it's now 21 cents. it's very tough in the oil patc. connell: a quick note. the president tweeting the white house task force briefing 5:45. we'll see you tomorrow. [♪] lou: good evening. we are turning right now to breaking news. secretary of state spike in pomo sent a -- mike' pompeo sent a direct warning to return saying there will be repercussions for their launch of a satellite into space and they must be held accountable. >> there is an obligation to goo the united nations and look at whether this missile launch is n

violation of i the united natio. they have a military o the unitd states designated a terrorist attempting to launch a satellit. lou: iran's revolutionary guard says it launched an anti-in the satellite into orbit. up the likely failed because the secretary of state says they are not detecting any new sat light? orbit. the president is ordering the u. navy to shoot and destroy any iranian gun boats that harass ny ships. the iranian naval versus elves nearly collide with a navy shipn the persian gulf. we'll be taking that up with for

deputi' national security advice yiewrnd trump, kt mcfarland. the white house today is pushing back only reports in the left wg national media that centers for disease control director dr. rot redfield suggests there will bea major resurgence of the wuhan vs over the winter. saying there is a possibility te assault of the virus on our natn next winter will be more diffict than the one we just went throu. when i said this to others theyt their head back and they don't understand what i mean. we'll have the flu epidemic ande very the -- and the coronavirusc at the same time' as the seasonl

flu kicks in. >> let me address that comment y the cdc director robert redfiel. the mainstream media is taking m out of context. what he was trying to say is everyone get your flu shot. the flu comes back in the fall. that's what he was saying. but leave sit to cnn and other networks to take those commentst of context. lou: a new report from the associated press on the effectiveness of hydroxychloroqe has become the latest attempt by the media to use a headline that doesn't match the story. the headline, more deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in v sarks virus study. yet in the second paragraph of their story you read this. quote. the nationwide study was not a g

rowps experiment. in the next paragraph, the study was posted on and joan line site for researchers and hasn't been reviewed about it other scienti. more did the quote that the findings should not be viewed as definitive because it doesn't adjust for patients' medical status. and it was provided to the va's sickest covid patients many tims as a last resort. dr. oz said we shouldn't make np conclusions from those studies . >> doctors are waiting for the randomized trials. lou: governor andrew cuomo sayss

meeting at the white house was y productive on expanded testing d saving more lives. it comes as the daily number of deaths in new york are declinin. we turn to -- we turn to david e miller outside mount sinai hospl in new york. >> testing, tracing, isolation. the governor went into detail to trace the whereabouts of anyone testing positive for the virus. michael bloomberg donated $10 million and volunteered to headp the tracing program. it will require a small army tot the job done. >> we have 500 traces now.

but build on that. hire more staff. more training. how do you do this cross-jurisdictional tracing? the tracers have been in the old sphraim wor --the old frame wory i do my county. reporter: cuomo said the presidt offered assistance to increase today passity from 20 to 40,000a day. when asked about the demonstrats today he says he understands the economic hardship, buff nothings more costly than the loss of li. 474 new yorkers died from the vs in the last 24 hours.

and lastly some cautious optimim during this meeting with the president. the governor said he agreed to returning the u.s. comfort naval-ship to its home port so t could be deployed elsewhere if need. he said the city was grateful te ship was here during the crisis. the comfort lived up to its nam. lou: thank you, david. joining me, dr. marc siegel. good to have you with us. let's start with these reports t of the santa clara county, california. we have some new developments on when the first patient died of e virus in this country, putting t three weeks after the reports fm washington which we thought untl

today was the first death in ths country of the virus. your reaction? >> hardly surprised, lou. did we really believe this virus suddenly erupted overnight decer 31 in china, or maybe the chinee government waited a long time before revealing anything. the strainl -- the strain seemeo go to . so it is hardly surprising to me we see cases confirmed as early as february. i think it was way long before that. i think december or january, when we first started seeing cases in the united states. clearly information was suppressed from china. lou: still is being but, in terms of the, the timing of the first patient dying here, that

means that, likely, someone returned from china at during that period we didn't know about, or there could have been asymptomatic, asymptomatic person who gave it to the patient who died. there is so much we don't know within our own country about this. then to look at china, who is actively, and relentlessly covering up everything that they did and then, covering up the fact that they had a deadly pandemic in the offing of which we now are paying for. >> lou, to your point, when i was in dulles airport in february, the custom, border protection people there were very hard-working earnest people, said to me, people lie here all the time. they are asking them questionnaires. the president was rightly

