journey into real life. commencement speeches should tell kids about truth and how life is, politics should never be involved. the president will be here, you can watch live at 10:30 eastern. good morning, we are looking live at liberty university where donald trump is about to speak, his first commencement address, his audience, 18,000 graduates and others in friendly territory, unlike washington dc, wave of controversy, fbi firing continues to swell. will that smash hopes for healthcare reform and tax cuts? the next two hours we are on top of it all, pat buchanan trying to take the president down, attorney general pam bondi on hillary clinton, may not like what lies ahead at liberty

university president gerri falwell junior, where that speech is coming up. i'm david asman in for neil cavuto, a special cost of freedom live from inside the beltway. we are kicking things off with kevin cork in lynchburg, virginia where the countdown is on. >> reporter: as we look forward to the president addressing the class of 2017 in liberty university in the rolling hills of the commonwealth of virginia. we have been out here since 6:00 this morning and we were joined by thousands, overcast conditions, unseasonably cool but not dampening the spirit of thousands in attendance, 6000 graduates taking the field here today, 18,000 graduates if you count all the undergrads, undergraduates and those taking

courses online, congratulations to each and every one of them, 30,000 in attendance at this beautiful stadium and as you point out, home of america's traditional community. a lot of people don't know much about liberty university, this is not just where donald trump spoke as a candidate, this is a place that has long been a traditional place for politicians to come and share their thoughts, they have been warmly received, this is a unique opportunity for the graduates to hear from the president of the united states on their graduation day. listen to the beautiful fingers, this has been going on, we expect the president to speak at 10:30, we bring that live on the fox news channel. more on the search for a replacement for james comey later but for now, back to you. >> beautiful music compared to the cacophony in the beltway, couldn't be more opposite, we

are coming back to you as we get closer to the speech. the mainstream media in hysterics over the firing of fbi director comey, four potential candidates being interviewed and a lot more lining up, the quicker they find a new director the quicker the hysteria goes away. guy who knows about the media, pat buchanan, author of nixon's white house wars, that war was particularly against the president. a lot of talk about what trump is going through is just like watergate, same midnight fireworks. i discount a lot of that but there is one similarity, the press seems to dislike if not hate donald trump as much as they disliked richard nixon. >> i agree, donald trump has the worst press in 18 months of his campaign in 100 days of his presidency of any president. nixon was pounded every day during watergate but it wasn't

continual. we didn't launch a war against the media until november 1969, six month on from where we are. david: nobody knows how to fight back pushback as well as donald trump. is he handling it better than richard nixon? >> i don't think you fight them every day and use name-calling, fake news, failing new york times. david: it is fun for a lot of people. >> you don't do it every day. we would treat the media as a vicious dog in the corner, sit and growl a little bit, you wouldn't bother it but when it comes to your desk you beat it with a rolled up newspaper and send it back him you don't keep the war on every single day. david: the media won against

nixon. >> in 1969-72 we won 49 states to one. nixon won greatest landslide in history and the media, mister bannon is right, the media was the opposition and we defeated them. nixon made these mistakes and the media had tremendous power and they brought him down partly because of his mistakes, they want to bring donald trump down too. it is quite obvious. the dislike, the desire to bring him down. i think it is transparent. david: jenin. had a long interview speaking of the judge coming up in the next hour, i want to play a think about loyalty and get your reaction. >> people suggest a question, the new york times is selling, that you asked comey whether you had his loyalty, with an

appropriate. >> i don't think it is inappropriate. >> did you ask that question? >> no but i don't think it would be a bad question to ask. loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. it depends how you define loyalty. i don't know how that got there because i didn't ask that question. >> what about the idea, you said there might be tape recordings that you >> i won't talk about that. i want comey to be honest and i hope he will be, i am sure he will be. david: the tapes. those who are live and those who read history books remember the nixon presidency, the issue of the tapes. do you think he is just throwing it out there or was he tape-recording these conversations? >> he is throwing it out there. i don't believe he has a tape recording but he ought to have one. he needs people -- things are

said -- jack kennedy, lyndon johnson had one. david: nixon changed the rules because people felt it was tainted, the idea of taping in the oval office tainted by what happened with nixon. >> they were a voice activated. if i walk into the oval office and talk to the president, being taped, kennedy would throw a switch and johnson would throw a switch but presidents have to have a record of what they say to foreign leaders. no one would object to that. my guess is no taping was done. donald trump asked the fbi director am i under investigation? i was not outraged by that. spent we 10 months with suspicion created, pushed in the press, donald trump, conspired to get into podesta's emails, that damaged the president and the president has a right to clear that up. david: the question of loyalty is an interesting question, whether it is proper or

improper, it depends how you define loyalty and think back there was another president not long ago who talked about the definition of certain things. is that a problem for president trump? >> it is more of an in exactitude. comey works at the executive branch of the government of the united states, chief of the executive branches donald trump and he has the power to hire or fire and he fired him. come said he had every right to do so. i am not deeply offended by that. david: fbi director, we need a new one, the acting fbi director in the running, do you think he have a chance or will it be someone from the outside? >> i believe his wife -- david: forgive me for interrupting but this is gerri falwell junior on the stage, mounting the stage right now is the president of the united

states, donald trump in lynchburg, virginia, liberty university, there were some protests outside the campus, he is going to be speaking to a friendly audience, supposed to be ready to sit down and be introduced. that is the opening -- >> gerri falwell's son. >> the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem. let's pray. oh lord, how excellent is your name, as all the earth, we stand in respect and reverence of your majestic name, the name that is above all names, the name of the lord jesus christ was we thank you for these special graduates, thank you for friends and loved ones here and abroad who offer support for these special graduates on this special day. we thank you for liberty university, strive daily to

develop christ centered men and women with the values, knowledge and skills essential to impact the world, an institution that loves god, loves country and love those sworn to defend her but most of all we are grateful for your holy word and the promises therein. we are thankful for the gospel of john chapter 3 verse 16, for god so loved the world that he gave his precious, special, only son, the lord jesus christ, to come upon this earth to live a sinless life, to die a crucifixion, buried and rise again three days later to conquer sin and death and offer salvation, to whoever will call upon the name of the lord, for whosoever believes in him, will not perish, but have everlasting life. and pray for your blessing upon the ceremony and we pray in your

