we'll also talk to cory lewandowski about the president's visit the troops serving overseas. while the government shutdown has put a halt on funding, the mueller witchhunt continues on at the ever-growing cost of 25 million in taxpayer dollars. will have the latest tonight with sidney powell. we begin with the markets were all three major industries easily erase their losses today after suffering their worst christmas eve on record. the dow closing up 1,000 86 points. the nasdaq was up 361. today's rally was filled in part by strong retail numbers in the holiday season. a reminder that consumers are in good financial shape. reports that the u.s. government is sending the delegation to work out a fair trade in china give stocks the final push. this happens a day after the president reinforced his confidence in steve mnuchin and renewed his criticism of the f fed. >> raising interest rates too fast, that's my opinion. i think it will stay. the reason it too fast because they think the economy is so good. >> joining me now is chief economist at the milken institute, bill. thank

president, david bossie and former campaign manager, cory lewandowski argued that bureaucrats are seeking to undermine the presidency of donald trump. the two are interviewed by investigative journalist, sharyl attkisson of "smear". afterwards is a weekly interview interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> thank you for turning us. i thought we'd begin with the short version, a synopsis if you will -- >> i got a chance to meet donald trump. i've known the president for quite some time. i got to meet the president because i was trying to raise money for children's hospital in washington d.c. when my son had one of his major surgeries. we were very blessed to be able to have great medical care for my son. he wanted to help other families. we wanted to raise money. i got a chance to meet mister trump because we were being at a golf at a golf course in washington but he ended up buying. we were able to, i got a chance to know him because he wanted to help me with that mission of helping children. was something i didn't forget or take lightly. he understood that i was a p

or you citizens united president and former trump campaign manager cory lewandowski. they are interviewed by journalists cheryl atkinson author of smear. "after words" is a weekly program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. >> host: thank you for joining us i thought i'd begin with a short versioi would begin withas if you will. how do you know donald trump, mr. bossie, first you. >> i got the chance to meet donald trump in 2010 select know2010 to meet thepresident bg to raise money for the children's hospital in dc where my son has one of his major surgeries and we were very blessed to have great medical care for my son and we wanted to help other families raise money so others would have the opportunity. we were doing a golf tournament at a golf course in washington he ended up dying. i got the chance to know him because he wanted to help me with that mission of helping children and it was something i didn't forget or take lightly and he understood i was a political guy so i became someone he would call and ask que

you start days before the iowa caucuses where cory lewandowski, mr. trump's campaign manager is directing the charity thousand spend his money at the beginning. you look at the end, you have michael cohen authorizing the hush money payments to a woman to keep her quiet. you have from the beginning of 2016 to the end of 2016 these kinds of activities. with his children in between you have the meeting at trump tower. so an entire pattern that's been investigated and it's adding up at this point. >> kim, let me take the other side of the argument. what's the chance this gets overshadowed by shinier names and spiffier investigations that are, say, head quartered out of washington, d.c.? >> i think there's a very big chance of that just by the sheer number of investigations that are ongoing surrounding president trump and not only his actions in the white house, but his campaigns, his personal business, as well as those of his close associates including his family members. when you think about watergate, for example, and how extraordinary that story was, t

instance, cnn has been slammed for having paid commentators like trump's former campaign manager cory lewandowski on the air, and other networks have been criticized for giving a great deal of air time to kellyanne conway given her propensity to not tell the truth. so some of this has happened at news outlets, but i don't think we have gone all the way yet toward a kind of new way of reporting, and beyond that, i don't think it's gone past the national or presidential level, so i wouldn't really count objectivity out quite yet. i think these old habits of how to report the news, they really die hard, because as i mentioned before, journalists and especially the people running news organizations, they really don't want to be seen as partisan. they want to be seen as centrist, and the same exact dynamic existed in the 1960s and '70s. there's a sense among journalists, especially editors and executives and publishers, that when they get criticized by both political sides at the same time, that means that they're doing something right, that they're where they want to be. two editors i interviewed, on

house and wanted to be in the white house and has been on the outside and wrote a book with cory lewandowski's somebody that knows washington and knows how a congress works. he's a bit of a fire brand. he in some ways is probably the one that wants it the most. we will see about rick perry. he has a kushy job as a cabinet member. my goodness, again, abby brings up all of the pertinent facts here which is that this is a white house that is taking on water and will likely take on more water and it's not a very attractive job, to come in and try to steer this ship at this point. >> for somebody like david bosse, it could be a good job. in terms of the role of chief of staff, it would, i guess, help president trump, or he thinks it would, to have somebody like minded like david srausy. can he just put in a loyalist, or would that not work as well? >> it just depends on what the job of chief of staff is going to be in this next period for this white house. part of the problem for the two men who had the job previously was that they always tried in some ways to manage trump or manage the people ar

