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sharp contrast with the left's hate-filled efforts to scare americans into voting for the hapless democratic nominee. >> donald trump as has divided our country, diminished our greatness. >> you can achieve your american dream. you can be that shining example to the word. >> the current president's cloaked american darkness for much too long. too much anger, too much fear, too much division. >> the american story was written by people just like you and i who love our country and did this to build a future for our families and neighbors. >> we're talking about abolishing the police, i.c.e., prisons. >> the left wants to defund the mis. this is personal to me -- the police. i wouldn't be here without the bravery e and heroism of the men and women in law enforcement who saved my life. >> if you think things cannot

possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will if we don't make a change in this election. >> we will be stronger than ever because when we put our mind to it, there is no obstacle that america can't surmount. >> this administration has shown it will tear our democracy down. if that's what it takes for them to win. >> our family went from cotton to congress in one lifetime. and that's why i believe the next american century can be better than the last. lou: encouraging, uplifting words if republicans. -- from republicans. they also made a point to challenge the radical dems' decades of depravation of their black american constituents. multiple speakers including georgia state lawmaker vernon jones touting president trump's record on criminal justice reform, on historically low are unemployment rates in black

community. >> the democratic party does not want black people to leave their mental plantation. we've been forced to be there for decades and generations. but i have news for joe biden. we are free, we are free people with free minds, and i'm part of a large and growing segment of the black community who are up dependent thinkers, and -- independent thinkers, and we believe that donald trump is the president that america needs to lead i forward. lou: messages like that, vernon jones, clearly a handful of so-called progressive groups are now urging the left-wing national media to tape-delay the convention so the precious little lefties could fact check the speakers. these groups and the rest of the radical left once again trying to suppress the free speech of

republicans and conservatives. the left's radical, far-left ideas are too fragile to be challenged. listen to max mow alvarez, a cuban immigrant. he's seen firsthand how the radical left suppresses free thought, free expression and how their policies could destroy a nation. he's a business owner in florida living the american dream, and last night he delivered this passionate speech against the marxist and socialist ideals advocated by the radical left in america. >> i have seen people like this before. i've seen movements like this before. i've seen ideas like this before. i am here to tell you we cannot let them take over our country. i heard the promises of fidel castro, and i can never forget all those who grew up around me who looked like me who suffered

and starved and died because they believed those empty promises. they swallow the communist poison pill. lou: tonight the republican r.deention will focus on law and da attdaneorneorer galor or ondi bondind ken kenytu k k aney neragera danie dieamlerieleronle nis spesers. s. wh il ilheadicalicicicems dsored mplylemplempmp vionce thahatas cocoedns draemt- dnnnities ro ssss thessssssssntryououou m msn blreicreic aresssutti i rwardrontnt andr with w titisoons.ti ,a andnd p mccskccey, ,wh,were chaed aedfter a a fendg f a a a left-wingt-ngngeaea ther property had this warning for the country last night -- >> these radicals are not content with marching in the streets. they want to walk the halls of congress, they want to take over. they want power. this is joe biden's party. these are the people who will be

in charge of your future and the future of your children. >> make no mistake, no matter where you live your family will not be safe in the radical democrats' america. lou: their warning comes as rioters torched and destroyed businesses in kenosha, key, for a second -- wisconsin, for a second straight night. anarchists smashing windows, lighting fires, looting and clashing with police in the riots. the violence ignited sunday after police shot jacob blake. newly-discovered and released cell phone video reveals far more about the moments before blake was shot by the police. this video, shot from a distance, appears to show an officer trying to restrain blake before he manages to got up and then walks to the driver's side of his car. when blake reach for something inside the vehicle, he was shot.

he was shot seven times, perhaps eight. a state of emergency has once again been declared in wisconsin, and the national guard has been deployed by the governor in anticipation of another night of violence. our first guest here this evening is a victim of thing mob violence -- the mob violence in kenosha. he's run a family business there for more than 40 years, and last night he watched his family's business go up in flames on social media. joining us tonight is scott carpenter. he's the manager of the b and l office furniture in kenosha, wisconsin. scott, i am awfully sorry for what you and your family have gone through, what you've lost, and i appreciate your taking the time to share your story with our audience. your thoughts as you watched your store burning. >> it, it was very sad. i was sitting at the table

watching it live through somebody's facebook feed, and the only thing i could think of is i'm not going to have anything, it's all going to be gone. my parents are going to be devastated because this was their baby. they started this from their home, you know, 40, 41, 42 years ago. and now nothing. lou: and your emotions, it's just so sad to think of the losses that you have sustained and those of your neighboring businesses and the community of kenosha. this is -- who was, who would do this? are these just simply demonstrators, a community frustrated many kenosha -- in kenosha who have just lost all control? who are the people doing this?

