larry: as i said earlier, good economics always leads to good politics. reagan taught me that a long time ago ago. the house did everybody a favor tying all of mr. trump's policies together including the tax cuts and it will pay dividends you wait and see. in fact while you're waiting and seeing, watch elizabeth macdonald. liz: thank you, larry picking up on exactly what you've been covering thank you so much and we've got more. i'm elizabeth macdonald welcome to the "evening edit." >> we've requested a lot of

people, we want to make sure the people are working so letters were sent out and i think everyone at this table is very much behind it. who do they work for , where are they, where have they been working? >> we simply cannot sustain as a country a $2 trillion deficits. just the interest on the national debt now exceeds the defense department spending. if this continues the country will become de facto bankrupt. it's not an optional thing. it is an essential thing. that's the reason i'm here. liz: president trump and elon musk warn they simply must cut government waste and corrupt overspending to save america. but look at this. every democrat wants more of that, and they just said yes to the largest tax hike in u.s. history on you to pay for it. tonight congressman mike law letter joins us to react on trump winning with voters and democrats continuing to fail. we'll also get the update on the fight in the senate to pass trump's agenda.

also this story for you. >> the united states continues to be home to the most cutting-edge research in the world, and where everyone can leave healthier lives. thank you. >> [applause] >> elon musk, whose not a cabinet secretary, the last time we checked, also expected to be there. >> where elon musk sits is he at the table? >> is elon musk crashing the cabinet meeting? liz: the media ripped into elon musk today for attending president trump's first cabinet meeting, it was wide open to the press. but they said nothing when jill biden did that. jill biden even ran those cabinet meetings for biden and when biden literally cut off the press. we'll dig into the media double standard plus this story for you. >> i've got the e-mail, and i honestly feel like this is a great opportunity to outline what you as an employee bring to

the federal government. they could give you an opportunity to get a promotion or something like god forbid they ask you what you've done. this is a democratic thing. it's like i don't want to get the parties into it but they don't want to go to work. liz: they don't want to go to work. a federal worker exposes government workers. she said she loves elon musk's e-mail asking to detail what federal workers do at work. it gives her a chance at a promotion and she reveals yes many government workers don't want to work. ford o'connell here to react in moments plus biden's disaster pullout from afghanistan. pete hegseth said he's going to get accountability and fire the biden officials responsible for that plus we've got breaking news coming in. ukraine just signed president trump's minerals deal with the country. congressman and former navy admiral ronny jackson is here to take it on, but first this.

>> this is the first important step in opening up the reconciliation process. we have a lot of hard work ahead of us but we're going to deliver the america-first agenda and deliver all of it not just parts of it and this is the first step in that process. liz: speaker johnson on the historic move to advance a budget blueprint for the trump agenda. now, senate majority leader john thune takes it up and includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. the issue is, making those cuts permanent. it's also about the complaints about overspending. also about cuts to medicaid. now the gao just reported $2.8 trillion in government overpayments including out of medicaid and medicare. joining us congressman mike lawler from house financial services. always a pleasure. thanks for joining us. do you think the senate republicans will enact the trump agenda and the trump tax cuts? >> yes. we have no choice. we have to work as a team to

get this legislation across the finish line. it's going to be a long negotiation as we work through the different issues, but we have to stick together to pass the final bill. our margins in both the house and the senate are not large enough for people ultimately to peel off, which is why the negotiation will matter, and making sure that we fulfill the commitments made by the president from securing the border to strengthening our military, increasing domestic production of energy, providing tax relief to millions of hard working middle class families, including lifting the cap on salt, which is a top priority for me, and something president trump has made clear he supports, and reigning in the size and scope of the federal government. we have a $7 trillion budget. we are approaching $37 trillion in debt. democrats say that they understand this is a problem and yet the moment you start talking

about reigning in the size and scope of government, they break out in mass l list erics d lie to the american people. liz: how are they lying? what are the lies? >> there's not a single provision within that budget resolution that outlines one cut to medicaid, period. they can sit there and go through the numbers and they can claim it does this or that it's going to kick people off their health insurance, but it is a lie. we are going to begin the process of negotiating an actual bill. the budget resolution that passed yesterday was the first step in this process, so as of today, there is not a bill to even outline what is going to be cut, what is going to be done with respect to taxes, et cetera. so that is going to be negotiated. i've been very clear, i am not looking to cut benefits to

