>> they are serious charges, david. i don't think jail should be comfortable or prisoners live freezing or living this david: amazing this guy is who people wanted to be the next president. we'll see you next time. >> clashing new stories. president touts america's economic success story and blue-collar worker boom at davos. he talks about a new trade deal be this time with the uk. the senate trial begins with a fight over the ground rules. both sides accuse each other of rigging and rushing the process for their political calendars. we break it down, the debate. what are the president's impeachable offenses and do they meet the standard to trigger constitutional "nuclear option," removing the president? we'll also debate how the democrat's stated motive for three years now, their motive, get rid of president trump.

how that has not changed. how voters feel about the president which is, pretty much the same way they felt before the impeachment inquiries began. also tonight are democrats making the same mistake they did in 2016 that could lead to the president's re-election, destroying each other? this all on the eve of the iowa caucus. a new op-ed from a bernie sanders campaign surrogate ripping into biden as corrupt and weak. hillary clinton blasting bernie as a career politician nobody likes. he didn't get anything done in the senate. also tonight author peter schweizer gives more details on democrats cashing in on that i elected offices. cronyism in both biden's and bernie's political machine. those two big stories. father fight of the day, president trump versus climate active individuals in davos as republicans moving forward on their own climate change plan, being criticized falling short. we break it down. a caravan of up to 4,000

illegals now clashing with mexico's security forces. they're throwing rocks. all of this putting to the test mexico's promise to the trump administration to stop the flood of illegals trying to cross the border. 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. we've got all of the angles covered for you tonight. blake burman at the white house on the president talking up economic successes at davos. edward lawrence on capitol hill with the latest on that impeachment fight. let's begin with blake burman at the white house. blake? reporter: it was part sales pitch, part victory lap for president trump earlier today in davos, switzerland, at the world economic forum. speaking before business and world leaders the president highlighted what he sees as his economic accomplishments like the two big trade deals that

were in the headlines last week along with record how unemployment and economic growth. >> since my election the bottom half of wage earners has increased by plus 47%, three times faster than the increase for the top 1%. the american dream is back, bigger, better, stronger than ever before. we created 1.2 million manufacturing and construction jobs, a number also unthinkable. america achieved this stunning turnaround not by making minor changes to a handful of policies but by adopting a whole new approach centered entirely on the well-being of the american worker. reporter: while the president would like the attention to be on the u.s. economy his trip also comes as the senate starts impeachment trial. when asked about impeachment, the president tried to use the backdrop in davos to pivot to the economy. >> that whole thing is a hoax. goes nowhere because nothing happened. the only thing we've done is a

great job. we have the strongest country in the world by far. reporter: president trump met with his counterpart from the european commission. the president said he would like to be able to strike a trade deal with the european union but if not, he also said, auto tariffs would be under strong consideration. back to you in new york. liz: blake burman, thank you so much. be sure to catch president trump tomorrow 5:00 a.m. eastern time, when the president sits down with maria bartiromo from davos. let's get you updated on impeachment. and that fight there. edward lawrence on capitol hill with more. edward? >> liz, the senate democrats, house democrats in the senate say they can correct the coverup in procedures that would help the white house. basically what democrats want to do, they want to call extra witnesses and pet new evidence entered into the record on this. late this afternoon, senators voted down just that. senator chuck schumer offered an amendment on. senator chuck schumer offered

another amendment on this we do have live pictures of the floor you can look at. they are going on right now at this minute. that debate is going on for two hours on that second amendment. representative adam schiff says that the, it is clear what the president did. >> he was held even meeting with him in the oval office, president of ukraine, because he wanted to coerce ukraine into these sham investigations of his opponent. that he was terrified would beat him in the next election. that is what this is about. reporter: not meet his burden for any high crimes. pat cipollone told senators we need to call this what it is. >> they're not here to steal one election. they're here to steal two elections. it is buried in the small print of their ridiculous articles of impeachment. they want to remove the president trump from the ballot. reporter: also today, the rules,

