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in his grave. >> exactly. >> feet davidson is a baby. >> you're wrong. it is not that. >> forbidding people from talking about it on social media. david: we may hear more about this before his next show. we have to leave it at that. that does it for "bulls & bears." see you next time. liz: the sprint to impeachment is about to get more combative as president trump arrives in london with the first lady for the nato summit. reports, iran, china, russia will hold in coming weeks their first ever joint war drills. the president will not testify. danger for democrats. republicans going on offense. they drafted a harsh new report saying democrats have not made their case. the president's threat to hold up ukraine aid due to corruption, the report says it was entirely prudent. the gop plans to call witnesses as democrats still not moving the needle on impeachment with
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voters. impeachment is about to clash with the iowa caucus two months away. the london terror attack that left two people dead. readers fear copycat attacks. dozens of criminals have been released into the uk to the public. growing number of economists blowing up the latest line of attack from 2020 democrats like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren in order to win the white house. it is about income inequality. even economist magazine now says democrats and liberal media totally wrong. they're missing -- misleading the country with data and with a push that make the government more powerful. former fbi lawyer lisa page is not breaking her silence not because the fisa report is due out a week from now, but because of comments the president made two months ago about lisa page. tonight lisa page now trying to claim she does not recall her anti-trump text messages but she
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has free speech rights in the recent interview as a federal worker. we show you the biased texts that the justice department watchdog says were so bad, they even showed a willingness to take official action to stop trump a bias that was so serious, special counsel robert mueller had to fire peter strzok from the russia probe. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth mccdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. liz: welcome to the show. you are watching the fox business network. we hope you had a good thanksgiving. while democrats in washington begin phase two of their impeachment sprint the president is in london meeting with nato leaders. we have every angle covered for you. our own blake burman is in london. fox news's chad pergram is on capitol hill. kick it off with blake traveling with the president. blake. reporter: hi, there, liz. president trump and the first lady landed here in london in
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the past hour. two days of upcoming events and meetings to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the nato alliance. tomorrow the president and other world leaders from nato member nations will head to buckingham palace for a gathering there hosted by the queen. the president will also be meeting, having one-on-one meetings with the german chancellor angela merkel and french president, emmanuel macron. liz, within the last 20 or 30 minutes here. that meeting with macron has certainly got some extra attention added to it as back in washington, the u.s. trade representative has announced that it is moving in the direction of levying $2.4 billion worth of tariffs against france for its digital services tax which seeks to tax certain companies within the u.s. specifically the ustr says the actions by france are quote, unquote, discriminatory against apple, amazon, facebook and google. so that meeting with macron tomorrow certainly will have some extra attention added to
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it. meantime before leaving the white house today the president took issue with the house judiciary committee holding its first hearing into the impeachment hearing on wednesday. that of course coincides with the nato meetings here in the london area. >> this was set up a year ago. when i'm going to nato that was the exact time. this is one of the most important journeys that we make as presidents. and for them to be doing this and saying this and putting an impeachment on the table which is a hoax -- reporter: with a long flight across the atlantic today the president was fairly active on twitter. liz, it appears he took notice of that weak ism reading as the president's last couple tweets have been directed at jay powell and the fed. on the ground here the president tweeted that the fed in his opinion needs to lower rates. liz? liz: data on manufacturing. blake burman thanks so much for the reporting there. stay warm. let's get you into washington,
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d.c. the second phase of impeachment has begun. chad pergram is there with more. chad. reporter: it is a little bit after 6:00 in the east. members of the intelligence committee can go to a secure room in the capitol to read the impeachment report. fox spoke to several members. all indicated they would read the report tomorrow. the intelligence committee will release the report 24 hours from now. the house goes to the house judiciary committee. the judiciary panel has far more jurisdiction over impeachment t holds a hearing with four witnesses on wednesday morning. all four law professors. pamela carlin of stanford, michael gearhardt of north carolina and jonathan turley of george washington. the white house notifieded committee chairman jerry nadler it would not participate in the process. the administration criticized nadler holding an impeachment hearing while president was overseas for a nato meeting. fox asked a senior
