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and accompanied by months of denial and cover-up by the chinese communist government. as of this hour, neither the white house, nor the statement department will reveal the agenda of those talks, nor exactly who is attending the meeting. this kind of secrecy is outside american government tradition. that is, transparency and forthrightness in u.s. foreign policy. the meeting is more in line with totalitarian states like china that don't recognize the right of the public to know what their government is doing. the chinese government won't acknowledge that a meeting is even being held, let alone what is under discussion. but the meeting comes at a time of heightened hostility between the united states and china. brought on by beijing's cover-up and their dispatch of the deadly china virus pandemic, their aggressive military posture in the south china sea, their recent takeover of hong kong and, of course, that aggressive

disinformation campaign against the united states. one of this country's leading china experts is dr. michael pillsbury. he joins us here later this evening. we'll also be talking about the military implications. general jack keane joins us as well. and today there's also been a major development in the fight against the china virus. researchers in england now have evidence that a steroid can reduce the risk of death by 35% among patients on ventilators. hospitalized patients who don't need breathing machines also saw their chances of survival improve by 20%. that great news is is coupled with a record almost 18% jump in retail sales in may, sending stock markets around the world higher. the dow jones industrials today

moving u more than 500 points. president trump making those comments today at a white house rose garden event in which he signed a new executive order on police reform. the order bans chokeholds except for when a police officer's life is at risk by creating national standards for use of force. it calls for incorporating social workers into police forces and initiate withs information sharing -- initiate withs information sharing about police officers with records of excessive use of force. president trump insists bad cops are rare but says those who are need to be rooted out. >> they're very tiny, i use the word tiny, it's a very small percentage. but you have them. nobody wants to get rid of them re than the orwhelming number of really good and great police officers.

lou: democrats, of course, are not happy with president trump's announcement. they never are. house speaker nancy pelosi had this to say today. quote: the executive order lacks meaningful, mandatory accountability measures to end the misconduct. whatever that means. the c enough, i suppose, to appease the speaker's left-wing base. they'd much rather see the creation of a police-free utopia.osi has also tried to put a damper on calls to defund and disband police departments across the country, but so far she's been drowned out by much louder and more powerful voices in the democratic party like black lives matter and antifa. law makers in 37 cities and statements are now moving toward -- states are now moving toward or considering defunding their police departments, if you can imagine that. the radical dems' presumptive presidential nominee is, of

course, biden, who's struggling to move as far left as the radical factions of his party really want. more than 50 left-wing social justice groups sent biden a letter, criticizing his response to protest the movement against police, warning thatwin the elee enthusiastic support of black voters. the left-wing national immediate is ya is even -- media is even finding it difficult to defend those radical dem activist groups like the one currently occupying participant of seattle'séç capitol hill neighborhood. watch what happened after an msnbc reporter characterized th festival. >> after more than a week of clashes between the demonstrators and the police, now you seen, essentially, almost like a street festival type atmosphere -- >> street festival type atmosphere? no. this is not a street festival finish. >> a very intentionallal purpose. >> it is notúu a street festiva. do not say that.

[laughter] lou: well, today there's been some progress in removing the area known as the capitol hill organized protest. protesters agreeing to reduce their occupied area from three. now, that's progress. correspondent dan springer with more on the story. >> reporter: city crews showed up this morning around 7:00 hundred protesters who stay here full time were still sleeping. they started by taking down the makeshift steel and plastic barricades put up by protesters. those were replaced by concrete dividers closer to the east presipt, and some streets were completely opened up, allowing better access to businesses and apartment buildings while still giving space to the protesters. nobody wants to see a repeat of what happened sunday night. a car repair shop had a break-in about a block outside the protest zone. the owners caught the guy and called police, but the police

never showed. meantime, a mob of protesters broke down their fence. without the police, the robbery victims were forced to let the suspect go. later protest security doled out some street justice, roughing up the guy trying to get the stolen moneynd car keys back. it's what happens when police don't police. >> i am very shaken up. i am very disappointed in the ;6city's leadership, i'm very disappointed in the lack of police protection. i'm very disappointed that the fire department didn't show up. >> reporter: and hopefully, the shrinking of the c.h.o.p. area down to a smaller footprint and also allowing emergency vehicles to get in and get out will prevent something like that from happening again where police didn't feel they could safely help that business owner and arrest that guy who they had detained. just a terrible situation, luckily, no shots fired and it didn't end horribly.

