jim hanson, kt mcfarland, thank you. appreciate it.m told gave me a shout-out in colorado spring, colorado. let's finds out what he had to say. here we go. president trump: we have the great lou zobso dobbs. he says he's the greatest president ever. a year and a half, two years ago he said he's the greatest since reagan. then six months ago he said he's better than reagan. then he said a few nights ago, he's the greatest we have ever had. i said does not include lincoln and george washington? he said that includes them all. that's lou dobbs. lou: the ultimate seal of approval. i appreciate being the arbiter on that. and i believe that heart and soul. this one hell of a president. and this country should be deeply grateful that he took up the challenge. newly announced deaths tonight has experts questioning the logic of keeping coronavirus patients locked on a cruise-ship for weeks. every cookie sold in the girl scout cookie program helps girls learn life long lessons in people skills, decision making, and goal setting. it's amazing how

jim hanson, former u.s. ric grinnell. what do you think of him? >> i love ric grinnell. this is a fantastic moved by the president. he has had so much trouble with people in the intelligence community undermining him and leaking to the press. he needs somebody sitting atop that giant mess making sure the intelligence community supports the president's goals and u.s. policies. ric grinnell will do that. lou: i agree. ric grinnell has been loyal to the president. fiercely without compromise. my had's off to him for the way he performed in germany, and i think as to you, i'm delighted hear you say that. a great dni. the president right now, he has a balancing act to carry out with china. the issue of both national security at the same time dealing with the coronavirus, the trade deal, the historic trade deal, it couldn't be more complex, could it? >> he focused on china from the start saying they were manipulating currency and cheating for a long time hurting the united states. now he's got a chance to show a l

china expert gordon chang, military expert jim hanson, all of that, coming up at the top of the hour.s. liz, back to you. liz: lou, you always have great guests and interesting topics. good to see you, lou dobbs. we'll be watching. >> thank you. liz: besides a list of bold-faced names that president pardon like michael milken and rod blagojevich, were women whose cases were not as well-known. the president is championing criminal justice reform. the president commuted sentences for three women convicted of non-violent drug or fraud offenses. the cases of hall, judith negron and kristin munoz were supported by alice johnson, a criminal justice advocate who had her life sentence commuted by president trump in 2018. bring in heritage foundation legal fellow, hands von spakovsky. this is a interesting story. the president is one doing criminal justice reform and commuting these sentences. your reaction? into it is funny no one in the liberal aisle wants to give him credit for this. and look, these are all very, very excusable pardons an commutations. in each case the pardons or commutatio

military expert jim hanson. trump, kt mcfarland. with the very latest on the coronavirus outbreak, fox news medical correspondent dr. marc siegel. all of that coming up and more at the top of the hour. liz, back to you. liz: great to see you, lou. thanks so much for the update. we'll be watching. >>> president trump blasted california policies at a rally in bakersfield, california, last night. this, california democrat governor gavin newsom admitting yeah, our problems in california are serious when it comes to the homeless crisis. he devoted his entire state of the state address to it last night. >> a disgrace, that the richest state and the richest nation succeeding across so many sectors is falling so far behind to properly house, heal and humanely treat so many of its own people? liz: let's bring in former bush 43 deputy assistant. he's brad blakeman. great to see you, brad. your reaction to the president's take on california, san francisco, if you don't clean it up, we'll come in? they have more than half o