here now is eric trump, executive vice president of the trump organization. got to say, i've been in this town for far too long, longer than i want to admit annexing a lot of state of the union speeches. this was phenomenal. it really was. and it was a little long, but it was okay that it was long, because so many things are going well for america, but the media's take away has to be it was dark. i don't know what speech he was watching. it was incredible! >> it was uplifting, it was a credible. i think my father won reelection today. i really mean that. i've seen every speech is ever given, it been to every state of the union he's ever been a part of. tonight was his finest, finest moment. as americans we should be proud. it was just an incredible day for us. it's been a credible week for us. >> laura: when the president is acquitted tomorrow, this will cap off a week where usmca was signed, they started down the road toward at least a conversation about middle east peace, a plan. it will be changed and worked on. but of course then the speech where we bring

eric trump, thank you for being with us. when we come back, any movement, we are expecting any moment when there's movement to get results live out of iowa. the architect karl rove is here with his big white boards. he's going to break it down and what it will mean after tonight going to new hampshire and straight to super tuesday. voya . so we can spend a bit today, knowing we're prepared for tomorrow. wow, do you think you overdid it maybe? overdid what? well planned, well invested, well protected. voya. be confident to and through retirement. it's hookset season. come in during the spring fever sale where, for a limited time, you can find huge savings on select rods, reels, and everything else you need to make this the best season yet. it's unacceptable that americans pay vastly more than people in other countries, for the exact same drugs. but they aren't listening. they've just raised the prices of over five hundred drugs. president trump supports a bipartisan plan, that would force drug companies to lower prices. but t

. >> eric trump. donald trump, jr..icially, donald trump the sitting president, already has the party's support. still, republicans did hold them. the president hailed his victory with a short tweet, while in des moines's, his sons tried to discredit the democrats, using their father's traditional rhetoric. >> and as they are pushing the russia folks, the democrats are pushing the russia hoax, he is signing the usmca. he is signing the unprecedented deal, trade deal with china. shirli: the outcome of the impeachment trial is perfect for the u.s. president. although democrats managed to impeach him at the house of representatives, their efforts have oveverall failed. they are expected to lose the vote in the senate, where republicans hold a majority. the day after that vote, the u.s. president will stand in of congress for his state of the union address. >> we have this spectacle, this scripted affair in which the president comes before congress, typically to lay a legislative agenda.. it will be the initial rollout of t

reporting was a moment ago, the president says i am not taking vacations, not going to do this, eric trump charge $50 a night. that's not true. it is really the optics of how it is. >> saying that the president has spent 342 days at trump owned properties since he entered the white house. what would be the frequency of secret service traveling with the president? >> listen, this president has thrown out typical years ago, there's nothing typical about president trump and the way the administration operates, the way he travels. the secret service can't dictate how much the president can travel, where he can stay. as you said in the intro, we're kind of bound by the president's determination of where he wants to go. this goes to what i said before in the past, costs associated with protection i feel are being politicized. the secret service doesn't have control over where he goes. all we can do is put forth best in class security program around. >> the criticism that is out there is less about criticizing the secret service and more about choices and decisions the president is making which t

eric trump said it's the cost of housekeeping. we host them basically for free. e've shown for the first time is that's not true at all. in many cases the trump organization charged the secret service, meaning us, taxpayers, luxury rates, $650 a night for hotel rooms at mar-a-lago or $1,700 a month at bed minister. twice the going rate. so when they have the secret service, they charge them market or above market rates. >> you mentioned bed minister, i found those numbers, drilling into them, it was extraordinary, something comparable to a three bedroom cottage, that he's provided on that property, the average rate for a one month rental would be $3,400. the highest on zillow was $8,600, times that by two, that is what the president charged the secret service. $17,000 a month. some of which that time the cottage would sit empty when the president isn't at bed minister. the justification for that is what? >> we've been told from sources who know the decision making was well, the secret service brought equipment, they didn't want to move it back and forth every time

i never thought i would see one candidate, eric trump, that actually is running on the idea of death panels, and a guy that says he can teach anybody how to farm. you dig a hole put a seed, put dirt on top, add water, up comep the corn.ea by the way, only arresting minority kids and throwing them up against the wall. why do you do it? that is where all the crime is and that's where we send all the cops. then we have a guy praising cuban, nicaragua and former soviet union. okay, good luck mr. trump. president trump, i think that sounds like a good competitive race. >> this is why the democrats are flipping out across the board, quite frankly, sean, you had a great opening. you listen the problems with bernie sanders and he's running away with the race. that is why they are losing their mind. look at joe biden, the front runner.u the guy can't put together a sentence and we always talk about this. he sits in front of ten people and has to read teleprompters. zero enthusiasm and you look at michael bloomberg the other night at the debate. he just absolutely got killed. who else is there

