when to quit. >> absolutely. progressives, coming up with disclaimer, gambling leads to divorce, lack of job, everything else. look forward to see you soon. david: gamble, you do so at your own risk. see you next time. liz: we're looking forward and taking a look back as we jump into the new year. we show you where the left made their biggest mistakes. democrats, hurry up and wait impeachment. tonight the impeachment going off the rails. are the democrats making a big mistake by delaying impeachment? will it suck the oxygen out of the 2020 democrat primary season? will it keep all eyeballs focused on d.c.'s full throttle politics? as we've been reporting for some time, get ready for impeachment

2.0. democrats hunkering down in congress. they remain in a permanent stage of outrage. 2019, the year the democrats went off the rails, from russia, to recession, to impeachment, to 2020 democrats dodging questions how they want you to pay for their big government policies that americans don't want. tonight the latest blow back against joe biden and elizabeth warren on the campaign trail. to 2019, the year the media went off the rails. we have the roundup of major media whoppers, mistakes, doozies in 2019. how the media fired up the beltway echo chamber claiming big bombshells coming, never happened, no on-air corrections. the debate, have members of the media planted the seeds of their owner relevance? it is pretty cold up there on the moral high ground. decade of success no one saw coming. economists and market pundits who predicted authoritatively of a long american decline,

parabolic move to the downside. how they got it so wrong and cost you money. border story of the year. trump administration and border patrol smashing a a homicidal gang rampaging through american society. the success story there. all the success stories tonight. i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ liz: welcome to the show. happy new year. fox business ne. the u.s. firing back as airstrikes target iranian-backed militia in iran and syria in response to the rocket attack that killed american defense contractor and wounded four u.s. soldiers. lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon with more. lucas. reporter: liz, iraqi officials say they are now reviewing the

relationship with the united states following these airstrikes, president trump's defense secretary called them a success. >> we will take additional actions as necessary to insure that we act in our own self-defense and we deter further bad behavior from militia groups or from iran. reporter: iranian backed militia said 25 of its fighters were killed, designated a terrorist group by the u.s. in 2009. the proxy force has american blood on its hands. shia militias killed 600 american troops following airstrikes at 7:00 p.m. local time. they vowed revenge on roughly 5,000 u.s. troops delloyd to the iraq. they released a drone video what the drones did to five targets, three in western iraq and five in eastern syria. in northern iraq friday they killed a u.s. american defense contractor and wounding four u.s. soldiers. former ambassador john bolton called the strikes a good first step. the ayatollahs must pay a steep price for the ongoing support of

terrorism. the leader is a terrorist who is blamed for the 1983 bombing of the u.s. embassy in kuwait and in addition killing u.s. troops in iraq but his militia fall against isis. the fighters are still under the umbrella of iraq security forces. both u.s. military and iranian backed militias battled isis, some are largely defeated some wonder why iran wants the u.s. out of iraq. liz? liz: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon, thank very much. secretary of state mike pompeo saying u.s. air strikes targeting iranian back militia were defensive action intended to protect american interests in the middle east and stop iran's aggression. the pentagon also suggesting more defensive actions will happen if hezbollah did not end its rocket barrages on iraqi positions. my next guest, retired four-star general, fox news senior strategic military analyst, general jack keane. great to see you, general. >> good to see you, liz. liz: what more defensive actions is the pentagon potentially

talking about here? >> well this really is up to the iranians. we conducted five airstrikes against three targets in iraq and two in syria, after, after, liz, they had conducted nine rocket attacks on bases where americans were at and fortunately we had no casualties until just last friday as the introduction indicated, four wounded and one contractor killed. so i believe the iranians will continue their playbook in terms of they made a decision to take action, some limited action against u.s. forces, particularly in iraq and we're quite vulnerable there. we have only 5000 forces. for our viewers to understand, the iranian-backed shia militia number in excess of 100,000. they are driven by the quds force out ofkets all come from iran. so i believe they will do this

