will be at in-n-out burger getting dinner and something to eat. >> they are standing in front of the refrigerator that night. >> one thing they will not ban is alcohol. let it flow freely as usual. that is it for bulls and bears. liz: new images surfacing on extensive damage to the iraq embassy in iraq after violent vie -- rioting by iranian-backed militias. defense secretary mark esper says iran or its proxies may be preparing more attacks on america's interests in the middle east. democrats quick to attack the president, not the rioters. the pushback against that tonight. to this, isis defeated. we'll show you the numbers that tell this success story. the latest debate. can this terror group make a comeback? tonight senate republicans now say impeachment could be over and done with by the state of the union address in february

but democrats are now talking about delaying impeachment indefinitely. all of this exposing the weakness of the democrats impeachment push, as democrats now demand a say on the senate trial to fix what democrats failed to do in making their case, like calling witnesses. republicans also now claim nancy pelosi is threatening to use her fund-raising power against democrats if they go weak on impeachment. to the bull market charging into 2020 as 2020 democrats flood into iowa. still no front-runner there. that caucus a month away tonight, divided, angry, out of touch democrats are they setting themselves up to lose this fall? major fight breaking out between pete buttigieg and joe biden over biden's ukraine dealings. a top 2020 democrat who bet the house on government health coverage but radio silent on that plan after a severe drop in the polls and in fund-raising.

former fbi officials are trying to set the narrative in the media, trying to get ahead of john durham's criminal probe into the russia probe. pushback against james comey getting criticized for his new op-ed attacking and criticizing president trump. we have new information surfacing that christopher steele said he was quote, absolutely flabbergasted when his anti-trump dossier was leaked to the media. that is according to the doj watchdog. we have former fbi official peter strzok is out with a new court filing claiming the government violated his free speech rights for releasing his fbi text messages that showed his bias against president trump. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. liz: welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. let's get right to it. the u.s. embassy siege in iraq.

iran-backed militias withdrawing after being ordered to stand down as u.s. troops arrived in the region. edward lawrence at the white house with more. reporter: liz, officials in washington watching iran closely over the next 12 hours or so to see what their reaction may be. the u.s. warning iran to tread carefully. now last week the u.s. says that iranian-backed militia launched a missile attack on an iraqi base that killed an american contractor. so over the weekend the president responded by hitting the militia with airstrikes in iraq and syria. secretary of defense mark esper defending the strikes as necessary. >> we responded at the direction of the quite forcefully and, and it was a very bold and decisive move and asserted our right of self-defense and the fact that we will act in order to defend our personnel and our interests in the region. reporter: the u.s. relationship with iran has eroded over past year-and-a-half since the president pulled out of the

iranian nuclear deal and placed serious sanctions on the iranian regime. democrats criticized the foreign policy specifically senator bob menendez on the foreign relations committee he writes this, while the trump administration touted its maximum pressure campaign against iran the results have been more threats against international commerce, emboldened and more violent proxy attacks across the middle east and now, the death of an american citizen in iraq. the trump administration officials say that their crackdown on the iranian regime specifically limiting the amount of money they have has stopped further attacks and stopped more attacks by the iranian regime through their militias which they pay for. back to you, liz. liz: edward lawrence at the white house, thank you. as edward was just reporting defense second mark esper warning that iran or its proxies now may be preparing even more attacks on american interests in the middle east. this as president trump military

issuing a warning after that attack. watch this. it has been handled very well. the marines came in. we had some great warriors come in and do a fantastic job. they were there instantaneously as soon as we heard. i used the word immediately. they came immediately. it is in great shape as you know. this will not be a benghazi. benghazi should never have happened. this will never ever be a benghazi. liz: democrats including elizabeth warren and chris murphy getting criticized for trying to turn around the iraq embassy attacks to attack the president. here is senator warren tweeting. democrat representative crest murphy getting criticized for tweeting quote, one of the only good things going, anti-iran street protests in iraq morphed into anti-u.s. protest thanks to trump's mishandling of iran policy. former vice-presidential candidate tim kaine tweeting as well, msnbc tv show host calling it trump's benghazi.