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administration source that the house may work out a half measure. stay tuned. doug collins of georgia is insisting that house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff testify on the hearing wednesday. that is quite unlikely. republicans released their own 123 page report on impeachment. they say the november hearings failed to prove evidence of bribery, extortion or high crimes and misdemeanors. republicans asserts the impeachment inquiry sets a quote, dangerous precedent. liz, back to you. liz: chad pergram, thanks for the reporting. let's get you up to speed what chad was saying as well. the point of the hearings was to change public opinion against the president. as we've been reporting, 30 hours of televised hearings, "politico" summed it up, public hearings did not move to move the needle. in fact public polling opinion went the other way. emerson 45 opposed impeachment. that is up from 43%. 43 support, down from last
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month's 48%. only less than a third follow the proceedings votes closely. others say impeachment is not getting any traction. take it to former federal prosecutor jim trustee. do you think the democrats made their case to the public, jim? >> no, but i don't think they ever had a chance. there is no evidence of a crime. remember actual career prosecutors at doj looked at the transcript from the phone call said there is no crime here. you have a quote, victim of bribery and extortion, head of the ukraine saying i wasn't a victim of anything. so it's always been uphill on a pure factual level. but obviously that hasn't stopped them from pushing hard. liz: to your point,ed leader of ukraine, zelensky gave an interview to "time" magazine and other outlets essentially he did not talk to president trump about quid pro quo, strategic partnership not blocked military aid, the leader of ukraine. he acknowledged corruption in
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ukraine. i want to get back up to this. here is the story really breaking right now. pelosi and adam schiff chose to skip the investigative process, no special counsels, no investigative procedures. they are really racing this through to the finish line. how do you think this will clash with the democrats race? >> well i mean, look, the bottom line is, they had a series of witnesses who came on and talked from a very elite kind of circle, right? folks that could come on tv, say i was, i'm the third generation diplomat. you know, i've been fired. i've been treated terribly. now i have to be a professor at georgetown. a person that gave a 40-minute opening statement before he gave one minute of testimony. now we'll add to that, a bunch of academics basically. it will not cure the problem which is the facts are the facts. the facts are not there. so politically although this is been ink blot test whether you like president trump or don't like president trump, for people looking at it, trying to be fair-minded think will not approve of this process or what
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is coming next. liz: to your point democrats wanted to impeach the president trump for the emoluments clause, nfl anthem protests tweets about members of the federal judges, you know the question should you just let voters decide a year from now? to your point special pro prosecutors were used in the nixon and clinton impeachments. did not use that here. mueller probe did not indicate russian collusion. tom mcclintock, member of house judiciary, here what he thinks says will happen. watch this. >> as you recall in the intelligence hearings republicans asked for nine witnesses. adam schiff beat veried -- vetoed six of those. in a fee society the prosecution doesn't get to choose what witnesses defense wishes to call. that is going on in the intelligence committee. the question will whether jerry nadler continues the sham in the judiciary hearings. when it goes over to the senate that will play a big role.
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liz: you have this, to your point. here are the witnesses who testified for the democrats case. they actually undercut the democrats case. watch this. >> either of you ever have any evidence of quid pro quo, mr. morrison? >> no, ma'am. >> ambassador volcker? >> i did not. >> any evidence of bribery? >> no, ma'am. >> no, ma'am. >> not that i recall. >> no they did not. >> he said i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. >> you testified that you had no direct knowledge of any nefarious motivations to withhold aid to ukraine, correct? >> correct. >> and to your knowledge you testified there was no strings attached to the aid, correct? that is page 184 of your deposition? >> i had no such knowledge. liz: also obstruction, quickly i want to take that on. the white house asked courts to decide on executive privilege. show what the obama administration, what the obama administration blocked in terms of many instances executive privilege. jim, you're take on the democrats case right now.
