[♪] lou: good evening, everybody. the president's legal defense team continues its he advice evn of the democrats charges. jay sekulow dismembered the dimms' sham case. >> they are asking you to not only overturn the results of the last election. but as i said before, they are asking you to remove president

trump from the ballot in an election that's occurring in approximately 9 months. >> disagreeing with the president's decision on foreign policy matters or whose advice he's going to take is in no way an impeachable offense. >> there was no evidence anywhere that president trump ever linked security assistance to any investigations. most of the democrats' witnesses have never spoke to the president at all. lou: the president's team bringing back their brilliant defense of the president. listen to jane raskin as she laid waste to the dimms' effort to vilify rudy because he supports president trump. >> rudy giuliani is the house managers' colorful distraction.

they didn't subpoena him to testify. mr. schiff and his committee never even invited him to testify. the bottom line is mr. giuliani defended president trump relentlessly, vigorously throughout the investigations. including the attempted mueller re-do by the house judiciary committee. two inspector general reports, and a $32 million special counsel investigation. turns out rudy was spot-on. seems to me if we are keeping score, like who got it right on allegations of fisa abuse, egregious misconduct at the highest level of the fbi, alleged collusion between the

trump campaign and russia, and supposed obstruction obvious is in connection with the special counsel investigation, the score is mayor giuliani 4, mr. schiff, zero. lou: despite the outstanding efforts of the trump legal team as they tore apart the so-called case of the radical dimms. the rino resistance tried to give credence to john bolton, the deep state, and the radical documents * trying to overthrow the president of the united states. someone leaked an excerpt from john bolton's book in which bolton alleges president trump told him he was tying ukraine aid into an investigation into the bidens.

but good old senator mitt romney. he doesn't often know much. but he knows enough to recognize an opportunity to climb up and get in front of the camera. and today he did just that saying he expects some run can senators like minded to call for bolton's testimony, and perhaps more. >> i think the story that came out yesterday, it's increasingly apparent it would be important to hear from john bolton. i will personally make the final decision on witnesses after we heard from the prosecution and the defense. but at this point it's clear to say john bolton has relevant testimony. i think it's increasingly likely other republicans will join us in thinking we should hear from

yawn bolton. lou: mitt romney looks happy with the cameras and microphones around him. what a snake he can be, the senator from utah. so pious and venomous. joining us, mark meadows. a member of the president's legal team and also a member of the freedom caucus and great american. i want to start where we left off with mitt romney. what a fella he is. >> i can tell you what this is all about. obviously they are talking about this "new york times" article that came out last night. certainly the allegation that the president said something and directed john bolton to tie aid to political investigations. obviously that's been refuted by the white house. but more importantly it's

refuted by the evidence. this leak-out is designed manipulate and influence republican senators who are sitting on the fence for witnesses. after they call for witness, we'll find out the man yo -- the manuscript doesn't say what it is reported to say. lou: are you saying john bolton is playing for the democrats? >> i am saying the deep state is playing for that. i have no factual basis for whether it was ambassador bolton's team or someone else. but this president will fight against the swamp. and the swamp is continuing to fight back. lou: i think this was worded just perfectly by a fella i respect immensely. if we can go to that tweet last

night from congressman mark meadows. do we have that, folks? here we go. an unpublished -- we don't have it. someone will have to read your tweet. an unpublished manuscript only anonymous sources have seen leaked at the very last minute as the democrats are losing whatever impeachment momentum they had. well said, and as you watch what is happening here with bolton, the "new york times," their combined literary agent they share with james comey, various attorneys and lawyers, this has been put together and performed by bolton. i never thought i would see that fella descend to this depth.

