there stormed the american embassy. and baghdad iraq. thank you so much for watching the best hour of your day and nights, you can follow me on kennedy nation my facebook is kennedy fbn and e-mails candy fbn@foxbusiness.com. it's great to be back with you 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' god

house. the trump economic renaissance also raising wages for the average worker at the fastest rate in more than a decade. and bringing unemployment down to its lowest levels in half a century. president trump is delivering on his promises to the forgotten men and women of america, while repaining utterly -- remaining utterly unphased by the radical left. could you endure what this man has endured? the dems spiteful partisan actions helping the trump 2 20 20 campaign -- 2020 campaign bring in more fund-raising cash at the end of last year than all of the dems 2020 hopefuls. the dawn of the new decade however also bringing with it conflicts of old. the trump administration taking

decisive action over the new year against iranian-backed islamic terrorists who attacked the u.s. embassy in baghdad. the pentagon however now warning more strikes on american targets in the middle east could be on the way. they are ready to respond thankfully. correspondent kevin cork is in west palm beach tonight with details. kevin? >> if anybody challenges us, they will be met with a severe response, a strong response by u.s. forces. >> it's often referred to as sabre rattling, when leaders of one country preemptively promise reprisals for any action by another. but in the case of the united states and iran, seemingly teetering on the brink of a proxy war in war, defense secretary esper warning today seemed to carry particular heft and almost haunting certainty. >> we need to stand up to iran and we need them to behave like a normal country. that means ending their nuclear program, long range ballistic missile program, the stopping of

hostage taking and their malign behavior. >> like the orchestrated protests at the embassy in baghdad which enabled the regime do conflate domestic unrest in iraq with tehran's anti-american fervor. with unrest percolating in baghdad some 6,000 mile ace way back in washington -- miles a i way back in washington, power has been coordinating crucial next steps an effort to simultaneously prepare for and if at all possible avoid an escalation of hostilities. translation, more capability on land, sea, and air. >> we responded at the direction of the president quite forcefully, and it was a very bold and decisive move and asserted our right of self-defense and the fact we will act in order to defend our personnel and interests in the region. >> as law makers make their way back to capitol hill for the new year, familiar partisan stances on the president's policies prevail. >> president trump really has no policy at all. he doesn't seem to know what he's doing. no endgame. >> i think a proportional

response like we have been seeing so far is exactly what iran doesn't want to see because it doesn't turn the world against us or give ammo to the blame america crowd and it does impact iran. >> on friday an important outreach for the president as he makes his way over to miami for an event at one of the nation's largest hispanic evangelical churches. that should make for a very interesting event. of course we will have coverage for you right here. for now back to you. >> absolutely, thank you, kevin cork, appreciate it. as the u.s. and iran brace for potentially more violence, we're getting a look at the damage inside the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad. take a look. these photos show a blackened and charred reception room at the embassy following the iranian backed militia's attempts to destroy the entire building. iraqi troops are rightly being criticized for allowing the militiamen to pass numerous checkpoints into baghdad's green zone. i've been there. if you don't want someone to get into the green zone, they can't get in. these troops, these iraqi

troops, remember, have been trained by american troops for 16 years and equipped by the american taxpayer at the cost of 30 billion dollars. all we wanted them was to prevent from the iranians from getting to the front gates of our embassy. president trump responding to the embassy siege flying apache helicopters over the compound and ordering potentially 4,000 more american troops to the region maybe. the president's response a stark contrast to that of obama administration's when four americans were tragically killed murdered during attacks on u.s. facilities in benghazi, libya. the left wing national media, the only kind, however, tried flipping that script even going so far as to label the incident in baghdad as trump's benghazi? >> he's attacking war heroes. >> you've got them stoking anti-americanism, potentially giving an advantage to iran. >> this goes back to really strategic decision that the president made. >> we're engaging a war of words