anyone who is entitled to them, relies on them. we have millions of americans who have paid into these critical systems, but there's no question in a $7 trillion budget across every agency and department we have waste, fraud and abuse and we should root that out. liz: this was an extraordinary cabinet meeting today with president trump. elon musk was there. the media attacking elon musk sitting in on this cabinet meeting. it was open to the press. let's please get your reaction to elon musk addressing how more than one million federal workers said yes, we have responded doge's e-mail asking what work did you do last week. doge is saying they cut 65 billion in overspending. please watch this. >> i think that the e-mail perhaps was best interpreted as a performance review but actually it was a pulse check review. do you have a pulse? >> [laughter] >> do you have a pulse and two neurons? >> [laughter] >> so if you have a pulse and two neurons you can reply to

an e-mail. this is, you know, i think not a high bar is what i'm saying. this should be anyone could accomplish this , but what we are trying to get to the bottom of is we think there are a number of people on the government payroll who are dead, which is probably why they can't respond. liz: a number of people on the government payroll who are dead? congressman, what do we know about that? >> that's the first i'm hearing of that. obviously, over the last few years, many government employees have not come into a physical work space and so i think that a big part of what is trying to be accomplished by the administration is to get people back into work physically and make sure that we're doing the work of the american people. liz: congressman mike lawler, thank you so much for taking the time. good to see you. >> thank you. liz: please watch this now. >> i got the e-mail and i

honestly feel like this is a great opportunity to outline what you as an employee bring to the company, you know, bring to the federal government. they could give you an opportunity to get a promotion or something like god forbid they ask you what you done. anybody, and this is a democratic thing. it's like i don't want to get the parties into it, but they don't want to go to work. they want to work-from-home. people are not working from home. this is what you signed up for. if you don't like it, resign. i mean, it's not that hard. you are complaining about actually working. i don't get it. this is our taxpayer's money and you have to work. you don't like it get another job but the people that's complaining about writing the e-mail, it's going to take what, five minutes out of your day, 10 minutes? i read on twitter a guy was complaining it's going to be an hour. it takes you an hour to write five things you completed? okay. maybe you do need another job. liz: that was a caller into charlemagne the god's radio show

truth bombing federal workers telling the truth going after them saying why are you complaining about musk's doge's e-mail? why not tell their bosses the american taxpayer what you do at work so you can get a promotion? she said if you don't like it resign. let's welcome gop strategist ford o'connell. what was your reaction, good to see you, ford. your reaction to what you just heard? >> president trump needs to give this woman a promotion. she's absolutely right. a lot of federal workers need to grow up and get into the office and a competent person can do this in two to five minutes in the private sector this happens all the time at the end of the month or the end of the quarter. i think what scared me what she said though is apparently some of her colleagues are using devices to make it look like they are work in the office when in fact they are really working from home if working at all. liz: i mean, this is ex policing what went on with the obama white house pushing telework and the biden administration just blew it out to epic proportions, and now trump is exposing it,

and the democrats have zero traction. they have nothing to say to this when the rest of america is going to work. we looked at all these companies, goldman sachs, jpmorgan, saying you've got to get into the office. now, we've got the trump white house. they are telling all heads of federal agencies prepare for "large-scale reductions", reorganizations, of the government workforce by mid-march and it exempts border security and national security and post offices and such but given what i just said, watch president trump and his first cabinet meeting explain what's at stake and then we'll get your reaction. watch. >> taking a lot of flack and getting a lot of death threats by the way. like stack them up, you know? but if we don't do this , america will go bankrupt. we can, actually, find a trillion dollars in savings. that's a roughly 15% of the $7 trillion budget, and obviously, that can only be done with the support of everyone in this room. we do need to move quickly if