we have retired major general robert scales. happy new year. your reaction to all of this? >> i think the president is playing this long game very well. the reason the iranians are so frenetic lately they see the opportunity to break the back of the sanctions. they feel the iraqi government is weak, it is failing. they think the united states is losing its resolve to remain in the region. they're trying these surrogate attacks, all throughout the region to try to change american policy. the president has made the decision to stick to the long course and focus on economics, to break the back of the iranian regime with sanctions. so far on the long game it is working. the short game as you saw yesterday, you know, it is problematic. liz: benghazi team member, john tegan, a team veteran worked on

protecting the u.s. embassy in benghazi in 2012, he had this to say about the democrats criticism. watch this. >> to say it was like benghazi, there was in ambassador there. there was no consulate technically personnel at all. they got evacuated prior to protesters getting there. that is the difference between this administration and last administration. at least this one took a stance before it actually was coming. liz: your reaction, sir? >> wow. look, i've been to the embassy in baghdad. it doesn't look like a fortress, liz. it's a fortress. it would take five divisions to overrun that thing. benghazi was just a, couple of huts and in benghazi. no, no. everyone in that embassy, inside the green zone, in that 100-acre stretch of property are very, very well-protected by safe rooms, by bunkers. by perimeter guards. by electronic surveillance there is no problem with americans being at risk in baghdad, none

whatsoever. liz: general i want to move on to isis. we know there are 10,000 children of the islamic state now living in limbo in syrian camps. that is a humanitarian crisis. the trump administration can claim this success defeating isis t happened on it his watch but happened under obama. isis virtually lost all territory once controlled five years ago. it once controlled 34,000 square miles in syria and iraq. this is a success for the trump administration. that campaign took more than three years. 25,000 coalition airstrikes. the death of its leader al-baghdadi in 2019 and more. your reaction to this success? >> the success is overwhelming, i can't remember, in my study of military history in the last 40 or 50 years where essentially a political state was collapsed from the outside in, what, 14 month principally by the use of air power and surrogate forces, principally the kurds?

extraordinary. the job is not over, liz. those, what are they, up to 10,000 children who are in those camps in syria being horribly abused. they're being indoctrinated by radicals in the camps, some day, in decade or so those children will grow up. it is important particularly for the eu to do something about it. bring kids under the age of 12 back to europe so they can normalize these children so they don't become radicalized, liz. liz: that is important point you make. "time" magazine reporting at start of 2019 isis lost its last footing in syria. what about the thousands, tens of thousands of isis members behind bars? is isis adding to its ranks by indoctrinating people in prison? >> short answer is yes. i heard reports from people serving in that region. isis is actually set up schools, if you will, training camps, lecture halls, trying to sort of reradicallize or boost the

morale of these, of these isis fighters who are locked away in prisons. they're setting up surrogate courts who will actually execute isis fighters who are not idealogically tuned to the new ideology. those camps have to end. those fighters have to be removed. they have to be sent away. otherwise we'll face another, we may very well face resurgence of isis in the region, liz. liz: general, great to see you. happy new year. thanks for coming in. >> same to you, liz. liz: let's get you updated on the markets. stocks starting the year at a record pace. kristina partsinevelos at new york stock exchange with more. >> all we're miss something confetti because all three market indices closed at record highs. dow and nasdaq up over one percentage point. s&p 500 closing .8 of a percentage point higher. strength heading into 2020. some catalysts, easing monetary policy in china. the fact that the president said

he would sign a chinese phase one trade deal on january 15th. you have the january effect too, where some investors buying some stocks that sold off in december to take advantage of the new tax year. overall, some strength as we head into 2020. what a way to start the year. back to you, liz. liz: kristina, great to see you. next up, tonight, the debate. senate republicans now say impeachment could be over and done with by the state of the union address in early february but democrats are now talking about delaying, delivering are the impeachment articles indefinitely. is all of this exposing the weakness of democrats impeachment push as democrats demand a say on a senate trial, what they failed to do, like calling witnesses. republicans claim nancy pelosi is threatening to use her fund-raising power against democrats who go weak on impeachment. the story is next. ♪. [ applause ] thank you.

