my question for you, bob beckel, is there such a thing as a moderate democrat? your standpoint. we are all communist. >> kennedy: i am a libertarian. how dare you. >> bob: sorry. the democrats want to get into the game and they think they've got an idea. you look at their welfare reform in the '90s, democrats and republicans coming together. i think democrats have an opportunity. i think trump doesn't care about the freedom caucus. and the democrats will protect one thing that the freedom caucus will never agree to, medicare reform and medicare extensions. they want to do away with it. democrats should do across state lines, tort reform, get some things done on medicare and you get a bill that will get past in the freedom caucus. right now this country's being held hostage by some right-wing kooks. >> kennedy: bob brings up a good point which is buying insurance plans across straight lines which is something you never hear democrats talking about. bernie sanders came out with his single-payer version of utopia which will truly bankrupt the country and make healt

joining us now is bob beckel and tomi lahren.u are not going to defend that. >> i thought it was -- i felt so badly for that woman. >> sean: i wanted to cry. >> times like that when i think you could argue about the father disagreeing, it doesn't matter. the guy was an american hero. he went in and he died. at a minimum, the idea of being able to stand up for 5 minutes and applaud his widow seems to be perfectly legitimate. >> sean: you know, tomi, all these liberal snowflakely lunatics, that was so mean, cruel, and heartless to say these things and i'm sitting here and listening, this guy died. these people fight, bleed, and die so they have the right to be ignorant and stupid. that lack of appreciation i think bothers me the most. >> how condescending. that is what i first thought m when i hear them saying that she is a political prop. that is why she is there, forr trump's ratings. no. no. to talk down to her like that, to make her seem as if she is an infant. she does not know what she is therefore? clearly they could learn a

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, eric bolling, bob beckel, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five" ." how much is the republican plan to replace obamacare going to cost? we just found out what the cbo estimates, congressional budget office released a report on the american health care act short while ago. john roberts has it and joins us now from the white house. to speak we are expected to hear from the omb director mick mulvaney and hhs secretary tom price outside the west wing and a couple minutes. three big numbers to keep in mind from the new cbo estimate. three or $37 billion, that's the amount of money that will be saved between 2017 and 2027 by ending obamacare subsidies. here's the bad numbers, at least for the republicans, you will hear democrats talk a lot about this. because of an end to medicaid expansion and caps of my cbo estimate 14 million more people will be without health insurance in 2018 and by 2026, that number will grow to 24 million. in total, 52 million people will not have health insurance by 2026, compared wit

. >> eric: i'm eric bolling bob beckel, meghan mccain, and greg gutfeld.nning collection of trump team communications by u.s. intelligence. we now know where the intel committee chairman devin nunes viewed the information he found concerning. igniting a controversy of its own. first, adam schiff still won't let up on nunes for briefing the president first.

. >> greg: i am greg gutfeld with lisa boothe and dana perino, eric bolling, and bob beckel, chuck schumerk.a. faucet phase, said dems will block all funding for the wall. it's the same old stick. take a good idea like improving the border and recasted as widespread intolerance. here's a game for everyone. when schumer speaks, can you count the allies? speak of the

bob beckel has done it on the show appeared when you say whites will become a minority in 2044, that's a very, very loaded thing to say. whites will become a minority in 2044 if you include hispanics and asians and when you look at ethnicity, not race. if you go by race, that number is not even close. african-american population is 13%. latin american population is 7%. -- 16, 17%. in order for whites to become the minority and race, it will happen but a lot further away. >> greg: he is saying you guys. i don't care. i honestly don't care what the country looks like. >> juan: i think you think he thinks trump is stirring up white resentment. >> kimberly: what a hypocrite. what is he doing? he's a provocateur. he doesn't equip himself with the facts, so enough of him. >> greg: developments in the war against isis. details when "the five" returns. i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. start at the new carfax.com show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah... ahem... show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. bp engineere

>> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five" ." high drama in the nation's capital. vote was expected in the house on the g.o.p. bill to repeal and replace obamacare, but it's not happening now until perhaps tomorrow or later. many conservative republicans are withholding support, leaving their party short of the votes needed. republicans are scheduled to meet behind closed doors at 7:00 eastern. president still working hard to strike a deal. let's go to john roberts with the latest. >> white house expecting a vote will happen tomorrow but i hasten to remind you they were expecting it to happen today. the president will be meeting in a few minutes with members of what's called the tuesday group, a group of about 50 moderate house republicans trying to bring them onboard because as the president makes changes to satisfy the conservatives, the moderates are beginning to drift. it's a fine line he's walking. a little while ago, he had a group of truckers and trucking ceos to the white hous