>> you know, i don't know exactly who did it or what group actually is doing, creating the destruction. we do know, we believe that there are a lot of people coming in from neighboring cities, states helping provoke this. i've heard that a people have come as far as portland, oregon, to be involved in this demonstration to help get things started. it's -- i don't believe it's the actual people who want to do the protesting that are, that's doing this destruction. i think these are the people that are just opportunists and want to destroy people's property and be destructive. they just want to destroy. it's just hatefulness. it's just hateful. lou: it's hatefulness and yet the black lives matter activists, antifa say they're standing up for a different principle. they're standing up for a different america.

and the police in your city, are they simply overwhelm with this? they can't stop this? >> they're standing down. they're letting it happen. last night as i was sitting at the table watching it unfold in front of me before the building caught on fire, an officer came on the scan or or and said -- scanner and said people are running around our barricades, what are we to do? they said we're doing nothing, we're going to just stand and watch. so thaw did absolutely nothing -- they did absolutely nothing and stood and watched. lou: your mayor is a democrat. your city could be democrat -- city council democrat as well? >> i believe so. the majority, yes. lou: and how does the community, i mean, this community, kenosha has a wonderful history. it is a heterogeneous community,

a diverse community. would you have ever expected a moment like this? >> never. you know, we've been here for over 31 years in this location at this building, and when people find out the neighborhood we're in, they're like, oh, that's a rough neighborhood. and we're like, not really. maybe behind the store can get a little rough, but in the 31 years we've been here, we've never had any major type of vandalism done. we don't even have security cameras on our building because nothing like this ever happened. there was never even the threat for something major to happen. i have to say there's been times where i've actually walked away from our delivery truck, left it unlocked,come back and not a problem. so, you know, it's just -- it's unexpected in this town. that's why we didn't, that's why we didn't take measures to buy 500 sheets of plywood to wrap

around the entire building to try to protect it, although i believe if they wanted to set fire to it, they would have just set fire to that wood. they were just out to destroy. they don't care. they didn't care one bit. lou: they don't -- and what has been the reaction of your neighbors and those in that part of town where you do business? have you had a lot of expressions of sympathy? what has been the reaction? >> yeah, we've had a lot of expressions of sympathy. i've had customers stop by and knowing that we would, guessing we'd probably be here, where wells would i be at this time of day, at my business, coming by and saying how sorry they are, if there's anything they can do to help or can they help clean up. we're like, you know, this has to be bulldozed and piled up and hauled out. the neighbors around us, i feel as bad for them and their businesses that have been devastated from these thugs. you know?

yeah, not good. lou: and, well, you've also been devastate by a mayor and a city council that told the police department -- >> yeah. lou: -- to stand down. how does that make you feel, and why in the world would you put up with it? why would anyone in kenosha, wisconsin, accept that as a bottom line to city government and what you can expect in an emergency? the. >> right. yeah. i agree. you know, is that the way it is, you know? some big, tough people come in and decide they want to tear the town down, we're just going to stand back and watch and say, oh, we're sorry, let's just clean up and move forward. i don't think so. i think some people need to step up, take charge and say, hey, let's make this right. there's a solution to the problem. but i don't see anybody working towards a solution. lou: yeah. well, that's very disappointing. we, again, are sorry for what

you're going through and what the city of can kenosha is going through. it is, unfortunately, it's a story that's being played out across many cities in this country night after night a after night over the past, well, ever since the killing of george floyd. black lives matter, but apparently it's a question of how much. scott carpenter, thank you so much. we appreciate it and we wish you and kenosha all the very best. up next, the radical dems pushing mail-in voting. why not? but that effort isn't sutting well with their -- sitting well with their key constituencies. we're pleased to announce right here on this program that along with "the trump century," it's available for preorder now, we've officially launched our merchandise store, head over to loudobbsshop.com. send a message to all the liberals every day, with a