name. in jesus's name we pray, amen. please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> you have spoken at liberty university, describe how it has changed. >> i spoke at the commencement at liberty university. huge crowd was indoors. at the republican convention. gerri falwell, the older gerri falwell was an old friend of mine. i remember when he first got into politics, building the religious right in the 1970s

which was the predecessor to ronald reagan and the minister's conference and everything. >> were you surprised how readily trump was able to gather those forces under his wings? >> i was and i was astonished -- i think donald trump not socially, culturally, buchanan, what -- what happened was these people, evangelicals and christians something terrible has happened to the country. maybe this fellow hasn't lived an ideal life but this is our last chance and got to stop hillary clinton and he is saying a lot of things and came back and did it with neil gorsuch. conservative man like that on the supreme court. david: one would have thought donald trump was oil and water, the fast lane culture with folks

at lynchburg, liberty university, very different social venues but they came together before the election. thank you, the president is scheduled to speak at 10:30 a.m. eastern time, 15 minutes from now. we will take you there as soon as he begins to speak, some preliminary stuff to handle, we will save you from some of that that take you to the president as soon as he begins. the fight over the fbi shakeup about to take tax cuts and the markets down and the rush for a replacement, interviews happening at the justice department as we speak, who is on top of the short list and what will it mean for hillary clinton? all that as we wait for donald trump's first commencement speech as president moments from now. >> families who practice voodoo in haiti's western force, he cofounded -- to a different company

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david: you are looking at lynchburg, virginia, liberty university, donald trump's first commencement speech as a president speaking before the assembled, gerri falwell junior, the host of ceremonies, will be joining us here after the president speaks. he is scheduled to speak in 13 minutes from now, 10:30 a.m. eastern time. we will go to the president as soon as he speaks, a lot of for the memories of his happening. that is one of the most beautiful choirs you ever heard in your life was whenever we have a chance to listen to the choir we will do so. we go back to our business as soon as the president begins his business we will go to him. market reaction to the firing of jim comey snapped a three week

winning streak the market had been on. the market hadn't been on a roll but it was gaining the momentum it had just after the election where it rose more than 2000 points on the tao but lost some of that, it was getting it back but it came to jim comey. tracy joins us with details, we were hoping the market would gain new legs but it lost them this week. >> us ambassador shrugged off the political firestorm ignited in washington dc tuesday afternoon with donald trump the decision to fire fbi director james comey. markets did not register a major reaction to the shock development. dollar slipped 2.4% over major currencies but recovered, us stock futures were slightly over and moved broadly in line with market, the comey controversy comes when the stock market is hovering near its high, 250 points away from all-time highs

and closely watched volatility index at the lowest level in 23 years. wall street, the biggest concern could be comey's firing could be another distraction for the white house to a next fiscal policy initiatives including tax reform, infrastructure spending and cutting down regulations. neil cavuto spoke with wilbur ross to get his take. >> they had all the back and forth about independent commissions, regardless where you feel on this matter it is going to delay progress on other matters. this could be a problem for the republican agenda. >> the democrats have been throwing sand into everything to slow it down. my perception is they are scared to death, make the economy really jumpstarted and that will bode ill for them in the 2018 elections.

>> reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin said major trading partners are more comfortable with the trump administration's trade policies and it will benefit them. he said his meetings with other finance leaders lead to better understanding of trump's position the trades must be fair and balanced and open. and the right to be were protectionist, and free and fair. the united states sold by all the other g7 economies it must not turn its back on international cooperation on global economic policy. david: thank you very much. on the left side of your screen in lynchburg, virginia, liberty university, gerri falwell junior. we should emphasize his father, and the first commencement

speech, and just moments, we must take you there, the focus on the comey firing has taken wind out of the sails of the economic priorities of the president. to our panel, ohio state democratic senator, gary smith, fox news contributor lisa booth. since the lady their too young to remember this. president bill clinton got an extraordinary tax cut in the capital gains tax cut in the 1990s that led to a rebirth of the market, some say it was overblown with market expectations, the whole crisis of the impeachment proceeding, you can't chew gum and cut taxes

at the same time. >> you and i at that time, the thing about bill clinton, during that, had enormous amount of charisma. they did these dastardly things. and and they are a big party of one, for trump to be a winner, he has to get past this fbi. a bulletproof director, and fade away and get a lot of things done. >> despite the fact he was

impeached, what he did, or how improper it was or illegal. and this president has never had that. and the press barrier, it is stronger than the barrier of democrats in congress to which you say what. and other networks running segments, and others got one, we had false reporting even regarding comey's firing, the media -- i would argue they were not on his side during the primary or the federal election and he still won. and the way they can do that to

go forward with the agenda. donald trump has a trip ahead focusing on that, and movement on healthcare, the markers of this or this -- >> he has been doing stuff. >> dealings with china. we had the keystone pipeline. you don't think he would have the same problem with you he has with people who are in the senate and house, democrats pushing back, i don't see any bipartisanship at all in any of these programs whether it is healthcare, tax cuts or whatever. >> what happened over the last

several months is the democrats have doubled down, they want to ensure that they utilize contract between themselves and donald trump to gain victory in 2018 cautioning fellow democrats, and we are not donald trump. >> democrats don't hear the message, do you think they will before because what is going to make that turn where they are beating upon trump. >> the hca it out of the house. it is a former state senator i will say the same thing works at the state level, we happen to be a little more adult.

it is incumbent on the democrats to step up whether it is healthcare, infrastructure, tax reform in the united states senate where there are a number of individuals that are democrats from states where trump was victorious. david: democrats and congress opposing trump will have to be dealing with the electorate who on a local level voted away from democrats toward republicans but sticking on the economy, we have terrific economic news on the last week but you never know it because the president has been focusing on what is happening with comey, consumer numbers and jobs numbers, lower risk of recession, big bank came out with new numbers, new graduates as we are listening to a graduation ceremony, 2017 graduates look forward to a higher pay scales and graduates

received for the past 15 years, that is great news, and we had a big budget surplus in the federal government on april is a good month when tax receipts come in but it was one of the highest number than 16 years. all this good economic news could evaporate if we don't get the tax cuts. >> that is part of it. one thing is business optimism, all that is good but the reason for that optimism is trump is going to do good things for the economy, translation, tax cuts, that goes away and healthcare models back and forth, people lose patience and say maybe we just have another eight years of this obama economy, the gdp, the flatline is said. david: him as we have tax cuts.

i want to bring in another guest, pam bondi joining us, t. playing off of what we have been talking about which is democratic opposition to the president in some cases it has really gotten out of control and i'm thinking the big superstar the democrats have, congresswoman maxine waters is featured everywhere as a superstar, almost a rock hero but she has said so many completely contradictory things. for example jim comey should who she hated when he was investigating hillary clinton recommending he be fired, but now comes to his defense and even now is the fact that trump fired her is terrible. if hillary had been president she should have fired -- i can't make sense of it all. can you?

