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president-elect trump suggested that the u.s. should take back control of the panama canal complaining about how tolls and china's influences but panama firmly rejected the idea. grady trimble is live at the white house investigating this , grady? reporter: hey, edward. so the panama canal used to belong to the united states and was controlled by the united states but gradually, until 1999, the u.s. handed over control completely to panama. well, now, the president-elect is saying if they don't lower the fees, u.s. shipping companies pay to use the canal, then we might have to force them to return it to us. this is the post on truth social that got this debate started. the president-elect writes, the fees being charged by panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinarily generosity that has been bestowed to panama by the u.s. this complete rip-off of our country will immediately stop." trump has expressed concerns over china's use of and control

over the canal. china's the canal's second-biggest user behind the united states and a chinese company controls two of the five ports next to the panama canal. >> it's falling into the wrong hands. it was not given for the benefit of others by a token of cooperation but it was given to panama and to the people of panama but it has provisions. you've got to treat us fairly and they haven't treated us fairly. reporter: well as you can imagine, panama's president doesn't like this one bit. he's firing back saying in a video statement that we've translated, i want to clearly state that every square meter of the panama canal and its adjoining zone is panama's and will remain so. there's a different translation of the same statement on your screen there. the president-elect shared that quote on truth social and he said, "we'll see about that" so

it sounds like he's serious about this. we'll see what happens, and the president-elect is also making a play for greenland, saying that he's interested in taking control of that territory though the foreign minister there responded trump as well, edward, saying that greenland is open for business but not for sale. edward? reporter: well, this could be part of that negotiating tactic that he uses we'll have to see what happens on january 20. grady appreciate it from the white house. thanks. so let's welcome to the show trump advisor steve moore and national taxpayers union executive vice president brendan arnold so steve, i'll start with you. the fees being charged to the u.s. companies and the u.s. military to use that is what set off the president-elect. is panama taking advantage of the u.s.? >> it sure seems like they do. i mean, i remember by the way, when the whole issue of who is going to have ownership of the panama canal was i think when jimmy carter was president back in over 40 years ago, but the provisions of this deal do

say as the president said that we need to be treated fairly, because it was american workers and american money and american know-how that built the canal in the first place, and so i think trump does have a strong leg and i'll say one other thing, edward. having worked around trump and with him in the past, this is a guy who doesn't back down and i think that the end result of this is going to be that panama will have to make a deal with the u.s. and our shippers will face lower fees for using the canal. reporter: we'll see so brandon ingrabrandon,i want you to listo president trump on panama and regaining control. listen to this. >> it's falling into the wrong hands. it was not given for the benefit of others by a token of cooperation but it was given to panama and to the people of panama but it has provisions.

you've got to treat us fairly and they haven't treated us fairly. if the principles both moral and legal of this magnamus gesture of giving on our follow we will demand the panama canal be returned to the united states of america. >> [applause] >> in full, quickly and without question. i'm not going to stand for it. reporter: is this a legitimate concern? what about the fees and two about the chinese influence? >> yeah, i think yes on both fronts. the fees charged to ships going through the canal can be as high as $300,000, sometimes much lower even a few bucks, but $300,000, guess whose paying that amount? of course the shippers who then pass it on to american businesses, and american consumers, so anything we can do to drive down those fees i think is a positive and as we still try to get out of this nightmare of inflation we've been experiencing for several years now. i would say panama also made a strategic mistake back in 2017 when it was one of

the first countries to join china's road initiative. obviously aligning itself with china is a bad idea any time but particularly under a trump presidency it creates some tension for the united states and panama and we are the most important country when it comes to commerce, when it comes to national security to panama. reporter: steve, i want to ask you how would you go about taking over control of the panama canal knowing that the president-elect, you know, this fight might involve tariffs or economic pressure to change the fees at least, right? >> i don't think it's going to come to that, edward. i think it will be a negotiation and trump's very good negotiator as we all know and so i think we are going to see and brandon is right that these fees that are being charged are really outrageous to american shippers, and brandon it's also right that this raises the price of the goods and services that we buy as americans, but no i don't think the u.s. will take back

