again, we had all those earnings, and we really appreciate you coming on from the white house. tyler goodspeed. deep breath. we got through the big five tech earnings. some are off to the races. some, like twitter, not so much. thanks for joining us. "lou dobbs tonight" starts right now. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. there are only five days remaining in this campaign until election day, and president trump today making a campaign stop in yet another major battleground state. the president rallying for nearly an hour and a half in the hot tampa sun. he goes from the freezing cold of michigan and wisconsin, then to the blazing sun of florida. not complaining today, certainly. actually, not complaining about the cold in the midwest either. the president rallying in front of tens of thousands of supporters across the country. thousands of those supporters and another packed crowd in

tampa. and joe biden also in floridaed today. it was something of a duel, a e competition. but biden was rallying in front of a few dozen automobiles in a place called coconut creek. and he was screaming in the parking lot while his supporters stayed an appropriate distance and honked their horns. appropriately, of course. and president trump's second scheduled rally of the day in fayetteville, north carolina, had to be postponed because of weather, because of high winds. president trump, though, only postponing that rally. he will add the rally to his already full schedule. he will be there on monday, and tomorrow he'll be in minnesota and wisconsin as well as a planned rally this saturday in pennsylvania. president trump's trip to tampa today following great news for the country and great news for the president's re-election bid.

news today that the economy roared back from the lockdowns caused by the china virus. third quarter gdp growth coming in at an asson the you shouldinging -- astonishing strong and historically high rate of 33.1%. that is the best quarter of growth in american history. and the president predicted a v-shaped recovery, and did he ever get one. initial weekly jobless claims also positive, coming in at the lowest level since mid march, down by 40,000 from the previous week. here's what president trump today had to say about the extraordinary good news those numbers represent. >> we are doing good. did you see the number today? 33.1 gdp, the biggest in the history of our country. [cheers and applause] i never even thought of this one. they won't even talk about it. this is the biggest event in business in 50 years. nobody's ever seen a number like

this. this is bigger than any nation. no nation has a number like that. we created the greatest economy in history, and now we are doing it again. lou: indeed, the v-shaped recovery and the markets responding positively to the day's developments. the dow gaining 139 points, the nasdaq up a whopping 181 points. the s&p up 39. joining us now to take up these numbers, to talk about what's happening with the economy, we're joined by the u.s. treasury's monica crowley. she's the treasury secretary's right hand and a great american. monica, these numbers are just exactly what the president wanted. they are also what he forecast in the second quarter in the midst of gloom and doom in this country as we watched this economy contract because of the china virus.

your thoughts about the gdp growth rate first. >> yes. well, this is quite a historic day for the american economy, lou, because we got this thursday quarter gdp number which smashed all expectations. it smashed the previous historical record back in 1950. the president early on predicted that there would be tremendous pent-up demand and that we would see a third quarter explosion of economic growth and some job creation, and were certainly got that. so this is a huge testament not only to the president's pro-growth economic agenda of tax cuts, regulatory relief, unleashing the energy sector and achieving fair and more reciprocal trade deals, but it's also huge testament to the implementation in record time of the cares about programs which were completely unprecedented, very innovative and kept millions and millions of americans connected to their jobs during this unprecedented crisis.

lou: and it's, again, it's this president's leadership contributing mightily to what we are seeing in these numbers, these historic numbers, because they represent a resurgence in the economy because he refused to go along with extended lockdowns. he wanted the economy open, he wanted the society, he wanted this nation to be open for business and people not to lose their jobs, marry those folk -- particularly those folks at the lower end of the income scale who are so desperate for that money. and that work, it was the right decision, demonstrably so looking at these numbers. >> yes, absolutely. remember, this was a novel coronavirus. nobody had ever seen it before. so the president made the excruciatingly difficult decision back in march to implement a wholesale national shutdown of the u.s. economy. but because the government mandated the shutdown, the government also understood that it needed to fill the void.