>> nor should we. if most elected officials on republican and democrat sides of the aisle think how great our country would be because she is reasonable and rational. even schumer said comey had to go. releasing the clinton emails was horrible, he thought he had lost faith in comey -- we have to remember the director of the fbi works at the pleasure of the president and he can only do his job with impartiality, not only to the american people, members of both parties. david: do you think should replace jim comey, people like ray kelly, commissioner of new york. and the head of the intelligence

committee. and rudy giuliani. who should be the next pick? >> rod rosenstein and jeff sessions, and conducting interviews this afternoon, and i will totally trust their judgment, and the fbi, great candidates. david: don't know if you can hear me. political grouping of candidates. and more law enforcement type people who have background like ray kelly, mike rogers plays both fields, and among those groupings, political player -- >> if you consider chris christie and rudy to be political players, tremendous

amount of experience, rudy giuliani, and i don't know if they want the job. don't know if they would be incredible but they have the experience but that will be up to rod rosenstein and that is up to general sessions. some people you and i said the fbi -- do disagree with that. it is all about law and order and so many women in the federal bureau vesting -- investigation. i have full faith. david: the change at the top is not going -- we see donald trump coming up, accepting an honorary degree, to his speech. >> determination to make america

great again and and acknowledgment of his leadership of our nation with powers vested in me by the board of trustees of liberty university, the doctorate of law degree is conferred upon donald trump with all the rights and privileges pertaining therein. now to deliver our 44th commencement address join with me in welcoming back to liberty university donald trump.

[applause] >> thank you very much, everybody. congratulations to the class of 2017. that is some achievement. this is your day and you have earned every minute of it and i am thrilled to be back at liberty university. this is my third time and we love setting records as we always set records. it has been a little over a year since i have spoken on your beautiful campus and so much has changed. right here, the class of 2017 dressed in cap and gown graduating to a totally brilliant future. and here i am standing before you as president of the united

states, either one of those things, why not? would really require major help from god. do we agree? and we got it. here we are celebrating together on this joyous occasion and there is no place in the world i would rather be, the first commencement address, with my wonderful friends at liberty university. [applause] >> i accepted this invitation along time ago. i said to gerri that i would be there and when i say something i mean it. [applause] >> i want to thank president

gerri falwell and his incredible wife, becky. sit down, becky. for their kind words and support and their really wonderful friendship. let me also extends appreciation to the entire falwell family, wesley, laura, caroline, thank you for everything you do to make the university so exceptional. most important way to our new graduates each of you should take pride in what you have achieved. there is another group of amazing people we want to celebrate today and they are the ones who have made this journey possible for you. you know who that is? you forgot already. he will go out and do what you are going to do and some will make a lot of money, some will be happier doing other things.

your parents and your grandparents, don't forget that. you haven't forgot -- never forget them. they are great. especially this weekend, a really extra special thanks to the moms. don't forget our moms, today is your day. today is your day. in all of this excitement, tomorrow is mother's day, right? i had a great mother. and we are joined by some of the nearly 6000 service members, military veterans and military spouses who are receiving their diplomas today. please stand.

wow. [applause] >> that is great. great job. we are profoundly grateful to every single one of you who sacrifice to keep us safe and protect god's precious gift for freedom. it is truly a testament to this university and values that you embrace that you graduating class includes so many patriots who have served our country in uniform. thank you very much. to the class of 2017, today you end one chapter but begin the greatest adventure of your life. just think for a moment how blessed you are to be here today at this great great university living in this amazing country

surrounded by people who you love and care about so much then ask your self with all of those blessings and all of the blessings you have been given, what will you give back to this country and the world? what imprints will you leave in the sand of history? what will future americans say we did in our brief time right here on earth? did we take risks? did we dare to deify expectations? did we challenge accepted wisdom and take on established systems? i think i did but we all did and we are all doing it. or did we just go along with convention, swim downstream so

easily with the current and just give in because it was the easy way, the traditional way, or it was the accepted way? remember this, nothing worth doing ever ever ever came easy. following your convictions means you must be willing to face criticism from those who lack the same courage to do what is right and they know what is right but they don't have the courage or the guts or the stamina to take it and do it. it is called the road less traveled. i know that each of you will be a warrior for the truth, will be a warrior for our country and for your family. i know that each of you will do what is right, not what is the

easy way and that you will be true to yourself and your country and your beliefs. in my short time in washington i have seen firsthand how the system is broken. a small group of failed voices who think they know everything and understand everyone want to tell everybody else how to live and what to do and how to think but you aren't going to let other people tell you what you believe especially when you know that you are right. [applause] and those of you graduating here today who have given half 1 million hours of charity last year alone, unbelievable amount of work and charity and few universities or

colleges can claim anything even close. i don't need a lecture from washington on how to lead our lives. i am standing here looking at the next generation of american leaders. there may very well be a president or two in our midst. anybody think they are going to be president raise your hand. in your hearts are in scribed the values of service, sacrifice and devotion. now you must go forth into the world and turn your hopes and dreams into action. america has always been the land of dreams because america is a nation of true believers. when the pilgrims landed at plymouth, they prayed. when the founders wrote the

declaration of independence, they invoked our creator for four times. in america we don't worship government, we worship god. [applause] >> that is why our elected officials put their hands on the bible and say so help me god as they take the oath of office. it is why our currency proudly declares in god we trust. it is why we proudly proclaim that we are one nation under god. every time we say the pledge of allegiance. [applause]