we're to achieve a trillion dollar deficit reduction in financial year 2026 that requires saving $4 billion per-day every day, from now through the end of september. but we can do it and we will do it. thank you. liz: that was elon musk. here is the issue, ford. what americans are seeing and what the government is doing and democrats are okay with, they are still spending at pandemic levels. that was pandemic level spending that you did not even see in war time, so this is a battle for president trump and doge. what do you think? >> i think that elon musk is absolutely right. doge is not a luxury item. it's a necessity and we actually will have to trim $4 billion if we get down to 1 trillion. remember we're at 36 trillion and bush, reagan, they all tried to cut it down and only elon musk and donald trump have been able to expose this. liz: exposing it and it's rocking d.c., but american

voters love it. they support it, they say yes. stop abusing taxpayers. stop keeping our taxes high, because of this what they are doing. ford o'connell thank you so much for joining us great to see you. >> thanks, e-mac. liz: okay, coming up -- >> pushing back against the criticism i've seen in the administration on this because every single time, the president engages in diplomacy, you guys preemptively accuse him of conceding to russia. he hasn't conceded anything to anyone. he's doing the job of a diplomat and he is of course the diplomat and chief as the president of the united states. liz: the hot action this hour from vice president jd vance telling the media to basically knock it off. you're constantly criticizing president trump and his attempts for a peace deal between russia and ukraine. former policy pros worn the old biden way was just death, destruction, and overspending. ukraine, the news is coming in they just now signed the minerals deal that president trump asked for.

zelenskyy apparently is doing the formal signing on friday. congressman ronny jackson is here to take that on and also ukraine' zelenskyy when he is going to fly into d.c. on friday, the question is, how was he going to respond to the media questions on this? because the media is still trying to make this trump russia. trump is about peace plus we dig into this story. >> i would in fact make sure that there is, we immediately surge to the border all those people seeking asylum. they deserve to be heard. that's who we are. we're a nation that says if you want to flee, then you're fleeing oppression you should come. liz: america has come a long way from the chaos of the biden years. yes, everybody supports legal immigration. what biden did was catastrophic and called for illegal aliens to surge the border immediately and collapsed the border and also led tens of thousands of criminals across. now a new report illegal aliens are actually increasingly turning back under president trump. there's now a feeling of safety

now in american neighborhoods. coming up you'll not believe the details we've got. radio host jason rantz will break it down. plus, this story for you. >> what we're seeing play out here is donald trump's promise to be a dictator on day one. >> trump has seemingly never met a dictator he doesn't like. >> it's real dictator-type stuff. liz: an analysis there, the media, democrats convincing voters trump is a dictator but the numbers tell a different story. can you guess how many questions president trump already has taken from our free press versus joe biden? plus, can you guess how many times biden kicked out reporters? we'll reveal it later in the show but first this. the democrats civil war, the in-fighting is escalating. more and more democrats ripping into the historic collapse and erosion of the democrat party. former trump deputy press secretary hogan gidley is here to take it on in just moments. please stick with us we've got a lot of show for you and news for you tonight. we'll be back in two.

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fireworks on capitol hill at congress' second hearing on doge and elon musk cutting government waste and corruption, and overspending there. lawmakers today focusing on foreign aid. fox news mark meredith is live in d.c. with the latest details. mark good to see you. reporter: liz, always a pleasure. when the government got into the idea of trying to cut back some programs with the administration, one of their first targets was usaid, which is foreign aid, but the question today lawmakers were asking was usaid simply helping or hurting the american people. this was a subcommittee of house oversight which held a hearing today and you're right there were fireworks throughout but lawmakers also heard two very different views on the virtues of the program. some arguing usaid is vital to america's safety and success through overseas actions. >> when it's abused for political purposes, ideological and sponsoring islamism which is anti-american it is the worst exhaustion of american taxpayer money that can be thought of especially when it leads to the loss and danger to

american lives. reporter: the doge committee also heard from critics who say billions of dollars were sent out of the u.s. and even in directly funded american enemies. >> when it's abused for political purposes, ideological ombrages and sponsoring islamism, it is the worst exhaustion of american taxpayer money that can be thought of especially when it leads to the loss and danger to american lives. reporter: u.s. aid employees who are almost now all leave will have a chance to pick-up their personal items left in their d.c. offices, this is from earlier in the month when they began removing signage outside of the building. layoffs are tough but necessary. >> well, you know, i come from being a private business owner myself and it's hard any time anyone loses a job. look at the people fired and lost their jobs when the government shut down the economy. reporter: liz, there is still