and that's where we got the cares act. what we have now seen pre-covid this president has presided over the longest economic expansion in american history, and now post-covid, after we're coming out of this crisis, he is now presiding over the fastest recovery in american history. and these gdp numbers certainly bear that out. lou: right. very quickly, h-1b visas, the president wants to reform the entire system for h-1b visas, bringing in cheaper labor competing with the american worker, particularly middle class workers. the chamber of commerce directly taking on the president again on this. do you suppose most people can understand that this president is going up against a business establishment that are the ones, the same people who ship millions of american jobs overseas and devastated working

americans, and this is a president who's the only one in 30 years to stand up against them? your concluding thoughts. ing thanks. >> i do think most americans understand that. this is the america first philosophy that the president has put into action from day one. he promised to deliver a strong and growing economy that would provide for greater prosperity for all americans. he has kept that promise through his pro-growth economic agenda, and if this president is reelected, you can expect a blockbuster 2021. lou: right. looking forward to it. monica, thanks so much. monica crowley, appreciate it. good to see you. the "lou dobbs tonight" quotation of the day from my book, "the trump century." in it i wrote, quote: the china virus crisis wiped out all of the progress we had made and cut far deeper than that in terms of both jobs and the stock market. president trump wants to get it all back. as destructoff as this setback has been for our country, we can recover fully from the economic

losses faster than ever before and grow from there. in this case, growing at a rate, an incredible rate of 33%. be sure to buy your down of "the trump century," by the way. it's hot, it's available. don't miss out. it's at loudobbsshop.com. loudobbsshop.com. well, let's turn now to the violence that is again in the streets of some of america's democrat-run cities. the republican u.s. attorney for the eastern district of pennsylvania is following president trump's calls for law and order. william mcswain announced federal charges today against four men who set a police car on fire during black lives matter riots this may. one of those charged is described as a prominent organizer of black lives matter in the city. the charges come as philadelphia experiences further violence in response to a police shooting. police found explosive devices in a van last night.

you see it there. and they're now investigating whose explosives they were. an overnight curfew did help curb violence and looting, still 53 officers have been injured over the past three nights, 172 people have been arrested in the philadelphia rioting. still ahead here, the biden family corruption scandal, it's been blown wide open. what will it mean for next tuesday's election? we'll take that up tonight with two great guests, president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani joins us later in the broadcast, and "just the news" editor-in-chief john solomon both with us here tonight. also, we'll tell you where president trump stood in the polls in 2016. you hear a lot of people talk about these poll. let's find out, let's compare 2016 and right now. will this year's election have the same result as 2016? that will be answered and more with us house minority leader kevin mccarthy. stay with us, we're coming right

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lou: well, ups says it's found the documents that went missing on the way to fox news host tucker carlson. the documents were overnighted

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is lawin lgg there t for eve e fbi aigent innt t t count cry t. we've heard nothing from the fbi. in fact, they intervened betwixt bobulinski e and the senate homeland security committee that he was supposed to be testifying before. give me your best answer, this something that we're going to see result in a speedy investigation? is there going to be some urgency on the part of this heretofore politically corrupt. fbi and justice department? if. >> so the latest i have, lou, and i've talked to people in law enforcement the last couple days, is that there is an ongoing investigation to do everything from determine the authenticity of documents to reviewing possible criminal activity that may or may not be in them. the referring sources are three. there's the hard drive from delaware, there are documents mr. bobulinski gave, and then there's a referral from the

delaware state justice department involved in child endangerment issues. all three issues are in the fbi's basket. there is activity, i'm aware of some activity of the fbi talking to witnesses, contacting people. whether it will be speedy, it's very hard to say. in the chris wray fbi, there's not many leaks. they don't like -- leak like the old comey fbu, but they shnt shown a lot of accountability. i can't tell you whether it's going to be speed duh. there is some activity ongoing, and it appears the fbi's taking these matters seriously. we're just a long way the off from understanding. the hard drive they had for a year. if they've been investigating for a year, that tells you how speedy they are. lou: this is, there's only one, only one statement here that makes any sense. the fbi is utterly politically corrupt. respective of the placement --

irrespective of the macement of william barr as attorney general. has the man just been gutted? is he swim dauted? intimidated? is he fearful or is he bought? [laughter] >> i might throw another option in there, which is i think he's hamstrung by the system. lou: all right. >> attorney general barr has shown an extraordinary determination to get to the bottom of issues that no one else other than devin nuñes was willing to get to the bottom of. he he launched a widespread investigation with a very respected prosecutor. i think in the summer and fall the justice department got played. they slowed down for a little bit about covid, and when they got ramped back up, they got played by the very wily fbi agents who carried out the plot, who started going to court, slowing things down, canceling interviews and playing the rope-a-dope as mohamedal lu might say -- mo landally might -- mohamed. ally might say.