>> the story of america is the story of an adventure that began with deep faith, big dreams and humble beginnings. that is also the story of liberty university. when i think about the visionary founder of the great institution, reverend gerri falwell senior. i can only imagine how excited he would be if he could see all of this and all of you today and how proud he would be of his son and his family. in just two days we will mark the 10th anniversary of reverend falwell's passing. i used to love watching him on television, hearing him preach. he was a very special man. he would be so proud not just at what you have achieved but the

young men and women of characters that you have become. gerri, i know you are dead, looking down on you right now, he is proud, he is very proud. so congratulations and great job. [applause] >> reverend falwell's life is a testimony to the power of faith to change the world. the inspiring legacy that we see all around us in this great stadium. this is a beautiful stadium and it is packed. i am so happy about that. how will you fill up a place like that? it is packed. in your smiling faces, it all began with a vision, that vision was of a world-class university

for evangelical christians and i want to thank you because you came out and voted those of you who are old enough. you voted. you voted. no doubt many people told him his vision was impossible and i'm sure they continued to say that so long after he started at the beginning with just 154 students. the fact is no one has achieved anything significant without a chorus of critics standing on the sidelines explaining why it can't be done. nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. people who can't get the job done, but the future belongs to the dreamers, not to the critics. the future belongs to the people

who follow their heart no matter what the critics say because they truly believe in their vision. at liberty your leaders knew from the beginning that a strong athletic program would help the campus grow so this school might transform more lives. crucial p falwell's vision for making liberty a world-class institution was having a world-class football team. much like the great teams of notre dame, great school, great place, vice president mike pence is there today doing a fabulous job as he always does. a few years ago the new york times wrote a story on the great ambitions of the liberty flames. that story prompted a long time

president of another school to win a letter to gerri that reference falwell would have been very pleased to read, that letter now hangs in the wall of the board room, at the university. the university of notre dame 35 years ago. like the school's founder he was a truly kindhearted man, of very deep faith. notre dame's own meteoric rise to a small midwestern school to our national football powerhouse and he wrote something so amazing, on the same trajectory, and wish you all the best and

encourage you from the starting, and be able to start, very small and arriving in the big time, thanks to hard work, great faith and incredible devotion, and the liberty flames are playing in the fbs, and in ncaa football, don't laugh, that could be tough. and the scores here and what you are doing here, other players are big and fast and strong. you become a powerhouse in education, wait till the world hears the football team,

schedule starting next season. the schools you are playing 28 teams. would you like me to read the names just came out, i am a little bit concerned. umass, virginia, auburn, are you sure you know what you are doing? gerri, auburn. i don't know about that, james, rutgers, old dominion, brigham young, army, i might be at that game. who am i supposed to root for? that is a tough one. buffalo, troy, virginia tech.

ole miss. and wake forest. those are top schools. maybe in four five years i will come to it again. good luck. the success of your athletic program should be a reminder to every new graduate of what you can achieve to pursue a big vision, and never quit. one message in your hearts today, it is this. never give up. there will be times in your life you will want to quit, you will want to go home, you will never go home to that wonderful mother that is sitting watching you and saying mom, i can't do it, i can't do it, just never quit, go back home and tell mom, dad, i

can do it. you will be successful. i have seen so many brilliant people, they gave up in life, they were totally brilliant, top of their class, they were the best students, the best of everything, i have seen others who didn't have that talent, the most successful people in the world, they never gave up, just remember that, never stop fighting for what you believe in. carry yourself with dignity and pride, demand the best from your self and be totally unafraid to challenge entrenched interests and failed power structures. does that sound familiar, by the way? the more people tell you it is not possible, that it can't be done, the more you should be absolutely determined to prove

them wrong. treat the word impossible as nothing more than motivation. relish the opportunity to be an outsider, embrace that label. being an outsider is fine. embrace the label because it is the outsiders who changed the world and make a real and lasting difference. the more that a broken system tells you that you are wrong, the more certain you should be that you must keep pushing ahead. you must keep pushing forward. and always have the courage to be your self. most importantly, you have to do what you love. you have to do what you love. i have seen so many people, they are forced through lots of reasons sometimes including family, to go down a path they

don't want to go down, to go down a path that leads them to something they don't love, don't enjoy, have to do what you love, or you most likely won't be successful at it. do what you love. i want to recognize a friend who is here with us today who can serve as an inspiration to us all, someone who doesn't know the meaning of the word quit. real champion, a true champion on the field, off the field, a hall of fame quarterback for the buffalo bills, a good friend of mine and amazing guy, jim kelly. stand up. what a great man. jim kelly. he was tough. [applause]

>> do you have any idea how much money you would be making today? like tackling a linebacker. four guys, five guys that way 320 and they keep going down the field. he had tremendous heart and he knew how to win. jim is tough, despite all, he beat cancer not once but twice. [applause] >> i saw him and his incredible wife at a very low moment, very low moment and it was amazing the way they thought. didn't look good. i would have said maybe it is not going to happen but there is

the hope because of jim and jim's hard but i want to say it is great to have you here today and these people are big big fans and if you could get a young version of jim kelly you will be beating a lot of names. so interestingly i said i wonder what jim is doing here. 's daughter aaron crosses the goal line to you and with you so stand up, where are you? where is aaron? congratulations, aaron, congratulations, graduating from liberty, great choice, thank you. liberty university is the place where they really have true champions and you have a simple creed you live by, to be, really, champions for christ,

whether you are called to be a missionary overseas, to shepherd a church or to be a leader in your community, you are living witness of the gospel message of faith, hope and love. i must tell you i am so proud as your president to have helped you along over the past, short period of time. i said i was going to do it and i did it and a lot of people are very happy with what is taking place especially last week, we did some very important things. right, james? very important signings. america is better when people put their faith into action. as long as i am your president no one is ever going to stop you from practicing your faith or from preaching what is in your heart. [applause]

>> we will always stand up for the right of all americans to prayed to god and to follow his teachings. america is beginning a new chapter. today each of you begins a new chapter as well. when your story goes from here it will be defined by your vision, your perseverance and your great. that is a word jim kelly knows very well. your grit. in this i am reminded of another man you know very well and who has joined us here today. his name is george rogers. liberty university cfo and vice president for a quarter century. during world war zero mcgeorge spent 31/2 years as a prisoner of war, he saw many of his

fellow soldiers die during the bataan death march. he was the victim of starvation and torture as a prisoner of war. when he was finally set free he weighed just 85 pounds and was told he would not live past the age of 40. today george is 98 years old. [applause]

