inventory -- connell: well, we'll watch it. we're right at the end of the show, we're coming up against the next show, but melissa and i will see you tomorrow with another edition of "after the bell." "lou dobbs tonight" starts right now. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. we begin with breaking news. there is a standoff between two of the top officials of the trump administration, the attorney general william barr and the acting director of national intelligence, ric grenell, are on a collision course over who has the power to disclassify information about obama era officials including their names about who played a role in the unmasking of members of president trump's administration. this confrontation between the department of justice and the office of the director of national intelligence was unforeseen and will likely mean president trump will have to resolve this rare public dispute

between to two of his most important and favorite officials. fox news is told within the past hour that the department of justice has no plans, no plans to release that list of names. one doj official told fox news today, quote: the justice department is confused as to where the idea that we would be releasing this information came from. given that the office of the director of national intelligence is the owner of that information. if they want to release it, they can do it. that's their call. the justice department was consulted by acting dni richard grenell because any u.s. government intelligence that is released to the american public does have to go through a review by either the doj or the president. it is, however, illegal to release unmasked information for

political gain. that issue will have to be worked out as another source familiar with the intelligence confrontation says grenell is moving to declassify several more pieces of intelligence in stages. the source stresses the list of names to be to be revealed -- to be revealed will make waves. all of this as we also learned this evening that the justice department is reviewing the unmasking of trump officials as part of its broader examination of the origins of the radical dems' efforts to subvert and to overthrow president trump. this is not the only conflict among members of the trump administration this evening. national economic council chair larry kudlow, national security adviser robert o'brien have sent a letter to labor secretary eugene scalia warning that federal u.s. pension funds are exposed to economic work because of possible future sanctions against china for its deceitful cover-up of the wuhan virus.

we'll be talking with secretary scalia about that and about the exposure of the retirement funds of federal employees to communist chinese investments. there are also new developments this evening in the fight to reform the secretive fisa court. that was used by the same corrupt obama era officials to spy on president trump, his campaign and his administration. the senated today began -- senate today began hours of debate on a fisa reform bill that passed the house back in march. three amendments have now been proposed. but senator lindsey graham seems to be worried that he might upset some of his friends in the democratic-run house should the senate send back a bill that includes more reforms. >> i'm talking to senator lee, he's got some ideas. the problem is this passed the house overwhelmingly. sending it back to the house

could shut things down, i'm afraid. but i want to promise senator lee and everybody else this will not be the last word on fisa reform. we're going to do a deep dive on the carter page event and try to find ways to make sure that never happens again. lou: not exactly what you would call spirited, comforting words if the senator about civil liberties and the understanding that fisa courts must be reformed. a vote on the fisa reform bill is expected to take place this thursday and, as we say, the debate on this legislation beginning tonight. dr. anthony fauci today testified, virtually, before the senate health education, labor and pensions committees saying that the united states is moving in the right direction toward containing the wuhan virusment. >> so when you look at the dynamics of new cases even though some are coming down, the curve looks flat with some

slight coming down. so i think we're going in the right direction. but the right direction does not mean we have by any means control of this outbreak. lou: dr. fauci, however, also warned that reopening the country and the economy could lead to avoid bl suffering and death. senator rand paul pushed back against fauci calling a one-size-fits-all policy to reopen the economy, in the senator's word, ridiculousment. >> it's not to say this isn't deadly, but really outside of new england we've had a relatively benign course for this virus nationwide. and i think the one-size-fits-all that we're going to have a national strategy and nobody's going to go to school is ridiculous. i think we ought to have a little bit of humility in our belief that we know what's best for the economy. and as much as i respect you, dr. fauci, i don't think you're the end-all, i don't know you're the one person who gets to make

the decision. lou: the end-all. well, as the debate over how to best keep the american people safe from the wuhan virus goes on, the trump administration is working to also punish china for releasing the virus and covering up the severity of the contagion that it had up unleashed. unleashed. in a report first by fox business, president trump has ordered a federal employee if retirement fund to cut its investment ties to chinese equities. here's national security adviser robert o'brien today saying our retired servicemen and women don't want to prop up a foreign enemy. >> our soldiers, sailor, airmen, a marines who invest their retirement didn't want to fund chinese military aircraft, they didn't want to fund cte, they didn't want to fund the surveillance camera company that was surveilling the uighurs, so it just wasn't a good situation for us.