i don't have a sense that the attorney general has given up. i think there's even more determination by he and durham, but i think they got played by the system and some very wily fbi and justice department ex-officials who know how to game the system. that's how they pulled off the russia collusion narrative in the first place. but i still sense there's a tremendous amount of determination to bring people to justice ask to give the american people an accounting. the tragedy is it won't happen before they vote in the 2020 election. lou: it is not only tragic, it is, it's unconscionable. he may have been played. john durham may have been played. but the effect is that the american people depend upon the integrity and the energy and the judgment of the people we put in high office like that. >> yeah. get the job done. lou: that is a, that is, you know, it's not something that is just brushed away. this man is responsible for

whatever happened, and let's pray that what does happen is that this president is reelected and justice is done, because this attorney general didn't have the fortitude to stand up against the deep state. it's inexcusable, in my opinion, and i know you and i may disagree about this. but this is a horrible thing that has transpired -- >> i agree with you on that. lou: -- and the country could do so much better from its top officials. >> yeah. listen, the american public have, once again, been hurt by the deep state. you call it the permanent bureaucracy, whatever you want to call it. they have of to go into 2020 not knowing exactly what happened in 2016. that's unfathomable. but at the end of the day, there's been a lot of good reporting, people have been able to get a part of this story out, tucker getting a big part of the hunter biden story out. the american people are pretty

informed. hopefully, or they'll get more informed over the next few weeks, and hopefully attorney general barr can finish the job he started. lou: and let's -- and there's only one way to that ending and that, of course, is for this president to be reelected. and if the american people are paying any attention to reality and his record, he will be a shoo-in. john solomon, thanks so much. appreciate it. up next, five days til the election. will the house flip back into republican hands? we'll talk about that with a man very interested in the outcome. he is republican house minority leader kevin mccarthy. he joins us right after these quick messages. stay with us. ♪ ♪la on a formula only found in preservision. if it were my vision, i'd ask my doctor about preservision. it's the most studied eye vitamin brand. if it were my vision, i'd look into preservision.

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we're looking at a race that is tightening, and then we're looking at some that are absurd in terms of the spread e that -- [laughter] they're reporting. tell us right now what you assess the president's chances of reelection to be. >> lou, look, i've been to 33 is cities just this month alone. i was with the president yesterday in arizona. 20,000 people rally after rally after rally. i look even in california where people come out with trump signs put on their boats and others. this is different than 2016. i see greater momentum now. and i really see it coming down to two states, pennsylvania and arizona. and if you look at the numbers for hillary in 2016 and where biden is today, he's a little lower than where hillary was. i think this president's got great momentum, and i think people, all those who wish the president would win, they're going to be -- wouldn't win, they're going to be wrong because there is more support for him, and i don't see joe

biden having any rallies past a few hundred people. lou: yeah, i can't even begin to compare their rallies, the intensity, the enthusiasm. and yet the democrats and the left-wing media are driving a voter suppression message the likes of which i've never seen before. i mean, they're talking about huge numbers, gaps in the polls in wisconsin, wherever it may be. and they're ignoring what is in front of their eyes. and i recall vividly the president talking in 2016 saying, you know, i knew i wasn't going to lose because i'm looking at the faces of all those people -- [laughter] who have turned out to hear me speak. and he was absolutely right. and i think he's right again, don't you? >> oh, i know he's right. i was with him yesterday. you should have seen the crowd. and the diversity of the crowd, the number of latinos out there, latinos who are chanting we love you and latinos for trump.