>> i and by that tweet. it's 100% right. it expresses my opinion and expresses the opinion of millions of americans. the people -- tuned in seeing that. whenever the democrats are starting to lose. and because the trump defense team did such an unbelievable job sunday morning. morning. adam schiff and his team went into a hard-core press to try to change the narrative. when we see that, it's not only them, it's the deep state. we have seen it over and over again. ways troubling for me, when we are look for the facts. here is one fact a lot of my democrat and republican senate colleagues don't understand. ambassador bolton on august 27 met with president zelensky.

there was no mention of aid, no tie can to any investigation. this is ambassador bolton's words? how do we know? we have you tim morrison's depositions. aid wasn't talked about and ukrainians didn't find it out until 48 hours later. when we look at conversations that may or may have happened, and we look at a conversation that did happen, and ambassador bolton's own words would suggest there is no linkage. lou: he has decide to do a deep dive as an expedient tool of the radical dimms and the left in this country. i cannot tell you how profoundly disappointed i am to find the man's character is so shallow. it's not all together absent. it's just stunning to see.

this president is standing up against this kind of nonsense every day from every quarter, whether it's the republican party or former republican party, or whether it is the left. it is stunning to watch this 360-degree effort to take down this president. he's willing to and up to republicans and democrats alike here in washington, d.c. why? because he's standing with the american people back home. they not, i not, you not and they feel tonight their pocketbook. they feel it each time this president goes out and makes america great again. lou: turning now to the reason that the markets sold off today on wall treat. more than 80 people have died in china from the coronavirus, that

includes deaths in two major cities outside of wuhan which is where the virus originated. there are 3,000 cases worldwide including germany and sri lanka. there are five confirmed cases in the united states. there are others awaiting confirmation. the centers for disease control investigating 10 possible cases -- 10 cases across 6 states. the cdc says the coronavirus is not spreading in this country and the rise together public remains low. coming up, more on the coronavirus as a government chartered boeing 767 is on the ground ready to evacuate american citizens from the chinese city where the outbreak began. what happens to the 200 americans to be left behind. mitt romney seems deliriously

happy that john bolton can spell quid pro quo, and claims he heard the president say something that just might sell a book or two. but certainly his. but like most stories, there is far more to this story than meets the eye. we'll have those lovely connections here next. ed rollins and michael goodwin next. stay with us. as a caricature artist, i appreciate what makes each person unique. that's why i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. almost done. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need.

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[♪] lou: a big sell-off on wall street. the dow fell 454 points. the worst day for the dow since last october. the nasdaq lost 176. 3.9 billion shares volume on the big board. investors selling on the unknown of whether the coronavirus will spread in china and affect more people than it has. gold dropping to $15.76 an ounce and silver rising. silver finishing at $18 an

ounce. boeing secured $1 billion in financing for more than a dozen tbiengs help deal with the 737 max jetliner crisis. boeing'sing earnings report will be released wednesday before the markets open. and reminder to his be to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio tonight work. mitt roll number -- mitt romneyr john bolton's testimony. bolton served as roll numbers foreign policy advisor during romney's failed presidential run. and rob yert o'brien also served

with romney. and lieutenant colonel alex vindman. he's in charge of reviewing publiccation from form or current nfc employees to insure confidential information it occurs in the national security council. yevgeny denies he was part of the team that's reviewed bolton's manuscript. the top three donors, spent millions supporting romney in 2012 and opposing trump in 2016.

see how it works? you bet. not so complicated. john bolton himself has been reduced to a tool for the radical dimms and the deep state with his allegation the president once told him the aid to the ukraine was entirely dependent on whether or not mr. zelensky carried out investigation of his political opponents. bolton's book agency javelin has published booksly disgruntled former department officials. james comey and cliff sims hot president said broke a non-disclosure agreement to write a book trashing the white house.

javelin bragged to the "new york times," we met with or talked to every major official you would know who has departed or is thinking of departing the trump white house. joining us, ed rollins, and michael goodwin. great to see you. my, my, my, what a set of connections there wore bolton, comey, romney, the never trumpers and all the romney donors. >> it's a big revolving door there in and out. from the white house to the book agents and publishing. i think there is no question one of the reasons john bolton did this was for money. lou: a reported $3 million.