lou: labor secretary scalia echoed the concerns of o'brien to investment board chair michael kennedy. he demanded the board immediately halt investment this those chinese equities. president trump wants an answer by the the end of business day tomorrow. here to take all of this up is the labor secretary, or eugene scalia. mr. secretary, good to have you with us. why have we waited so long to address this issue? it's been -- we've been reporting on it for month here on this broadcast. why in the world would it have gone forward? >> well, lou, good to be with you and, yes, this concerns what we call the thrift savings plan. it's the 401(k) plan for federal employees, and it's the largest 401(k) in the world. actually includes are about 1.3 million veterans. and as robert o'brien indicated, the question was whether we were going to put our military men and women and other federal

workers in a position where, if they wanted to invest in international markets, they were going to have to invest in chinese companies that manufacture aircraft the like that presents a national security threat. but other thing that was emphasized in the letter i received was the lack of integrity to the financial statements of chinese companies. sec chair blake has been very concerned he can't get any visibility in that, so larry kudlow joined o'brien in that letter talking about the financial risk to these retirees as well. i think these risks is have become even more apparent since the outbreak in january and the great impacts it's having on the country here. that's part of what they emphasized in the letter to me. lou: right. and the president, this apparently is his initiative. he is hereby putting china on notice, is he not, that he's not

going to put up with this nonsense of taking a piece of public employees' retirement money and investing it in firms who may well be working to support an enemy of the united states down the road. those have also been true throughout. we know that we have the most secure markets in the world in this country. our public accounting board can't get any cooperation at all from the chinese and haven't for decades. the reality is to put that money in the hands of china is an absurdity, and it has been from the beginning. whose idea was it? >> well, it was, as you indicated, a directive by the president, actually, which i communicated. i sent along the letter that i got from the national security adviser, or the economic adviser to the president to the board that oversees the tsp with

communicating the president's directive that this not go forward, that we not basically have our retirees -- including military veterans -- funding the chinese military industrial complex. and so it's manager that should not -- something that should not go forward, and i think it's part of a broader reassessment right now of the economic ties and dependence can says that we have -- dependencies that we have as they see how they're affecting us as we deal with the croak that virus right now -- coronavirus right now. it's part of a broader discussion. lou: a broader or discussion, but a very specific rollback at the president's initiative. it is, arguably, one of at least the first two responses, if you will, punishments for china for the wuhan virus that they originated and which, in fact, they did not warn the world about. is that a correct statement, in your view? >> well, that's part of the concern here, obviously. the president has been very

disturbed from the start at china's handling of it. of course, he moved quickly to end travel from china, and robert o'brien, the national security adviser, larry kudlow do, as i you to noted, indicate that sanctions may be forthcoming because of how this was handled. and -- but again, to put it in a broader context, this president from the start has been focused on strengthening american manufacturing, strengthening american jobs, and what's happened with the virus has, i think, confirmed concerns he's had about the degree of our economic dependency on china. and you look at usmca, for example. the trade agreement which was finalized just a few months ago was a path-breaking agreement. and part of what was so important to the president there, protecting american jobs, american wokers and american manufacturing -- workers and american manufacturing. and this action that he directed

yesterday also is a piece of that in the sense that it recognizes the threats that do exist from our making this kind of investment. lou: mr. secretary, it's good of you to share your time. we appreciate it. look forward to talking with you again soon, thanks so much. >> thank you. lou: secretary eugene scalia. more breaking news. house speaker nancy pelosi and her rad call the chems -- radical dems are proposing a a massive $3 trillion spending package to rescue us from the wuhan virus pandemic. $3 trillion. of which $1 trillion will be sent to state, local and tribal governments. another round of economic stimulus payments also being conjured up as part of that deal as are extensions of extra unemployment insurance, a pause on student loans through september and a $175 billion with which to subsidize rent and mortgage payments. it's going to be quite an