control of the canal because i think the panama will blink. by the way he's making the same demands on canada. you mentioned greenland. what about canada? he's calling trudeau the governor of canada, so this guy plays hard ball. reporter: canada seems to be cooperating at least i talked to tom homan yesterday and they seem to be cooperating at least on the immigration front so i want to ask you this brandon. could this be another reason that the president-elect is floating that for floating that 15% corporate tax rate so if companies manufacture here in the u.s. it reduces the need to go through the canal, right? >> yeah, probably so. when you have a 15% corporate rate then we're below the average of industrialized nations so we have less of an incentive for our country, or our companies to relocate us, and we produce more and we would engage in more commerce domestically so all things be good and lessen the importance of international commerce but listen at the end of the day we're always participating in international commerce, free-trade is always important to this country so we

should preserve those relationships while making our country as attractive to investors domestically and internationally as we possibly can. reporter: we know from the first administration that president-elect does like those free-trade agreements one on one with countries so now we've got canada, mexico, panama the list keeps growing as he's getting into office, steve mo moore, brandon arnold, thank you, appreciate it guys. so now to this. the president-elect in the same speech about the canal also saying no, elon musk will not be president, but the world's richest man and the trump team shook up congress by killing a major funding bill signaling changes in washington politics thanks to the doge duo. fox news aishah hasnie is live digging deeper into the implications here. reporter: ed good evening to you. democrats are outraged calling musk a shadow president and warning of the chaos to come. >> i don't think we're witnessing the start of

an oligarchy. i think we are fully here. >> we're not just going to have president-elect trump as a billionaire rage tweeting at 4:00 a.m. we'll have elon musk also injecting instability into how we tackle very complicated and important issues for our country. >> many people throughout the capitol are saying he has perhaps emerged as the leader of the republican party moving forward. reporter: so ed, there are republicans calling musk a so to speak prime minister, others are lobbying to make him the speaker of the house. doge is getting some help from a familiar face, trump just appointed katie miller to joan elon and vivek and she was the press secretary for former vice president mike pence. i will say some democrats do want to work with doge. congressman moskowitz of florida hopes elon speaks to democrats next time he's in washington so more to come. definitely folks talking about it over the holiday break, in anticipation of what doge will

do. reporter: and this is something you'll be following for a while, asia, i appreciate it. good to see you again. so now let's welcome to the show congressman russel fry, so is it good for washington? >> i think it's great. anything you can do to kind of breakup the normal dance that washington d.c., the better that's what the american people expect. that's why they elected donald trump back to the white house is they are tired of business as usual in washington d.c. they are tired of the spending. tired of not securing the border. tired of inflation just crippling their pocket books and their wallets and so i think doge is a welcome breath of fresh air in the swamp. reporter: i want you to listen to this. this is former new jersey governor chris cristi. he says elon musk's influence on donald trump will fade. listen to this. >> when you initially begin in that role you have enormous influence and he loves having you around and he loves listening to you and you're

the best thing in the world. it will always decline and that's what happens and you'll see it. it will happen with elon musk too. reporter: so what do you think? is the president-elect too tight with the tesla founder and will his influence fade? >> i don't think so. i think that's kind of remarkable coming from chris cristi, but at the end of the day, the president trusts elon musk has done a great job in the private sector and i think president trump wants the private sector to kind of talk about how we can have savings in our federal government, how we can cut costs and how we can save the taxpayers money and so i don't think this is going away any time soon. reporter: so the first order of business in january is to get the trump administration cabinet nominees confirmed. here is senator rand paul on moving quickly on that. listen to this. >> i couldn't be happier with his nominees. i couldn't have picked better. some of them are people exactly who i would have picked. marty makary at fda, bobby