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supports delaying impeachment indefinitely. we'll talk about it with republican ken buck of colorado. he sits on house judiciary. wasn't there a rush to impeach because trump was a threat to democracy and national security? but now it is hurry up and wait? what is going on? >> it's a great question. there was, the whole reason that we had to do impeachment before christmas was because president trump was such a threat. now, the articles of impeachment haven't even been sent over to the senate yet. it's a disgrace. it is something that i think the american people are seeing threw, the fact that this was never about a threat to our national security. it was always a political game by speaker pelosi. liz: to your point, democrats are now demanding a say on the senate trial. they want witnesses called in the senate. but doesn't that show the weaknesses in their case, because democrats did not use house subpoena power to compel witnesses to testify? nancy pelosi, she could have fought the white house executive privilege fight in the courts.

she didn't do that. >> absolutely. the proper way to do this, would be to have your witnesses lined up, testify, know what the evidence is before you have a vote on the house floor for impeachment. then when you send articles over to the senate, there is a case there that the senate can examine it. at this point the senate has no case because the house democrats did a terrible job putting a case together. liz: president trump tweeting this early this morning, quote, a lot of very good people taken down by a small group of dirty cops, politicians, government officials and investigation illegally started, spied on my campaign, the witch-hunt is sputtering badly. the democrat's own impeachment witness, harvard law professor, noah feldman argues if the house does not communicate the impeachment to the senate, the house has not actually impeached the senate. what do you think of that. >> that is true. the vote on impeachment has incurred. until the articles are sent to

the senate, the senate can't try the case there is not a official impeachment. up clear to me whether the speaker ends up presenting the articles of impeachment in january or not. if they are presented, it is really up to the senate to develop their rules why on how they handle this impeachment process. liz: have you heard anything about this? republican matt gaetz and andy biggs say they have talked to house democrats who claim that nancy pelosi is threatening to use her fund-raising power and money against democrats who go weak on impeachment. have you heard this too? >> matt and andy are good friends and i absolutely believe them. i have not talked to a democrat that told me that but when you see how weak the impeachment case, you see how few democrats moved away from voting for the impeachment case, i think it is very clear that there was a lot of pressure that was exerted right before that vote. liz: there is also word coming in that nancy pelosi might be using impeachment as leverage to get the senate to do nafta 2.0. majority leader steny hoyer

explaining about the delay in delivering articles, because once the articles are sent to the senate, the senate has to go full bore on impeachment. they can't do any other business until deals with impeachment. so, sounds like pelosi may be using her leverage with that on mcconnell? >> well, let them say that then. if that is the reason for doing it i think the reason for doing it, they have a very weak impeachment case. if there is another legislative reason for doing it i think the american people would understand that but they have given no reason for w he would holding -- with holding articles of impeachment. liz: here is house intelligence chair adam schiff, congress needs to impeach because the 2020 election son the line. watch this. >> the president's misconduct goes to heart whether we can conduct a free and fair election in 2020. bad enough to candidate to invite foreign interference in the political process but far more corrosive for the president to do so and abuse his power to make it so. liz: did president trump invite

foreign interference in the 2020 race. >> no, he didn't. what really threatens democracy in america and a free and fair election is adam schiff running a show trial with very little evidence, based on hearsay, speculation and being incredibly unfair to the president and to the executive branch. liz: what is your position on the president saying in the transcript of the call to ukraine, do us a favor, about looking into joe biden? >> right. i think what he was talking about, do the united states of america a favor by looking into corruption in the ukraine. that is what the quid pro quo was. that is what withholding of aid was because there was great concern among all the ambassador that testified in the intelligence committee, there was great concern about the amount of corruption there in the ukraine. liz: congressman ken buck, thanks for joining us, sir. >> thank you. happy birthday. liz: thank you so much. appreciate it. now to this story, thousands of tourists and locals fleeing

australia due to out of control wildfires. those fires now getting worse. the military is starting to evacuate people. benjamin hall joins us with more from the london bureau. benjamin. reporter: these have become what is known as a megafire. when dozens of fires out of the hundreds burning come together to create a furnace across southeast australia. over 12 million acres have been burned. that is a area twice the size of connecticut. at least 17 people have been killed. these are the worst fires on record. caused by extreme heat waves and droughts. in fact lowest rainfall in australia since 1900. smoke from the wildfires made air quality in cam berra the worst in the world on thursday. more than 1400 homes have been destroyed and a seven-day state of emergency has been called giving authorities more control and power to move people out. the military has also been called in and in one remote region a navy troop carrier is preparing to evacuate up to

