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russia, russia, russia. interesting that it might not even be russia after all. or she is about to nuke north korea. or it's a race, race, race. never giving the history of donald trump or the things that he said. i went [ding] [ding] [ding] they don't care about truth. you have to deal with these people everyday. does that get particularly hard when you know they are not being honest? i cannot your do your job, sar. it be more everyday. >> sometimes they are tougher days than others. thankfully, i've said this before. i have toddlers answering the same questions over and over again. i'm used to saying no an awful lot. i've good practice at home. coming in and dealing with a childish press corps that likes to focus on the same thing and asked the same questions over and over again. thankfully, we have a president that isn't focused on the things but the press is. he's focused on helping the american people. one of the things i talked about earlier today, we have an economy that is booming, in large part to the confidence the president has given to the community. over 800 regulations that have gotten

after failed attempts to smear president trump with russia, russia, russia, russia after claiming the president started nuclear war with north korea and after falsely painting the president, conservatives and republicans as a racist, racist tickets, the left attacks have created a fake news talking point they want to spread around in their echo chamber. members of the media elite, they know it all. media is now pretending to be experts in psychiatry and psychology. they have found a brand-new way of way to delegitimize president donald trump. they are claiming he is unhinged. he's unfit to serve. here's the council to the president kellyanne conway firing back against this media bias earlier today on fox & friends. >> is such and a third of absurd analysis. armchair psychiatrists on tv. i remember when new stations reported the news. >> sean: a kellyanne a spot on. the highlight that out-of-control bias by the leftist press, we are going to use the sound we used last night. you will hear this. [ding] >> sean: we will see how rampant this bias is. let's take a look at the press claimin

russia russia russia but i think he throws into relief or let's say the core of the american people the people in flyover country his constituency just how to out of touch with reality his critics are you know and to weigh in on that because the story that was getting a lot of traction we of course you know russia russia russia in the background that's what. the fake news channel c.n.n. an m s n b c they make their money that's their business model but the story that was being a lot of talked about i think was very very interesting it was about jeff sessions the attorney general in a flash it well i should say in a tweet that story went away again jim said trolling is i trust trolling the media because he wants to control the narrative he wants to control what's in in in the storylines for the major broadcasters and newspapers. i don't necessarily see this trolling i do see it is entirely intentional and yes it did take the jeff sessions story off the front page but i thought that this was all directed at sort of getting people's attention focused away from the failure of the obamacare repeal it measures in the senate and sort of the the gilded nature of the trump legislative agenda there the reality is yes the president knows that he can reset the agenda any time he tweets out something on som

what david said makes sense but what we heard for the last six months a last ten months russia russia russia russia will turn on c.n.n. right now i mean there they have they're totally red faced right now right now with this revelation that they're producer talked to. baritones so ok but a buy bet you anything in their first five minutes to be talking about russia so they're not listening to david they're not listening to michael go ahead jeff. well i agree it's not a left and right thing it's really a populist versus elite thing and the thing about trump's victory is that it really shook up progressives in a way that they weren't ready for it psychologically damaged them and so they've been lashing out ever since trying to find the issue of. the day that's going to bring trump down in flames and now that the russia issue doesn't appear to be their vehicle do impeachment it's starting to settle in psychologically that trumps going to be here for four years but but here's what i would say to people on both sides is that we've become so one hinge politically that the democrats were actually willing t

russia russia russia but i think he throws into relief or let's say the core of the american people the people in flyover country his constituency just how out of touch out of touch with reality his critics are you know and to weigh in on that because the story that was getting a lot of traction we of course you know russia russia russia in the background that's what. the fake news channel c.n.n. and m s n b c they make their money that's their business model but the story that was being a lot of talk about i think was very very interesting it was about jeff sessions the attorney general and in a flash it well i should say in a tweet that story went away again jim said trolling is i trust trolling the media because he wants to control the narrative he wants to control what's in in in the storylines for the major broadcasters and newspapers. you know i don't necessarily see this trolling i do see it is entirely intentional and yes it did take the jeff sessions story off the front page but i thought that this was all directed at sort of getting people's attention focused away from the failure of the obamacare repeal it measures in the senate and sort of the the gilded nature of the trump legislative agenda there the reality is yes the president knows that he can reset the agenda any time he tweets out some

, russia, russia interesting to hear it may not be russia at all or he's about to nukerth korea or race, race, race. never giving the history of donald trump. never the things he said. i played ding, ding, ding, ding. they don't care about truth. you have to deal with these people every day. does that get particularly hard when you know they're not being honest? i could not do your job, sarah. i could not. it'd be war every day. >> there's tougher days than others but i have toddlers so i'm used to answering the same questions over and over again and use to saying no a lot. i have good practice at home preparing me to deal with sometimes a childish press corps who likes to focus on the same thing and ask the same questions over and over again. thankfully we have a president not focussed on the things the press is and focussed on helping the american people. one thing i talked about earlier today, we have an economy booming and thanks in large part the president has gotten rid of over 800 regulation have gotten government out of the way and allowing people to do what the

russia the russian hikers russian with the really stresses have been meddling putin's hecate russian election attack russia russia russia and russia russian russian meddling russians backpacks the targeted hillary clinton campaign. the media been a day got something criminal he. said waiting for the media apology about weapons of mass destruction in iraq and. it's just been going well. so let's let's get in let's get into the boring yet amazing details i have is very different from a leak a hack is done over the internet a leak is done in person with a storage device like like sticking a thumb drive in a computer basically it's the difference between phone sacs that can be done anywhere and a full on in person ok. a thumb drive. this was a thumb drive. how do we know it was a link and not a hack well first of all the metadata shows that the download speeds are too fast for an online transfer the download happened at least twenty two point seven megabytes per second and therefore they stays what we've been calling the hack is impossible not now after the nation article came out some people argue that twenty two point sev

russia, russia, russia to president going to launch a nuclear war with north korea till my gosh, racist, racist, racist. they've all been exposed. here is the saddest part of all of this. they did not care about the forgotten men and women in this country who are desperately needing solutions. a duly elected president that they want to push out of office. they are not trying to help solve this country's problems. to help the millions of americans suffering. they don't tell the truth about what's really going on in america. besides this show, how often you hear about 50 million americans in poverty? 50 50 million americans -- on fd stamps. at 95 million americans out of the labor force? a million new jobs since donald trump has been elected president? the list labor participation rate since the 1970s. now we have the best labor participation rate in years. we have the worst economic recovery since the '40s, lowest home ownership rate and 51 years. all after obama. the media never told you the truth about that. they don't give a rip obviously. at the president was right. if they want to make america great again, to the upper talk about solutions? helping the american people? answers to our problems? do they ever care about the people that voted for president and wanted to drain the swamp and sewer? is not just d.c. but the media. do they want real change that will impact people's lives in a positive way? the president said last night, they obviously don't care about making america great again. they never talk about solutions. instead, they tear down and delegitimizing and they want to destroy the president. that you voted for. why? they don't want to help the american people after decades and decades of neglect from out of touch power-hungry politicians of washington? that's who they are? they are getting worse every day. i don't think it's going to get better. here's what we will do. we will continue to expose them and their agenda, every night right here on this program. we do thank you for being with us. when we come back, herman cain reacts to my opening monologue. also tonight, last night the president hinted he may pardon former chair of joe are pale. he joins us here to talk about that and more. sheriff joe arpaio. try super poligrip free. ♪ when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >> the media can attack me but where i draw the line is when they attacked you, which is what they do. when they attacked the decency of our supporters. it's time to expose the cricket media deceptions and the challenge the media for their role in tormenting divisions. these are truly dishonest people. not all of them. not all of them. you have some very good reporters. it's very fair journalist. but for the most part, honestly, these are really, really dishonest people and they are bad people. and they really think they don't like our country. i really believe that. >> sean: that was the president fighting back against the mainstream left's ideological media last night and as we laid out in my opening monologue, so-called journalists and commentators from the destroy-trump-media, they didn't exactly like those remarks, taking them in stride. they have been in full freak out mode for nearly 24 hours. here are some more of the low lights from the media's post family coverage. >> this was a castro-esque speech. this is a man who's not well. a whiny 6-year-old who had his nintendo taking away and the cranky old man condemning everyone who does not worship him adequately. >> donald trump has been unhinged since he came onto the political scene. this is nothing new. >> i was watching this speech and it reminds me of a guy in a bar complaining about his ex-wife. >> who are these people that act like they are cheering on a pep rally at a high school basketball game? when he thinks deeply, deeply offensive things about this country? >> sean: here were now with reaction, herman cain. i think we condemn identify this. i think i remember you being right up there at the top of the polls, herman cain. all that's on the the attacks came, vicious attacks. things i know to be lies. the minute you got out of the race, that was it, we never heard it again. all he had to do was get out of the way. >> they achieved their objective. the mob because reactions you have chilled, i commend your staff for putting it all together. i don't have time to look at all those different sources. i've got two words for what you have just shown about the liberal mainstream media. disgusting lies. they did not make russiassia, russia stake, as he pointed out. they are trying to make racist, racist, racist stick. that's not working out too well. and now with the lead of james clapper, they are trying to make incompetence steak. it's not working. here's the light at the end of the tunnel, sean. i almost called you shane. that's my producer, okay? here's a light at the end of the tunnel. it's not a train. the american people are not stupid. they are waking up to the deception and the lies that the liberal media is trying to convince them of, relative to this president. the american people are waking up and they realize that the liberal media has a severe case of trump derangement syndrome. >> sean: you know, herman, if i were called a racist -- you lived through this and i remember you living through this as if it was yesterday. i remember talking to you during all of that at the time. i'm going to tell you something -- i don't think there's anything worse you can say. a murderer or racist. no one wants t