restricting travel from china very early on here around clearly saved many, many lives doing that, but that doesn't mean that people weren't trying to fool the cpb agents and it doesn't mean they weren't coming through other countries as well. maybe started in china. went to thailand, then to europe and came here. its not surprising people were spreading here from china even under those very, very correct travel restrictions early on and no doubt it seed ad lot of communities. the other point you made, we found out since then, not only wildly contagious virus much more so than the chinese were ever admitting but spread aic asymptomatically. taking a temperature may not tell you anything. lou: there is a lot of good news, the fda approving a

in-home tests. we're seeing more rigorous tests of hydroxychlorquine. great things are happening. president pointing out scientists are working on vaccines. dr. redfield misquoted he says, white house says very clearly. i want to share this quote with the audience and i want to get your reaction to what he was saying. if we could see the redfield quote, in which he said there is a possibility the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we went through. i want your reaction to that, and redfield's explanation, that he was talking about the confluence of flu and the virus, the coronavirus? >> well let's start of course with the kayleigh mcenany statement i completely agree

with, he was just trying to shed light on virus, the flu, we're not getting our flu shots but more than that i happened to speak to dr. redfield about this coincidentally. let me show you how fake news works, lou. here is what he actually said to me. he said to me, you know i think this is a seasonal virus. i agree with dr. fauci on that. i said, what do you mean by that? i think that means if we keep following the public health restrictions we may get out of the woods soon. we may see see a precipitous drop in cases next few months. very good news. then i said, seasonal, do you think it will come back in the fall? you know what he said to that? same thing i said. we're watching southern hemisphere for clues. their fall starts now. dr. redfield, we have 666 cases in australia. that may be a good sign it won't surge back in the fall. it may, may not. australia is not looking bad.

their curve is flat. he is absolutely right. no conclusion whatsoever it will be ferocious here in the fall. nothing like that. lou: you know what my reaction was? there is plenty of for all of our public health officials to be dealing with in the here and the now seeking answers to what is our day in, day out threat, without projecting too far ahead into the, to the land of conjecture. that is more suitable for, let's say advocacy journalists doctor, always great to have you with us, dr. marc siegel. up next, adam schiff's effort to block the truth and russia hoax comes to light. the man who broke the story, john salomon joins us here later in the broadcast. it is not just the chinese who are spreading lies about the wuhan vie us are. we take that up, much more with former trump deputy national security advisor kt mcfarland.

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lou: breaking news. the state department says china, russia, and iran are working together on a wuhan virus

disinformation campaign against the united states u.s. officials telling fox that the three countries are circulating claims that the virus is a bio weapon from the united states and that the bill and melinda gates foundation created the virus with pharmaceutical companies, to make money from the treatment. that is a, quite a combination. china, russia, and iran. joining us tonight, kt mcfarland, former deputy national security advise to president trump. author of the new book which we recommend to you highly, "revolution, trump, washington and we the people." kt, first of all, let's start with iran launching a military satellite. secretary pompeo says there must be an accounting. iran must be held responsible and the president issuing orders for the u.s. navy, the coast guard, to fire on any of those vessels that are harassing our ships in the area.

what do you say? >> i think that was simply brilliant of president trump. he said three things really at once by that. number one, he has got to have the iranians scrambling because he is implying that we have intelligence about some i am impending attack. they have to be scrambling, who is leaking. putting shot across the bow for iran. he give them responsibility. he gave them fair warning. if they attack, it will be your fault if i'm forced to do president trump always thinks about the second and third level reaction. this is a shot across the bow of china.

lou: the response of the united nations violating a u.n. resolution, how much support will there be for reaction against iran. >> crickets. the iranians -- the united nations has shown itself to be a feckless organization. where were they when the pandemic started. the world health organization works for the united nations. as a result of what they have done and their incompetence we have a worldwide pandemic. if we are going to criticize anybody other than israel and the united states? not in current times. it could maneuver itself into the leadership of these world

organizations are not worth much to the united states or the democracies of the world. lou: the issue of firing on those boats. it happened particularly in the obama years when our sailors were taken without reaction and without response. and the idea that we would permit -- the u.s. navy would permit one of these vessels carrying high explosives or any number of things in them and let them get within 30 feet of a u.s. warship. i'm so proud the president stood up and said this will not be tolerated. >> the way he did it is very effective. he put two more ships in the south china sea so china gets

