ed rollins offered me the defense that apparently -- ed rollins is a classic guy. >> he is. >> lets turn to where this transition team is now in terms of this job. there seems to be a bit of a pause here your thoughts as you can objectively express your thoughts. >> i will always object, lou, i don't think they're behind the pace of where they need to be at this point. i think we had a lot of preliminary work done in the period before the election which is unusual compares to prior transition because of the federal funding. i think this is going to be the decision -- decisions are particularly important and i honestly believe that donald trump should take as much time as he wants. we got republican control the house and the senate, that's very significant and getting these personal decisions right and the most important thing that he needs to do at this point. lets give him the time to sort it out and put his team together. >> i got to say to you and all seriousness, there is something special about this transition and the names that are being talked about and moved forward in the discus

ed rollins. ready to crackdown on sanctuary cities from day one. we have a lot to cover here tonight. including worsening crisis of radical islamist in america, islamic state is now claims responsibility for yesterday's attack at ohio state, where a somali refugee ran pedestrian down with a car, then stabbed others with a knife, speaker paul ryan and republican lawmakers have overseened importation of somali refugees into this country and done nothing about it, president-elect trump held meetings with at least 7 potential cabinet members, he met with 3 house members. from business world president and ceo of rolls-royce. all visits trump tower today. as for two appointment announced today, trump called congressman price a 6 term lawmaker, quote, extremely qualified to lead the health and human services department, and to fight against obamacare. trump nominated, washington insider elain chao as his secretary of transportation. in private sector irk elain chao. joining me now, chairman of the ameri

ed rollins. the dean we call him. great to have you. >> thank you. the most important the president-elect will do in his administration will be picking his personnel. it's a short period of time. he has 4,000 people he gets to appoint over a period of time, but the first 100, 150 are very, very important. the cabinet officers, who's his white house staff and what have you. the critical thing is have to make sure they are confident, make sure they believe in what he wants to do and they're loyal to him. lou: i have to tell you, i'm immediately excited about a number, nearly all of the people on that executive committee, if you will. i'm thrilled he's got a place there for conway. i am particularly pleased that rudy giuliani is playing an important and senior role as senator jeff sessions. all the rest. but you know what? it excites me a bit to see his children there, and to have a prominent role because that's good for him as well as for them and for the country, in my opinion. that just feels so right, it's very trumpian but it is -- >> they're pheno

that is what it may turn down. >> liz i would never play poker with ed rollins.can draw inside straight. as far as donald trump is not drawing inside straight to win this. >> we'll certainly try. we'll certainly try. liz: you had your own troubles raising money in the past. >> it has come in dramatically past couple weeks. we raised more money than any other pac. we've done it dramatically last couple weeks. we basically met all of our goals. i think campaign itself basically met its goals. liz: listen, i can remember late summer, robert, we were showing a letter from the donald trump campaign saying, in essence we'll take 10 bucks. this is an emergency situation. doesn't fool like that right now. >> liz, let me ask you, if i remember, maybe i'm wrong, didn't he claim he would be self-funder because he is very rich? did he claim he would put $100 million into his campaign? those promises were a scam. much like his business and much like his rhetoric. liz: we have to end it there. the electoral map shifted now very slightly but by 18 here. ohio, 18. new hampshire

is carrying the momentum with him of the campaign into governance here, and i want to show you ed rollins, calling it rollins roll call and the folks he thinks are extraordinarily helpful in this transition and certainly that includes senator jeff sessions, it includes rudy giuliani as we just said, reince priebus, the chairman of the rnc, petre thiel, a terrific venture capitalist and businessman without question. lou eisenberg and kellyanne conway and steve bannon. a row of great talent. >> great talent, the first is a influential senator, low key guy, brilliant guy, first to stand up and give him counsel all the way through. helped with the immigration program any. job he could fulfill, former federal judge, he should have what he wants in this administration. rudy giuliani is critical to be the attorney general. the most important agency in this government is clean up that justice department and because this president is going to come under all kinds of attacks. lou: you know, you keep saying the most important and i'm sure you're right but all i can think of, i look at that governmen

ed rollins good to have you here.et's start with -- what your reaction first randy to james comey, a two-day from election surprise number, well we call it a november surprise to go with his october surprises to go with his july surprises. >> i thought he gave donald trump exactly what donald trump needed which was proof that the system is corrupt. you know, corruption is a contagion and infects everything revenue service, state department whether it's the democratic primary being rigged. it corrupts every part of it and we've got to see today the american people got to see what corruption really looks like. the idea that you could review 650,000 e-mails in eight days, nobody for one second believes that. they know all that what this is. this is corruption from top to bottom. we with saw corruption to the core today. >> we also heard from donald trump today the perfect i think, perfect response which had said was, you know, you're not getting justice from the justice dpght. you're not getting it from the fbi or from t