questions about how soon some of these vendors around the world that have previous contracts with the u.s. government are going to get their money. the idea be that they would still get paid out but there are still legal questions being worked out there. we also know, liz, just today that members of the u.s. senate are starting to look at wherefore en aid money went to ukraine. liz: interesting thank you so much mark meredith. great to see you. now please listen to this. >> what is our vision? what is, is our vision just to continue to try to win by default because they go too far and then not have a governing majority in the house or the senate where we're actually being able to address the legitimate anger of working class americans of all races, or are we going to try to do something meaningful with the power we will be handed and that to me is the failure of leadership in the democratic party. we are just being tactical and hoping they self-destruct. liz: failure of leadership was democrat california congressman

ro khanna going after his party saying they have no plan, no strategy, no focus, no leadership, to help struggling working class americans, of the democrats are just waiting. this is their plan. they are waiting for just trump to fail. joining us now former deputy press secretary to trump, he's hogan gidley. hogan? when you heard that, what's your reaction? you know, this is what they are playing the flag on, tax hikes. keep taxes historically at record highs, really high. also, no to cutting government spending. have you ever seen this version of the democratic party so bad? >> never. and they had not one but two presidential candidates that tried to tell the american people that it was better for them to spend more for gas and groceries. they told the american people the border should be wide open and when someone does get into the country illegally and they commit a murder or a rape or a burglary or assault, they should stay here. they shouldn't have to go back home to their country of origin. they also said it was fine for these wars to go on. we could continue to fund

those as well, and they didn't care much about crime speaking in our city streets either. the entire record, the entire policy platform for democrats completely rejected, completely repudiated by the american people and now they are looking around saying we'll just wait for trump to do something bad and try and point that out. the problem is the thing they are pointing out as you just said is that he's uncovering fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government. the misuse and miss spending of the tax dollars and they are saying no we want more of that. it's completely out of touch with where the american people are. liz: it's just record income tense. hate to say that, never seen a democrat party fail so dramatically. they are saying, rejecting trump's no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime, and no taxes on social security. how are they ever going to win and even in the mid-terms if they don't do anything to win back the blue collar working class? i mean, mark levine tweeted apparently the democrats are

fine with billions and billions of dollars of fraud draining social security and medicaid but they don't support trump's no taxes on social security. >> well when you lose the white house inherently there's kind of a soul searching in your party because there's not a natural leader at the top. the problem is everybody on their side really gravitated toward that left woke radical ideology that a majority of the american people don't like and rejected so as they are struggling and trying to find their way, the only option they have is to cling to things that made them fail in the first place, and it's going to be a long -- liz: like what? >> they are still gravitating holding toward the radical things nobody likes that have been proven to make our lives worse instead of joining with some of those efforts and deviate to some degree. they are just lost in the wilderness right now. liz: trump's victory is exposing total collapse and how bad it

really was under biden and the democrats. thank you, hogan gidley. now please listen to this. >> i would in fact make sure that there is, we immediately surg to the border, all of those people are seeking asylum. they deserve to be heard. that's who we are. we're a nation that says if you want to flee, and you're fleeing oppression you should come. liz: surge the border? listen. americans support legal immigration. they want people to come here legally. america's built on legal immigration. president biden was basically saying you know, break the law. surg the border. collapse it into a state of utter chaos endangering american neighborhoods. tens of thousands of criminals crossed, putting american neighborhoods at risk. now, we've got a new report illegal aliens are actually turning back home under president trump and his crackdown. radio host jason rantz will break it down. also this story tonight. >> how they are going to resolve the war in ukraine without zelenskyy. >> they have never been in good faith regarding ukraine.

