i'm joined by randy evans, veteran of 10 presidential campaigns and ed rollins. randy, this is a president-elect who is in he respect acting as if he has already taken the oath of office. he's standing up, meeting with victims. he will be at the army-navy game. i think back to those -- if you will -- the wasteland moment in his campaign where he was being besieged by people saying he's not presidential. he couldn't be more presidential, could he? >> he he merngd as our leader, the leader of the united states of america, and he's doing it in a phenomenal way. restoring confidence. that's make ourselves believe in ourselves again. think how impressive that is. to take us from where we were and take us to the point where we have a little step in our stride. i think people feel better about the future and better about the country. lou: he's stand standing i am boiblgly with first responders. and whether it be i at ohio stae or the trump towers. is this the way thought it would go? >> it's going better than i ever thought it would go. it's one of the strongest cab net

lou: i was talking to randy evans. he's rationalized his way through this process. it's a herring to -- it's a mel itocracy and -- it's a merks ritocracy and only donald trump could have withstood the test. only donald trump could have been the you are vierch prevailed in this contest. someone of the most interesting aspects, things we have heard throughout the campaign is donald trump doesn't listen. and what we have slender, what i would hope people have learned is donald trump not only does he listen, he listens better than anybody else. he listens better than any of the people running for the nomination and listening better than the democrats. as matt pointed out, they are still not listening. they are refusing to learn the lessons so many people are learning. one of the lessons is not tomorrow was donald trump riewr- right all that time. by's trying to build consensus as you said. lou: there is a quick axiom demonstrated by donald trump in this political season. that's stupid better get out of the way of smart. >> that's getting a little close to home, lou, you

randy evans. >> thank you. lou: great america tax strategist, veteran of 10 presidential campaigns fox news contributor, ed rollins. the dean. >> thank you. lou: we have landed here, why not start with you ed. this is a remarkable day delivering on those jobs at carrier. >> extraordinary day, the mere fact he is out of the white house, out of new york north white house, out with the people. he is telling them, i promised you i would do this, i did it it was a complicated deal they want to united technology, the mother ship of this and warned them if they did not get involved carrier. -- >> united technology is exposed if you will to the president of the united states because, they live by defense contract. >> i just thought was a smart move, but bigger move is going out there to people saying, i promised you this, i am going to be president of working people and move forward. lou: he talked about ripping people's hearts out, it is over here. your a republican, part of the establishment. that must have quickened

randy evans, and here tonight former presidential candidate, media mogul steve forbes. take up trump doctrine against outsources. and investors love the trump rally in the market, today dow closed at a new record high, investors unphased by italian's decision to reject prime minister's constitutional reforms, it is clear the populous movement is making history in europe and here in u.s. top story tonight, parent company announces -- president-elect trump announces he has chosen ben carson to be his secretary of housing and ush kno urban development, saying he was thrilled to nominate carson, he has a brilliant mind, it passionate about thren strengthening communities. and al gore, actually inside of trump tower today. meeting with ivanka trump, mr. gore also spoke with mr. trump. >> >> the bulk of the time was with president-elect trump. i found an interesting conversation, and to be continued. i am just going to leave it at that. lou: outside of president-elect trump tower, nonother than green party presidential candidate jill stein. >> we're here today to stand up for

take that up with former reagan white house political director ed rollins, and rnc committee hand randy evans, los angeles, one of those who may be asked todown trump -- to join the trump ambassador john bolton. and a lot to talk about, a lot to cover here. 55 electors pushing for a briefing. yes, 54 of those 55 are bitter clinger democrats, holding on to their dreams of subverting the will of the people, denying mr. trump the office he won by bulldozing the blue wall. we'll have latest for you on that in moments. trump also confirms two nominations, rick perry for energy. and rona romney mcdaniel for national committee. house intelligence committee canceled a briefing tomorrow, fox news has been told that invited intelligence agencies have all refused to provide briefers. this is most senior commit we jurisdiction over intelligence. at, the conflicts reported from u.s. intelligence agencies over contested allegations that russia in some manner, in some fashion, allegedly attempted to influence to an unknown degrees outcome of last month's presidential election, perhaps in favor of one candid

. >> joining me now former senior adviser to the newt gingrich campaign, randy evans. veteran of 10 presidential campaigns, former white house political director under ronald reagan, republican strategist ed rollins. good to have you both here, folks. let me start, randy, was the rnc hacked by russians? >> not to my knowledge. i find it fascinating where they are willing to pronounce all of these things. we had a hammer, server with bleaching in it, e-mails admitting lies. none on of that was good enough. yet we have this rumor where we can't find one fingerprint of one russian hack orrer leaving a trail. that is enough to prompt all of this furor over the electoral college. it is isry dig louse. >> to have all of these agencies out in public. they used to have 500 economists to tell you this candidate would be a disaster. oh, wait a minute. that was donald trump and the market has gone up more than 8% since he was elected. so that's not not working. what's working here? >> i don't know what's working. that's what the president needs to figure out. billions of dollars

fred barnes, randy evans, charlie hurt our guest tonight. kennedy: donald trump about to wade into difficult foreign policy issues, but he's claiming the obama administration is purposely making things more difficult. a scare at trump tower causing a twitter fight between president-elect trump and new york city. will amazon disclose what its device echo may have recorded? for some people 201 was a dismal political year with horrific outcomes and shattered predictions. those people are hillary and bill clinton. you can't blame hillary for getting sick and broken after falling from such great heights. every expert in the world told her she would easily win the presidency. it wasn't just news week who constantly shouted her she-win. frank thrunts tweeted on election night quote hillary clinton will be the next president of the united states." no, frank, no she won't. frank wasn't alone in his wishful thinking. the new york sometimes upshot showed her with an 85% chance of winning. larry sabato's crystal ball pegged her at 322. and this was:00 p