eric trump will be here later this morning with his reaction, join us for this special interview at 8a.m. china cutting tariffs in half on $75 billion of u.s. imports, questions do remain about. >> charles: 's purchasing power, however. steven mnuchin will join me live to discuss trade, the coronavirus and the jobs report coming out tomorrow. the coronavirus virus death toll is soaring, 563 people are dead, more than 28,000 cases across the world as the filet for a vaccine pushes on. tax season has arrived. we're giving you money saving tips you need to know before you send your forms in to uncle sam. food delivery apps are on the rise. how much is it costing us? we will show you the numbers, "mornings with maria" is live right now. and all that coming you up. first a look at market action, a another record high this morning, the futures are indicating we'll carry into a record rally for a fourth session after china announced it is cutting tariffs on $75 billion of u.s. imports. dow futures up 150 points, s&p is up 14 and nasdaq up 53. this on top of yesterday's s&p 500 and nasdaq clo

eric trump, mark my words, they are rigging this thing. brad parscale.resident trump who has not shied away from claiming rigged results of elections or votes or popular vote in 2016 that he doesn't like. how concerning is this? this is just the first voting day of a long campaign season. >> it's staggeringly embarrassing and really unacceptable for the democratic party. i think caucuses were teetering on the edge. three of them left. the idea that something this important, the first contest of the democratic race which the last four democratic contested primaries, the iowa winner has gone on to win. something that important should be conducted in such a haphazard way. any election in which people are writing with sharpies at 1:00 in the morning is not an election being run with sufficient precision to -- for the consequences we have. trump is kind of meddling in royal waters. there's a portion in particular, the sanders campaign -- not campaign, coalition and campaign maybe that is inclined to believe what he is saying and the president is simply trying

we did s heckle atr trump rally where donald trump, jr., and eric trump were gathered, but that was the only drama. for the record from these were his rels from a former massachusetts governor william weld and former illinois congressman joe walsh. th is not the story. the president knows that well. here he is calling the decratic caucus and unmitigated disaster. we saw historianevin kruse pointing out that in the 2012 iowa caucus it took two weeks to select the winner on the republican side. but that will not shield t democrats or iowa this time, because some resent iowa's influence ashe first state to vote for candidates. we saw this from the right- meaning "washington examiner." "snafu fuels calls to eliminate first in the nation status." tor you can look "l.a. iowa caucus is so white -- at hashtag being used. critics say he does not represent america and it should not have so much influence over who the democrats pick. nick bryant is in des moines. nick: things did not go tolan at all in iowa last night. saconfusion, a colsense of anti-climax. chaos on caucus night is the headline.

it did for jimmy carter and it's so interesting that the people of iowa, funnest stories is of eric trumpte this book inside trump's white house and i interviewed the whole family and eric, great line, he says in the car he will give a speech there, he says, hey guys, what's a caucus. here is the family that was in business but not in politics and the iowans like authenticity. rob: wall street journal reporting that a surprising number of people haven't made up their mind on this process yet maybe the democrats don't know who has the best chance of beating president trump, that might be part of the problem, doug, thank you so much. jillian: thank you. >> thanks, jillian. jillian: 20 minutes after the hour, this was amazing, demi lovato bringing down the house with rendition of national anthem. rob: jay z and beyonce under fire after video surfaces sitting during national anthem, carley shimkus is here with the reaction from social media this morning stay tune. ers commercial halftime show, featuring smash mouth. ♪ hey now, you're an all star ♪ get your game on, go play thank you! goodnigh

. >> it's okay for donald trump junior and eric trump to do business all over world. >> jared kushner. >> were they paid off? >> yes, yes scrags yes. -->> laura: they impeached him and used a fake whistleblower who doesn't have the guts to show his face. there was no impeachable crime but adam schiff wanted to inflict maximum pain on this president 10 months before the next election. now, this gets me. even after the president's acquittal, the democrats are hinting at more impeachments. it's all they know how to do. and they even do that badly. what was the president expected to do after all of this? thank them. >> he is going to try to heal the country? not a chance >> it was mean spirited and poisonous. >> vindictive. >> he is in deep psychological disstress. >> he would say it's time to heal the nation but he can't do that. >> laura: do they want roses on capitol hill? the people who threatened to have his lawyers disbarred? those people. donald trump left a really comfortable life to run in hopes of making america a richer and more powerful country. he has. the democrats only resp