kennedy, kash patel, tulsi gabbard, just the list goes on and on, pete hegseth. good people. we're going to work hard to get in the first week you'll have a half a dozen of them approved in the first week. i will control one committee and that i pledge to get them through as quickly as possible. reporter: so, the faster that's done the faster the president's agenda can start moving through congress, right? and tax bills start in the house generally. does that speed of nominations equate to a speed to see the tax cuts extended? >> i think so. when you look at this , what we see and what we're trying to do both in the house, sounds like senator paul in the senate is every which way that you can enact the president's agenda we'll try to do that. there's conversations taking place on capitol hill. there's conversations taking place between the house, the senate, and of course president trump's team on making sure that we deliver on the agenda set forward by president trump and so people really are excited about it but i think speed is an allie of

ours. i think we owe it to the country to get some early wins and certainly as soon as the senate can confirm a lot of these appointments the better off we'll be. reporter: do you expect that one big bill will include the tax cuts extensions as well assading the no taxes on tips over time on social security? >> i think there's a lot of schools of thought on how this will come but the tax cuts and jobs act, the reauthorization of that, is incredibly important to the president. it's incredibly important to the taxpayers. if we don't act $1,400 per average on average for the american people, they are going to see their taxes increase and so if we cohen act this however we could enact it it's good for the country. this is a high priority for the president as is securing the border and other things, but it certainly is something that's on our minds as we move into the next congress that we have to do this. reporter: do you have a preference of one big bill or do it in piecemeal? >> look, i think the president is the coach and i think he calls the shots so when he's ready to call the shot, we're ready to roll.

reporter: so how do you offset then revenue? how do you get more revenue to offset those added costs for the tax cuts? >> well look there's a lot of things he's talked about with tariffs and other things that could be part of this but at the end of the day, the reauthorization of the key components of the tax cuts and jobs act is really important. obviously the president wants to shift the focus a little bit on tips and corporate tax rates, so those are all good and again, when you get into the details of this that's kind of how this thing emerges but certainly the president talked about tariffs and other things that would boost revenue into the country, into the treasury and so these things are all on the table as we negotiate but we're just eager for him to start on january 20 so we can deliver much needed tax relief for the american people. reporter: so congressman you're on the energy subcommittee. the president-elect trump will unleash american energy. do you believe that lowering gas prices will actually lower prices and then how fast do you think that could happen? >> well i think what it does is

it actually puts, i do, but i actually think it puts more money back into the wallets of the hard working americans who have been gut punched by inflation for four years. democrats talk about president musk and all this kind of stuff and try to be funny except it's not funny. it's not a joke. the real joke is how they have handled the country with this inflation and so for us, lower energy costs equate to a rising middle class that give them opportunities when they aren't having to foot the bill for higher energy costs in their home or their cars and so this is huge. i think this is actually a really big opportunity for the country when we're so energy dominant that we can have these opportunities for the middle class, in this country to provide, launch us into the future. it's a great way, it's a great way to pave into the 21st century. reporter: that was the key to the first trump administration was getting the oil prices down and then sort of everything follow the federal reserve is even complaining at the end of his administration they couldn't

get inflation up to 2%. trying to figure out so congressman russel fry, from the great state of south carolina i appreciate it thank you. >> thank you. >> when my first day back in the oval office i will sign a historic slate of executive orders to close our border to illegal aliens and stop the invasion of our country. >> [applause] >> and on that same day, we will begin the largest deportation operation in american history. >> [applause] >> larger even than that of president dwight d. eisenhower. >> the president-elect donald trump doubling down on his plans for a massive border reform on day one of taking office, but now the biden administration is reportedly considering extending protections for hundreds of thousands of migrants whose legal status is set to expire in the trump administration. lt. chris olivares will join us