which is certainly not helpful. >> these are tough times and one worries whether the administration has the sort of horsepower and brain power to deal with them. >> yeah, that's what the world is wondering whether this president has the horsepower and brain power to deal with these challenges. with the trump administration vowing to continue its maximum pressure campaign against iran, they are now seemingly locked in both a political, economic and military standoff with the islamic republic. president trump however has long been a critic as you know of endless wars in far away regions that cost trillions of american dollars and thousands of american lives with very little benefit. joining me now retired army colonel douglas mcgregor. colonel, thank you for being here tonight. what is the correct america first response? you see our embassy disrespected. you see troops, that guys like me and others trained for decades to hold the peace there, letting the iranians right through, what is the america first approach to next steps in iraq today? >> well, pete, it's good to see

you. i think we should keep in mind that the u.s. military put iran in control of iraq. we established them. we installed them in 2006 and 07. we treated them as strategic partners in our effort to pacify the country. we shouldn't be surprised that iran which lost 800,000 men in its war with iraq has no intentions of leaving iraq. now, these strikes that we launched were actually designed to do something different from what's happened. in fact, what's happened is that we attacked militias and it worked with us against isis. we've actually strengthened iranian control and influence in iraq, and i think there's a good chance that the iraqi government will throw us out of the country. >> i think the embassy is important symbolism here colonel. correct me if i'm wrong, 40 years ago it was our embassy in tehran that effectively rejected the american presence in iran and helped found the islamic republic there. 40 years later you believe this

attack was intended to get america out all together and to totally solidify iranian support of iraq? >> first of all, the iraqi government colluded because they would like us to leave the country. the majority of people living in iraq do not want iraq to become a battleground for a proxy war between iran and the united states. and this was not an attack on the embassy per se. we shouldn't compare this with benghazi. benghazi was a knockdown, dragout fight. people were killed. people were murdered. no one was killed. in fact i pay tribute to the people in the embassy who exercised considerable restraint because there was no direct attack on their lives. >> what was the provocation you think they were hoping for? you are right, different an attack, they didn't carry weapons but they were looking for reaction from the united states. did they want the overreaction of dead iranians or the underreaction of a burning embassy? >> well, first of all, these people were arabs. they weren't iranians. they were shiites. and they were protesting the fact that we attacked the five

targets in iraq that were occupied by shiite militias and killed 25 people in the process. that's what they were objecting to, and they were signalling that they are going to stand by their ally, iran. i think that's what's happened. i think we have actually forced the two together. there's cohesion now that was weakening. what people don't understand is that there are no people that are good guys in the region. when you attack iran or you attack the shiites in iraq, you are ultimately helping the sunni islamists that are operating out of syria. the people we call isis, al qaeda -- >> because we threw in with the iranians in order to defeat isis as well. as you step back and look at the entire region, you are right, i don't see any good guys. and the president has said i want to pull away from endless entanglement where there is no upside for america. what's the right next move then, for the white house to focus on that? >> the right move is to get out. the president is right.

if you get out of the way, here's some good news for your audience. the shiite islamists and the sunni islamists will kill each other. this is a thousand-year-old fight and struggle. it is a struggle between turks and persians. it also involves shiite and sunni arabs. they want control of the region. for them the region that we're talking about is really iraq and syria. if we get out of the way, they will fight over it. >> you speak truth a lot of people are afraid to say. is this the reflection they are feeling the pressure at home with sanctions in iran at all, briefly? >> of course they are. there's no question about it. the sanctions have just about destroyed the economy, but iran ultimately plays the victim very well. and most europeans, the russians, chinese, japanese, koreans, all want to do business with iran and they see us as the people meddling and creating trouble. i'm not sure that we have accomplished what we have set out to. i think the president was badly advised when he launched these strikes. >> it is a balance between show