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feels like it is falling apart? >> again i don't think it was ever there in the first place. what is kind of crazy not just the shifting sands of chairman schiff announcing judge juries prosecutor and executioner, that he found another new crime. he keeps changing the classification of the crime. he is saying if you resist in any fashion that will be an article of impeachment that is the scariest takeaway from the hold thing. if you somehow as certificate a privilege, say something is not fair, move to quash a subpoena, that has been given out improvidently somehow that is basis for a high crime and misdemeanor? that is the earth shaking legacy of this thing, besides cheapening impeachment as a whole calling any resistance impeachment. liz: what other precedent would that set besides weakening impeachment? >> it is obstruction to fight a legal process we given up any rules. this is far cry from a civil trial, or a civil case. there is not rules of evidence,
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chairman of procedure, just chairman schiff with his personality which is not proven to be trustworthy. if you add to that disagree with chairman schiff, you have something different than we've seen. liz: entirely new ballfield. thank you for your insights. come back soon. >> sure, liz. liz: update on money and market. futures down 300 point. new worries over trade. negative read on manufacturing. the dow did close down 268 points today. deirdre bolton has more from the floor of the new york stock exchange. deirdre. reporter: on the first trading day of december, worries about trade sent stocks lower. potential trade turmoil put pressure on markets. president trump saying china wants to make a deal, but quote, we'll see what happens. chinese state newspaper, the global times says the u.s. must remove existing tariffs for a phase one trade deal to be accomplished. the chinese also want the is to refrain imposing additional tariffs on chinese goods as of
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december this. experts say unlikely phase one will be accomplished before the end of the year. tensions between the two largest economies increased last week after president trump signed legislation supporting protesters in hong kong. from china to south america, president trump says he will restore tariffs immediately on metal imports from brazil and argentina. all of those headlines saw the s&p 500 log its biggest decline in seven weeks, with the dow down more than 260 points. liz, back to you. liz: deirdre bolton great to see you. next up, the london terror attack that left two people dead. uk leaders now fear copycat attacks as dozens of terror criminals reportedly already have been released there. we've got the latest with general jack keane and a lot more show coming up. with this key to the city. [ applause ]
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♪. liz: welcome back. let's take you to london. thousands turned out to today to honor the two victims murdered friday by a terrorist released from prison after serving half of his sentence for a failed al qaeda inspired plot to bomb the american embassy in london, as well as the london stock exchange and britain's parliament. fox news's kitty logan is in london with more.
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reporter: vigil held in london today to remember those who lost their lives in last friday's knife attack in the city. the service was attended by friends and family of the victims as well as the prime minister and other dignitaries. we also honored the emergency services and bystanders who intervened to stop the attack. there was a two-minute silence to pay tribute to those who died. 25-year-old jack mayor rick and 23-year-old jones were killed when convicted terrorist attacked them as they attended a conference on prisoner rehabilitation. khan had been invited to the conference was released early from prison after serving time for plotting a terror attack. on friday afternoon he went on the rampage, carrying two knives and warying a suicide vest that turned out to be fake. police were taking no chances and shot him dead at the scene. three other people were injured in the attack. two of them are still in hospital. police have reopened the area but continue to investigate.