4,000 people trapped on a beach by the advancing wildfires. prime minister scott morrison has been heavily criticized for vacationing in hawaii during the fires an insisting the responsibility belongs to state, rather than federal governments. four kruse firefighters refused to sake his hand, refuse to talk to him the fires are burning for months, and are expected to continue for months more at least until rain arrives. they are so hot, they're melting fire trucks. up to 100 degrees fahrenheit is average temperature on many days. smoke reduced visibility on the road is down to six feet in some places, making driving for firefighters highly dangerous. a contingent of u.s. and canadian firefighters landed in australia on thursday bringing their expertise and advice but it is feared these fires will get a lot worse before they can get any better. in london, benjamin hall for fox news. liz: benjamin, thank you so much. hundreds of wildlife and animals

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♪. liz: have you seen the dow, s&p, the nasdaq? the bull market is now charging into 2020 as the 2020 democrats flood into iowa but still no front-runner. that iowa caucus just a month away. peter doocy is in iowa with more. peter? reporter: liz, bernie sanders blew all of his democratic rivals out of the water with a big reveal today, his

fourth quarter fund-raising. $34.5 million in the final three months of 2019. that is almost $10 million more than mayor pete buttigieg and almost $12 million more than joe biden who is here in iowa trying to convince potential caucus-goers to support him this time next month by trying to convince them that the economy is struggling. >> the economy is hurting the middle class and working class very badly, number one. they're really struggling and, my dad used to have an expression, he would say you know, everyone's entitled to be treated with dignity? reporter: elizabeth warren still has not given us her fourth quarter fund-raising numbers so we don't know how she will or won't fit into the top-tier in the category. she has tried to stablize softer poll numbers than she had this summer, she is talking less about "medicare for all," but she insists that is just a coincidence. >> i take questions and, i go

wherever the questions take me and so sometimes we have questions about gun violence. sometimes we have questions about climate. reporter: the campaign trail is going to be a little less crowded between now and caucus day because julian castro decided to suspend his campaign this morning, one of the most memorable moments of the castro presidential campaign when he challenged joe biden on the houston debate stage about his age but a few month later, castro is going home and joe biden, right here in iowa. liz? liz: great to see you, peter doocy. thank you so much. okay, the divided, angry, out of touch democrat party, is it setting themselves up to lose this fall? pete buttigieg now doing damage going after joe biden's conflicts of interests in ukraine. buttigieg saying he quote, would not have wanted to see his own son serving on the board of a ukrainian energy company while he was leading anti-corruption

efforts there. bring in joel griffeth of the heritage foundation. great to see you, joel. buttigieg also telling that the associated president that the administration would do everything he can to stop a appearance of conflict of interest. is he doing damage on the biden campaign now? >> without a doubt. regardless if anything inlegal took place here there is something about the entire situation with vice president biden and his son doesn't pass the smell test of the american people. here you had hunter biden had no experience in the energy sector, taking down $50,000 per month as a board member, at very same time his father was vice president and working on issues that could possibly relate to that company. you know, we have a deep sense of fairness. we are merit-based society and anytime any of us see anyone benefiting even on the surface, if it looks like they're benefiting because of connections or power a parent has, it doesn't sit well. i think the american public is

justified feeling that way and asking those questions. liz: let's back up. we've seen the democrats say, get rid of the electoral college after hillary lost. we've seen the democrats under the obama administration push forward nine impeachment resolutions, beginning right after, six months after the president sat in the oval office to push him out of office. we also have seen multiple probes. democrats are seen as trying to undo the loss of hillary clinton. we have joe biden now saying the middle class is getting crushed. we have joe biden though saying do away with the oil industry which stopped the recession under obama's watch. biden is now taking heat what he said about coal miners needing to learn to do software coding instead. watch this. >> anybody who can go down 300 to 3,000 feet in a mine sure as hell can learn how to program as well. but we don't think of it that