russia is an excuse for an embarrassing clinton loss. makes people in your party feel a lot better. repeat after me. russia, russia, russia>> definitely true for some democrats. i come from northeastern ohio, a rustbelt community similar to huntington, west virginia. the reason why donald trump won was because he had an economic message. hillary clinton didn't show up and she didn't work hard and she basically abandoned the communities that really put donald trump over the top. i often say that was not republicans that elected donald trump commit was democrats, blue-collar democrats. >> ed: the president claimed these russia probes are a total fabrication. that doesn't reflect reality either though on a day when we learned robert mueller has impaneled this grand jury. surely your party can't claim this is a total fabrication. >> well, it's important to discuss that tonight was a good night for the president. you have the democratic governor of west virginia saying he's switching parties to the republican party, making him the 34th republican governor. >> ed: that's not going to repeal and replace obamacare. >> what it sho

no, they are obsessed with tearing down the president, russia, russia, russia, prussia, russia, examininghe presidents mental states, what about their trump arrangement syndrome? it's time for congress to get on board, get behind this tax plan. it will create jobs and tax legislation, look at this fox poll on the issue of passing tax reform this year. of the 49% of registered voters said yes, it's important. at 78% said it's unlikely to happen. that means it's time for congress to get to work. wait until we show you the poles about congress and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell tonight. they need to pay attention and compare their poll numbers to the presidents. the american people need things done. it's good for those people who are left behind. if congress can pass tax reform look at ronald ragan did, it will unleash a new wave of american prosperity had millions of new jobs and get millions of americans off food stamps and out of poverty and back in the labor force and a shot at the american dream. it's time to put the country first. congress, get busy. joining us now is the counsel to the

