♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. president trump today calling together his staff, his supporters, his allies and friends to is celebrate the senate's rejection of the house democrats' efforts to overthrow his presidency under the guise of fabricated charges expect fraudulent impeachable. the president standing before friends and defenders, once again declaring vindication and exoneration against the forces of evil, political corruption and banality. >> we've been going through this now for over three years. it was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops, it was leakers

and liars. and this should never, ever happen to another president, ever. i don't know that other presidents would have been able to take it. had i not fired james comey, who was a disaster by the way, it's possible i wouldn't even be standing here right now. lou: but standing there, he is, and the celebration began this morning at the national prayer breakfast in washington. president trump holding up the paper you see with the headline that says, "acquitted." president trump then made it clear to all assembled that he intends to take the offensive now against the party of hate that is trying to destroy him for more than three years. >> as everybody knows, my family, our great country and your president have been put through a terrible ordeal by

some very dishonest and corrupt people. they have done everything possible to destroy us, and by so doing, very badly hurt our nation. they know what they are doing is wrong, but they put themselves far ahead of our great country. lou: and after falling so miserably at every effort to bring down president trump, the radical dems are left to deal with the most wronged president to ever serve the nation. finish mr. trump, the president who is now at his highest approval rating ever, also the president who's accomplished the most in the first three years of a presidency, one that's proud of his record of promises made, promises kept and now boasting of what he calls the blue collar boom, cutting regulations, creating higher wages, more jobs

driving unemployment down to record low levels for all americans, supporting working men and women and their families against the globalist elites, demanding fair and reciprocal trade with all nations. in the east room today, president trump predicted an even more prosperous future, one that includes a republican senate and, yes, a new leader of the house. >> kevin mccarthy has done an incredible job. and i will say that you're going to be speaker of the house because of this impeachment hoax. [applause] i really believe it. i really believe it. and i'm going to work hard on it. [applause] lou: our first guest tonight also got a shout-out today from the president. he's often taking the fight directly to the radical dems, defending the president. recently filing an ethics complaint against house speaker pelosi for her abhorrent, aberrant behavior at the state of the union.

joining us tonight, congressman matt gaetz. congressman, great to have you with us. and the president, i thought, had a terrific idea. kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house. it has a ring to it, doesn't it in. >> i'm certainly looking forward to republicans taking over the house, and that is all the more likely with the president having a triumphant week. the state of the union a raging success. acquitted in the senate. and just moments ago, lou, i got notice that the president has taken off of the battlefield the leader of al-qaeda, yemen and that is particularly meaningful to me because al qaeda yemen had taken responsibility for the murder of my constituents in pensacola, florida, on on our naval base. and the president's just proving the trump doctrine works. we're going to kill the terrorists and come home without being entangled in foreign wars. triumphant week and all the more

likely republicans will be in control of the house, the senate and the presidency after today's election. >> you today filed ethics charges against pelosi. what is the likelihood that her aberrant behavior as speaker for the entire assembly at the state of the union will be, indeed, significant enough to result in consequences? >> it should result in consequences. nancy pelosi disgraced the house of representatives, she embarrassed our country. all of the world was watching as she had her fetch rabbit, child of -- petulant, child-like behavior by ripping up the speech. the ethics committee requires both republicans and democrats to institute consequence, and i don't want suspect any democrats -- i don't suspect any democrats will turn against pelosi. you'll remember when joe wilson correctly said that barack obama was lying about the fact that

illegal aliens, in fact, are eligible for obamacare, oh, the democrats wanted to censure him and rain all kind of consequence on him. but when it is their own speaker embarrassing our institution and embarrassing our country, they don't want to get off their duff. lou: here we are at a pivotal moment. i saw today the president talking to offensive. for the first time since he has served as our president, because for the first time he is not engaged in having to defend himself. and this may be short, but for right now this president seems to have decided that this fight against evil, this fight against corruption and the party of hate is a fight worth having. and now to fight it on his terms. your thoughts. >> and it is a fight that cannot end, lou. just because the president has been acquitted does not mean that there were not people engaging in corrupt acts as a