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>> it was a record setting day on wall street yet again to kick off the new year, to 20 20, the dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq all hit -- it almost sounds like a broken record at this point but it is true -- record highs again. the dow up 330 points. the s&p gained 27. nasdaq climbing a 120 points. volume on the big board 3.5 billion shares. crude oil finishing at just over $61 a barrel. gold closing at $1,524 an ounce. and silver finishing at nearly $18 an ounce. the fda today announcing a partial ban on certain flavored

e-cigarettes. the ban will apply to fruit and mint flavored vaping cartridges. companies will have 30 days to stop producing those flavors. the ban does not affect the sale of tobacco and menthol cartridges. just a reminder listen to lou's report three times a day, coast to coast, on the salem radio network. can't have enough lou. all right. president trump breaking a campaign record last quarter. outfund-raising the top 2020 democratic hopeful, despite the radical left sham impeach frenzy. the president raising 46 million dollars bringing his total cash on hand, not raised, cash in the bank to nearly 103 million dollars. in addition to that story, new photos and documents revealing the obama administration's cozy relationship with the leader who helped orchestrate this week's attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. back in 2011, there he is right there, iraq's former transport

minister al-amiri, he was in the oval office, as president obama held a high level meeting with iraq's prime minister. new documents obtained by citizens united also shows that then vice president joe biden and secretary of state hilary clinton were also present in that meeting. joining me now citizens united president and former trump campaign aide. thanks for being here this evening. i like to say this morning. i'm a "fox & friends" guy. need to get away from that. this evening. we're going to get to what you and citizens united have unearthed. let's start with the fund-raising haul first. 46 million dollars, put that in context in the president's reelection. >> it is a juggernaut, pete, it is nothing less than that. what brad and that team has built at the trump campaign, over 140 million dollars raised in just 2019 alone, mostly, mostly all the important part

here is in small dollar increments. that means we have an incredibly intense supportive base to re-elect this president and those folks can give a lot more money. and that is the danger that the democrats are going to have. first, they don't have a quality candidate. they don't have any money because the dnc, the senatorial committee, the congressional committee are all virtually bankrupt. and the rnc has built that same machine using president trump over the last three years. we have the best ground game. the rnc is ever going to have. we have money in the bank, unlike the dnc. this is -- it's good news at every turn, especially when you look at the economy, you look at the president's accomplishments and everything that he's done. the democrats have a weak field and they are going to have a hard time beating this president. he's nearly unstoppable. >> you talk about democrats. the highest raiser on the democratic field was bernie sanders, raised 34 million dollars. his team is touting that it's 5

million total donors so far at $18 on average a pop. talk to me about the contrast -- these are 5 million people giving money to somebody who hates billionaires. even more americans giving small dollars to a billionaire. talk to me about the difference in energy and whether or not bernie sanders is probably the closest guy tapping into something from the grassroots. >> you're exactly right, pete. look, bernie sanders is a socialist. he happened to also be -- own multiple houses, be a millionaire himself. it is going to be a problem when it gets to the general election. >> [inaudible]. >> he's going to have a hard time standing on the same stage as president trump with the economy that is on fire, where all he's going to have is say i'm not president trump and i'm going to raise your taxes. i'm going to create medicare for all. i'm going to do socialized everything because there's not an issue that he doesn't believe

the federal government can't fix. and we all know that that is the exact wrong way. you look at what this president has done over the last three years in getting the government deregulation, taking the boot off the neck of our economy, and we have an explosion. >> yeah, i will also note, we will leave it right there, but sleepy joe biden's fund-raising numbers also sleepy, if you're such a front-runner and you can only raise 22 million less than half of the president, you're in bad shape. but i've got to get to something your organization citizens united has helped unearth. we talked about it earlier in the program. you know, we saw the attack outside the u.s. embassy in baghdad. and it was led by an iranian backed leader of hezbollah. it turns out because of groups like yours who have unearthed documents and photographs that are emerged in the public. this leader was in the oval office with -- there's a picture of him right there. the prime minister of iraq at the time, in 2011, talk to me about the contrast between the obama administration and the trump administration where a guy like this is welcomed in the

oval office and under the trump administration he's trying to lead riots outside our embassy. why? >> that's a million dollars question. why is there someone who seems to be a terrorist and a terrorist leader, why is that person in the oval office chumming it up with barack obama and joe biden and hilary clinton? and it is only from our nearly a decade-long work in the litigation that we had this in our library. we were able to search our database and find out that joe biden was in that exact meeting with president obama. and people have to ask joe biden if anything was discussed in that meeting. obviously he's an iranian that is in the iraqi -- >> [inaudible]. >> it's really shocking. the american people need to be