russia russia russia and that's been their tactic well you know donald trump unfortunately has a version to facts and he lies so often and yet when you look at his foreign policy . it's that parable that sometimes a broken clock is correct once every twenty four hours i think his statements in favor of detente are absolutely correct and in terms of foreign policy he has been hammered into announced by the us mass media. precisely for his best policies and we ought to reexamine why that is the case because there was a tremendous war lobby in this country it's lucrative military industrial complex we've got to turn that around and turning it around may be very difficult though as you know especially with the media i mean when you hear something like a peace agreement being reached in syria what we heard is oh it means trump's putin's puppet not you know celebrating the potential deescalation of a conflict there do you see as just headed down a perilous path at this point or what are the opportunities for deescalation well it's certainly perilous i mean our news conference this morning was an effort to help turn this momentum this very dangerous destructive ominous momentum around so that when we're calling for pulling u.s. airplanes and drones out of syrian airspace we're saying that escalating and escalating some more is not pre-determined it's up to whether we can marshal the strength from the grassroots to say that what martin luther king jr called the madness of militarism must be opposed and must be stopped he said what militarism. a raisin in the tiriel of them are that's three main drivers of us empire something he gets less credit for pointing out i think these days yes there's a lot of stuff you know what jesse jackson called the the idle dream or the mortar on the postage stamp we hear a lot about i have a dream we don't hear a lot about how martin luther king was a great peace activist targeting the military industrial complex here executive director for the institute for public accuracy and court major for its action dot org norman solomon always great to talk to you thank you. and coming up on our team at least forty are dead in afghanistan at the hands of the taliban and i says we've got that tragic story and some analysis right after this short break. i think the average viewer just after watching a couple of segments understands that we're telling stories in our critics can't tell you know why because their advertisers more let them. in order to create change you have to be honest you have to tell the truth parties able to do that every story is built on going after the back story to what's really happening out there to the american what's happening when it for peroration makes a pharmaceutical big chill speech when a company in the environmental business ends up polluting a river that causes cancer and other illnesses and they put all the health risk all the dangers out to the american public those are stories that we tell every week and you know what they're working. until march and i'll give you what the mainstream media can't the big picture. spend here. and when you question him or find what you're looking for this. will go deeper investigate and debate all so you can get the big picture. would you have for breakfast yesterday why would you put those for the face. of like you neal and what your biggest fear is in the in the hey i win so let's try that old to show you. the best part of the. fun stuff that doesn't. now i live to do due to question. welcome back to r.t. america the taliban and islamic state forces reportedly combined power to massacre at least forty men women and children in syria pull afghanistan sunday that's according to some local officials there they said combatants captured a village and subsequently executed the shiite minority civilians who live there the taliban has yet to claim responsibility in fact they deny responsibility and the united nations has not publicly acknowledged the massacre yet however liam mcdowell from the u.n. assistance mission to afghanistan told r.t. america quote the mission's investigations into the reported incident are ongoing he wouldn't comment on the nature of the murders or the current investigation we're going to dig a little deeper into the state of affairs in afghanistan now with former marine corps captain matthew hoh just briefly if i can get your reaction to that story does it make sense the taliban would work with isis to commit an attack here no it doesn't make sense or they work with you know the islamic state group in afghanistan they haven't done so yet just the same day a taliban commander issued a statement saying if i catch any of you referring to his subordinates talking to any islamic state members i will kill you know certainly the taliban prior to two thousand and one was engaged in very heinous atrocities against a shia minority in afghanistan but recently they have not been doing that type of sectarian slaughter that seems to be more of an islamic state type action interesting well you resigned from the foreign service in protest of the war in afghanistan two thousand and nine this week it was reported the u.s. is sending more marines in june president trump approved the transfer of four thousand more troops to the country with later reports suggesting he's a little reluctant to approve another surge are you surprised we're still waging this. for a decade since you left the obama administration i'm disappointed of course and greatly saddened i'm not surprised you know i mean the war is good money the war is good business. you know was having a conversation about how. gentrified washington d.c. has become the price of houses the price of rents how expensive neighborhoods are in washington d.c. i mean you can tie that directly into the defense budget in the intelligence budget some washington d.c. house since two thousand and one mean exactly how the salaries that people make for working for the defense corporations how the salaries they make for all these things mean so the war is or great business so the fact that if we bomb the philippines as was reported in the washington post that will now be the eighth nation we are now bombing so no i'm not surprised that the war still continuing greatly saddling britain to the point because the afghan people or a near fourth decade of suffering but. you know it's an interesting point you make there because i can tell you going around washington you see all these luxury apartment buildings popping up wondering who can afford them oh there is a b. a systems or booz allen hamilton office building right there i have no wonder so convenient in twenty fourteen the obama administration released a statement celebrating the end of a combat mission in afghanistan that milestone really mean anything though not really i mean we still have ten thousand troops there possibly more i mean there is discussion or there was some discussion about pulling troops out but that seems to be dead you know you know the original milestone was for a withdrawal of troops by summer of two thousand and eleven and remember the great discussion with between betray us and obama that the troops would be out within eighteen months of course that milestone was passed and then it became this continual pushing back of when the end day in afghanistan would be and then it became two thousand and fourteen and then the president kept pushing it and pushing it and pushing and then it's then that you know it's strange that exactly and this . future of the mission in afghanistan it's apparently causing a lot of tension in this white house with reporting suggesting trump's national security adviser h.r. mcmaster and his wife out white house counsel steve bannon are actually battling over this strategy pretty brutally with mcmaster apparently supporting calls to send more troops to the country what do you think about these reports well of course the general or the former general you know master is going to want to win that's all these guys want this what does this mean that this is this is the legacy right sure these guys could actually tell you what winning is but this is their legacy this is their career this is their past this is what they want they can't defeat. so yes for them. to say that we didn't persevered we didn't go through it that is just anathema and they can't have that now a guy like bannan he sees the world differently and see it in a better ally they make master because bannon sees the world in this with the specters of islam is in globalists and he wants erik prince to come in with army of mercenaries and subdue the awful brown people to make afghanistan ripe for the plucking of rare earth minerals so you have in one case in the white house the general who doesn't want to a myth that afghanistan was in a moral war that could never be won as a war were based were trying to occupy a people and subjugate them and we have a man in a bed in who sees global islam is and he wants a mercenary to subdue them a great way to break it down i'm glad you brought up erik prince because he is everywhere in the media lately i don't know if you've noticed this of course his sister also happens to be education secretary but the device i want to play you something he said recently on another network. with their fuel their ammunition their parts on time that's what you need to keep the afghan forces afloat pentagon needs over fifty billion dollars more than the entire u.k. defense budget. i'm not sure if that was the correct one but essentially he's been saying all over the media that he has a plan where we can affordably go in and like you say with his private mercenaries take care of the problem in afghanistan he doesn't think we should be getting out what exactly would. prince's model or plan for afghanistan be what kind of situation would we be looking at in the country oh i think his model is to make himself money and subjugate the afghan population by brutally suppressing them i don't think there's any of the model in that i mean when i first heard of this plan was several months ago and he compared it to the way the british the british used to control the indian population which was just brutal subjugation utilizing the rifle on the band and i believe that's prince's model he. laughably suggests that somehow a contractor force would be more affordable which never thing we've seen over the last however many years we know that contractors are not cheaper than the government but this is the logical extension of the neo liberal policies the last several decades i mean war is the ultimate mass the station of these near liberal policies so why we not private ties this inherently governmental function absolutely right i mean it's plain as day with the way they're discussing at but i mean you have a lot of experience then your own perspective what would you say if the goal was stability in afghanistan or putting it back in the hands of the people there not you know permanent occupation what would a strategy be you have to achieve peace you have to have cease fires no negotiations can take place while the violence is occurring this slaughter you you open this segment with that's the madness that always occurs in war you're always going to have violence and atrocity and war so it's that's always going to happen but you must have cease fires that lead to negotiations that lead to reconciliation in order to have that you talk about negotiating with the taliban but of course absolutely of course in order to have that all parties from outside the conflict must so stop their financial and material support to parties within the conflict so no more meddling from outside parties whether it's the inept meddling. the united states is so good at but certainly no supporting of warlords and drug lords and militias as we've been doing no supporting by pakistan or india or iran bad is what is keeping this conflict going as well as keeping this suffering of the afghans going or all these outside parties just as we see in syria and the u.n. has been there since been involved there since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine so this is been decades decades of this application all leading to this point matthew hoh former marine corps captain thank you so much for coming in today very fascinating insight thank you. analysts say north korea can now successfully produce and miniature nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles and responds to repeated threats to the united states president trump issued a grave warning to the country today take a listen they will be met with fodder of fury. like the world has never seen. meanwhile a confidential assessment conducted by the u.s. intelligence agencies was also published in the washington post today this analysis was reportedly completed last month by the defense intelligence agency and comes on the heels of an assessment which raises the official estimate for the total number of bombs in d p r k's atomic arsenal as many as sixty nuclear weapons are now controlled by north korean leader kim jong un while other independent experts say the number of bombs as much smaller according to the world nuclear stockpile report the united states has at least six thousand eight hundred nuclear weapons this comes after the obama administration committed to a thirty year one trillion dollar program to modernize the u.s. nuclear arsenal back in two thousand and sixteen and that's it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash our team america and our website our t. dot com slash america you can also always follow me on twitter at on your part until question mark. on. your. next trip. just a year ago no one i know in real life with into politics now to just a year later and suddenly they're all expert and they have all these opinions about what's a credible news source and what's not and since i live in new york city everyone in my real life now is suddenly super into the new york times you'll name drop it in bars even say yeah i read this in the new york times the other day. and the other person will say oh yeah right the new york times of course i saw that one too it's a whole thing now to be cool and into the new york times for all these people who did not know anything about politics last year at all on the flip side they say the words fox news as if they're spitting something gross out of their mouths they probably never even read anything on fox or watch the channel even they've only seen clips on the daily show making fun of so many of these folks who are newly in the politics don't even realize how slanted the news they're getting is they just think the new york times only presents facts not a nuanced perspective and i was reminded of that recently when mark ames exiled on twitter pointed out a pretty crazy had line the times ran last fall it read berlin one nine hundred forty five grozny two thousand aleppo twenty sixteen which is a pretty nuanced perspective allright because as mark ames exiled pointed out the not subtle implication in the headlines left is that the nazis were helpless victims of russian aggression which is totally true because russia is the common denominator in that list insinuating to perspective that russia was the aggressor at the one nine hundred forty five battle of britain where they were ending the not for you so i laughed when i saw mark and exiled tweet but all those people new out there to politics walking around in the new york times who publish that headline they have no idea what it even meant let alone how nuanced it was and that's because the times is there is nuanced as they get the really good at it they are masters of it because a lot of them are really smart. like any news outlet the times has good stuff and they have bad stuff and they have a whole lot of perspective so if you're going to start all of a sudden reading the times you better start watching fox news too because you've got to look at all the perspectives if you want to see the whole picture where the truth really listen. or just go back to watching cat videos like you were last year and that's fine too just either way whatever you

russia, russia, russia. or maybe they are mixed up when we rush to the polls. jesse: you believe there is nothing to see here, there is no problem. because the press is making him out to be a traitor. >> this is a witch hunt. jesse: and your prediction on this mueller investigation? everything will be okay? >> i wish the president would fire mueller. that's comey's homey. jesse: that would get trump in even more trouble. >> they are on a witch hunt. we have nasty prosecutors. we have to stop this here. do not do this to our president and undermine this administration with russiajesse: al gore is a green guy. but it turns out not so green. they did a little study on gore's estate. turns out his nashville residents, 10,000 square foot residence uses 21 times more energy than the typical u.s. home. do as i say not as i do al gore. any response to al? >> he sounds like a hypocrite. why is he using so much energy? how come al gore went into the white house middle class and now he's filthy rich? jesse: he's worth 200 to $300 million? that's a lot of green. you don't have solar panels on your house do you? >> no. jesse: up next the trump divorce defense. one woman said herselfies with the president and the first lady ruined her marriage. she joins me next. jesse: a former power couple is calling it quits, citing donald trump as one of the main reasons for the split. they married in may 2015. but after two years of marriage came a divisive presidential elect. the former miami dolphins cheerleader, a staunch republican said she filed for divorce after being pressured

