>> no, and i didn't know david horowitz had made those comments. i read his brilliant book -- what's the name of it? i have a hard time remembering. but it was his transformation, having grown up in a, as he described it, communist family. he was editor of ramparts magazine, the radical magazine. and i believe radical son was the name of his book, it was a really powerful and moving story of how he moved from the unprincipled totalitarian radical left to a more traditional american person. i've read a number of other books, i think one of them, but he's a most brilliant individual and has remarkable story. i'm not aware of everything he's ever said or done. >> well, these statements have been reported publicly repeatedly over many years. you first came to know him in 2003. in fact, you received an award from the david horowitz freedom center in 2014. you were unaware of any of the apparently racist comments that he made -- >> i'm not aware of those comments and i don't believe david horowitz is a racist or a person that wouldn't treat anyone improp

a fox news contributor, david horowitz, president trump's agenda to save america. good to have you both back with us. let me start, if i may, david, with you. the friction that's now between the united states and mexico is largely that made of mexico, a corrupt nation, an improverished nation despite billions and hundreds of billions of dollars being transferred from this country to mexico. yet, half their people live in poverty. do you believe this is a winning issue for donald trump and for the united states? >> totally. first of all, mexico needs the united states far more than the united states needs mexico, but they'll come to the table. there's no question about it. so, i think this is a big win for president trump because it protects the american people, i mean, the american people are getting short shrift from washington politicians that don't have their interests at heart and you can tell from the way trump has opened, this is the most remarkable opening of a presidency in my memory. he is a politician that gets elected and the first thing that he does is

>> no and i didn't know david horowitz had made those comments. i read his book but it was his transformation having grown up in a as he described it, communist family. he was editor of ramparts magazine the radical magazine and i believe radical son was the name of his book and it was a really powerful and moving story of how he moved from the unprincipled toe tail tearion radical left to a more traditional american person. >> i find. >> i read a number of other books, i've read one of them, but he's the most brilliant individual and has remarkable story i'm not aware of everything he's ever said or -- >> these statements have been reported publicly over a number of years. you received an award from the david horowitz freedom center in 2014. you were unaware of any of the apparently racist comments that he made -- >> i'm not aware of those comments and i don't believe david horowitz is a racist or a person that would treat anybody improperly at least to my knowledge. they already gave -- award he gave me was the aenlt johnson award and that was t

. >> reporter: inspector david horowitz said he will review the statements in july which he blasted the way clinton and her aides used e-mails. >> they were extremely careless in their handling of sensitive, classified information. >> reporter: it will look at the letter congress sent to congress october 28th revealing new e-mails hat to be reviewed. nothing significant was found. it's easily the pointed doj review of an fbi's conduct. >> these are the type of questions that the inspector general looks at but it's not an everyday matter for it to be the director of the fbi. >> reporter: comey brushed aside questions. he said everyone will benefit from thoughtful evaluation and transparency. horowitz said he launched the review after hearing from the public and members of congress in both parties. >> there were some strange things that neither side of the political aisle liked and they need to answer for those. >> reporter: some say the review should have been launched much earlier right after the news conference in july. >> if he opened an investigation then it would have prevented come

joining us now, republican campaign strategist, tony sayegh and david more with it. horowitz the book. congratulations on the book, david. let's start with the inauguration. democrats -- about 70 are not going. your reaction? >> sabotage attempt. gallup says that the average honeymoon for an incoming president is 7 months. that's down. it used to be 20 months. he didn't get 17 seconds. but before he's in office he's already change the country. lou: i don't know if you saw matt lauer and a legal reporter for the "today show" nbc news. they were trying to take that away from him. the fact that he brought the concept back to bringing jobs back to america and corporate america and is moving on it. >> they are so perverse. he has a new deal from the inner cities and they take that at a slap at the inner cities that they need help. of course, they do. there is a chapter in my book. the achilles heel of the democratic party is they have a monopoly control of the inner cities. trump will drive a evening through the democratic base in those cities. >> the power structure of the inner