interesting battle over a $3 trillion item. senator lindsey graham, one of our favorite people on this broadcast, says he wants to the find out more about obamagate, but he thinks that there's one name that shouldn't even be questioned. makes you wonder why he agrees to call it obamagate. does he? we take it up with investigative reporter john solomon. and, yes, we're talking obamagate. also, we unravel the mystery behind a missing document, a document that summarizes the fbi's interview of general michael flynn as they tried to frame him every way from sunday. we're joined after the break by flynn's defense attorney sidney powell. stay with us, much more straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪

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lou: breaking news, congressman devin nuñes revealing the original document summarizing the fbi's interview of michael flynn bag on january 24 -- back on january 24, 2017. it's nowhere to be found. >> that report, we know it was doctored because the love birds, we have the text messages of them doctoring the report. but he's the problem -- >> that's right. >> -- the original report that

was used to brief the united states congress, that report is missing. it's gone. poof, it's out -- we can't find it. lou: that report do which congressman knew us in refers -- knew necessary refers is the original 302 written by peter strzok and the still misyous fbi agent. as congressman nunes said, there are messages from february 10, 2017, in which strzok and former fbi attorney lisa page talked about doctoring it. strzok replies he was trying to not completely rewrite the thing so as to say redact his voice. the redaction could be joe's voice, meaning the original author of the 302 right after

the interview. strzok and page's messages potentially reveal a corrupt scheme to rewrite the entire flynn interview in order to create a framework they used to frame general flynn, accusing him of lying. four days after that exchange, february 14, 2017, strzok asked page whether former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe is good with the finishing-302. -- f-302. page replies strzok lunch on f-302. the modified, rewritten, reedited 302 was entered into the report the very next day, february a 15, 2017. more than two weeks after the flynn interview had occurred. the original, as congressman knew yes, sir says, is nowhere to be found. or to put it another way, the fbi apparently hasn't found it. but our review of past testimony from deputy the attorney general

sally yates may provide a chew or to as to where that document might be or at least what agent strzok and pit ca first wrote down. here's what yates had to say urn questioning by senator whitehouse again in 2017. >> did you have the 302 with you when you were in the white house? did you show it to white house counsel? is and had you seen it at the time you went up to the white house? >> no. the fbi had conducted the interview on the 24th. we got a readout from the fbi on the 25th, a detailed readout specifically from the agents that had conducted the interview. lou: well, there. it would seem that if there's any place to start looking for the missing document, they might ask sally yates. or perhaps ask the d work j's national security -- doj's national security division for the report they received sometime on or about january 25th of 2017. our next guest is general

michael flynn's attorney, and joining us tonight is sidney powell, also former federal prosecutor, great american. and, sidney, great to have you with us. and, again, just congratulations to you and general flynn, and thanks to the general attorney general and the -- to the attorney general and the president for where we are today. it's been a long journey for you and, certainly, general flynn the. >> yes. we're finally making progress, and we're delighted that we are. i think the material given to us last week and and then the release of these triplets finally is absolutely -- transcripts finally is is absolutely stunning. i am livid that adam schiff and others in congress have been able to suppress this evidence for two and three years. it is brady evidence that is exculpatory to general flynn and, frankly, it should be deemed obstruction of justice, mr. schiff in particular since he has been out lying profusely every time he opens his mouth about the whole scenario. it's an shut outrage.