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points on the day. the s&p also hitting a new record close, up 12 points. the dow down 60. volume on the big board, 3.6 billion shares. and crude oil above $43, $43.37 a barrel. listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. breaking news now, night one of the republican convention already making waves among some democratic voters. here's a lifelong democrat talking about why he's now supporting the republican party. >> i'm a lifelong democrat, i'm from lorraine, ohio, which is a democrat city in ohio, and i just want to say after watching the convention tonight on tv on c-span here, i am definitely changing my vote to republican. >> what was it that convinced you about tonight? >> it was the heartfelt way they came across to the american people, and i was really touched by the number of times they used

the word "god." they put god into everything, and the people on the democratic side in their convention acted like they were pushing god right out of it. lou: and the radical left keeps promoting mail-in voting. but it turns out black and latino voters are skeptical about that idea. a number of focus groups revealing that discovery. they found that, quote, voters prefer going to the polls because the experience has been ingrained, they feel secure their vote will be counted. this is especially true among african-americans. a recent poll also finding 65% of black and latino voters want to vote in person because they believe their vote is more likely to be counted. and history proves it so. more than 534,000 mail-in ballots, by the withdraw, were rejected -- by the way, were rejected in this year's if primaries. there have also been 20 arrests

and convictions for voter fraud so far this year. and the democratic response is, what voter fraud? joining us tonight, former reagan white house political director, fox business political analyst ed rollins are, pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the new york post, fox business contributor michael goodwin. let's start with you, ed. i thought it was the best convention since i've, the first one i saw was 1976. this, to me, was the best opening of any convention of either party i've seen. your thoughts. >> i sent a letter to the campaign manager last night at the end of it saying i've been to ten of these things inchewed aring a couple -- including a couple democrat, there's never been a better one. they had to throw this thing together quickly. what conventions are now, big television shows, it was a superb show. i intended on watching it periodically reading newspapers, what have you, i watched it from the beginning to the end. i think it was a fabulous show

and expect a better show tonight as we move forward. all done in a very short time too. lou: michael? the. >> yeah, i thought -- i agree. i thought it was really upbeat, and i think that was an important distinction between the democrats. i thought it had a lot of high energy, it moved quickly. there were a couple of speeches that maybe went on a minute or two too long but generally well-timed, well-delivered, well-prepared. i thought that having some people other than just the speaker on the stage at some times with the president and other times i thought it gave it more of a quality of a real convention rather than just a canned television show. so i thought, all in all, and i thought it was actually quite substantive in its presentation of policies, on the way it dealt with the covid issue trying to defend the president on that and especially as i write in my column regarding the surgery for black voters -- the search for

black voters. i thought the presentations haas night featured some very strong presentations by black speakers. >> yes. equally as important, lou -- lou: herschel walker -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> i was worried about the president being overexposed. i think the president was superb. i thought the idea of him sitting down with hostages and first responders was absolutely fabulous. lou: yeah. congressman jim jordan and the personal stories that he told and shared about the president, compelling. maximo alvarez telling his story the, the cuban-american. i mean, yeah, it was quite a splendid, splendid night of wonderful stories about america. i, you know, i have to tell you, it was either a lot of points where you could easily tear up a bit, choke up a bit because we had fresh faces with fresh

perspectives, and you mentioned black voters. the appeal, obviously, that was intended in the evening. i have to tell you, i thought it was compelling, and i -- there's no wonder that president trump, mike, is gaining such a large percentage of african-american voters in this election year. >> well, i thought, you know, you mentioned herschel walker which was incredibly powerful, his personal relationship with the president. he said 37 years. he said and i know racism. it is not donald trump. but the others speaking politically, vernon jones from the georgia legislature -- a democrat, lifelong democrat -- and, of course, tim scott's speech was terrific. so you had a combination of personal stories and policy-oriented speeches as well. and so i think it was well rounded in that sense is.

it wasn't just one theme. there were multiple themes throughout the evening. lou: absolutely. ed, you get the last word. >> i've been with herschel, had dinner with him several months ago. he loves, he loves donald trump. he told me many of those stories of the personal friendship they've had for a very, very hong time. so it was not scripted, it was basically him from his heart, one of the greatest players of all time. lou: absolutely. and it's going to be interesting to see how this evening goes. we're going to, we're going to find out here shortly. ed rollins, michael goodwin, always good to talk with you and have you here. up next, the radical dems in disarray. they can't find a way to unify around their party platform. we take that up with trump campaign press secretary hogan gidley after these quick messages. stay with us, we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ introducing stocks by the slice from fidelity. now you can trade stocks and etfs