again. i think our response will be considerably stronger to get right at your question. and we will escalate if necessary here because american lives are involved and the president has promised that we're not going to tolerate this kind of behavior and i do believe the iranianss are much more vulnerable in syria than they are in iraq in terms of their commitment of resources. i would like to see significant escalation the next time, even more in syria to bring them to their knees there, where they would clearly pay a steep price for their actions. liz: to your point, are we potentially going to see a hot war in iraq? because i want to back up, iran, china, and russia began reportedly naval drills in the indian ocean and the gulf of oman, you know. we are also seeing possibly joint maritime exercises between these countries. we know that japan is sending a

destroyer to guard its ships in the middle east. are we, are you talking about a potential hot war in iraq now? >> well, there's always the potential escalation for a war in the middle east between the united states and our allies and iran. i mean that potential has always been there. that is not in iranian self-interest because that would deed to the the destruction of the regime. the one thing iranians are wanting to preserve, they want nuclear weapons to protect the regime. i don't see that likely but there may be escalation to it which is always dangerous. to get to your point. it is great the japanese are participating. their activities in the gulf have been disrupted by iranians capturing a tanker. at the same time their prime minister was in iran talking to the supreme leader. that was quite ironic. so they're starting to play a hand here. good news.

now, what's happening with the naval liance that you just suggested in terms of exercises, russia, china and iranians, is largely symbolic, liz. but nonetheless the iranians have already a political, military alliance with russia in syria. it is significant that china has joined this axis. how extensive their actions will be remains to be seen but clearly the trump administration has got their eyes on this. all that said, if there was to be a conflict, those three nations together are no match for the united states and our collective allies in nato as well as our allies in the pacific and southeast asia. so we got to keep that in mind. nonetheless, this is a step in the wrong direction as far as u.s. interests are concerned. liz: in other words to button it, if, tensions escalate, you could possibly see russia rand china standing down as as the

russia and allies stand up? would that likely happen sir? final word. >> china doesn't want to go to war with the united states over this issue. you know, liz, so does your audience, china is 60% dependent on the middle east oil flow. any conflict will disrupt the oil flow that could bring up a world recession. liz: that is great point. >> the china play here is very limited one. they don't like the fact that the iranians disrupted oil flow. it impacts them there is a lot of symbolism here. liz: good to see you, general. thanks for coming in. >> good to see you, liz. liz: trump administration, the border crackdown is tightening but u.s. citizens have been caught helping smuggle in illegal aliens. 5000 faced prosecution for smuggling in illegal immigrants. nearly 2/3 of those arrested were u.s. citizens, most with

little or no criminal history. william la jeunesse joins us with the story. william? reporter: so, liz here is the figure that got our attention. 60% of those prosecuted for human smuggling last year were u.s. citizens. as the administration locks down the border and shuts down asylum-seekers, more americans are driving illegal immigrants, mexicans, central americans, haitians, even chinese over the border or up to cities like houston, phoenix, los angeles for a price. they're hidden in cars, trucks, even bogus ambulance and tour bus with the bodies concealed inside. hoping to fool agents estraight detection. mexican recruiters play on vulnerable, addicts, down and out or teenagers, promise of cash, little effort or low risk. >> they then approach these individuals in vulnerable state, right? they engage in this kind after conversation, hey, you can earn some money. it is low risk. it's not, you know, if you get

caught, you will skip process and released. right, they don't understand the dangers of it. reporter: one danger is getting caught. the other is getting out. once hooked the cartels press drivers to take another load. the smart smugglers use rentals or borrow cars since if caught they lose it. agents use dogs and stop suspicious vehicles at ports of entry or checkpoints. having locals who know shortcuts , fluent english speaking drivers, that helps. they mach hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> we're finding as much as 30 to $45,000 per person, and often times they're put into some type of a servitude in order to pay that off. reporter: there is not a real profile. u.s. marines, unemployed, teenagers in texas and san diego. as juveniles they don't do jail time. $1000 seems worth it to them for first-time offender, about 10

months, but a felony, that is hard to escape. liz, back to you. liz: william la jeunesse with the story. thank you so much. we will have later on in the show national border patrol council president brandon judd. he will talk to us later this hour more about border security. coming up the debate, the democrats and their hurry up and wait impeachment. is it now going off the rails? are the democrats about to make a big mistake by delaying impeachment? will impeachment suck the oxygen right out of the upcoming 2020 democrat primary season? a little over a month away. the story coming up. ♪. it'll ruin your house. so get allstate and be better protected from mayhem, like meow.

