harris faulkner, katie pavlich, host of candy on the fox business network, kennedy herself. joining us on the couch, my favorite guy. david as men. hosts of "bulls and bears" on the fox business network, weeknights at 5:00 p.m. eastern. thanks for inviting me. >> harris: happy holiday supreme merry christmas.

in that interview with harris faulkner, he said he would say anything to save his hide. here's what the president told harris. >> what he did is he made a deal to embarrass me. in order to embarrass me, they cut his term down. terrible stuff. how many people when they say listen, if you embarrass the president of the united states, we'll give you a deal. father-in-law, your wife. we'll cut you a deal. that's all it is. it's a terrible system we have. >> the president insisting to harris faulkner that what cohen did is not a crime, citing an op-ed that stated that the payments to karen mcdougal and stormy daniels did not constitute an illegal deal. >> here's what the president said to harris about that. >> number 1, they say it's not a campaign finance violation. number 2, it's not under campaign finance. if it was under, it's not a violation. number 3, it's a civil matter. president obama had a really big one from ten times more money, much more money. >> yeah, but the obama violation was about not reporting on time. it was not about making payments to women to keep them

. >> melissa: for you out of the audience, you may be wondering -- where in the world was harris faulkner question she's going to sit down with president trump less than an hour from now at the white house for an exclusive interview on "outnumbered overtime." keep it right here. top of the hour, paris and the president. a new bombshell in the mueller investigation -- a judge is demanding the special counsel turn over documents related to michael flynn's interview with the fbi. and flynn's lawyer suggesting he was set up. now, what former fbi director james comey said about this that is raising a few eyebrows. plus, the president sounding off for the first time on his former lawyer, michael cohen, who was sentenced to prison yesterday. this as democrats move to have cohen return to capitol hill. >> michael cohen, as someone who lived in trump's personal, political, and financial word don mike rowe come he knows where all the bodies are buried. i think a come-clean moment for the american people, to understand what trump knew about russia's intentions to do business with him. ♪ george woke

flynn has pleaded guilty, one count of lying to investigators, today in a interview with harris faulknerpresident claims this proof that flynn is getting railroaded. >> they took a man, a general, a reported person, a nice -- respected person, a nice man, i don't know what he said about me, maybe they scared him enough, i have a feeling he is a toucher kintougher guy than cohy took a general, that did not lie they convinced him he it lie, they are embarrassed they got caught. kennedy: today, this week james comey admitted he bent rulings when invest grea investigating r three-star general. >> something i would not have done and gotten away with in a more organized investigation or the administration, in bush administration for example or obama administration. there would be discussions and approvals, i authority it is early -- thought it is early enough, let's just send a couple gees over. kennedy: yeah, let's go ahead and violate the love, i love abusing that power. keepy sayin comey saying he wout have done this in obama or bush administrations, that just proves he is not the patriot h

a ruse, president talks about how we're losing money on trade, this fa fascinating talk with harris faulkner, i don't think he understands how trade works, we send them dollars they send us stuff, how are we losing? david: i was going to say. trade deficit specifically with kleichina it bigger than it hasn in 10 years. it does not appear on that front that the tariff thing is works. >> that is temporary. i think that there are some things this happened this year in terms of china prebuying, and economy slowing down. as susan said no question. david: i agree with jonathan, i think that trade deficit in and of itself is note a good indication of whether the economy is doing badly or well. >> i agree. david: there have been other cases to the 1980s, we had a booming economy and a big trade deficit, they are not necessarily connected. >> it a sign of affluents. last time trade deficit shrank 10 years ago economy collapsed. >> wilbur ross is at milk ronnin conference in the spring, said raise your hand if you think that china not happy with a trade surplus, not a single happen within up, the coun