>> the trump administration despite its very different and profoundly unwise approach, it's hard to see this coming towards a just peace. liz: any journalist whose been doing this job for decades will tell you that the media is totally arrogant. they are over their skiis. they continue to think that the media is better at doing peace deals than president trump. they aren't at the table. they never seemed to also to want a peace deal under joe biden. coming up, congressman and former navy admiral ronny jackson will take it on and we'll get this thoughts on pentagon chief pete hegseth and he's going to fire and let go biden pentagon officials behind the afghanistan withdrawal. this is about accountability. stick with us we'll be right back after the break. >> now they spent $350 billion and europe spent $100 billion. now does anybody really think that's fair? then we find out, a little while ago, not so long ago, a few months ago, i found out that

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liz: welcome back. president trump's border crackdown after biden's chaos, illegal crossings just hit record lows. they are heading toward levels not seen in 60 years, since 1968. now a majority of americans from all walks of life want this that trump is delivering. fox news william la jeunesse is here with the latest from the l.a. bureau with more on this groundbreaking story. william? reporter: well, liz, right now many migrants are turning around before they even reach the u.s. border. migrant traffic also at mexico's southern border is down about 90%, similar in panama as both countries are actually seeing reverse migration. >> if we have to pay for a flight, we pay for it.

we don't care, but many people are coming back, a lot. reporter: making it from venezuela to mexico, but failed to enter the u.s. illegally. now, she's turning back. >> it's true. i wanted to arrive the united states to have a better life but i couldn't. reporter: these migrants from south america are giving up, hiring boats in panama. reverse migration is happening throughout central america, including honduras. >> in the first two weeks of february, they have witnessed over 500 migrants turning back south. reporter: seeing images like this , the end of catch and release, i.c.e. arrests, checkpoints on the interstate, thousands deported by air, many migrants are leaving mexico by bus. >> we have a shirt and a jacket. reporter: this area south of san diego last year was overwhelmed by migrants. today it's empty. >> we've seen a 95 plus percent

decrease in traffic coming through the gap. reporter: that means the pipeline is drying up at least for now. >> there's no more catch and release. you'll be apprehended and returned to your country, and that's spreading like wildfire all over social media. reporter: the bottom line is the risk reward ratio just isn't there right now for illegal immigrants. there's no asylum, no free hotels, benefits or work permits. odds of apprehension are high. how long does it last? don't know, but right now, with the administration is doing is deterring most migrants. liz? liz: william la jeunesse thank you so much now please listen to this. >> i get calls from as an example, companies where they want to hire the number one student at a school. the person comes from india, china, japan, lots of different places, and they go to harvard, the wharton school of finance, yale, all great schools, and they graduate number one in

their class, and they get job offers but the offer is immediately rescinded because you have no idea whether or not that person can stay in the country. i want to be able to have that person stay in the country. these companies can go and buy a gold card and they can use it as a matter of recruitment. at the same time the company is using that money to pay down debt. we'll pay down a lot of debt with that. i think the gold card is going to be used by not only for that, but it'll be used by companies. liz: this is another dramatic sea change but the media is trying to mock this. okay president trump, here is what he's doing. he was just talking about his new idea for a gold visa card. it would get investors from overseas to invest at least $5 million in the united states. u.s. companies, they do want to hire elite students but they can't because they don't know whether that student can stay in the u.s. or not. this sea change that president trump is talking about would dramatically increase and benefit the u.s. and benefit

the legal migrant. joining us now, seattle radio talk show host jason rantz. let's break down the media here. the media is trying to rip into this , right? isn't this an upgrade from an already-existing eb-5 investor visa program dating back to 1990? >> precisely, and i love to see media outlets pretend like they don't know that and so they attack this as if they are going after trump with some crazy new idea. it's a slightly different idea. it's a more involved idea, and when you get into some more of the details it's meant to fix some of the clear problems with the eb-5 program as it existed but i do love the contradiction here because what he's basically saying are some of these wealthy folks are paying their fair share to stay in this country, come into this country, invest in this country which was i thought one of the talking points coming from the left which is for the wealthy to pay their fair share so it seems like they would enjoy one tiny part of the trump

administration. liz: we're hearing also reportedly hundreds of thousands are applying for it. let's move on to this. the associated press is reporting that latin american countries are actually helping president trump stop the wave of illegal aliens that exploded under biden. we're talking mexico, guatemala, el salvadore, honduras, and taking in deportees. trump did this without any action from congress. biden always claimed you've got to go to congress to do this. trump just stopped it. biden did not. listen to secretary of state marco rubio saying it's a new day for america. watch. >> i think it has a lot to do with president trump. it has to do with the fact that people that were coming here realize that this isn't joe biden. under president trump, you're not just going to be able to am could in, claim asylum and stay forever so we are in some of these countries i had a call yesterday. one of the countries, they now have people doingu-turns on their way here and realize okay, they aren't playing around. president trump is serious and they have done a u-turn going

