it's time to stop this nonsense. >> melissa: collusion delusion, david asman! >> david: don't think the way he emphasizes certain words, he does it well? bottom line, jerry nadler is convicting before there is a trial. mr. barr, of contempt for upholding the law. by the way, doing something that he wants demanded that ken starr do, which is not releasing stuff from grand jury testimony in this whole report. it's, what, 2% of the stuff that he is withholding? >> harris: not even. >> david: not even that. it is actually against the law for some pretty good reasons, because there's a lot of stuff that goes into grand jury testimony that is unverified, that is not true, that would do terrible things to our system of justice, which is supposed to protect the innocent if it was released. that is the law. thank god we are governed by the rule of law, and other rule of jerry nadler. >> melissa: it is so annoying. i will let you take this on. for anyone watching, you just get dizzy. the back and forth between, "it's against the law to release it," and, "it's a law that

i'm calling asman in berlin welcome to the program iran is appealing to the united nations to help ease tensions in the persian gulf region that's after a weekend of talks when donald trump threatened and 12 in a tweet to quote and iran tehran has since responded with a warning of its own but says it's not looking for a war relations between the 2 countries have worsened over the past year after washington pulled out of the 2015 deal aimed at curbing iran's nuclear program. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif didn't mince words in his response to trump's threats. donald trump hopes to achieve what i like sander the great genghis khan and other aggressors fail to do iranians have stood tall for millennia while the aggressors are all gone economic terrorism and genocidal taunts won't end iran never threaten a rainy and try respect it works. it was all in response to trump's earlier tweet vowing to quote end iran if tehran wages war against the u.s. but on the streets of the iranian capital not everyone felt war was looming maybe sit on a war won't have to and it's trump could sta

. ♪ ♪ david: good evening, david asman sitting in for lou dobbs.ave exclusive numbers that show a dramatic shift in mexico's attitude towards fighting deadly cartels, human and drug trafficking as well as rampant levels of illegal immigration. >>> donald trump dpe defending his attacks against nancy pelosi saying he was responding in time to their attacks on his staimed. >state ofmind. >> when you say a personal attack, didn't you

i'm david asman in for neil cavuto.reak the longest losing streak weekly in eight years. gerri willis on whether or not possible tariffs are worrying traders. what do you think? gerri: that's right. friday's close,marks the fourth straight week of losses. the broader markets are on pace for their worst may since 2012. can we come back? that's what you were asking at the beginning. it is a holiday week here, lots of folks are still away. volume today, light. traders say they are largely focused on the rebalancing of the index at the close which means activity will pick up toward the end of the trading day. headlines out of washington, comments from the president still at the forefront of investors' minds. one trader telling us this. it impacts every trade we make from health care to oil to technology. the president's words over the weekend, the tariffs on chinese imports could rise substantially, while not having a big effect on the broader market, still didn't do anything to help those trade-sensitive stocks today. cate

it will be enough this is "bulls and bears," i am gary kaltbaum in for david asman, joining me on panel today, liz peek, and jonathan hoenig, scott martin, we go to edward lawrence at white house. reporter: president unveiling new immigration flan said it will bring the best to american, stresses a merit-based system. >> biggest change we make is to increase the pro portion of highly skills immigration, from 12% to 57%, we would like to see if week go higher. reporter: president said that system will be based on points, having a skill gives you more points, starting a company that hires more employees more points, republican said this could be a final plan to help fix the system. >> overwhelming our capacity at border patrol and our ability to manage the flow of humanity, border patrol told us they are at risk of losing control. reporter: senator blumenthal said that proposed plan is dead on arrival, saying it is wrong in so many way, nancy pelosi also attacks president over the border. >> let me say this, we never said -- there is a humanitarian crise at border, some of it provoked by