today it is all about the rules that set up this trial. each side will have 24 hours. they can use that 24 hours over the span of three days for each side. the evidence that was already found by the house will be ad mid into the record for this with one specific thing here, that senators can object to specific pieces of that information. now also, today, there was a victory for republicans. the supreme court decided not to fast track the a case that they're hearing about obamacare which could actually kill the affordable care act. a lesser judge found that act unconstitutional, a core part of it unconstitutional. democrats wanted to hear the case before the election in 2020, to make it an election issue. appears the supreme court won't decide if they will hear it until after the election, or early part of 2021 liz? liz: edward lawrence, thank you

so much. this is the key constitutional question at stake. do the articles meet constitutional standard of an impeachable offense to trigger the constitution "nuclear option," remove the president. talk it over with former federal prosecutor doug burns. >> thank you. >> your reaction to that? >> you go right to the text of the constitution, which says treason bribery or other, that is the key order, other high crimes and misdemeanors means to people terping that language other very serious crimes. nobody wants to talk about that. instead what they're doing, it's fine, it is a political strategy, just go into soaring rhetoric. you just saw a clip from adam schiff which is, you know, desperate to dig up dirt on his political opponent, on and on and on with the soaring rhetoric but it was brit hume who said the soaring rhetoric doesn't meet the facts of the case, liz. liz: abuse of power is what, republicans say abuse of power is non-impeachable crime because

here are the facts. there was no quid pro quo in the transcript of the president's phone call with ukraine. a dozen statements from ukraine officials including its president repeatedly said there was no pressure, no longage with military aid or any type of investigation. ukraine did not announce an investigation. >> real world case, we to to the court, first or second time in, d.a. says, mr. burns, good morning, we need to speak to the victim in the case. that is absolutely standard. happens all the time. why? they want input from the victim. as you say the president of ukraine stated repeatedly he didn't feel pressured. what this is about honestly about president trump possibly attempting to do something but they got the money. they never had to announce the investigations. then of course the left did hes ripping mad when you calmly say he was looking at some corruption in ukraine. liz: criticism their obstruction of justice case falls apart because it was a court fight over executive privilege to

bring in witnesses. >> i'm a little surprised, i'm a little surprised how 180-degree opposite both sides are. the democrats say the president willy-nilly refused to comply with any process. then the republicans say, no, he was fighting it in court. he is allowed to do that. the third branch of government, liz, judiciary is often asked to resolve a dispute between the first two branches, the executive and legislative. the point is with really took place, seems to me, they rushed it. we all know that. liz: for the calendar. >> for the calendar. then they turn around and say he is obstructing justice. liz: this is based on a alleged threat for ukraine to look at bidens. >> not just the bidens. liz: crowdstrike, ukraine meddling which "politico" in 2017 reported that ukraine did step into the election. >> right. liz: i want to move to this, pelosi revealing true moat serves. >> absolutely. liz: impeach, get rid of trump

at all costs will be a stain on his legacy, impeach forever. we want to show again nancy pelosi said you don't need proof, al allegations is enough when you come to the witnesses. watch this. >> it is not a question of saying, what proof, what allegations have been made and that has to be subjected to scrutiny as to how we go forward but it should not be ignored, in the context of other events that have happened at that would substantiate some of that. liz: so an allegation is enough to remove a president, right, is that your take on it? >> that is very disappointing obviously. these people are throwing around criminal law terms. they're turning criminal law on its head the politicians left or right if he is innocent should step forward and lose it. that turns 200 plus years of criminal jurisprudence on his head. a defendant has never never prove his or her innocence. in criminal law, trial lawyers it is frustrating a watch.

nancy pelosi real quick, i'm not a psychiatrist, liz, boy she gave it away, it is for life, that's it. if you break that down for a second, what meant it is personal. b, she hates him. c, they never had any intention of realistically expecting they would impeach him and remove him from office. they wanted to tar him. liz: democrat macy hirono is saying that democrats failed in their discovery. she is saying that the democrats failed in making their case with discovery. >> right. >> senator susan collins is open to witnesses. just as was in the clinton proceedings. i want to get into this. president's legal team point out that the democrats gave their motive away when they put into the impeachment a clause that would permanently block the president from seeking any future office? >> no. very interesting, right? >> there is so much political toxicity, it is unbelievable. it goes on and on.