way. liz: he wants to get rid of middle class jobs in the energy industry and get everybody this software program. what is your reaction to this? >> not only was that remark deeply condescending towards those that work in actual coal mines and work in the energy sector but if you go deeper than that, here is a candidate, along with many of his other colleagues running that they want to upend our energy industry. this would have a real impact, not just on businesses but on american consumers. if you look at our energy costs, look what you're spending every month on your heating, cooling, natural gas, compare to what they're paying in germany. they're paying triple in germany. there is a reason why our disposable income is so much larger here, we have a energy market largely free of government intrusion. this is, not just condescending, this is deeply problematic to those of us who enjoy our life-styles. liz: obama's solyndra energy, obama's solyndra green energy

program criticized quote, "cash for clunkers." i want to move on to this, a recent "gallup poll" for the third straight year they rank government as the top u.s. problem. number saying now it was higher than 2018. but joel, 2020 democrats want even more government power. this is socialism versus socialism light in the pottery, in the party. this is a divided angry party. anger is not a good political strategy. we're seeing factory, blue-collar workers seeing their wages rise faster than middle class white collar managers. your take on that? >> we have a very stark contrast in ideology and people are feeling differences. we have wages rising. household income at all-time high. never had more people employed than we do now. if you start actually contrasting our success now with what some candidates want to do, take health care for all, "medicare for all," look into

the details of that, people are realizing, this means they will lose their private health insurance, lose their choice and the taxes. even bernie sanders now, his legislation admits taxes will have to rise dramatically on the middle class. people are seeing that difference. >> president obama had warned months ago to the democrats, stop with the purity tests. stop talking about being politically woke. you should quote, get over that quickly. that includes, purity test about "medicare for all" now elizabeth warren not talking at all about her government-run health care plan. she is downplaying it after a severe drop in fund-raising and and in the polls. the thing is, this is astonishing what is going on in her campaign. your reaction to that? >> i'm not surprised she is down playing it because of all questions that have been raised. information began to trickle out. she was forced to release

estimates and organizations like heritage foundation show taxes on wealthy cannot pay for it. if you want a european welfare state, that means the middle class will have to pay for it that looks like a national sales tax across europe often 20% or dramatically higher payroll taxes. ask the average person do you know what they're paying in france for payroll taxes? it is excess of 50%. people are starting to hear the numbers. they're starting to see what this is going to cost. as a result, support is beginning to come down for these radical proposals. liz: joel, great to see you. thanks so much for coming in. >> thank you. liz: "fox business alert." breaking news from baghdad. reports coming in several rockets were fired at the airport in baghdad. there are reports of multiple karn -- casualties. no word who is responsible. a fluid situation. a growing story. amid tension between iraq and iranian backed forces. we'll keep you posted on this

developing story. next, former fbi officials out in the media trying to get ahead of john durham's probe into their russia probe. james comey getting criticized for a new on ode attacking trump. peter strzok in a new court filing says the government violated his free speech when they released fbi text messages showing bias against president trump. those stories next. ♪. m on the go, which is all the time. biotene dry mouth lozenges. freshen breath anytime, anywhere. biothis round's on me.eat. mouth lozenges. hey, can you spot me? come on in. find your place today, with silversneakers.

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♪. liz: to the former fbi officials now out in the media trying to get ahead of john durham's criminal probe into their russia probe. james comey getting criticized for his new opinion piece attacking the president and former fbi official peter strzok in a court filing now claiming the government violated his free speech right for releasing his fbi text messages that showed his political bias against the president. let's talk about it with former federal prosecutor during burns. great to see you, doug. >> thank you.