thanks for being with us, ambassador john bolton, david horowitz and steve moore among our guests tomorrowse join us. thanks for being with us tonight. good night from new york. . kennedy: tonight, president trump laying the first political bricks in his plan to build the border wall, but what does it mean for the administration foreign and domestic policy agenda? ambassador john bolton is here. >>> republicans fast approaching a deadline to repeal obamacare, is there a better plan in place? >>> and the secret service sworn to protect the president. why is one agent saying she will not take a bullet for president trump? grab an earpiece, it's time to act. it is hump day in the first full week of the tuchl presidency and the new commander in chief has a biting case of carpal tunnel syndrome from signing so

something i actually take a little bit of -- not pride but happiness in is the fact that when david horowitz went to the state lug legislature tuesday trying to pass laws saying we have to have ideology balance. we dent walt the state legislatures man man dating that. the didn't get anywhere which is a good thing. >> we have a bunch of questions i knock get to all the ones online, but several are fallingg into two categories. the first is a number of conservative either faculty members, young faculty member odd students worry beside coming out on the campus. they're looking for at individual, what to do, what not too toe do the other -- several questions are flasher gifted they're allowing sometimes to act like consumers. >> you're safer out of the closet. i have debt with faculty members concerned about -- so concerned about tenure and people know they're conservative that they would call me and is whether per on the phone. over ore conservative and you an outstanding record of scholarship and service to your university, and you are an excellent teacher and you're denied tenure and people k

actually take a little bit of not pride, but just happiness in is the fact that, you know, when david horowitz went to state legislatures and tried to get them to pass laws saying we have to have ideological ballots -- which would have been a disaster, and i say that as somebody who wants more ideological ballots, we don't want the state legislatures mandating that -- he didn't get anywhere. which is a good thing. >> another question. while the microphones making its way, i'm sorry, i cannot get to all the questions that came online, but several of them are falling into two categories, and i just want to put them on the table in case any of you want to respond. the first is number of conservative either faculty members, young faculty members or students worried about coming out on the campus. so they're looking for advice, what to do, what not to do. and then the other one, several questions are flabbergasted that fact all my and -- faculty and administrators are allowing students to act as consumers. they want to know how did that happen and how do we put an end to that. >> can i -- let me de

. >> first, david horowitz has come out with a title, big agenda, and she says donald trump has an agendato repeal or rollback 90% of that executive orders and executive actions that president obama took in his eight years in office. your reaction to that and do you think that is possible to actually do? >> i have not heard of the book you are referring to. i can tell you president obama has often made the argument that there is a difference between campaigning and governing and i know that the incoming president made a lot of promises about the executive actions he was going to repeal, but when he is responsible for governing the country he will have to reconcile those promises with the impact-- negative impacts following people and those promises would have on the country that may end up altering his decision to follow through, but ultimately that will be a decision for him to make and it's why you heard me on many occasions express a preference for working with congress to try to institute policy that would be good for the country, but we ran into a brick wall of opposition when it com

. >> first, david horowitz, has come out with a book entitled big agenda in which he says that donald trump has an agenda to repeal or roll back 90% of the executive orders and executive actions that president obama took in his eight years in office. your reaction to that and do you think that's possible to do? president obama has often made the argument that there's a difference between campaigning and governing. i know that the incoming president made a lot of promises about the executive actions that he was going to repeal. when he's reasonable for the running the country and he will have to reconcile the consequences with the negative impact that falling through on those promises would have op the country. that's why you've heard me express a preference for working with congress to try to institute policy that would be good for the country. when it comes to republicans when they took power in 2011, so we didn't pass as much legislatively as we would have liked to have done, but the president did use his executive authority to advance our country's interest and agenda he was seekin

also has ties to the david horowitz center, splc said is the godfather of the u.s. islamophobia network. >> -- try to be an anarchist and they need to be thrown out. and same goes for photographers that jump up after they agreed to stay down and not be an issue themselves. so i'm enforcing the rules, still am. >> seemed like some of them were -- looked like some of them were getting some of the shots standing up. you were saying you responded to them getting up. >> they are not allowed to stand up and block my view. they were more interested in what was going on behind me, i was interested in the responses of people in front of me at the hearing. they became an issue and they should have been thrown out. the photographers, they broke their word of keeping the rules. >> what do you think of senator sessions? >> i think he's doing very well. he's a sharp man. >> -- department of justice standing outside. what happens when the department of justice can't be trusted to stand at your side? >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> your thoughts about how the day went and