it's an absolute outrage. lou: it is an outrage, but is it an outrage without consequences for congressman schiff. is there any way in which to hold him accountable for lying, for helping to create this obscene so-called impeachment inquiry, to carry on the nonsense he did for more than two years that he had certain evidence of russian collusion with the trump administration? >> well, he and whoever else is responsible for suppressing the transcripts and not releasing them as far as i'm concerned are guilty of obstruction the of justice for hiding the evidence that exonerates general flynn. i haven't even begun to scratch the surface of going through the transcripts, but i'm already finding stunning information especially from sally yates and also from jim comey and ms. yates in their testimony and statements to the mueller investigation that we're just now getting with the last filing

the government did, their motion to dismiss. and judge sullivan hasn't even ruled on that. the case on general flynn has not yet been dismissed, so all of this is brady evidence including whatever mr. grenell might have now. but i understand attorney general barr has allowed or said that he can go ahead and release. lou: well, shame on all who helped adam schiff suppress this evidence. shame, too, on emmett sullivan, the judge in this case, for not having expeditiously acted to do the right thing here. the attorney general painted a gold path for him to follow to righteousness, and he chose to stay in the passive retreat. i mean, i it looks -- it makes him look bad, the federal judiciary. nothing could make the fbi look any worse than it does, but my god.

let's turn to flynn and the unmasking. you talked about those who were helping adam schiff. certainly, one of them has to be a considered suspect, and that's the previous, one of the previous heads of the national intelligence, and that would be dan coats. it was during -- it was on his watch that much of this was taking place. and i won't get into that tonight, but the unmasking, give us your best judgment as to how important it is that rick grenell -- now that the justice department, the attorney general has said this is your call, it's fine by me, but it is the your call to reveal the names. your thoughts about where that leads us. >> yes. i think it's very important to go ahead and release that information because that will lead us to, closer to finding the person that actually leaked the information about the kislyak call. that was, that leak was a felony

that started the entire is scenario against general flynn. and so far we know that comey and his fbi, i'm sure mccabe, were part of the unmasking from comey's testimony that was just produced to us. he immediately briefed dni clapper on it. clapper asked for copies, plural, of the transcripts of that phone call and got them, and then clapper immediately briefed president obama who then told sally yates about it the oval office meeting on the 5th. that's the same meeting if which they then dispatched mr. comey to new york to brief president trump only on the is salacious aspects of the steele dossier because they wanted to give a news hook to cnn and buzzfeed to run with the el whole thing. the mere fact that the president and the president-elect had been briefed on it was enough for them to run the whole thing which clapper had probably already leaked to them. it's all tied up together. a lot of information went down

at that january 5th meeting with biden and obama, yates, clapper, comey. the whole cabal was right there. lou: sidney, i want to is can you two quick questions here as we wrap up. and certainly one of them is the debate that is beginning tonight on the renewal of the fisa authorities in the -- and i want to get your judgment as to whether or not it should go forward without substantive, major reform. >> no, i think it does need massive reform, lou. we already know that the inquiries went up i think it was 85% in 2015 and 2016. it was obviously being used in a massive way by the corrupt obama administration to -- for any information they wanted to mine from it on their political adversaries and innocent american civilians. that's completely unacceptable. they have lied to the fisa court repeatedly. there are now multiple fisa

applications implicated in that and not even any woods files. the entire idea of a secret star chamber that can issue warrants like this against american citizens is terrifying particularly when you have an fbi and a former national security division of the department of justice run under sally yates that shut out the inspector general from any oversight as soon as she took office. and then loretta lynch, before she left, expanded greatly the distribution of presidential briefing materials to other agencies. lou: sidney powell, thanks for being with us. i want to save that second question for our next conversation. good to see you. >> okay. thanks, lou. lou: up next, more on today's developments in obamagate as well as the party's efforts to overthrow president trump. investigative journalist john solomon with us right after these quick messages. please stay with us.