>> that is so great, george. if anyone ever had reason to quit, to give in to the bitterness and anger the we all face at some point, to lose hope in god's vision for his life, it was indeed george rogers. but that is not what he did. he stood up for his country. he stood up for his community. he stood up for his family and he defended civilization against a tide of barbarity, the kind of barbarity we are seeing today and have been witnessing over the last number of years and i just want to tell you as your

president we are doing very very well in countering it. you just hang in there. things are going along very well. you will be hearing a lot about it next week from our generals. things are going along very very well. through, he kept his faith in god in the darkest steps of despair, george came home to a nation full of optimism and pride and began to live out the american dream. he started a family, discovered god's plan for him and pursued that vision with all his might, pouring his passion into a tiny college in a place called lynchburg, virginia. did you ever hear of that? lynchburg? we love it. do you like it? we like it. i flew over it a little while

ago. what started as a dream shepherded into the largest christian university in the world. just look at this amazing, soaring, growing campus. i have been watching it grow because i have been a friend of liberty for a long time now. thanks in great part to george's financial stewardship, hundreds of thousands of young hearts and souls have been enriched at liberty and inspired by the spirit of god. george, we thank you and we salute you and stay healthy for a long time, thank you. now it falls on the shoulders of each of you today to protect the

freedom patriots like george earned with your incredible sacrifice. fortunately, you have been equipped with the's from your time right here on this campus to make the right decisions and to serve god, family and country. as you build good lives, you will be rebuilding our nation. stewards of great institutions and defenders of liberty. and you will be great mothers and fathers and grandfathers, loving friends and loving family members. to chase our dreams no matter what the cynics and doubters had to say.

the hopes and hearts, the love that stirs your souls. and you will have the faith to replace the broken establishment with a government that serves and protects the people. [applause] whether we are brown, black or white, and we all -- we salute the same great american flag, and we are all made by the same almighty god.

as long as you remember what you have learned here at liberty, as long as you have pride in your beliefs, college in your convictions and faith in your god, you will not fail. and as long as america remains true to its values, loyal to its citizens, then our best days are yet to come. i can promise you that. this has been an exceptional morning, a great honor for me and i want to thank you the students, and you, the family

for getting them there, and congratulate liberty. may god bless the class of 2017. may god bless the united states of america, may god bless all of you. thank you. >> donald trump is now a doctorate of law from liberty university, his first commencement speech as president, big crowd, huge number of students graduate, 18,000 graduates. 6100 on campus itself. the universities that was founded by gerri falwell. there is his son clapping with a beard who will be joining us momentarily. he spoke about a lot of things that can apply not only to

graduates at liberty but his own presidency. kevin cork is in lynchburg, virginia talking to a lot of graduate students about how the crowd reacted, not the typical university receptions at a president is used to receiving. >> it was quite stirring to watch 50,000 people celebrate not just the fact that a sitting president of the united states was right here at liberty university but the message of hope, stick with your dreams, keep fighting all the way, the president not just drive from his own experience, but he did a pretty remarkable job trying to connect to the students, this idea that despite what you have been told, there are no jobs there, it is tough for millennial's, don't listen. fight for your dreams, don't give up and the president told

the assembled crowd, you can live out your dreams. you can hear the music continuing over my shoulder, we expect the program to continue, i want to share this was the atmosphere was really tremendous and you could tell the president was excited to be here. he was also talking before landing here in the rolling hills of virginia aboard air force one. he was talking not just about what would happen today but what was happening all weekend long and that includes the ongoing search for a new fbi director. the president was asked about that, just a little bit about what she had to say about that process not long ago. >> almost all of them are very well known. very well known. highly respected. talented people. that is what we want for the fbi

so i will see you at the school, have a good day. >> reporter: in the brevity of his comments you get the sense the white house is very forceful in the process interviewing as many as four candidates even today. i want to share a name that keeps coming up in conversation that i have been having with sources i have been asking about, you will hear lots about trey gowdy and john cornyn but keep your eye on this name, bill evannina. he is the executive director of the office of national counterintelligence executive, served as cia counterespionage group chief and he is an fbi veteran. that is a name we should keep an eye on but anything could happen. the process is ongoing. we are looking forward to more entertainment but back to you. it is tough to hear you. i hope i didn't run over my

time. david: another fbi veteran on the short list is mike roger, a member of congress, head of the house and ultimately, former special agent of the fbi. questions about what happened at the fbi over the past week had a lot to do with the interview with the president that took place yesterday, broadcast in its entirety tonight at 9:00 pm on fox news, we are pleased to have judge period with us. what did we hear? the president said, i wrote these things down, talking -- he loved to go off speech but never ever give up, sometimes you are going to want to quit and go home but you have to keep pushing forward, he has to remind himself of those words when you have a week like this. >> i don't know that he has to

actually try to inspire himself and say keep moving, that is who he is, that is who he is, he is a man who is so focused, so laser specific in terms of his goals that it takes very little to motivate the man but what we heard today was incredibly donald trump. it is of a man who was challenged by hurdles, moves as a result of motivation for things even outside of health, he talked about religion, god, talked about people with cancer who survived it, people who were elderly and still strong and gerri falwell, his love for gerri's father, gerri falwell senior. david: he was able to corral the falwell vote, all these evangelicals, a lot of catholic voters came with him too, really

increased the number of believers voting for republicans much more than his predecessors, he had that kind of are a about him. >> when i spoke there a couple weeks ago he said when i came out for donald trump we didn't really know what to expect but i looked at the man and saw who he was and didn't matter how they categorize it. david: back to your discussion with the president, this thing keeps getting legs, pushed by a media that is anxious to get rid of donald trump at work with democrats to do so but senator durbin talked about rod rosenstein who is a career justice -- the first and who wrote the letter, was going to vote, and the letter was critical, if rosenstein does not call for a special prosecutor

senator durbin says he should resign. do we need a special prosecutor? we have the senate intel committee, the fbi today, the news the special financial crimes unit is going to be there. people looking into it. >> not the senate but house and fbi, we have three investigating and when i spoke to the president about a special commission like 9/11 to get off the table he said -- david: we have sound, let's get your reaction. >> as soon as they announce the results i would like to see it but with all due respect i want to see it done properly. i don't want to be in position where something took place having to do with russia or any other person but i don't want to be in a position where it is not done correctly so let them do it correctly. let them take their time. >> talking about the house, the