david: this is "bulls & bears", i'm david asman, joining for the panel jonathan helmick and gary, we are right where he wants to be china. and thanks to be getting better. listen. >> if you look at the first corner, we are point to percent. people are very surprised it was the tears were taken from china. we were in a very good position and i think it will only get better. david: i love the optimism from this president. the stocks overreacted, what do you think? >> i think the impact on yes economy is not good to be very severe, that said, markets hate uncertainty and there is no visible way forward. that is what the market is reacting to. >> no such thing as overreacti overreacting, negotiations are great, batting the eyes and crossing the t's, yet by days because we are going to be tariffs the heck out of china will begin to the downside. you've a little overpromising, the market will be 1500 points since the tree came out, i suspect that we more to come. >> i completely agree with you on that. they will be more to come, i think it will be short-term and there's too much optimism i

president could make a bold move to force nancy pelosi's hand, this is "bulls and bears," i am david asman, a busy day. joining me on the panel today, christina, liz peek, jonathan hoenig and gary kaltbaum. the clock is ticking accords to post, white house is planning to trigger a fast track process that would allow the president to send his own new u.s.-mexico-canada trade deal to congress within 30 day. despite democrat request for more time too review the deal, this would squash any attempts for nancy pelosi to delay a vote, speaker pelosi saying this not a positive step. canada and mexico are moving quickly on their own parts toward ratifying the deal,. what do you make of this news. >> you have canada moving ahead, because they have elections. mexico will try to ratify it through senate, late news over last, we know nancy pelosi has issued concerns about labor en forenforcements. but then "washington post" comes out with this article saying that president will use fast track, then a response from nancy pelosi within the first few minutes of this show, saying there is a lack of knowled

. ♪ ♪ david: good evening, david asman sitting in for lou dobbs.have exclusive numbers that show a dramatic shift in mexico's attitude towards fighting deadly cartels, human and drug trafficking as well as rampant levels of illegal immigration. >>> donald trump dpe defending his attacks against nancy pelosi saying he was responding in time to their attacks on his staimed. >state ofmind. >> when you say a personal attack, didn't you hear what she said about me long before i went after her? did you hear? she made horrible statements. she knows they're not true. she said terrible things. i just responded in kind. look, you think nancy is the same as she was, she's not. david: major developments in attorney general bill barr's investigation into the origins to have russian probe, the president handing barr sweeping powers to declassify any intel materials he sees fit, also orders the agencies to be transparent with the attorney general leaving the deep state and radical dimms cowering with nowhere to hide. >> we're never going to recover from this at t

i'm david asman. joining me on the panel tonight, john barnett. the president's trade talks today was constructive and they will continue. let's go to edward lawrence at the white house. what are you hearing? >> yeah, the chinese delegation is on a flight on their way back to jato beijing. you see video oen the way out of the vice premier giving a smile and a wave. that's a good sign, according to some. there was no visit to the oval office for the chinese which happened the last few rounds. still the president remaining positive, tweeting out there were candid and constructive conversations adding the relationship between president xi and myself remains a strong one. he continues on another tweet saying the tariffs may or may not be removed, depending on what happens with respect to future negotiations. nothing is scheduled right now but experts say this is not a total breakdown. >> this is not a walkout or a breakdown of the talks. that's the good news. the bad news is obviously there were two sets of issues to be worked on. one is what the pres

this "bulls and bears," thank you for joining us, i am david asman, joining me today, christina, heather, steve forbes and scott martin, let's go to edward lawrence at the justice department for more details and reaction to today's events. what you can tell us? reporter: you saw house speaker nancy pelosi stopping short of calling for impeachment. but saying that democrats will continue to litigate and investigate. >> nothing is off the table. but we want to make a compelling case, an iron-clad case that even the republican senate, which at the time seems to be not an objective jury, will be convinced of the path that we have to take as a country. reporter: she is responding to former special counsel robert mueller's 10 minute statement today, he officially washed his hands of the russia probe. >> i hope and expect this to be only time i spike too yo speak u in this manner, i am making this decision myself, now one has told me whether i can, or should testify or speak further about this matter there has been discussion about an appearance before congress, any testimony from this office w

i'm david asman. joining me is christina, carol roth, joy layfield and governor mike huckabee.hina's top trade o enscroi envs heading to d.c. let's go to edward lawrence at the white house. where do things stand right snow. >> the official registry notice is being formalized so that the u.s. trade representatives office can add that on the good coming into the united states, raising tariffs from 10% to 25%, we're talking about inflatable rafts, plywood, raw silk. they're working on adding 25% tariffs of about everything else that china imports into the united states. the president says that's $325 billion more of stuff coming here. the chinese trade delegation coming on thursday and friday of this week. the vice premier is going to be the lead in that. now it's an interesting note. he's not going to have the title this time of special envoy for president xi jinping. that means he speaks for the chinese president. he had that title the last several rounds of face-to-face meeting. instead coming a as the lead negotiator. now a spokesman for the chinese foreign minister says it's