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lou: joining us tonight, john solomon, investigative journalist, award-winning reporter, editor-in-chief of "just the news." john, good to have you with us. among the things you've reported on "just the news," the fact that senator graham now wants of to have a hearing about this spygate, but he's already declared that he has no need the question either president obama or former vice president joe biden. isn't that a peculiar way to begin an investigation? >> yeah, it would be. i mean, they're obviously fact witnesses now to a very important conversation, perhaps the conversation that set the fbi on the path towards frame ifing general mike flynn, and yet he's taking them off the table. that's unfortunate to hear. i mean, as a journalist, i want to follow the facts wherever they go, and some of those facts lead right into the office of barack obama and joe biden, and they should not be immune from

having to answer questions about a what they knew and when they knew it. so, yeah, discuss appointing to hear, but there's other ways to get at the truth, and we're going to keep digging to find it. lou: well, as you have demonstrated, there are other ways to get at the truth, and we want to congrata late you again for doing so throughout all of this -- congratulate. we're learning that the clinton campaign obviously knew early on about the dossier and who was paying for it, and now we know who got the bill for it. your thoughts about what looks to be rather damning evidence against the dnc, the clinton campaign and, oh, yes, the fbi. >> yeah. well, here's something that may be the most important thing. in the last segment, you had a great conversation with sidney powell about president obama being in the know before many other people about the intercepted call with mike flip. here's what we learned from john

podesta, the former clinton campaign chairman. hillary clinton was read into the russian intelligence. she knew that the clinton campaign had bought opposition research and that it was specifically focused on tying donald trump to unsavory characters in russia. that's john poe -- john podesta's testimony. that's the first time we've known hillary clinton had direct knowledge of what ultimately became known as the steele dossier. you should add her. if you're going to addwiden and obama to the -- biden and obama to the witness list, we should ask mrs. clinton as well. did she authorize the leaking of information that christopher steele and glenn simpson did at the end of the came pain to -- campaign to smear trump, because we know that was russian disinformation now. lou: russia disinformation, and the deep state, the radical dems and all of the conspirators in the effort to overthrow this

president were perfectly aligned with russian disinformation and the vigorous campaign it was carrying out. could that possibly be an accident in your best judgment, john solomon? >> i -- when i first came to town, i met this wily old senator who was a democrat, and he told me -- he gave me two pieces of advice; follow the money wherever or it goes, and two, there are no coincidences in washington. i'm going to the take his advice and say this can't be a coincidence, and there was a concerted effort between justice, fbi, the white house, the clinton campaign to create a false narrative. and met me throw one other co-conspirator in there, the american news media. lou: absolutely. john solomon, as always, great to have you with us. thanks so much. john solomon. just the news.com. we recommend it to you highly. up next, president trump calling out the left-wing national media for their efforts as they conspire against him,

for crying out loud, in the white house press corps. we'll have more on that. i'll be talking with the president's son, donald trump jr., here next. also the chinese communist party's new weapon to spread propaganda. we'll take that up. stay with us. get real-time insights in your customized view of the market. it's smarter trading technology for smarter trading decisions. fidelity.

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institute. mike if, good to see you -- mike, good to see you. let's start with the -- we talked with labor secretary eugene scalia. this is stunning stuff that now at the end of the month, we have until the edge of the month before these investments become a reality, and the president made very clear it's his initiative, and kudlow and o'brien say to scalia, stop it, let's get this fixed. the fact is that board that is running the investments, they're a, they're leftovers, are they not, from the obama administration? >> that's right. and the letter from larry kudlow and robert o'brien specifically quotes a meeting last november where the board met and openly defied the president. said we're not going to accept political interference, we're going to go ahead and invest $50 billion or more in these chinese

companies. they know they're hoping the chinese military, they just don't care. it's open defiance of the president. we see this across the government with holdovers from the obama administration who just don't support the president's views on china. and the president himself, i think with you, lou, interviewed him one time when he said his biggest disappointment so far in three years is ors personnel if, just people who won't do what he says. lou: and it is breathtaking, absolutely breathtaking to watch some of these people behave. i've never seen any, any public official behave toward the president of the united states. and as we look at what's going to happen here, it's unclear whether or not the board will respond. his choice really, the president's only choice if they fail to follow direction here from the national security adviser, from the head of the domestic economic council is to