harris faulkner was down there interviewing our president today, from people you speak to, president's do they buy it, that china turning the corner to make concessions? reporter: they feel there is a lot of big move here. i.p. theft was addressed by china. purchase of ag products. auto tariffs coming pack down to 15%. you add all these things up, people we speak to intimately involved with all of this stuff feel pretty good where things stand and you know, there is a 90-day window which is i guess a 80-day window, something like that. add in holidays in between, closer to 60 than it is 90 at this point. there is progress. president trump as we've seen in his tweets and comments earlier today with harris faulkner feels positive. connell: we'll see, charles? charles: breaking news. costco reporting 2019 first quarter results, go to deirdre bolton. >> charles, if you look at earnings, costco beat most expectations. 1.62, 162 cents however you want to say it, costco beating that estimate at 1.73. so that is a gain, if you do the comparison quarter on quarter. that is better than 20% incre

the president talking to harris faulkner, she did a whole hour on this. i want to bring up another sound bite about michael cohen and get a thought from you on this. >> president trump: i don't think they paid money to that tabloid, i don't think we made a payment to that tabloid. i was asking the question, i don't other thanning -- think we made a payment. nobody would be looked at like this. what about congress, a slush fund, millions paid out each year, they have a slush fund. chris, interesting to me, do you throw everything in the same pot, it is kind of impossible to figure out what is going on >> chris: that's right. try to break a little bit of it down. for instance, michael flynn, the president says, mueller says he lies, flynn says he didn't lie. he neglects to admit the president fired him three weeks after he became national security advisoadvisor, why did fire him? for lying, lying to vice president mike pence about the conversation he had with the russian ambassador and whether or not sanctions came up. he fired him for lying and now defendi

welcome to "outnumbered overtime" preet i'm harris faulkner.e pick up the coverage we are watching to give your life now is the hearse carrying the former president is traveling to a railway facility just north of houston, texas. that is where a departure ceremony is expected this hour. we are covering this live now. his casket will be loaded onto a train called bush 4141, for a 70--mile journey to his presidential library at texas a&m university. all of this is happening this hour. he will be buried in a private ceremony later this afternoon, right beside his late wife, barbara bush, and their young daughter, robin, who died when she was just three years old. rick leventhal joins us now live from saint maarten's episcopal church where the service just wrapped up in the latest journey began. one thing i would say is that it felt so personal and very texas, with touches of that beautiful music. >> it was a remarkable service, and the exit of george h.w. bush with the military, joint military honor guard carrying his casket out here, to the hears

i'm harris faulkner.testifying before a joint house panel for the second time in just two weeks. somehow republicans are saying that his briefing to president trump on an anti-trump dossier will be a big focus of the questioning. the former fbi chief is also expected to be pressed on former national security advisor michael flynn's claim that the fbi pushed him into not bringing an attorney to

i'm harris faulkner. here today, melissa francis. host of "kennedy" on fox business network, kennedy herself. fox news analyst, cohost of "benson & harf" on fox radio, marie harf. in the center seat, matt schlapp. chair of the american conservative unit, and former white house clinical director for president george w. bush. while back. it is a heavy moment, but i hear so much joy from the family members and people who knew the former president. you were joyful as he sat down. it's a point of celebration for those of you who have known and loved him. >> matt: well, when someone has died who has lived a great, big, full life -- and when that person has the deep faith that george h.w. bush had -- the greatest gift they gave us when they die is that we know where they are going. >> harris: amen. these are life pictures. we will stay with air force one for as long as we can. we know that special mission later to this we can come and awaited the remains of the president. the family gathered today, and now the beautiful location of rarefied

charles: harris faulkner just had a great interview with president trump.hey covered a variety of topics including the stock market. listen what he said will turn the market around. >> what is your strategy, if you will for bringing it back at this point? >> i have a very simple strategy. we were up almost over 40%. we lost a little of that because of trade. i'm doing great trade deals. >> you're willing to do that? that's different? >> i would be glad do it up 40%. let's take a little bit off the table an fix it because we cannot continue to lose $500 billion a year to china. charles: i love it, harris was up 35%. he corrected her quickly. no, 40. i thought he was going to say 440.089360445%. anyway he kind of knew the number. this is one of the reasons he called out the fed as well, the main pressures on this market are, as much psychological having to do with the unknowns than the knowns which are great, the economic data is great. this morning we were greeted with initial jobless claim that was the biggest beat this year, a 49-year low. the economy is g

