. [♪] david: good evening, i'm david asman in for lou dobbs.hocking new text messages between fbi officials raising questions about former president obama's potential involvement in the hillary clinton investigation. lisa page texting her lover peter strzok saying potus wants to know everything we are doing. but at the time, president obama insisted he never got involved in fbi investigations. >> i guarantee there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the justice department or the fbi. not just in this case, but in any case. full stop, period. full stop, nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the justice department because nobody is above the law. david: president trump reacting to the revelations tweeting quote, new fbi texts are bombshells. we'll discuss the corruption. the president deciding whether to release the democratic rebuttal to the memo released by the intel committee. and senate leaders announce a two-year budget deal that would avert a government shutdown. but the proposal calling for $300 billion i

i'm david asman in for lou dobbs.dent trump taking aim at oprah over a 60 minutes segment on his presidency. listen to a part. >> polls show respect for the united states is eroding around the world. do you care what the world thanks of the united states. >> i work with global students who want to come to the united states. ever since trump got elected in 2016, the numbers of incoming global students have gone down. they do not feel safe. that's a shame. >> what are they afraid of. >> trump. >> the president tweeted in response, just watched a very insecure oprah winfrey who, at one point i knew very well. she interviewed a panel people in 60 minutes. the questions were bias and slanted. the facts incorrect. hope oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all the others. liberal director michael moore is not just a tool, he's a tool of russian propaganda. turns out he attended an anti- trump protest organized by the anti- russian nationals who are just indicted for meddling in our elections. the dueling d

david: i'm david asman in for lou dobbs.dent trump is calling out the left wing media for covering anti-trump rallies that turned out to have been organized by russians. the president tweeting out quote bad ratings cnn and msnbc got scam when they covered the anti-trump-russia rally wall to wall. they probably knew it was fake news but because it was a rally against me they pushed it hard any way. two really dishonest newscasters but the public is wise. they actually sent a reporter this week to badger an elderly trump supporter for unwittingly promoting a pro-trump event on facebook that was allegedly organized by russians. take a listen to this. >> legitimate. >> those were russians. >> they were not russians. i don't go with the russians. come on. >> that group was russian. >> i have nothing to do with the russians. >> well apparently you did. >> no. david: joining me now, national spokesperson for the congress on racial equality and conservative commentator niger innis and radio talk show host mark simone. good to see yo

day i'm david asman in for lou dobbs.ouse intel committee voting unanimously to make public the democratic memo responding to allegations of corruption in the doj and fbi. adam schiff, the top democrat intel committee already is claiming the white house may play politics with his party's memo. >> we want to make sure any redactions that are made are fully explained to our committee by the fbi or doj. and also the white house, we want to make sure the white house doesn't redact our memo for political purposes. that's a deep concern. day dr. sebastian gorka is with us. last week it was all about the democrats saying we have to redact all the national security secrets it's too dangerous. now the situation is reverse. we shouldn't redact anything in the democrat memo, everything should thereby for the public to see. >> as my good friend chris plum says, if the democrats didn't have double standard, they wouldn't have any standards at all. can we remind ourselves what adam schiff and nancy pelosi said a few days ago? they said

day i'm david asman in for lou dobbs. a long-time aide of james comey is league the fbi.joins a long list of fbi officials demoted or fired and on their way out. fbi deputy director an drew mccabe, andrew strong will be, lisa page. james rybicki, and and bruce ohr and his wife nellie. gop members of the house intel committee plan to erect a physical barrier separating them from staffers. staffers. dr. gorka, about that story of another resignation involving justice and fbi directors. this is draining the swamp, is it not? >> it seems to be a self-drainage, that may be the case. the stunning thing is these events are occurring just as we have the declassification of the two memos from the house and senate which represent the beginnings of you be covering the malfeasance, and corruption inside the highest levels of the fbi and dodge. who knows who else will be forced to leave that position or will be fired. david: you still have your connects inside the beltway. you probably heard something about what's in the democratic memo. what i'm hearing is it tries to bolster the tru

david: good evening, i'm david asman in for lou dobbs. president trump returning to the cpac stage to if you are what he calls common sense proposals to make our schools safe again. among those are allowing teachers to have guns and interesting gun-free zones. rick gates pled guilty at a washington courthouse. it's a strong indication gates plans to cooperate with robert mueller's russia probe. but there is still no evidence of collusion, so why is the mueller probe still going on? the trump administration announcing harsh new shipping sanctions against north korea. the president calling the sanctions quote the heaviest ever and warning about phase two if those measures don't -- don'. all that and more coming up. the president's triumphant return to cpac. for more than an hour the president did what he does best, speaking directly to supporters in a campaign-style speech that touched on everything from the second amendment to north korea. john roberts has our report. john: there was a lot in the president's cpac speech. but his support fo

that's it for our time here, david asman, lauren simonetti will be taking away now after the bell. >>markets are closed on this president day but fbn is open for business as you notice unlike another network. leland:s take a look at the futures, things slidely ahead of tomorrow's opening bell dow futures down 59 points i'm lauren simonetti in for melissa fran since. >> deirdre: i'm david asman, great to see you all after the bell as stocks wait for tomorrow here is what's happening right now. a bureau under fire, any moment now president trump will depart palm beach, florida making his way back to the white house after igniting a firestorm on social media. the commander-in-chief slamming the ongoing crisis with the fbi the ignored tips, botched investigations and allegations of