and i'm watching the crowd build. but as we're flying across the country going to another rally, this president lands at 11:30 at night, and he's still working making phone calls back along the west coast. nobody hats the work ethic -- has this work ethic of this president. and think about what he's able to accomplish. middle east peace, and now we're finding out joe biden is just on the take? joe biden hasn't even been out campaigning while this president will go three, four states a day. lou: i was saying to my wife today, and i will say it to the world, i can't even imagine, i can't in my greatest nightmare i cannot imagine the american people putting joe biden into the white house. it's just, it eludes my imagination because he is not as vigorous, he's not as smart, he's not as accomplished, he hasn't done a tenth of what this president has accomplished.

you know, the president says i've done more in 47 months than he's done in 47 years. well, the truth is that this president has done more than every president except, except abraham lincoln in his first term in office. it's extraordinary. his record speaks for itself, or should. what do you think? >> i think you're 1 is 00% right -- 100% right. and the interesting part here is joe biden, for those who know him, they know he cannot sustain that job as president. so if joe biden cannot sustain the it, one, for the activity we're finding out now with hunter biden and himself, so we don't know if legally he could say stay in office, we don't know from his capacity if he has to put a lid on it reason almost every other day from a physical point of view to do the job, but kamala harris taking the job of the presidency? i mean, look at what this president is able to accomplish. just the number today, 33.1 for gdp. that's not a good number, lou, that is the greatest number this country has ever seen in its

list. this is -- history. this is the leadership of this president and what the future holds. lou: i want to ask you -- >> yes. lou: i want to ask you just one thing. do you think lid should be the word of the day? i have never heard the word used so much by any campaign. and i've covered a couple over the years. i've never heard it as much as i've heard it with this president -- or this vice president running for the office of president. you would think he was utterly disinterested in the job. he doesn't work, he doesn't, he hasn't traveled farther than, as of the last count yesterday, he hadn't been in any state beyond 45 minutes; that is, pennsylvania. it's extraordinary. so, congressman, you're going to have a majority? >> we're going to have a majority. but the most important thing we're going to have, we're going to have four more years of president trump, and the number one thing we're going to know, tomorrow's going to be better than today. lou: congressman kevin mccarthy, you heard it here,

and you'll hear it a few other places. thanks so much, congressman. appreciate it. a look now at those battleground state polls that congressman mccarthy referred to. it's really quite an education for all of us who have researched it and followed it, and here we are with the fruits of all of that research. the left-wing national media are using some outlier polls trying to suppress the vote. trying to convince you, me, anyone they can that he has a very difficult race ahead of him. let's take a look at some of this. in wisconsin joe biden currently leads president trump by 6.4%. that's the real clear politics average. so how does that compare to 2016? clinton had a 6.5% -- [laughter] lead on the president at that very same time. at the very same point in 2016. president trump ultimately won wisconsin by .7 points.

in michigan a very similar story. biden now leads by 8.2. hill true led back -- hillary led by 3.6, the president eked out a win of .3. in ohio president trump is ahead by .6 points. he led going into the election four years ago by 2.2. he won by more than 8. so here we go. and in minnesota joe biden leads by 4.7 according to, again, to the real clear politics average. clinton back in 2016 even stronger, 5.7. clinton did hold on and win that by a point and a half. biden leading in pennsylvania by 3.5 points. clinton also led going into the election in 2016. president trump won by .7 points. in florida, excuse me, biden also leading up by half a point. the president was up .2 points in 2016, he won by a full point.

in north carolina biden holds a lead of less than a point. the president also led by fewer, less than a point in 2016. he won north carolina by more than 3.5 points. so you see the point. those polls didn't matter much then. we'll see how much they matter here. but the enthusiasm, the intensity of the president's supporters, they're showing -- their showing is unbelievable. look at these pictures that no other media show you. tens of thousands of people gather to see hum. to see him. hundreds of thousands over the last few weeks. there's some polls that seemingly see enthusiasm like that and hi the, my gosh, -- and think, my gosh, how can we crank up our polls to create a 17-point gap? [laughter] well, here we go. in pennsylvania the most recent cnn poll shows biden with a 10-point lead. now remember 2016, we're talking fractions here.

