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our government should only do for us what we can't do for ourselves. >> brad blakeman who served our country under george w. bush. brad thanks for joining us. >> thank you, eric. >> what the senators and prospects are like as she enters that primary. good to see you. arthel? >> eric well as the clock is sticking amongst negotiators trying to work out a budget by the deadline looming this friday we're told a possible deal would only give president trump a small portion of the $5.7 billion he's demanding for border wall funding. now this as the white house refuses to rule out another partial government shutdown. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle blaming each other for the lack of progress. >> i thought we were tracking pretty good over the last week, and just things over the last what 24 hours or so, the goal posts have been moving from the democrats and at the end of the day we have an obligation that's to protect our nation to provide the proper border security. >> the big problem here is this has become pretty much an ego negotiation and this really isn't over substance. nobody is

eric: back to panel, brad blakeman, do you believe what you saw? >> no, i do not. i'm putting lawyer hat on now and i'm also virginian, in the law we recognize statements that are made with disclosure that of the yearbook page as being the most truthful. it's only when you have time to think about it you spin the story you have a press conference that we just saw. fact is he had a racist nickname when he was in school. he admits he's not the person he was back then. he admits using black face at a public function in san antonio. the story gets worse every minute of every day that we are learning more about our governor of virginia and quite frankly i'm disappointed in my lieutenant governor, fairfax, where is he, he's a black american, he's the number 2 in virginia, why are you letting this governor speak for you, he says that he has your full support. eric: in the news conference do you think that lieutenant governor african american who has defended slaves, do you think he should come out denouncing this? >> you bet, he should have been the first person who came

melissa: brad blakeman. we appreciate it. have a great weekend. connell: breaking news we're following, a shooting took place in aurora, illinois. it is being investigated. we have new information coming in the last two minutes. police say the shooter has been apprehended. the shooter has been apprehended but the area is on lockdown. we have reports of multiple civilians and police officers shot. working to confirm that information. we'll bring you any updates this hour. the shooter we're told has been apprehended. melissa: more on president trump's move to secure the border. how congressional leaders are responding. what it could mean for the republican party, steve forbes, forbes media chairman coming up. connell: new york breakup backfiring on new york leaders. we'll one of the activities in those states trying to lead the charge. ♪ woman: friction points, those obstacles that limit a company's growth. i try to find companies that turn these challenges into opportunities. it's these unique companies with creative business models that will gener

joining me brad blakeman. brad, if you were congresswoman ilhan omar, do you want this endorsement? would disagree with farrakhan. the question is will they disagree with him publicly. i believe she believes what farrakhan believes. she was caught saying it it was a forced apology it wasn't earnest. she had to do it. she was forced to do something. how do we know it's hollow? because of what she did to our envoy to venezuela. a famous american jew diplomat, elliott ab rams when she secured him and embarrassed him. that was an anti-he merittic attack. she is what she is and democrats have to deal with her. susan: why is she on the foreign affairs committee? >> she should be rebuked and removed, and if anything, if she had an ounce of decency she would resign. but of course she is not. because she'll become a martyr. hopefully she'll be there for two years or less. susan: it's amazing that democrats cozy up to such a controversial figure. take a listen to what he said in the past. >> if the jews don't like farrakhan, so they call me hitler. that's a good name. hitler was a very great

brad blakeman, what do you think?president is doing exactly what he was required to downed his oath of office to preserve and protect the homeland. whenever there is crisis in america, what is the first question that's asked, did we do towing avoid it? did we connect the dots? it's incumbent upon the president to do the right thing and he is doing it. he's taking conscious at action and augmenting it with executive action as he should. liz: we started reporting this two months ago. there is all this talk that there will and court fight if he does this. the supreme court in 1993 supports the president reprogramming already appropriated funds. the gao. the government accountability office looked into it, too, and they found yes he can do it. >> that's right, he can do it. the congress has given the president the power. the president is acting within that authority. if it's challenged by the court, the court is not going to take away that was given the president. they won't subvert the president's authority for their own