russia. he doesn't want anybody to believe. what mitch mcconnell wind up saying about i am had, what senate. is is about to be censured in september. connell: you say yadi yada, she says russia, russia, russiar, cheeseburger and russia. >> i will read the fax section. connell: marcia, marcia. another big story, former sheriff joe arpaio, i'm sure you heard of he was on with our own neil cavuto whether he thinks president trump will grant him a pardon. it was a "first on fox" interview. we'll talk about that coming up next. ♪ free? yeah. could save thousands. you should probably buy me dinner. no. go to lendingtree.com for a new home loan or refinance. receive up to five free offers and choose the loan that's right for you. our average customer could lower their monthly bills by over three hundred dollars. go to lendingtree.com right now. ... >> let me get your sense of what president was hinting at last night, has he talked to you personally on the phone. >> he has not, that is okay, they put a press thing out there would be no mention of this at rally. but knowing the president, he has guts and courage. my gut told me, he was going to do it. connell: neil cavuto there on fox business inter

cannot forget the two major players in that area that would be russia and the us someone to talk about russia the north of russia is where russia has resources laid siberia it's the northern part it's the arctic it's the gas it's the oil it's the minerals it's everything so russia has been there for a. long time they've been exploiting these resources forever and now we've heard from the minister of national resources just over the weekend he's saying you know it's time to clean up and actually the russian government is and has been cleaning up for a few years now back at it was two thousand and twelve two thousand and fifteen forty thousand tons of waste recycled clean up two hundred hectares of land now that is one of one hundred two areas that russia has basically a red flag that needs to have the same type of cleansing let's say it had to be cleaned up also it russia is talking about protected areas itself you know there's polar bears up there there's walrus there's other creatures up there that the russian government has been protecting in the past they want to move forward they want to get into this area with the with the

russia, russia, russia, mr. podesta files these forms showing real russian involvement with the ukraine and the uranium one deal. if you start make those disclose iewrs. podesta also reports he was actively lobbying u.s. media outlets including "new york times," washington times and the "new york post." they are work on political angles and news media angles. stuart: do you think that i will ever see the words russian, podesta on the front page of the "new york times"? >> no, you will not. stuart: thank you, sir. be sure to check out lou's new spy thriller, putin's gambit. jack tweeted this. great read. didn't even wait for paperback. every viewer whose comment is read on the show will receive an autographed copy. up next, more outrageous behavior from the left which seems to be labeling all conservative opinion as white supremacist. >> the democrats will always stand up to hate speech whether it's coming from the president, the nazis, the anti-semites and the racists. i realize that ah, that $100k is not exactly a fortune. well, a 103 yeah, 103. well, let me ask you guys. how long did it take you two to save that? a long time. then it's a fortune. well, i'm sure you talk to people all the time who think $100k is just pocket change. right now we're just talking to you. i told you we had a fortune. yes, you did. getting closer to your investment goals starts with a conversation. schedule a complime

russia, russia, russia, mr. podesta files these forms showing real russian involvement with the ukraine and the uranium one deal. if you start make those disclose iewrs. podesta also reports he was actively lobbying u.s. media outlets including "new york times," washington times and the "new york post." they are work on political angles and news media angles. stuart: do you think that i will ever see the words russia podesta on the front page of the "new york times"? >> no, you will not. stuart: thank you, sir. be sure to check out lou's new spy thriller, putin's gambit. jack tweeted this. great read. didn't even wait for paperback. every viewer whose comment is read on the show will receive an autographed copy. up next, more outrageous behavior from the left which seems to be labeling all conservative opinion as white supremacist. >> the democrats will always stand up to hate speech whether it's coming from the president, the nazis, the anti-semites and the racists. stuart: in our online poll last week we asked you, should the president accept gary cohn's resignation? 81% of you said yes he should. scenes of heroism from texas as first responders and regular citizens pitched in to rescue victims of hurricane harvey. in berkeley, california, members of antifa assaulted a peaceful conservative rally. katie frates and founder and ceo of american majority, ned ryun. it seems to me and i'm passing jud

russia behavior, particularly putin's behavior and that american policy toward russia should not change until russian behavior changes. we know that russia is trying to break up nato, undermine the european union, you know, basically undermine our power and influence anywhere they can in the world, and that is the issue. and that's why i think many of us are a bit con founded by the president's somewhat seemingly conciliatory and accommodating view towards putin. so i think that's really a big part of our challenge. we are just a bit mystified by this. we wish the president embraced a more conventional, traditional view of russia, which we believe his secretary of defense and certainly his national security advisor embrace. >> is it starting to bleed into other issues, meaning that there's some hez tans of maybe congressman x or senator y, while they may agree on this issue, that they don't feel as compelled to help this president because they're so upset about russia? has it bled into other issues that way? >> at this point i would have to say not too much, but there is a real concern about the lack of discipline, lack of focus and apparent dysfunction coming out of the white house. now with general kelly becoming chief of staff we hope those issues will become much better. but i think the fact that there's so much distraction which leads to exhaustion not for not just for the american people but congress the issue of the mommy, the tweet of the day rather than focusing on real legislative issues, agenda items. so we're really not talking about those issues and it's making it harder for us to deal with those

russia. and his meetings in russia in the middle of the presidential campaign which is now under scrutiny for its contacts with russia during that time. the kid who listed model u.n. on his resume to be a trump foreign policy adviser, he made the news this week because among the 20,000 pages, the trump campaign assigned it over to congressional committees investigating the case, half dozen times the model u.n. kid wrote to other people on the trump campaign insisting that he was able to get them all meetings with high level russians including his efforts to set up a meeting with putin himself. where did these guys come from and how did they end up part of trump's campaign. trump doesn't seem to have known the model u.n. kid or carter page, the guy who was in with the russian spies. i mean he doesn't seem to have known the guys before he was running this campaign for president. how did they end up on the presidential campaign and what the candidate described as these senior very important roles as his foreign policy team? same question applies to the guy who ran his campaign for a while, paul manifort. it has been confirmed to us as late of january last year paul manifor tchl and donald trump had no relationship but by march of last year, paul manifort was running his convention operation and by may he was running the whole trump campaign. where did he come from? out of all the people in the country, out of all the republicans in the country, why did trump pick this guy? who he didn't know, who had been out of american politics for decades while instead he was doing business and political work for putin connected oligarchs and dictators? why pick him of all people? and then once trump won the election, why did he end up with this guy in charge of foreign policy, running the state department. rex tillerson had never met donald trump before the presidential election. rex tillerson's selection as secretary of state is explained now as having been a recommendation to trump from condoleeza rice and from obama's defense secretary bob gates. as if trump was taking tons of advice from people like that when he was setting up his cabinet. i mean remember, trump installed his bankruptcy lawyer as ambassador to israel. he put the top fundraiser in as treasury secretary. he put his son's wedding planner in charge of federal housing in new york and new jersey. he named his son-in-law and his daughter as senior presidential advisors. he made his bodyguard the director of oval office operations. he put newt gingrich's wife in rome as the ambassador to the vatican. you really think he held out on the job of secretary of state until he found someone konld li kon condoleeza rice approved of? it remains a strange thing that he picked rex tillerson to be secretary of state. but tillerson did have decades of experience with putin. he is thought to be closer to putin than almost any other american. putin pinned russia'shest honor on rex tillerson's lapel around the same time that tillerson's company completed the largest oil deal in the world, a half trillion dollar oil deal between russia and exxon that is off now but could be back on in an instant if own the u.s. sanctions on russia could be rolled back. so this is the ning that nags at me. and has been keeping me awake on and off for, like, more than a year now. where do these folks come from? how do these people find their way into that inner circle? i mean there have been a whole bunch of people necessity trump campaign who are, forgive me, weird choices, for the jobs that they have had and for the roles that they have played. in terms of my sleep schedule, it's almost comforting now. it's at least clarified now to look at all those weird choices an realize that some inexplicable connection to russia and russian interests appears to be the common denominator in the wierd choices. there as least a theme, right? with this one other guy though, he

