaving the brush and grass drier and more you septembeo d moresusceptible to . you can get gusts over 50 miles per hour easily in the canyons. it means cutting off the power to more individual in the north and the south. where we'll be tomorrow, nobody knows where the fire will be. what we can tell you is sometimes mother nature simply takes he over when wind gets over 30 miles per hour. for southern california and up north. lou: the fires are just the latest in a rising number of huge problems and crises for california and its governor, gavin newsom. california has 130,000 homeless. the most of in the nation. some 28,000 more than the second highest level of homelessness,

the state of new york. california also has the highest state debt totaling $152 billion. and the state has the highest poverty rate in the nation at 18.2%. newsom has been in office for less than a year. senators see your susan collins and murkowski say they will not sign lindsey graham's resolution. the third is reliable mitt romney who says he's keeping an open mind on the possibility of impeachment. joining us, former reagan white house political director, republican strategist. the savant, ed rollins.

ed, let's start with lindsey graham want to go go after the resolution to condemn what the radical dimms are trying to do to this president. in the house you just heard matt gaetz say they will vote no on the resolution put forward by the democrats which gives the republicans absolutely nothing. >> the proper response is don't participate in this process. >> if i were the majority leader i would walk off the floor. the republicans can subpoena witnesses if the chairman says it's okay. you know the chairman is not going to say it's okay. this is a railroad kangaroo court. the political establishment d.c. is against this president and have been since the get-go. lou: the republicans clearly

outside the white house have no true leadership. it's pathetic to watch and dangerous to the republic and this president to watch. and at the same time to have a lieutenant colonel, vindman, show up to testify he had a superior opinion and judgment of national security than does president trump. i would like to share this statement. it's mind boggling what this fellow said. in the spring of 2019 i became aware of outside influencers promoting a false narrative of ukraine inconsistent with the consensus views of the intraagency. it sounds like a death star. this narrative was harmful to u.s. government policy. while my intraagency colleagues and i wore becoming increasingly

optimistic prospects, this alternative narrative undermined government experts to expand cooperation with ukraine. that's chilling. what you are seeing and hearing there is a reference to the deep state, to the permanent bureaucracy and a lieutenant colonel obviously believes he has a superior judgment than the president of the united states. >> he was assigned to the white house not to be a ukrainian expert. he's a clerk. the state department and the defense department run the policy at the president's direction. you don't have to read far toib the constitution to see the president conducts foreign affairs. his duty is to pull the papers together. he doesn't make policy. for him to make a judgment on national security and values his

own judgment over the president's judgment is ridiculous. of all the stuff i have heard -- i have worked in two white houses. they drive in cars and cook you meals, you have to have confidentiality. if you can't trust them you lose all credibility. if i were the president i would get him out of the white house. >> he offered to he's basicallyt believer in the chain of command except -- >> when it comes to the commander-in-chief. lou: romney said he hasn't made up his mind on impeachment. >> there should not be a vote.

romney can't make a decision at this point in time because there are no facts or figures or crimes. the bottom line is romney better get on the republican bandwagon or he's going to pay a long, hard price. lou: jeff sessions apparently mulling a senate run in alabama. any advice? >> i don't think he need to come back. he had a good career in the senate. there are several candidates running. it's an important race for us. he's not a shoe and he's not a walk-in. lou: michael flynn's attorney next on why federal prosecutors are sweating bullets about her explosive new claims of prosecutorial misconduct. the new connections between deep state operatives peter strzok and bruce ohr. that and much more after these

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lou: a federal appeals court in washington, d.c. issued a stay blocking the release of mueller grand jury material pending a department of justice appeal. house democrats were demanding the department of justice release the grand jury material, redacted sections as well of mueller, report as part of their so-called impeachment inquiry. judicial watch obtaining new records through an april foia request showing comun station between peter strzok and doj official bruce ohr. records the department of justice previous lur -- previout couldn't find.

find. joining us, hans, good to have you with us. and sara carter. let's start with the ukraine. we have a transcript of a presidential conversation with ukraine president zelensky, straightforwardly. it is according to the justice department harmless and certainly no culpability of any kind on the part of the president. so what do you make of what we are witnessing now in the house? >> well, i would have to say i'm not sure why we need to hear witnesses such as the lieutenant colonel who testified today who listened in on the telephone call. who cares what he heard when we have the actual transcript of what was said.

