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and to discuss a little bit more about that i'm joined now from los angeles by chris faulkner a republican strategist who has worked on past national campaigns welcome to you chris. chris i'd like to begin first with what trump has reportedly said in the past twenty four hours basically questioning why the u.s. would accept more immigrants from what he calls asshole countries i mean i'm for of course paraphrasing there he used an expletive language aside why not. i think the. president would absolutely not use those words again stupid or radical and it takes away from the main focus of what's really going on here which is contrary to the immigration united states is no different than any other developed nation in that we've struggled with immigration in the flows out deal with new numerous the united states right now for the first time in probably close to twenty years we're closer than we ever have been to a comprehensive immigration reform so going to talk interacting there but i just i just really want to get to the need of what the president said and the overall message you know let's

that horse and to discuss a little bit more about that i'm joined now from los angeles by chris faulkner a republican strategist who has worked on past national campaigns welcome to you chris thank you chris i like to begin first with what trump has reportedly said in the past twenty four hours basically questioning why the u.s. would accept more immigrants from what he calls asshole countries i mean i'm for of course paraphrasing there he used an expletive language aside why not i think the. president would absolutely use those words again all right stupid rebel and it takes away from the made focus what's really going on here which is contrary to the immigration united states is no different than any other developed nation in that we've struggled with immigration in the flows out deal with new numerous united states right now for the first are in probably close to twenty years we're closer than we ever of bits of copperheads of immersion for still going to start interacting there but i just i just really want to get to the meat of what the president said and the overall message you kno

national security card so what's going on here let me pull in chris faulkner he's a republican strategist with majority strategies in los angels which describes itself as america's premier influence marketing services firm chris good to have you on the show welcome to the date let me ask you about north and south korea first of all they're talking again but they're talking right now about the olympics not about north korea's nuclear weapons is this eight true sign of trump's foreign policy leadership well you know from the progress there is more than just you know it's actually one of the most emotional issues emotional issues for most koreans is reunification between sam's will obviously a lot of families were separated there in the. separation of the two koreas indecent motional ice to live it so about three half years and these emotional reunions between the separated families are usually reported to crimp oculus and so that in addition to what we saw i think is these are the beginning steps that will give us a more substantive policy disagreements between two koreas so you don't think

this is "outnumbered," i'm harold harris faulkner. sandra smith, lisa kennedy, katie pavlich and pete hegseth. and a salute from the veterans, welcome. >> pete: the games were rough yesterday for minnesota fans. >> harris: i thought all the games were great, i thought jacksonville played well. the vikings scored first. >> pete: we've all changed diapers in our lives. that was better than watching the game. >> kennedy: thank you for that visual, good to see you there. >> harris: on my instagram page, photo of you doing skol. senators need 60 votes to breaa filibuster. for now, we are on day three of the actual shutdown and republican senator of texas as the effects are starting to sho show. >> the shutdown is beginning to have its most dramatic affect, not only for military and the children's health insurance but the federal workers who are uncertain about what their future is and my hope is that senator schumer and democrats realize that this is not a hostage that they want to take. >> harris: president trump tweeted this, great to se

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i'm harris faulkner. here with us is lisa booth, anchor on fox business trish regan democratic strategist, jessica tarlov. joining us "outnumbered" fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. we say he's outnumbered but he never feel way. we have a lot to get to. let get to the news. special counsel robert mueller russia investigation is turning now to the president himself. reports say mueller wants to ask the president about the firings former fbi director and former national security advisor. trump legal team will propose a two prong approach to the interview. they want to answer some questions in writing. others face to face. we are learning james comey was questioned by his conversation with the president. politico is reporting that the house judiciary committee wants comey to come back to testify again to straighten out what she aare inconsistencies. nbc news is reporting mueller also questioned cia director mike pompeo, dan coates and mike rogers. the president was asked if he's conce