the real issue, obviously don't need me to say how is this hitting american public? they're a little bit disgusted with it. they're disgusted with characterizations every minute. they turn around, against his political opponent. the guy hasn't gotten one vote yet, not political expert, joe biden has not gotten one vote. how do you breathlessly exercise him political rival, the guy he is most afraid of. they go on and on. overwhelming case, this is the thing, liz, it is perfectly say we want to develop new information in the case in the senate, not after you said the case was overwhelming already. so let's add bank robbery case. jerry nadler trotted out jerry understander volunteered bank robbery. we will show a color video of the defendant robbing the bank. we'll bring in the guard who will postively identify him, then your honor, we'll show all the money he stole got at search warrant at house. if those were the facts do you think they would be sitting there saying we need more and

new information? they do not have overwhelming case. they have a very weak case. this is a political gambit. it is really comical to watch about new information. they're entitled to have a couple witnesses, that is fine. any trial lawyer will tell you that, don't tell me over and over in the house it was overwhelming. liz: we're hearing a the of heavy rhetoric, but when you get to the facts it kind of break breaks down, is that it. >> anybody can gauge in soaring rhetoric. this president sold out the american people an national security. those are over the skis, over generalizations. the facts are, they say he withheld aid, no, no, they got the money. he insisted they announce investigations. they never had to. you heard all experts not just me, that doesn't even come close to treason, bribery or that is the key, high crimes and misdemeanors. liz: ran through the red light. probably shouldn't have brought

up biden? >> it is fair to say that, he shouldn't have done that. but unfair to say he bought up biden t was in context of other things. liz: understood. ukrainian president looking into corruption. doug, thank you so much. we'll be back with more on this debate. ♪. nities firsthand, like biotech. because your investments deserve the full story. t. rowe price invest with confidence. wyou can see relationships.gy, connections. patterns. you can see what others can't. ♪ 45 plus at average risk. i've heard a lot of excuses to avoid screening for colon cancer. i'm not worried. it doesn't run in my family. i can do it next year. no rush.

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♪. liz: the big fat check, critics say this next story is an example how much the media misleads you and doesn't correct themselves after the fact. set it up for you. protesters did take to the streets in puerto rico today, even showing up at the governor's mansion demanding that the governor resign after disaster aid from the u.s. was discovered in a giant warehouse in southern puerto rico. sitting there, unused, since hurricane maria. puerto rico has been hit by storms and earthquakes. bring in my next guest, former assistant secretary of state un-bush 43. he is robert charles. great to see you, sir. your reaction to story. this warehouse had supplies of expired baby food, expired water, blue tarps, gas stoves, diapers, cots, air mattresses, on and on. your eaction to the story.

>> i did hear the story. it vindicates the president's prior decision and most recent decision to release $16 billion only with a set of accounting standards that will require the part reek cans to -- port. there is federal waste of money in a lot of programs. that is basically what the president said today. liz: u.s. media did not challenge the mayor of san juan, nor are they correcting themselves now. the mayor went on tv news shows to attack president trump after hurricane maria. roll tape. >> the trump administration killed puerto ricans with neglect. the trump administration led us to believe they were helping when they weren't really up to par. he wants to huff and puff just like he was king kong but when you is doing really, insuring that people don't have food to put on the table. he doesn't understand we're still recoup eighting from a

devastating situation he made worse. 1.3 million puerto ricans need food stamp assistance to put food on the table. out of that 45%, children, early derly and disabled citizens of the it is remarkable that the president cannot understand he has gotten this all wrong. liz: critics are saying this story is the reason why you should never believe the mayor again. why the media is held in such low repute in this country. they don't correct themselves. they do not push back on this your take on this? >> you're exactly right. natural disasters happen and the federal government responds all over the united states and all over the world actually. accountability is always session. when a mayor lets lets aid arrive never distributes it out of negligence, or some other