and eric trump and they are obviously very pleased that their father did well there are 2 candidates who are up against him joe walsh former congressman from illinois he's likely to drop the race i would suspect in the next week or so he simply can't keep going with this level of support william weld former governor of massachusetts he may stay in until next week which is in new hampshire massachusetts new hampshire right next door to one another he's got name recognition in this state he'll be hoping to do more than his one and a half percent that he did here but a big win for donald trump and that one getting even bigger because of the mess that the democrats are making of declaring the results normally we would have something before no but the fact that we've got next to nothing just is not a good look for a party that wants to show it's ready to take over the reins of power at the white house all right allan thanks for that all right let's cross over now to john hendren he's in des moines for us john you were at bernie sanders campaign headquarters there you were there 4 years ag

. ♪ ♪ eric: president trump right now is headed to india.is his first presidential visit to what is the world's largest dem cat. and topping -- democracy. and topping the agenda, a potential trade deal along with a massive rally at the world's largest cricket stadium and a challenge for the commander in chief, no steak on this visit. prime minister modi, of course, is a vegetarian. [laughter] >> me too! eric: likes to have his steak with ketchup, hello, everyone, i'm eric shawn. jillian, good to have you. >> the president also reacting to bernie sanders' e projected victory in the nevada democratic caucuses, congratulating the senator while suggesting the democratic party may work to block his nomination. >> frankly, i don't care who i run against, i just hope they treat them fairly. i hoe it's not -- hope it's not going to be a rigged deal, and i hope it's not going to be one of those. so we'll see what happens. but i congratulate bernie sanders, and if it's going to be him, he certainly has a substantial lead. we'll see what happens. >> da

i heard the confidence from eric trump and donald trump. the republicans have to say about this process. they could be worried about whoever we produce. i believe without momentment is going to be prepared to take them out. >> mr. mayor, andrew gillum, always a pleasure to vu-have yo on. i wish you were up here in the cold. you're like not so much, i'm okay. i appreciate it there. so it is the morning after iowa. this is when people are supposed to be in new hampshire declaring victory, but we don't have any results from iowa. what is going on? we're trying to get some answers this morning, and we'll bring you all the breaking developments next. who doesn't love a deal? i do. check out the united explorer card. savin' on this! savin' on this! savin' in here. rewarded! learn more at the explorer card dot com. they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper g

eric shawn. arthel: and i'm arkansas shell neville. president trump'stop at the daytona 500 coming amid growing scrutiny of his relationship with attorney general william barr. more than 1100 former justice department officials now calling for barr to resign claiming he's, quote, doing the president's personal bidding. this after the justice department recommends a shorter sentence for longtime trump confidant roger stone. we have live fox team coverage. meredith is in west palm beach where the president spent most of the weekend. but we begin with phil keating live in day --tona beach -- daytona beach. >> reporter: hi, arthel. the president and first lady after their historic lap around the daytona international racetrack. they are now enroute back to washington after spending the weekend down in palm beach. really thrilling for the about 100,000 people in the stands here today the as air force one, before landing, did a very low altitude flyover of the racetrack. 800 feet off the ground according to the white house. it was a pretty cool sight to see.

eric: trump administration reportedly taking new action against sanctuary cities, the white house seto deploy 100 tactical border patrol officers including new york and los angeles in an effort to try to assist ice officials to enforce immigration law. critics of the move, though, are now pushing back and become controversial, lucas thomas in washington joining us with the details. >> hi, eric, wolf says he's deploying special units from the southern border because he's not getting the help he needs. >> our sanctuary cities we get zero help from law enforcement. most times they are prohibited from helping us due to either state or local law there, not only do they not call us and honor detainers, they won't provide in communities either. >> chicago and new york to reinforce immigration customs officers, additional agents to atlanta, houston, boston, new orleans an newark, new jersey, e move in line with president trump's hard line on immigration. not everyone is happy with the move. the mayor of los angeles as well as police chief say they will not cooperate with the trump administrat

s hunting cabinet or eric trump's weekend house.ey don't spend a dollar on bed minister and mar-a-lago. so we haven't fergd out why they're leaving those blank. >> this is both the big picture. the big picture, the president appearing to monetize the presidency to put public taxpayer money in his own pocket in a pretty big way. an as yet unquantifiable way. it is bls a government agency allowing itself to be used for this purpose and not telling the government what's going on. nerls the oversight of the secret service, are they subject to foia requests? in a way that should make them have to answer for what they've done and fill in the blanks? >> they are subject to foia requests. more specifically, people putting in foia requests, being de denied and suing the secret service for the records. the little we know about 2017 and 2018 comes from the nonprofit groups suing to secret service to get public records. and they're subject to congressional oversight but congress has asked for more detail but they haven't gotten it. we wrote a s