fire every one of them, is it not? >> i think that's right. and the post requires senate confirmation if, so that will take quite some time. in the meantime, the 50 or 60 billion will start moving the chinese companies, i think in early june. there was one member of the board, lou, who tried to get this all postponed for a year back in november. he made a motion, didn't even get a second in the motion. so many obama holdovers in the room. this is not the only example. there's not one far from you in jersey city, the largest construction firm in the world has a subsidiary -- it's chinese. it has a large subsidiary in jersey city. they planned on bidding for infrastructure construction projects overseen by our department of transportation, ask they want the get a big share of that, lou. so not far from you in new jersey we're looking at a major american program to transfer funds to the chinese once again. this company also built the

south china sea -- lou: mike, i have to tell you, this is one of those instances in which proximity does not -- [laughter] equal responsibility. as close as i am to them, as you put it, i have no influence over them whatsoever. but i would hike to change that, i assure you. and as i'm sure you well know. the president's got to stop it. it can't go forward. this money cannot move, and this board cannot act this irresponsibly because they're not only being -- acting against the president's wishes, they are, in point of fact, aligning theptions with communist china at a time this country has been all but shut down because of the wuhan virus. whether they engineered it or not, they originated it, and they refused to warn the world. this is not damn play time, no matter what the chinese thinks,

so there won't be any money going anywhere, i would guess, knowing this president come hell or high water. >> i hope you're right. [laughter] i give the president credit for this -- lou: well, i do too. i get lucky from time to time, as you know, mike. and i know that you do as well. belt and road. not only is china carrying out this effort to, if you will, or high-roll a number of developing nations, some hundred of them, they have the belt and road radio network, for crying out loud are, in which they are going to be -- each one of these countries will be, if you will, a station and a national network around the globe to carry chinese prop began a da. and we, again, have been caught napping as the chinese did so. your thoughts as we wrap up here. >> well, it's having its one-year anniversary, lou.

they've been success putting stories out for a year now perform one of my favorites is they blame the coronavirus not on themselves or bat woman, they blame bill and mel linda gates and the -- melinda gates and the gates foundation. they say they created the virus and is spreading it around the world. the propaganda is often just creating rumors, just trying to have doubt be raised about american goals. it's pretty strong propaganda. and the only way we can take it into account, lou, is to kind of fight back and monitor what they say and responsible. pompeo's doing that, secretary pompeo's doing that. lou: well, mike, thank you. i know you're doing that as well. dr. michael pillsbury, great to see you. thanks so much, mike. up next, rinos in the senate refuse the acknowledge barack obama's role in obamagate. we take it up with donald trump jr. stay with us. ♪ ♪ it's time for the memorial day sale on the sleep number 360 smart bed.

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lou joining us tonight is donald trp jr., executive vice president of the trump organization. and, donald, it's great to have you with us, great to see you. >> great to be with you, lou. how are you? lou: your father -- i'm great,

thank you very much. i watched your father yesterday in a press conference, and i have to say the man has the patience of a saint. and those reporters, when he said -- the way he reacted was entirely appropriate. disgust was the only thing i think anyone who expects the president of the united states to be respected even by, or of course, august journalists in the white house press corps had to be just furious at that conduct. your thoughts as you watch that president, your father, being treated that way. >> well, honestly, i was disgusted as well, lou. i mean, there's no other way to look at it. they get an answer to a question, and he asks -- tells them, you know, ask china where it all came from, where it literally started, where they lied about it, and then apparently the reporter's asian so she says, why are you asking me? the race baiting from this media to try to turn literally

anything into a racial issue is just disgusting, and they should be ashamed of themselves. you know, what he does, lou, the reality in this world racism is still an issue, it's just not the answer to every issue. it's not the excuse. it's the easy button of the political left. and the problem is that minimizes those who are actually affected by it which is certainly not someone in the if white house press pool or its, you know, it's not that person. and so to try to turn everything about that diminishes the effect of real racism on people who are actually afflicted by it here and everywhere else in the world. it's a shame. people now hear it when it's thrown out there, and they roll their eyes and say, oh, here we go again, it's obviously racist, and that's a real disservice to those actually affected by it. and i guarantee you, that reporter is not. but the fact that she has to try to make it such, to try to get