basis it should be corrected and you're dead right. liz: people in puerto rico is saying there is corruption in their even government. that is the news story. breaking news later in the day, reaction to president trump and administration plans to add seven more countries in africa and asia the travel ban? the countries include nigeria, belarus, myanmar, sudan and tanzania. would not all be blanket travel bans, they would have restrictions based on certain visas. your reaction to this story? >> many ways a non-story, but again a story calls for correction. they have been very critical, mainstream media saying the president was focusing this on countries with muslim majorities. there are seven countries on the list now incidentally approved prior to this president coming into office. there are now seven more. they are primary on that list, they are not muslim majority countries. they're on the list where people

come to united states on a visa, they overstay the visa. we'll improve the vetting process in one or two cases you might have crime and terror cells that are of interest and of concern but basically the president is being prudent as he has been in number of other areas. he is simply doing the right thing. liz: again media silence on angles you just record on. let's move on to this, what is going on in cuba. psychologist james mitchell helped enhanced interrogation program, testified at military tribunal in gitmo. facing off against five men charged with the 9/11 attacks. seeking to have statements under interrogation thrown out as evidence. they say they were tortured. mitchell says he is there for the benefit of 9/11 victims and families. your reaction to this story? >> standard so people know in military court and civilian court are slightly different. i think i line up with mitchell. what he is defending the use of

a technique at a tile when the united states had just been attacked and technique was directed at individuals who were expected to be or were known to be culpable. we are always interested in preventing future acts of terror from affecting the american public. at the time, under the circumstances appears to me from 20,000 feet, i'm not part of that, not part of that proceedings but it appears to me he is doing exactly what he said he was doing, he was trying to defend those who were victims of the 9/11 attacks, frankly we were all, americans, all americans were victims one way or another with the 9/11 attacks. liz: mr. mitchell has been on our show. he says the interrogations did reveal potential future attacks against los angeles. robert charles, of the charles group, thank you so much for joining us. come back soon. >> thank you. liz: coming up are democrats now making the sail mistake they did in 2016 that lead to the president's re-election, destroying each other on the eve of the iowa caucus?

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♪. liz: welcome back. coming into the bottom of the hour, to the latest on the 2020 democrats really going at each other. it is getting nastier by the day. fox news's peter doocy is in aims, iowa, with more, peter? reporter: liz, none of the attacks democratic made on other democratic candidates have lingered out there very long at any point in this cycle and we have a new example of that. a top surrogate for bernie sanders and his campaign wrote an op-ed, part of it says this, whether or not biden is making choices to please donors there is no doubt his record represents the transactional, grossly corrupt culture in washington that long precedes trump. sanders himself quickly

condemned that claim. >> it is absolutely not my view that joe is corrupt in any way. i'm sorry that that op-ed appeared. reporter: that apology comes in spite of recent comments the former governor of vermont which sanders represented in congress made to powe lit can. peter shumlin he expects sanders to play dirty facing off with a friend like senator warren. sanders is back in d.c. he became the first candidate to canceled a prescheduled rally in iowa because of impeachment trial. they invited supporters to before they knew how the seem mers sieve trial asked would be? >> i have a constitutional responsibility to be here. i will do my best in terms of the people peach trial. what i'm very happy to say is that we have a great army of volunteers. i think we have more volunteers frankly than any other campaign. they're out knocking on doors in the bitter cold. they're talking to people. they're going to have to carry the ball for the while.