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. >> greg: i am greg gutfeld with lisa boothe and dana perino, eric bolling, and bob beckel, chuck schumer, a.k.a. faucet phase, said dems will block all funding for the wall. it's the same old stick. take a good idea like improving the border and recasted as widespread intolerance. here's a game for everyone. when schumer speaks, can you count the allies? speak of the president's immigration policies are destroying local economies, causing chaos and panic in families and communities who have done nothing wrong. by using racial profiling and fearmongering to target law-abiding immigrants, the trump administration is putting people with a traffic ticket or status violation in the same category as serious violent criminals. >> greg: trump's policies are destroying economies? he is implying racial profiling? targeting illegal immigrants? there was more there but i couldn't came up. he should change his name to upchuck given the lies he throws up. profiling, by conflating legal with illegal immigration. he's not done. >> immigrants are an integral part of the country. democrats will be vigilan

patrick's day i'm at bob beckel's daughter's search rote at this, she happens to be a huge fan of "the." >> eric: and a fan of his. >> eric: wearing the green. >> kimberly: happy the st. patrick's day. >> dana: how is bob's daughter? >> eric: she's away in europe, a semester abroad. >> kimberly: that's it for us now. don't forget to join us in two hours at 8:00pm eastern, a live >> president trump doubles down on his wiretapping claim while standing next to a world leader who was spied on by the obama administration. this is special report. ♪ >> bret: welcome to washington i met brett bear, happy st. patrick's day. president trump hosted german chancellor angela merkel at the white house this afternoon, both leaders offered to work together where interests aligned and gave public recognition to areas of cooperation especially in afghanistan and ukraine. it was president trump pointing to a possible shared experience that raised eyebrows and produced even more questions on a story

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five" ." just a wee bit of news to cover today after a whirlwind weekend of explosive allegations from the president about his predecessor. mr. trump accused former president obama of having tapped his phone at trump tower during the election. charged -- a charge the obama team immediately denied. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us now. >> law enforcement sources have confirmed a fox news that the tweets caught the fbi and justice department off guard. the republican-controlled house and senate intelligence committees are investigating russia's election meddling and will cover whether the obama administration abused its surveillance powers. phone calls and text messages from the russian ambassador sergey kislyak. mike flynn's phone calls and text messages were captured under the order. one contact believes there was at least one other additional surveillance order that was not specific to trump tower or the trump team bu

. >> greg: i am greg gutfeld with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and dana perino, "the five" ." at a dinner with the press, the ambassador from afghanistan was asked about donald trump. he said he was warned to keep it short when talking to mr. trump because of his short attention span. when they did finally speak, he was delightfully shocked. donald trump asked three questions that president obama never did. one, how can you win and his fight against terror? two, what do you need to be financially independent and three, how can american business invest in your country? the investors conclusion, donald trump wanted to win where as before, president obama just didn't want to lose. the hesitancy over commitment was gone but trump listened to his answers. funny how this flies in the face of the media's portrayal of trump, always ballistic. president obama, he so much more giving, he looks fantastic even when he's losing his shirt. meanwhile, trump is going full salesman as he fixes obamacare, meeting with congressional leaders, working the phone, holding listening sessions

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, it'sk city, and this is "the five" ." high drama in the nation's capital. vote was expected in the house on the g.o.p. bill to repeal and replace obamacare, but it's not happening now until perhaps tomorrow or later. many conservative republicans are withholding support, leaving their party short of the votes needed. republicans are scheduled to meet behind closed doors at 7:00

. >> dana: i'm dana perino eric bolling, bob beckel, and greg gutfeld, and kennedy. it's 5:00 in new york city, and this "the five" ." chairman of the house intelligence committee facing new pressure to recuse himself from the probe into russia's election meddling. as president trump attempts to shift the focus to the clintons. more on that in the moment. democrats are calling for devin nunes to remove himself from the russian investigation following news he reviewed intelligence material on the trump team on white house grounds and then went back to speak about it to the president. jackie spier goes further. she thinks he should step down as chairman. >> if you become a white house whisperer, you are not being independent. i think he has tainted the committee. asking for him to step down. in the interest of what we all care about which is the integrity of our intelligence community. >> dana: nunes maintains he has done nothing wrong. >> why not recuse yourself? >> i still don't know why. give me a reason to recuse myself, i might consider it. >> critics say you are

. >> eric: i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, meghan mccain and brian kilmeade. new york city and this is "the five" ." house speaker paul ryan came out again today to defend a new plan to replace obamacare, seeking the calm concerns of summon his own party. >> it is bold and long overdue and it is as fulfilling our promises. this is the conservative wish list. look at what this bill does.