the president telling harris faulkner in just made news left and right that what his personal lawyer is facing now has nothing to do with anything that he did when they were friends and were closely. after this. for a nasty cold, take new dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. whoa! and vaporize it with an intense rush of vicks vapors. ahhhhhhh! new dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. the daytime coughing, stuffy head, vaporize your cold, medicine. here at snowfest... for your worst sore throat pain try new vicks vapocool drops. it's not candy, it's powerful relief. ahhhhhh! vaporize sore throat pain with new vicks vapocool drops. i am all about living joyfully. the united explorer card hooks me up. getting more for getting away. traveling lighter. getting settled. rewarded. learn more at the explorer card dot com. >> what he did is all unrelated to me except for the two campaign finance charges that are not criminal and shouldn't have been on there. they put that on to embarrass me. they put the two charges on to embarrass me. they're not criminal, number 1. harris, that's according to

i'm harris faulkner. here today melissa francis, katie pavlich, former director of strategic communications for the hillary clinton campaign adrienne elrod and in the center seat lawrence jones, editor in chief of campus reform.org. hails from texas. >> merry christmas. >> the sticking point in the talks to pass a spending bill has been that funding for a border wall system. last night the senate passed a short term spending bill to keep the federal government open in february of next year into that point. it did not provide new funding for the wall. today the house was expected to vote on that legislation. now it's all in limbo and the white house has raised the possibility the president may veto the bill. yesterday house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows urged the president to do just that. >> mr. president, we're going to back you up if you veto this bill. we'll be there but more importantly, the american people will be there. they will be there to support you. let's build the wall and make sure tha

"outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner.with two sets of house committee members as they try to wrap up an investigation in the house. the obama justice department handled the clinton email investigation and the rest russia probe. one day after the james comey hearing transcript in which the former fbi director defended his handling of the investigation, as well as the fbi's interview with former trump national security advisor michael flynn. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is following all of it from capitol hill. is she telling anybody anything? >> h

you are watching "outnumbered," i am harris faulkner coming here today melissa francis, fox news contributor lisa boothe, fox news contributor jessica tarlov, and breaking it up and making an interesting, executive vice president at the king's college in new york city brian brenberg is here. always on time for the big news days. >> brian: why would you not want to be on time for this? there is so much to talk about. >> harris: absolutely. earlier today, and it is only noon on the east coast. president trump said he will nominate william barb for attorney general, and heather nauert to be the next u.s. ambassador for the united nations. the president calling william barr his first choice since day one, and heather nauert would replace nikki haley, confirmed as u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john roberts live outside the white house with more, busy, hey, waiver. >> good afternoon, harris, good afternoon everybody on the couc couch. president trump has picked someone with enormous experience and respect and a lot of past bipartisan support which is very important for the confirmation process. will

. ♪ >> harris: welcome to "outnumbered overtime," lie from the white house north montreat i'm harris faulknermoments ago i sat down with the nation's commander in chief for a wide-ranging interview on a host of topics, including the latest in the mueller investigation. the sentencing of his former personal attorney, and so much more. >> of "the new york times" a sink of a tabloid publishers' deal to hush money is not endangering trump even more. i'm paraphrasing a little bit. as you look at this, what you want the nation to know about -- >> president trump: let me just say, i don't think -- i have to go check -- i don't think that even paid any money to that tabloid. okay? i don't think we made a payment to that tablet. i was asking the question -- i don't think we made a payment. then you have the other situation, and every lawyer -- look, "trump didn't violate campaign finance laws, and neither did the president." >> harris: i interviewed him on my program the other day. yes. he said that. >> president trump: michael cohen pled guilty to something that's not even a crime. wait a minute. nob

i'm harris faulkner. legal team claiming victory after robert mueller issued memos on paul manafort and michael cohen. trump attorney rudy giuliani says that they completely exonerate the president, tweeting this -- "fake news coverage, can't change the reality that mueller's late friday dump demonstrates yet again no evidence to connect it to the president. it also indicates the southern district of new york is asking that cohen receive a four year prison sentence, longest so far, because as we have said he still lying."

