to read more and check out this week's edition of barron's.com and don't forget to follow us on twitter, that's all for us, see you next week on barron's [♪] lou: good evening, everybody. president trump in florida tonight. he and the first lady leaving the d.c. wamp behind to be in mar-a-lago for the weekend. prior to his departure president trump finalized his impeachment dream team to lead the proceedings to subvert andover throw this president. the white house counsel pat cipollone and jay sekulow,

independent counsel kenneth starr, pam bondi, jane raskin and constitutional scholar alan dershowitz. he voted for hillary clinton in 2016, but he opposed and rebuked the radical dimms for their ideological attack against this president through impeachment. the president's legal team we are told will argue the articles of impeachment are dangerous, unconstitutional and hud be rejected on their face. the president using the celebration with lsu, the national champons to unload on the radical dimms. and the looming trial. >> we'll take pictures behind the resolute desk. it's been there a long time, many presidents. some good, some not so good.

you have got a good one now, even though they are trying to impeach the son of a bitch. can you believe that. liz: joining us, john solomon, now the editor-in-chief of his new media outlet, just the news. that's going to be quite something. we can't wait. i do want to talk about that tonight. but first let's turn to the president's legal team, your assessment of it. it has some all-stars. >> he has exactly the right blend of experienced investigators, constitutional scholars that will translate well in the chamber, the trial, the jurors, the senators, and also to the american public. for 8 months we had a one-sided story about ukraine. with this team he has assembled

here now, the american public will see the full set of facts and there will be a different story line when we are done. i think in bob ray and judge star he has major investigators and scholars and experts. his original legal team is still right there helping him. i think the american public will be impressed with what information comes out of this trial. lou: it also depends on whether these witnesses are called and the degree to which the senate majority leader it seems to me is strong and resolute as the president could have asked standing with him shoulder to shoulder. tolerating much more of the nonsense from the left. that procession of really pallbearers who brought those articles over. that was a scene from the

absurd. and so has been this entire process which is nothing more than an effort to overthrow this president under the guise of an impeachment inquiry and process that culminates in a trial that gets under way in earnest next tuesday. >> i think you have seen with the supreme court chief justice john roberts and senator mitch mcconnell a sort of dignity restored to this process after the circus we have seen in the house the last several weeks. i think mitch mcconnell doesn't think much of this evidence and he wanted to move the trial along speedily. the facts are going to be so different when we hear the president's side of the case and what we know now. as for witnesses for the democrats. watch what you wish for.

if you think john bolton or lev parnas will be superstar witnesses for you, my reporting suggests otherwise. if i were democrats i would presented cautiously. liz: it appear -- lou: it appears john bolton is his favorite witness to call. the president's right of executive privilege it seems to me rule. am i wrong in that judgment? >> it comes down to the president. he can waive the privilege or they can go to court and fight out. other chief justice can rule from the bench. but i think the two witnesses the democrats are promoting may

be beneficial to the president's story. there are so many facts that aren't known that when the american people hear them, they will be wondering, what was the media feeding me the last weeks. liz: they should have a bel of - lou: . they should have a belly full of it. james he comey for leaking. your reaction to james i'm is lack of integrity and -- for james comey is his lack of integrity. >> we have liars, we have leakers, we had incompetent investigation, we had violations of the fbi's most important rules. and it does not surprise me from my reporting that they would be looking at james comey as a

possible source of a leak or condoning leaks that went on beneath him. even though he testified in public, saying i am not a leaker. but he leaked his memos to lawyers to get a special counsel appointed for president trump. it's consistent with what i'm hearing on the ground from my reporting. lou: it appears to me over the course of three years of the special counsel investigation, there has been one liar after another produced and all of those liars were for the prosecution, for the investigation of this president. and not a member of his campaign committee or his administration. the liars were the investigators. the liars were those insisting on the investigation, including

adam schiff who is the lead manager for the radical dimms. it hardly appears like justice, does it? >> that's why this process may be the first time to have due process and balance brought to this entire picture. if you remember where we were in january 2017 when the breathless media told us the president was a form agent of russia. i think the ukraine and impeachment story will have the same evolution. the investigators who did terrible things in the russia investigation and may have done so in the ukraine investigation, they are aiders and abettors. people keep saying when did the american press become like the london press and palace watchers? that's how frustrated the

american people are right now. >> it is appalling and we have a long way to go to bring about an accounting that of course up to attorney general william barr. your new outlet. just the news. tell us about it if you would. >> as i traveled the country the last couple years, i keep hearing from people, why can't i find the news site that gives me the facts and doesn't try to shape ply opinion. we'll have 100 reporters and producers work. i look forward to coming on your show and talking about stories we've break in the not too distant future. lou: as the president is working to defend himself from the

subversion and continuing assault from the radical dimms, corruption in the deep state rages on. a report shows fbi agents worried, concerned, that attorney general william barr's tone toward big tech firms and their unwillingness to fully cooperate in investigation, for example, am, an -- apple, and tt it will sout -- it will sour the relationship between them. the attorney general slammed apple for refusing to open the phone of the saudi national who killed three ask people at expense coala.

but the fbi says they are concerned about the attorney general's rhetoric, his tone. you have to wonder if they are the same identified officials who have remained silent throughout about the corrupt cesspool that has been driving the bureau for years and didn't have the guts or apparently the concern to step up and say something about that corruption. but they are worried about the attorney general who is trying to restore the agency's and the department's integrity and the trust of the american public. blues you -- bless you, little darlings. whoever you may be. coming up next, the trump tariffs make a major impact on china's economy. a new number shows the american