liz: what do you think of comey's recent opinion piece? are they trying to get out ahead of the durham probe? >> what is the old cliche, if you can't beat them, join them, out of president obama's playbook. scorched earth, go back hard against those going back at us. i said it once, i will say it again, jim comey behavior is looked at. white-collar defense 101 is don't make public statements. i talked to a lot of my friends. a little inside baseball stuff, they're pretty sure his counsel would be telling him not to make all the public statements but he is. liz: right. let's set it up by january 2017 the fbi knew the steele dossier was force. take it a with a great of salt. now this is coming in. new information about chris fear steel was absolutely

flabbergasted that buzzfeed published his dossier. your take on that. >> all the complaining of the right about the genesis of the steele dossier, complete and total lack of reliability, in the hostile environment we're in, liz, that is republican talking point. it is not in the history books, they will verify there were serious problems with this dossier. >> issue is, using the intelligence community to spy on a campaign. there were red flags comey knew about this problem. the cia had told the fbi the dossier was treated, as internet rumor. steele had claimed there was even a russian consulate in miami. there is none. but the major media outlets, "washington post," msnbc, cnn, new yorker, yahoo! news, they all defended the dossier. your reaction to that. >> my reaction you read my mind and shoe on the other foot.

in reverse. republicans spying on clinton campaign, during the campaign, again it's a seminar beyond our time scope here but, there is serious, serious hypocrisy and double standard going on unfortunately. liz: what do you think of peter strzok's free speech violation? >> there are two fatal problems. we're entitled to have our private, that word is so cute, private political opinions that is complete nonsense. liz: because it was on his fbi device. he used text messages on the his fbi device into. >> there is more potent reason. he is involved in the hillary clinton email scandal which woulds stepsably benefit her political opponent, sound familiar? from the ukraine thing. they turn around, he says, can you imagine, by the way, shoe on the other foot test, liz, can you imagine if it was in reverse they were spying on hillary clinton? come on. liz: we've got glen greenwald

saying at intercept saying media was totally off the wall saying the dossier was fact. matt taibbi and "rolling stone." >> agree. liz: eric wimple saying that the cia said it was enat the time rumor. >> human, really biased, really angry they jump in breathlessly with this type of information because they're angry. somebody wiser than i said you don't make a lot of good decisions when you're very, very angry. the point, the dossier crying out, thirsting to be looking at closely and verified. as you pointed out earlier in our discussion here tonight, they just took it hook, line, sinker without, without verifying it. liz: right. >> or substantiating it. and used it of course to get a warrant and three renewals i might throw in against carter page, associated with the trump

campaign if it were in reverse, not to be broken record, world war eight would be started. >> didn't tell the fisa court. >> absolutely. liz: there is all thoughts about maybe perjury at fisa court. we don't know the durham probe continues. love having you on. having your insights. happy new year. >> thank you. liz: coming up next, 2020 for the president after "wall street journal" calls it his tumultuous year in 2019 of victories and impeachment. the run-down next. ♪. can my side be firm?

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♪. liz: welcome back. before we look ahead to 2020 let's take a look back at the president's year in 2019, policy victories, also impeachment. joining me now is former california republican gubernatorial candidate, he is john cox. great to see you, john. happy new year. >> hey, liz. liz: your thoughts. go ahead. >> well, i think, i think this has been a great year for the president. it has been a great year for the country. you look at the economy. we've got the lowest unemployment, especially among blacks and hispanics. we have wage gains. stock market at all-time records. i think economically this president delivered and internationally. look what we've done. we stood up to china. they have come to the table.

got a phase one frippet. we'll get better terms out of china. he stood up to isis. he got out troops out of syria. we'll get our troops out of afghanistan. we'll stand up to the rest of europe which is making us pay for nato and the security of the world for years and now the president's shifting that. so i think on every real metric, you know, listen we dope look to the president necessarily for moral leadership. we want the president to deliver security and better economy. i think on that level this president has done a good job. liz: you know the democrats are campaigning against the strong economy. we had the president, you know, memorable moments, shaking hands with north korean leader, attending a state banquet at buckingham palace. had a big fight with "the squad" during the year. >> yes. liz: he defeated leader, arranged to have killed, of

isis, al-baghdadi. to your point about the phase one trade deal coming. the signing was supposed to happen on january 15th, nafta 2.0, the space force, what is striking under the president, 1 1/2 million job openings than complete turn around under obama, when there were two more million workers seeking jobs than there were job openings. >> we would be better off with better trained workers. there are still things that need to be addressed. entitlement crisis running up big deficits. that is a real problem. on big issues that matter to everyday lives of american voters, a better economy, and more security, that's, a one-two punch and i don't see the president getting a challenge. i think big issue here will be whether the republicans can win back the house and deliver, you know, getaway from this this