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♪. liz: to the democrats hurry up and wait on impeachment. now even impeachment is in d.c. gridlock. house speaker nancy pelosi still not green-lighting the delivery of impeachment articles to the senate. let's discuss it with congressman guy reschenthalerer of pennsylvania. >> thank you for having me on. liz: is nancy pelosi making a mistake? because delaying impeachment means it could take place during the critical democrat primary season and suck all the oxygen away in the room from 2020 democrats and their messaging but the focus would be on d.c.

full throttle politics? is this a mistake? >> yes. as we see, longer this drags out, more independent voters, more swing voters, more blue dog democrats are coming to the republican party. our conference has never been more united as republicans than we are now. we are larger than we were at the beginning because we got jeff van drew to come over to join the republican ranks. why nancy pelosi is dragging this out i don't know. i can speck heat that nancy pelosi is not in control. she is spending way too much time trying to appease the far left radical base, omars, talibs, aoc. she is trying to appease them. rather than steer her conference in the right direction. but hey as republican it is not watching your opponents make mistake. liz: let's see this. senator chuck grassley calling nancy pelosi's actions unprecedented. watch this. >> it would be very unprecedented if we didn't because in other impeachment trials, we did get them.

secondly, ifs as we heard they could be wanting to negotiate with the senate. that is very uninitial. we negotiate differences in legislation but we don't tell the house of representatives to run their business. they shouldn't be telling us how to run our business. liz: we have this, republican senator john kennedy has not made up his mind whether the senate should let in witnesses to testify. watch this. >> do you think that if the senate trial goes forward and no witnesses are called as mitch mcconnell wants to do it, the senate majority leader, that will be the truck running over the american people a second time, the people will not feel like it was fair? >> i don't know yet. i will have to make that decision at that juncture. liz: senator mitch mcconnell also says he is not ruled out witnesses. what is your opinion here? >> there is so much going on here. the entire process is unprecedented. you have to remember the first impeachment that was totally partisan. the bipartisan vote was not to

proceed. liz: i get that. what about witnesses? sorry for interrupting. what is the take on witnesses in the senate? >> it is not up to nancy pelosi. up to the senate to call witnesses. liz: forgive me, mitch mcconnell and john kennedy maybe saying yes to witnesses. what is your take on that. >> absolutely. that is their call. they can call whatever witnesses they want relevant to the impeachment. hunter biden, joe biden. liz: right. >> i would like to hear from schiff's staff. i would like to hear from the whistleblower. i'm the one that made the motion to subpoena the whistleblower voted down by the democrats in the judiciary committee in total partisan factor or totally partisan way. this entire process a political hit job. nancy pelosi trying to control this when it is in the senate is absolutely laughable. that is not how the process works. >> "new york times" reporting that the alleged problem with the president and getting ukraine to look into biden is deeper than has been reported. so, they're still media is, going into that.

the democrats are pushing into that. what i want, i want your take on this. the media spin cycle is on overdrive. nancy pelosi has not even delivered the articles. yet democrat senator chris van hollen of maryland said a quote, rigged impeachment trial will blow up in the president's face. can we take a breathe? democrats in congress are in permanent state of outrage. now they're talking about a senate trial that hasn't taken place. >> it has to be exhausts for them be upset all the time. you have to look look at the prs it was rigged from the beginning. it was in basement. president trump was not allowed a attorney, no exculpatory evidence was allowed to be presented. we were shut down by adam schiff trying to ask questions. the entire process has been rigged. why this is alarming democrats i don't know when it has been flawed from the start. liz: looking at democrats we've been reporting talking