"bulls & bears" host david asman on what happens now and if the chinese do in fact make good on some, i don't know what the real skinny is. but that's one thing we have to check, right? david: well, it is. i pick up on an old phrase from the reagan administration, trust but verify. he was using that to refer to his negotiations with the soviet union, who of course violated all kinds of rules for the years and all kinds of treaties regarding nuclear testing and weapons, et cetera. but that applies here, because it's clear the chinese have violated a lot of the things that they have signed on to over the years, over the decades, in fact, dealing with many administrations. republicans and democrats. and this administration wants to change that. maybe not once and for all, maybe not 100%, you will never get anything through 100%, but they trust but verify. that's the way they are dealing with these people. they laid out these inventory of laws and regulations that they want changed, particularly with regard, we did, that is, laid out these inventory of laws and regs and at the last minut

this is "bulls and bears" and i'm christina filling in for david asman who is traveling somewhere in europe. we do have a jampacked show for you tonight starting with tensions escalating with iran. the trump administration breathing senate and house members on this matter this afternoon than this comes as her u.s. defense chief has been put on hold thanks to u.s. efforts. more on that developing story later on the show but first president trump the message seems to be resonating more and more with voters across the country. >> you have some of these socialist wackos that want to double and triple your taxes. all it takes is a crazy world but when you have the best employment numbers and history, when you have the best unemployment numbers and history , when you have the best economy probably than we have ever had i don't know how the do you lose this election, right? >> what a sound bite let's bring our awesome panel for more. we have carol routh and john liesl and kevin joining me scene. we have this new gallup poll data showing americans are split when it comes to weather a free ma

i'm david asman, joining me on the panel, kristina partsinevelos, liz peek, jonathan hoenig and gary kaltbaum. china's vice premier arriving for the 11th round of trade talks. the president said a deal could be possible soon. listen. we have the sound? there you go. >> reporter: possible to get a trade deal with the chinese this week? >> it is possible. they're all here. the vice premier one of the most respected men, one of the highest officials in china is coming. you heard he wasn't coming. he is coming. once the tariffs, they upped the meeting. we were getting close to a deal. they were starting to renegotiate the deal, we can't have that. we can't have that. david: let's go straight to edward lawrence, standing outside of the office of the u.s. trade rep. edward, we see them coming in. what is the latest? >> as you saw about 15 seconds ago the vice premier arrived here robert lighthizer, u.s. trade representative and treasury secretary steve mnuchin were here to greet them. that happened after the last two rounds. there were smiles on both sides. if you read body language. every

david asman, we will see you soon, he's coming back soon. take care. elizabeth: well, it was a jump the shark moment. a defining moment in washington. that puts the breakdown in d.c. into clear focus for all the world to see. it was supposed to be a bipartisan no-brainer meeting on a 2 trillion dollars infrastructure plan, potentially, but it fell apart after five minutes because nancy pelosi claimed that president trump is involved a cover-up, without offering any proof, no explanation, no information. that happened one hour before that meeting. so the big question for democrats tonight, are you going to win in 2020 on symbolic impeachment because the republican senate will reject impeachment. you're not going to have any kitchen table policies enacted whatsoever. do you think voters will go for that? tonight we talk about what the president pointed out today, the dangerous precedent being set. the president warning one day you could have a democrat in the white house. and republicans controlling the house, would democrats want endless probes then? he

it will be enough this is "bulls and bears," i am gary kaltbaum in for david asman, joining me on panel