part of the left's political movement. and so it is my hope that chairman lindsey graham who i'm done here with in palm beach this evening, will continue his work in the senate judiciary committee to bring forth the whistleblower, to find out which the deep state is continuing efforts against the president. they didn't stop after mueller, and i don't think they're going to stop now which is why we have to continue the offensive you just referenced. lou: it's interesting, senator graham -- who you mentioned there -- is continuing the fight. this is the same chairman of the judiciary who said he was going to investigate the investigators, who said he was going to investigate the corruption of the party of hate. he hasn't done a single thing since assuming the chair, so what i would, if i may, suggest, i would hope he would begin that effort to continue what he's done would be to be just more of nothing. >> we need to see more action out of the senate judiciary

committee. they have unique oversight abilities and responsibilities, and i think that it would not serve our country well to have these remaining questions about why elements of our own government were trying to de-platform and delegitimize our president. so i think we will not do our own voters and our own president a good service by just forgetting about this and moving on. senator graham is the guy who can do it, and i think we need to pick up the pace in that regard. lou: if we are to accept more than three, three and a half years of absolute hate-filled attempts to destroy this president, they will continue. pelosi, schumer, the whole -- >> yes. lou: -- ragged bunch will continue. and it has to come to a stop. as much as anything, not only justice, but as the president alludeed, there aren't -- i know

of not a single other person who could have withstood the fury and the hate of the radical dems that he has. >> well, that's why we love our president. even though he undertakes just a tremendous amount of incoming, out only intensifies our support for him. and by the way, last week in iowa president trump enjoyed record turnout from republicans in similarly-situated circumstances. it shows that this impeachment has backfired on democrats, and it has republicans and other democrats and independents who support the president even more encouraged to get out and see four more years of the rising wages, low unemployment, the gdt both and -- gdp growth and all the work this president is doing. lou: what should be the consequences for mitt romney? >> if i were mitch mcconnell, i would expel him from the republican caucus.

he has shown no interest in working with this administration or republicans who are eager to seize the opportunity of the trump presidency. and, frankly, i don't know what the difference is between mitt romney and a democrat at this point because he not only voted with them, he undertook their arguments that are fundamentally delegitimizing of the movement that has fueled all of the successes that we have had over these last several years. i want to keep the good times rolling, and i don't think mitt romney is focused on anything other than the self-agrabtizing of -- aggrandizing of mitt romney. lou: yeah. he's lost sight for some time now of who the leader is and who is the follow orer. and he is neither. which i think lends to much of his abhorrent conduct. congressman matt gates, delighted to spend part of this celebratory acquittal day with you x. i guess they're all acquittal days forever more. acquitted forever, i believe, the -- >> a acquitted forever. lou: we will be operating for

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freedom caucus and great american. and it's great to see you, and it is great to see a grin on your with face as this president has been exonerated once again -- >> you bet. lou: -- of malicious and false charges brought by radical dems who are the most contemptible in american history. your thoughts. >> no. well said, lou. and, you know, truth wins in the end. members of the house have known for months now legal arguments wering strong on the president's side and, most importantly, the facts were all on the president's side, and that a all played out today. the united states senate saw that. the president wins which is, which is exactly what we knew was going to happen. when you look at the facts and you look at the evidence. so it's a good day for the country, good day for the president and, of course, last night -- you mentioned this in your opening -- the president's speech was so compelling, so good.