back to their country. liz: listen, america is for legal migration, not illegality. you've got to pay 30 grand to a human smuggler. they get you into drug trafficking if you can't pay it back. the thing is talk to us about illegal alien crimes. they are often underreported, understated and uncharged. what do you think? >> 100% and they are definitely underreported. you have some members of congress, for example, squad members claim that actually, foreign-born citizens are in this country illegally and don't commit crimes at the same rates as american-born citizens but of course she has no clue if that's true because we don't track those numbers. for example, if you're here in seattle where i am and in this country illegally, and you're breaking the law, they don't ask you your status. your citizen ship status so they don't even have those stats. liz: interesting jason rantz. always bringing the truth. appreciate you so much. good to see you. now please listen to this. >> the idea that they handli

pickedty the whole press coverig them is inconsistent with a free society. liz: okay, the media is trying to convince america that the free press will not exist under trump. they are forgetting how biden treated the free press. coming up you'll find out how many questions president trump has taken from the media, versus joe biden. plus you'll find out how many times joe biden literally censored and cutoff the press. was it to cover up his decline but first this. >> doing very well with russia, ukraine. president zelenskyy is going to be coming on friday and it's now confirmed and we'll be signing an agreement which will be a very big agreement. liz: it's official. president trump just struck another deal this time with ukraine. ukraine just completed and signed the deal over ukraine's minerals development. he's coming friday to sign on the dotted line. coming up, congressman and former navy admiral ronny

jackson, we're excited to talk to him. he's here to break it down but first let's check in with my buddies dagen and brian brenberg. brian: hey, liz we've got a big one tonight. okay so dagen, if you think you've been shocked by how much waste, fraud and abuse there's been in government just wait because congressman pat fallon is here. he was in a congressional meeting today to talk all about all of the waste, all of the fraud, the abuse, and we've got senator rick scott here as well. talk about the irs releasing like 400,000 tax return information documents. shouldn't happen. he's going to talk about it. dagen: crooked eight ways until sunday and joining us senator roger marshall on president trump rolling back a handout to a dictator south of us that joe biden did and laurel libby censored for standing up for girls in sport.

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the way i approach work post fatherhood, has really trying to understand the generation that we're building devices for. here in the comcast family, we're building an integrated in-home wifi solution for millions of families like my own. in the average household, there are dozens of connected devices. connectivity is a big part of my boys' lives. it brings people together in meaningful ways. >> we're doing very well with russia-ukraine. president zelenskyy is going to be coming on friday and that's now confirmed and we're going to be signing an agreement which will be a very big agreement and

i want to thank howard and scott for the job you guys did in putting it together. really did an amazing job, and that'll be on rare earth and other things, and as you know, we're in for probably $350 billion and europe is in for $100 billion, and it's a big difference, so we're in for probably three times as much and yet, it's very important. >> we are not considering signing any agreements without security guarantees, and of course, today, after two weeks of intensive work between the government of the united states and ukraine on our economic cooperation, we have actually prepared a final version. liz: here we go. breaking news. ukraine just two hours ago, sent to president trump at the white house a completed deal for america to help ukraine develop hundreds of billions of dollars worth of its natural resources. it would fund ukraine's

reconstruction after the war with russia. joining us now from house arms services and house foreign affairs, congressman and dr. ronny jackson. congressman great to see you been a long time. are we heading to a peace deal with russia? >> we absolutely are, liz. i mean, there's no way around this. it's good for everybody. it's good for the ukrainians and russians and good for europe. zelenskyy is going to embrace this. i know he had thoughts of getting back everything russia had taken including crime ea, unreasonable expectations on his part to be honest with you. we have provided all of the resources to hold the ground for years now and prevent russia from completely taking ukraine and it's time for this war to end, and it's time for ukraine to provide some sort of repayment for all of the u.s. treasure that we have invested into this war. you know as well as i do, liz, that the debt in this country is astronomical right now and every penny, the american people

should not forget every single penny we gave to the ukrainians over the last several years was money we borrowed so i think it's proper that they pay us back for that money. it was not money that we had, we just gave them. that was money that taxpayers borrowed to fund this ukrainian resistance. liz: polls from quinnipiac, pew, marquette polling, americans don't want to spend money on ukraine. let's move to afghanistan, let's listen to president trump and pentagon chief pete hegseth talking about getting accountability for who botched the afghanistan withdrawal under joe biden. >> mr. president? >> on afghanistan and the botched withdrawal, have all of the generals or command staff involved with the withdrawal been fired or relieved of duty? >> well that's a great idea. i'm not going to tell this man what to do but i will say that. if i had his place i'd fire every single one of them, pete.