senate, the fbi, no independent commission. >> i don't think you need it. >> i happen to agree because there are committees in place. we have a government, checks and balances, there's no reason to go out and find another group. democrats are so upset about benghazi, four people died, too many committees and now we don't even know if there's any wrongdoing, it is just the opposite, clapper said there is no evidence of collusion and we don't have evidence and then they say yes, how do you prove a negative? how do you prove that this did not happen? >> a special prosecutor takes years and years and often prosecutes something totally different from what he started. look what happened to bill clinton, whitewater turned into monica lewinsky, no one saw that coming but there is when

investigation donald trump may be in favor of initiating which has been dropped or put aside and that is the investigation of hillary clinton. what happened with her emails? do you think particularly now that democrats said we don't care if jim comey -- because it is to our political advantage to do that now but she is still in trouble, might there be an investigation with a new fbi director? >> number one the statute of limitations has not run. number 2 the community deals scrutinized at this point to see individuals followed the conditions. and the community agreement. the person in the justice department is going to look at new evidence. what we know, there was not sufficient evidence to invite

her. >> they laid out in his july 5th press conference. >> when i worked with jim comey, they were right next to each other, have great respect for him. when he came to washington, that is another subject. they absolutely can. the president, wants to heal the country and move forward. he is in charge of the resistance, and the fact that the fact, democrats want facts, we got to give it to them. david: something less important in the scheme of things but the press is screaming about, the possibility this president may find a way around the open press briefings, and the big ratings bonanza for television news networks, let's play that sound. >> are you moving so quickly the

communications department cannot keep up with this? what do we do about that? >> we don't have press conferences. >> i have one every two weeks. first of all, a level of hostility, sarah huckabee, a wonderful human being, a nice man. >> is he your press secretary today or tomorrow? >> he is doing a good job. >> has been there from the beginning. he gets beat up by these people. the questions they answered properly, they are off a little bit, just a little bit. another -- i won't use this, i

am not saying that in a bragging way. another president, do practically nothing all day. every minute of the day doing something, cutting prices, this nation has such unbelievable potential, they can't keep up with it and they do their best if they give an answer and it is a little bit off, they are liars and horrible -- it is really -- i would recommend we don't have it. >> when do you make that decision? >> over the next couple weeks. david: so much in their. i don't see that -- >> you don't know what is going to happen. i tried cases for years. take a witness, that witness will never say the same facts the same way, four people involved, 68 different versions,

this is human nature, but i don't think he will cancel them. he shocked me when he said it because here we are, a president who has been more open, more transparent than any other president as far as i'm concerned in recent history. david: i am not sure the other presidents to sit around wasting time in the white house. however, this guy as we all know doesn't sleep much, look at the track record this past week when all eyes are focused on comey, there has been a lot of activity with regard to trade issues that he has been dealing with, let me ask the fbi director, the current one, man drew mc cable is unlikely to be the permanent director. lot of characters have been focused on a lot of people, some of them are lawmakers like rudy giuliani or chris christie.

others are in forces like ray kelly, mike rogers even though he is a congressman, special agent of the fbi, who do you think it should be among those groupings? >> it is time to bring law enforcement back to the fbi. if we learned anything we learned jim comey overstepped his bounds because he had been a prosecutor and looked to take on jobs that were not part of his job specification. to reinvigorate the fbi, there is a morale period. someone who is a real cop, real fbi guy. >> he was a special agent in the house until committee. >> i don't once politics in this, someone to their core, law enforcement, fbi. >> the president is 70, the guy

-- >> great interview. he will see the whole thing at 9:00, you don't want to miss this broadcast. your special interview with donald trump and it was a half hour long. interviews and the justice department underway for a replacement. allison barber will be joining us next for some of those candidate and gerri falwell junior in the commencement speech stepped down from the podium, about to join us right here, stay tuned. ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job.

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underway right now that the justice department and that is where we find ellison farber to tell us about the search. >> reporter: one of those possible replacement pulled up to this barricade a couple hours ago and has since left lose the person in the car appear to be alex fisher, a former attorney assistant attorney general, asked if there were any comments she shook her head and said no thank you. a handful of people have job interviews with the attorney general and deputy attorney general, sources tell fox news they are interviewing for the permanent position of fbi director, there are four people we expect to see here, fisher was the first, acting fbi director andrew mc cable, michael garcia, a judge from new york and sitting texas senator john cornyn, and about being on this list, quote, i have the distinct privilege of serving 28

million texans in the united states senate and that is where my focus remains was what sources are telling us, we expect andrew mc cable to arrive this afternoon, one of the more recognizable figures in the chaos that followed trump's firing of james comey, the case contradicted the white house on capitol hill this week. some also say he is a problematic possibility, accepted for a senate bid. the fbi director serves twee 10 years and the tenure begins with his confirmation by the u.s. senate. people coming today are a small portion of a short life, considering 12 candidates, one person mentioned by some senators including mike lee, merrick garland hopes the white house will consider him. garland is the judge that president obama wanted to be on the supreme court.

david: charlie gasparino knows a few things, he broke the news and i hear his phone working right now. clearly an attempt to reach out to democrats and put the controversy to bed. >> i don't think anything will put it to bed. democrats on the capital have no interest in compromise right now. >> they say it right now. one of the more unfortunate things about the way comey was dismissed as fbi director is it is going to stall a good, fiscally conservative and progrowth economic agenda by the president. this is not a topic. we are not talking about a 15% corporate jobs rate, good paying jobs, wages, you have low employment with lousy wages. we need to get the economy on track, that is a very appealing

part of the trump presidency. david: for president is saying the media likes to focus on the comey firing but behind the scenes we are working hard not only on the white house, but economic advisor is committed to tax reform and the house and senate work and it is true despite the fact the media is focusing on coming makers work being done on taxes. >> if he was here right now i would tell him stop tweeting threats at james comey, stop tweeting nonsense and talk about the economic agenda. he is compounding the media's hatred of them and compounding the story which is a messy story. i'm no fan of james comey, should have been fired day one by donald trump at the way he handled it and the way it was rolled out and they blame john spicer for the mishandling of it shows a level of dysfunction in