>> and for the timing, they rush out right away. it's on sale today, i understand. it does look like this is an attempt to cash in on his time there by hurting the president. it will have a short shelf light. lou: you don't see this as an act of great political courage, a man rising with a noble aura about him divulging every secret he can think of by the president he served? >> i have always been fond of john. but i still think doing it this way, clearly trying to insert himself in impeachment is beneath him. lou: i think it's not perhaps as beneath him as far. >> i have known john for a long

time. john desperately wanted to get in this white house and be the national security advisor. it didn't work out. he and the president had a difference of opinion. you say thank you for allowing me to serve and you leave. you don't write a book while the president is still there. and the bottom line is i don't care what he says, the president had a right to do what he did, the idea of abuse of pou -- abuf power is absurd. lou: have you ever seen a national security advisor do what he has done? >> no. the fact that you still have lieutenant colonel vindman in there. why he isn't in a secure outpost somewhere in the military.

and his twin brother is the ethics guy who reads the manuscripts. someone is leak together "new york times" which is the enemy. lou: should many those two colonels be somewhere else? the national security council used to be considerably smaller than it is. i can't even imagine how they process -- what was it -- the interagency? >> the problem again, even as he identified himself, the state department has people. these are low-level people. i have been in the white house. i have been at the top level of the white house. none of them met the president. lou: they are in the west wing.

>> lou, you mentioned the unprecedented nature of this. i remember robert gates when he was president obama's defense secretary. but he waited until after the 2012 elections. and the back ran in 2014. and people were criticizing him for writing about it while obama was still in office after the election. lou: gates has principle. he is a committed public servant. and he has that much -- he has that quality that isn't much discussed. he has class. that's in short supply. >> that's the contrast here that john rushed it during impeachment. >> john is upset because the president wouldn't do what he wanted to do. lou: you mean blow up the things

he wanted blown up. >> he had ambitions to run for president at one time. lou: to hell with his ambitions. the fact of the matter is he was serving the president of the united states who ran on ending these endless wars. john bolton is a knee so con. >> that's what made their marriage so bizarre. lou: and john doesn't have what it takes to play. >> if john knew these words with in the manuscript, he should have gotten over there and corrected it. lou: he's being urged to throw away the book, throw away the manuscript, and tear up the check. you figure out based on the way he has behaved how likely that

is to come. fred fleitz made the recommendation and i think it's a good idea. lou: the united states supreme court handing president trump another major victory, allowing the administration to enforce the rule that permits them to deny immigrants who use public assistance or welfare or might use it in the future to be barred from entry and status. the rule is being challenged in lower courts. injunction was put in place. that injunction is no more. justice neil gorsuch with a very important statement slapping down lower district court judges who try to supersede administration policies. the real problem he wrote is the common practice of courts trying to treans send the cases -- to

transcend the cases before them. these orders direct how the defendant must act towards persons who are not parties to the case. china, the coronavirus, how worried should we be. stay with

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lou: more than 200 americans are preparing to board a government chartered flight out of wuhan, china tomorrow to head to california. those passengers will largely be made up of u.s. diplomats, their families and a number of private citizens. they will be screened for the cry russ during a red for the virus during a refueling stop in alaska. 200 americans will be left to ride out the outbreak.

doctor, this disease is none of us had heard of it before. and suddenly it's front and center killing people in china. as far as we know, no one has died outside china. is that still true? >> that's still true. what we are seeing are mild cases exported outside of china which adds to the mystery of what's going on in china. lou: i am impressed by the way the chinese responded to this outbreak. it seems to me they have been forthright, transparent and doing as much as it seems to me could possibly do given their huge populations and population centers. your thoughts about how they are performing? >> they have come a long way

since 2003 and the sars outbreak. sequence of the virus was shared quickly. so all of that was great. where there is some concern is the blockade that happened in the outbreak zone. they are using a lot of force with armed guards at train stations. and we had 5 million people leave the area before the blockade started. we are hearing about shortages of doctors with hospital beds. lou: why isn't the world health organization in there helping with all of the per tease the who -- i know there is friction been u.s. medicine and the world health organization. but it seems to me it would be helpful to have that u.n. agency in there helping.