i'm david asman in for trish regan tonight.'s former top lawyers speaking out, defending his agency's role in obtaining a surveillance warrant to spy on a member of the trump campaign during the the height of the 2016 election. the bureau obtained the warrant using information from the so-called steele dossier, a piece of opposition research that was bought and paid for by the dnc and hillary clinton. but here's the thing, the fbi never told the fisa judge who was behind that research. and james baker seems to be okay with that. listen. >> you don't want to put into a document like this gratuitous information about u.s. persons. finish you want to try to minimize it to some extent. if it's important, if the assessment is that the identity is critically important and you need it to be able either to follow the information because you can't -- you need to follow the flow -- like, you can't read it and understand it without the identity of the person, then you might put the person's name in. david: apparently, it wasn't important

i'm david asman. joining me to weigh in on this, kristina partsinevelos, kevin kelly, jonathan hoenig and gary kaltbaum. >>> ambassador lighthizer and treasury secretary mnuchin holding a briefing right now on the very latest on the china trade talks. we have a reporter in the room with those guys. we will give you the details as soon as that meeting wraps up. first, the president getting strong support for his latest tariff threats from a very unlikely source. key democrat senator chuck schumer, who tweeted the following out. hang tough on china, president trump. don't back down. strength is the only way to win with china. so, gang, is schumer right? >> oh, joy. more tariffs, yay! tariffs are not something a country pays to another country. it is a tax on the business and to the consumer there is nothing i like about it. i think the president was putting on the squeeze knowing that the chinese were coming this week for negotiation and trying to put them on the spot. but i have to tell you, i just don

this is bulls & bears i'm gary kaltbaum in for dave david asman , joining me is steve forbes, liz claman

this is bulls & bears i'm gary kaltbaum in for dave david asman , joining me is steve forbes, liz claman, gary b. smith and let's go straight to the white house with hillary vaughn, what will the president be announcing tomorrow? reporter: well this immigration makeover is meant to bring everyone in the republican party on board and this is focusing on a merit-based immigration system that would judge people based on points. they would look at applicant's age, their english proficiency, employment, educational background that's just a baseline figure here. applicants can be boosted based on how much money the job will pay and also applicants go under a health screening, a criminal background check and the white house wants to raise the number of immigrants college educated from what is 40% now to 71% over 10 years the white house says this plan will raise gdp by 600 billion, but that's not the only play on the table here. senator lindsey graham on capitol hill today rolling out his own plan that he says will fix the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, people will not be able to c

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warning to china the more tariffs could be on the way hi everybody this is bulls & bears i'm david asmane on the panel christina partsinevelos, carol roth, robert wolf and jeff. well the president sounding off on china saying he's going to bid his time at a deal. let's go straight to edward ce

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i'm david asman, joining me on the panel, kristina partsinevelos, liz peek, jonathan hoenig and garyround of trade talks. the president said a deal could be possible soon.

i'm david asman. kevin kelly, jonathan hoenig and gary kaltbaum. >>> ambassador lighthizer and treasury secretary mnuchin holding a briefing right now on the very latest on the china trade talks. we have

the last time i got to fill in for david asman because he will be back tomorrow. joining me is the panel today. and to blake furman at the white house with the latest details right now on the president's aid package to farmers. blake, break it down for us, please >> an aid package, you could call it a rescue to the farmers, a bailout to the farmerin eerfa whatever you want to call it. this is the second time in about a year or so that the president has reached out to try to help farm others who have been adversely impacted by this trade war between the united states and china. the latest package is in the form of some 16 billion dollars, 14 1/2 billion of that in direct payments to farmers. most of the rest in purchases. this of course follows that 12 billion dollars aid package from last year. now, the president is saying that when it is all said and done here, he claims that china will foot the bill. >> it all comes from china. we'll be taking in over a period of time hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs and charges to china, and our farmers will be greatl