reporter: because sanders, warren, klobuchar are stuck in the senate for the trial, the campaign trail is uncharacteristically quiet. there are only four candidates on the ground here. biden, buttigieg, yang and steyer. 13 days before the caucuses. liz? liz: great to see you. peter doocy, thank you so much. okay are democrats making the same mistakes they made in 2016? could it lead to the president's re-election? they're destroying each other out there. bring in my guest, heritage foundation senior writer. this sanders surrogate ripped into biden as corrupt and weak. they circulated that out and they're not disavowing it. >> i don't think it was a wise decision for sanders to apologize this op-ed he didn't write. he really would benefit playing the outsider card sort of as

trump did in the 2016 election. sanders is the outsider candidate here. i think some of his supporters have some things in common with president trump. they want to drain the swamp. joe biden is part of the swamp. i don't think apologizing is the right move. liz: polar opposites on their economic policies. get to hillary clinton blasting bernie sanders, saying yes, bernie was in congress for years. nobody likes him. nobody wants to work with him. he got nothing done. he is career politician. it is baloney. people get sucked into the bernie machine, bernie brothers, attacks on women. bernie and elizabeth warren never got 60 votes for anything in the senate. why should voters go for their agenda? your reaction? >> there is truth at that bernie sanders and elizabeth warren were not able to get any sort of consensus for their far left socialist agenda in the senate. so why should they be able to

get the democrat nominee? that said we do know support for socialism is increasing. this interview with hillary clinton is interesting. there is a lot there that is going to be continued to be discussed in this news cycle. she is not going away. she is clearly trying to tilt the scale against bernie sanders. i think many democrat was just like to see her take a step back and let this election play out for itself. liz: bernie actually said today, ask hillary why she keeps talking about 2016. more on what we've been reporting, author peter schweizer now revealing details out of his new upcoming book the cronyism in bernie's political fund-raising machine. schweitzer claims that bernie sanders funneled $83 million in taxpayer donations to friends to do his media buys. this is story we reported on. we reported on it for example, last year. watch this. get to bernie sanders.

he is very public about his socialism but very secretive about his finances. he is ultrasecretive. that is what critics have said. routinely late with his financial disclosure forms with the senate. his secretive tax returns, he refuses to disclose them. plus he is accused of using a black box operation for his campaign advertising on television and radio. let's break this down. here is what is going on. bernie sanders in the past has used an llc, it is in the suburb of virginia. auld old town media. it bought $82 million of media ad time, 2016 campaign. no website. no phone for it. a single-family home. it is called a front company. these are black box shell companies. what is your reaction to this angle? >> this is why president trump's drain the swamp message. this is stories nobody on either side of political spectrum

anybody likes to hear. the fact this is from a self-proclaimed socialist makes it worse. they want to take anybody's money to redistribute it. look likes they're lining their own pockets and friends and families. it is a very bad and hypocritical look for democrats and for claimed socialists. >> bernie sanders saying super-pacs should be shut out of the election process he is not talking about regular pacs, like his own pac to shut down. schweitzer is also talking about biden incorporated. joe biden is quote, the king of sweet heart deals, saying he helped five family members cash in off the vice president's position. your final word on that. >> look, this is cronyism. this is what voters reject. this is why president trump is, his message is resonating, drain the swamp and he has a real opportunity here to double down on that, and move on from this type of corruption that we're unfortunately seeing more and

more of. liz: kelsey, great to see you. come back soon. >> thank you. liz: still ahead another big fight of the day, president trump versus climate activists at davos including greta thunberg as republican move on their own climate change plans. it is criticized as falling short. we'll break it down next. so, just the charger then? ummm... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yeah! (sarcastically) fantastic. earn 1.5% cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. chase. make more of what's yours. managing lipids like very high tryou diet. exercise. tough. but if you're also taking fish oil supplements... you should know... they are not fda approved... they may have saturated fat and may even raise bad cholesterol.

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your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour. and we are telling you to act as if you loved your children above all else. liz: joining me now, gartman letter editor ceo, dennis gartman. great to see you. your reaction to this? >> i think it is a little over the top. paying too much attention to what a 14, 15, 16-year-old young lady who has no background in climate change is a little unusual, a little disconcerting. i like to say i'm a believer in climate change because the climate always has changed. i live in virginia. virginia used be under glaciers 4,000 years ago. i was playing golf in southern florida, in middle of the state. came across the stark tooth es. florida was underwater one hundred million years ago. to best i of my ability, there were few automobiles driving in