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lou: the radical dems desperately trg to portray themselves as uniteed, but it turns out there's considerable discord. nearly a quarter of the delegates at last week's democratic national convention voted against the democratic party's platform. the party rereleasing the vote totals after pressure from bernie sanders' supporters. the trump campaign responded with this statement saying, quote: biden has already embraced socialism, and it's still not enough for the left-wing extremists in his party. this week americans will witness a unified republican party standing alongside president trump's america first agenda. and viewership for the first night of the rnc was down 29% compared to 2016. 16 million watched compared to 22.5 million four years ago. expect first night of the dnc down 27% compared to 2016. finish. well, joining us now, hogan

gidley, national press secretary for the trump 2020 campaign, former principal deputy white house press secretary. first, hogan, great to have you with us. this is, as i said -- as ed and michael agreed -- we watched the best opening night of any convention that any of us had ever seen by either party. your thoughts. >> yeah. i absolutely agree, lou. thanks so much for having me on. i mean, the democrats spent four days trying to tell the american people that this country is inherentlyville and that it's the -- evil and that it's the cause of the world's problems. that is a flat out lie. in one day we changed the narrative here on our side and explained the truth, that this is the greatest idea ever realized. this country, our america, is a beacon of hope,s it is a beacon of greatness, of strength and compassion across this planet. and i have to tell you, when i

saw some of the reviews come in and i watched what i saw those four days of those democrats with their doom and gloom and embrace of radical ideology like socialism, there is no way the american people are going to buy what they are selling. lou: yeah. and i new you're exactly right -- i think that you're exactly right, and i think the american people are watching a party marley last night -- particularly last night in its appeal to minority voter, particularly african-americans and hispanics in this country. i thought it was a compelling appeal. vernon jones, herschel walker, you had maximo alvarez, those are some of the most compelling stories by just wonderful people. >> yeah. lou: it was just a great thing to have instead of the, if you'll forgive me, the sort of predictable political figures who attend these conventions and dominate them. it was wonderful to see

americans dominating. >> absolutely. and -- because we do. we do dominate. this country great. i'm so sicced -- sick and tired of the democrats trying to say it's not. max alvarez, when he looked in the camera and you saw tears coming up in his eyes and he said, hey, i listened to the democratic convention, i've heard those policy before, i've heard that agenda before, i fled that communist agenda, i left cuba, i will not go back, we cannot go in the direction of the failed policies of socialist nations, of communist nations, that to me was one of the most impactful. this is someone who experienced how horrible a communist regime actually is, and he saw said i'm hearing -- he said i'm hearing the exact same language coming from the democrats. that is, quite frankly, scary. it is ominous because that's what the democrats are trying to sell as our future. we cannot go to socialism.

our convention kicked off, and we're talking about the greatness of this country. it is the land of promise, it is the land of opportunity, it most certainly is the land of heroes. and this president has taken us to record-setting highs in record-setting times. and if we get four more years, we're going to be back to a level that has never been seen before. he is so, so focused on making sure the lives of all americans regardless of race, religion, color or creed are improved. and you saw it in the first term. a second term will bring more -- lou: the president -- >> [inaudible] lou: the president said he was going to be president of all americans, and he's proved it once. he's going to have to prove it again, and he's also proved he's the man to do just that. hogan, tonight melania trump headlining the headliners in the convention. your thoughts about the importance of what she will be

saying, give us your thoughts. >> well, she is, she has been an uncredible first lady. i've gotten to know her in any my time in the white house. obviously, she knows the president really well being married to him and so it's always good for first ladies to talk about their spouses and talk about this president in a way that not just with humanizes him, but shows how he is as a husband, shows how he is as a father. it reminds everybody how strong he has been as a leader. it's going to be a great night tonight, and there are going to be a few surprises, so make sure you have your popcorn ready for later on. lou: always. always. hogan gidley, good to have you with us. thanks so much. coming up next, the latest on those u.s. trade talks with china. yes, there's been something of a shift here. we don't know precisely what it is, and we don't the know whether the chinese communist party will ever live up to its promises. dr. michael pillsbury joins us here in just a few moments to assess the relationship and the