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despite a claim of responsibility by isis it is believed khan acted alone but questions are being asked about how a convicted terrorist described as dangerous by a judge, was free to carry out this brutal attack. and now this incident has become a political issue ahead of an election here later this month. the two main political parties are blaming each other for failures which led to khan's early release. in london, kitty logan, fox news. liz: thank you, kitty logan, appreciate it. president trump arriving in london today for the nato summit, marking nato's 70th anniversary. president trump eager to get out in front of foreign policy as democrats continue the impeachment inquiry at home. let's welcome my next guest, retired four-star general and fox news senior strategic analyst, general jack keane. great to see you, general. >> good to see you, lose. liz: your thoughts on nato? >> everyone is emphasizing the differences we have, i believe we have so much more in common
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than those differences. particularly a common understanding the major threat to nato is russia and clearly nato is united around that threat to be sure and in the last few years, nato has been strengthened as a result of that. nato's also increasing their defense budgets. that is something president trump has championed to be sure. there were up to nine countries now about meeting that standard of 2% of gdp goes to defense. that is going to double in the next few years. so those are all good things. i think the president will emphasize the importance of nato, particularly in view of this recent attack. as you just described, in the introduction by an isis-inspired individual. at least we think it is, on the streets of, on the streets of london and the importance of maintaining vigilance against, against that threat. of course there are some differences. turkey is buying russian miss
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sell defense systems. makes no sense. if you're a nato member doing something like that, turkey conducted a military operation in territory that the united states, britain and france had under their control with the syrian democratic force, also something doesn't make a lot of sense. so yeah, there are differences but what they have in common, the common threat is the most significant thing that is keeping them together. liz: general, your assessment what is going on. this controversy, should nations of origin, take in, take back in their own terrorist nationals? because now france, other nations in europe, want iraq to prosecute, detain thousands of isis terrorists but iraq has its own problem? >> it is kind of ludicrous to expect the iraqis to take this because they happen to be in the area. the reality, iraqis and syrians make up make up close to 20,000
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isis detainees. 2000 are europeans in syria. certainly as you noted, iraq has challenges. and therefore shouldn't be sort of farmed out detention center for the europeans. you know the problem with the europeans is, the government leaders don't trust their own judicial system and they're afraid that the judicial system will be lenient on these people. they may in fact commit another attack in their homeland is the issue. given what took place in england with someone who was let out only serving half of their sentence, obviously was not tracking him, is something they should be doing, that is part of the problem here. it's a political issue for the leaders. think i they're dead wrong not bringing back those citizen fighters because if they're let loose, they will get them back anyway but they will come back
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armed and that will be a tragedy. liz: general, switching gears quickly. china suspending visits by u.s. navy ships to hong kong after the president signed pro-democracy legislation backing the hong kong protesters. beijing is announcing sanctions against a number of human rights groups, human rights watch, freedom house. i want to turn to this quickly, now what is happening, china is now partnering with russia on a 55 billion-dollar pipeline bringing russian energy and fuel to china. i mean, general, your assessment of this? the u.s. now for the first time in 70 years, we haven't seen this before, a net exporter of oil due to fracking. your take what is going on with china and russia there? >> certainly the fact that they're getting closer together economically and militarily has got to be of concern to the world. russia, while it doesn't have the economic engine that china has, it does have a significant capability and, in terms of
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military capacity, and china, is the fastest growing military organization in the world and at some point will largely catch the united states in that endeavor too. so that has got to give us concern. their authoritarian regimes for sure in china. democracy in name only in russia in terms of where putin is taking that country. so yes, that is a foreign policy national security concern for us and our allies. what's taking place in hong kong, american flags flying, the national anthem being played, congress acting, president approving legislation backing the hong kongers, that is very significant. listen, the thing that the chinese communist party who run mainland china fear more than any country, more than any military power or economic power, is their own people. what is on display in hong kong
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is a visible demonstration of what concerns them. they want to keep that contained in hong kong and they do not want that coming into mainland china. their achilles' heel in the ccp is in fact their authoritarian repressive control of their own people because it could implode some day on them. liz: wow what a story. general jack keane thank you for your insights and your service to our country. come back soon. >> have a great week. liz: same here. president trump breaking news now, tweeting quote, mini mike bloomberg has instructed his third-rate organization not to investigate bloomberg or any democrat but go after president trump. only the failing "new york times" thinks that is okay because their hatred and bias is so great they can't even see straight. it's not okay. we'll dig into the fight coming up. that limit a company's growt.