. >> tucker: two yearsed ago, cory lewandowski and dave bossi were key figures in donald trump's presidentialow they're writing books together and coming on our show. how did a they fare when they competed against one another on "final exam"? that's next as our christmas special continues. ♪ (sfx:footsteps in wet cement) (sfx:birds singing, distant dog barking) hi hi ♪(whistling tune: "don't worry, be happy")♪ ♪ >> tucker: welcome back to our annual "tucker carlson tonight" christmas special. we are revisiting some of our favorite moments from "final exam" over the past year. corey lewandowski and dave bossi both, you will remember, were top figures in donald trump's presidential campaign. but with that race long over, where they still paying attention to the news? how much did they know about giant australian cows or melania's white house decorations? we decided to find out. >> tucker: i cannot believe you agreed to do this. >> we are excited. >> tucker: we are not above stunt casting the segment. that is what we are doing tonight. i'm not even going to bet there is a kind of line in the stu

and i had been in touch with cory lewandowski . >> how did you get in touch with him? back i just sent him an email. dealing with energy policy and us relations with israel and egypt. and i said, you know, i am tired of the establishment types. my mentor is there, you know douglas five, scooter libby, great guys, they really helped my political trajectory. but i just felt that this wasn't what represented america. at that moment. especially after eight years of obama. you know i was 28 years old at the time and i said i want to join a campaign and i want to leave hudson. and i'm thinking about joining trump [ laughter ]. and they said you are crazy. >> like everybody did. >> now, it's a whole different game. but that was the general theme that no scholar or think tank or anybody in the mainstream outfit would be on the trump campaign or even a ben carson campaign and i joined both [ laughter ]. and they said you know you should join ted cruz or somebody like that, we have connections and i just wasn't interested. so i sent a message to cory, and at the time there was a

eastern on after words, citizens united president david bossi and former trump campaign manager cori lewandowski interviewed by investigative journalist cheryl atkinson. >> i do not want to be conspiracy theorist that we refer to many of these people as a november 9 club meaning they were fans of president trump the day after he got elected. they likely did not vote for him but they found an opportunity to join an administration which was young and inexperienced to further their own agenda. >> as part of becoming president he listened a lot to republican leaders in washington and took advice from folks that i do not know he would do that same ink today. i think during that transition and in the first month or two of his administration come the learning curve was incredibly steep just like it is for every single president of the united states. onre is no class or degree being president and it is a learning curve. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. vote of 56-41, the u.s. senate voted thursday to recommend that the u.s. and its assistance to saudi arabia for the war in yemen. and in a separ

the time i am appointed a campaign adviser based on -- and actually i had been in touch with cory lewandowski from july of 2015, so i -- >> how did you get in touch with him. >> just sent him a message and i was working at the hudson institute in washington, d.c., it is a think tank here dealing on -- with energy policy and the u.s. relationship with israel and egypt. and i said, you know, i'm tired of the establishment types. i love my mentors. douglas fife, scooter libby, great guys. they really helped my political trajectory, i guess. but i just felt that this wasn't what represented america at that moment. especially after eight years of obama. and they would tell me, because i said -- i'm 28 years old at the time. and i said i want to join a campaign and leave hudson. and i'm thinking about joining trump. and they said, you're crazy. like everybody -- i mean, back then, this is 2015, okay. this is now -- now it is a whole different game. and they're all friends and -- but that was the general theme, that no scholar at a think tank or anybody in a mainstream outfit would be on the trump c

cory the lewandowski, tom we have in, bevin and doug schoen. guys >>> hey lisa. >> lisa: i'm going to start with you doug because you're in studio and you're also my friend >>> good. >> the way i see this, i find it interesting, you've got someone new, 59%. beneath that you have biden and sanders, no offense to biden or sanders, they are not young or new >>> correct. >> lisa: is there a generational divide going on if right now? >>> there's two things. younger people certainly want new faces. what these numbers say is while democrats have a higher arc i based on the past they're open to a new face, a new candidate and new approach. >> lisa: tom i want to go to you as well. one thing i found interesting, you have kamala hairs, o'rourke, booker, all these people that are essentially something new. yet voters still 59% wanted someone that wasn't on that list. does that tell you anything about the chances of o'rourke, hairs or booker? >>> yeah it tells me this race is wide open. we could very well be talking about someone next year who is not on th

. >> next, citizens united president, david bossie and former campaign manager, cory lewandowski argued that bureaucrats are seeking to undermine the presidency of donald trump. the two are interviewed by investigative journalist, sharyl attkisson of "smear". afterwards is a weekly interview interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> thank you for turning us. i thought we'd begin with the short version, a synopsis if you will -- >> i got a chance to meet donald trump. i've known the president for quite some time. i got to meet the president because i was trying to raise money for children's hospital in washington d.c. when my son had one of his major surgeries.

joining me now, former trump campaign manager cory le corey lewandowski. what does the next chief of staff need that the last ones have lacked? >> well, i think the next chief of staff needs to be a person who understands what is at stake in the 2020 election cycle and candidly embraces the let trump be trump agenda. the mantra, get the president out in front of the people. he's his best communications spokesperson, he's the best person when he wants to message things. let's put him out in front of the people. and there there two very important components that the chief of staff needs to have. number one, an eye on the 2020 election and number two, understand the subpoena cannon which is going to face the white house. you need a person who understands both sides of that in order to make this white house successful. kennedy: conceivably understands how the house of representatives works. so if that is the most key component, would you say that mark meadows is the best person for the job? >> well, mark is clearly an excellent person for the job, somebody who