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lou: breaking news, treasury secretary mnuchin and trade

representative lighthizer talked yesterday with chinese vice premier on the phase one trade deal. mnuchin and lighthizer said, quote: both sides see progress. i could go farther but that doesn't add up to much, so we'll take iting progress. joining us now is michael pillsbury who is the head of the china institute at the hudson institute. it's good to have you with us. and let's kind of figure out what's going on here. we've got -- we're running over $100 billion deficit with china in the first six months of the year. if that were to be doubled over, it'd be an improvement on the previous year, but not what we were looking for. what's going on? >> well, that's right, lou. and as you recall, there's a mandatory six month review after the deal was signed. the president has pointed out the virus and the death of the

americans and our economy has eclipsed the trade deal. so this seems to be a success. the chinese are still making purchases. they haven't walked out, they haven't violated rules. but the president has really changed -- lou: they just, they just killed 175,000 americans, as you alluded to. i mean, i'm talking about the fact they haven't cut their deals, today continue to disrupt -- they continue to disrupt the united states at every turn. this is an all-out, this is a war. this is no longer a cold war. we have been attacked by president xi jinping. that's straightforward. there's no pussy-footing around this, no sugar coating it. that's what it is. am i wrong? >> no. there's no sugar coating it. in fact, i would call it a kind of economic warfare that their economy seems to be improving much faster than ours. this is really deadly for us,

lou, because the various forecasts now show that china will be the only country to grow this year in 2020. they're recovering so fast. as you remember, they protected their own people while they exported the virus. so this is going to cause damage not just to the american economy, but globally. lou: yeah. but, you know, this is now -- we're well into this. we're in the august. and we are seven months from the, from the first discovery of what was going on. there has to be a response and a reaction. this is not something that can be finessed, it is not something that can be ignored although i'll be, i cannot imagine the national left-wing media doing a better job of what their masters tell them. they're ignoring those rah realities. wall street is ignoring it. we're looking at the prospect of

practice a record ipo on the new york exchange. >> yes. lou: this is -- we're watching madness here, and we have to have a response and a path forward. it hasn't been articulated yet. >> what the president has told me, lou, is that there's more to come on china. he wants a very calibrated response that holds them accountable. there's a lot of ideas coming out of the senate about what can be done, a range of things to punish the chinese -- lou: this'll be the first time the united states senate under donald trump in his presidency has come up with anything worthwhile in national security policy. can you name another bright idea that has come from them? this has been the mitch mcconnell senate, and it is a pathetic nest of rinos. >> no, the senators i'm talking about are not rinos, lou. they're the conservatives who have quite a bit of legislation. one is to allow americans to sue

the chinese for their dead relatives. there's at least 25 pieces of legislation to hold china accountable. mitch mcconnell's not backing -- lou: no one knows better than you -- mike, no one knows better than you how hollow those words sound when we're talking about so many dead, so many infected around the world. we're talking over 50 million people infected. and we're supposed to watch their fishing fleet take over the galapagos without response in it's been weeks now and there hasn't been a response. who in the world is the united states right now? because this isn't, this is not the proper response by the world's only superpower. it is, to me, deeply, or deeply disturbing. >> if you pardon my being a little partisan for a second, lou, i think the democrats used to be supporting president trump on china. the closer we get to the

election, the more silent the democrats have become. they've not -- you'd think they would raise the galapagos islands just for the violation of one of the world's best ecopreserves. but instead we have this remarkable silence from the democrats as though they're hoping that president trump will knot get credit for the -- not get credit for the successing he's a had -- success ises he's had already on china. lou: there's a reason i call joe biden china joe. dr. michael peoples burr are i, thank you so much. is john brennan a target of john durham's investigation or is he not? we take it up with "just the news" founder john solomon. stay with us, we're coming right back. much more ahead. ♪

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♪ ♪ lou: as as pillsbury and i were discussing, china is becoming more and more aggressive with its fishing fleet. a new report by the environmental think tank the overseas development institute says china's distance water fishing fleet is made up of 17,000 fishing vessels. to put that in perspective as you see there, we have 225. and, by the way, we haven't done a darn thing about what is

happening in the galapagos surrounded by some 360 of those vessels. former fbi director james comey endorses joe biden in "the washington post." wow. he writes in part, quote: the facts and the law, not loyal i think to trump or wealth or race, must be the only things that matters. uh-oh, he's in trouble. and no matter -- get the play -- no matter our politics, we should see it the same way. in march bind's campaign rejected comey's endorsement, asking if they could return it free of charge. well, house intelligence committee ranking member devin nuñes says obama rah cia director john brennan is not in the clear in john durham's obamagate investigation. brennan claims durham told him he wasn't a target. noonan says that is not true until durham publicly says so. joining us now, "just the news"