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i'm harris faulkner.sessions has been interviewed as a special counsel to the russia probe, the first known time that they have interviewed apart the men's member of the president's cabinet. this comes as robert mueller is investigating contacts between the presidential campaign and the kremlin and whether the actions constituted any obstruction of justice. the white house says it is nothing to hide. >> the administration continues to cooperate with the special counsel, we have been transparent during this process

i'm harris faulkner. here today, cohost of after the bell, most of francis. the editor of townhall.com, katie pavlich, commentator run fox news contributor rachel campos duffy and joining us today on the couch, fox news political analyst and cohost of the five, juan williams. and you are outnumbered. >> juan: i'm delighted to be here. so much news on a foggy date in new york city. >> harris: we are actually celebrating fog. controversy over something president trump reportedly said during a meeting on immigration in the oval office. sources telling fox news the president use usable code language while questioning why the united states would accept immigrants from countries including haiti and some african nations. sources close to the president telling fox news the president was making a case for accepting more highly skilled immigrants, but the reports prompting major backlash. haitian-american republican congresswoman released a statement saying the reported remarks were "unkind, divisive, elitist, and flying in the face of our nation's values. this behavio

a lot more is going to be happening here on the fox news channel, harris faulkner has continuing coverage. >> harris: we will continue with the big vote, 81-18, putting our government back in play and opening the doors of our government with a continued resolution that now goes until february 8th. the deal the democrats say they got for their leader in the senate chuck schumer, senator schumer says they got a deal to immediately tackle legislation for daca in the dreamers program. that and they had supposedly aa week ago, what happened that changed is that democrats voted with republicans to reopen the government. i'm harris faulkner, you are watching our continuing coverage today as though shutdown ends at least temporarily on capitol hill. this is "outnumbered overtime," let's bring in my very first guest because he is in the senate, colorado senator cory gardner. he sits on the budget committee and chairs the senate g.o.p. campaign arm. a very important person to talk with right now. what happened in that room that changed things? >> it is curious because the same basic offer was made

and to discuss a little bit more about that i'm joined now from los angeles by chris faulkner a republican strategist who has worked on past national campaigns welcome to you chris. chris i'd like to begin first with what trump has reportedly said in the past twenty four hours basically questioning why the u.s. would accept more immigrants from what he calls asshole countries i mean i'm for of course paraphrasing mary used an expletive. language aside why not.

faulkner, i want to go back to the armistice. the armistice was supposed to take effect on the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th hour. between the time it was agreed to and to the armistice actually taking effect, my understanding is that the french continued an offensive, even though they knew that it was coming. many thousands of soldiers died. i want to know if any of the american soldiers at pershing take part in this and is this true? am i correct, that there was continued offensive, even though they knew the war was coming to an end? >> thank you. back up and tell us when the agreement was reached that the war would come to an end. >> the days leading up to the 11th of november, the germans were sending representatives across the line to meet with the general of the allied armies journalist of the allied armys. he, in consultation with the leaders, are finally agreeing to the armistice. as the caller pointed out, it will begin at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. november 11th. sadly, he's correct, that

here today, there she is, harris faulkner. kennedy, marie harf, and on "outnumbered" today, there he is conservative commentator, lawrence jones is here. we always love to have you. what a day this is shaping up to be. >> lawrence: everyone must be on good behavior today. >> harris: i got to give up one. >> sandra: good to have you. let's get right to it. a senior source telling fox news to expect a government shutdown this weekend. we are told to come last maybe two maybe three days. congress is divided over a temporary spending bill to keep the government running. if the past in the house, the rules make it impossible in the senate to meet the deadline of midnight tonight. now each side is blaming each other. they are holding the government hostage over their demands to protect dreamers from deportation. those were the hundreds of thousands of immigrants that came here illegally as kids. paul ryan says if the government shuts down, it is all in democrats. >> if we do have a government shutdown that the democrats insist on, t

i'm harris faulkner, let's go "outnumbered overtime."or general now says the agency has recovered some of the text messages that were exchanged between peter strzok and attorney lisa page. they were having an affair. the missing messages were from a critical time period last year yesterday, president trump suggested it's worse than watergate. >> i am very disturbed, as is the general, as is everybody else

i'm harris faulkner.picture, you will see that the room is filling up now where they will hold that white house press briefing. the logjam over immigration is expected to be a hot topic at today's briefing. which could kick off at any moment now so we are going to stay with that. this as demonstrators are calling for dreamer's bill to dissend upon capitol hill, so-called gang of six. three republicans, three democrats. look at your screen. there they are. they are set to unwrap their immigration