>> there have been w.h.o. personnel there. today they are meeting with the chinese head of state. they met twice to talk about whether this is a public health emergency of international concern but haven't been able to come to a conclusion. but that doesn't mean they haven't supported upr updates with. lou: when you are talking about criticism within the medical community with what the chinese have done. it's something they could be helping with. numbers and tactical support help at a granular level. is that under cushion with the chinese government? >> i know there isien cono -- i

know there is general concern over the blockade. and maybe that blockade may lessen. we know this is spreading despite this blockade. there are multiple cities with human to human transmission. we are left right now in what has been the second full week that we entered. there seems to be fewer fatalities given the vast number of 3,000 at last count of patients infected. the mortality rate seems very, very low. and it seems like there is a little bit more hype to this on the outside while others are worrying about the chinese understating it, it seems that

the west may be overstating it. >> whenever there is a new coronavirus because it's in the same series of the sars. we have to take a break. if you stay with us through the if you stay with us through the commercial break. ♪if you're talkin' they will hear you...

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through the commercial break, doctor. underestimating or overexaggerating what is happening in china -- >> any time there is a new outbreak of an infectious disease you will pick up the severe cases first and the people who have died. only over time can you understand the true breast of the in -- the true breadth of the infection. it's something that happens all the time in the fog of an epidemic. as we get a bigger picture we are seeing this is much more widespread and there are more mild cases. we don't know where it will fall in terms of fatality.

i think we are getting the numbers as the chinese are reporting them. but i think there needs to be more testing done in people with mild cases to see how widespread this is. clearly this was spreading before the detection in late december. there was a community spread going on and this market may not have been the focal point of the outbreak but what allowed it to be detected. it may have been mixed in with flu or respiratory infections in october or november. lou: it looks like the common cold, at least initially, doesn't it? >> exactly. you wouldn't be able to distinguish this from the common cold. you need to do sophisticated testing. it makes it very hard. lou: most us don't go to the

sophisticated testing at least in the first instance which is hard as well. a top prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney's office has resigned over allegations she withheld exculpatory evidence from defense attorneys. she was in charge of the construction fraud task force. slice accused of failing to tush over an audio recording that reportedly contradicted the testimony of her star witness in seven bribery trials. joining us, tom fitton. let's start with the defense of the president by his attorneys saturday and today. >> i give them a b plus. i would appreciate more fire and spice.

but it's refreshing to see lawyers talk about the rule of law and facts and evidence. and the fact that the president has had to expend so much resources is terrible for the country. schiff should never have been allowed to get a senate trial. every day that's wasted on this, it -- like putting people in jail who illegally spied on the president. lou: they should be in a jail somewhere because they committed crimes. about as serious a crime as you can commit against this government and this constitution. it's outrageous. the more time pass, the more we learn what crooked corrupt officials we are running in the

department of justice and the fbi. >> the justice department admitted last week for all intents and purposes that carder page is a crippl is -- that cara crime victim. there are ways to extend it through an illegal leak of confidential information from john bolton. lou: you talk about -- >> it may work. the problem for the president is there is a majority probably in the senate to bring in bolton. but no majority to allow him full due process. lou: i doubt that seriously.

i heard mitt romney and his ilk talking nonsense. but i think you have three, maybe four senators. how disgusting a senator would you be to even think this was not a contrivance of the worst kind by bolton and his cronies in the romney orbit. it's pathetic what they are doing. >> i would reject any witness like bolton. but to the degree they are going to bring anyone in, we need hunter biden and schiff and company. the information put out there that they have been trying to cover up the coup cabal. that there was a good faith reason for president trump to ask questions about biden. lou: michael goodwin said read the transcript. we note president is innocent of every -- we know the president is innocent of the charges.