i'm harris faulkner. here today, host of "kennedy" on the fox business network, can herself.ost of "benson & harf" on fox news radio, marie harf. national security analyst, morgan ortagus. in the center seat, former white house press secretary under president george w. bush and a fox news contributor is here. ari fleischer. especially can. can. >> ari: a sad week, and the american tradition. historically. >> harris: we will continue our coverage with you along this hour. president trump expected to meet with the bush family this afternoon. the president tweeted this morning, "looking forward to being with the wonderful bush family at the blair house today." the former first lady will be coming over to the white house this morning to be given a tour of the christmas decorations by melania. the elegance and precision of the last few days have been or mark will. yesterday the president and the first lady visited the late president's flag-draped casket. the president saluted president president bush as the first lady placed her hand on her heart. meanwhile, president george w. bu

you for joining us on this special day, this is "outnumbered," i am melissa francis, here is harris faulknerkatie pavlich, former director of strategic communications for the hillary clinton campaign adrian elrod and joining us on the couch today editor in chief or campusreform.org, lawrence jones. he has outnumbered. i love this look that you are bringing to us today. >> lawrence: i thought it would be in the christmas spirit. >> harris: the turtleneck is very dense l. [laughter] >> lawrence: i will take it. >> melissa: feeling festive, we love it, let's get to it, days away from the start of the 116th congress, a divided congress that brings many questions about president trump's agenda during his third year in office. republicans will hold the senate with a slightly expanded majority of following the midterms. but democrats are ready to take the house majority. and the newly democrats alleged committees could mean dozens of investigations into the president and his administration, everything from president trump's tax return and his family businesses to involvement with russia, spending b

i'm melissa francis, in today for harris faulkner. the house passing a bill last night that delivers more than $5 billion for the long-term promise to portable pit senate majority leader mcconnell says he supports that bill. minority leader chuck schumer about that democrats will vote against it. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with the latest. john? >> the president has been in the oval office for more than 35 minutes now, as he signs the prison reform bill. the president has been talking about all of this. we don't yet have the recording about what happened in the oval office, but we should have it for you very shortly, melissa. what i can tell you is that the president said he had a "great meeting" with senators this morning. much the same way as he did with them members of the house caucus yesterday. he said "we will work very hard to get some impasse in the senate. now it's up to the democrats as to whether or not we have a shot on sight." here the senate minority leader chuck schumer tell it, the ball really

i'm melissa francis, in today for harris faulkner.t that delivers more than $5 billion for the long-term promise to portable pit senate majority leader mcconnell says he supports that bill. minority leader chuck schumer about that democrats will vote against it. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with the latest. john? >> the president has been in the oval office for more than 35 minutes now, as he signs the prison reform bill. the president has been talking about all of this. we don't yet have the recording about what happened in the oval office, but we should have it for you

you are watching "outnumbered," i am harris faulkner. here today, melissa francis. fox news contributor, lisa boothe. fox news contributor, jessica tarlov. in the center seat, political strategist and former poster for the ted cruz 2016 campaign, not wearing a beard today -- [laughter] chris wilson is here and he is "outnumbered"! agreed to see you! >> chris: i said it would look really bad if i tried to grow i it. >> lisa: for the record, we endorse senator ted cruz's beard. we are pro-beard and a bipartisan endorsement, no less. [laughter] >> melissa: thank goodness they come together! it's perfect. >> lisa: for the sake of the nation, we did. >> harris: if senator cruz is anywhere near a tv, he's wondering what the heck -- [laughter] >> chris: he will hear about this later. at a christmas party the other night, it didn't go well. >> harris: interesting details during this hour. keep watching. the president and michael cohen trading accusations over hush money payments made to two women during the campaign that alleged affairs with the president over a decade ago.

i'm harris faulkner. "outnumbered overtime" now.ocrat leader senator chuck schumer and congresswoman nancy pelosi just met with the president to do a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown. the president has repeatedly said if it came to that, our national security at stake, he would shut it down. the house has passed the $5 billion he wants for his border ball, but he needs senate democrats to get that funding. then the cameras were rolling as the president and the two top democrats clashed. >> the fact is, we do not have the votes in the house. >> president trump: nancy, i do parade we need border security. nanc

we go "outnumbered" over time paid i'm harris faulkner.associates and allies who have been either investigated or charged, none has been closer to the president of than michael cohen. a federal judge has now sentenced cohen to 36 months. that happened in the short little while, three years after he pleaded guilty to multiple charges included lying to congress and paying off the president's alleged mistresses in violation of campaign finance law. his attorney