particularly, he simply is disagreeing the foreign policy negotiations and judgment of the president which is not his place to do as an army officer. and what he has to say about all of this is oat alley irrelevant' and does not provide any impeachability offense against the president. lou: there is a lot at work here,. here,sara sara. this radical dim * conference doesn't care what they do to this lieutenant colonel. he looks delusional talking about the intraagency of the federal government as if it has some constitutional role which it does not. and somehow will leave the president of the united states

subordinate to the will of the agency. >> what it does tell me, lou, this is pretty self-effort based on what he said. this is lieutenant colonel individualman. col -- nell -- lt colonel vindman there are people in the white house opening spying and listening in on the commander-in-chief. he brought up joe biden. there is nothing illegal about bringing up rudy giuliani and the work william barr is doing. but there was no quid pro quo. what we do know is they were actively listening. we have to ask ourselves why? what did they know? what were they looking for? prior to 2016, lou, the democrats as well as those former senior obama officials

targeting president trump are continuing to target him and they are look for anything and everything. it's has if president trump has a police officer following him illegally everywhere he goes trying to find him doing anything, anything at all that they can try to you pin on him. i think this is very concerning. and i think he should be removed if he has not been removed already. i think the president should clean out the nfc and the white house of people he suspects. this bureaucracy is out of control. lou: this resolution put forward by the speaker today. talking to matt gaetz earlier, i know several republicans are planning to vote know. ed rollins said they shouldn't participate in what is a charade which will result in no greater

equity. >> it's bizarre because the rules they set out for how the investigation will proceed only apply to two of the six committees that have been tasked investigating it. that means four of the committees can continue to act in secret without allowing any participation by the republicans. and for the other two committees, the rules they set out are all completely different from the rules set out for both the clinton impeachment inquiry and the nixon impeachment inquiry. in those the chairman of the committee and the ranging minority member acted jointly to issue subpoenas, figure out -- lou: the judiciary committee. >> here the intelligence committee, the chairman can act

unilateralli'. to say chairman may i. to get the witnesses they want to talk to. lou: i want to go to colonel vintdman's testimony. i realize if ukraine pursued an investigation into the burisma energy it would result in using the bipartisan support it has thus tar maintained. >> president trump did not support the ukrainians the way president trump has supported ukraine. there was no quid pro quo in this whatsoever. we know joe biden openly made a statement that he basically

forced the ukrainian government to fire shokin or they were going to withhold the $1.5 billion. there was no quid pro quo here. lou: we are joined next

lou: d.c. district court judge

canceled a hearing scheduled for next week. this follows general flynn's' southern claiming the fbi manipulated flynn's file. joining us is general flynn's defense attorney, sidney powell, and former federal prosecutor and author. a busy day in d.c. where the order by one judge to release documents that were redacted by the mule were report to the judiciary committee to the house. this judgment by? washington as well to say you have got to produce to the attorneys for the department of justice. you have got to produce some evidence to deal with your

claims. '. >> judge sullivan is giving them a chance to file a third reply. they are alleging weep pearnlged new claims in the our reply brief. that will be ease of live refute ablgable by their -- refutable by their own filings. he directed us to file a third reply by monday at noon. we'll get the last say on the issue. we are going to break the record in this case. lou: this looks favorable for

your client. the 302s, whether the word is manipulated -- well, absolutely a fraud carried out with them against your client. and now i hear a lot of people upset that flynn would claim he's innocent when your suggestion is abundantly clear that he was intimidated in what he did. >> from our first hearing with judge sullivan i talked about having mr. flynn exonerated of these charges. their own agents came back from the interview of general flynn in the white house on january 24 talking about believing him and believes that he was being honest about what he was telling them he remembered. there is no surprise for the government there at all. they know this was an ambush interview. they know it was set up, they

know they manipulated the 302s. they know everything they did. lou: the participation of andrew mccabe in the matter. he said that he didn't think the general was lying. how soon do you think you will have resolution for the general here? >> i think we'll have a good strong sense of direction before the end of the year and it might be over by then. i would strongly encourage the department of justice to step up and do the right thing and agree to dismiss this case against him because it's an abomination of justice. lou: it's a new justice department, if you will, headed up by william barr who has been even handed in trying to bring balance and fairness to a sullied justice department and certainly sullied fbi.