the message. and he said make my day. anything they want to do, they will be met swiftly and they will not have the support of the world behind them. they have been warned. now they are going to do it any way? i don't think so. lou: the reaction in the world to the knowledge that russia and china are carrying out a campaign of disinformation against the united states. that's quite a trio and the world has to consider what they are doing. i want to know what you think about the prospects for a response that would be appropriate. >> this is not the two allies china was hoping to have, russia

and iran? they thought they would be the leader of the world and all the western countries would proclaim china's greatness. i think china's action as using the wuhan virus to spread the virus around the world. countries china has tried to black mail last two or three weeks. and countries feel mistreated by china. i think the united states has a real opportunity particularly under trump's leadership to assemble these countries and say we all had enough with china. and stand up not just as one. but if we stand up together, under trump's leadership that he's willing to stand up to childa. you don't think china would be picking us off? >> know, others.

no, no, no. others. some of the european countries. not us. we are going to lead the coalition of the good guys. china has picked off other countries one at a time. not donald trump. he doesn't shy away from a fight. that's when he gets interesting. lou: kt, great to have you with us. thank you so much. we would like to hear your thoughts about all of this. share your comments and follow me on twitter @loudobbs. roger stone and dr. michael pillsbury among my guests tomorrow. president trump putting america first and americans first. planning to suspend immigration as the nation responds to the wuhan virus. ed rollins and michael good win

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[♪] lou: acting director national intelligence richard grenell shot back at adam schiff after schiff demanded answers about grenell's agency personnel changes including the firing of the former inspector general. he wrote, think of the relationship between your committee and the i.c. as that between the legislative and executive branches of government rather than that between a hedge fund and distressed asset as

your letter suggests. ambassador, i have got to say that's a great response. john solomon recently obtained a letter from adam schiff to the former director intelligence dan coats in which schiff forbids the dni from sharing declassified information with the president of the united states. the forbidden documents are transcripts of 43 witnesses in the russia collusion investigation. the special counsel investigation. the witch hunt, the hoax. the effort to overthrow the president of the united states. in september 2018 under republican leadership the house intel committee agreed to make those transcripts public. but schiff wrote to coates and said under no circumstances should the office of the

national intelligence director share any house intelligence committee transcripts with the white house, president trump or any persons associated with the white house or the president. joining us, john solomon, editor-in-chief of his new media outlet, just the "america's new" what would be the word for him? he's a bit of a twit, and more than dangerous. you made it possible for us to see all this. where are we headed with this nonsense from schiff and friends? >> what it shows is two things. what started as an effort at

transparency. the bipartisan committee agreed the american people should see the transcripts. then schiff turns it away from transparency and makes it don't give anything to donald trump that might help his case against the mueller are investigation. we found out it was russian disinformation. and adam schiff had to go from being an advocate of transparency to an advocate of covering things up. my reporting indicates 43 transcripts were sent to adam schiff from the dni and he held on to them all this time. why? because they probably blow the whistle on how bad the russia collusion investigation was. lou: there is something that stands out in the midst of all

of this nonsense. and effort -- obvious effort to overthrow the president. whether it's the fbi investigation or special counsel investigation or the silly impeachment inquiry. schumer and pelosi and nadler and schiff and the list goes on are all behaving as if they were russian assets. if they were paid by russia their conduct in all of this, i can't see how it would have been any different. can you? >> that's what we are all coming to grips with. adam schiff was one of the biggest losers much declassification because he was spreading russian propaganda. russian disinformation. our cia determined the

information in the steele dossier was debunked, uncorroborated and russian dates information. one of the biggest purveyors of that information was adam schiff. even it was clear mueller would rule out collusion. what did adam schiff tell us? there is collusion if you are willing to see it. he's the biggest loser because it blows the whistle on the charade he pulled on the american people for 2 1/2 years. lou: or at least tried to. it's appalling when i think of what this party of 8 tried to accomplish, and to this point no consequences. let me take your temperature on consequences. will there be any? >> i think so. there is clear evidence that there is activity, criminal investigation that is engaging in the sort of conduct that

often results in indictments. it will take a while because covid makes it difficult to have grand juries. there may be indictments and believe deals. and there will probably be another round of disciplinary action. and there will be more and more transparency and declassifications coming out, and we'll understand just how bad this was. lou are * i think wele all -- lou: i think we all have a pretty good sense of what this was. buff if it's as bad as we think, i hope there is an accounting. john solomon is writing -- getting ready for publication. "fallout, nuclear bribes, russian spies and the lies that enriched the clinton and biden

dynasties." we'll plug it right here until it's published. the white house press corps' bias on display. we'll take that up with veteran journalist lara logan. as we work to get through these times together, you may not be thinking about blood donation, but blood is needed to save the lives of people who are sick with a range of illnesses. it's easy and safe to give. if you are in good health, please donate. we need heroes now. visit red cross blood dot org to schedule an appointment.