lou: didn't earned horribl well -- end horribly. well, that's good news. dan springer reporting from seattl elsewhere across the country protests, some of them, turned violent. in new mexico a man was shot last night during a albuquerque as protesters tried to topple the statue of a spanish con kiese doer. around six men from a group that calls themselves the new mexico civil guard tried to stop them. a mob surrounded one of them. they chased him and they hit him with a skateboard. that's when shots were fired. an unidentified man was shot. police have arrested, they say, the gunman. the skateboarder has not been identified. the shooting victim is in critical but stable condition. and in new york city the police department has succumbed to demands handed down by the governor, the mayor and, yes, the left-wing mob. they are now disbanding their plain clothes anti-crime unit. isn't that a shame?

to brand it anti-crime and then to have to shut it down. all this while state and city leaders support mass protests that have, well, some turned into riots; left-wing publication "mother jones" says aren't irrational. that's also good news. aren't irrational. a new standard. as unrest continues to grip participants of the country and to -- parts of the country and to continue a new report from the national students of health reveals china's far-reaching espionage against the united states and its influence and grip on many of our scientists. according to the nih, 54 scientists have either resigned or been for failing to disclose that china has been giving them lots of money and all keeping it secret. of the 189 american scientists invested by the nih, 175 of

the scientists received money secretly from communist china. well, some residents in beijing are forced to stay home as a new china virus outbreak has gwn. all schools have gone back to online classes, dozens of flights have been canceled. and we're talking about beijingc reporting more than 30 new cases today. if that's what we're reporting, your guess is as good as any as to what the real number is. that's triple the cases first reported on the infection four days ago. thet -- the infection that started at the city's largest wet market. and another outbreak. the china virus has now killed almost 440,000 people around the world and infected more than 8 million people including 117,000

deaths in this country, 2.1 million cases in the united states. more than 40% of the deaths in tée united states have come from people who lived in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities. well, up next here, jerry nadler. yes, he's still at it. qn's using the house judiciary committee once again to try to administration. so we're unaware of anything he's done for the judiciary or for law in this country. or law and order. but, man, oh, man, can he be a pain in the -- well, we'll take it up with congressman jim jordan here next. stay with us. ♪ right now is a time for action. that's why usaa is giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can pay for things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills.

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lou: breaking news tonight, house judiciary committee chair jerry nadlered today announcing he will call former prosecutor aaron zelensky to testify about allegations of political interference by attorney general william barr. zelensky withdrew from the roger stone case after the d work j called for -- doj called for a

lesser sentence than the one recommended. republicans on the house judiciary committee led by ranking member jim jordan want government accountability office to review the visa abuse by the chinese communist party. that's right, they have another issue with the united states. jordan stating that nearly 8ing 0% of recent -- 80% of recent foreign investor visas, the eb-5 -- have gone to chinese nationals. 80% of them! most of those on the waiting list. well, guess what, you're right. that waiting list is china as well. well, joining us tonight to take this up and more, congressman jim jordan, ranking member of the house jewish richly committee -- judiciary committee, the house oversight committee. and it goes on and on, congressman -- >> yep. lou: 80% of those eb-5 visas for the purpose of the communist

party in china. >> yeah. lou: how -- it's heart warming. >> well, and you've got to do it in context n. your opening comments, you were right on target, lou. "think about what china did wih the coronavirus. it misled the whole world, misled the united states, and then their influence on the world health organization who just out and out lied to us. that's why the president was so right in saying we ain't sending any more american tax dlars to this organization. you know, love the comment one of my colleagues made, you don't have to pay organizations to lie to you, they'll probably do it for free. so within that framework, let's look at what's happening with this problem. we asked the gao to take a look at this and figure out exactly a what's going on here. because the numbers, indicated, seem to indicate there may be a concern here. that's what we're trying to figure out. lou: well, and then we've got congressmen and other senator writing to larry kudlow and jared kushner talking about how important it is to get some