united states of america again, kellyanne conway will join us, devin nunes from congress, you have eric trumpour popcorn ready, the most prestigious pooches in the country, interviewing top dogs coming up because that would mean that we would have talking dogs on the program. [laughter] >> 3 hours kick off 13 minutes right now. jillian: you know i can't wait for that steve. rob: we have to go, thanks, steve. what'd we decide on the flyers again? uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over? that's right. instead of all this that i've already-? yeah. what are we gonna do with these? keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. geico. over 75 years of savings and service. rob: welcome back, bernie sanders and pete buttigieg looked in dead hit in latest new hampshire polls an democratic hopefuls are tearing up into each other in run-up to tomorrow's primary. >> i'm gun

for instance, a few years back, eric trump's visit to a trump building in uruguay cost taxpayers $97,000, it's not really "your-uguay." it's "all our 'guay." most of that money was spent in teaching eric that it's not pronounced "you are gay." ( laughter and applause ) we're also-- that's a two-fer. that's a two-fer. a double dip. >> jon: come one, yeah, you got to get two if you can. get a twofer. >> stephen: we're also learning more about what went on behind the scenes during iran's attack on u.s. military bases this week. apparently, the white house received an early-warning message from spy agencies that officials call a "squawk." normally, when you hear a squawk in the white house, that means it's time to feed stephen miller. ( laughter ) and, as soon-- ( applause ) as soon as he got the warning, trump descended several flights of stairs to the situation room. wow, that does not sound like trump. what on earth could have motivated him to shamble down several flights of stairs to the situation room? and... "there were sandwiches piled on a sideboard in the room." ( laughter ) ( as tr

[dog barking] ainsley: eric trump is here live too.een noticing it. i think the house is changing him... -[ gasps ] -up and at 'em! ...into his father. [ eerie music plays ] is it scary? -[ gasps ] -it's in eco mode. so don't touch it. mm-hmm. i can't stop this from swinging. must be a draft in here. but he did save a bunch of money bundling our home and auto with progressive. progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. -hello? -sorry, honey. [ telephone beeps ] butt dial. >>> ♪ ♪ steve: live from new york city, hour three of fox & friends we are caught up in the country and we're heading up to new hampshire coming up right after the show, so you'll see us live on a special couch in new hampshire tomorrow. ainsley: last week was iowa, this week new hampshire. brian: i hear it's a lot colder i'll put the liner in my suit. steve: i can hardly wait to see that. brian: meanwhile one day after the new hampshire democratic primary, the race is real tight. steve: joe

eric trump once claimed the same thing when his presidential father travels to his properties. >> they'd be charged $500 a night where we charge them like $50. >> vacation, if you want vacations you're not really in the right business. >> reporter: of course there was a time on the campaign trail when donald trump said he'd hardly leave washington at all if elected. >> i promise you i will not be taking very long vacations if i take them at all. >> reporter: but that was then. now between golfing, visits to golf courses and simply time away from d.c. he has spent more than 342 days, one third of his entire presidency at his own clubs and hotels and charges the government for it. >> i'm not looking for credit, but i'd give up my salary. i get zero. >> reporter: the president has often bragged how he does not accept a salary and about all he does during his frequent trips to his mar-a-lago resort in florida or as he calls it the winter white house. but getting the bottom line for taxpayers is tough. the secret service is woefully behind in its public reporting of its expenditures for taili

we've been trying to prove eric trump right by looking at records of what the government spent.aven't found any evidence where the government has been charged $50 for a hotel room. from $270 $650 i've seen so far. we also asked hotel experts could eric be right? could $650 be the cost of housekeeping at mar-a-lago, they said basically not possible. the cost of housekeeping one room at even luxury hotel is like $75 a night, so not $650. >> where does this go from here? >> we've only identified spending from one government agency, secret service. you have to remember state department, coast guard, send people with them when trump travels. we don't know what they spent or secret service spent in 2019. a lot more to be dug up and understand stood it. >> if anybody can do it, it's you, my friend. swamp watch. not just playing out on the road but online in a big way. how one candidate using memes to try to be taken seriously on the trail. that's next. try to be taken seriously on the trail. that's next. thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has

impeachment trial is over, senate acquits president trump but some democrats looking to press on, eric trumpon, join me with special interview with the president's son. china cutting tariffs in half on $75 billion of u.s. import but questions remain of china's purchasing power. steven mnuchin will join us. 563 death over 28,000 cases as the fight for a vaccine continues. markets this morning looking to carry a record rally into the fourth day, take a look, dow futures up 67 points, nasdaq up 20 and s&p futures up 5 right now. fbi director right now christopher wray slamming agency to spy on former campaign aid carter page and said they are not acceptable and cannot be repeated. former have been -- vice president did not have a good showing. kirk douglas is dead at age 103. tax season is here, we are giving you money-saving tips, before you know it you will have to send your forms to uncle sam. mornings with maria is live right now.