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[♪] lou: it's been a record-setting week on wall treat as well as of course in washington, d.c. the dow jones industrials up another 50 points today hitting its fifth record high close of the year. the s & p gaining 13. the nasdaq up 32. also a 6th record high for 2020 already. volume on the big board 3.7 billion shares. the nasdaq over 2%. crude oil finishing more than 58 dollars a barrel. housing starts jumping nearly 17% last month to an even you'll rate of 1.6 million units. that's the highest rate since 2006. listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the

salem radio network. president trump called out michael bloomberg's lavish campaign ad budget. the president tweeting many of mike bloomberg's ads are wrong. a vanity project to get into the game. sources say that bloomberg will spends up to $2 billion to get into the game or support the democrats' nominee. a new morning consult survey finds senator susan collins is seen as the most unpopular senator. she has a 52% disapproval rating. mitch mcconnell, joanie ernst, lisa murkowski and bob menendez.

and mitt romney's approval rating has fallen 8 points in just four months. joining us former reagan white house political director, savant and fox news political analyst. ed rollins. susan collins. the most unpopular republican senator. >> she'll be former if she leads the charge against the president in this impeachment hearing. she needs republican support within she needs his support. and at the end of the day this is a partisan battle. there is no crime, and every republican needs to be on board. if romney wants to go against him, he will see a big drop beyond 8 points. lou: it's peculiar to me that you are watching this handful of republican senators trying to buck the president. they know this is a sham on the

part of the radical dimms. for them to associate themselves with such a sank moan yuls reserve d such a sanctimonious reserve about the president, it's such deceit on their part. >> i have been around a long time and i teach a course in the american presidency. no president in modern times has had a week like this president both in the good and the bad. two major trade deals, super economy. the bad is the idiocy of the democrats doing nothing but a partisan attack. lou: this is not the president. this is theirs. this has been a week of making history for this president and his administration. it has been a week of infamy for the party of hate. >> they are not only the party of hate.

let's not forget "the washington post" and new york tieption times and cnn and msnbc. the idea that "new york times," the "washington post," they would take the investigative committee of the house to give the new documents to this idiot and run it as front paiblg stuff and there is -- front page tough, and there are no facts there. it's a waste of taxpayer money and a waste our time. it does not diminish what he has done. but can you imagine what he could be doing if he didn't have these distractions the last months. lou: when you look at his accomplishments in the face of the onslaught of hate by the radical dimms. and he has just rolled on. he and his administration have

acted, they adapt. they are innovating, they are resourceful. all you can ask for in a president. and he's doing it day in and day out. the american people are going to rip these radical dimms. >> there is a fatigue factor that's unbelievable. there is no truth to any of it. lou: chris collins, the former representative of new york going to jail for 26 months. your reaction to that? >> two months longer than the term he got elected to. nobody is above the law. the up to i'dity of what he -- the stupidity of what he did, he has to pay a price. lou: as ehud. he -- as he should.

anyone in office should have to pay a higher price than a work-a-day person who would be hit like a ton of bricks with this judicial system. i give this judge great credit for meting out justice. thanks for being here. >> it's been an interesting couple weeks. mitch mcconnell has done an incredible job holding this thing together and making sure the country gets justice. lou: we would like to hear your thoughts on this. share your comments. the. up next, the iranian ayatollah lashing out at america's maximum pressure campaign against iran.

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[♪] lou: the president's call for the international community to tighten sanctions against iran has apparently frightened the ayatollah. he's lashing out against the u.k., germany and france for their support of the united states and those sanctions. the president tweeted his response quote, the so-called supreme leader of iran who has not been so supreme lately had nasty things to say about the united states and europe. their economy of is crashing and his people are suffering. he should be consider careful with his words. 11 american service members treated for concussion symptoms after iran fired those ballistic missiles at iraq on january 8. they were certain to locations

in germany and kuwait. the service members expected to return to duty once they are deemed fit. joining us now, general jack keane, former vice chief of staff. general, good to have you with us. let's start with the ayatollah calling names and obviously very deeply concerned about these tightening sanctions and the joining of europe in applying maximum pressure. >> he hasn't spoke at friday prayers in 8 years. so this is a very significant event. he's reeling from the so mammy -- quassem soleimani attack. shortly after the phoney staged

processional funerals for soleimani. the voices are out calling for their downfall, and tearing down pictures of soleimani left over from the funeral processions. things have been moving against the supreme leader for a long time. a tv anchor walked off and said i have been lying to you for 13 years and i am never going to speak to you again because i haven't been telling the truth. the president appealing to the pure peens to join him. -- the europeans to do just that. led by boris johnson, they have gone to the u.n. to impose snap-back sanctions because the iranians are violating the nuclear deal. as a result of that there will be further isolation of the iranian regime.

any hope that's khomeini has to get the europeans on his side are now gone. never been here before in 40 years. lou: for the first time it appears the sanctions may have exactly their desired impact, the maximum pressure which the president insisted be applied from almost the moment he stepped into the white house. the u.s. military resuming operations in iraq, that to the good in terms of stability in the region. the president announcing new restrictions against saudis undergoing training in the united states. 21 thrown out of the country because of their association with extremists. your thoughts about these restrictions from military students. >> of course we learned a lot here. we should have had them in place