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this almost sort of sad, you know, harris faulkner, let me read you from my tweet sheet i printed out's like he's literally alone defending himself from the indefensible. >> and the fact is that he is alone and what's been interesting to me is to listen over the course of this last week to the republican responses to the president's circumstance. and i think increasingly, democrats find themselves in a place of waiting to see how many crimes can be piled on each other before they initiate impeachment or some more deep investigation. republicans are in a place where they are looking to figure out, when do i need to bail? how quickly do i need to bail and kick this guy to the curb? >> rick, a longtime senior intelligence official said to me over the transition, when i despaired almost daily revelations about contacts with russia that was really norm busting, said truth-based sciences always prevail. the intelligence community will goat the bottom of russia's role. law enforcement will get to the bottom of any crimes that were committed and his point was -- and journalists will shine a l

president trump sitting down with harris faulkner happening here at 1:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. so much to get to i'm sure with the president and lanny davis joining you in a few minutes. >> bill: also the president sent a series of tweets about an hour ago and we'll work through that without the show. first time on camera with harris. another big story today. border wall funding, will it shut down the government partially? republicans for pushing for votes on a $5 billion price tag to pay for the wall. can they reach a compromise? we'll put the question to senator shelley moore cap toe. >> the khashoggi incident is one of many. >> sandra: lindsey graham blasting the saudi arabian crown prince as the house will be briefed on the khashoggi matter. congressman lee zeldin will be there and join us afterwards on that. plus did you see this? >> come on, we got you, buddy. we got you, buddy. it's okay. >> bill: they are racing now to save a mother and a son trapped in a burning building. we'll let you know how the fire department pulled this one o

trump disparaged the case with harris faulkner. >> why did you hire michael cohen.resident trump: in retrospect i made a mistake. what he did was unrelated to me except for the campaign finance charges they put on to embarrass me. howie: cohen says trump directed him. >> he directed me to make the payments and become involved in these matters including the one with mcdougal which was between him and david pecker. and david pecker's counsel. i gave loyalty to someone who truthfully does not deserve loyalty. howie: emily jashinsky, susan ferrechio, and capri cafaro, former democratic senate leader in ohio. is the media embracing michael cohen as a truth teller? emily: obviously he has valuable information. but i don't understand why everyone is take what this man said with a massive grain of salt when he previously said he would take a bullet for trump. howie: it's called flipping. how did michael cohen come off in the interview? >> i thought it was full of leading questions to implicate president trump. howie: he asked, why should we believe you now. >> he did, but m

harris faulkner interviewed the president and asked about republican potentially primarying him. >> ito bring up john kasich and jeff flake. they say they may run against you. president trump: i hope so. i have people who i love and who love me. i got a tremendous percentage of women. >> i interviewed some of the women for trump. president trump: they are the greatest. i have tremendous women support. jesse: do you believe the president really wants flake and kasich to primary him? >> i don't think it's going to happen. what a waste of money. this is a president who will easily win reelection based on the great job he's doing. he's his best commercial. everything he does every day, it's so beneficial for people across this country, i think he'll win by more in 2020. jesse: so he's saying he has tremendous female support. he won a majority of white women in 2016. but overall you keep maring about the suburban college educated female voters that he really needs to have come out for him more enthusiastically than they did in 2016. are you paying attention to that voting group? >> every p

i'm harris faulkner.. you can see air force one there. the former president will be taken to houston, texas aboard air force one. it is now dubbed special mission 41 for his final trip home. it is following a beautiful and moving ceremony at washington's national cathedral, which we, as a nation, have watched together today. celebrating the former president's remarkable life of service and sacrifice. five u.s. presidents, among the world leaders in attendance. kristin fisher now joins us from joint base andrews with a look ahead. so, this would be the ceremony, and more to come. >> that's right, harris. you stand here at joint base andrews, you can't help but think about the many times that president george h.w. bush left here on board air force one. he made 26 international trips to 58 different countries during his first four years in office. today, this aircraft has been given a different name. a special name. this is special air mission 41, a nod to our 41st president. when this departure ceremony get