impeachment 2.0, based on the mueller probe getting don mcgahn to testify. that fight is in the courts. it is not over. great to see you. >> liz, happy new year. liz: happy new year to you. the year 2019 the year democrats and media went off the rails. we have the highlights and the lowlights next. >> we never had a, a economy anywhere close to this. our unemployment numbers are the best we ever had. ♪. ing actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchemel... cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. cut. liberty m... am i allowed to riff? what if i come out of the water? liberty biberty... cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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i hope it does. [applause] letter go. letter go. liz: that was joe biden facing a withering barrage from voters at a stop in new hampshire. voters there calling him quote, creepy, perverted, quid projoe. calling him actually a pervert. we have kelsey bollard. wow that was another bad moment for joe biden. >> joe biden has been struggling on the campaign trail to make personal connections with voters we know is important. part of the reason for that, because he is limited the amount of press that he has been willing to engage in. therefore skirting tough questions. when he goes in front of these audiences and does get asked questions that by now he should answer, he, kind of trying to work around that, and you know, change the question and the mainstream media might let him get away with that but voters on the other hand want to hear his

answers. liz: in 2019, the year democrats went off the rails, from russia collusion. that story flopped. to recession, that story flopped. to impeachment, and 2020 democrats dodging questions on how to pay for the big government policies polls show americans don't want. this is happening. joe biden fighting with bernie sanders. bernie sanders saying trump is he would nameour lunch. obama to the supreme court. obama still not openly endorsing obama. gallup reporting that obama and trump are most admired man in 2019. reaction to that? >> grab the, liz. things are getting interesting on the democrat side. all the candidates are extremely tough position where the very far left radical voter base wants these very extreme, costly policies. of course, they don't know how much they actually will end up costing. but then, you know, whoever eventually makes it to the general election will have to win over moderate voters who are

certainly out there but they're not as vocal and what is happening on the democrat side now, these radical policies are leaving so many of them feeling politically homeless. liz: what is happening, the president is co-opting the democrats top -- populist message, getting fed to cut rates, 1/2 today deal, importing cheaper drugs from overseas, paid government leave for workers. turn to elizabeth warren's campaign, fund-raising for her campaign down 30% in the fourth quarter. her poll numbers are collapsing. she has a bad plan for everything. her own brother david be is ripping into elizabeth warren. he is furious, elizabeth warren is lying on the campaign trail saying their father was a janitor. that story is happening in the race. but the democrats really did go off the rails on impeachment. watch this. >> richly deserves impeachment. he has done many impeachmentable offense.

>> impeach 45. [cheering] impeach 45. >> we believe the president trump has violated the constitution and we've introduced five articles of impeachment. >> i'm concerned if we don't impeach this president he will get reelected. >> we begin impeachment proceedings now. liz: nine times they have introduced articles to impeach or resolutions. 2019, is the year to celebrate. s&p is closing on the best year in two decades. pensions, 401(k) accounts are higher. stocks added $25 trillion of value in the past 10 years. the democrats seem really out of touch here? >> absolutely. 2019 was a reason to celebrate. americans particularly blue-collar workers are doing extremely well, incredibly impressive unemployment rates. and yet, what did the democrat do this year? they showed us what the true collars are. they showed us how radical policies are they support. very out of touch with any sort

of moderate american voter. they also, they also showed us that democrats are far more focused on these impeachment and investigative games which are yielding nothing productive for the american people. they're far more focused on that, than they are on furthering policy goals, that you know, there is bipartisan support for some of these policy achievements like the new nafta deal. yet, all they want to do is focus on impeachment. that is all they want to talk about. the media send ailing it. liz: kelsey, great to see you. thanks for joining us. gallop reporting that 54% of americans own stock. a lot of union workers as well, teachers, firemen, cops. come back soon. great to see you. >> thank you. liz: coming up after a decade of american success no one saw coming! we have the economist and market pundits and their analysis, not state of the art at all. they predictive authoritatively a decade of long american decline but that did not happen. the story next. ♪.