he not only told us what's great about this country and all the things that are happening that make america the special place that it is, but he showed it to us. he had that little girl, 2-year-old, born at 21 weeks, the tuskegee airman, the girl who got the scholarship, rush limb are walking, i -- limbaugh, i mean, it was one of those moving, great speeches that shows you how special our country is and how america is back on track. lou: and it was extraordinarily moving and powerful. to watch the president of the united states promote that colonel, a man of immense history, character obviously and an exemplar for everyone in this nation, for him to become a brigadier general with the commander or in chief presiding to see the scholarship, as you say, i mean, it was such a moving moment. and to watch nancy pelosi, your eyes tried to avert, but to see

her making all of those peculiar faces, pursing her lips in various directions. obviously so uncomfortable in her own skin -- >> yeah. lou: i bet she was beside herself, if you could create that pun. >> yeah. but the american people see past all that. they don't -- the faces and the tearing of the speech, the american people feel what the trump economy is like, they know they've got more money in their pocket, they see what the president's doing, keeping his word, keeping his promise. the embassy in jerusalem, north korea, they don't like someone like ms. pelosi who's always saying negative things. they like the president who's talking about how great this nation is and that when he ended his speech talking about our greater days are still to come, that is reagan-esque, and i

think the american people really, really appreciate that. lou: and trumpian, i thought, was this moment from the speech when the president talked conciliation, of healing and aspiration. if we could roll that for the audience, please. >> no matter the trials we face, no matter the challenges to come, we must go forward together. we must keep america first in our hearts. we must keep freedom alive in our souls. and we must always keep faith in america's destiny. lou: absolute poetry. >> yeah. lou: aspirational. >> very as a prayingsal. and -- aspirational. and, again, the american people appreciate that. they know how great this country is, they appreciate that. and they appreciate a president who understands that and is truly trying, i think -- this idea now that the country is so

divided, so polarized and the left just relentless attack the on this president. you mentioned earlier, they're not going to stop. chairman nadler's already said they're going to look to subpoena john bolton. they're never going to stop because they started before he was even elected. as you said earlier, they started three and a half years ago, july of 2016 when they opened up the trump-russia investigation and spied on four american citizens associated with the presidential campaign, went to a secret court, took a dossier and lied to the court 17 timings. they did all that because they were so bent on getting after this president x. it's, unfortunately, it's not going to stop. and that is, again, not healthy, this division and polarization is not healthy for our culture and for our country. hopefully, it ends soon. lou: i think it will, and i think it will because of the president. he has shown such strength in all of this, standing against vicious attacks from every corner, to -- the national media

which persists, obviously. and then to hear the fisa court, you and congressman meadows talking about the lies of the fbi in this and the appointment of chris, the obama appointee to guide reform of the fisa courts, that is madness. and then his rejoinder today saying don't worry about it, the court over which he presides and the chief justice who denied that there was any such thing months ago as a obama judge, he said not to worry because he would be in charge. i am worried, and i know you are. >> yeah. well, look, the reauthorization of this is coming up in a few weeks. we've got to get this right. one of the things i find interesting is that that one of the democrats' witnesses, dr. fiona hill -- subpoenaed witness by adam schiff during the impeachment proceedings -- we asked her did christopher steele get play? was this a russia disinformation campaign, and dr. hill said it

was. so think about this, the dossier that was taken to the secret court, christopher steele got play talking to russians. they convinced him this was legit, he took it to the fbi. one of two things had to happen, either they all got plaid, or there was such bias, they used it anyway. looks like it might have been the latter. but if it's the former, that's just as bad. we've got to have the right kind of processes and safeguards in place so this doesn't happen again. remember what was said several months back, if they can do this to a president, imagine what they can do to you and i, imagine what they can do to us regular americans. that's a what's really at stake here. lou: congressman jim jordan, again, congratulations to you on all the legal team did for this president and this nation. >> thank you. lou: up next, president trump stands exonerated of all charges. nancy pelosi can't make the same claim, nor can thed radical dems with whom she conspired.