guest workers into this program when 40 million americans are out of jobs. what the hell is going on here? i mean, the thing, but this is just plain stupid now and corrupt as hl. >> well, this president getting tough with china, renegotiating trade agreements with china, recognizing their theft of intellectual property, recognizing they don't adhere to any type of international tradej norms. this president campaigned on it, and he's doing it. that is the framework we have to function in, the president understands that. let's make sure we continue down that path because, remember, that's what the american people elected president trump to do. one of the many issues. and this president does what he says, so i appreciate his leadership on this. we're just going to keep getting information and keep pushing for the right thing. lou: well, i do too. my question is why in the hell aren't these eb-5 -- which is, come on, i mean, let's be honest, this is just as corrupt as hell. >> yeah. lou: it's corruption with a

system that's out front. it is absurd, it is obscene. and the business of trying to bring in more temporary workers while we've got 40 million people out of work? that islso obscene. and for kudlow and kushner to be th recipients of that letter gives me the impression the chamber of commerce thought they might be a willing, eager audience for their entreaties. >> well, let's focus on getting americans back to work, you're right, lou. let's focus on opening up our economy. some of these states that are still largely in lockdown makes no sense. let's get that great american comeback, that v-shaped recovery that i think t about. we saw indications just two weeks ago with the may jobs numbers. let's stay focused on that, and you're going to see the great american comeback actually happen. lou: okay. i assume then that mean you're talking to kudlow and kushner about getting focused? >> talk to the white house folks all the time. lou: good. eall, give 'em hell, will you?

let's -- [laughe may, the issue of fisa reform. >> yeah. lou: urging your colleagues to promote that and to assure it. at's, that would be great if i had some confidence in your conference and its ability to do that. can you, can you be enthusiastic about the process? >> you said -- understand wre we are now, we're in what we call a conference committee. so let's focus on what we know. what we mostly know isre are big problems with this program. i'll just go to one example. we point out five different pieces of information in that letter we sent to our colleagues. but one big one is michael horowitz is doing a broad-based look, the inspector general at the justice department, at the fisa program. he reviewed 29 cases, randomly selected, of american citizens who were surveilled upon. he took those 29 cases, in every single case, lou, every single one, american citizens, every single one there were major

problems. in 4 of the cases they couldn't even find what fbi process and protocols say you have to have, which is the woods file, which is the base ed they then use -- evidence they then use to take to the fisa court. in 4 ofases, the justice department couldn't even give it to them x. yet christopher wray told us in a hearing back in february that everything was fine. you could rest easy, there was no problems. there are big problems. so that is the overallake sure o that what happens to the president never happens again, and what happened to these 29 american citizens never happens as well. we just want to remain our conference -- remind our conference laying it out for them in these five major areas, but that's the biggest one. lou: well, congressman jordan, always fighting for the president, for the country and for what's right. we appreciate it. congressman jim jordan. good to have you with us. we'd like to hear your thoughts.

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♪ ♪ lou: north korea has followed through on a recent threat by kim's sister to blow up the liaison office it shares with

south korea. today it did just that. over the weekend the sister of north korean dictator kim jong un warned the office would become a, quote, tragic the north korean border town of caisson had been closed since january, and boom, it went. for the first time since 1975, military conflict between china and india has turned deadly. at least 20 indian soldiers killed in a skirmish along the indian officials claim chinese soldiers have also been killed ormatit, there is no infon about how many. the indian army claimed no shots were fired during the conflict, multiple outlets reported the indian soldiers were actually beaten to death. well, breaking news now, the

trump administration has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against former national security adviser john bolton. the administration looking to block the publication of his book, claiming it conins classified national security joining us tonight is general jack keane, former vice chief of staff of the u.s. army, retired four-star general, fox business senior strategic analyst. general, good to have you with us. let's turn to, if we may, the china/india border and what is going on there, because it seems to be the progressing in violence and nastiness. your thoughts on this conflict. >> well, this is a 60-year-old dispute between these two behemoth country, both of them having over a billion in population and als having sizable conventional militaries and nuclear weapons. so anytime something like this has to happen, we gotta take it