russia investigation, i think the facts don't comport with what the argument was. the idea the investigation is not about russia and russia's meddling in the investigation, that's what it is about. you can believe it's a hoax, but it is -- no one questions that. the other thing is she said to you, chris, tell me how it affects national security. i mean, again, i don't think it's a partisan statement in any way, shape or form to say if a foreign government is actively meddling in our election, which is a fact that the fbi, the cia, the n is,sa, and the director oe national intelligence agree on, helping win and hurting another, that is something we as citizens would accept that is having to do with our national security, so one other quick thing. kellyanne repeatedly said that we here at cnn don't cover -- 6% of people care about the russiaan we devote a lot of time to piit. my pushback is, donald trump thinks about it a lot, and how do i know? look at his twitter feed. that's the direct line into what he is thinking and doing, and you go through that twitter feed and you get a ton of russia. a ton of stuff about the media and how bad we are. you don't get much on opioids. you will kpaoccasionally get something about the economy and immigration. anyone who supports donald trump, go look at his twitter feed. i'm not fooling you. russia and the media are what he spends his mind share on. >> i couldn't disagree more with chris on this fact that he makes the comment. you made the comment, chris, that, you know, this is all about russia and its interference in the election. okay. that's great, but most of the media is not talking about russia, and its interference in the election. what they are talking about is any rule the president or any of the people around him may have had. that's a piece of it. i would agree with it. th

why russia, russia, russia? why is there always -- what's the chicken and the egg answer.ere the russians telling this young guy, we'd like to meet or did he come out of nowhere and say, why not the argentinians, why not the cubans. why are they always with the russians? >> that's the huge takeaway from the little sneak peek we've gotten into this trove of e-mails, why the frequency of discussions about meeting with the russians. now, i want to keep in mind -- >> why would they want to meet with the russians? >> it looks at least in one instance we have clear evidence that a group, an ngo that's tied to the putin government, and to the kremlin, that that group which was created by the russian government, an ngo, a soft touch for -- if you will, the kremlin, reached out to george papadapolous and said we're thinking it would be cool to meet mr. trump and his team. we would happily host you. we think putin might be willing to host trump and his team. >> how does this affect the meetings in moscow with michael flynn and jill stein even there, and the meetings in june at trump

they nev -- all they want to talk about is russia, russia, russia. because they're fake news.re bad people. it's sad." and i'm serious, that's a wine. [ cheers and applause ] so is donald trump a racist? i'll let you decide yes for yourself. [ light laughter ] but trump isn't just a racist, he's also a narcissist. he defends the white nationalist movement both because he's racist and because they show up and they chant his name and they show him love. and his brain disease makes it impossible for him to denounce anyone who supports him. what tuesday showed, is that donald trump will never change. he showed us again who he really is -- a lying racist who is desperate for praise. if tomorrow the leader of isis came out and said "donald trump is great," i am sure trump would say this. >> his statement was beautiful. [ laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we'll be right back with bob odenkirk, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> for more of seth's "closer looks," be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. schick hydro ® vs a lube s

russia, russia, russia in the headlines it looks like. and it's another dump of a friday night news story. who knows how much will be picked up, who knows who these sources are as well. but i saw colonel west earlier, you talking with him, and i agree with him. where's the investigation with the e-mails that hillary did supposedly delete? elizabeth: you know, this gentleman has since passed away. this is no indication, eric, that he even got the e-mails, there's no indication that the hackers even had the e-mails. et sounds like one guy who's now deceased talking. eric, this is all they've got right now? this is what feels like, right? >> well, we don't know. and the thing is i think concern is if there was an intention and a coordinated intense by flynn -- intention by flynn with smith on the presupposition that it may have actually been real, that's the concern. especially coming from a campaign, it puts them into hot water, certainly puts flynn into had the water, but with we don't know, liz. elizabeth: it's all about collusion, go ahead, deneen. >> it looks like they're trying to force this whole russian narrative, and this investigation has been going on for well over a year now, liz. they haven't found anything, who knows where it's going to end up, but i think it's a waste of resources. elizabeth: you know, eric, this also has -- >> i don't think it's a waste -- elizabeth: bleach bit and smashed devices and deleted e-mails, that doesn't look so great, bringing that up again about what happened with those deleted 33,000 e-mails, right? >> well, i hear you. but on the other side, i think we need to find out who and what were, was the violation of the law if it exists -- elizabeth: i mean, couldn't this just be -- i hear what you're saying. couldn't this just be -- >> we have a foreign government. elizabeth: political dirty tricks. >> well, i don't think it's political dirty tricks to suggest that perhaps there's some evidence, if they have it -- certainly with mueller, they have it -- that suggests that there's some tie behind a campaign that may have actually done something illegal. we don't know. elizabeth: i hear what you're saying, everything. >> we need to find out. elizabeth: in other words, these russian hackers, the theory is, were working directly with the kremlin and had the 33,000 e-mails and that michael flynn was trying to get those e-mails from the russian government in order to embarrass hillary clinton. that's what you're saying could be the theory of collusion here, right? >> absolutely. elizabeth: okay. >> that's absolutely correct, liz. absolutely. yes. elizabeth: but we don't know. there's no proof of any of that in the story. go ahead -- >> well, there is -- >> i think you mentioned there are unnamed sources, so here we go with that again. that's been going on from day one, anonymous sources. so, again, we'll see how this pans out, but i think americans are papa teagueed with the whole -- fatigued with the whole russiahead. >> look, i think they're fatigued w but the reality is to the extent that this existed, liz, it's outrageous. we don't know, but i think we deserve to know the truth. and i think that's what's happening. and, look, smith was on to something, and it's very strange that he suddenly asphyxiated himself. we don't know whether that's even real. was it a murder? we don't know. and so i think that they're following up to get to truth, to get to -- not fake news, but real facts. elizabeth: all right. >> that's a good thing, i think. elizabeth: eric and deneen, thank you for your analysis on that late-breaking story. we really appreciate it. we are moments away from the superfight weigh-in, mayweather and mcgregor taking the stage. we will bring that to you when it happens. we're also watching the hurricane, hurricane harvey. it could hit the texas gulf coast as soon as this hour. more after this, don't go away. ♪ h ♪ that can be really serious... especially for my precious new grandchild