editor-in-chief john solomon, author of the important book "fallout: nuclear bribes, russian spies and washington lies that enriched the clinton and biden dynasties" and are still doing, i suspect. john, great to have you with us. let's start out with john brennan. is he or is he not in the clear? is he or is is he not a target and why is everybody playing games? >> what i know is that the moment he walked into the interview, that moment he set foot for the first 8 hours he was told you can ask your status at any moment. he was told he was neither a target nor a summit. that can change very -- subject. that can change very quickly if you say something in the interview that's not accurate, you can be looked add for possible perjury or false statements. but you're allowed to ask your status. he was given the status which is you're here as a witness today. however, it is very unusual for the cia director to spend 8 hours in the witness chair, also unusual for one of his

conclusions that the trump administration was the men fishery of russia's meddling to be investigated criminally by a prosecutor. it suggests that something doesn't sit well, they have some doubts. what i hear from sources, there are analysts who didn't agree with the conclusion. john brennan has always portrayed the conclusion as unanimous. there could be a criminal issue still ahead for everyone involved in that intelligence community assessment. lou: at the very least, we know that the radical dems stole the 2018 midterm election. through the lies of the house chairman of intelligence, adam schiff, through the lies of both the barr and -- excuse me, burr and warner, the ranking member of the senate intelligence committee who had attempted contact with russians. we also know there's a

relationship into the intelligence agencies themselves and that it appears to be a coordination and a cover-up. why in hell wouldn't there be a full-on investigation? and where, by the way, is lindsey graham? he promised a big origin of the investigation of the obamagate -- >> yeah. lou: -- scandal a year and a half ago, and he hasn't done a damn thing, has he? >> very little. i mean, there's been a few moments where he's brought out things that we all kind of knew about and created a great moment in the hearing, but we haven't had the thorough investigation that he promised, and that's disappointing to a lot of people that i talk to. there are still documents out there. for instance, communications between mccabe and comey would let us know what they were thinking, whether obama was putting pressure on them that have still not been made public. lipped saw graham could do a lot more to help us understand what happened in the '16 election before we finally vote in the election are.

thus far he hasn't done enough according to the people that i talk to. lou: i want to turn to your article on constantine kilanik who you report in "just the news" had extensive contact with the obama officials, and we learn that he was, in all probability, a russian agent. this is, this is stunning stuff. finish. >> it is. lou: give us your thoughts about its import and the relationship, if there is one, with the obama white house. >> after three and a half years of hearing donald trump had a russian spy problem, he didn't, of course, that wasn't true, it turns out the democrats do have a russian spy problem if you believe the senate intelligence committee report that came out because it identified a business partner of paul manafort in ukraine as a russian intention officer. an asset of a foreign power, hostile foreign power. he had countless contacts with

the obama state department particularly through the ukraine embassy over many years. hefeeding them information, they treated him as a sensitive source, but they were also feeding him very sensitive information back. if he's a russian spy, as the senate intelligence committee alleges, there is a big problem. there needs to be a damage assessment at the state department to see what we may have given him that might have hurt our security. lou: to this point, the state department has been impervious to inquiry and demands, in fact, for answers. >> yeah. lou: i don't know that we have time to discuss the possibility that we'll see a difference this time. we can hope. john solomon, as always, thank you for your great reporting. good to talk with you. before we go to break, few new book, "the trump century: how our president changed the course of hues true forever," available for preorder. loudobbsshop.com and amazon.com as well. we encourage both. stay with us, we'll be right

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lou: breaking news now. as we heard from the trump campaign through john roberts at white house as well, president trump will have a surprise expected to hold a naturalization ceremony tonight to highlight legal immigration at the republican national convention. that is something to look forward to night. we know you will.

i hope you will join us tomorrow. former civil rights activist bob woodson and general michael flynn's attorney, sidney powell among our guests. please join us for that. and good night from sussex. ♪ maria: good wednesday morning, everybody. thanks so much for joining us, i'm maria bartiromo. it is witness, august 26. your top stories, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. the rnc wraps up night two with speeches from the trump family and naturalization ceremony. coming up i'll be speaking with tom cotton, madison kawthorn. markets this morning are mixed. we are expecting a loss for the dow industrials at the start of trading this morning, the dow futures right now down 55 points, nasdaq is up 29, the s&p is lower by three quarters of 1

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