♪ >> i'm david asman in for lou dobbs. congressional spending deal is running into opposition from fiscal conservatives in the house. the senate agreement with shower the pentagon and domestic programs with almost $300 billion in new spending. the chairman says that way to much money. >> obviously i consider the president a close personal friend and even if yes me too but with us the answer would still be no. i think it's fiscally irresponsible. >> we are joined now by a member of the house freedom caucus, scott. pennsylvania who sits on the foreign affairs homeland scary and transportation and the structure committees. he is a proud veteran of several conflicts. it's good to have you here. have a son in the military. i'm very happy that the military is getting more money, but at the expense of paying for all kinds of things that the democrats are clearly going to waste money on, they are going to increase their potential for that spending up to $1.1 trillion. are you concerned about the economic consequences. >> absolutel

i'm david asman in for lou dobbs. republicans are ramping up efforts to expose corruption at the fbi and justice department. devin nunez requesting transcript bs about what the obama era said to the fisa court to spy on the trump campaign. among our gusts tonight, congressman andy biggs who say that the fbi and justice department willfully abused their power. >>> also tonight, we're awaiting the release of the democratic memo rebutting allegations that the obama justice department and the fbi abused their surveillance powers. president trump today indicating he's inclined to release it. >> it's going to be released soon dv. david: right now alan dershowitz says that the americans deserve transparency. >>> the white house refusing reports that chief john kelly is willing to resign. we take it up with mr. ed rollins >>> and our top story. the effort to expose corruption in the obama era fbi and justice department. devin nunez is seeking transcript to find out what the fbi said in order to get a surveillance warrant to s

david: good evening, i'm david asman in for lou dobbs.ng to the cpac stage to if you are what he calls common sense proposals to make our schools safe again. among those are allowing teachers to have guns and interesting gun-free zones. rick gates pled guilty at a washington courthouse. it's a strong indication gates plans to cooperate with robert mueller's russia probe. but there is still

. >> i am cam david asman in for u dobbs, we're hours away from release of intel memo, president trumps expected to tell congress tomorrow that he has no objection to release. clearing the way for house intel committee to make the dime public. among our guest congressman sean duffy, saying that every american has the right to see that memo. president trump ramping up pressure on democrats to come to the bargaining table on immigration. >> have to come onboard, they talk a good game with daca. but they don't produce. either they come onboard or we're going to have to get more people to get the kind of numbers that we need to pass in a much easier fashion legislation. >> we'll take that up with conservative commentator mick michelle malcolm. and president trump policy leading to reversal of fortunes for republicans ahead of midterm, new poll show prediction of blue wave may be bunch. we'll discuss that with one of best political analyst in business, ed rollins, our top story, the expected release of the fisa abuse memo, fox news has been hold president trump has read memo could notify te

i'm david asman in for lou dobbs well, explosive new details in the uranium one clinton corruption scandal, an fbi informant telling congress that russian operatives paid out millions to buy influence with the obama administration and the clintons. our special guest tonight congressman jim jordan whose calling for a second special counsel to investigate actions by hillary clinton. also we are now five hours away from the second government shutdown of the year, senate leaders had struck a deal to keep the government funded past midnight but fiscal conservative in the house and senate are protesting spending hikes in the bill. we have a live report in moments and we take up the political fallout had with one of the best political analysts in the business ed rollins and former aid to president trump, sebastian gorka and another blood bath on wall street the dow plunging more than a thousand points closing in correction territory on ris ing concerns about inflation and rising bond yields. we'll take all of that up here tonight. our top story, new developments in the uranium one pay-to-play sca

david asman, melissa francis are here now "after the bell."sa: a wild week for the markets but it is the dow's best week in nearly a year-and-a-half. all major averages staging a come back following the worst week in two years. i'm melissa francis. happy friday. david: happy friday. a good day for the markets. wild day for news. i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." here is what else we're covering for you. what a busy hour we have for you. the depth of russian interference in our elections is now revealed and it is stunning. russian agents posing as u.s. political activeists spending years to sow distrust on both sides among american voters. brand new indic