he has had to put up with the nonsense of the fbi and the special counsel. now adam schiff and whatever he is associated with. >> if he's innocent, the mirror image of that is they are guilty. he was right about bind corruption and clinton -- right about biden corruption. and right about the clinton emails. lou: the investigators and so-called house members of the radical dimms, the party of hate. over the weekend "the greg gutfeld show" aired a fun skit. tom shillue who does one heck of an impression of adam schiff invite made to be a part of it and here is how it played. >> now adam schiff meets his favorite celebrity. >> well, it's so exciting.

lou: very exciting, mostly for you, i think. >> can i get your autograph? make it out to steve. lou: i thought your name was adam. >> i always liked the name steve. lou: steve it is. >> steve. look how the, everyone here comes steve. lou: there goes steve. i think it's time for you to leave. >> i think it's time for you to stop being oh awesome. lou: no promises. lou: tom shillue terrific. stephanie grisham joins me next. beware of telephone scammers pretending to be government employees. real social security employees will never threaten you.

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lou: two polls show record approval for the trump economy. a fox news poll finds 55% of americans say the economy is in great shape. that's the highest level in almost two decades. gallup finds economic confidence is the highist has been since

2000. 50% of americans are satisfied with the economy more than the day the president took office. based on those two polls, stephanie, you are doing a heck of a job. >> obviously the president is doing a great job. lou: let's start with the nonsense on impeachment. how pleased is the president with his defense attorneys as we have seen them saturday and today? >> the president said he's very, very happy with the team. he has a strong team with decades of legal experience. and then you have the fact the president did nothing wrong. you put those two things kindergarten and we won't have a problem'. you -- you put those two things together -- and we won't have a

problem. today we had a supreme court victory with regard to immigration. the president is brokering a middle east peace plan which is the closest any president has come this historic milestone. we have two rallies this week. the man does not stop work. i don't know of any president who would do something like this. lou: there is no president who has done what he has done in three years. he set a standard for the presidents who will follow him some six years distant. they will have a hard time getting close to the recorde set. john bolton, the president's former national security advisor writing a book. a tell-all. no one i know has ever heard of

it. what and corrupt, disgusting move for him to have made. >> it's unfortunate. here is a man who purports to care about the national security of this country. to leave the white house and immediately write a book. the information came out with the "new york times" last night, and a couple hours later the the border. we don't know if what is in the book is true. the president is saying none of the things being leaked are true. lou: fred fleitz, former cia analyst, and great american, he suggested to john that he just get rid of the transcript. tear up the check and move on.

he is obviously so profoundly disappointed in john bolton as frankly are most of us who at one time thought he was a man of principle. >> i agree with him. how much does it cost to sell out potential national security to your country. i have been in so many meetings with this president. small meetings, staff meeting, national security meetings. and it struck me from day one of taking this job that what the president cares business taxpayer money. and he's always saying european countries need to pay their fair share. he's sales look pat foreign aid being sent overseas and making sure it's used wisely and there is no corruption tide to it. john bolton knows it and everybody knows it. lou: john bolton of all people should know all of the successes

of this president, and many of those successes coming over the objection of none other than john bolton. thanks for being with us. stay with us. we are coming right back.

♪i believe, i believe ♪believe we're still worth the fight♪ ♪you'll see there's hope for this world tonight♪ ♪i believe, i believe ♪yeah ♪rock guitar [♪] lou: tomorrow tonight u.s. special representative for iran, brian hook, a member of the president's legal team,

congressman lee zeldin among our guests. we hope you will joins. thanks for being with us. see you here tomorrow. good night from new york. lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. a. here are your top stories at this hour. right now, the u.s. is evacuating americans from china as the coronavirus spreads. the death toll rising to 106. what americans here at home need to know about the deadly virus. cheryl: well, could house democrats be getting an impeachment do-over. why they say john bolton is reason enough to send the trial back to the house. lauren: most millennials are going green except when it comes to a green thumb. why they view plants as a growing threat. it is tuesday, the 28th of january and "fbn: a.m." starts right now.