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld, it'sew york city and this is "the five" ." just a wee bit of news to cover today after a whirlwind weekend of explosive allegations from the president about his predecessor. mr. trump accused former president obama of having tapped his phone at trump tower during the election. charged -- a charge the obama team immediately denied.

. >> eric: i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, meghan mccain and brian kilmeade. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five" ." house speaker paul ryan came out again today to defend a new plan to replace obamacare, seeking the calm concerns of summon his own party. >> it is bold and long overdue and it is as fulfilling our promises. this is the conservative wish list. look at what this bill does. appeals obama carries taxes, repeals obamacare's spending, medicaid expansion. repeals the mandates on individuals and businesses. and funding for planned parenthood. we know it's going to make a positive difference in people's lives. >> eric: speaker ryan is confident the bill will get past even though not all republicans are behind it, but that is rich considering he needs 218 votes. there are 237 republicans in the house but the house freedom caucus votes is a block, all 29 of them. do the math, it won't pass without the freedom caucus. in the senate, the bill needs 50 votes. right now they have 58. rand paul, among others, is not a fan. >> the current medicaid

. >> greg: i am greg gutfeld with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and dana perino, "thener with the press, the ambassador from afghanistan was asked about donald trump. he said he was warned to keep it short when talking to mr. trump because of his short attention span. when they did finally speak, he was delightfully shocked. donald trump asked three questions that president obama never did. one, how can you win and his fight against terror? two, what do you need

bob beckel -- night after night we talk about russia. if you were to ask me, put a dossier together, russia would not be on the list. what is this about, really? >> we have to keep in mind here, you are going to get people who are going to come representing campaigns. they can only say well i am with so and so. it is not unusual, first of all. unless you are doing business on behalf of the united states government, in trump's case -- i think there is some issue of intercepts. that may actually prove to be evidence. in clinton's case, who cares now? secondly, there is enough of the russian connection with trump that you can draw a pretty easy on evidence narrative about it. that's the way i see it. the intelligence community it's saying that they have information that has trump campaign people talking to the russians. i get -- i'd don't find that a problem, myself. and the whole scheme of things it sounds like a problem. >> tucker: people all across washington on the other cable channels, going wall-to-wall with the russia connection. her

. >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, eric bolling, bob beckel, and greg gutfeld, it'scity, and this is "the five" ." how much is the republican plan to replace obamacare going to cost? we just found out what the cbo estimates, congressional budget office released a report on the american health care act short while ago. john roberts has it and joins us now from the white house.

. >> dana: i'm dana perino eric bolling, bob beckel, and greg gutfeld, and kennedy.rk city, and this "the five" ." chairman of the house intelligence committee facing new pressure to recuse himself from the probe into russia's election meddling. as president trump attempts to shift the focus to the clintons. more on that in the moment. democrats are calling for devin nunes to remove himself from the russian investigation following news he reviewed intelligence material on the trump team on white house grounds and then went back to speak about it to the president. ja

bob. we welcome back to the couch, robert beckel. >> robert: i'm doing fine. i haven't been here for a while, it's good to see you. i will say, this white couch -- a colored couch would be much nicer. a few more plants or something like that, but that's all right. >> harris: we were all watching the hearing, let's get to that. >> meghan: sorry don't have enough plants in here for you. >> harris: we knew today would be a marathon day of questioning for judge gorsuch and we are not even at the midway point of the session. it's expected to last ten hours or more so we can understand what it took a quick break. president trump's choice for the supreme court is getting a real grilling from democrats. but not before judge b16 laid out the case with his own judicial independence, even from the president who nominated him. >> tell us whether you have any trouble ruling against the president who appointed you. >> that's a soft ball, mr. chairman. i have no difficulty ruling against or for any party other than based on what the law and the facts and a particular case re