listen to what he told harris faulkner. >> all electric is not going to work, it's wonderful to haventage of cars, going into the model that she's doing is a mistake. lauren: is he right? >> he's probably right. it is an unusual for him to do things that other presidents have done so that's a true statement, we wouldn't own gm based on one simple thing, they have gotten negative free cash flow. they don't generate free positive cash flow and i think long-term gm has structural issues that millennials are not car buyers, they are ride-sharers, the future of cars may go down and for those reasons in addition to some others like, you know, higher input costs, those are potential negatives for company like gm. lauren: the president saying all electric that plan is a bad idea but i'm not necessarily sure that's where general motors is going, they want electric to be more of their path forward in addition to the other things you mentioned but, yes, it's open for debate. gm stock getting hurt, sean ohara, have a good weekend. >> thank you,.lauren and cheryl. cheryl: slowest retail sales and

the president talked about china, trade with harris faulkner.>> i know what i'm doing. i mean it's business. nobody ever went to china as a person, you're stealing intellectual property. you're doing all sorts of things that are wrong. you're taking out of our country $500 billion a year. you can't do it. >> you're not worried about that? >> know because would have been to so great. we do $525 billion with them. they do 100 billion with us as they do five times more. it's really more than that. >> he's talking about the amount of surplus, the trade surplus the chinese enjoy with us and is going to keep fighting that. would you think? >> this will drag out longer than people expect. rumors that president xi will drag it on out to 2020. if that happens that's going to be trouble. i do want to be negative. even if they announce in the headlines that come out were making progress, were not. even if they make progress from there it's still going to be another six months or so to finalize those. neil: we do know their past record. republican, democrat

let's go "outnumbered overtime," i'm julie banderas in for harris faulkner today.be stretching into the new year. president trump tweeting he may be forced to close the southern border entirely, if democrats don't approve money to finish his wall. this as mick mulvaney, who will soon be taking over as white house chief of staff accuses democrats of acting in bad faith and playing a waiting game. speak of the president has made it very clear that he wanted $5 billion for the border wall and for border security. it doesn't come as a surprise. it still strikes me as very unusual that the democrats did not provide a counter offer, they left town. the president is here. where is chuck schumer, they are not even talking right now and we don't think they will until after the new congress. >> julie: kirstjen nielsen heading to the border as her agency has als

his self-imposed silence yesterday on the cohen sentencing on twitter and in an interview with harris faulkner today. he insisted that he did nothing wrong. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did come he did on his own. he is a lawyer. the lawyer represents a client is supposed to do the right thing, that is what you pay them a lot of money. >> president trump also said that the payments made to stormy daniels and karen mcdougall were not illegal. despite near prosecutor said, michael cohen pleaded guilty, or what media company ami admitted it did. >> if it were even a campaign contribution, it is legal. look at stores one after another, they are legal. lawyers are saying, there is nothing illegal. >> the president gets back up from an op-ed in the heritage foundation daily signal, he wrote, the payments were a private transaction. not subject to campaign finance law. >> it had nothing to do with the campaign. they weren't dependent on the campaign, therefore, there was no violation of federal law on these payments were made. >> has argument centers on a statute that sta

i am julie banderas and for harris faulkner.ump told service members "u.s. troops will stay in that country to keep a check on isis unprepared " >> our presence in syria, it was never intended to be permanent. the men and women who have served are entitled to clear objectives and the confidence that whe

i am julie banderas and for harris faulkner. an unannounced visit to iraq, trump told service members "u.s. troops will stay in that country to keep a check on isis unprepared " >> our presence in syria, it was never intended to be permanent. the men and women who have served are entitled to clear objectives and the confidence that when those objectives are met, they can come home and be with their families. >> julie: ellison barber has the very latest for us from washington. >> hi, julie. before he came to the white house, trump criticized the war in iraq and after he went into office. he was very clear saying he had no plans at all to take troops out of the country. president trump defended his decision, that iraq could be used as a base to launch attacks on isis because i need to be defeated but allies in turkey need to step up and share more of the burden. press secretary senator sanders said they accepted a formal reception and meeting but the pair did speak on the phone. the prime minister theft though mike accepted an inv