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bush, brad blakeman. do you anticipate any major announcement?gency or anything of that nature? >> know i don't. we are in a cease-fire. he will challenge congress to get the work done. he is willing to compromise but can't negotiate against himself is the challenge will be made. if they don't choose to end this crisis he knows what his options are as will tell the people he is ready to act. jillian: the things the president plans to talk about include immigration, trade, infrastructure, healthcare and international relations but you told me none of that matters because people will be so focused on the wall. >> the showdown is either congress will ask for the president will act but because we are in a cease-fire all the oxygen is going to be taken out of the air because everyone is interested in what the president will say about the wall, the border crisis and what will happen going forward. heather: international relations including north korea? >> he will talk about the fact we are moving ahead with north korea, the president has another summit

the host of the dennis prager radio show, national spokesman for hillary clinton campaign and brad blakeman. bush, great to have you with us. let's talk about poll numbers on the growing interest and embrace of socialism by some. what do you think of it? >> it is troubling for the democratic party, they have an identity crisis. there was a time that if you call the democrat socialist you were defeating them. now they are angry if you don't, socialist but troubling with their policies are, the new green deal is written on the back of a napkin, nobody seems to know the details of it but they talk in generalities, getting rid of cars and planes, limiting cattle and all kinds of crazy things we know will never get enacted but the differences are stark between what republicans stand for and what democrats stand for in modern times it will help republicans as we move closer to 2020 because we are where the american people are. >> opinion of capitalism broken down on party lines democrats versus republicans, democrats favor -- favorable opinion of capitalism by 9 points, republicans by 55 points.

we have brad blakeman and fox news contributor jehmu greene to discuss. good to see you.o start with you, in many ways bernie sanders is the founder of democratic socialism as we know it right now as he campaigned four years ago. he is campaigning once again but did he miss his opportunity? >> that's certainly up for the democratic primary voters. i think his record haul yesterday is a sign of how much enthusiasm there is, but also a sign that he has been campaigning since he ended his 2016 race. he raised over $200 million in 2016. there is no surprise that he had such a huge cash haul yesterday and, we have a number of candidates that are formidable. what we're hearing now is that the foreign actors who have already started the disinformation campaign as widely reported by "politico," they actually think kamala harris is the biggest threat. lauren: hmmm. brad, do you think that, let's just face it, an older, white man could be the nominee for the democratic party in 2020? >> no, i think his ship has sailed, the socialist ship you, you know sailed off to in 2016 is now b

stuart: let's bring in brad blakeman. he's with me on the set in new york. i know, i'm absolutely convinced you want howard schultz to run. you really want him to run, don't you? >> run, howard, run. look, stack up his record against bernie sanders'. i think the guy has been in the senate probably one of the longest terms to date. he's passed three bills. i think they were all naming post offices. the guy is not a giant of legislation. what has his accomplishments been other than to be re-elected and have socialist dreams that can never be -- stuart: i think he's had a big accomplishment, if you want to call it that, which is to drag the democrat party way out there to the left, especially this medicare for all. he was the only guy proposing it back in 2016. now everybody's jumped on board. >> right. this is the tragic effect of bernie sanders, dragging the party that was -- you could term progressive but i remember a time if you called a democrat a socialist, you were defaming them. now they get angry if you don't call them that. good luck to the democrats.

brad blakeman, thank you very much indeed. >> pleasure.e we turn to our next guest, look at the markets, please look at this. we're up 160 points now. we had a very positive jobs report. i call it stellar. we had good news on the manufacturing sector. very good news on consumer sentiment. you add it all up, low interest rates tame inflation, great profits. susan: does that get to us 3% gdp as larry kudlow tell you this morning this year. stuart: what he said help the market. susan: he said they probably won't play interest rates this year which is market positive. stuart: why don't we play a sound bite from larry kudlow telling me we'll get 3% growth. the roll tape. >> ever happens quarter by quarter i think 3% growth rate is in inexact. i think we'll surprise a lot of people. stuart: david bahnsen, bahnsen group cio. 3% growth. you heard it from the lips of larry kudlow. what do you make of that? >> i said it to larry kudlow. i make of it he is exactly right. 3%, full year growth, 2019. 5 to 5 1/2% nominal gdp growth. cap-ex and business