surprised by that, because it shouldn't be allowed. this president defended our embassy unlike what happened in benghazi with hillary and barack obama. there's no comparison. this president when help was called for, it was there within minutes. those folks dispersed because 100 united states marines hit the ground ready to make sure that our men and women in that embassy were protected. >> it is amazing to watch left wing politicians and the media want to try to spin the president's response in baghdad to make it look bad, when the only way to talk about it is in stark contrast to benghazi. we delivered reinforcements when they were required and made sure that our personnel were protected. ten seconds. >> pete, it was almost like they were cheering for death and destruction at our embassy. it is so anti-american. it is exactly the opposite of what we as americans should be. we wanted barack obama to succeed.

they should want president trump to succeed, but their hatred knows no bounds. and they can't even see their way to make sure that they cheer while we do well. >> -- [inaudible] -- does lead to blindness so that might be part of it. we appreciate your work. >> thank you. >> we would like to hear your thoughts. share your comments and follow lou on twitter @ lou dobbs. can't follow me because i'm banned. that's another story. like him on facebook and follow him on instagram at lou dobbs tonight. could andy mccabe's leaks to the media come under scrutiny from u.s. attorney john durham? we will take that up and more we will take that up and more with our guest after these i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424.

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pete: i love this next story. the head of the white house national security council is reportedly firing hundreds of obama holdovers to end leaks of sensitive information. and it's about time. to consolidate a quote bloated staff. robert o'brien is leading the reform and plans to cut the staff that grew to as many as 450 people under president obama at the national security council to less than 120 by next year. great stuff. former fbi director andy mccabe, detailed newly released documents from the justice department watchdog investigation. fbi investigators recount mccabe apologizing for lying about leaking a story on hilary clinton's e-mail probe to the "wall street journal." the justice department is currently considering charges against mccabe. joining me now sebastian gorka

host of the salem radio program, america first, former strategist to president trump and author of the new book "the war for america's soul". that is precisely what we are having right now a war for america's soul. thank you for being here. when it comes to a guy like mccabe or comey, is there hope on the horizon that there's actual accountability or if they say sorry are they going to get away with it? >> first things first, happy new year, pete. i can't think of anyone other than you to guest host with lou. >> it is an honor. >> great to be on with you. can i just comment on the nsc story? when we came into the white house, we inherited 420 obama holdovers in the national security council. i made my recommendations to slash and burn as many as possible. eisenhower, pete, eisenhower had 25 people on his national security council.

don't tell me the world was less complicated under eisenhower. this is great news, but o'brien needs to slash and burn many many more people out of the nsc. pete: what was the reason for the consolidation of so much power at the national security council? was this because the obama white house wants to overturn the way pentagon did business or other people -- why did that happen? why is it cutting it so important? >> well, look, why it happened, the majority of these detailees because they come from other agencies were the state department. the state department wanted to control foreign policy instead of actually the white house and the president being the strategic, you know, avenue for how we proceed in foreign affairs. they wanted to replicate all of government inside the eeob, the eisenhower executive office building which is exactly the opposite of what's supposed to happen. the executive branch is supposed to decide and then the department execute. when we came in, we said we

don't want to have this duplication. we don't want all these holdovers who don't believe in america first. i told certain people to take that action, and they didn't, and they paid the price. so what has to happen now is we have to get it down to maybe 200 or less and hopefully -- you know, i've heard great things about o'brien, but this 10% or 20% cut, it's not enough, not enough, pete. pete: it is amazing how significant staffing and personnel is if you want to get your agenda passed, especially if our an outsider and the state department is trying to stranglehold anything you are doing. let's get to the original topic as far as accountability for mccabe. are you hopeful that deception to a federal investigator will actually lead to someone being held to account? >> i asked somebody -- pete: that sigh is familiar because it's frustrating for a lot of people watching. >> it is frustrating. let me say to anybody out there who has had enough of the lies,