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lou: well, joe biden's brother, jim , keeping quiet with about his family's corrupt business dealings. here he is being confronted by a fox news reporter about claims made by former biden associate tony bobulinski. >> mr. biden? hi. do you care to answer some questions? >> no. >> just wondering why dud you involve joe biden in your china deal? why did you and hunter biden

want joe biden to meet with tony b.? >> what are you talking about? >> are you mr. jim biden? i wanted to ask you about the china deal. >> would you please stop bothering me? >> you don't want to comment, sir? >> i don't want to comment about anything to you. lou: our next guest is one of the first to expose the corruption of joe biden's son, hunter biden. joining us tonight is the president's personal attorney, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, also the host of the common sense podcast, chat with the mayor and the radio show on wabc radio. [laughter] rudy, good to have you with us. and let's start with the biden documents that tuck or carlson has been -- tucker carlson has been talking about, all that you have been talking about. this is, there is a paralysis in

the law enforcement workings of this country. the justice department isn't working, the fbi isn't working. what in the world does it take for the truth to be sought by the fbi? >> i wish i had an answer for you. i don't have an answer for you with other than this is the worst thing that i've ever seen happen in terms of free speech, the investigation of crimes in our democracy. i've never heard of anything like this. we have a total censorship. i have to work day and night to get this out. i go on local television and radio, think i did 12 today. i'm losing my voice. but i want the american people to hear that the biden family, while he was vice president, received somewhere between $30-40 million from foreign countries, some of it obviously

bribes. and the documentation is here, it's all over my den -- [laughter] all over my den, and every day we discover something new like this audio e reporting in which he a makes it career that he and his -- clear that he and his father are witnesses in the devon archer criminal cause. i thought his father didn't know about his dealing. he's talking -- lou: and that -- >> and he makes it clear to the stripper who actually tells him that she's recording him, he makes it clear that they are in business, he and his father are in business with a chinese communist spy and the richest man in china who's also a chinese communist intelligence agent. he says that. i didn't make it up. lou: right. but let's talk about that. southern district of new york, hunter biden complaining that devon archer has identified he and his father and that there is

a southern district of new york investigation or prosecution. what do you make of that? >> what i make of it is somebody in the u.s. attorney's office did something very improper but calling him and warning him. because he says that. he says the u.s. attorney called me and told me. what's the u.s. attorney doing calling him? that has to be a very political u.s. attorney. seems to me that's probably the u.s. attorney who worked in the senate. so you go figure out who that was. i mean, this is creepy, it's disgusting, and it is very dirty. the democrat party at the highest -- not the regular democrats. they're wonderful people. at the highest level, this party had to cancel. the corruption began with the clintons, and it's not going to end until the held is chopped off, until they're thrown out of office. pelosi, look at all their --

lou: you were one of the most -- [inaudible conversations] >> harry truman had a saying, and he was an honest democrat, you can always tell a crooked politician, it's one that starts poor and ends rich. well, joe started real poor, and he's very rich. lou: yeah. well, you were one of the most successful prosecutors in the history of the southern district, a storied district for u.s. attorneys. we've got an attorney general who had an opportunity to be, if you will, historic and storied. all of this is percolating up through the federal government's leading agency, the fbi, run by none other than william barr, the attorney general. he has gone radio silent. he's not only not doing anything, he is not saying anything. it's as if he has decided to test out his witness protection

program, rudy. [laughter] what's the deal? >> i shouldn't laugh. i'm sorry. [laughter] i don't mean to laugh because i'm so upset. it also makes me sick to few stomach to see what's happening both to the press and to law enforcement. lou: yeah. >> this is total corruption. i don't know what bill barr is doing. i can't speak for bill. to me, bill has always been an example of really a very, very highly ethical, really terrific lawyer and attorney general. but i have to say the fbi sitting on this for seven or eight months is a travesty of justice, including some of the issues here involving endangerment of children. it's disgraceful. lou: we have just a few days to go until the election. do you think there is a chance in hell that we're going to see any, any of the documents and the conclusions that emerge from all of this before election day?