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lou: border patrol union vice president says none of the 2020 democratic candidates have reached out to discuss the crisis on our southern border. this is only the latest in the radical dems' failures to even discuss, to think about or certainly plan for security at our board. the 2020 dem hopefuls have proposed everything from decriminalizing border crossings to free health care for illegal immigrants. joe biden even called daca recipients more american than americans. the number of central americans forming caravans beginning to dweppeddinging a bit -- dwindle a bit. according to mexican president lopez obrador who says, quote: surely, they are organizing

other caravans, only each time they have fewer my grants. 5,000 people, mostly from honduras, were return ared home by mexican authorities. the national guard doing that and doing so as lopez obrador put it, respectfully. and mexico is continuing to cooperate with the president's administration to curb illegal immigration. joining us now acting homeland security secretary, chad wolf. mr. secretary, good to see you. and it is a very hopeful sign to hear lopez obrador speaking as he did, acknowledging formation of caravans but with fewer individuals involved and with the return by the mexican national guard and other authorities in mexico to their countries of origin whether it be hondurans, guatemala, wherever. >> absolutely, lou, and thanks for having me on.

under president trump's leadership, we are seeing more and more cooperation with governments in the region than we ever thought was possible, than anyone thought was possible. we have a a regional security framework now not only with guatemala, honduras and el salvador, but also a lot more cooperation with the government of mexico. so they see what we see which is unmitigated, illegal migration is a threat to security in the ream, and they're taking a number of steps and measures at our backing to address some of the illegal migration if, some of the caravans that you talked about. lou: is it your sense that that cooperation has reached a level where lopez obrador is committed to it, his government is committed to a real working partnership with the united states for years to come? >> i do. i think we have a different attitude now that we see not only in mexico, but again, we saw in the department of homeland security has signed over a dozen agreements, again, well salvador, guatemala and

honduras. it's not only with central american and the northern frey angle -- triangle countries, but also with mexico. they've deployed to their southern border, so there's a number of steps they're taking, and they're enforcing their border security controls like we've never seen them do that before. and again, that's at the urging of the president. with president trump's leadership on this issue, we really turned a page, and we're seeing cooperation like we've never seen before. lou: and i think perhaps the context is important here. the president of the united states threatened lopez obrador with tariffs if he did not accede to the president's wishes to deal with this crisis. and he also at the same time assured that there would be a fair, balanced, reciprocal trade relationship between our two countries and canada. he has delivered on that as well. and lopez obrador knows he has a partner who means business and who he can also trust.

>> absolutely. not only are we taking these security measures, but there's other parts of the u.s. government that are continuing to talk about prosperity in the region. they go hand in hand. both the public and the private investment to make sure that that economy, that area, that region of the world is safe and secure which breeds stabilitiment so we're -- stability. so we're addressing it on all fronts from the department of homeland security's perspective, it's a lot on the security and border security agreements, but other parts of the u.s. government and administration are also focusing on the positive perty expect economic security in the region as well. the other countries understand our approach and, like i said, they're buying into our approach, and we're seeing a lot more cooperation out of them. lou: and they're going to see that security and stability is of paramount interest to all countries in the region and the hemisphere, for that matter. to that end, let's talk about the coronavirus, what your department is doing. we've got a -- very quickly, a number of things to cover here.

your portfolio is vast, as you well know. [laughter] it's actually just breathtaking to see what all you have to contend with. and let's start with the coronavirus and what you are doing now to assure the security at ports of entry -- >> sure. lou: -- in any form. >> so at the department we're taking our lead from the medical professionals at the cdc and secretary azar. so what the department did over the weekend is we signed an order, and that's directing all the flights coming from china as well as individuals who have visited china within the past 14 days to funnel into 31 airports -- 11 airports. that's designed to insure these individuals come into these airports where we have medical professionals that can take a look at them and determine what type of medical care they may or may not need. so that's what the the president is doing. the cdc is certainly facilitating that. we also, through our united

states coast guard, we're also making sure that those ships coming in from china and other parts of the world that perhaps have chinese or individuals that have visited mainland china in the last 14 days, making sure those are safe and secure as well. and not to mentioning the land ports of entry, the ports of entry from mexico, canada and elsewhere, making sure individuals are also being looked at. so we've got a number of efforts underway both in the air, land and sea environment to make sure. our primary concern is making sure that the american public is safe and secure from this potential virus, and so that's what cdp is doing along with other elements of the department. lou: mr. secretary, let's deal with electoral integrity. claims now as we're approaching about 39, 38 minutes from i caucus closings in iowa. a lot of concern being expressed by judicial watch in particular and its president, tom fitton, that they are looking at voter