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job as the head of vaccines from the nih because he says he disagreed with the president's advocacy of treatment fourth wuhan virus. dr. rick bright claiming falsely the administration promoted the use of the chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine * that he resisted. i think this next piece of information about bright is perhaps compelling and explanatory. bright is being represented about it law firm that represented christine blasey ford in her allegations against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. he's in charge of vaccines and he's getting upset about

therapeutics. maybe it's about politics, too. treasury secretary steven mnuchin said today the united states needs to spend whatever is necessary to win the war against the wuhan virus. >> this is a war and we need to win this war and we need to spend what it takes to win the war. on the other hand, i think we are sensitive to the economic impacts of putting on debt. that's something the president is reviewing with us very carefully. lou: joining us former reagan white house political director, ed rollins, prize winning columnist for the "new york post," michael goodwin. good to see you both. mnuchin on the economy. he said it very plainly, michael. whatever it takes. we are going to do it to save this economy. your reaction?

>> he also refers to it as a war. and he's absolutely right. it is a war. when you are in a war you have better win it or you will lose it. lou, when you look at the devastation wrought on this economy by the shutdowns. the more you talk, the more you hear, it's a very, very deep hole. for individuals, for businesses, for families, even more big corporations and ultimately for the government. i think we have no choice but to throw everything we have into the battle. as much as i don't like it as a conservative on these issues, i think survival is at stake. lou: this is unprecedented and demands every resource the president put together to

counter the pandemic and the economic consequences we are all feeling. on the issue of what to do. mitch mcconnell saying he thinks the states should file for bankruptcy if they have difficulties amongst other things, their pension plans. your reaction? >> most states can't file for bankruptcy. they have to change the federal law. most states are required to balance their budgets every year. it's nice rhetoric. but the reality is the federal government will have to help some of these states get their economy back. as tragic as it is, that's just the reality. lou: today this -- first let me turn to the president's tweeft yesterday. in -- tweet of yesterday. in light of the attack from the

invisible enemy as well as the need to protect the jobs of our great american citizens, i will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states. your reaction? a 60-day suspension in immigration. michael? >> in general i think it's a good idea. i think it's also a public health issue as well. but my understanding is the details are not quite as sweeping as that. and at least what is being discussed. and i believe "politico" had a story saying it seemed a slot less dramatic than it was sounding in that tweet. i think it shouldn't strong for beth american job -- for both as and public safety. lou: and to protect american

working men and women. our middle class. everyone who aspires to the middle class to protect those jobs and the american family. ed, your reaction to it? >> growing up in california, you have to make sure the farm workers who come in on the special allotment are still allowed to come in. you can't just shut down agriculture. most americans won't work as farm workers. you have to have a balance where they can come in and go back. that's the key thing here. lou: which the white house across manied. they are also -- the white house acknowledged. they are also talking about visas in direct competition from foreign workers to american workers. this program of is rife with

conflicts with many the american workman and woman. the h-1b exception is unwise. >> i would say in this environment where nobody is working, you would hope when the jobs first open up they would go to americans rather than some kind of visa system to bring in foreign workers. we certainly do not need foreign workers at the high level given how many americans have lost their jobs. lou: korea. as we are watching what's play out, there has been and lot of silence today on the fate of kim jong-un and his condition, and the prospects for any succession should it be necessary. your thoughts as we wrap up? >> south korea and north korea

have a great impact on world peace. the president put a lot of effort in there. there is no automatic son who will move up. his sister obviously may. and the military may take a role. but we have to make sure it doesn't become a military leadership. we have to keep our eye on them very carefully. lou: thank you both, great to see you, gentlemen. on wall street, stocks finishing higher. the dow jones industrials rallying 457 points. the nasdaq gained 232 points. crude oil recovering up 22% to $14.13. that doesn't look like a

recovery. but from where it's been, it's a definite recovery. silver also up 3%. 15.31 an ounce. listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. president trump is scheduled to brief the nation on the coronavirus task force. it has become a way for the media to display so much and the president has been quick to shoot them down. president trump: oil? where is it today? give me the price. >> i'm not sure to be honest. president trump: how can you ask the question if you don't know the price. where did it come from, the inspector general. tell me his name, let me know. when was she appointed. >> i'm not sure.