fred barnes, randy evans, charlie hurt our guest tonight. kennedy: donald trump about to wade into difficult foreign policy issues, but he's claiming the obama administration is purposely making things more difficult. a scare at trump tower causing a twitter fight between president-elect trump and new york city. will amazon disclose what its device echo may have recorded? for some people 201 was a dismal political year with horrific outcomes and s

tom: joining me now, former senior adviser to newt gingrich campaign, randy evans, and cliff may, and cliff, this is described as why now? why with just 3 weeks ago? why, the russians have been hacking for decades, why now? >> this is a very good point. keep in mind we have the russians have hacked pentagon, chinese hacked office of personnel management. millions of people had their records stolen. navy has been hacked by iran, hollywood ban hacked by north korea. this is very little, and very late, but one thing i do hope, i suspect is to cast the presidency of president trump's ca candidacy in doubt. it should cause the new administration to focus on cyber espionage, we should have very strong policies on that, we should make it clear there will be a cyber arms race. we're going to win it, those who attack us will be punished very serially, not today where we have individual company, agents that do not have asset to u.s., they are being sanctioned this is kind of meaningless. tom: that other part, is that head scratcher is because of the fact that all right, so, we'll boot 35 probab

. >> i was talking with randy evans earlier who heads up the parliament association.e's rationalized his way through this process. it's a meritocracy and only donald trump could have possibly withstood the test and the metrics by which we selected a president and i think he may be right, charlie. i do know this. i don't -- i think he's got it exactly right. only donald trump could have been the survivor, the win e and prevailed in this contest. >> you know, one of the most interesting aspects, things we've heard throughout this campaign from several people is donald trump doesn't listen. what we have learned -- what i would hope people have learned is that, of course, donald trump, not only does he listen, he listens better than anybody else. he listens better than any of the other people who were running for the nomination and obviously was listening better than the do. as matt just pointed out, they're still not listening. they're refusing to learn the lessons that so many people are learning. and one of the lessons is that, wow, not only was donald trump right all

wquote.we take it up with michal goodwin randy evans, and matt sclapp . we'll find out when the darn russians were up to, and the democrats as well. we're joined by congressman ryan of montana he met with president-elect today at trump tower, an early supporter of mr. trump, hasek pressed interest -- expressed interest in working with the administration, right now donald trump is said to be considering big oil executive rex tillerson at secretary of state, and john bolton as number two at state, trump this week had big praise for tillerson on fox news sunday. >> he is much more than a business executive, he is a world class player, he is in charge of i guess largest company in the world. he is in charge of a oil company that is pretty much double the size of next nearest competitor. a company which has been unbelievably managed. to me, a great advantage, is he knows many of the players, he knows them well. he does massive deals in russia, for the company. lou: sources close to the campaign say, an initial announcement on -- official announcement on tiller

. >> joining me now former senior adviser to the newt gingrich campaign, randy evans. veteran of 10 presidential campaigns, former white house political director under ronald reagan, republican strategist ed rollins. good to have you both here, folks. let me start, randy, was the rnc hacked by russians? >> not to my knowledge. i find it fascinating where they are willing to pronounce all of these things. we had a hammer, server with bleaching in it, e-mails admitting lies. none on of that was good enough. yet we have this rumor where we can't find one fingerprint of one russian hack orrer leaving a trail. that is enough to prompt all of this furor over the electoral college. it is isry dig louse. >> to have all of these agencies out in public. they used to have 500 economists to tell you this candidate would be a disaster. oh, wait a minute. that was donald trump and the market has gone up more than 8% since he was elected. so that's not not working. what's working here? >> i don't know what's working. that's what the president needs to figure out. billions of dollars

. >> joining me now former senior adviser to the newt gingrich campaign, randy evans. veteran of 10 presidential campaigns, former white house political director under ronald reagan, republican strategist ed rollins. good to have you both here, folks. let me start, randy, was the rnc hacked by russians? >> not to my knowledge. i find it fascinating where they are willing to pronounce all of these things. we had a hammer, server with bleaching in it, e-mails admitting lies. none on of that was good enough. yet we have this rumor where we can't find one fingerprint of one russian hack orrer leaving a trail. that is enough to prompt all of this furor over the electoral college. it is isry dig louse. >> to have all of these agencies out in public. they used to have 500 economists to tell you this candidate would be a disaster. oh, wait a minute. that was donald trump and the market has gone up more than 8% since he was elected. so that's not not working. what's working here? >> i don't know what's working. that's what the president needs to figure out. billions of dollars

evans, are concerned for safety. according to the globe, mayor walsh sent a regulators this week accusing spectra energy of failing to share safety plans with the city's police and fire departments. randy: huge cleanup effort is under way at this hour in boston's chinatown. the city is trying to get everything back to normal after a big water main break there yesterday. the weaer in the overnight hours has not been helping the effort. the eyeopener's sera congi is there with conditions right now. reporter: randy, we're reall talking about two cleanup and then the other from the underground fire thathat water caused. look behind me. ever source crews are along neyland street as several of the manhole fires -- several of the manholes that caught fire yestery morning. it's about cleanup and also aboutrepairing all theamage that was done. take a look. overnight they were using heavy equipment to vacm out the debris out of those manholes. many businesses were flooded yesterday. you can see the heavy stream of water that went down washington street. some 3 feet of water was pumped out of basents of several bunesses. a lot of small businesses last night. crews are bringing in industrial fans