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trump administration so mike emanuel digging deeper into this live in studio. mike what are you finding? reporter: edward the new york times is reporting the biden administration is planning to authorize extending the status for immigrants with temporary protected status. that allows people from dangerous countries to live and work in the u.s. legally. if president biden were to extend it, president-elect trump would have to wait for those protections to expire or cut them off early which could lead to lawsuits. if biden takes his action it's believed it would make it harder for president trump to deport this group of people. a biden allie says mr. biden is anxious about what's ahead. >> of course the president is gravely concerned about what president-elect trump might do but as president biden repeatedly said you can't only love your country when you win. he is committed to the process of democracy. >> yesterday president-elect trump suggested he wants to get started right away. >> your border is a disaster.

what's going on? and you just have a few days to wait. we're going to be fully operational, i would say by about 2:00 on the 20th. reporter: the incoming white house press secretary offered a preview of what he could do. >> well securing his southern border perhaps looking at title 42 many of these executive actions are still being considered by our policy teams and also our lawyers. reporter: title 42 is the trump policy that allowed for asylum seekers to be removed from the country. edward? reporter: it looks like they are getting geared up to go quickly on this. >> i think a lot of allies want them to put up obstacles to trump-proof before mr. trump takes office. >> appreciate it, thank you. let's bring in lt. chris olivares, from the texas public safety department. what do you make of mike emanuel's reporting on this? >> good afternoon, edward, merry christmas thanks for having me on. of course i think this really undermines what we've been talking about for the last four years when we talk about the abuse of the parole process,

abuse of the cbp app and the fact the current administration allowed millions of illegal immigrants who have not seen an asylum judge so we don't know what the status is and what their asylum claims are, so for the most part, many of these illegal immigrants are here for economic reasons which is not a criteria for asylum so many of these be considered or wobble inable for removal based on that alone, so that remains to be seen how many have temporary status, what exactly is the due process, have they seen an asylum judge and what is the reason why they are here and claim as far as asylum. that should be taken into account and i believe that on day one, with the new administration, that's what they are talking about is these mass deportations that have been adjudicated have had due process there's 1.5 million currently on the list right now that have orders of removal, so that's what we need to focus on. of course by having this in place, trying to slow down

the new administration's policies to move them forward so again, undermines completedly what we're trying to do as far as move forward and i say we as a country when we're trying to slow down the flow of illegal immigration. >> lieutenant you talked about the parole process. the numbers we're seeing are a little skewed because they have been reassigned to those different apps. we're still seeing same amount of people coming to the southern border there in texas, right? >> well we have, and the texas alone we've had 80% decrease in legal border crossing which is good for us in texas but nonetheless across the southwest border on average we're still dealing with anywhere between 1,500 to 2,000 illegal border crossings a day between the ports of entry. that's not including cbp one app and direct flights that are from venezuela, cuba, haiti into the united states and also the parole process. those numbers as you mentioned are skewed and not taken into account the overall number of illegal border crossings, one thing the administration has been very good at or secretive is trying to allow people into

the country illegally by avoiding the negative optics from the media where you don't see thousands coming across the border especially during a political year so that's what we're seeing and dealing with but nonetheless we still have close to 2,000 illegal border crossings a day. >> well chris, there's an op-ed from the editorial board over the weekend in the "wall street journal" saying the u.s. added a record 1.2 million militaries between 2023 and 2024 so given that reporting, you know, the biden administration is considering now expanding protections for migrants. how does the incoming border czar deal with all of this? >> well it's going to be very challenging for tom homan but of course, i've known tom over the years and if anybody can do the job and crackdown on illegal immigration it's tom. but again it's going to be very challenging. in the current administration right now trying to make it difficult for this new administration and trying to halt some of the deportations, so but you know, they mentioned from day one tom homan mentioned their priority is the national and public safety threats.

criminals have committed crimes that have convicted of crimes and gotaways you have over 2 million known gotaways that have been reported not taken into account unknown gotaways, suspected terrorists, criminal gangs such as trend de aragus, and tom homan mentioned as far as new administration and focused on texas as well the public safety threats. >> you probably heard about the horrible event that happened in the subways over the weekend. you know, new york authorities arrested the person but first, he came into the u.se of 2018, days later the trump administration deported him and customs and border patrol believes he's a got away under the biden administration's open border policies. in an interview i did yesterday with tom homan i asked him this. listen to this. >> how concerned are you someone's already come across the border who wants to do us harm? >> i'm very concerned. we've got over 2 million gotaways. these people more to get away and don't want to be fingerprinted or vetted.