i'm harris faulkner. here today, sandra smith. cohosted after the bell on fox business, melissa francis. a publican strategist and fox news contributor, lisa boothe. and on the couch, somebody sandra knows well. her coanchor from america's newsroom, bill hemmer is here. >> bill: we spent some time together. >> sandra: not that well, don't start rumors here. >> bill: nice to see you while. it's a great day, i'm very excited for tonight. i'll keep my powder dry and tell you why. >> harris: let's get to the news paid republicans on the house intelligence committee are voting to release a classified memo they say reveals major concerns about abuses of government surveillance powers in the russian investigation. now president trump has five days to review that memo. the white house says he will meet with his national security team and counsel to talk about it in the coming days. if he wants, he can object to the release of that memo. the congressman jim jordan believes the president will approve it. >> i think we'll go thumbs up, but e

let's go "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner.h political parties backed by the white house have kicked off their search for a long-sought compromise on immigration, with the clock ticking down ahead

i'm harris faulkner.outrageous that a federal judge has temporarily blocked president trump's decision to end the obama era dreamers program. the ruling by the san francisco based judge coming just hours after president trump hosted a bipartisan group of lawmakers to hammer out an immigration deal. the president insists that any deal must include his border wall. homeland security chief kirstjen nielsen was in the room yesterday. >> the president has a passion for the daca recipients. he has been clear on that. he wants to find a permanent fix. but he is also very clear that the way to do that is we must increase border security and close the loopholes so that we don't end up here again in two or three years with another population that we are

i'm harris faulkner. here today, sandra smith. anchor of the intelligence report on fox business bringing, trish regan. a former deputy spoke person for the state department, marie harf. joining us on the couch today, brian kilmeade. host of fox and friends in the nationally syndicated brian kilmeade show on fox news radio and author of andrew jackson and the miller m. i have another two or three symptoms. outnumbered, welcome. >> brian: i thought we were going to go to amnesia. other should have been an animation if you guys walking across the screen or something. i regular story or on the phone. put put it this way when they put my name on the calendar for today, i was hoping there'd be news breaking would be running a repeat but there were so much going on including what is taking place in washington. >> sandra: we are happy to have you. >> brian: i was worried about that. >> harris: while compared let's get to the news. president trump is hosting a bipartisan group of lawmakers inside the white house right now. republicans, de

abu-jamal is serving a life sentence for killing police officer daniel faulkner back in 1981. >>> crackingn. up next, police call it our area's version of a red light district. only nbc 10 is there as undercover officers take on a hidden krcrime operating around the country and here at home. >>> change is on the way. the snow has moved. look at what's moving in just in time for the weekend next in my first alert forecast. >>> only nbc 10 is there as undercover officers crack down on massage parlors operating in philadelphia. a new report is released that puts our area in the spotlight. that report on the illicit massage businesses identifies an international pipeline for human trafficking thats right to our region. >> it's found more than 9,000 illicit massage parlors are open for business in the u.s. 700 of those are operating in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. denise nakano spent months looking into the problem of sex trafficking tied to sex parlors in our own communities. >> reporter: they are hiding in plain sight. >> right here. >> reporter: illicit massage businesses where you

jamal is serving a life sentence for killing police officer daniel faulkner in 1981. another hearing in the case is set for march. >>> 5:36. nbc10 found an eagles fan willing to go to the extreme to get his hands on nfc championship tickets. >> brian call of conshohocken jokingly says he's willing to give up a pinky or go bald for rest of his life if he gets tickets to the eagles-vikings game. the father of two put an ad on craigslist saying he was willing to give his left knee to carson wentz and the eagles for super bowl tickets. >> i got a sawzall in the car. give a shot of whiskey, pain pill. whatever you got to do. take out the acl, mcl, whatever, that's fine. i'll walk with a limp rest of my life. >> whoa. >> we apologize for the graphic nature of the offer. he is a super fan. he says he was in the stands the last time the eagles won the world series. he said if they win it this year, the excitement would be 1,000 times more exciting. i don't doubt that. >>> future hall of fame quarterback tom brady is nursing a jammed right hand. he hurt his right throwing hand

abu jamal is serving a life sentence for killing police officer daniel faulkner in 1981. another hearing in the case is set for march. >>> 4:35. >> for the record, go to hell. >> an unexpected outburst in a michigan courtroom during a sentencing hearing for former usa gymnastics doctor, dr. larry nassar. that was a gymnastics coach who used to work with nassar. during his time as a coach, thomas brennan said he sent more than 100 girls to nassar for treatment. during his comments, he demanded that dr. nassar, who was covering his face or looking away most of the day, look at the young women who were testifying, in the eyes. >> he didn't only deceive the girls which -- honest to god is the worst, what he does to these girls. but what you did to everybody else who trusted you and sent girls your way -- it's disgusting. >> brennan was in court to support one of his former athletes as she read her tearful testimony. brennan stared at nassar with disgust. brennan said he never knew what nassar was doing to the young women. >>> olympic gymnast mckayla maroney will not have to p