her, you know, jim acosta-style moment to shine and to speak truth to power and all the other nonsense that we've heard from them with their lies that they refuse to acknowledge, they refuse to accept, that there's been absolutely zero accountability for across the entire media spectrum after peddling the russia hoax for three years tells you all you need to know about today's mainstream media, lou. i think are a broken -- they are a broken, partisan institution, and that's it. media as we know it is dead. lou: and you used the expression speaking truth to power, don. all i can think of is power. let's see, cnn is owned by at&t. cbs, a large corporation in its own right. abc news, oh, they're just a little piece of that giant disney corporation, and the list

goes on and on. these are massive corporations represented by little people sitting in front of the president trying to act like they are somehow qualified either by knowledge or wit to contend with him and debate with him rather than report on him. it is just stunning, it's laughable, and it is pathetic to witness -- >> well, they're not interested in reporting the news anymore. they are literally just the marketing winging of the far-left portion of the dnc. that is what they are. they have no interest in getting to the bottom of the truth. we've seen that over the last few years whether that's russia or more recently as it relates to michael flynn. when anything doesn't break their way, it's the outrage, it's inconceivable, the outrage just comes from them. you know, they're -- they have no interest in truth or justice. they have an interest in pushing their leftist agenda. i have to believe that real,

hard working americans see through it at this point. if they don't, they better open their eyes soon because it's flay grant, and it's disgusting -- flagrant and disgusting. lou: it's, it is all of that and sometimes even more. don, how are you feeling about the president's campaign? where does he stand right now? how confident are you that the american people will do the right thing is sign him up for another four years to restore all that has been taken away by a virus? >> well, you know, that's the reality. i mean if, people is have a choice in november. they can choose the guy who built the great economy america has known in modern times if not period, ever, or they can use a 50-year career bureaucrat who accomplishment, you cannot name one, you know? joe biden has been on the record saying that china is our friend,

they're not real competition to us. now, that's easy because hunter biden took $1.5 billion. for those who are watching fox business, right? they recognize in a typicalling 2 in 20 fund structure, that's $30 million in fees every year to the biden family. that's a lot of incentive to not push back on china. so i want the guy who built the greatest economy america's ever known. i want the guy who did that despite a media that's against him, despite ongoing, multiple versions of attacks whether it was russia, impeachment, all the nonsense. he did all of those things despite that and, more importantly, despite everyone saying it could not be done. donald trump is the builder. donald trump is the guy that can get this done. donald trump is the guy that will make the tough decisions to get us there. don't forget in their revisionist history, the media's conveniently forgetting the single most important thing we could have done to prevent the

pandemic and flatten the curve was shut down travel from china. he was able to do that, willing to do that and joe biden and all the weak lippings on their side, oh, he's racist, it's too soon -- donton the last thing i ever want to do is cut you -- [laughter] is to cut you short. thanks for being with us. come back soon. lou: stay with us, we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ managers don't understand why. because our way works great for us! but not for your clients. that's why we're a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. so, what do you provide? cookie cutter portfolios? nope. we tailor portfolios to our client's needs. but you do sell investments that earn you high commissions, right? we don't have those. so, what's in it for you? our fees are structured so we do better when you do better. at fisher investments we're clearly different. . .

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lou: that's it for us tonight. thanks for being with us. senator rand paul and kt mcfarland among our guests tomorrow. we hope you will join us for that. thanks for being with us tonight. good night from sussex. ♪. elizabeth: dr. anthony fauci testifying before the senate today warning about covid-19 coming back in the fall if the u.s. does not prepare. dr. fauci also saying in no way is his relationship with president trump confrontational, nor has it ever been. we have that story. plus senator rand paul really mixing it up with dr. fauci, getting into it. we have got the sound there. also tonight, another big question, republicans now increasingly asked what did democrats obama and biden know about the controversies in the trump russia probe and what did they green light? what did they know about the fbi talking about a trap for michael