this white house, very good people, good policies, but dysfunction. david: rex tillerson is the best secretary of state i remember in my lifetime, let's talk about people that are being considered for the fbi director beyond merrick garland. we have a couple political players and that would be a really in your face opposite of merrick garland appointing someone like rudy giuliani or chris christie, you would think he would go for something so in your face? >> i don't know but i guess no. getting those two guys to a confirmation process, one thing about rudy giuliani, a man i greatly admire, got pretty tangled, does work overseas, that has stalled trump's nominees, particularly the army secretary, not that -- a

potential businessman, untimely difficult, chris christie will come up with blue jeans. david: someone less dynamic like trey gowdy who keeps his nose to the grind stone and works hard. >> the name that came out of the list you mentioned was mike garcia, a us attorney, the guy that launched the insider-trading investigation with the fbi, his right hand on that, i think the fbi agents might like him. >> someone they like is one of their own, mike rogers, special agent for the fbi taken the house until committee so he has credit inside the fbi. >> i don't believe, i speak with

a lot of these folks, doesn't necessarily emanate with james comey's handling as it was. it is the politicized nature of what went down, you need somebody, our business, the president has agenda and we have hours. >> mike rogers, not the same congressional leader. >> a michigan congressman. >> the other choice, this seemed to be someone you were speaking to, ray kelly, former police commissioner, he would be a perfect fit. >> a bipartisan guy, worked with

david jenkins, mike bloomberg was a democrat, and independent, and quickly -- >> up against the hard break. >> works out all the time. david: thank you for being here. critics of donald trump compare the comey firing compared to nixon at saturday night massacre, former nixon speechwriter ben stein was there and can separate fact from fiction and the commencement has just wrapped at liberty university as president gerri falwell junior climbing off of the deus coming to talk to us in a moment. lder p when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us aren't prepared for retirement. just start as early as you can. it's going to pay off in the future.

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>> critics of donald trump are comparing the comey firing to nixon at saturday night massacre. who better to discuss this then

nixon speechwriter ben stein, former speechwriter, former lawyer, economist and actor, nothing you haven't done but for these purposes is there any fair comparison between what happened in this rough period? >> not at all really. nixon had a severe animus against mister cox and mister richardson. david: he was a special prosecutor, a temperamental -- they were snobby boston brahmans looking down their nose at nixon, the poor boy from southern california all the time, and trouble for him, nixon haters, i don't know if this is the same. with the greatest respect to the wall street journal, i don't understand why he was fired and

wish they hadn't done it. nothing like the animus against cox that mister nixon had. david: a couple differences between watergate and what is happening to donald trump, a specific crime, the only crime we know it is somebody leaked something they shouldn't have done but cox was a special prosecutor devoted looking into misdeeds by the nixon administration, firing jim comey was different from that. >> totally different, to finish your thought, the famous -- gertrude stein, about oakland, there is no there there. there is no there there about

russia and vladimir putin and donald trump, no crime has been shown, the slightest bit of a crime, i don't understand what on earth is this is about, just a way of the media and democratic party which are the same thing making a bus to show how much they hate donald trump. there is no crime. may be some will be found in the future but as far as we know there is no crime. david: i didn't know you were related, gertrude stein of all people, so many connections. >> i was kidding. david: senator durbin has said unless rod rosenstein, career guy -- who wrote -- >> just kidding.

>> suggested comey says if he doesn't appoint a special prosecutor he should resign. this is in the minds of democrats, will it play out in reality or is it just this democratic fantasy? >> it is if i may say this on tv, democratic wet dream to have a special prosecutor going after mister trump. special prosecutor -- finding crimes and finding things to go after the object of the investigation. it will result in a disaster for donald trump, for the whole country. no need for a special prosecutor, such a slap in the face to the fbi to say they need a special prosecutor. how about saying you can't do the job, 1000 new agents in the country and we have to have a special prosecutor, a ridiculous fantasy of the democrats. david: treasury department has a

special crimes financial crimes unit, the senate intel committee and the grand jury. gertrude stein could have done much worse than have you as her nephew. i will continue that. great to see you. we just talked about media coverage of the firing of new james comey, a lot of people say is out of control and some are saying it is absolutely false. talk about fake news, is this a perfect example of what donald trump is talking about? we talk about this coming up. [vo] when it comes to investing, looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward.

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>> nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. there are people who can't get the job done. david: donald trump giving the commencement speech at liberty university. he will head the president's task force on reforming higher education, president chancellor of university, gerri falwell joining me now, chancellor or president? >> president, good to be with you. david: watching the president speak in front of thousands of university students might have been surprised there wasn't a typical protest you are used to seeing these days. is it fair to say he has almost universal acceptance or were they just being polite at liberty? >> the interesting thing is they treated bernie sanders with the same respect. liberty university students understand college is about hearing other ideas, free expression, exchange of ideas and a lot of colleges have

gotten away with that, somebody comes in students don't agree with they are disinvited or booed or hissed. we have to get back to where there is civility and students learn from both sides. david: i remember watching on television the oxford debating society where people with vastly different, communists and capitalists squaring off together and your university has had fine and respectful reception for bernie sanders. you were put on this task force to study higher education. are you going to try to present ideas how to fix it? >> task force hasn't been formed yet. it is something we are talking to that part of education in the white house about giving them a lot of ideas. we try to help in any way we can and i don't know the timing of

when there will be a task force but we are engaged in helping every way we can. david: is there any way to bring that civility back to university campuses around the country? >> it hasn't been that long, my father spoke to ivy league schools in the 80s. they disinvited conservative speakers like him, some booed when they didn't like something he said but back then they allowed him on campus. when we saw what happened at berkeley, liberals used to be champions of free speech and many universities the tables have turned and they are more authoritarian and fascist and we have to get back to respect whether we agree with somebody were not, defend their right to say.