liberty mutual insurance. >> sandra: many thanks to david asman, always good to have you here. >> davidalking about our kids, it's wonderful. you have a dog named whiskey, i love that. >> sandra: jessica, found to have you. kennedy, good show, everybody. join us weekdays at noon eastern, and now here's harris. >> harris: we are awaiting a white house press briefing to begin next hour on a busy day at our nation's capital, where we expect some of the focus to be on white house staff secretary rob porter's allegation as he faces allegations of domestic abuse. another fox news alert now, all eyes are on capitol hill, the countdown to a possible government shutdown again. deja vu as we go "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. t minus 11 hours and counting. the clock ticking down to a midnight funding deadline. the white house, senate leaders touting the bipartisan deal in the

david: i'm david asman. i love it when we close at the highs. looks like it might close 310. take credit for it? david: absolutely we take credit for it. for sure. this is "after the bell." thanks for watching. more on big market movers. here is what else we're covering for you. we have a busy hour coming up. more developing details out of broward county florida. the suspect in one of the deadliest mass shootings in our nation's history has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated

david: good evening, i'm david asman in for lou dobbs. day of reflection at the white house. president trump holding a listening session for survivors of mass shootings including last week's horrific tragedy in parkland florida. this coming mung reports that the president is open to address the mass shootings including raising the minimum age for owning firearms. >>> president trump slamming attorney general jeff sessions for not investigating the obama administration and its fame your to stop russian interference in our election we take up the need to expose corruption at the highest levels of the administration with ed rollins and mike huckabee. >>> and the nation tonight mourning the loss of america's pastor. the ref rand billy graham dead at the age of 99. we'll reflect on his powerful life and legacy with tony perkins. >>> top story, president trump's efforts to prevent massacres like the one of the florida high school last week. the president today holding an extraordinary emotional listening session to improve school safety. john roberts has our report. >> david, it wa

david: i'm david asman. i love it when we close at the highs. looks like it might close 310. melissa: we take credit for it? david: absolutely we take credit for it. for sure. this is "after the bell." thanks for watching. more on big market movers. here is what else we're covering for you. we have a busy hour coming up. more developing details out of broward county florida. the suspect in one of the deadliest mass shootings in our nation's history has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. that number could go up depending on those injured in the hospital right now. he is now being held in jail without bond. what we now know about his motivations in the warning signals that were missed. >>> also happening right now, the senate voting on whether or not to move ahead with one of four competing immigration plans, one backed by a group of 22 bipartisan senators the president threatened to veto just narrowly failed. we're live in d.c. with what happens next on that front. joining us this hour, we have broward county commissioner michael udine. a former boston police s

lou: good evening, i'm david asman in for lou to bees.emocrats are playing dirty tricks with their memo rebutting allegations of fbi and department of justice corruption. president trump right now is considering whether to release the democratic memo but a source telling fox news that the ten-page document is loaded with sensitive information, including sources and methods. that was apparently done intentionally to force president trump to either deny the release of the memo or significantly redact it so that democrats could cry foul. we're going to take up the partisan games with one of the congressmen who led the effort to release the gop memo, congressman matt gates joins us. >>> also tonight, president trump doubling down on his demands for more border security. the president today telling the reporter he's ready to shut down the government if congress don't work quickly to close loopholes that allow m s-13 gangs to cross the border. >> if we don't change the legislation, if we don't get rid of the loopholes where killers are able to

i'm david asman. this is after the bell. only handful of dow stocks ending the day higher, earlier in the session, an hour ago it was down 350 points. it did come back quite a bit. there is a lot more red on the screen than green. gerri willis standing by on floor of new york stock exchange. gerri, stocks coming off the best week >> as you heard at the very beginning traders glad to see this trading day in the record books. we're down 257 points it looks reich right now. here is what going on right now. walmart performing horribly today. down as much as 10% and why? they had a lousy quarter. they announced expectations for the next quarter that were not good. the real thing that really drove this home, made this day so bad for walmart shareholders that sales online looked very drab indeed. the fourth quarter grossed not what was expected. it was christmas quarter. sales came in 23% above the previous quarter. so the quarter, third quarter came in at 23%, 50% higher. so that compares really to telling investors a lot of what

david: i'm david asman in for lou dobbs.gic shooting at a high school in parkland, florida today, leaving 17 people dead. the suspect believed to be a former student is now in custody. he's been identified as a 19-year-old named nikolas cruz. the broward county sheriff said they were still gathering evidence as cruz's arsenal. >> i don't know anything about the firearms at this point. he had countless magazines, multiple magazines and at this point we believe he had one ar-15 rifle. i don't know if he had a second one. david: joining me now, former secret service agent nypd officer and president of redland strategies, dan bongino. dan, great to see you. your job was to spot lunatics with guns. this clearly was one. he got into a school that supposedly had some security apparatus, including ids. hea got into school with an ar-15. how could he do that with any kind of security at all? >> well, david, it's actually not that difficult if you take it apart to sneak it in, if you put anytime a bag. but access control is always goi