>> i don't think you're going to see all of it emerge. i think you're going to see a few more getting out this painful way where you've got to do it all day long with local stations because nbc, cbs, abc, cnn, just name it, all the democrat surrogates, which is what they really are, will not print it. i can't see any justification for not printing this and not letting the american people know, at least know the words of hunter bide when he says for 30 years -- hunter bide when he says for 30 years i've had to give my father half of what i pull in. he's literally a bagman, lou. i've done many of these cases, and it's disgraceful what he did to his son. his son's a drug addict. for 30 years he has him doing this kind of work. he ruined the guy. he ruined him! he ruined his own son. lou: rudy.

>> >> [inaudible] lou: i can't help but think of president trump's words in 2015 and '16. he said it's rigged. he said it's crooked. he said the elections are rigged and the democrats are crooked. he's not new less accurate in 2020. rudy, we thank you for everything you're doing. >> [inaudible] lou: good to see you, come back soon. thank you very much. you too. up next, a new document true exemployers how the forgotten families have overcome the cycle of poverty in this country. the filmmaker is chris rufo. he joins us next. be sure to buy my new book, "the trump century." it's hot, or it's just wonderful, and it's available at lou loudobbsshop.com. loudobbsshop.com. patriots only. stay with us, we'll be right back. and, in more and more cities,

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economic story the, but over time i discovered there's a deeper human crisis. lou: that's a clip9 from the new documentary "america lost," exploring the forgotten men and women of youngstown, ohio, message fuss, tennessee, and stockton, california -- memphis. our next guest is the director, joining us is christopher rufo, fellow at the discovery institute. congratulations on the movie, an important subject. and at this, at this juncture your ideas changed a lot. you said it was about economics, but it turned out to be about people. people in this country right now are hurting in so many ways, but economically, certainly, among them as a result of the china virus. what did you learn? >> yeah. i learned that right now about 50 million americans are going through a crisis where all of

the institutions that once held them together -- the family, the faith community and other elements of social capital have collapsed. we spend so much time talking about partisan politics, but meanwhile there are millions and millions of families that have seen the kind of social fabric just shredded beneath them. lou: the social fabric, there's also a social contract we have in this country, medicaid, we have medicare, we have all sorts of programs, food stamps, s.n.a.p., you name it. we have an extraordinary safety net for people who are in pain. why isn't that working in these communities that have lost so much? >> yeah. the united states currently spends more than $1.1 trillion a year on anti-poverty programs, and yet the official poverty the rate hasn't changed since about 1968. and it's because the policies that have falled and failed -- failed and failed year after year, they keep getting renewed,

policymakers keep doubling down. we're going to need real systemic changes in how we think about poverty in order for that number to change. lou: this president applying, you know, economic enterprise zones, creating all sorts of programs that are outside the mainstream of thinking, social justice programs, for example, prison reform, trying to do what could be done in these first years of his presidency. what do we need to do is? i know you believe in conservative solutions, not programmatic solutions. what do you think or say are the two or three top priorities we should undertake? >> i think that the first thing is really renewing the sense of what it means to be human, what it means to be an american. we have to speak very clearly from a high moral foundation that family is important, faith is important, community is important. and it's really a spiritual

battle that we're in. we have to cast away the them talkings of drugs -- temptation of drugs and crime and violence and renew the american spirit and lift each other up from the bottom up because, unfortunately, the top-down approach has failed. lou: top-down and so have those government programs, obviously. christopher, it's good to see you. we want to be sure that everyone gets an opportunity to look at your documentary, "america lost," ask so we're going to urge -- and so we're going to urge everyone to go to america lost film.com, the premiere. america lost film.com, the premiere, and you can watch it without cost during this premiere. we urge you to do so and, christopher, congratulations on the documentary. few subjects rise to the importance of this one. thanks so much for being with us and look forward to talking with you again soon.

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campaign which seems to be perfectly describing the biden campaign, don't you think? well, president trump today in tampa, florida, and touting as you would imagine the record shattering performance of this economy. here he is. president trump: you will have a crippling depression the likes of which you never seen if sleepy joe becomes your president. [booing] and your 401(k)s, throw them out the window because you know what is going to happen you? know our stock market has a big headwind. the headwind is if he wins. we are doing great. did you see the number today? 31 gdp. biggest in history of our country by almost triple. almost triple. lou: the v-shaped recovery the president promised back in the second quarter. joining us tomorrow, donald

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