rolls that have more voters than they have, than they have population in some instances. your thoughts about that. >> well, i know the department of justice is certainly taking a look at that. i think from the department's perspective we want to make sure that states and localities that are in charge of elections make sure they have all the resources that they need. and so we're obviously taking a look at that from an election infrastructure perspective, making sure that no systems are tampered with or infiltrated. that continues to be our focus. when we talk about voter rolls and some of the fraud that we see, we'll certainly work with our colleagues over at the department of justice to address those concerns as well. lou: as the secretary just ill straited -- illustrated, his portfolio includes electoral integrity as well, as if he didn't have enough on his plate. mr. secretary, thanks for being with us. >> thank you, lou. appreciate it.t.t.t.t. at fisher investments, we do things differently and other money managers don't understand why.

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will subpoena john bolton. that's what you're saying? >> [inaudible] >> has the speaker signed off on it? >> excuse me? >> has the speaker signed off on it? when did this happen? >> i don't know. [laughter] lou: joining us tonight, president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani. [laughter] great to have you here. >> nadler looked like he got the heck kicked out of him. lou: well, he did. he and the whole bunch -- >> hospital waiting line. lou: you know, adam schiff kind of retired from -- we couldn't find him anywhere. >> probably trying to find the whistleblower. lou: that's a all worked out so well for him. all right. let's start with, first of all, i want to start with the president's speech last night because it was -- your thoughts about -- >> well, you know, i worked with ronald reagan, so i didn't think i'd ever see better state of the union speeches. remember, we were talking about

lenny -- lou: right. >> he started the whole thing with bringing people -- lou: 1982. >> i was the last plane out of the airport before that plane went down. so people in my justice department thought i had died on that plane. a lot of people would have preferred -- [laughter] lou: we all have our detractors. >> when he brought lenny up, i had to say hello and congratulate him. you can't find a thing wrong with that speech last night, it was brilliant. it was brilliant. and, of course, he stayed away from the whole impeachment thing. you know he was dying to say something about that, stayed away from it. and he -- okay, the less or partisan than the obama/clinton speeches. lou: i couldn't agree more, and i'm so glad to hear you say that it was better than what reagan -- >> i thought it was better than reagan. i didn't think i would ever say that. lou: several people today said it was the reagan-esque.

it's a high compliment. the problem is it was better than that. and this president speaking directly to the american people, to the people that -- those people who stayed sitting on their hands throughout once represented. they no longer do. they represent special interest groups, they represent various other groups. but not individual -- >> i have no doubt that ronald reagan thought he did a great job. [laughter] lou: absolutely. well, i know one thing, the president has once again been exonerated. the radical dems have been humiliated -- [laughter] after trying -- >> how many times? how many times does a guy have to -- lou: at some point, and you're the prosecutor and legal scholar. how many times is it required that the radical dems be schooled on american jurisprudence and the -- [inaudible] person being guilty if you're going to go after him? >> as long as we have a corrupt

media, they can do it forever. lou: yeah, yeah. i think you're right. >> i am more upset about the of our media -- about the condition of our media. the dems are going to lose this. they're going to get rejected by the people. they're not going to last. i mean, all they have is impeachment. nadler was dump founded. he didn't -- dumb founded. he didn't know what to say. lou: no question. >> what are they going to pass? what alternative do they have in the other thing the president did last night was a version of clinton's triangulation. he took away their agenda. the poor if are doing better, the minorities are doing better, the his passengers are doing better -- hispanics, the women are doing better, and he promised he would do this. lou president trump, as a candidate, promised the american people that all americans would participate as he restored prosperity, and he has done it. >> how about this picture? he points out that african-american employment is the highest ever. and the democrats -- that's not