and already has announced some key personnel moves, we are "outnumbered overtime," i am harris faulkner. awaiting the president's remarks coming to see the lectern in the center of your screen. he will be talking about crime before a very large audience of law enforcement and prosecutors as i just mentioned. he is expected to begin at any moment. and to the u.s. district attorney has said, the president will talk about crime. but the president will likely talk about other issues too. we will bring you that. one could be the nomination of william barr to be attorney general today. or heather nauert to be the u.s. ambassador to the united nation united nations. barr served as ag under george h.w. bush. nauert has been spokesperson since the early day of the administration. more from the north lawn. >> a lot of interesting reaction from both people who support barr and people who do not support barr. one thing is for certain, in choosing barr to be the nominee for attorney general to replace jeff sessions, matt whitaker is right there now on interim basis, the president chose someone with

i'm julie banderas in for harris faulkner today. it looks like the partial shutdown will be stretching into the new year. president trump tweeting he may be forced to close the southern border entirely, if democrats don't approve money to finish his wall. this as mick mulvaney, who will soon be taking over as white house chief of staff accuses democrats of acting in bad faith and playing a waiting game. speak of the president has made it very clear that he wanted $5 billion for the border wall and for border security. it doesn't come as a surprise. it still strikes me as very unusual that the democrats did not provide a counter offer, they left town. the president is here. where is chuck schumer, they are not even talking right now and we don't think they will until after the new congress. >> julie: kirstjen nielsen heading to the border as her agency has also come under fire following the death of a second migrant child. more on this story from the white house. >> they say that mick mulvaney and vice president pence went over to ca

allegations about the candidate before the 2016 election peered when president trump was asked by fox's harris faulkner about it, he said this. >> president trump: i don't think they paid any money to that tabloid beard okay? i don't think we made a payment to that tablet. i was asking the question, i don't think we made a payment. >> in the interview, president trump also asked about the news that general motors would be laying off 15% of its workforce, closing four plants in the u.s., including one in the all-important state of ohio. >> president trump: ohio is going to replace those in like . i don't like that general motors does that. they are going down to mexico to make cars? tell me, couple weeks before christmas, going to close in ohio and michigan, not acceptable to me. she is either going to open fast, or somebody else is going to go. general motors is not going to be treated well. >> a stern warning for general motors, and harsh words for its ceo. shannon, he called her actions "nasty." shannon? >> shannon: kristin fisher, thank you very much. new tonight, the senate offering two harsh rebuk

information, here's what the president said in the interview that he did this afternoon with harris faulkner, watch this. >> he did some bad things. income tax, i heard about a lot of things. i'm not reading about any of that stuff. what he did, he made a deal to embarrass me. in order to embarrass me. >> martha: the president has said publicly that he is not concerned about impeachment. he doesn't believe that any of this touch is him and yet there is a story earlier today that said he is confiding to friends that he is actually concerned. what is the reality? >> the president is exactly right, he is not worried about it. i am sure i will take his words over some anonymous sources. he has been very clear, he is not worried about it because he didn't do anything wrong. the things that michael cohen did and did wrong and was convicted of have nothing to do with the presidents. he made that clear today and we've made it clear over the last several months in order to continue. >> martha: any concern about this "wall street journal" story that came out, there is a new federal investigation by th

i'm harris faulkner. president trump is meeting with house gop leaders right now at the white house. some republicans are urging him to stick to his guns, reject the deal that does not have the $5 billion that he requested for the border wall. conservative members of the house are saying they will have the president's back if there's a shut down at midnight on friday. john roberts has more from the north lawn. john? >> harris, good afternoon to you. the president has been huddled for about an hour now with the speaker of the house, paul ryan, the incoming minority leader, kevin mccarthy and steve scalise, mark meadows, jim jordan, pete sessions. those are the ones that we know about. may be others as well. it's probably fair to say the president is reading them the riot act to say why am i not getting any funding for my wall out of this continuing resolution that would continue to fund the government through february 8 that passed the senate? the president expressing displeasure at the whole process. when