virginia 100 million years ago or coal plants spewing out -- climate changes. that is my big concern. liz: i hear you. australia's wildfires have burned through an area the size of denmark. >> yes. liz: a billion in wildlife have been destroyed. they are natural resources too. they add to biodiversity. >> yeah. liz: whether it is gross mismanagement, bad forestry policies, people arrested for setting fires, it is a tinderbox. should all countries have more aggressive policies to stop destruction like this, protective policies, things like that don't happen? we've seen it in california? >> i hope that states do. i would like to see what virginia would have to say. i would like to see what ohio would have to say but i hate to say, i would hate to have sweden tell me as a virginian what i can or cannot do. that is my big fear. we'll always do something collectivist, planetaryian

organization, that will be much too large to deal with these problems. let's be blunt. let's be honest. there have always be forest fires. there will always be forest fires. in australia it is horrible a billion animals killed. no question about it. liz: it i horrific. i see what you're saying. >> it is horrific. liz: greta's supporters would say, we don't care about our age. that they support her message. republicans have a new climate change plan, capturing carbon dioxide emissions. for companies that do that. they would join international effort to plant a trillion trees. critics say that is not enough. even blackrock the big investment, world's biggest asset manager focusing on investing in companies that do sustainable energy. your take on all of that? >> well, eventually this will be a profitable, there will be a profitable enterprise to be involved here. natural fast will be the great

fuel of the next two decades. nuclear energy has to be brought back online. the fact we're just avoiding nuclear energy when the french get 83% of their electrical power comes from nuclear power plant. we avoided them completely. something has to be done. and i agree that there are problems out there. but let's, again, let's, liz, try to keep things in perspective of. liz: i hear what you're saying. >> spending too much time giving a young lady that much of a platform that large -- liz: she says it in such a focused way and her supporters agree with her. i hear what you're saying. a great debate how much the government can do and how much market forces can do. dennis we'll have you back on the story. thanks for coming on, bringing us your perspective. gray insights there lou dobbs with a look what is coming up next on his show. lou. >> thank you very much, liz. top of the hour, national institutes of health dr. anthony fauci, the department of health and human services secretary. alex azar joining us. we'll be talking about the

deadly china coronavirus outbreak that has now arrived in the united states. what our government is doing to stop it. president trump, today, his legal team, and attorney robert ray on the impeachment trial. by the way, the republicans of the senate are holding together. david bossie, ed rollins, dr. michael pillsbury among our guests. we hope you will join us at the top of the hour. thanks so much. liz, back to you. >> great to see you lou. we'll be watching. next up the debate, do voters polls that the democrats may have undercut themselves in their three years long push to get rid of the president at all costs? voters feel pretty much the same way they did about the president before the impeachment inquiry began. that hot debate coming up.

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impeachment, is it going to hurt you and your money and is it hurting the president's bid for a second quarter term? "washington post" op-ed says so far the political fallout for trump is quote, negligible. bring in attorney and former congressional investigator sam dewey. sam, great to see you again. what's your take on this? >> good to see you again as well. i think certainly the polling has been interesting to look at, there are two things i'd say. the first thing i would say overall, particularly in the battleground states, the polling shows if anything impeachment has benefited president trump. thus far. the second thing i would say is that if you look at the risk, that that's, political risk, being identified as the top risk, i think that probably relates to the fact that the democrats have indicated they're going to be ongoing investigations which means less legislation, less of what the

american people want resolved legislatively, more instability. liz: have they undercut their credibility with this, just going after the president trying to clearly undo the 2016 election? have they basically shot their feet off because they have been at it for three years? nancy pelosi admitted they have been moving to get rid of trump since the mueller probe. we found they were trying to stop trump before he was elected. your take? >> i think they have. they repeatedly oversold their case, not been able to meet the burden, moved on to the next thing and repeated that process. i think that does long-term damage credibility. liz: go ahead. finish your thought. >> and i was also going to say, again we just haven't seen much of any legislative activity on issues that matter to the american people. it has been all investigation, all the time. >> let's show to sam's point the polls. let's move on to sam's point, voters feel pretty much the same way they did about the president