i'm harris faulkner.f you are just tuning in this afternoon, let me tell you and catch you up on what has happened on the train track outside charlottesville, virginia. carrying some estimated 200 members of the senate and congress among the republicans who were traveling for a republican retreat in west virginia. there has been at least one fatality already confirmed. we believe it belonged to or it was a person who was on the truck that's at the center of the screen right there. there was a dump truck on the tracks as this train, this amtrak train came barreling down. some members of congress have described the speed as upwards of 70 miles per hour. it split that truck and there were three people on board that dump truck. and we are told that one of them has died. in just a short little while ago we had congressman fleischmann of tennessee on with us. and he looked out the window at 12:55 eastern and said it looks like they have just now put another person on a stretcher. we can tell from you previous t

i'm sandra smith and here today harris faulkner, co-host of after the bell on fox business melissa franciser deputy spokesperson for the state department marie hamp is here. joining us for the first time on the couch today republican congressman lee zeldin, member of the house and foreign affairs committee. u.s. army veteran and still serves as a major in the reserves and he is outnumbered. i feel like i should salute you

this is "outnumbered," i'm harold harris faulkner.andra smith, lisa kennedy, katie pavlich and pete hegseth. and a salute from the veterans, welcome. >> pete: the games were rough yesterday for minnesota fans. >> harris: i thought all

have said in an immigration private meeting is rocking washington, let's go "overtime," i'm harris faulkner. president trump denying reports that he used a vulgar expression when talking about immigrants from different countries. the president tweeted this... later, he tweeted this... a democratic senator who was at that meeting has a sharply different account from the presidents. at john roberts' live the news. speak out this appears to be the shot or the word heard around the world. certainly the president's hearing a lot from world leaders, politicians in his own country about what he said yesterday. the president completed an event in the roosevelt room signing a proclamation declaring monday to be martin luther king day, also announcing the martin luther king historic site in atlanta is going to be expanded into a national park. the president refusing to answer shouted questions about his comments in the oval office yesterday about why are we taking people from blank whole countries. >> mr. president, would you give an apology for the statement yesterday? [ reporters clamoring] >> the

here today, harris faulkner. host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy. republican strategist and fox news contributor lisa boothe and today's #oneluckyguy, fox news contributor and radio talk show host richard fowler is here and it is 2018. >> harris: i like your new glasses. >> richard: new glasses. kennedy was up on that, you were colder up there. >> kennedy: the temperature dropped 15 degrees from the beginning of the broadcast until the end. they had to pry that from my cold dead hands literally. i couldn't get them out of the jacket. >> harris: we didn't know what day it was. i hadn't seen you in a while. it was so good to see you. >> lisa: is the first "outnumbered" of 2018. now that we've established that, let's do the news. seems like this one playing out across iran. at least 21 people including a child i've reportedly died as the regime cracks down on demonstrators demanding the end of bureaucratic rule. the rogue nation speaking publicly on the protest for the first time blaming iran's adversaries. in the recent incidents, enemies of iran util

i'm harris faulkner.th us is lisa booth, anchor on fox business trish regan democratic strategist, jessica tarlov. joining us "outnumbered" fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. we say he's outnumbered but he never feel way. we have a lot to get to. let get to the news. special counsel robert mueller russia investigation is turning now to

i'm harris faulkner. here today, sandra smith. host of candy on fox business, can be herself. spokesperson for the state department, marie harf. in joining us today on the couch, editor in chief of "the daily caller" news foundation chris bedford. he is "outnumbered" and he is engaged. happy new year. this is

i'm harris faulkner. here today, sandra smith.r of the intelligence report on fox business bringing, trish regan. a former deputy spoke person for the state department, marie harf. joining us on