seriously. but i think it's part of china's very aggressive and malign behavior that we've seen actually since covid garntion how they stepped -- began. how they stepped up their aggressiveness in the entire renal. from japan to malaysia, from ra india. and the reason for that is is, is that china has never been back on their heels as much as they have been as a result of their deception over the human-to-human tfeig lie that tt it as you mentioned i the introduction and the disinformation campaign that they've conducted. i'm con ambassadors around the world, lou, have certainly reported back to the ccp that cups around the world -- countries around the world are reassessing their relationships with the ccp and mainland china. they're reassisting it. they're -- reassessing it. they're seeing the ccp much for clear-eyed in terms of the

authoritarian, oppressive regime that they truly are. and president xi certainly is feeling that pressure. lou: yes, i, and i couldn't agree with you more. and i also have never been more, well, i would have to say concerned about the lack of a response by the trump administration itself. we have watched in quick order the unleashing of a deadly contagion without consequence by the chinese communist party without warning to the world, we have watched them take over hong kong and to carry out aggressive, adventurous military incidents in the air and, certainly, the south china sea withou response by the united states. this looks to be, if we use history as any looks to be an invitation to calamity. your thoughts. >> well, no, i disagree with

parking part of that. the united states has a fairly comprehensive strategy in dealing with china's aggressiveness not only in the region, but as they're expandin. and what this has enabled us to do is stitch together some cooperation with our allies. in terms of our military posture in the pacific, despite the covid-19 incident that we had with an aircraft carrier, we have kept up that posture, and we've actually turned it up a little bit. and we're rethinking the basing strategy for that participant of the region -- that part of the region, the capabilities that we need. so while i don't believe we've had perfect answers to all of this and at times it's been uneven, i think we're moving in the right direction. and we've never had as much cooperation with our allies as we're having right now. lou: and the part that you disagree with, the response byí the united states. it has been, at best, tepid.

it has not been focused. and meanwhile, hong kong is now a communist-operated and owned state without even so much as a protest of any voice by the united states. we have an important ally in japan that has decided not to bring on the aegis, the land-bas aegis system we have an ally in taiwan that is hanging on our word that we will defend taiwan against china. and this is -- our word is starting to sound a little like something out of a thin reed in that region when we should be as strong as possible, should we is administration has spoken up clearly, unequivocally about what's taken place in hong kong. and i think the president himself, you know, has been a leader in that.

and that's why you've seen all these american flags that the protesters are using. i don't think any military action is appropriate here, but i thinkody politic in terms of world condemnation is taking place. and in terms of military capabilities, japan -- despite the issue that you just mentioned -- is accelerating their defense budget in ways that they have never have. it's absolutely historical. lou: right. >> the assistance we're providing to taiwan, there's more military aid going into iwan in the last three years. and also what i believe is projected to take place than we've seen in decades. and it's, it's no longer ambiguous in terms of the united states' view about taiwan and will we respond or not if china chooses aggression to change the politics of taiwan and take

their democracy and independence away from them. we're clear-eyed about this and so are our allies. i think, you know, s&ecurity le ccp has imposed on hong kong is a major setback. that was not supposed to happen til 2047. but all that said, it still causes problems for china because of the pariah that it indicates. i mean, that actually strengthened the size of the victory that the taiwanese president won in her second election, because she was able to use the example of hong kong as a portend to what could happen in taiwan. this is your future here, and she r anti-communist platte. platform. her opponent is pro-china, pro-communist. so there are things happening. and i think for the first time in a long time china really has

to deal with the fact that the united states and allies are pushing back. after all, for the first three years of president xi's regime when he took over in 2013, lou, he had no pushback whatsoever. just rhetoric x. that's not the case now. and some of this he's brought on himself, certainly, with the deception over covid-19 and his aggressiveness with hong kong. but i believe we're strengthening the resolve of our allies, and we've got the opportunity to stick together, still more cooperation than we've ever had. lou: and, as always, i hope you're exactly right. general jack keane, thanks for being with us, we appreciate it. up next, secretary of state mike pompeo's mysterious meeting with china's top foreign diplomat. that'll be tomorrow in honolulu, hawaii. dr. michael pillsbury, one of the country's foremost experts on both the region and china, joins us to take all of that up and more when we continue.