brad blakeman and amber abby, former georgia democratic gubernatorial nominee, stacey abrams consultant, howard franklin. howard. stayscy behave the response. well-regarded. always a tough position to be in. depending who you were watching and who you were hearing the president tried reaching out, or he didn't try hard enough. what do you think? >> i think it was a little bit of both. honestly if i'm grading the speech i would say, i have good news and bad news for the president. ed good news like you said, he stayed on message. he was as close to presidential as i have seen him over last two or three years. the bad news he already has a credibility problem. he has gone off-the-cuff, gone on twitter rants. and reversed himself, lied looking directly into the camera, it is hard taking him at his word even as public speech as important as this one. so i think there is a little bit of both, really proof will be in the pudding how he decides to govern. neil: well there is november lying to go around i guess, amber, democrats were for a wall are suddenly against a wall. i guess it goes back

white house writers group consulting director here, former bush 43 deputy assistant brad blakeman, and comentator, rashad richie. is her view typical of the democratic presidential pack? some will argue over the details of the green spending plan, what have you but by and large, they seem to support the big spending plans, or am i missing something >> yeah, i think you're missing something here neil. they do not support huge spending plans because nobody has proposed any methodology for implementation for spending. in addition congresswoman cortez is a congressional district representative which means she actually campaigned on these same issues that she's pushing i think she has political integrity to do that and there are many folks who actually disagree with president trump, but they are supportive of the fact, or they at least respect the fact that he was bold enough to try to keep campaign promises , something that this district representative is doing as well, so i think she has a level of political integrity and i think it's quite refreshing to see somebody get elected based on

brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to george w. bush george w. bush.e manhattan institute and a fox news contributor. david druker, senior political correspondent for "the washington examiner". we're left with a big question. will the president sign this deal? rush limbaugh is making the case he could walk away with a win even if he does. >> i think the president should sign it based on what we know now. it is still being put together. the basics that are known is a win for the president. in a $4 trillion budget this is small claims court. if both sides go away unhappy it's a good deal for both sides. with divided government the president has an opportunity to build on his wall as we go. it is money that will be used. >> sandra: does it include declaring a national emergency? >> bill: judge judy. >> i don't think he will declare a national emergency. >> it's in the arsenal. >> it's in the arsenal in the way another shutdown was in the arsenal. it is guaranteed to divide his own party and therefore not be a win for him. i have think that donald trump ha

brad blakeman is here.science professor and applied and tim carney "the washington examiner" and author of the book alienated. we got through that. welcome to you, jeanne, nice to have you here. start us off here. is the president winning on this issue? >> he may win in the courts. the courts tend to defer to the president when it comes to executive power. he may win. my big problem with all of this is the dysfunction it shows about washington, d.c. and our federal government as a whole. why are we in this position that the president has to declare an emergency about an issue that we've known about for 20 years that congress has not addressed sf so my frustration as a political scientist and consultant is with congress and the fact they haven't acted on immigration and whether you like donald trump or not, he is in the same position barack obama was. elected to do something, they cannot do it. congress doesn't address it. >> sandra: president trump by passing congress and here is how people responded. 38% f

brad blakeman former deputy assistant to george w. bush.son and harf and matthew continetti editor in chief of the washington free beacon. warren, 1986, in her own handwriting. what do you think? >> my lawyer hat. a bar registration requires you, if any, to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. it appears this is in her own hand. she claimed on the registration form to the bar to be something that she wasn't. i believe it's a material misrepresentation. it is a fraud and i believe the state should open an investigation if she is admitted to the bar still. her status is in jeopardy and the state should go beyond that and look at the other material misrepresentations. >> bill: you think this can be prosecuted? >> it could be. the statute of limitations runs when the fraud is discovered. i think she could be in jeopardy. certainly of her license. >> sandra: let's deal with what we're looking at here. the fact that this would be the first known instance of an official document on which she wrote with her own handwriting thi