we can't miss the reaction we are going to have tonight from eric trump, congressman steve scalise, saraatt schlapp, victor davis hanson and more. and raymond arroyo is also here. he's going to take us through some of the most

eric trump once claimed the same thing about when his presidential father travels to the family's propertiestune, because if they were to go to a hotel across the street, they would be charged 500 bucks a night. whereas, we charge, you know, like 50 bucks. >> vacations, if you want vacations, you're not really in the business. >> reporter: of course there was a time on the trail that donald trump said he'd hardly leave washington at all elected. >> i promise you, i will not be taking very long vacations if i take them at all. >> reporter: but that was then, now between visiting golf courses and golfing, and the time at d.c., as the post puts it he's spent more than 342 days, one-third of his presidency at his own clubs and hotels and charges the government for it. >> i get zero. >> reporter: the president has bragged about how he does not accept a salary and about all he does during his frequent trips to his mar-a-lago in florida as he calls it the winter white house. >> well, i like working. >> reporter: but getting to the bottom line for taxpayers is tough. the secret service is woefully b

eric: no reaction that russia is trying to interfere in 2020 election to help president trump and vermonters, sanders responded with strong statement telling russian president vladimir putin to, quote, stay out. lucas keeping track with all the new details, hi, lucas. >> hi, eric, didn't address the issue last night atlas vegas rally ahead of caucuses today but campaign issued the following statement, quote, my message so putin is clear, stay out of american elections and as president i will make sure that you do. in 2016 russia used internet propaganda so sow division in the country and my understanding is that they are doing it in 2020. a former top aide to hillary clinton told fox news earlier today russia is helping both the president and bernie sanders. >> they are protrump. well, first of all, they are prochaos, they saw what they did in 2016, worked so well, forget whether it helped donald trump or hurt hillary clinton, 3 years later we are still talking about it, they did that on cheap, they didn't send that much money. >> president trump responded to accusation in a tweet, quote,

. >> yeah, you saw don junior, eric trump, brad parscale saying the vote was rigged, although there'stic party says, listen, we screwed up, but the underlying data is sound here. and that's what they are basing these delayed results on. for voters at home, do they have any reason to doubt the ultimate result here? >> i hope they don't have a reason to doubt. i think the fact that they have said this is going to take longer than we anticipated because we need to get it right. they know what's at stake here. and what i did hear is they did have a manual process to collect the votes. so the key to getting it right may actually come down to meeting with them individually on a conference call. and validating the vote before they released the final count. >> fair enough. so they did have a backup. i suppose the trouble is that backup kind of stumbled, right? ideally you want the backup to work that night and i just wonder what broader message there is. 2016, russia systematically interfere in the election. there's concern about attacking actual vote tabulation systems, et cetera, coming int

s hunting cabin, eric trump's weekend house.they don't spend a dollar on bedminster and mar-a-lago, which is not credible. we haven't figured out why they're leafi they're leaving those lines blank. >> their is is a big picture, t president appearing to monetize the presidency to put public taxpayer money in his own pocket. the records don't exist. but it is also the story of a government agency allowing itself to be used for this purpose and not telling the public what's going on. in terms of oversight of the secret service are they subject to foia requests? are they subject to congressional oversight in a way that should make them have to answer for what they've done here and also fill in the blanks? >> they are subject to foia requests. that's the little we know has come from foia requests. more specifically, people putting in foia requests, being denied and suing the secret service to get records they should have got anyway. so the little we know comes from these non-profit groups suing the secret service to get public recor

if by 50 eric trump meant 50 times 13 then, yeah, sure. okay. that will do it for me this afternoon. ali velshi is here. >>> it is friday, february 7th. we are ending this extraordinary week with another blow to democrats and another win for president trump. federal appeals court in washington threw out a lawsuit filed by more than 200 members of congress claiming that president trump is violating the constitution's emollients clause. they did not legal standing to sue. this comes as it appears the president is starting to get payback for impeachment and other investigations into his conduct. there are reports that he's trying to push lieutenant colonel vindman, a national security council aide that testified in the impeachment out of the white house. a source familiar with the situation tells nbc news that vindman who is a ukraine expert with the national security council is not informed of change in the work status and "the washington post" and "the new york times" report he could be told as soon as today that he's being reassigned to a job at