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lou: on wall street, stocks moving higher. a big rally on the day, the dow up 527 points. the s&p gained 58. the nasdaq up 170 points. volume on the big board, just about the same as yesterday, 5.8 billion shares. crude oil up more than 2% at almost $ a barrel at the

close. a reminder, listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. breaking news now, the european union doesn't want to choose sides between the united well, isn't that something? let' see, communist, free, communist, capitalist? my goodness, difficult choice. s top foreign affairs diplomat joseph burrell said, quote: our relations with china are multifaceted. this comes four days after the european union called out china for its global disinformation campaign and lies and cover-up and, oh, yes, unleashing the deadlyy covered up. joining us tonight is dr. michael pillsbury. he's director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute, author of "the hundred-year marathon." mike, great to have you with us, and let's start with the e.u.

they can't quite figure out which country best, best aligns with them, their politics, their way of life and their economies and system of government. striking, isn't it? >> well, they don't have any territorial boundaries or allies that are threatened by china, you know? they also have been eager for almost 20 years to lift the embargo on arms sales. they imposed an embargo on themselves. it cost them billions of dollars a year not to sell weapons to china in the human rights situation improves. they have a debate about this almost every year. they sort of can't wait to start selling weapons to so if you want to be optimistic, at least that arms embargo is still in lou: well, i'm optimistic because the united states doesn't need their weapons. and the united states doesn't need their ecomy, in point of

fact. and the president is perfectly capable of putting tariffs on them if they get too confused about who their friends are. this is an astonishing german -- i guess we'd call it a franco-german axis that has been created on this, on huawei, the disinformation campaign by china and, oh, yes, the espionage it's carrying out against each one of those governments in the e.u. let's turn to china and india, whic has turned into the first con flirkts deadly conflict between the two since 1975. general keane makes it clear he thinks it's part of the larger piece; that is, aggressiveness on the part of the communist chinese that will only, from here, get more intense. your thoughts. >> i think i agree with general keane. also there's a debate in beijing over the last few years that xi jinping is being too aggressive.

every now and then we see an article, the person usually gets put in jail, but the point of view is there that this is not simple strategy. the original strategy was induce complacency, take over the world quietly by economic means and don't create a big pushbac that seems to be in question now that xi jinping's increasingly aggressive with almt every new, aggressive step he takes. lou: yeah. if president trump had not pushed back and insisted[@ on balanced global trade, in point, reciprocal, mutual trade with thunited states and china, this thing could have gone on for quite some time to the point that we would have been so dependent upon china, so dependent upon its pharmaceuticals, its production power that we could have just been rolled in another 5-10

years. the timing couldn't be worse for the chinese, and it's a last ditch moment for the united states, in my opinion. >> i agree, lou. i think the president has been a hero to reverse our policy toward chinar of the last 60 years. 's in his first three and a half years. i think if he focused more on china, he'd them to sort of cease and desist some of this aggressive activity. but he's got other things on his plate. i mean, he's got black lives matter riots, he's got the coronavirus, 115,000 dead americans, so it's hard to focus and one thing he's not been able to do so far is bring around the deep state. i think there's been a lot of sabotage of the president's policies by the permanent bureaucracy who just don't want to change. they remember really fondly, i

think you do too, george w. and condi rice went to beijing over the chinese olympics, they loved it. they couldn't say enough good about our friends, the chinese. so president trump has to reverse that, but he's going to have to restructure the government, i think, take china more seriously. lou: yeah. it is a battle that's going to, out will be ongoing, without question, between the radical dems as they renew the nonsense with jerrold nadler and the house judiciary committee, the deep state continues and within the justice department andthe re president and, indeed, the constitution itself trying to keep the ari years into it, alms spygate and the effort to overthrow this president. it's really appalling. the chinese seem to have a hand as well, aligned as they are againshi

the united states. -- this president and the united states. it's going to be quite an unwinding. this meeting, anything going to come of it between -- [laughter] between the secretary of state and the foreign minisr china? >> i think some goodwill, lou. the chinese have singled out secretary pompeo as the ringleader of the anti-china policies. they h book. they still think he demands both the cia and the state department, and their goal smsh, they want to calm down secretary pompeo, soothe him, say there's no problem here and3et back to the old strategy of inducing complacency. i don't think it's going to work. i think secretary pompeo is going to say something pretty m. i think he and president trump are very much aligned. they're two heroes who have turned aund u.s. policy on china.