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♪. liz: to a horrific incident, a gunman shot and killed two people at west freeway church of christ near fort worth, texas yesterday. church members returned fire on the gunman, killing him at the scene. fox news's jeff paul has more. jeff. we'll come back to that. we're having a signal problem. i want to turn to this story. five people stabbed in an attack at a rabbi's home during hanukkah north of new york city. this comes on heels of string of attacks targeting jewish people in the region. fox news's jacqui heinrich with the latest. jacqui? reporter: the suspect in this case now faces federal hate crime charges as private armed guards stand outside of the synagogue tonight after the

county called in extra help. >> ex-fbi, state police and detectives. they will be going to these different, in very, very menacing omnipresent truck. reporter: jewish people in monsey, new york, feel that is necessary after a rampage at a rabbi's home on the seventh night of hanukkah. police say 38-year-old graph ton thomas burst in with a machete said no one is leaving, stabbing five people including the rabbi's son before trying to get into the synagogue next door. worshipers, chased the man out, throwing tables and chairs and got his license plate. nypd tracked him down in manhattan. investigators allegedly found disturbing evidence in his car a journal with anti-semitic statements with references to nazis an adolph hitter. they say thomas researched other jewish temples online. >> scores of papers which frankly show the ramblings of a disturbed individual. >> new york governor andrew cuomo labeled it a act of

domestic terrorism. he vowed to crack down on alarming recent uptick in anti-semitic attacks. since december 23rd there has been one attack each day. a man in traditional clothing was punched in the face in brooklyn. the day after someone beat a jewish mother over the head with a bag. a suspect in a third case is already back on the street. under new york's bail reform laws, she is not enough of a threat to be held for trial. she accused of punching and yelling slurs at three orthodox women. president trump called for unity against the anti-semitism. the monsey family says that is not what it seems, claiming thomas is not a part of hate group but after serving in the marines, developed bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. because of his age the mother could only do so much to get him help. >> he has always been a gentle giant with mental illness. reporter: investigators have not commented on reports that thomas is being investigated in

connection with another synagogue stabbing in this town last month. liz: thank you for the update. we'll stay on any developments in both those stories. moving on to a story, separate story, media, democrats, economic forecasters, they said in 2009, and 2010, that america face as decade of decline, continued parabolic move to the downside. they were wrong. america was the hottest economy. that story, in the world economy. no recession last decade. that was the first time that happened since the 1850s. talk about it with wells fargo senior economist mark vitner. what do you say to the naysayers? cnbc had people on saying that. fox business had guests on worried about that. cnn, nbc, economist magazine, "new york times" went with these stories pushing that line. you would have lost a lot of money if you stuck listening to the chicken littles. i always say did they sell their stocks when they were reporting that? >> it's a little odd. at the start of the decade, when

we were coming out of the great recession, the story was deeper recession, stronger the recovery. they were looking for a boom. saying 4%. 4%. 4%. we never got the 4%, wait a minute, secular stagnation. we will never grow 4% again. it will be 2% or less forever. you know, we come along, cut taxes roll back regulations. lo and behold the economy perks up to 3%. you know, so i do think that the consensus generally gotten it wrong throughout most of the decade. not all of the economists have been there during that consensus. thankfully we had pretty good economic policy the last few years where we have shown that the economy can actually grow faster than 2%. they can grow faster than 2% without causing inflation to accelerate. liz: to your point, world stocks added 25 trillion in value. the dow up 10,000 points unpresident trump. the federal reserve came to the rescue. they have done that in the past too. we had a u.s. tech and oil boom.

the dow quadrupled since the 2009 collapse, mark. the other world stock markets, china, germany, meager gains there, not anywhere near what the u.s. has. >> american capitalism is the best path to prosperity. it lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system. you just can't short the american economy. if you, you sell it authorityshort, say the best days are behind it you will be wrong 100% of the time. businesses here innovate there are rewards for innovation there are reward for intellectual property. one of the reasons why the trade fight has been so important. liz: okay. i want to get to this, mark. i want to break down some key events in the past decade. the eurozone crisis, brexit, protests for democracy, leaders of bolivia, algeria, iraq, lebanon, they're being pushed out, people wanting democracy. turn to the naysayers, "new york times" paul krugman said the markets would never recover after trump was elected.