the president's son eric trump also jumped in and tweeted out that the vote is being fixed, again, noanything like that. and we should point out bakari, as incompetent as the iowa democratic party has proven to be in this case, the iowa caucus process, whatever you think about it and even if people think that primaries are preferable, the caucus process is in front of everybody. so every single precinct, there are witnesses to what the final vote is. this is really actually -- and again, i understand why people hate caucuses, but you can't really fake the results of this because everybody sees it. >> people hate caucuses for good reason. they're decently antidemocratic. the fact that it's in the open and you have the peer pressure and wrangling. the fact that you have to get child care. that's a fundamental problem. the word we used earlier was opacity. >> that's the opposite of transparency. >> exactly, exactly. >> 800 on their s.a.t.s. >> i'm bumping up, my momma would be so proud. >> my disappointment is not with the people of iowa. i think most democrats would say that. i sound li

if by 50 eric trump meant 50 times 13 then, yeah, sure. okay.t for me this afternoon. ali velshi is here. >>> it is friday, february 7th. we are ending this extraordinary week with another blow to democrats and another win for president trump. federal appeals court in washington threw out a lawsuit filed by more than 200 members of congress claiming that president trump is violating the

they tell you how much they spend on eric trump's weekend house and yet they say they don't spend a dollargo, which is not credible. >> told -- reports rather that public records show more than 471,000 payments to the trump company. but also, records are incomplete. that number, likely, higher. and a u.s. appeals court threw out a lawsuit alleging president trump violated the emoluments clause. the suit -- violated the constitution by collecting payments from foreign governments through his personal businesses. now, the judge dismissed the case actually on technical grounds saying the 215 lawmakers that filed suit didn't represent a majority of congress. >> thank you. breaking news. a six-year-old in wuhan, china, becomes the first american to die of the coronavirus. the american died just two days after going to the hospital. >> back here in the u.s., 27 chinese nationals escorted off a royal caribbean cruise. ship that docked in new jersey and were tested for the virus. >> nbc's erin mclaughlin is life in new jersey. erin, what is the latest on their conditions? >> good morning, lindsey.

and eric trump had blurted that russians financed the family's golf projects, even though it was deutscheloans. perhaps this was more than a coincidence. maybe deutsche was what connected trump to russia. the rumor that had been ricochetting around washington, new york and london was that the russian government supported vtb bank, had in the recent past fund dirty money to trump voea deutsche. vtb certainly seemed connected to trump. felix sater claimed that vtb was facilitating travel and other arrangements for trump's team in 2016 as they discussed a possible trump tower project in moscow. there was no doubt that vtb had deep long standing ties to deutsche. now the theory was that one of the reasons deutsche had been willing to take such risks on loans to trump was that it wasn't actually taking the risks at all. vtb had agreed to secure the loans. in effect thatment that vtb was the one lending to trump, a direct financial connection between the russian government and the american president. deutsche executives insisted this was false. again, this is from david enrich's new book, "dark

>> steve: i heard swab >> jimmy: this one is from elon musk and eric trump >> steve: oh my goodness >ust might be my favorite new toy. elon musk posted a photo of a tesla cybertruck eric posted a photo of bubble wrap [ laughter and applause here's one from harrison ford and bernie sanders they both wrote, "can't resist the call of the wild." harrison ford posted a photo of his new movie. bernie sanders posted a photo of his fourth pee break during last night [ laughter and applause ooh, gotcha man. and finally, here's a caption from crest and tv guide. they both wrote, "whiter than white. crest posted a photo of their crest whitestrips. tv guide posted a picture of hgtv that's all the time we have for "picture this. we'll be right back with more of "the tonight show," everybody. [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ we only come out at night ♪ we only come out at night ♪ ♪ i walk alone ♪ i'll pretend to know the way ♪ ♪ we only come out at night ♪ ♪ we only come out at night ♪ and ah mother nature sure doesn't cut any corners when she paints a morning like that. and we know there is no shortcut t