to a fair and unbooins biasiased tribunal >> he was convicted in the 81 murder of police officer faulkner. he was sentenced to death row but his sentence was reduced to life without parole until 2011. >>> bob dole will be honored today with the congressional gold medal. they will wh the gold medal which is the nation's highest civilian honor. he will be recognized for his service as a soldier, lawmaker and statesmen. >>> pennsylvania says the state needs more non fight the opioid imdemmic. governor wolf sent a letter to president trump said requesting nor federal funding. he recently declared an opioid emergency in the state and accepted the state has added more treatment centers, put restrictions on prescriptions and providing more pep e help for families suffering with addiction. but he says that has only made a small dent in the problem. walmart is helping to tackle the opioid epidemic by offering customers a safe way to dispose of leftover prescriptions. starting today, wall mart and sam's club pharmacies will give customers a packet along with their prescription. the ingreed fents th

here today harris faulkner, the editor of town hall.com katie pavlich.host after the bell melissa francis and joining us today on the couch is the host of the next revolution and former chief strategist for british prime minister david cameron steve hilton is here all the way fro

i'm sandra smith in here today, harris faulkner. the editor of townhall.com, katie pavlich.mer deputy spokesperson marie harf and joining us on the couch today, to senator mitch mcconnell, josh holmes is here and he is outnumbered. a name your former boss, one has been a lot lately. >> harris: had a good week. we have a lot to get to so good to have

let's go "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. the firestorm over the presidents reported derogatory remarks during a meeting on immigration and daca. kiersten nielsen who was at that meeting was pressed on capitol hill today on whether mr. trump use the vulgar language by the senator who has been locked in a war of words with the president ever sense. watch. >> what do you remember the president saying about immigration from african countries to the united states? >> what i heard him saying was that he liked to move away from a country-based quota system to a merit-based system. it shouldn't matter where you are from, it should matter what you can contribute to the united states. >> how did he characterize those countries in africa? >> i don't specifically remember a categorization of countries in africa. what i understood him to be saying is let's move away from the countries and let's look at the individual and make sure those we bring here can contribute to our society. >> harris: all of this is president trump continues to pl

i'm harris faulkner. here today sandra smith.host of after the bell on fox business melissa francis. the editor of town hall.com, katie pavlich and joining us today outnumbered we say former utah congressman and fox news contributor jason

i'm harris faulkner. jeff sessions has been interviewed as a special counsel to the russia probe, the first known time that they have interviewed apart the men's member of the president's cabinet. this comes as robert mueller is investigating contacts between the presidential campaign and the kremlin and whether the actions constituted any obstruction of justice. the white house says it is nothing to hide. >> the administration continues to cooperate with the special counsel, we have been transparent during this process and as we know there is no evidence of collusion or wrongdoing from the administration. attorney general sessions is continuing in his work, the president has confidence in attorney general sessions and the work he's doing. >> catherine herridge joins us now from washington. catherine? >> the attorney general was questioned for several hours last week by the special counsel's office with a focus on his russian contacts during the election. the sessions interview matters because it takes th

here today, harris faulkner. host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy.lican strategist and fox news contributor lisa boothe and today's #oneluckyguy, fox news contributor and radio talk show host richard fowler is here and it is 2018. >> harris: i like your new glasses. >> richard: new glasses. kennedy was up on that, you were colder up there.

i'm harris faulkner. here today with sandra smith., host of kennedy also on fbm, kennedy herself and in center seat, "outnumbered" today we welcome back the cohost of the bernie and said show on wabc radio. >> bernard: thank you for having me. the end of another slow news week. >> harris: what do you mean the end? they never end. >> bernard: is very exciting. >> sandra: i don't know of our audience can see your timberland boots with your suit coat. quite a combination. you're working and you're serious. >> bernard: i'm not playing.

abu-jamal is serving a life sentence for killing officer daniel faulkner back in 1981. >>> pennsylvania'supreme court heard arguments on whether the state's congressional districts were drawn up to benefit republicans. judges heard from both sides of the issue. the league of women voters argue the current maps intentionally discriminate against democratic voters. they say republican lawmakers drew lines that split up or ground democratic voters to ensure republican candidates would win elections. >> this current congressional map with its goofy kicking donald duck-type districts is one of the worst gerrymanders in american history and makes a mockery of a representative democracy. >> lawyers for republican leadership argue no laws were violated during the drawing of the districts. the court is expected to rule before the may primaries. >>> a lawyer for the former attorney general in pennsylvania says the special prosecutor who investigated her had too much power. kathleen kane's attorney told that to a panel of judges today. kane resigned in 2016 after being convicted of perjury, obstruct