before nancy pelosi announced the inquiry. gallop polls show more than half say don't remove him from office. his approval rating is 44%, that is up slightly that when impeachment began last fall. the president has a strong record on the economy. america had its best month for new home construction in 13 years. consumer confidence still strong. to your point, battleground voters, overall, still seeing, staying the same, don't remove the president. your take? >> i think that shows overall that the to date the democrats have failed to make their case. when you're running a lengthy, in depth investigation like this, you want to move the issue. in this instance, that means moving the polls. they haven't done that. liz: all right. so, final word, impeachment. run by adam schiff, is that hurting the democrats too? because he has said he had evidence russia colluded. the steele dossier was credible, corroborated with, when it was

fake. he made up his own version of the president's phone call during the hearing. now the hearing schiff said he did not know the whistleblower's identity, then acknowledged that person was in contact with his office. your final word on that angle? >> i simply do not understand his selection as the chief impeachment manager. i was watching the floor today in the senate and it was surreal to hear adam schiff complain about process and things of that nature. he completely undermines the credibility of any case. liz: sam dewey, great to see you. come back soon. >> thank you very much. have a good evening. >> you too. next story, a caravan of up to 4,000 illegals, now clashing with mexico security forces, throwing rocks, demanding that mexico let them in, so they can cross the southern border. all of this putting to the test mexico's promise to the trump administration to stop the flood of illegals crossing. the story next. ♪.

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of the cooperation from president obrador in mexico and president trump and the trump administration because they have taken where with at one time last may we had 140,000 illegals coming across the border, and that's down to about 30. and we have leftist, organized caravans trying to make their way up here, and mexico is holding them back at the border. they're trying to crash through. they think we owe them this type of thing. but the reality is the united states wants to help people like this, but we can't open our borders up and bankrupt the united states and see all the overburden to taxpayers, the crime, the drugs, human trafficking and the burden that it places on us. if we're bankrupt, we can't help anybody, so i just want to thank mexico, i want to thank the trump administration. and holding them back is something that we absolutely need to do. elizabeth: this country has

taken in an estimated 22 million illegal immigrants. we've got an opioid crisis, homeless veterans. we're a generous country, we're about, we are about legal immigration. mexico was threatened with trade and other sanctions from the u.s. but to your point, sir, it seems that mexico is also sick and tired of what's going on, that they are stepping up. they're deploying drones to look for illegal crossers. i.c.e. agents are on temporary assignment working inside guatemala and also working with mexican forces to stop this, to stop this trend of caravans. do it legally, that's what mexico is telling these illegal border crossers. your word on that? >> absolutely, liz, i couldn't agree more. and, you know, we had a delegation of democrats that went down to our southern border in texas, went across the border and looked at the so-called tent cities and squalid conditions that were so-called caused by president trump. i would suggest that they stay

on this side of the border and visit some of the sanctuary cities around this country and see some of the results of democrat policies and what is happening to u.s. citizens that have to live in these areas. and we have a problem on the border, a national crisis, and it's simply due to inaction by our folks on the other side of the aisle just won't work with us. and so i'm very, very proud of the trump administration and president trump for doing something and cutting these numbers, these drastically high numbers back. but we have a long way to go. and it's a crisis by any measurement, by any standard on any level. and, you know, we're hearing about the corona virus coming out of china. this is just one thing that's a threat that could be coming across this border, drugs, crime and everything else that we have to do, liz. elizabeth: congressman babbin, thank you so much for joining us.

come back soon, sir. great to have you on. >> great to be with you. elizabeth: thank you for having us in your homes. thank you so much for watching. lou dobbs next right here on the fox business network. have a good evening. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. breaking news tonight, this afternoon the centers for disease control announced that the deadly china coronavirus has spread from china to the united states. the coronavirus has infected hundreds in china, killed six people there. it has also spread to south korea, to thailand and japan. federal health officials are screening travelers from the epicenter of the virus, the chinese city of 19 million people. airports in los angeles, san francisco, new york, atlanta, chicago all screening efforts have been