democrats on the problems that they're facing over in iowa but when you see that the president's son eric trump has tweeted this mark my words they are rigging this thing what a mess this is why the people don't want the dems running our country so without evidence he's sowing distrust in the democrats what do you think about that. i think that on the one hand obviously that's not what's going on i don't think that they are rigging the results here they obviously implemented a very poor system and now we're going to have to wait and see whether that system can deliver and how quickly but i also think that it's very shrewd messaging on the tram campaigns part because the reality here is if you look at different candidates and you look at their supporters and how willing those supporters are to back other candidates and suspicions that they have about the process being rigged you have 6 a situation where bernie sanders supporters genuinely do believe that the system was rigged in 2016 with some basis they do believe that it will be rigged again in 2020 and they are the supporters who are the leas

eric trump tweeted, "mark my words, they're rigging this thing. what a mess."ator sanders, himself, as used that word many times, "rigged," in reference to the 2016 primary being rigged against him. just the other day, his senior adviser, jeff weaver, was complaining about a rules change, you know, the change that allows bloomberg to be on the democratic debate stage in nevada and weaver said in part, quote, that's a rigged system. do you agree or think that word is being thrown around way too much? the sanders campaign should back off it as well because it's hurting faith in the system? >> well, i think the economy is rigged. i have thought that for a long time. when you have three people in the country, erin, who have the same combined wealth as 160 million americans, that's a rigged economy. now, i think the dnc, and i said this publicly, the dnc changed the rules in this situation, but how come the dnc didn't change the rules in order to get cory booker or julian cast ro to be p on the stage so we'd have a diversity of presidential candidates? i think these

eric: president trump speaking to sean hannity in fox network super bowl coverage, you see the president't be on the field, would be during commercial break, trump campaign reportedly paying $11 million for two 30-second commercials, not the only one mike bloomberg's campaign also shelling out big bucks for a 1-minute long, former new york mayor's efforts to address the epidemic of gun violence death, ad focuses on young football player's dream of being an nfl player cut short when he was shot to death, kevin corke live in west palm beach, florida near mar-a-lago, more on the president who is getting ready to watch the game, i guess, hi, kevin. >> no doubt about that, good to be with you, eric sean, basically dueling ads and that's convincing the largest possible audience, super bowl audience but, yes, indeed, i'm the person to lead the country moving forward, first let me tell you about the president ad, he will talk about the economy and the incredible strength that the american economy has had under his leadership over the past 3 years including record-low unemployment in a number of

. ♪ ♪ eric: well, president trump's relationship with the justice department being questioned by someis after attorney general william barr pushed back against presidential tweets, and he also appointed an outside prosecutor to review the case of the president's former national security adviser, michael flynn. hello, everyone, welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. ash arkansas and i'm arthel neville. well, many barr's intervention in the flynn case coming just days after the doj overruled the sentencing recommendation for another of the president's allies, roger stone. now, all of this is raising questions about the president exerting political influence over the department. the attorney general pushing back on that saying he is the one calling the shots. >> not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody, and i i said it -- whether it's congress, newspaper editorial boards or the president. i'm going to do what i think is right. i cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me. arthel: mark meredith is standing by

. ♪ eric: president trump spending sunday at the super bowl of nascar, the 62nd annual daytona 500 inal of what is known as the great american race. about an hour ago, the president gave the iconic command, gentlemen, start your engines. you see him there going up to the stage because he addressed a crowd of 100,000 honoring the fans, drivers, gold star parents and newly-enlisted military members, doing that before the race. >> the daytona 500 is a legendary display of roaring engines, soaring spirits and the american

they tell you how much they spend on eric trump's weekend house, and they say they don't spend a dollarinistdmid mar-a-lago, which is not credible. we haven't figured out from them why they're leaving those lines blank. we still need to figure that out. >> this is obviously both a big picture and sort of a more focused picture story. big picture, the president appearing to monetize the presidency to put public taxpayer money in his own pocket in a pretty big and as yet unquantifiable way because the records don't exist. it's also about a government agency allowing itself to be used for this purpose and not telling the public what's going on. in terms of oversight of the secret service, are they subject to foia requests? are they subject to congressional oversight in a way that should make them have to answer for what they've done here and also fill in the blanks? >> well, they are subject to foia requests, and that's the little bit that we know has come from foia requests and more specifically people putting in foia requests, being denied and suing the secret service to get records they