i will check. >> i have to know now, jim. let me know now. how many cases were here when i issued the ban. you have to do your research. lou: our next guest, the host of a new show on foxnation, lara loaf began has no ageneral today it's called. joining us award-winning journalist, lara logan. i think it's one of the most entertaining shows on television is the president and the white house press corps. as he schools them day after day after day and they seemingly cannot be successfully tutored. your thoughts about what we are watching first in the white house briefing room? >> if you are one of those journalists or you happen to agree with much of their reporting and political views, i suppose it would drive you

absolutely crazy. on the other side for millions of americans who feel that they have been left out of the national media's conversation for a long time or they patronized and dismissed, it's kind of satisfying. finally at least someone is fighting back. and journalists really -- you know, on the one hand there is an argument that the freedom of the press and this is such an important institution in the country, et cetera, et cetera. but that doesn't place any of us above accountability. if you are interested in the truth and interested in both sides, then you need to do that. many of these journalists are not. lou: it's really quite apparent many in that with white house -- there are some good reporters in that room. but there are also some -- i

think some of the most atrocious representatives of something called a free press because they are not -- the president demonstrated -- i don't think he condescends to them at all. he's speaking to them as an equal. he's not putting up with bull or nonsense. he's giving better than he's getting in my opinion not because it's standing on ceremony as president of the united states, but because he shows them exactly how lacking in many they are, and of course their lack of manners is all too obvious. what would you think of the idea of the -- have having some sort of explanation from the corporate owners of these biased media outlets, i'm talking about cnn, msnbc, cbs. abc and disney. these people are representing

those corporate owners. they can't be doing this without their perso -- without their permission. your thoughts? >> well, look at the context, lou. you can take any newspaper in this country and just about any television station. look at online sites. there are some that are sort of in lock step with the progressive propaganda set who have so much influence across the media. look at "new york" magazine or the daily beast. but overwhelmingly almost 100% of their coverage about this president and this administration is negative all the time. and what that has done is isolate them from anyone in this country who doesn't see it their way. it has has also done is exposed they are not as objective as we always believed. i was part of for more than 35

years, and i always believed that that's what we cared about was getting it right. it's imperfect but noble struggle for the truth. that's the ground most of the media doesn't want to give up, that moral high ground. if you see it their way and you are on the left, that usual imperfect but still valiantly struggling for something called the truth. on the other side you have the crazy right wingers and conspiracy theorists. one is valid and one is not. that's the reckoning coming from these media organizations. people recognize this now. it's been exposed. having a different point of view, maybe supporting this president, not hating him as an example. that doesn't necessarily make you dishonest. and that's what's being exposed now.

he's saying you have got to do your job. that's fair enough. they are demanding he does his job. it's a two-way street. lou are * it's very high-minded of you, and i think you are correct. but there is the matter of doing your job. and when reporters sit there in the presence of the president which drives me nuts. why aren't they standing, he is the president of the united states. i am sort of sick of watching them slack in their chairs, condescending to the president of the united states, and i thinking about ill mannered in doing so. forget their language and silly questions. but not knowing what the price of oil is or not knowing hot inspector general is -- who the inspector joins. and it was not a he, it was a she. these are poor representatives

of a craft. how can they search for truth if they don't know the facts, lara? >> even worse than that. what about when they know the facts and just ignore them. what about selective and choosing which facts. lou: they had an opportunity to express theiren and all they did was express their ignorance. thanks so much. lasha, we have to wrap up. thanks. stay with us. we are coming right back. . . (music)

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lou: want to update you now on a breaking news story. we reported to you at the top of the show that u.s. space command now says iran's revolutionary guard successfully launched a satellite that they could not initially find. they are now tracking that satellite. they say it took 12 hours for it to, as they put it, pop up on their radar. president trump today speaking about renewal in the wake of the wuhan virus pandemic during an earth day celebration. >> during this time of trial, the beauty of springtime fills us with the peace and the hope of renewal, to support our all out war against -- lou: and that's it for us

tonight. we thank you for being with us. please join us here tomorrow evening. good night from sussex. ♪. elizabeth: good evening. i'm elizabeth macdonald, welcome to "the evening edit. stocks did rise for the first time in three days. the dow surged more than 400 points, u.s. energy secretary urging house lawmakers to buy oil for the strategic reserve. we're awaiting the white house coronavirus presser coming up in a few minutes. president trump has ordered u.s. navy to destroy any iranian gunboats that harass american ships at sea. there is pushback at that, that he would violate international norms. this after 11 iranian gunboats