cheats, thieves who were in the obama administration getting narn their pensions and staying in the government, let's be clear america hasn't had an attorney general till february of last year, for all the nice things about jeff endorsing the president as first sitting senator, as soon as he took the kool-aid from a deep state about recusing himself unnecessarily, he was awol. he was absolutely without leave. we didn't have an attorney general until bill barr comes along. here's the good news, i know somebody who worked for bill barr when he was the ag last time, and he told me this is exactly the person donald trump needs because ag barr is quiet, but he is a knife fighter and he has nothing to prove and he wants to clean out. secondly john durham has a reputation for one thing, pete, putting bad people in prison, including people who wear a badge and a gun. so maga guys out there trust

bill barr, trust john durham. pete: it feels like the entire system is slanted. you have someone like general flynn who misremembered one phone call who is charged with a felony. you have someone like mccabe puts his head down and says i'm sorry about it. you're saying give it a little bit more time. this time justice will be served. >> let me give you one last piece of actual empirical evidence. look at what has happened in the last few weeks with this ridiculous ig report from horowitz. inspector generals are bureaucrats who are there to protect bureaucracies. every time he made an absurd statement like i found no political bias, what happened? almost instantly, both john durham and ag barr went on record saying oh, no, no, no, we found things that you didn't see and your conclusions are not justified. so the fact that ag barr and durham are already making that statement, all i'm going to say is, pete, get the popcorn ready. [laughter] pete: and immediately dismissed it which means they will be even

more caught off-guard when the truth comes out. >> right. pete: dr. sebastian gorka thank you very much for your time this evening. >> god bless. pete: god bless happy new year. the judge has recuse himself. the arkansas judge has been requested biden's financial records during those during his time at burisma. last month the judge rejected a claim that hunter biden is facing multiple criminal investigations. interesting. up next, protests in hong kong erupting again over the new year's holiday. north korea's kim jong-un makes more threats to resume nuclear weapons tests. we will have that and much more, after a brief break. she wanted to move someplace warm. but he wanted snow for the holidays. so we built a snow globe. i'll get that later. dylan! but the one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with homeowners insurance.

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pete: welcome back. i'm warming the seat for a vacationing lou dobbs tonight. some stories tonight, decisive decision, president trump sending in u.s. troops to stop iran backed terrorists from attacking the u.s. embassy in baghdad. the pentagon says they are ready to respond to any further strikes on american targets in the middle east. mccabe's misrepresentations newly released documents show the retired fbi director admitted to lying, that's a better word for misrepresenting, about leaking a story on hilary clinton's e-mail probe to the "new york times." the justice department is reportedly considering charges against mccabe, overdue. the trump base fired up.

the presidents's supporters donating 46 million dollars in the past three months. his campaign also has more than 100 million dollars cash on hand, more than any of the democrat 2020 candidates. president trump says he will sign phase one of the trade deal with china on january 15th. he says there will be a ceremony at the white house with high level representatives from china there. the president also adding that he will go to beijing soon to work out phase two, big stuff. hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets of hong kong as well in the new year, another story related to china. hong kong police arrested over 400 people and used pepper spray, tear gas, and water cannons to drive off the demonstrators. police say protesters hurled molotov cocktails and vandalized banks and shops along a route of a public procession which forced them to end the march prematurely. washington times columnist is joining me now, author of deceiving the sky inside

communist china's drive for global supremacy. bill, thank you very much for being here tonight. we agree, china is driving for global supremacy. what does this phase one trade deal do to prevent that, to stop it, to slow it? >> well, the trade deal has been hailed as a great advancement in u.s. china relations, but i'm skeptical. the markets have responded positively to the idea that there will be a deal signed. but if it's such a great deal, why is it still secret? we haven't seen the text, and of course the big question is the enforcement mechanism. they are going to have some type of a forum where trade representative lighthizer and the chinese representative will deal with enforcement issues, but the chinese do not have a good record in abiding by any of their agreements. pete: bill, you have to give credit where credit is due to this white house. they have introduced this idea. they have used the economic tools at their disposal to put