at least, ed rollins offered me defense. but. >> that is ed rollins is a classy guy too.: you got it, let's turn to where this transition team is now in terms of these jobs, there seems to be a bit of a pause, people are being assessed. your thoughts about that, as objectively as you can express your thoughts. >> always objectively. i don't think that they are behind the pace or where they need be to at-this-point. i think we had a lot of preliminary work done, in the period before the election that is unusual compared to prior transitions because of federal funding. this is going to be -- these decisions are particularly important. and i believe that donald trump should take as much time as he wants, we have republican control of house and senate, that is significant. getting personnel decisions right is most important thing that he needs to do at-this-point. let's give him time to sort it out, put his teaming it. lou: i have to say to you. there is something special about this transition, the names that are being talked about, and moved today, in the discussion, whether

veteran of 10 presidential campaigns, ed rollins. great to have you both. >> thank you. lou: let's start with that confusion in house of representatives. #better way, i don't remember that on the ballot. >> they can add with the trump agenda. if they do that, they don't have to change their tag, but that is the agenda they have to deal with, afte whatever agenda they had in the past, it is in the past. randy has worked on the hill, he has advised two speakers, at end of day, president with your own party is there with an agenda, you have to move it forward. lou: are they confused or putting up a competing brand with the president. >> i think they missed message of voters, voters said we don't want better we want best, to make america great again. we don't top make it better again. that is part they are confused by. is it suggests to me there will be push back from the house, i think you will see speaker and the president elect, not possibly being on the same page, but i agree with ed, at the end of the day, the person that won this election was donald trump. that is the

among my guests, ed rollins, former u.n. ambassador john bolton and political attorney republican leader charlie speez and randy evans. a lot to talk about including new concerns about voter fraud in florida. the state's republican party threatens a lawsuit after election officials opened tens of thousands of mail-in ballots before they were officially verified. we'll have much more on the legal maneuvers taking place in federal court. our top story, breaking new developments into the clinton email scandal and the clinton foundation. fox news learned from stwoa separate f.b.i. sources with intimate knowledge of the f.b.i. investigation telling bret baier that president obama has painted himself into a corner with his statement to "60 minutes" last october in which he said the clinton email scandal was not a national security issue. f.b.i. sources tell fox tonight the exact opposite is true. america's security was in danger. we are also learning tonight as a result of the immunity deals, limited immunity deals with top clinto

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ed rollins is here. he's a gop campaign consultant and advisor, also a fox news contributor. head of a pro trump pac called great america pac. you said it would take a miracle. line up what a miracle looks like. >> miracle would be you start with florida. if you don't win florida, the game's over. you then win north carolina which has switched back and forth the last two elections. we won it the last time. you have to win everything romney won and basically adds five or six states that are their states. >> or a big one like michigan. >> michigan hasn't gone for a republican since '88, neither has pennsylvania. these are harden trenched political systems for the democrats. i admire him for going in and trying and obviously he's shaking the game up a little bit. you never can tell. veeters get to vote and they get to anticipate. when the polls are right and we'll see that today, but -- >> elections are held to see if the polls were right. oh, that's horrible. well, they're holding it, and if you say it takes a miracle, if there is no miracle, what does tomorrow look like? >> my

[laughter] ed rollins, thanks so much. we appreciate it, as always. going to use this all the time now. the dean, the deep of political strategists. >> thank you. lou: con cigly yorely. nine presidential campaigns. up next, donald trump promises an abundance of jobs, a new era of prosperity for all americans. >> a trump administration will stop the jobs from leaving america. the theft of american prosperity will end, and it will end immediately upon taking office. lou: former presidential candidate steve forbes, trump economics adviser peter navarro, they join me here next. stay with us, there's a lot more to figure out, and they have the answers. i am told reliably. we'll be right back. stay with us. rsuit of healthier. it begins from the second we're born. because, healthier doesn't happen all by itself. it needs to be earned every day. using wellness to keep away illness. and believing a single life can be made better by millions of others. as a health services and innovation company optum powers modern healthcare by connecting every part of it. so

jon: joe trippi, ed rollins, fascinating discussion. jenna: it's great the hear some of those stories. donald trump. one thing we know is this meeting is longer than expected. and one wonders what is happening. jon: there's a lot of jaw boning going on, i guess. [laughter] we will be back, certainly, in an hour to, you know, fill you in on whatever we know about what transpired. jenna: it is a historic meeting. we'll continue the coverage right now on "outnumbered." sandra: fox news alert, mr. trump goes to washington. president-elect donald trump fresh off one of the biggest political upsets ever, meeting with president obama at the white house to discuss the smooth transition to the power. this is "outnumbered," i'm sandra smith. here today, host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy, democratic strategist julie roginsky, fox news contributor lisa booth, and today's #oneluckyguy, fox news contributor and columnist for the pennsylvania times, charlie hurt. and he is "outnumbered." we've seen you all over the place. what a week for you. >