good because a republican did it. we'd rather have the up employment and not have trump around. lou: do you doubt it for a minute in. >> no. it's because they hate trump so much -- lou: yeah. >> -- and they love their country less. and they love their people less. and somehow -- lou: the national left-wing media has taken that as a rationalization. because the left hates this president who is succeeding by any measure, by any standard, any issue -- >> they have failed. lou: absolutely. >> almost every american city that's been under consistent democratic governance -- and i know this as a former mayor -- is in terrible shape, terrible shape. some are disasters. chicago's the murder capital. los angeles and san francisco, if they don't do something about homelessness, they're going to have the plague. lou: they're disintegrating. they really, truly are. >> the reason we did inside

plumbing was because of the plague. you can't have people living on the streets. what do you think they do on the streets? when i was the mayor of new york city, i got rid of homelessness, and i did it to help the homeless people. yoused to say i'm doing this because if i don't engage, i don't love you. i'm going to let you stay on the street? if my brother was on the street i'd go get him, try to get him to a shelter, to a psychiatrist, a drug person, rehabilitation person. lou: understand there's been a strange suspension of responsibility in california, taking it as one example among several in this country, for enforcing laws. now a sanctuary state, as the president pointed out last night. suspending public health standards and assistance in many cases. >> well, i think, you know, i started a podcast, and i call it common sense because i think we lack common sense. lou: right. >> and i think that this is a

very, sort of very psychological analysis being a new yorker for many years and understanding the liberal mindset, they really can't govern. lou: right. >> they live in a fantasy world. that's why they couldn't count votes in iowa. [laughter] lou: it goes on and on and on. >> they can't govern. they're too -- you know, health insurance for everybody. well, you're going to knock out one-third of our hospitals. can my side be firm?

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lou: another survey showing very clearly what americans are feeling, more optimistic than ever about they their financial position. a record 59% of americans, excuse me, saying they're better off financially than a year ago. a record 74% also saying they'll be better off financially in a year's time. fox, i'd say there are a number of ways to measure the approval of the president and his speeches, fox once again dominating the television ratings for last night's state of the union. more than 37 million viewers watched the president's address, more than 11 million of those on fox news. by the way, fox news only had more than two times the combined

audience of cnn and msnbc. now, i take that as something of an indicator x i to want to congratulate our colleagues at fox news channel. radical dems at last night's state to have union refusing to acknowledge how this country has improved over the last three years. watch this, if you dare. >> unemployment rate for women reached the lowest level in almost 70 years, and last year women filled 72% of all new jobs added. [applause] >> the united states of america should be a sanctuary for law awe biding americans -- abiding american, not criminal aliens. [applause] the u.s. military executed a flawless precision strike that killed soleimani and terminated husband evil reign of terror -- his evil reign of terror forever. [applause] lou: just who the hell are those

people sitting there so passively as the president addresses the nation and them this

lou: the radical dems once again deflecting blame for their caucus catastrophe in iowa. this time the scapegoat, trump supporters. the iowa democratic party claims the president's supporters jammed phone lines just as the democratic precinct chairs were calling to report their vote

counts. now, that doesn't exactly explain why the app used to report results also failed. nor does it explain why there are still preisn'ts that haven't -- precincts that haven't reported their results even though several candidates have decided to declare victory to have a little air time on television. chairman tom perez now calling for a recanvassing of the results in iowa. the problem is not many people even understand what they did do, let alone what they did wrong. the one thing we do know, there are at least two winners tonight -- [laughter] according to the numbers that don't exist, and that's buttigieg and who's the other fella that -- was that -- >> the guy -- lou: was that bernie sanders? >> bernie sanders actually won by 6,000 votes. lou: don't ruin everything and tell us there's no dramatic success. >> it's no secret, i read it in the "new york times." lou: you read "the new york

times"? >> i have to. lou: to see what they say about you? >> they don't say anything about me, they say nasty things about all my friends. how complicated is it? lou: it's very complicated. >> why make it more complicated? lou: if you're a democrat, it's very -- >> if you bernie sanders, you're the winner, period. and for the rest of iowa, they have until july -- lou: you don't want them to recanvas? >> no, i don't. lou: why not? >> because nobody cares anymore. lou: i care! >> i've spent too much time in iowa, the hottest place in the summer, the coldest place in the winter. lou: hearing rollins whining about. >> my experience in iowa is it's now down to six electoral votes, and we're going to get them. lou: fair enough. national prayer breakfast, the president goes straight at nancy pelosi. [laughter] he's had a belly full of her, hasn't he? >> he is a street fighter, and she's still trying to fight --