pressure on them. we are at the table because of the vision of president trump on this. but you are worried maybe the enforcement mechanisms aren't there. could they be in phase two in an attempt to keep the economic engine moving? is it okay to do a phase one and two here? could we still hit the mark if it's not in there initially? >> yes, see, so the whole idea of doing this deal in phases was a concession to beijing. we had 150 page draft agreement last may which outlined all these issues in great detail and the chinese rejected it. the reason they rejected it because it could have codified in an agreement all the bad things they have done from currency manipulation to tech transfer to ip theft to exporting fentanyl into the united states. and so now they are taking it piece by piece. and this first piece which will be signed january 1st will according to the white house be a good step forward in reaching the agreement. the next step is going to be very -- much harder, and that's going to deal with things like

china's national security law and its intelligence law. the u.s. is asking china to change those laws, and i don't see beijing doing that at all. >> if you don't see them doing that at all, does that mean it stops after phase one? could that be where it stops? or do you think this administration remains so committed as they've been, trade a signature issue, we've got to balance the field in ways that no one else has talked about, that they will with a second term of this president have the chance to stare down the chinese and truly level that playing field? >> that's a good question. i think the ball is in the united states court on this deal because china's economy is floundering. they are having a tough time, and the chinese leadership is almost -- has a superstitious fear of losing the so-called mandate of heaven, which would lead to the overthrow of the communist regime. so they are in a tough position. we saw them loosen up their banking restrictions to try to get more money into the banking system there. again, it's all trying to

bolster their economy which is on the down side, while the u.s. economy is on fire, and let's hope it stays that way. pete: that's the right time to stare down china while you are still on top. i'm going to lighten it up a little but not really a light subject, a mandate from heaven. we've got video from north korea of kim jong-un galloping on a white horse up a sacred mountain to visit his father's birthplace, sort of angelic, you might say, floating, this as he's threatened to test secret nuclear capabilities that he has on the peninsula. this ties back to china of course because if china wanted to do something about that pesky man, it could. the president also trying to take on one of the toughest issues of our era which obama handled on his desk and said i couldn't solve this, now you try to deal with north korea. what is this message that dictator trying to send? are we making progress in trying

to spread further nuclear weapons on the peninsula? >> kim jong-un is one of the most ruthless dictators, and he's kind of showing off his power now. he just announced recently he will have some type of new strategic weapon. there are concerns he will set off another nuclear test blast, perhaps a long range missile test. i'm told by u.s. officials that the u.s. has made it very clear to china and indirectly to north korea that any resumption of missile testing will bring a harsh response from the united states. i don't know what that will be. my guess is it will be tougher sanctions, perhaps ramping up some of the military exercises in south korea. pete: do you think china wants more agitation on the korean peninsula? you know, they have their own problems in hong kong that they haven't been able to solve. could they be tied briefly in >> the chinese are surrounded by unstable areas and have no interest in seeing a stable korean peninsula. they like it that way.

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g.o.p. women at both the national and state levels are on the brink of extinction. like you can hear it from national geographic. according to the rnc, however, 181 republican women have been recruited to run for congress in 2020. and nearly 5,000 republican women have signed up to aid president trump's reelection effort. joining me now senior policy analyst at the independent women's forum. thanks for being here. >> thanks. pete: are you about to be extinct? and what would lead someone to write such a thing about women in america who are republicans and support this president? >> well, pete, i'm not about to be extinct and a lot of my friends and followers who are conservative women, you know, dismiss this kind of op-ed as frankly progressive privilege. this is a way of demeaning conservative women female voices, belittling the work we do and trying to silence us that making it seem we have no impact whatsoever in the political