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♪ liz: the 2020 democrat race is in chaos. now this, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren are really mad at billionaire michael bloomberg. here is michael bloomberg's strategy. avoid the 2020 democrat debates up till now. they have been criticized having low ratings. instead plow our war chest of money, bloomberg war chest of money into half a dozen battleground states in order to win. these are the states donald trump won. we're talking michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania. trump also flipped florida again after it had gone for barack obama twice. let's bring in my next guest. she is heritage foundation senior writer kelsey bullard. great to see you again. what are your thoughts on bloomberg's strategy here? >> it is fair for the rest of the democratic field to be critical of michael bloomberg for throwing money into this race and for not really having a clear policy platform and explaining to americans what he is fighting for. you know, democrats have been out there debating their policies on immigration, health
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care reform and so forth for months now. if you actually look on his website there is not any clear policy positions that he is holding. so i think in order for him to be a serious candidate he has to put forth a serious policy platform for democrats and the rest of americans to analyze. liz: it is an important point you just made because bloomberg is still polling in the single digits. he is a billionaire in a party that despises prosperity and success. you wonder what cohort of democrat primary voters will go for him? doesn't look like we're seeing any traction with women, with african-americans, with hispanics, young, working class. they already have a billionaire in the race, the democrats do, tom steyer. he has no traction either despite spending a ton of money. president's tweet moments ago. breaking news. president tweeting about michael bloomberg saying "bloomberg news" will not investigate bloomberg or any democrat but go after president trump instead, investigate
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trump. kelsey, the trump campaign hitting back. it will not issue press credentials to "bloomberg news" to cover the trump campaign. your take on this fight. >> the trump campaign has ever right to do that. the situation really begs the question, is what "bloomberg news" is doing different from mainstream news organizations have been doing for the past couple years where they hardly investigate democrats and then they really double down on their investigations of president trump. now at least bloomberg is transparent about doing this. they say they are doing it because they don't want to investigate michael bloomberg of course. but, you know, this is not, this is not any sort of fair media coverage. when you're covering a republican president, republican candidate and none of his democrat rivals. liz: what is really interesting too, 2020 democrats on the campaign trail are not being asked about impeachment, not an issue voters care about. here is what abc news rick klein
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had to say about that. watch. >> they're not getting asked on the trail in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, nevada, they're not getting asked about impeachment. they don't want to talk about it because they don't have much to add. it isn't an issue for them. there is not a good way for any of these campaigns to break through in this era. this will be the overriding story. the democratic primary will play out against that backdrop. as matthew says if this is done by february or march, we're not voting likely on impeachment next november. liz: journalists from the "washington examiner" had this to say about democrat as case for impeachment. watch this. >> no, i don't think they made a mistake but i think they are concerned, here they are this process we're heading into december now. the polls are stagnant. they are worried that they're stuck on something that could hurt them politically. liz: this as the trump white house is talking about tax cuts 2.0 for the middle class,
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kelsey. >> it is absolutely a mistake for democrats to go down this road of impeachment. what americans care about in the holiday season, the economy, how the policies that different candidates are putting forth will affect them and their pocketbooks. instead of talking about that. all we're hearing on the media from democrats is impeachment. american voters back home, that is not their top priority. liz: kelly bolar, come back soon. great to see you. >> thank you. liz: coming up, we take on the latest attack on 2020 democrats to win the white house. talking to elizabeth warren and bernie sanders thinking income inequality will win it for them but "the economist" magazine blowing up their argument. a growing number of economists saying you're being misleading. you're misleading the american people with flawed data sets and analysis. all in an effort possibly to make government even bigger, more powerful. the story coming up. ♪. (vo) the flock blindly falls into formation.
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♪. liz: the 2020 democrats next go-to tactic to win the white house? income inequality. elizabeth warren, bernie sanders proposed more taxes to somehow fix income inequality. here is democrat strategist tara dowdell on msnbc, claiming income ineye quality is at record highs. >> what we have is a middle class that can't access, that can't climb. a working poor people that can't climb. because, income inrhee quality has -- income ineye quality has been the same, since you all mentioned it earlier, this is the highest record since the census was been recorded in this country t has real impact on people's lives. guess what, if people pay a little bit more, they will still be rich. and that -- liz: okay. joining me now, wells fargo senior economist mark vitner.