russia, russia, russia, the dow is down 45 points. almost all of the drop in the dow is accounted for one dow stock, disney, down 4 1/2%. in other words the market doesn't care about politics. at this moment in time that is the situation. >>> s it la's chief elon musk is begging the federal government remove tax subsidies on electric cars. look at this. look at what he is getting. first a 7500-dollars credit for each electric vehicle. in all tesla buyers qualified for $284 million worth of federal tax incentives. look at this. tesla's new gigafactory in nevada is receiving 100% sales tax abatement for 20 years, worth $725 million. david williams with us, president of the taxpayers protection alliance. david, i know you want to withdraw subsidies from elon musks from this world but why do you think musk actually wants those subsidies withdrawn? >> good morning. elon musk is the king of corporate welfare. people on the other side of the argument look at him as this god or rock star but the fact of the matter he is king of corporate welfare. you cited some of the numbers. that is outrageous. don't forget the loan he got from the fed ral government, $465 million, but he paid it back at 2.6% rate. we didn't get that much back from the loan. this guy has been using subsidies for all of his businesses. let's grant him this one wish, let's say, mr. musk, no more subsidies, you have your wish. i would love to see that to wane him off subsidies. stuart: explain to me why is he asking to be waned off subsidies? why him? why is he asking for this. >> i think this is a pr move. i think these things are already in place. he has already gotten billions of dollars whether solarcity or tesla. this is a great pr move saying oh, i don't need the subsidies anymore. look at denmark. they got rid of the subsidies, tesla sales plummeted, went from a few thousand to a few hundred from one year to the next year when they got rid of subsidies. he doesn't mean this. this is pr move. this is set in tone. the department and congress and will not get rid of these subsidies. he said this. stuart: what they will do issue junk bonds plural to the value of 1 1/2 billion dollars. he is not looking to the taxpayer for subsidies. he is looking to the bond market to lend him his money to expand. there is nothing wrong with that business practice, is there? >> no, it isn't. that is why it is time for him not to get those subsidies, to move to the bond market if that is what he wants to do. taxpayers are paying billions of dollars for what purpose? states are involved in this. you mentioned nevada, california has generous tax incentives and zero emission credits that tesla is getting. there is a lot of market distortion, that is my concern. there is no free market in tesla. we need to get rid of did itoring shuns and see. will they -- distortions. that is what taxpayers want to see. stuart: he is green, david. he can do no wrong. have times changed? >> they certainly have. some people are wising up to it, he is sucking off the government. this guy created paypal. he was responsible for paypal which was a great private sector, private market, free market sort of thing. something happened after he sold it, he went to us, taxpayers to finance everyone of his business ventures. there is not a business venture that he has done that has not receive attacks payer subsidy. tesla, solarcity, spacex, getting money to the tune of a billion dollars. stuart: if the government hands it out for free i would be in line to take it. that is fact. >> that is why we need oversight. stuart: thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. stuart: see you soon. >>> chicago's mayor rahm emanuel files a lawsuit against the department of justice over his city's sanctuary city status. he says the trump administration makes every citizen of chicago less safe. we'll have to deal with that. >>> also in our next hour, nigel farage will be on the program. what is europe saying about the unprecedented threat of a nuclear-armed north korea. we will ask him, around 11:15 this morning. ♪ rethink what's possible. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. flonase sensimist. ♪ ♪ ashley: there is plenty of skepticism that we will get full-fledged tax reform sometime this year. americans for tax reform president grover norquist remains optimistic however, and here's why. roll tape. >> as paul ryan told me a week ago. we used to be 80% agreement, when the house was pushing for border adjustability of the corporate income tax. now that the house has put that aside, and we're not going to do the bat, he says now we're at 97% accord. i think that is a fair characterization. we'll have to make some things permanent, some things not permanent in order to fit inside of the box the present rules require but there is agreement what goes in the box. i think if you make some things temporary, like alternative minimum tax they will never go away anyway. ♪ stuart: seeing something what is called a flight to safety, safe haven investing. gold is one of those safe may have vans, up 1%. 14 bucks higher. 1277. >>> attorney general jeff sessions slamming chicago, this after that city sued the administration over the threat to cut off grants to sanctuary cities. joining us, ken paxton the attorney general of great state of texas. rahm emanuel claims if you cut off grants, it hurts taxpayers over all. what do you say? >> the mayor is making a decision, he is making the decision to cut off the fund. obviously he is making a choice about crime rates in his own city. he can do that but he should not expect federal funding is congress specifically required that cooperation. stuart: don't you have the same pushback? you want to eradicate all sanctuary city status throughout the state of texas. aren't you having the same pushback from austin? >> absolutely. austin, san antonio, dallas, houston. we're in a lawsuit with them right now over our sanctuary cities, that they just passed this bill this session. it is a really simple fight. it is about whether we'll allow illegals who are criminals or whoever suspected being criminals, are we going to let them stay in our cities. the legislature in texas said no. obviously the chicago mayor said yes. stuart: if it all goes to court, doesn't that just spin things out for a long, long time? you're stuck with sanctuary cities and people trafficking going on all over the place? >> just depends how this is resolved. if there is injunction put in place, our bill goes into effect september 1st. if there is an injunction it would slow us down. we're hopeful with the fifth circuit, if we lose at district court will hear it quickly. we're confident. the supreme court looked at issue in arizona case said it is fine. we're cost we'll be successful. stuart: i always think of texas getting it right when it comes to the ethnic mix and influx of hispanics into texas. you always seem to get it right. now we have this sanctuary city question. i wonder what is public opinion in the state of texas with what you are doing trying to get rid of sanctuary cities? >> so it is all about the narrative. the media has been out with a narrative that it is show me your papers deal, or that somehow you're going to require victims of crimes or witnesses to crime to come forward and then they would be deported. that is a false narrative. the truth is, those witnesses would not, they would not be allowed -- police would not be allowed to ask them questions about immigration status and it is not a show me your papers deal. it is about sending criminals, people suspected of crimes who are illegal out of our cities. that's it. it is about safety. it is about law enforcement. it is about protecting our citizens. we know from statistics state police do, we have hundreds of thousand of crimes committed by illegals. that's what we're trying to stop. stuart: i have to ask but the dallas police department, we're told they're leaving police officers, they're retiring in record numbers. they have got2 openings expected this month out of a department with 3500 officers. i'm told exodus of police from the city of dallas. you're the attorney general. what about this. >> they have done a great job of recovering, i applaud them for that. part of problem is pension reform. legislature passed a bill this session goes into effect september 1st. a lot of those officers are uncertain how it will impact them. especially ones that have been there a while. hey, since we don't know how it will affect us individually, we'll retire. in addition higher salaries paid by the suburbs, significantly higher. a lot of them since i have uncertainty in my pension i can get paid up to 20%, maybe more in the suburbs, why not leave now. stuart: you're the attorney general of texas, would you pass an opinion please on the north korea situation? why not? what do you think the president should do? >> you know what? i mean it's a very difficult situation. obviously we have tried being passive on this issue. i applaud president trump for standing up. you can't let this bully run amok or we'll be facing some very difficult challenges down the road. i say take a strong stance now, deal with it now. stuart: okay. you're a frequent guest on the program. i throw all kind of things at you. you have always got a response. we like that. ken paxton. thank you. >> we're from texas. we as you have an answer. stuart: that's true too. appreciate it. >>> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says president trump had excessive expectations when it came to how fast d.c. can really work. mark stein is here. we're talking about that with him for the next hour. -- mark steyn. ♪ (microphone feedback) listen up, heart disease. you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies and data without insights. and fragmented care- stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. every single one of you is on our list. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done. juswho own them,ople every business is different. but every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. whether it be help starting your business, vendor contracts or employment agreements. legalzoom's network of attorneys can help you every step of the way so you can focus on what you do. we'll handle the legal stuff that comes up along the way. legalzoom. legal help is here. track your pack. set a curfew, or two. make dinner-time device free. [ music stops ] [ music plays again ] a smarter way to wifi is awesome. introducing xfinity xfi. amazing speed, coverage and control. change the way you wifi. xfinity. the future of awesome. stuart: sir, let me put it to you directly. i think that the ball is in china's court at this point. what say you? >> stuart, i would agree with that but i think we've created that somewhat because we have, i listened to an interview of donald trump in 1999, i think it was where he had stated what needed to happen was very forceful negotiation, if not an elimination of the threat. we have had 24 years of failed negotiation, failed diplomatic efforts. you can thank china for that, because north korea is essentially been a proxy for china terms of causing trouble in that area of the world. so it is in china's court and china, china can fix this if they want. the question is, do they want to? and that is the 24-dollar question. nobody knows the answer to that. stuart: i'm looking to the next step here. north koreans have issued a direct threat to attack guam, flat-out they will attack, that is what they have said. i suggest that the next missile that they launch whether it is short-term, long, doesn't matter, next missile they launch we have to shoot it down. we have no choice. that will be the next step. what say you? >> well i'm not sure i agree with that. i think what we have to do is, we have to make sure that the chinese know what we're getting ready to do before we do it, so they're advised. number two is, whether they launch a missile or not, we need to be prepared and i'm sure we are, in terms of deployment of troops and the weapons of war, conventional weapons of war, and number three, is shooting down missiles is hard. it is not easy. so, if in fact our only response to shoot down a missile and miss, we have to have another response. stuart: is that what is happening right now with secretary of state tillerson in guam, telling china, south korea, and japan, the next missile that flies we'll try to shoot it down? they're laying groundwork for a shoot-down, is that possible? >> i think they know that. i think that, i think we're at that stage now that if they want to continue to test, we'll have to start using the technology we have to eliminate the evaluation of whatever test they might put forward. all done by... yesterday. ♪ ♪ they're undergoing a transformation. a data fueled, security driven shift in applications and customer experience. which is why comcast business delivers consistent network performance and speed across all your locations. hello, mr. deets. every branch running like headquarters. that's how you outmaneuver. ♪i'm living that yacht life, life, life top speed fifty knots life on the caribbean seas it's a champagne and models potpourri on my yacht made of cuban mahogany, gany, gany, gany♪ ♪watch this .. .. stuart: republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell could not bring home the repeal and replacement of obamacare. the vote failed, senators left down for the august recess. failure. the republicans could not make good on a 7-year promise. mitch mcconnell blames donald trump. he says the president doesn't understand the slow, churning, legislative process. he has not been in this line of work before, he had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen. that statement has not gone down well nor should it was granted which mcconnell had to put up with a president whose tweets frequently got in the way of legislative action, and getting would of the gigantic mess known as obamacare could never be quick and easy but to put even part of the blame on the president is not going to fly with voters. they will not turn on donald trump, they will turn on the republican party. dodging the blame won't work. call them back to washington, mister senator. obamacare is collapsing, people are getting hurt and you have a job to do. start supporting your president. his base is still with him, yours is not. the third hour of "varney and company" is about to begin. stuart: sarah four british accents around the set today all of them singing along. we are the fab four. serious stuff. there are the fab four around the set. >> when we didn't get back. stuart: you know what the producer said to me? get on with it. he does. mark stein does have an accent. we are down 58 points. on a day where there is war talk, north korea threatens to go after guam, we are only down 60 points. we are joined officially by an international best-selling author named mark stein. i want to get your reaction to what i said about mitch mcconnell. do your job, the president holding onto his base and you are not. >> i'm sick of listening to mitch mcconnell explain why nothing can be done. that is not what he did when he was running in 2010, 2016, his autobiography incredibly is called the long game. it is such a long game that none of us are going to live to see it. and whether you are in grade too. his long game is too long, he should get on with it or get someone else. stuart: our colleague, lou dobbs launched a ditch mitch campaign. are you with? >> yes i am. i would like the guy who runs kim jong un's nuclear program to set over the as majority leader. they would you like about him, that guy leaps from one stage to another like an alpine jammy going from crag to crag. stuart: you were saving that up. >> i stole that. stuart: you deal with serious stuff, you make us smile and laugh. i want to talk about north korea. donald trump comes out with very strong, bombastic statement, fire and fury like the world has never seen before. do you approve of that language? >> one of the problems is a guy says he wants to nuke you and someone stands up at the united nations and says the gravest concern, the government -- that hasn't got us anywhere. talking to kim jong un in the same language kim jong un uses. i am happy with that. my concern is whatever you feel about north korea, this is the template, basketcase states i nuclear rising. how it goes for north korea, iran and all the people who want to go nuclear like sudan will look at how this plays out and understand that is going to be there template moving forward. it is critical he gets this right. stuart: stay for the hour please. >> i am honored to. stuart: flattery, thank you so much. let's deal with the impact of the north korea situation on our financial markets. shah gilani is with us, we used the expression the black swan event, comes out of nowhere, rearranges the a financial equation, is this a black swan event? >> know the only black swan event this may result in is because of some nukes flying somewhere. stuart: that would be enormous. >> this is rhetoric right now, fire and fury is reminiscent of shock and. it is not appropriate language. they are not selling off at all. it is a minor blip. stuart: that did get to me. we are down 50 points on the dow industrials, much of that loss is accountable by disney which is down 5% and it is a down stock. i would conclude that frankly there is no market reaction to north korea as of this morning. >> there is no reaction and you are right. disney is moving the dow. waiting to see if anything happens will be the escalation and rhetoric or anything for missile start flying. stuart: when we had the first gulf war, the shooting started stocks went straight up. the day the shooting started they went up. same in 2003, invasion of iraq, we go in stocks go up. think i some remote possibility that if the shooting starts over north korea stocks will go up. >> there is an outside chance. stuart: why are you laughing? >> you are pricing in -- i understand you are an optimist but -- wants to be here when the dow opens the day that happens. stuart: thank you. return to shah gilani, the voice of reason. of the shooting starts, only a remote possibility stocks go up. >> best case is they have nowhere to go but up. a blip can't happen, a potential for profittaking, talking about the market being overpriced, i don't think it is overpriced. investors are nervous about the leadership stock, getting tired here even though tech stocks have started to leave again. stuart: you are a tough guy. >> i am a raging bull but doesn't mean we can't have a few blips, some profittaking. stuart: deal with disney, getting into the streaming business, taking the movies off netflix, 2019, they are late to the streaming business. >> better late than never. they have a great deal with netflix, a lot of revenue with other cable providers they sell content through. this is a matter of timing. the time is correct to do it through 2018-19 to go fully subscriber-based and this is where they have to go. they stocked themselves because revenues will get hit. it will take time to build up the digital platforms they need so the stock is prone to a $90 level. stuart: would you buy it at 90? >> let's go to 90. stuart: would you buy it at 95? >> 95. stuart: i understand, you are all right, thank you very much. let's check various markets, the price of oil, we had news this morning we have drawn down 6 million barrels of the stuff, a lot more than expected. >> gasoline stocks were higher than expected which cancels the big drawdown in oil. stuart: let we give you the price of gas, $2.35 national average. if we are actually using a lot of gasoline we have more in storage. maybe not. $2.35 is where we are on gas. started occasions at an all-time high, reports that it is going to be bought. up goes the stock. hold on, it is coming. snore from stein. apple back above $160 a share. close to its all-time high as you said. apple back in favor this morning. >> tremendous complete, tremendous stock and we see the iphone x, the 10th anniversary edition, their expectations are staggering. we own it and we will add to it. of the iphone comes out, we will add. stuart: raging bull notwithstanding. there is a lot more for you. if you are a baby boomer and expect better care to pay for the replacement, don't count on it. betty mccoy is morning boomers be where and she has her reasons, we will be back but first, hold on, we are joined by that gentleman right there. the gentleman is nigel for raj, what is your role in the drama? we will be back. up. ael: let's do this. potsch: this new truck now has a cornerstep built right into the bumper. gary: super cool. potsch: the bed is made of high-strength steel, which is less susceptible to punctures than aluminum. jim: aluminum is great for a lot of things, but maybe not the bed of a truck. potsch: and best of all, this new truck is actually- gary: (all laughing) oh my... potsch: the current chevy silverado. gary: i'm speechless. gary: this puts my ford truck to shame. james: i'll tell you, i might be a chevy guy now. (laughing) stuart: next guest a member of the european parliament, fox news contributor, showing nigel for raj -- nigel farage. what is the reaction to the north korea situation? >> surprisingly mute. if you look at european newspapers on the news reports talking about the north korea crisis, it is down the agenda. europe doesn't really take defense very seriously. of all those european countries, members