it should scare the hell out of everybody. it does me. i don't know how many come across the border but does say it's a bad day for america that's why i'm glad president trump will be in office. >> how do you find those people? >> that's law enforcement. >> so the question i have for you is can the trump administration find those gotaways in time? >> you know that's going to be the issue right there is you talk about gotaways these are people that snuck into the country and being able to avoid capture and law enforcement. this tragedy that took place in new york in the subway is a prime example of a got away that has been able to sneak into the country and the only reason why we're able to find them or arrest the criminal is the fact he committed a horrific crime. we can't wait to continue for these crimes to happen and tom homan is mentioning they have a strategy in place, they don't want to disclose that because obviously no type of information to the criminals how 'r i know they have the resources

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the sentences of 37 men on federal death row, a list that includes at least five child killers, and several mass murders. but first, fox news contributor leo terrell joins us, progressive focus groups now slam the democratic party as weak comparing the left to an ostrich, and then wait until you hear what the outgoing senator joe manchin had to say about democrats, next on the "evening edit."

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>> so welcome back to the democratic party in disarray and according to research by the progressive group navigator research in a trio of focus groups voters slammed the party as weak and overly focused on diversity as well as elites. then when asked to compare the democratic party to an animal one participant compared the party to an ostrich because, "they've got their heads in the sand and are absolutely committed to their own ideals even when they're

failing." so joining me now for reaction to this is fox news contributor leo terrell. so leo, you know, even when we saw in the bluest of blue counties in california, some of the california counties went for donald trump in that state overall california's electoral votes went to the vice president but what happened that a republican got this many votes in california? >> i live in california, edward, and i'll tell you why. because the democrats refuse, refuse to listen to the american people. in california, prop 36. a bill that would put people in jail if they commit repeated offense. 70% of the california ordered that bill however gavin newsom and the democrats opposed it. the democrats would not listen. they were in denial. they are still in denial about the november 5 election. americans want a secure border. americans want law and order. americans want the elimination of dei and americans do not believe that transgender boys

should be in women's restrooms and bathrooms and playing sports. they refuse to listen. >> yeah, and you know, president biden seems to be considering putting a more roadblocks when it comes to the border so in an interview with cnn, joe manchin slams the current democratic party calling it toxic. watch this. >> i am not a democrat in the form of what the democratic party has turned itself into, the national brand, absolutely not. the brand got so bad. the debrand has been so maligned from the standpoint of it's just toxic. >> what do you think about that? >> well i'll tell you, edward. it's great he's talking about it today. couldn't talk about it prior to november 5 because it would have been canceled. you look at joe manchin. look at john fetterman. look at the citizens in chicago. you look at a mayor adams in new york. guess what's happening?

democrats are frustrated with the party because they refuse to deal with issues that americans are concerned with. there's a reason why blacks, hispanics, jews, union members, young people, suburban women voted for trump, because he talks about basic policies that the american people want. they want more money in their pockets. they want law and order and they want good schools. >> and he certainly broadened the base of the republican party especially the young vote. thank you, leo terrell, in california. i appreciate it. thanks for your insight. so now to this. president biden sending shockwaves just two days before christmas announcing he will commute the sentences for nearly all in mates that are on federal death row. fox news alexandria hoff at the white house investigating whose on the list. reporter: it's not a pretty list edward. today though the congressional progressive caucus cheered on the president. they are among those supporting this calling death penalty inhumane but critics find that