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there is a number of problems with the argument. we'll dig into in a second. economist magazine report agroing number of economists having to correct the errors in this income inequality debate saying these arguments are totally wrong, misleading the country. think tanks warning that 2020 democrats and the media are about more government power, making government bigger? >> that is a big part of it. anytime the economy is growing, particularly growing rapidly you get widening income inequality but the measures themselves they exclude a lot of stuff. they exclude a lot of aid government gives to lower income folks but the really good news right now the incomes of folks that are at the middle income cohort and below are actually growing much faster than they are at the upper income levels. so we've got narrowing income inequality. it is not widening. the situation is getting better. >> critics repeatedly said what the democrats and liberal media are saying here is about jealousy.
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it is about envy, taking from those who worked hard to make the government bigger. here are series of errors in the conventional wisdom of income inequality. fatal flaw to your point, mark, they don't take into account taxes paid, government welfare programs and corporate benefits. u.s. households getting more in cash handouts, 2.2 trillion from the government than they're paying in taxes. look at what they're leaving out. social security. they're leaving out medicate, medicare, chip benefits, food stamps, housing subsidies, job training. they're leaving out veterans benefits. they leave out pensions. they leave out 401(k)s. they leave out company health insurance. an estimated 50% of u.s. households has 1% getting some form of government benefit, mark? >> that is what politicians do. they torture the data until they get the result that they want. really this is, this is something that. that there is a kernel of truth. we did have some pretty significant income inequality
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issues coming out of the see rear re session. liz: the government can't fix that. how can the government step in to make your income higher? >> way the government fixes that, letting the economy grow. that is the way to fix it. >> here is the irony democrats leave out sues using census data doesn't count the government programs. never show, when they do that they will never show progress that the u.s. is making in getting people's, you know, living standards up. you know, in other words, they're falsely requiring more government fixes when they ignore the programs that are trying to fix the problems already that they created and want? >> also the government fixes cause distortions in the market that make things worse. right now the economic expansion is broadening. it is including more industries. it is bringing up more workers. it is creating more opportunities. consumer confidence is near record high. wage and salary growth
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accelerated this is exactly what folks have been wanting to see for a long time. after 10 years of economic growth we finally got it. liz: mark, great to see you. thank you for your insights. come back soon. >> great to be with you. liz: just ahead with weeks to go before long anticipated report, potential fbi misconduct in the russia probe, former fbi lawyer, lisa page now claims she is breaking her silence because of the comments the president made about her nearly two months ago. lisa page claiming she quote, has no recollection of her anti-trump text messages that got peter strzok fired from the mueller probe and from the fbi. we have the text messages coming up. ♪. doctor bob, what should i take for back pain? before you take anything, i recommend applying topical relievers first.
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weekend. former department of justice attorney hands -- hanz spakosky. don't want to miss us. join us at the top of the hour. liz: thank you, lou. lisa page tells "the daily beast" she is breaking her. [silence] lens not because of the department of justice inspector general report on fisa abuses that report is due out in a week. we have a former fbi director danny coulson. good to see you. lisa page is talk now because she claims president trump mocked her and peter strag at a rally. what do you think. >> that is a smokesscreen. the content of the text messages showed so much bias, the inspector general was concerned
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that the bias would carry over into official action that would lead the fbi to do something ill toward or inconstitutional. it is not the text messages being sent. it tells us about motive and about action. liz: to your point lisa page says in the interview she says quote, has no idea, does not have any recollection of her anti-trump text biases. but in the same interview she says she has free speech rights as a federal worker. let's show the anti-trump bias in the text messages. they were so bad that special counsel robert mueller fired peter strzok from the russia probe. >> yes. liz: the president of the united states calling me names to the entire world. that is what she told "the daily beast." trump will never become president, right, right? peter strzok to lisa page, no we're going to stop it. lisa page texted it, omg, this is blanking terrifying. strzok ticked back i'm depressed. i don't know if i can eat.