crumb said no return to 3% growth. he predicted recession is coming. richard branson warning about a oil crunch. alan greenspan warning in 2007 the world would possibly see double-digit interest rates to control inflation. george soros said chinese inflation was out of control. the real story was deflation. i don't get how, the thing is, maybe the word is for the 2020s, is just take it all with a grain of salt, right? >> you know, what the amazing thing is, you listed off a whole number of very intelligent people and those very intelligent people were very, very wrong and, so, you know, sometimes i think people have to think about it too hard. think about things too hard. they always tend to try to extend what happened in the past into the future. the economy doesn't just grow. it is constantly evolving. trying to figure out how it will esolve is very, very difficult.

doesn't matter how smart you are, how many years you spent studying economics you can still get it wrong. liz: yeah. >> we saw that spectacularly. my own view the expansion is kind of long. we're 10 years into it. they don't last forever, but i don't see the typical imbalance that crop up before a recession. the federal reserve has interest rates fairly low. there is no reason to raise them. looks like we'll have another pretty good year. liz: maybe roaring '20s. who knows? i'm kidding. mark, happy new year. love having you on. >> great to be with you. liz: up next, 2019, the year the media went off the rails. we have the whoppers and doozies. claiming big bombshells that never happened. has the media planted the seeds of its owner relevance? it is getting cold up there on the moral high ground. that's next. >> fake news.

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that the media made. now the beltway echo chamber claimed big bombshells that never happened. members of the media, are they planting the seeds of their owner relevance, because it is getting cold up there on the moral high ground. bring in former fbi deputy assistant director danny colson. your reaction. >> my goodness it is a giant propaganda machine. it is very little reporting. they are propagandizing what they want to happen and hope it happens. they are losing their credibility. find with me. i don't watch most of the news except for your network and regular fox channel. nobody cares about them anymore. liz: remember this. show how the media went off the rails on the mueller report, predicting a bombshell impeachment. >> bombshell. >> bombshell. >> bombshell. >> bombshell. >> there was a big bombshell. >> bombshell. >> there is bombshell revelation

in this testimony. liz: revelation anytime they use the word bombshell they try to change public opinion. mueller report delivered a dud to the media. more mistakes by media pundits. by 2019 nancy pelosi would be next president. beto o'rourke would be next president. revealing the trump campaign got millions of dollars from russia, saudi arabia, iran, qatar. on and on. your reaction to all that? >> that is wishful thinking. these bombshells, always low order. they don't go. after a while the public says, i'm out of this. like the impeachment inquiry, they promised these things. none of them showed up. we're talking about relevance, whether or not we care. liz: watch the media say yes, recession is around the corner. watch this. >> how close to recession are we? >> key predictor of recession is now flashing. >> is the american economy growing more than a decade now,

suddenly at risk of stalling, even tipping into recession? >> this issue which could spell economic disaster for america, eventually meaning a recession -- liz: recession never happened. watch the media help jussie smollett amplify his fake hate crime that smollett committed on himself. watch this. >> this is america in 2019. >> chicago police are doubling down on this case. >> jussie smollett from the hit show, "empire" was attacked and beaten. >> smollett is also black and gay which may have been motivation for alleged attack. >> they're looking for two suspects apparently wearing make america great again hats. >> the suspects yelled, this is maga country. liz: then there was cnn having on as frequent guest, michael after now at this. media talked about him running for president. he has been arrested an indicted. your reaction to all of that? >> again, wishful thinking and very bad reporting.

of the they report rumors. they don't find out what really happened. i think that the thing about the economy, that was intended to drive the economy into recession. if you get people believing we have a recession, excuse me, a recession, you will have a recession. i think that was all, i think it was activism thing more than a reporting thing. again gets back to credibility and it is kind of a shame. liz: talking about driving down consumer confidence. i want to talk about this. media also said, over the last three years, that that discredited steele dossier was true and corroborated. watch this. >> of course. >> the dossier has been corroborated by the intelligence community. >> dossier in fact is far from bogus. >> increasingly it is the accurate dossier. >> so far nothing in the dossier has been disapproved. >> the steele dossier just rings true to me. >> christopher steele, mi6 guy, ex-mi6 guy did the famous dossier getting more credibility than it did. >> there was no wiretap