>> a question we thought a lot about. we're doing a complete review of every single aspect of what happened with the botched withdrawal of afghanistan and plan to have full accountability. >> i don't see big promotions in that group and i think they are going to be largely gone. i know the man on my left. i've dealt with the parents and families of the 13 that were killed but you know, nobody ever talks about the 40 so badly hurt. liz: we should point out that was fox news lawrence jones asking that first question. what's your reaction, who do you think could get fired? >> most of the people that are responsible are already gone unfortunately because jake sullivan was the architect of that disaster. general milley should have been held accountable, but he wasn't and there are other people still around and it's absolutely time the american people demand accountability for this. it was an absolute national security disaster for this country, and we will be paying a price for that horrible withdrawal for years and decades to come and people need to be held accountable and i'm so glad

it's happening, finally, it's happening. liz: congressman jackson great to see you again thanks for joining us. >> coming up watch this. >> what we're seeing play out here is donald trump's promise to be a dictator on day one. >> trump is seemingly never met a dictator he doesn't like. >> it's a real dictator-type stuff. liz: right. the media loves to say oh, trump is a dictator. really? we've got the numbers of how many questions trump has answered from the free press versus joe biden. amber duke will react to this surprising revelation. the answer is next, stay right there. >> again you're asking the same question? how many times do you have to answer? you're talking about after we make peace. let me make peace first. once we make peace, i'll give you all the answers you want, but how many times can you ask the same question?

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>> our old friend crystal who calculated in the first month of the trump administration, the president took 1,009 questions, around hardly deck thattorial -- dictatorial behavior. and i would rekind you all that in 2023 the administration if

revoked the hard passes of 442 journalists. elizabeth: that was scott is general with isings on cnn saying president trump talks to the press more than a thousand times. amber, so he's a dictator? let me back up. a furious joe biden, angry he was being asked questions by the press, cut back in july 2023 the number of reporters with daily press passes by about 30% pleasure that cut off access for 442 journalists. >> and biden did the not even explain the reasoning behind why they were doing that, and it disproportion pately targeted independent and conservative media. and at time they said new york they said they were taking a stance -- said nothing. and they also a didn't say anything when biden restricted access to the white house during covid when-already clear that -- it was already clear that it was safe to be on the white house

campus, and 99% of the white house press corps was vaccinated. yet we had to rotate through a limited number of briefing seats, pay for our own daily covid tests, $150 a pop just to get on the campus in the first place. so when the media runs around claiming the trump is the dictator when he has had an unprecedented level of access for reporters across the spectrum, not just conservative media, not just media that they dub friendly to trump, but mainstream and legacy media -- elizabeth: yeah, it sounds like biden was more like the dictator in this regard. we know president trump limited the associated press' access to covering trump the oval office,, the air force one, the ap is suing. president says he controls the white house press pool, not the white house correspondents' association is. they're angry about it. what's your take on that in. >> well, the whca came into existence out of an agreement

with the white house. there's no legal right controlling when gets to go into the oval office or who gets to fly on air force one. and i would be very prize surprised if the associated press was able to argue to a court that they have a first amendment right to fly on air force one which, by the way, every outlet has to pay out of their own pocket to fly on air force one, so so they are already an incredibly privileged minority that can afford the $12-1500 a pop every time today want to to fly -- elizabeth: amber duke, thank you for giving us an inside look. of it's good to have you on. i'm liz macdonald, thank you so much for watching "the evening edit" on fox business. please don't forget the dvr us. now it's time to send it over to craig then and brian. take it away, you guys. dagen: a thank, e-mac. elizabeth: you got it. ♪ ♪ >> cutting down government. we're cutting down the size of government. av