so i think it's going to be a successful meeting -- lou: [inaudible yeah, china's going to have to understand that a they're going to run into a fist they continue to offer their nose in the way they have around the globe. i don't think rhetoric, any more of this tough guy talk from this administration or any member of it, is going to be persuasive against the geopolitical aims of the communist chinese, but that's just one reporter's view. dr. michael pillsbury, good to see you. thanks for being with us. up trump administration's lawsuit against john bolton. they're wanting to block the publication of his memoir. it's a memoir. it isn't filled, he says, with, well, classified national security information. investigative journalist john solomon joins us to sort that right after the quick messages. please stay with us. ♪ ♪ my age-related macular degeneration could lead to vision loss.

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♪ ♪ lou: joining us tonight is john solomon, award-winning investigative journalist, editor-in-chief of just the news.com. john, let's start with john bolton who is taken a career and just torn it up into petty

pieces andñ thrown away his reputation. now he's being sued by the u.s. government for breach of contract. your reaction. >> yeah, listen, when i was editor of the washington times, ambassador bolton wrote for us, and i remember one timeei -- he said you wouldn't believe how often bureaucrats try to trip up the president. i think at the end of the day what you're going to find out here is that he signed a nondisclosure agreement, and if he didn't want -- if he wanted to do a kiss and tell, he gained access. so the government has sued him now, and what's remarkable is he's acting like the very people he used to fume at when he was inside the government. lou: well, i've known john for a long time. at one point i considered him a friend. he has become a man i don't recognize. it's, he's ignorant, he's petty and he's vindictive, and he's not acting i the national

interest which at one point had been his career. it's a shame to see what we're witnessing. >> yeah. it's a remarkable time, and it's going to play out for a while, but i suspect the courts will get involved, and we'll have a resolution soon. but it's remarkable to see that people who don't get their way in policy with the trump administration have taken all these tactics that people in government service years ago would never, ever have divined doing. lou: i want to turn to your them investigating t is known as the iga, the intelligence community assessment, given at

the end of the obama administration. and one of the clear findings was russia was trying to help trump win the election and hillary clinton lose the election. and not everyone in the intelligence community agreed with that, cta fervently as brennan, clapper and learning is the evidence they had before them included that the russians were feeding disinformation, fake dirt on donald trump to hillary clinton's campaign. that cuts against the whole grain of the idea was trying to help trump. if you're feeding dirt to his p defeat trump as well. and i think people are looking at did they get the assessment wrong, first. and two, was there pressure to depress these analysts' concerns? and t i guess we'll see pretty soon. lou: yeah. reasoning, the fbi intelligence folks, well indeed the i.c. itself,

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two doj whistle-blowers beforee gresque as he continues to try to undercut the president of the united states. your thoughts. >> listen, i think we've seen over a year now what is going on in the bureaucracy effort to crimili scandalize honest polly disputes. trump administration gets to take actions it wants to take. when bureaucrats don't like that, what democrats don't like that whathey have done unlike prior administration disputes. these two prosecutors, aaron zelinske, jonathan elias, word for a period of time they're making hay out of a policy dispute. it is trump administration decision, not theirs to set poli. many more important stories on just the news.com. led by the inname mittable john

solomon. great to have you, john. thanks so much. rnc rare ronna mcdaniel joins us tomorrow. former national security advisor kt mcfarland. congng maria: good morning, everyone, welcome. thank you so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo, it is wednesday june 17th, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. coronavirus spiking 6 states including florida and texas reporting record high number cases. meanwhile good news on fighting pandemic this morning, low-cost steroid showing promise in treating patients. federal reserve jay powell this morning on capitol hill once again, he says there are signs of modest rebound, warning that uncertainty remains and pushing congress for morefutures this mr once again looking to extend yesterday's big gains, take a look, nasdaq up 25 and the