of nato, only five of them later to present membership fee, pretending north korea was not happening, leaving it to everybody else. stuart: mark stein with us in new york, european sitting back and lobbing tomatoes and eggs at donald trump. >> they would like to blame him for this but to nigel's point, the richest country in history, kind of defend themselves and economic basket cases, in north korea are nuclear powers. how long will that last? stuart: in france, a driver plowed a car into six soldiers who were patrolling a paris suburb. they arrested a suspect and not ruling out terrorism, that is the develop and of terror, there is this. looks like angela merkel is going to win, continuous chance in germany in the election next month. what do you make of that? >> the real change in european politics, the prime ministers of hungary, poland, the czech republic and slovakia have said to the european commission we will not accept migrants quotas of people coming across the mediterranean, that is where the political story is. in germany, angela merkel made the most catastrophic policy era of any western leader of modern times. thing she is up against, martin shultz the socialist is even worse. we are not going to get much change in germany. >> it connects with the story from paris, basically the political class of europe says you got to get used to it. the least they could do and the least they could ask is to stop importing more. stuart: before you go, you say ministers in britain backtracking [on] promises and you might concern to frontline politics if this continues. and what role do you see your self? >> i'm disgusted. 13 million people voted conservative a few months ago on a promise they would take us out of the european union, take us out of the single market and reduce net migration to tens of thousands. couldn't have been clearer. we have senior figures like the exchequer backing up on watering it down. over the last 20 years, we find in a couple years time that brexit does not happen, we will fight the battle again and i will get back to the front line. stuart: hasn't there been backtracking on the part of the british electorate and european electorate as well backtracking away from this kind of policy? >> not one little bit. in the european parliament, populism is dead. what no one tells you is in the first round of the french presidential election, 46.5% of voters voted for succession asked candidates. this wave of people wanting to claim back their identities and countries has barely begun. stuart: the base is holding very strong and your parliament. back to your money, we don't have a serious selloff on wall street despite north korea but we have a serious selloff in the individual stocks like fossil, and accessory company making watches and that kind of thing, down 23% after a week sales forecast, down it goes. there maker, hostess, apparently not as many as we use to come out of fashion, whatever it is. stock is losing 5.5%. how about that for a drop in price? 81/4%, what did they do? they gave a weak forecast, down $169. one belonged to elvis presley and mel gibson. still not as much as the next one we are going to show you. this is the mansion from the beverly hillbillies movie and series from the 60s. it is the most expensive residential listing in the united states. weight until you hear what we have for you. stein is blanching. we will be back. ♪ ♪ the world is unprepared ♪ i am a billionaire ♪ rethink what's possible. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. flonase sensimist. ♪ so it only made sense to create a network that keeps up. introducing xfinity mobile. it combines america's largest, most reliable 4g lte with the most wifi hotspots nationwide. saving you money wherever you check your phone. yeah, even there. see how much you can save when you choose by the gig or unlimited. call, or go to xfinitymobile.com. xfinity mobile. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. stuart: in the early days. ♪ lonely baby ♪ stuart: hope you turned the microphones off. you do thing, don't you? >> i have -- hasn't sold as much as heartbreak hotel. need to turn the ago chamber up. stuart: why are we playing elvis? in honor of this story. you can rent beverly hills mansion, $4000 a night. he lived there from 67 to 73 with his then wife priscilla and daughter lisa marie. he left shortly after his divorce. mel gibson, $400 weekend estate includes 11 bedrooms, three hilltop villas, $29.7 million. gibson discovered the spot the estate sits while scouting locations for that movie apocalyptic. we told you about the mansion from the beverly hillbillies movie, the most expensive residential listing in america. what is the asking price? $350 million. 25,000 ft. of living space, 10 acres of land, a ballroom, wine cellar, tennis card, parking garage, what was that? ashley: 75 feet long. look at this. illustrations of dubai's new underwater villas, part of the project 15 years in the making set for completion next year. they are anchored to a man-made island in the persian gulf, 125 of them. a coral reef garden, they are on sale for under $300 million. back in a break, just a moment. stuart: tom brady -- headline. if you are a baby boomer, to pay for your new replacement a cataract operation in 10 or 20 years, do not count on it. having scared you all to death, she will explain what she is talking about in a moment. ♪ ♪ hey, i'm the internet! i know a bunch of people who would love that. the internet loves what you're doing... ...so build a better website in under an hour with... ...gocentral from godaddy. the internet is waiting. start for free today at godaddy. ♪ stuart: back with the turnover. we love the canadian -- canadian music. stuart: down a little more. you were expecting a big selloff, we haven't got it, down 70 points, accounted for by disney. mitch mcconnell, donald trump expected too much too quickly from congress. >> has not been in this line of work before and i think excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process. stuart: there were gasps from our next guest while the soundbite was being played. here is betsy mccoy, author of beating obamacare. why are you gasping? >> americans are so sick of these career politicians and their line of work and that is why they elected donald trump and congress is dithering about keeping his promise to repeal obamacare donald trump is keeping his promises with rapidfire speed. new supreme court justice, pulling out of the transpacific ownership, pulling out of the paris climate accord, launching a massive deregulation, moving toward energy independence and so much more, mcconnell has to get into high gear. stuart: should he no longer be the leader of the republican -- >> we should be asking that question? has he failed? most people would say yes. stuart: in ats for your appearance i scared the audience by saying you baby boomers might not get your cataract operation or noon the if betsy mccoy is right. what do you mean? under what circumstances? >> democrats are rolling out medicare for all or medicare for more meaning people in their 50s but when boomers have to compete with the younger population for healthcare they will be pushed to the back of the line as they are in a single payer country. look across the atlantic and england where the british national health service facing a budget crunch is targeting the senior and boomer population saying you have to wait 13 weeks for a colonoscopy, can't get hip or knee replacement anymore. you have to wait six months for angioplasty, that is virtually a death sentence. seniors in this country will face the same prejudice, they will be told when they get a procedure they won't have as many years to benefit from it so we will save it for somebody younger. exactly what british people are told when they reach a certain age. stuart: people in britain like socialized medicine because it is essentially free. it is paid for by somebody else. they will put up with the three month wait for a knee operation. >> the lowest cancer survival rate in western europe because they put up with that, cancer is diagnosed too late and treated less aggressively than in the united states so they may like it but they are dying sooner because of it. stuart: your previous mission was killing obamacare. now killing single-payer. >> i want to make sure seniors i told the truth, i don't mean 80s and 90s the people in their 60s who are led down the garden path, people on medicare, people having a heckuva time getting a doctors appointment because many won't takers stingy medicare payments. to expand medicare in their 50s will mean 10 million more people, 20% increase, the same doctors appointment with a doctor willing to take medicare, won't be helped. stuart: the poll from erica too, since this came along that was the answer to mitch mcconnell, democrats shoved thing, got a hammer and hammered it down the gullet of the american people, the legislative agenda, they change the politics of this, the answer to more and more americans if obamacare is going to collapse maybe we will go to a single payer. not like mitch mcconnell, they change the politics when americans -- stuart: thanks for joining us. bringing that thing with you. we breaking news in the last hour. the home of paul manafor it has been searched by the fbi. paul manafort is the campaign manager. what is the significance of the home search? >> a predawn unannounced fbi raid on a person represented by sophisticated counsel means the fbi -- voluntarily, with sophisticated counsel, and the federal judge, probable cause meaning evidence of criminality, the place to be searched and things to be seized. the custodian of these documents will not give them to us voluntarily. stuart: is he all part of this russia what they are looking for. and with russian billionaires and wealthy ukrainians as well. this is bad for mister manafort. the most potent tool, a predawn unannounced raid via search warrant. stuart: not good. north korea situation, the next step might be us shooting down a north korean missile. judge napolitano: makes eminent sense. if they should a tortoise we have to shoot down. stuart: any problem with the president ordering a shoot down or does he have to conform with the war powers act or some congressional restriction? judge napolitano: war powers resolution permits the president to take offense of action on his own, he can attack before an attack reaches us for 90 days, then tells congress he has a second 90 days, then expressed authorization. stuart: not much of a restraint on his action. judge napolitano: when nixon vetoed the war powers act and acted, they overrode his veto, he thought it restricted the president from too much. congress that it was liberating the president b