. ♪ ♪ eric: president trump right now is headed to india.to what is the world's largest dem cat. and topping -- democracy. and topping the agenda, a potential trade deal along with a massive rally at the world's largest cricket stadium and a challenge for the commander in chief, no steak on this visit. prime minister modi, of course, is a vegetarian. [laughter] >> me too! eric: likes to have his steak with ketchup, hello, everyone, i'm eric

or eric trump or lara trump? come on, they have not treated this fairly it. the democratic side of the equation as well. steve: it's nice to see that joe biden does not just yell at peter doocy. he is now branching out. yesterday in the u.s. senate they had four hours of closing arguments. the only drama, jason, at this point is to see whether or not there are any democrats who side with the republicans on acquittal, doug jones, maybe joe manchin who yesterday offered up censure. why did he do that? >> well, i think he was trying to say look, i think there is something that maybe the president shouldn't have done but there is not enough to convict here. to me, that's him saying i don't want to vote to convict the president of the united states and try to throw him out. there is no drama left. i was walking by the capitol yesterday. i was here on capitol hill. the proceedings were about to start and there were a grand total of three protesters out in front of the senate building saying impeach the president. three. and it was like 60 degrees outside. so i got

trump said i can live with that. maybe you can shed lighten the seeming favor of pete buttigieg among eric and donald trump. >> reporterhe drive over from charleston, i was with my producer colleague, matt and i was like is this actually the twitter handle? >> i'm like your mom. i'm like banging on it. the buttigieg campaign sends the tweet over. i guess we're going for it. all it looks like he's endorsed mayor pete and suggest he willingly turn over the white house in january 2021 if it comes to that. pete buttigieg, at this point, has to win the democratic nomination. this tuesday is a big deal. they put out a memo saying they need keep sanders within 350 delegate margin because they're contending march 10th and march 17th are better states for them. these are states like illinois, michigan, missouri, arizona, washington state, idaho. so, they believe if they can remain in contention through super tuesday and keep bernie sanders close, that they are the ones most viable to be the counter to bernie sanders. just yesterday they went up with a $3.5 million ad buy, targeting specific media markets. they're trying to win

eric: meanwhile, president trump is attempting to steal the spotlight from the democratic candidatestheir own turf. he add had that rally last night in las vegas on the eve of today's nevada's caucuses. david spunt is live at the white house with more on what the president's folks are saying. hi, david. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. the president is back at the white house today, tomorrow he'll depart on a trip to india for several days to meet with prime minister modi, but you can imagine he's probably watching these caucus results to see how they may out in nevada. he's been really traveling around to some of the same states where democrats are casting those votes in caucuses and primaries. now, president trump had a swing out west specifically going to arizona, nevada and colorado. it's no coincidence though that he spent time in nevada just before today's caucus. now, at a rally yesterday in las vegas president trump took time to bash democrats and tout his own agenda. listen. >> we are going to keep on working, we are going to keep on fighting, and we are going to keep on

. ♪ ♪ eric: well, president trump's relationship with the justice department being questioned by someushed back against presidential tweets, and he also appointed an outside prosecutor to review the case of the president's former national security adviser, michael flynn. hello, everyone, welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. ash arkansas and i'm arthel neville. well, many barr's intervention in the flynn case coming just days after the doj overruled the sentencing recommendation for another of the president's allies, roger stone. now, all of this is raising questions about the president exerting political influence over the

eric: pea first really, really-peter is really, really tall. president trumping the cpac speech taking credit for the peace deal aimed at ending the country's longest war and allowing the president to begin his long proposed promise of with drawing troops from overseas. >> there hasn't been a moment like this. we've had very successful negotiations. we think they'll be successful in the end. the other side's tired of war. everybody's tired of war. that's been a particularly long and gruesome one. eric: will it stick? we have more from kabul. hi, greg. >> reporter: it could be at least the beginning of the end of that long war. yes. signed today, presided over by secretary of state pompeo, an agreement between the united states and the taliban. it calls for the withdrawal of u.s. troops down to 8600 in the next month with much of the remainder following that. that's based, however, on the enemy, the taliban, following through on several conditions including the severing of ties with other terror groups. we asked secretary of defenses pedefenseesper here in kabu

eric: of course. jillian: president trump making major switch in intelligence community, up next former ambassador tol acting director of national intelligence and who might be in mind to take over full time salonpas lidocaine. patch, roll-on or cream. hisamitsu. (sensethe lack of control when iover my businessai, made me a little intense. but now quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala kai. (vo) save over 40 hours a month with intuit quickbooks. >> welcome back, a high-level cabinet shake-up president trump appointing u.s. ambassador to germany, richard grenell acting director of intelligence, grenell wasting to time to asking number 2 of the agency to step down. garrett tenney with the details, hey, garrett. >> rick grenell not to be for long, he can act for 210 days, he's quickly making his presence known, on friday predecessor joseph mcguire as well as number 2 andrew hoffman resigned, grenell told homa, in that his service was no longer needed. grenell is putting his own team together and first is kash patel, former aide to gop congr