i don't hear liberal saying that anymore. david: it happens not only to speakers on campus but a lot of people who have been appointed by the trump administration including betsy divorce, the education secretary, the same happened to her at a university. what do you do? power through these disturbances and try to ignore this behavior? >> the school was trying to get more money from the department of education. not a smart way to do it but i don't know the details. all viewpoints and all ideas and the president delivered one of the best commencement speeches i ever heard today. it was focused on the graduates, inspiring them, and hats off to the president, the first convention at liberty university, tradition for the

new president's first commencement address to be at notre dame, notre dame is a school, we respect a lot and inspired to be like notre dame, the evangelical version of notre dame, so honored he chose liberty. >> a lot of liberty students chose him, some had to -- make america great hat on top of their graduation caps. i assume that was not something suggested by you or anyone else, that was a pretty spontaneous gesture. >> a local vendor was selling them nearby when i heard they sold out. >> the president has had a rough week with the pile on, comey firing. what was your impression of his

attitude today? >> very upbeat, very positive and i told him i agreed with what he did under comey ever since last july i thought jim comey is at best incompetent, at worst a political hack. i don't think president had any choice. david: as far as the president saying this is all noise, i can carry on with presidential duties, what you don't see is what they are doing because the press is not reporting on that, good camera father, to which you say what? >> when i introduced him i went through a long list of things he has done in the last 120 days that benefited people of faith and i can't think of another president, republican or democrat who has done as much for people of faith in his first 120 days than donald trump and many other areas where he kept campaign promises, moderate republicans in congress slowed

him down on something, we need to get rid of them in 2018, establishment republicans i should say. david: we have to wrap it at that but thank you for being here. we appreciate it. the only network that was covering the president's remarks. a lot of the other networks weren't even on it and -- >> very much appreciate and glad for your people that the rain blue out at 3:00 this morning and it was a beautiful day. they didn't stand in the rain. over 50,000 people. 38,000. david: big group of people. thank you for being here, really appreciate it. lawmakers calling for a special prosecutor in the wake of donald trump's dismissal of james comey. the press is getting right in

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>> the media throwing out all sorts of allegations about the firing of james comey, they said the fbi director with canned after he wanted more resources for the russia probe but the acting fbi director said the following. >> when we need resources we make those requests here. i don't -- i am not aware of that request and it is not consistent with my understanding how we request additional resources. i believe the russia investigation is adequately resourced. david: the front page is about rod rosenstein, how he

threatened to resign over how the firing was portrayed but rosenstein said he was not regretting and never threatened to quit so what is going on. joining us to discuss it is steve forbes, emily holmes, lee carter, i want to go to you first because as head of a media company editorial director at times, this must drive you nuts. what is leading the narrative in the media is often dead wrong or at least it has been over the past week. >> not helped by the white house for not having a consistent storyline themselves but the media is out to get donald trump and make this watergate which it isn't and there will be probes all over the place and they have to resigned to the fact they were hear the word russia 1000 times a day for the next eight years. david: the idea that these front-page stories which are meant to move the story forward move the story backwards because

very often they are wrong and have to be corrected if they are honest enough to correct it. >> exactly right but they are always wrong in one direction which is to the disadvantage of the president. never have to correct it the other way and i brought in two, time magazine covers the came out within a week of each other and is media bias in photos, chuck schumer the democratic minority leader in the senate, airbrushed, glowing, thoughtful, serene, this is steve bannon on the same cover. warts and all, black background, looking grimacing into the camera. a week apart this is media bias in pictures, how the media is manipulating a perception of events. david: hard not to disagree with that. >> the local communication you are only as good as your could ability, the media not only has the problem but the trump administration has a problem as well.

we can see sarah huckabee sanders came out wednesday thing comey lost the confidence of the rank and file and the less than 24 hours acting director mc cabe said not only has he not lost the confidence of the rank and file but brought support from the fbi. as well as the media you see the trump administration who has credibility. david: what do you think of that? >> i think the media has a credibility problem on this because clearly their biases are out there and in terms of what happened with the assistant attorney general and in terms of the stories that came out of the white house, the white house did not handle the thing well but the fact of the matter is they are latching on to anything possible to discredit the president and people realize that. the white house pulls back, the

story is going to die on its own. david: i don't think they are going to pull back. i don't think either the trump tweeting is going to pull back or the media is going to pull back at all and congress at least the democrats in congress seem to be fueled by the media stuff whether it is right or wrong. >> i would not expect the media to pull back at all. what is going on is they are having a field day, they feel like it is watergate so they are getting excited and getting overexcited. reporters love doing anonymously sourced stories, we have sloppy communications, that is not good, a recipe for confusion. americans need to take the mainstream media reporting with a grain of salt, taking word from the white house with a grain of salt, need clear information on both sides. david: you are a pollster. how is this affecting the president? >> this is not been a good week for the president. i was talking about this yesterday, how can you say -- it has not been a good we, he has not handled as well, monday

morning having a conversation about healthcare, tax reform, edna dropped out of obamacare, this should be a huge victory week for the president and republicans and instead we are talking about comey, russia, spicer hiding in the bushes, all these things that are not helping move the agenda forward. this wasn't handled well and you cannot say this because it is impossible to get all people on the same page, that is communication 101, they should be on the same page communicating the same message and he needs a new fbi director so we can move forward and talk about issues that matter to the american people. david: more important than anything right now, something that could make these problems disappear would be to get tax cuts in that would get the economy growing again. >> the white house has to learn to dominate the agenda in a positive way and go forward with tax proposal out there, make it as radical and it with the house and senate, the heck with budget

scoring and get the tax-cut being the discussion instead of all this other stuff that has nothing to do with getting the economy ramped up again. david: are republicans going to go ahead with the radical tax some of them are nervous about that. >> they are trying to work together to move forward on that. he proposes the congress disposes to legislate and i would like to get to the media bias one last time was a lot of the outrage, the media behaved as if they were not consulted in the president's decision. i read a lot of criticism he should have done it this way, not that way. david: what do you think? >> the trumpet ministration needs to understand this is not and smith and trump is not wolverine, he cannot buy up all his capital at the american people need him to be honest and we need honesty from the media as well. >> one of the stories, personnel

is going to be gossip no matter what, we need to move past that. david: thank you so much, that is it from the cost of freedom from the nation's capital, we will be back next week, bulls and bears, forbes on fox and cashing in, the whole contingent saturdays at 10:00 on fox news channel, have a great weekend. >> have an awesome show, here it goes, just days -- and the major foreign trip taking office. live in jerusalem. with what the region is wanting to hear about the fight against isis. the israeli-palestinian conflict and iran's growing power to threaten his neighbor. >> donald trump is in the air en route to the white house after delivering a commencement speech to college grads at liberty university. in the