activity. >> from the intelligence community and many others there was no wiretapping of anybody in the trump campaign of the. liz: this was all wrong. there was no pushback, still no corrections on camera, saying hey we got it wrong. the doj-ig popped the media's trump dossier bubble quoting steele own sources that steele was misleading exaggerating, the dossier was hearsay, just talk, said in jest. this launched russia probe. it was counterintelligence probe. then became a russia probe. rachel maddow emphatic saying it is correct. nicole wallace, said it was correct. your reaction. >> james comey said it wasn't correct even before mueller got off the ground. we knew it was a lie. my question when mueller found out all the information why did he go ahead with the trump investigation for over two years? if he knew it was salacious, if he knew the beginning was based on bias, then why go forward wit

and waste millions of dollars and two years of time of the president of the united states? it doesn't make any sense. liz: to your point 11 house democrats sending a letter to william barr and u.s. attorney general william barr and john durham demanding they both resign. some could signatures, schakowsky, frank pallone and steve cohen. lisa page tweeting out this head scratcher, there was no insurance policy. lisa page had gone on with lisa maddow saying there was one. we have the sound bite there let's role it. >> whether or not we take certain investigative steps based on likelihood whether he would be president or not. keep in mind if president trump doesn't become president, the national security risk, if there is somebody in his campaign associated with russia, plummet. you're not so worried about what russia is doing vis-a-vis member of his campaign if he is not president. because you're not going to have access to classified

information. you will not have access to sources and methods in the national security apparatus. so the insurance policy was analogy. it is like an insurance policy when you're 40. liz: so how is lisa page saying there was no insurance policy? she tweeted that out. >> there is very famous country and western song and the lyrics go like this. are you going to believe me or your lying ice? that is the tune she is singing here. we see the context she made the statement in. we see the entire conversation between her and peter strzok. what she is saying is just not true. i think she is harming herself. if i were her lawyer, get off of tv, stay home. let's make a proffer, get this thing handled. liz: stay off twitter. close it out. rachel maddow in the interview quote, so don't just hope that trump is not going to be elected and therefore not press forward with the investigation hoping but rather press forward with the investigation just in case he does get in there.

lisa page said, exactly. the trump russia probe was the insurance policy. the quick final word, danny. we got to go. >> she is absolutely right about that. she told the truth. the insurance policy was the investigation. liz: danny coulson, come back soon. love having you on. the border story of the year. the trump administration and border patrol making history, smashing a ferocious homicidal gang across the border and rampaged through american society, murdering people, creating chaos. that gang, now getting destroyed. the success story coming up. ♪. so get allstate and be better protected from mayhem, like meow. most people think as a reliable phone company. but to businesses, we're a reliable partner. ..ir

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liz: for us this is the border story of the year. the trump administration and law enforcement smashing of the ms-13 gang. last week 100ms-13 gang members indicted in suffolk county, long you island. let's bring in brandon judd. >> president trump is taking the fight directly to transnational organizations. ms-13 is a huge organization that comes into the united states and causes chaos and disrupts a lot of lives. they are a dangerous organization. they has gone after that organization. not just individuals, but complete organizations.

something we haven't seen in past administrations. liz: we had 2,000 ms-13 gang members arrested in the last fiscal year. we are showing the and i gem gel families opening camera. your reaction? >> this is what the american public wanted to see in 2016 when they elected himentd. they wanted to see somebody who is willing to think outside of the box. he understands a big portion of border security. it's interior enforcement. you can't secure the border if you don't have proper interior enforcement. the angel families, because of what happened, he's going after the individuals who create the havoc. from a law enforcement perspective you have to be thankful for what he has been doing. >> it's murder and also drug trafficking. cocaine and fentanyl. >> walls will help control all

those fentanyl and illegal drugs. liz: thank you for having us in your home. happy new year, lou dobbs is next. [♪] david: good evening, i'm david webb sitting in for the vacationing lou dobbs. washington remains motionless as we head into the new year. house speaker nancy pelosi clutching on to the radical left's articles of impeachment against president trump showing no signs of making headway with the senate. but the standoff that started last week is unlikely to see movement until next year. republicans are coalescing even further behind the president. >> ery