lou: ed rollins, good to see you. and michael goodwin a nice piece in the "new york post." says there's a clear choice in tomorrow's election between an outsider, hell-bent on draining the swamp and an insider hell-bent on hanging onto power. >> this election will decide whether we are ruled by a corrupt political pledge. everybody is watching, or whether we are ruled by the people. that is going to be the choice. our failed political establishment has delivered nothing but poverty, nothing but lawsuits. lou: chairman of the florida republican party joins me here next. we will be discussing how things are going to shake out in the critical swing state of florida. what is the early vote mean and how does it look now for the outcome tomorrow night? early or late? a lot more straight ahead. donald trump set to address supporters in manchester new hampshire and watching for the clinton rally. it's a big one in philadelphia tonight. stay with us. lou: you are looking at bon jovi in philadelphia where hillary clinton is holding a huge rally tonight. right now bon jovi is on the s

[laughter] ed rollins, thanks so much. we appreciate it, as always. l the time now. the dean, the deep of political strategists. >> thank you. lou: con cigly yorely. nine presidential campaigns. up next, donald trump promises an abundance of jobs, a new era of prosperity for all americans. >> a trump administration will stop the jobs from leaving america. the theft of american prosperity will end, and it will end immediately upon taking office. lou: former presidential candidate steve forbes, trump economics adviser peter navarro, they join me here next. stay with us, there's a lot more to figure out, and they have the answers. i am told reliably. we'll be right back. stay with us. you totaled your brand new car. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three

for more i'm joined by ed rollins, former campaign manager for reagan/bush '84 and trump's super pac. of course, we've heard, ed, a lot of people saying what they think and a lot of speculation, but tonight i wanted to ask somebody who would actually know because you were one of the people who brought in some money for the trump campaign. >> and also i wrote an article. more important than the former titles, my first big job in washington, i was assistant to the president in the white house for president reagan, so i know what a chief of staff does, i know what a counselor does, i know how the white house operates. i did that for three years running the re-election campaign and coming back in the second term. so i know what all this means. what it means is you've got two superb people. they both will have big responsibilities. they will be teamed up, obviously, the day-to-day aspect, chairman priebus who is a fabulous guy who basically oversees a very large staff. and mr. bannon is a brilliant strategist, who basically will have the time and resources to develop the communication plan

and former reagan white house political director, he is just getting started, ed rollins. >> thank you. lou: let's start randy with these recounts. donald trump said they will not amount to anything, your judgment? >> they are not, i was there in the bush vs gore where we felt with a real,. and that was much different. here, the electoral college, ballots will be cast, when congress convenes on january 6 they will open ballots and count them, donald trump will be well north of 270 that will be it. that is elaborate fundraising mechanism to elevate name profile to try to create a false hope that something different might happen. >> democratic party that needs money or jill stein? she is rolling in dough. >> i think democratic party, i am they are destitute they lost at every level in house, senate, their coffers are try they need some rallies point, this fall hope -- false hope they could somehow over take the election is a failing home with no merit. i've been through it, it is not going to happen, december 19, ballots cast, it is over. lou: i presume you agree. >> he is the expert. lo

ed rollins. and pulitzer prize winning columnist for michael goodwin. >> if i'm donald trump and barack obama is threatening to come after me, i would say bring it on. what just happened president obama apparently didn't get the memo. 61% of the american population has chosen total republican leadership in the state. this is have much about the obama legacy. the obama policies, and as president obama himself has said. when my policies are always on the ballot, even when i'm not. he's a great vote getter himself. but when his policies are on the ballot they get slaughtered. so he's not on the ballot anymore so i would be careful. >> donald trump has got to be. i think after he has used his opponent for a foil, he won't mind it a bit. >> putin brushed the president aside in the farewell today. the president better put on his seat belt because in six months he won't recognize any of his legacy. obamacare and the 15 years' wars in the middle east will be in a different environment. lou: this will be

ed rollins is principal white house advisor to president reagan. moore on hand as well. steve, i'll start with you because you have the disadvantage. you're not around the table with us. what do you think about this whole thing. i'm one hand there's a lot of hypocrisy, on the other hand, everybody is a hypocrite in politics. >> i'll start by saying the nile isn't just a river in egypt. it were one thing if this election wasn't just decided by one state. for the most part, donald trump won an electoral land slide. i'll say this, if the democrat challenge this and try to change the election, i think there would be a bit of a civil war in this country. one other thing, you look back at history, one of richard nixon finest moment was when he did not contest the election in 1960 that may well have been stolen from him. al gore accepted the results after they were confirmed. i think hillary clinton has to step up and accept the results. >> al gore took it a long way. going back to what hillary clinton said on the campaign trail. let me play that sound bi