realm. it is insulting because this article in essence suggests that we as conservative women, we haven't made any gains. we've only made losses, and it ignores that in 2018 we saw some tremendous firsts for women. i mean look at tennessee, blackburn, first female governor of her state. first female governor in south dakota. boy, kim reynolds, first female governor in iowa. these are all republican women. pete: yeah. >> to say suddenly all republican women are disappearing i think is a way trying to belittle the accomplishments that have been made. that's not to say we don't want to see conservative women run for future office. when they get this backlash in the media, why would you want to open yourself -- pete: the op-ed actually starts with sarah palin who was probably the most mistreated republican women in any number of years because she didn't vote or think the way the leftists thought, she wasn't an

acceptable woman. also criticized sarah palin for endorsing some men later on when last time i checked women get to think independently about their ideas whether it's a man or a woman. >> exactly. pete: this is just the "new york times" playing their typical leftist feminist view, where you are not acceptable because you don't think like them. >> well, and add to that, that i'm a black woman and an immigrant, oh, boy, am i -- i've been kicked out of every family picnic you can find. it is insulting. women care more about than just their bodies. it is not just about abortion rights. they care about the economy. they are business owners. they are workers. they want to see their wages rise. they also care about healthcare and immigration and ensuring their communities are safe. they care about public safety and hey we also care about foreign policy as well. all of these factors come into play when a woman goes into the voting booth. she doesn't just vote based on what someone else tells her to do.

pete: speaking of foreign policy, the guy who has got everything wrong in last 40 years on it had comments about why hilary clinton lost. well, take a listen. >> one of the things that happened and wasn't a bad thing and i think there's a lot of sexism that helped defeat hillary. i did 84 major events for hilary clinton. i went all over the country. nobody campaigned for her more than i did. she would have been a great president. pete: so sleepy joe says it was sexism is the reason why hillary lost. >> no, hilary clinton is the reason why she lost. he probably visited more states than she did and maybe that has the reason why she was disconnected with many voters. she called half of american voters a basket of deplorables, racist, sexist, etc., etc., etc., so, you know, to make that excuse i think is just really an excuse for why she was not a good candidate. and joe biden, if he's going to

make that argument, i hope he's not going to fall back and find himself in the same position she did on the night after the election. pete: wandering on the stage whispering trying to find what position he's supposed to hold. also the senator who thinks the articles should be thrown out, they shouldn't be considered in the senate, what do you think? >> it is interesting. because when a prosecutor brings charges against someone they have to be prosecuted otherwise they do eventually get dismissed. i think it is an interesting approach to say hey if you are not going to bring a trial in the senate by turning over the articles of impeachment, then maybe the charges need to be dismissed and this whole impeachment inquiry and everything else is just a waste of time. pete: mitch mcconnell said you can't hold something hostage that i don't want and this would be yet another demonstration of that. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, pete. have a good night. pete: stay with us. we will be right back. ♪

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campaign records raising 46 million dollars in the last quarter. millions of americans giving to a billionaire they believe in. we have more tonight on how the president is crushing his democrat opponents. >> first, they don't have a quality candidate. they don't have any money because the dnc, the senatorial committee, the congressional committee are all virtually bankrupt. and the rnc has built that same machine using president trump over the last three years. we have the best ground game the rnc is going to ever have. we have money in the bank, unlike the dnc. so this is -- it's good news at every turn, especially when you look at the economy. pete: that's it for us tonight. tomorrow's guests include congressman jim banks, investigative reporter john solomon and acting cbp commissioner mark morgan. and reminder to follow lou on twitter @ lou dobbs. like him on facebook and follow him on instagram at lou dobbs tonight. you can follow me on twitter if you want.

you just won't find me. but you can find me this weekend saturday and sunday morning with ed henry on fox & friends or tonight on the top of sean hannity'sm. thank you for having me. god bless you and good night. tonight just 32 days until the iowa caucuses kick off and the democrat field still wide open as another far left contender bites the dust. good evening everyone. i'm david asman in for trish regan. the latest democrat julian castro to call it quits. the field now stands at 14 candidates. president trump not having that problem, fund-raising numbers out showing the president is raking in a massive 46 million dollars in the last quarter alone, blowing past any of his would be democrat rivals. it is the best fund-raising haul for him so far this election

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