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i'm very nauseous. that i bought all the president's men, the book. figure i need to brush up on watergate. your reaction? >> gets back it is not the text messages, its the content. was that bias so strong between her and strzok and maybe others that they took some official act that, was illegal, or inappropriate or violated the constitution. i think we saw that we saw that she as i understand strzok signed off on the fisa warrant. what did she do? did she look to see if it was true or not? did she just gloss over it because of her bias? that is what the inspector general is concerned about. very frankly this whole thing will not come down to the inspector general. it will come down to the united states attorney, he will look at this, the actions, reactions. what happened. liz: john durham. the president tweeting this today, when lisa page, lover peter strzok talk about being crushed after reading insurance
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policy text just in case hillary loses. why were the text messages scrubbed after strzok left the mueller probe? here is the thing. this is what the president is talking about. lisa page admitted in testimony that the fbi knew as late as may 2017 it had no proof of trump-russia collusion. this was up to and after mueller was appointed. she said in testimony the insurance policy they were texting about, it sounded like it wasn't the russia collusion probe. your reaction? >> i think strzok made the comment this is a big nothing burger. i think that is a quote. i think they knew there was nothing there. again this is what we'll find out from the united states attorney's office. did their bias cause the fbi to take some kind of action that was inappropriate or legal. that is the problem. lisa's injuries are mostly self-inflicted and the fact they recorded their animus on a government telephone, that doesn't sound like they had much self-awareness there.
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i'm sorry it is going on but it is what it is, we'll see exactly what happens when the inspector general finishes and also when the united states attorney finishes. >> danny coulson, great to see you. come back soon. >> always a pleasure. liz: same here. next up, another mexican drug cartel shooting up another border town. mexico made several more arrests linked to the massacre of these three mormon moms and six of their children. we have the update on these stories next. ♪. we weave security into their business. virtualize their operations. (woman) and build ai customer experiences. we also keep them ready for the next big opportunity. like 5g. almost all the fortune 500 partner with us. (woman) when it comes to digital transformation... verizon keeps business ready. ♪
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liz: mexican officials announcing more arrests in the massacre south of the border. the arrests were carried out with fbi and mexican forces. >> i'm happy this family is going to get some justice. i applaud the fbi and the mexican authorities to track down these people. they lived there for generations, and now they had to leave because of what happened to their family. liz: this past weekend, 35 miles
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south of eagle pass, texas. it was an hour-long attack. they were attacking government buildings. this is astonishing just south of the border. >> this is terrible. this is what the cartels are capable of. we share a responsibility with mexico for taking steps to combat this violence, to stop them from bringing poison into the united states. i'm happy to see 20 of the people that did this were tracked down and essentially killed because the mexicans tried to take them into custody. these are the things that make us realize why we have to have a secure border. liz: federal prosecutors pulling off what could be the biggest
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takedown in history. a network of spies, spying on the border patrol. niece mexican spies are as far as 60 miles into the up seattle. that's a stunning level of penetration there. >> i applaud the folks at i.c.e. and cbp who understood what this threat was and took it to these smugglers. they used undercover operations and took these folks into custody to prevent them from scouting so far into the united states. those are protected land. there is a lot of degradation when they bring their trash and food and radio sites. liz: reports are coming in attorney general william barr
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may be planning to travel to mexico to talk border security and cooperation with mexico after the president called for designating drug cartels as terrorist groups. this is happening as the 2020 democrat elizabeth warren says this is a man made crisis president trump created at the border. the crisis at the border is the result of illegal immigration framework that leaves large loopholes in the law. if we want to secure the border and make it border and mexico communities safe, we need to collaborate with mexico. we have a vital trust trade and relationship with them. it will give us better intelligence, give us better information and allow us to take the fight to the cartels. liz: does it attack their cash flow? >> it gives the government specific authority to go after
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their cash. liz: thank you for having us in your home. thank you for watching. lou dobbs is next right here on the fox business network. have a good evening. [♪] lou: good evening. the party of hate's costume drama goes on in washington where adam schiff's band of radical dimms on the house intelligence committee will meet up with the gang of jerrold nadler and his judiciary bunch. as they try to steal the presidency from the american people and roll back the 2016 election. nadler's judiciary chit he lining up its first public hearings with four law professors wednesday, a time when president trump will be

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