what democrats -- lou: you're calling -- of queens bury, what she's doing? >> they're like sharpshooters. they sit in a tree, and they shoot you in the back. when it comes to face to face, they can't touch trump. trump -- i've known nancy for 50 years. he's now under her skin. when she's talking about the sacred house and how disrespectful he was when he's honor americans, it was just absurd. most absurd day i've seen in politics in a long time. lou: well, the president says, as you heard, that he wants to like dems. he's trying. [laughter] i can't even imagine, and god bless him for even thinking of it. sometimes there's just a reach too far even for prayer. maybe get along with them, but to like them this. >> he's never going to like them the more he gets to know them. [laughter] the reality here is he's now got his party in a war mode. they won, won a big victory, and

they're now going to go try and win in november which i think with his help they can finish. lou: well, it's very simple. if the mitt romneys they throw the hell out of the party, if they end up with all of this nonsense where they've got mike lee wanting to have unanimous consent in the senate instead of votes -- >> right. lou: -- where they're held accountable when they start talking about programs that would create competition for american workers against this president's interests, his electoral interests as well as the interests of the very people he represents, working people, their families. what in the hell is going on? >> well, i think you summed it up very well. i think the reality here, and my favorite senator, senator romney , somehow thinks he's smarter than 195 house republicans, his own party who voted for the president and 53 fellow senators. and what he did, whoever he's talking to upstairs, whoever he's talk to in the mormon

tabernacle temple ghei with him divine guidanced to do something he shouldn't have done. my sense the guy was the party leader, wanted to be the president of the united states, shown why we're lucky not to have him anywhere near the political process again. lou: the president for the first time, it seems to me, e., is on the offensive. think about it. he was under surveillance, under attack by the radical dems expect deep state in the months -- and the deep state in the months leading up to the election. then in all the time he has been in the oval office, he has been -- and in transition -- has been under attack. for the first time, he can go on the offense and hold these s.o.b.s accountable. >> and he did today. today was one of the great shows i've seen in politicians all the years i've been around. all the editorials will chastise him, it's only going to reinforce his base even more so. lou: so where do we go from here? the prime minister -- the president continues, nancy

pelosi's making coy little remarks about infrastructure. the dem, do you think the president should just say, you know what? stay over there on capitol hill, don't bother me, i won't bother you, we'll see you after the election. >> that's what he has to do. the reality is there's nothing that nancy pelosi's going to bring to him. he's got mitch mcconnell to help him in the senate. they'll get judges through, and the next 8-9 months are going to be a vicious campaign, and every democrat's going to say nasty things about him, and he's going to tell the truth about them, and we're going to win in november. lou: if the president has any issue that he has to deal with, i would be stunned. when you look at his absolute concrete, specific, verifiable, empirical results of his governance, it's historic, it's inarguable. >> i heard the speaker today say after eight years of obama, president trump just caught the momentum. momentum that they started was trump came in and got rid of all the crappy relations that obama

had -- regulations that obama had put in there. lou: yeah. i guess that would be strategic momentum. ed rollins are, always great to see you, my friend. than 5-foot nine since 1976. very special show coming from new hampshire and i'm a very special guest. >> from the fox studios in your city this is maria bartiromo's wall street. maria: hello happy weekend and betty will come to the program that analyze the week that was in position for the week ahead. i am maria anil coming up at my exclusive interviews with two titans in the world of business and politics. my one-on-one with treasury secretary steven minutia and as he gives is 2020 outlook on the economy. and then later my sitdown with nfl commissioner as we discuss the major decisions he has this year the business of the nfl, coming up a bit for stray me right now to discuss 2020 and investing today, and investing in the