word ironic considering the heinous acts that put these men on death row to begin with. let's go through a couple, laura hobbs, and crystal tobias, eight and nine years old sexually assaulted and murdered by george torres, who went on to kill amanda snell. another example, lexis roberts was 12 years old when thomas sanders took her life after making her watch him murder her mother. >> it's two days before christmas. i can only imagine the grief and the shock that these families are experiencing as they get ready for the holidays. reporter: in a statement president biden says he condemns the crimes of the 37 murders whose sentences he's downgraded and he grieves for their victims but added "in good conscience i can not stand back and let a new administration resume executions that i halted." a statement by president-elect trump's team called the 37 among the worst killers in the world

and the president's decision abhorrent saying under trump the rule of law will return when he's back in the white house. now there are some democrats pushing up against or pushing back against president biden's parting gift here. listen to this. >> i am real concerns overall with the death penalty but i also have concerns with the executive branch overturning cases that have been decided by courts across the country. reporter: three federal prisoners will remain on death row. boston marathon bomber, charleston church shooter dillon roof and pittsburgh shooter robert bowers, nine days after the president's mass day of clemency. that included over 1,500 individuals, edward. >> alex and your heart goes out to those victim's families of those who commuted the sentence who feel like they didn't get the justice they thought they had so thank you, alex appreciate it. so the amazon strike in its

fifth day as efforts to force the retail giant to the bagger on the bagger oningtable grow. the great ford o'connell will join us next to react. first let's check in with our friends tammy bruce and brian brenberg to see what we have coming up on the next hour on the bottom line. brian: edward, yeah, we've got a big show for you, so democrats want you to believe republicans are in disarray. congressman derek van ordin will weigh in and the migrant suspected of lighting a subway rider on fire. we're going to get into the very latest with former acting secretary of homeland security chad wolf. >> and, important news regarding the transgender issue, schools, women's sports, safe spaces for women, ken paxton joins us on that and of course the issue of faith and whether americans are turning to it or turning away from it during this christmas season. jedediah brewer joins us talking

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>> hey there, edward. the picket lines actually wrapped up here for the day. a lot of the workers have gone home to hang out with their families but earlier on streaking workers were blocking entrances and exits to this amazon facility, essentially blocking vans as they were trying to go to the routes. now, amazon says this strike has not had any significant impact on holiday deliveries, but anecdotally some of these drivers have been saying yes it has been slowing things down, so i asked one of the striking workers whether or not he was worried about blowback from customers. take a listen. >> i myself have been able to speak and have a good rapport with my customers and let them know hey, we're fighting for our livelihood and a lot of them understand. some of them are upset. like well you'll ruin christmas but yeah, honestly, you can support a local small business. amazon is a big trillion dollar company. >> there are now nine facilities with the striking delivery drivers with two

additional locations joining in over the weekend. there are four facilities in southern california, one in san francisco, two in new york, one in alpha receipt a, georgia and one in skokie, illinois. the striking contractors say they are demanding more pay and better working conditions. the steam tiers claim to represent around 10,000 amazon workers, meanwhile amazon is refusing to recognize the labor action as a strike since the workers that walked out aren't technically amazon employees, and aren't contractors, reps for the companies say they have no reason to bargain. the teamsters have been intimidating workers into joining them and that the company accuses the union of bringing in outsiders to protest. the teamsters, however, say this is the largest labor action against amazon in history and they say that this strike will continue until amazon sits down with them at the bargaining table. edward? >> thank you, in sunny california, appreciate it.

so more for this story let's go to gop strategist ford o'connell. now, so not only amazon but starbucks workers are also striking in at least 12 cities. were these strikes timed for the holidays and do you see them making major disruptions? >> they are absolutely timed for the holidays. what they are basically trying to do is get public support on their side. let's start with amazon. it has 950,000 workers nationwide. the union only has 10,000 workers so it's not going to make a major dent. the international brotherhood of teamsters are basically trying to make a long-term play so they can get that initial collective bargaining agreement with amazon and once they are in the door they can push amazon around. with starbucks on the other hand you've got 200,000 workers. it's workers united only 1 1,000 and if the workers united get what they want which is about a 64-73% pay increase your latte is going from $7 to about $13, so they aren't going to beat starbucks either. >> so, the trump economic advisor steve moore had a lot to say about the strikes yesterday