this is bulls and bears i'm david asman.oining me on the panel today: >> president trump today saying again that democrats can't spend their time both investigating while working with him on things like drug prices and infrastructure, but republican senator lindsay graham warning the president not to let democrats throw him off course. listen. >> >> he's got to do infrastructure. mr. president, don't let these guys get you into not doing good things for the country. do infrastructure. david: does president trump need an infrastructure deal with democrats to win in 2020? gang? >> first of all, they can't go down two tasks -- they can't do one task. [laughter] >> if there was never russian interference in the election, if we never had a mueller -- i really don't think we would be getting a large infrastructure package at this point. the reality of it, is not something they are capable of doing. it would require tax increase. no one is raising taxes before the election. it would be nice to talk about one getting done before the

warning to china the more tariffs could be on the way hi everybody this is bulls & bears i'm david asman joining me on the panel christina partsinevelos, carol roth, robert wolf and jeff. well the president sounding off on china saying he's going to bid his time at a deal. let's go straight to edward lawrence at the white house with the very latest on the fallout. >> reporter: you read the tea leaves it looks like the tariffs could be around for a while the president saying we are not ready for a trade deal with china as of right now the president adding that there could be a good deal at some point in the future just not today. >> i believe that we will have a very good deal with china, some time into the future, because i don't believe that china can continue to pay these really hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs. i don't believe they could do that. businesses are leaving china by the hundreds by the thousands going into areas that are non- tariffed including the united states, by the way. >> reporter: you heard the president believes the supply chains are starting to shift, as

i'm david asman. joining me is christina, carol roth, joy layfield and governor mike huckabee.oi envs heading to d.c. let's goo

david asman, we will see you soon, he's coming back soon. take care. a defining moment in washington. that puts the breakdown in d.c. into clear focus for all the world to see. it was supposed to be a bipartisan no-brainer meeting on a 2 trillion dollars infrastructure plan, potentially, but it fell apart after five minutes because nancy pelosi claimed that president trump is involved a cover-up, without offering any proof, no explanation, no information. that happened one hour before that meeting. so the big question for democrats tonight, are you going to win in 2020 on symbolic impeachment because the republican senate will reject impeachment.

i'm in for david asman. joining me on the panel today. not everyone giving the president props. in a "wall street journal" op-ed today, former vice chairman of the federal reserve and princeton economic professor alan blinder warns against giving the president too much credit for the strong economy, writing tax cuts and deregulation are juicing gdp but will pay the price for his presidency in other ways. what do you think of that? >> great to see you, gary. i would say, you know, alan blinder definitely has great credentials, but at the same time, you could say, you know, he's writing in that piece in the "wall street journal" that this is a little bit of luck, and it's a little bit of circumstances all coming together. and i would say, you know, the same thing happened to bill clinton then. i think the clinton camp would argue with economic expansion we saw at that time. so 44% of the people say they actually think this is about president trump and the policies that have been put in place. you look at the gdp in the first quarter. more than 3%. you look at unemployment, the low

i'm david asman. joining me is the panel today. the u.s. trade representatives office has filed the paperwork to formally raise tariffs on chinese imports, but the white house put out some positive news this morning, and that led to a market pop. listen. >> look we've got an indication that they want to make a deal. our teams are in continued negotiations. they are going to sit down tomorrow. we will see what happens from there. david: let's bring in former trump campaign trade and jobs advisor curtis ellis. curtis, good to see you. so far, the china trade fight hasn't really affected most americans. they haven't felt it. will that change friday if the new tariffs kick in? >> i say americans have felt it. we're seeing the 13th straight month of more job openings and people to fill them. david: do you think that's because of the trade tariffs? >> absolutely. candidate trump said he would put in place a program of tax reform, trade reform, regulatory reform and energy reform that would make this the best place on earth to live, work, invest a