edrollins, -- ed rollins. >> i think how did you style it? >> you have to ge bet, always bet on the president not the speaker. lou: we're all in on that bet. we're coming right back, much more, blaz, stay with us, a lot to cover. >> left wing ceos working overtime acting like o operatives for democratic party, new outrages americans and consumers calling for boycotts against leftist leaders, we'll tell you what ceo said about trump's historic victory that has so many fired up. >> president-elect trump delivers a strong message to some of his supporters no matter how fight who might have incited violence. >> i am so saddened to hear that, i'll say it to the camera, stop it. reporter: 60 minutes did not ask donald trump about left wing organize street protest and violence, but we'll take it up with former presidential candidate steve forbes, he is joining me next with react to tr ♪ come on, wake up!!! come on, why ya sleepin'? come on! what time is it? it's go time. come on. let's go, let's go, let's go. woooo hoooo!! yeah!! i feel like i went

joining us ed rollins and lee carter. good to have you with us. this is extraordinary. the justice department puts in a man arguably one of john podesta's closest friends into the investigation into the emails that have just been reopened. is this just in your face on the part of president obama and the public and all standards and ethics be damned? >> i don't know what it is, but it's not smart on behalf of president obama. this isn't going to help hillary clinton, it's going to hurt her. lou: you have been in the white house, you know how things work. he is by letting -- ordering attorney general loretta lynch to put kasik in this thing center stage he's sending a loud, strong message of rejection to both standard and congress. >> he was the assistant secretary of legislative affairs. so he knows the congress. my sense is he's a clinton loyalist and he will be able to find what they need to find to make sure it doesn't get to the forefront. they need to look to cleaner than ceasar's wife. lou: we'll be talk with the former assistant director of the f.b.i. about what t

ed rollins joins us to explain the role each leader will play in this process and why the transition has not always gone as smoothly as one would expect in the past. >> the bottom line is, it's all about the new president. people wanted change, donald trump is going to give us change. the transition team will be important. but the truth is it's going to be what donald trump wants. cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line. what's in your wallet? yeahashtag "stuffy nose."old. hashtag "no sleep." i got it. hashtag "mouthbreather." yep. we've got a mouthbreather. well, just put on a breathe right strip and ... pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. so you can breathe ... and sleep. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right. >>> welcome back. a judge declaring a mistrial in the case of a former cincinnati police officer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. this after the jury e

i think he can make things happen. >> make things happen, that's the watch word from ed rollins, ed, who was associated with a pro trump pac, is a fox news contributor and is here and has tons of experience. again, your book "bare knuckles and back rooms." ed, thank you for your time on this. >> thank you very much. >>> speaking of the white house, kristen fisher is there live now with more. what are you hearing, kristen? >> reporter: republicans on capitol hill have been watch thing very closely, because it really was going to show you which direction the trump administration was going to go. did they want to get along with the establishment republicans, especially house speaker paul ryan, which they had been at odds with so many times during the campaign season. or were they going to go in the opposite direction and the fact that reince priebus has been put in that all-important role of white house chief of staff once president-elect trump is sworn into office, that is a very big step in the direction for congressional republicans to get along with the trump administration, especia

i'm joining by ed rollins. good to see you, sir. >> nice to be with you.here he is extending quite an olive branch to the likes of governor perry, mitt romney. what's this about, in your view? >> i like governor perry. i think he was a great governor, and he supported trump after he dropped out of the race. i question governor romney, and obviously, he was the nominee of the party who i don't think ever endorsed trump, and this is a very important position. and i guess what i really question is does he have such unique qualifications to be the secretary of state that you would pass over people who want the job who supported you all the way. trish: you know, this brings -- >> that's me. trish: -- up something important, and that's loyalty. we know people say donald trump tends to be a very loyal guy. mitt romney, you know, really was pretty bitter right up to the very end. >> right up to the bitter end, and the first thing i'd say is raise your right hand and tell me you voted for me and if he didn't -- trish: aha. >> i think it's one thing to run against s

ed rollins, one of the money people on the trump campaign as you know, he and anthony scaramucci, ed llins was on "the fox report," he said one is checks and one is balances between the two men. he likes the picks. >> i think it is good. wisconsin won the election for, in many ways for donald trump and reince priebus built that party. i mean that party is the best republican party in the entire country and it was built by reince priebus. he is super accomplished and he is not just somebody who knows people on the hill. he is really tight with paul ryan. and so i think this is an incredibly smart choice and i think it shows that donald trump really wants to get things done. >> i agree. for bannon, if you watch other networks and mainstream media they're spaing out begin as they did during the campaign, alt-right, breitbart, everything written there has to be drawn back to him. they're doing that because they want to keep divisiveness on display in the streets. they want to make donald trump looked controversial. we litigated bannon. they won. ceo of campaign. he is clearly accomplished