the wall, day five of a government shutdown, let's go out to be 21, i am julie banderas and for harris faulkner today. no end in sight for the shutdown, not down, but the sticking point the border wall as he warns democrats that he will find, not sign a sending bill unless there is funding for it. >> i cannot tell you whether the government is going to be open, and can tell you will not be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it. i will call it whatever they want. while we are fighting over funding, we are also building. and it is my hope to have this done and completed, all 500-550 miles to have it either renovated or brand-new by election day. >> julie: allison barber at the white house, she picks up the story. >> giving senate democrats -- but offering them $2.5 billion, 2.1 billion for border security including new fencing, that is less than the 5 billion that the president initially asked for, but more than what democrats are said to be offering saying that it is impossible to know where the white house stands, because they say that they are hearing differen

i'm harris faulkner. this is "outnumbered overtime." , is testifying before a joint house panel for the second time in just two weeks. somehow republicans are saying that his briefing to president trump on an anti-trump dossier will be a big focus of the questioning. the former fbi chief is also expected to be pressed on former national security advisor michael flynn's claim that the fbi pushed him into not bringing an attorney to his white house interview. comey recently admitted normal fbi procedure was not followed when flynn was questioned. also, former attorney general loretta lynch is set to testify in the coming days. a lot happening. let's get the news. she's congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill. my? >> harris, good afternoon to you. james comey is on the hot seat again facing questions from republicans on house judiciary and oversight. comey has been here on capitol hill today for about three and half hours after his six hour grilling back on december 7th. there has been some

i'm harris faulkner paid thousands of americans are paying their respects right now to president georgeerbert walker bush. he is lying in-state in in the capitol rotunda. his flag-draped coffin resting on the same wooden frame used for president lincoln. tomorrow the casket will be removed to the national cathedral for president bush's state funeral. peter doocy has the latest from capitol hill. peter? >> harris, right now the wait to get into see the president lying in state is about an hour. you can see behind me, there are a couple thousand people out here in the cold. once they get inside, they meet a security checkpoint that then snakes through multiple basement hallways, all the way until the rotunda. people can pay their respects here until 7:00 a.m. all through the night. but, a lot of people close to the bushes are doing it. that includes the service dog, sully, who just saw walk around the bush's flag have been draped casket and lay beside her for a few minutes. he was flanked by beneficiaries of the americans with disabilities act, signed by the late president bush back in 19

i'm harris faulkner. the final trip to washington. the casket, carrying george hw but it's headed to the nation's capital after a departure ceremony involving his family in houston, texas. he sought hear it live on fox. his remains or is your means will lie and say that the capitol rotunda, a final farewell before a state funeral at the national cathedral on wednesday. his son, president george w. bush come on his father's life. speak of the mission was not george h.w. bush. the mission was, how do we serve the united states? it's really one of the most important things for americans to understand. dad taught me this. therefore, one of the jobs is to strengthen the institution of the presidency. bring honor to the office. that, clearly, george h.w. bush did. i think he's going to go down as the greatest one-term president ever. >> harris: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel come alive for us from capitol hill. a big week. >> no question, harris. good afternoon to you. the scene shifts to washington, and later today, to capi

"outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. the former attorney general is in a closed door session with two sets of house committee members as they try to wrap up an investigation in the house. the obama justice department handled the clinton email investigation and the rest russia probe. one day after the james comey hearing transcript in which the former fbi director defended his handling of the investigation, as well as the fbi's interview with former trump national security advisor michael flynn. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is following all of it from capitol hill. is she telling anybody anything? >> harris, thank you and good afternoon. just a heads up, we have had a flurry of activity in the last few minutes, which may indicate the closed-door session with with former attorney general may wrap up this hour. just to remind, we've got these two republican-lighthouse committees, oversight and judiciary. this is been an investigation into the fbi justice department decision-making in 2018. it's not ju