on fox. watch this. >> it's obvious that these workers are striking now to cause maximum disruption. i mean, santa claus is coming in a few days and those packages have to arrive on time. today in america, only 6% of private sector workers are unionized so unions are pretty much yesterday. they are past especially in the private sector. the workers certainly have a grievance and that grievance is that for the last four years, under joe biden, inflation has been so high, peter, that wages and salaries for workers liked r d that's one of the reasons people voted out joe biden and kamala harris, because the inflation has been so high. >> so amazon founder jeff bezos a big democratic player. shouldn't he be supporting the unions? >> of course jeff bezos only

does what's in jeff bezos' interest and obviously, because of biden inflation he wants to actually see donald trump succeed and i do agree with the magnificent steve moore on two things. at christmastime never have an airline strike and certainly don't delay santa claus bringing presents but this is a case with the two unions, one of starbucks and one at amazon are basically using the backdrop of a holiday season to make a point when they don't have as much leverage as they think they do. >> for one more with your political hat on, put 28 days left in office president biden commuted the sentence of federal death row inmates and talking about extending status for migrants who illegally cross the southern border. when that's an issue he lost on, this is all not helping the democratic party recover, is it? you have about 30 seconds. >> no it's not helping the democratic party recover. this is about handcuffing president trump and as an attorney, the death penalty is a vital tool because people need to understands

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>> welcome back and congressman they had chairman has likely in the ccb asking about his fear china's dominance and the tech and recently, the chinese display manufacturer, was ruled to have been friends upon samsung's patents however, not bad in the u.s., is manufacturer because the idc said that no u.s. manufacturer was harmed, but samsung display technologies used in phones military devices and other weaponry's and running

samsung out of the display business, could have a major impact the show your robert atkinson the founder and president of the information technology and innovation foundation and so, first can you describe the importance of technology and what displays would be affected. >> i'm looking at a display right now and have a display in my car may have displays and tanks, airplanes, we have displays in phones. displays are looking at my displays are everywhere ubiquitous in chinese have already taken over the lcd rocket globally another going after the higher end market, or samsung and lg, are doing okay. do we really want that to happen do we want them to eliminate and kill those companies the u.s. would be in tough shape that happen. >> so the chinese subsidize the weight is going from 1 percent of global displays up to 51 percent of global displacement that is happening in at ten your time, could

happen if the u.s. has to report and rely upon china for the displays. >> will tell you what happens if we ever get into a kinetic conflict good luck getting any more displays imported to the u.s., that is number one and number two is they just have so much leverage over us they can raise prices dramatically. they can get in a spout with us and safe by the way, if you do not do what you want, were not boy to sell you displays no more iphones. this is a big big deal we cannot be depended upon china for such an important court technology. u.s. international trade commissioners already ruled they have stolen intellectual property from samsung. this is not intimate,'s already been agreed upon and everybody knows it. >> and so put it directly, the doe samsung on the display business, what would it mean if it we ever come to a conflict in with china. >> what we have to look out the window on airplanes because we would not have displays.

we would not have the ability to buy new displays that would be a lot harder to bidens displays and this is an important technology crosscutting technology goes into so much our daily lives and commercial and military life. >> so robert, only to sentencings because were running out of the show here, but you think the trump administration needs to do. >> they need to do two things on what you need to tell the idc to rule in favor samsung and have a tenure exclusion order on the week and the need to change a lot in congress and this ridiculous role, that if they're going to harm directly in the message you cannot win the case that will need to change pretty is long overdue. >> thank you for bringing light to do this important story and appreciate it braided so m edward lawrence and for elizabeth mcdonald think you for watching the evening edit on foxbusiness announced time for the bottom line tammy bryant. >> thank you great job thank you.