>> it is. in our 160-page filing which the government says is devoid of facts or law, i think there are more than enough reasons for the justice department to step in now and dismiss the case. lou: sit any powell, thanks so much. on wall street, the dow down 3. the nasdaq fell 49. volume on the big board, still modest trading. crude oil down a half%. gold and silver remain flat. tesla third quarter revenue fell 39% in the united states. the first decline in two years. but sales in china and other regions surging. we'll be right back.

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lou: a new report shows a record number of people living in the united states are speaking a foreign language at home. new census data finds 67 million americans don't speak english at

home. of those 41 million speak spanish, making the language more prevalent in homes than all the three countries in latin america. joining us tonight, kelly sadler. she is a energetic trumper. >> absolutely. lou:epca peag noesn this country whether hispanic or african-american or asian. how are you doing? and what is the data showing you right now? >> the economy is doing well for everyone. a rising tide lifts all boats. and these communities are recognizing that. the fact that the president

passed the first step act in criminal justice reform. something democrats were never able to do and got that through bipartisan lines. there are things he has done through opportunity zones. that's allowing a lot of new investment to come in. that's what matters when they go to the voting polls. >> i think the big question for a lot of republicans is how powerful is the get out the vote organization of both the republican national committee. as well as the trump 020 campaign. >> the rnc and the campaign have done a great job -- you see these massive rallies, the 20,000 plus rallies. that doesn't count the people who rsvp'd. lou: i am talking about exerting

forces -- political forces that will insure the republicans get to the polls and voters are registered, and legitimate voters, because we know what the democrats are trying to do. >> right now america first policies is doing voter registrations in the key states we are focused on. we are in the field knocking on doors. using the data from the data trust we compiled on what a trump voter looks like, where they are located. doing the hard work to make sure we have everyone in the base going out to vote and capturing all these new voters who come to the rallies to get registered. lou: how much does it complicate the president's job to win in 2020 at the same time going after sanctuary laws with

minority voters. >> this is a law and order president. when you have where i'm from, i'm from the beltway, the swamp, moant gop are you county just this summer over a period of 45 days, there were 9 illegal immigrant arrests over brutal sexual assaults. montgomery county is a sanctuary county where they were not cooperating with i.c.e. they were releasing them into the community. illegal criminal aliens. lou: i think the president is doing what previous presidents should have done themselves. it just has to be that we enforce our laws. to have local law enforcement at ads with federal agencies.

it's abhorrent. >> you know a lot of these crimes happen within the community. within the hispanic and african-american communities. so all of these u.s. citizens who live in these communities recognize these policies are protecting them and their policies. everyone wants to protect our communities know matter where usual who where you live. lou: what is the post uplifting factoid in the campaign for trump supporters? >> we have been doing focus group testing. we are not going to release all the results of what we are garnering. these are with swing voters. not the core trump supporters. what i found so uplifting is his messages are getting through. people are seeing the economy in

their pockets books. when they see the 2020 dems, they are scared the country is going to move toward socialism and they won't be able to have their second amendment or having people come and knock on the door to take away their guns. or they are worried about illegal immigrants coming to this country having better healthcare than they have. they see the president defending the core of this country. even though they might can reluctant voters, they will still come out and vote for him. lou: this president is doing extraordinary things for this country. >> they see this impeachment thing as a charade. they sight for what it is -- they see it for what it is, a fraud and a charade. lou: up next. on you republicans are fighting back against the party of hate's

corrupt efforts to take down president trump. stay with us. we'll be right back.

lou: a vote expected as soon as thursday on the house democrats resolution which is basically a blueprint for impeachment, giving very little to the republicans. how minority leadered kevin mccar think tweeted this. -- mccar thinthy tweeted this. that's it fear us tonight. we thank you for being with us. best selling author peter schweizer. a remind tore follow me on twitter @loudobbs, like me on facebook and follow me on instagram @loudobbstonight. listen to my radio reports three

times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. see you sleer tomorrow evening. good night from new york. lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are you your top stories at this hour. angry lawmakers and hurt families criticizing boeing's ceo as he testified on the 737 max jet's role in two fatal crashes. did he say enough to ease fliers' fears? cheryl: joe biden attacking the president over his handling of the economy but will the trump economy prove him wrong? we'll get the latest gdp report and the fed decision today. lauren: the washington nationals push the world series game seven of. we go to houston whose fan's viral moment turned into a lot more. cheryl: hbo is revealing the