impeachment nonsense and start delivering infrastructure and entitlement reform. those are the big deals that i think the public will start to look at this year. liz: where is the democrat debate on jobs an economy? let's show the jobless rate for all 50 states. it is striking to see what the jobless rate is in the battleground states. we're talking it is around 3.6% average in the swing states. they have quite a fight on their hand in the 2020 democrats in order to take on trump. >> no question about it and of course they don't want to talk about the economy. i don't blame them, because it is really almost never been better, at least in my lifetime. we really have got the greatest employment, stock market is hitting new records, people are working and having wage gains. i mean, that has been a big issue for decades now. people are finally seeing those wage gains and we're seeing costs go down, because the federal government cut regulation.

obviously out here in california we're going in the wrong direction that way. we have cost of living that is way higher because of government regulations but in washington, the president really has done a good job of cutting regulations and cutting costs. liz: john cox, great to see you. come back soon. >> great to see you. oh, by the way, liz, i want to wish you a very happy birthday. i understand it is your birthday today. liz: oh, man. >> my sister leslie's birthday as well. great day to be born. have a great one. liz: happy birthday to leslie. i don't look happy in the picture but i'm sure your sister is doing great. happy birthday to your sister, leslie. thank you, john cox. homeland security expanded number of ports of entry that will handle border crossers to send them back to mexico to await occur proceedings. remember the u.s. is not only country that has this policy it is underway in canada. also in europe. the story next.

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liz: homeland security announcing it will start processing border crossers for return to mexico at the port of entry just south of tucson, arizona. this makes it the seventh entry point where border crossers will be sent back to mexico instead of waiting in the u.s. for their court hearings. remember countries in europe do this. so does canada. let's take you former i.c.e. acting director.

what's the immediate impact of this, sir? so far more than 56,000 border crossers have been returned to mexico. your take? >> well, it's been a very good development for the department, for the men and women of cbp and the border patrol because now they can take folks into custody, allow them to make an asylum claim but instead of releasing them into the united states, they release them back into mexico to wait for their hearing to be processed there. so that makes the border safer because fewer people will elect to come to the border because they are not going to get released. it's improved conditions at the border and the line and expanding into arizona gives the tucson sector and the ports in arizona the same capability we have had for a while now in el paso, the rio grande valley. it allows for them to process the people. they get their due process, but not held in custody or released but in fact waiting in mexico for their hearing date. liz: the "new york times" reporting about the i.c.e. raids in the food factories in

mississippi. it was the largest raid in a single state of illegal workers working in these food factories. the "new york times" reporting that these raids benefitted american workers, particularly minority workers. the managers at the food factories purposely recruiting and hiring illegal workers by the thousands because they were cheap and, quote, exploitable. joe biden said this was a sign trump was morally unfit. bernie sanders attacking the raids as well. your take? >> so when you enforce the law, the immigration law in the interior, when you hold up employers to account for hiring illegal aliens, that benefits the local economy, right? those people that live in that town now are eligible to get jobs in this plant which appears they were recruiting illegal aliens to take their place. and so doing immigration enforcement benefits the local economy. it preserves the jobs for the people that are there, that are here legally. they don't have to cross the border and come to these locations. it makes it a safer workforce, safer workplace and apparently raises wages for the people who

live in that area. that's a good thing. liz: great to see you. thank you for your insight. come back soon. >> good to be here. thanks. liz: thank you very much for having us in your home. thank you for watching. lou dobbs is next right here on the fox business network. happy new year. >> good evening everybody. i'm sitting in for the one and only lou dobbs who is on vacation. big shoes to fill. i will do my best, sir. let's get going. a new decade ushered in today by more signs that the booming trump economy, it is here to stay. markets yet again hitting record highs during the first day of trading in 2020. new decade, well, same record breaking market. and new government data shows fewer americans are filing for unemployment benefits than expected. more work, less welfare. well, that sounds like capitalism to me. all this as president trump announces a signing date for phase one of