. ♪ ♪ david: good evening, david asman sitting in for lou dobbs. in mexico's attitude towards fighting deadly cartels, human and drug trafficking as well as rampant levels of illegal immigration. >>> donald trump dpe defending his attacks against nancy pelosi saying he was responding in time to their attacks on his staimed. >state ofmind. >> when you say a personal attack, didn't you

i'm david asman. joining me, carol ross, kristina partsinevelos, jonathan hoenig, gary kaltbaum and a packed show. >>> senators mitt romney and bernie sanders seemingly two opposites, both agreeing and slamming biden. sanders tweeting this out. quote, since the china trade deal, i voted against, america has lost over three million manufacturing jobs. it's wrong to pretend that china isn't one of our major economic competitors. when we are in the white house, we will win that competition by fixing our trade policies. mitt romney saying biden will regret these comments as well. why is biden minimizing the china threat? maybe to make a preelection trade deal seem less monumental? what do you think? >> maybe he's just absolutely insane. think about it. back in the 1960s, china's gdp was $60 billion. today they are number two with $13 trillion and growing. they have stated initiatives like made in china 2025 and belt and road saying we are trying to come to get you and they have four times as many people a

david: i'm david asman in for neil cavuto. this is "coast to coast." trump says the u.s.china. edward lawrence in d.c. with the very latest on all this. hi, edward. reporter: hi, david. the comments by the president could further signaling a setback in talks might last for a while.

interesting point from asman who is always spot on point. >> julie: definitely the u.s.ow warning that big changes are needed to stave off climate change. according to that report by 400 scientists, a million species face extinction within 10 years. eric sean has more on that. >> alarming predictions from the united nations, the biodiversity report says nature is being threatened at rates that are unprecedented in human history. the health of our planet and living species face possible extinction because of our actions. the 1,000 page report was presented at a meeting in paris painting a dire picture of our future blaming man kind's activities from the burning of fossil fuels to pollution and over fishing concludes mother earth can't sustain human activity at the current levels. it says greenhouse gas emissions have doubled since 1980 raising the average global temperature by 33°. that one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction. 60% of marine life have been altered by human actions, 400 ocean dead zones created by industrial dumping and plastic s

david asman, brad blakeman and richard fowler. presume. >> sandra: good morning. i said good morning. >> i think the trip was a great success. i think the announcement that got lost in the shuffle is the fact that president trump was able to close a deal with japan on over 100 stealth fighters, that will make a great dent in the $67 billion trade deficit. we understand japan is coming up in july on upper house elections. they need breathesing room before we can make progress on trade. progress is being made. i give the president an a for the trip. >> i give him credit for the fact that he was the first world leader to meet the emperor of japan. this president spent a lot of time focused on domistic politics while being abroad. the rule of thumb is politics stops at the water's edge. when you're overseas instead of attacking democratics back at home. >> why don't you talk to the press who are badgering him with the questions. >> he should say i'm here to focus on the trade deal with japan. >> the elephant in the room is north korea

sir david asman. and mr. james freeman assistant editor of the wall street editorial page.hello to you. i don't know where to start with comey. the interview was rich when you break down the questions and parse his answers. david, what did you hear? >> i think what's rich is the fact that jim comey is coming out as a source of everything true in the f.b.i. when in fact a lot of people in the f.b.i. don't think that -- think he has created a stain that is hard to remove. i think he is trying to throw shade over all the stories that have begun to come out about the way the f.b.i. swore to the fisa court that the trump dossier was the reason why we should be able to -- whether you want to say surveil or spy on a political campaign right before an election. on october 11th a state department official, obama state department official named kathleen came out with a memo after she had met with chris steele saying don't believe this guy. he is lying. the stuff that's in his memo is not true. she apparently sent it to the f.b.i. 10 days after that memo went out the f.b.i. went to th

james freeman, and david asman is here, anchor of bulls and bears on fox business network and judy millernstitute of policy research and journalist and fox news contributor. david, to you first on what we're hearing from the white house about the military option being on the table for venezuela. >> it is hard to know what that actually means. i don't think it means boots in venezuela, boots on the ground in venezuela. there is a lot that can be done. remember, there are three million venezuelans who left the country, two million in columbia, the rest scattered throughout latin american and some coming to the united states as well. so there are a lot of people outside that want change inside and we can work with some of those people. may not be -- i'm not talking about a situation like the contras in nicaragua where we helped train a military force but a lot of people are trying to activate change inside the country. we were so close it appears on tuesday when john bolton came out tuesday afternoon and said we had three people, the head of the supreme court, the defense minister and a coup