lou dobbs is with us.his is going to go away, but i don't think the left wing snowflakes are going anywhere. >> i think you're exactly right and i think further, the persistence of the pelosig astroturf demonstrators paid in large measure by open society. open to society nonprofits, these protesters are paid to be their day in and day out and they're going to be there. meanwhile, i think the president is doing exactly the right thing and that is simply saying i don't care what you do. the election is over, and i'm not showing you my tax returns so if you want to persist in that, go ahead. knock yourself out. >> sean: look at berkeley. berkeley cops had to be ordered to stand down because they were there.e. look at the fights breaking out. that's what happens. >> we saw it previously. the left-wing mayor, city council and the left-wing lead police department standing down without protest even as people were being physically assaulted by these paid protesters primarily. it's not going to change in berkeley.

charles: here is lou dobbs. tom: good evening, i'm tom sullivan in for lou dobbs. president trump repairing to turn his folk to us domestic policy next week after dealing with foreign policy challenges from syria to north korea. a government shutdown fight and tax reform package that the esident says will include a massive x cut for businesses and individuals. john roberts has our report. >> with the president's first 100 days rapidly coming to a close. president trump indicated he's putting on a full court press for his legislative agenda. initiating reviews of financial regulations, president trump said hold on to your hats, tax reform is coming. >> we'll have a big announcement wednesday having to do with tax reform. the process has begun long ago. but it formally begins wednesday. reporter: it will drop right in the middle of a legislative battle to keep the government running and the possibility the president's healthcare plan may rise from the ashes like the phoenix. >> the press reported there was a give-up. there is no give-up. it took obamacare 17 months.

charles: we love nikki haley, you are the best took now here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, secretary of state, rex tillerson following president's lead of honest explai -- plain spoken directness, talking with vladimir putin for two hours at the kremlin. at a news conference afterward with lavrov, tillerson said, he and putin do not agree on much. >> there is a low level of trust 29 th between our two countries,annot have this kind of relationship. >> putin agrees to telling russian television, one could say that level of trust in a working level, on a military level, has not improved but it deteriorated. and relations with russia, one of the issues today, discuss president met with nato general jens stoltenberg, said that the relationship is at an all-time low with russia. >> right now we're not getting along with russia. we may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with russia. this is built for a long period of time. but we'll see what happens, i'll also see about putin over a period of time, be a fantastic thing if we got along with computer a

that's all i ask. >> bill: lou dobbs everybody.. coming right up, amazon selling border wall costumes and some people are mad. miller is next. >> announcer: "the o'reilly factor," the number one cable news show for 16 years and counting. >> bill: the "miller time" segment tonight, something very few people know. in china, the coca-cola company is launching its cherry coke bottle featuring the likeness of warren buffett. the american capitalist economy country. only one person on earth can figure that out and he joins us now from santa barbara, california.myha miller. what's going on with a cherry coke buffet thing? >> it's a recent thing. i know for many years, the face on cherry coke was bill clinton. but they went over to buffet not long ago, sort of a colonel sanders type thing. they wanted jimmy buffett and he didn't want to play so they went to warren buffett. chinese are in enigmatic people. there is a growing trend to lump together american intellectual and fiscal luminaries with foodstuffs. i was over at panda express for lu

that's all i ask. >> bill: lou dobbs everybody.oming right up, amazon selling border wall costumes and some people are mad. miller is next. at angie's list,e there are certain things you can count on, like what goes down doesn't always come back up. ♪ [ toilet flushes ] ♪ so when you need a plumber, you can count on us to help you find the right person for the job. discover all the ways we can help at angie's list. because your home is where our heart is. >> bill: the miller time segment tonight, something very few people know. in china, the coca-cola company is launching its cherry coke bottle featuring the likeness of warren buffett. the american capitalist economy country. only one person on earth can figure that out and he joins us now from santa barbara, california. miller. what's going on with a cherry coke buffet thing? >> it's a recent thing. i know for many years, the face on cherry coke was bill clinton. but they went over the buffet not long ago, sort of a colonel sanders type thing. they wanted jimmy buffett and he didn

lou dobbs is next. tom: i'm tom sullivan in for lou dobbs. the islamic state claiming responsibility for an attack that killed a paris police officer. a gunman with an automatic weapons opened fire on police, killing one officer, seriously wounding two others before police shot and killed him. sources say the gunman had been previously flagged as an extremist. fox news chief white house corresponds yernts has our report from the white house. reporter: the u.s.-italian summit was meant to reconfirm the close relation between the two countries, the need for it was underscored even as the two leaders were meeting. terrorism and global hotpots were high on the agenda as the president met with the italian present gentiloni. >> it's a terrible thing going on in the world. it looks like another terrorist attack. what can you say? it just never ends. we have to be strong and vigilant. reporter: north korea issuing a new threat warning of a quote super mighty preemptive strike that will completely wipe out u.s. imperialist invasion forces in south kor

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sheer the man, lou dobbs. lou: good evening, polls have just closed in state of georgia where voters are looking to fill the vacant house seat of health and human servicesecretary tom price. this is the second of four special elections necessary to replace republican congressmen named to the trump administration. it is a crowded field, 6 congressional district of georgia, 18 candidates, 11 of them republican. 5 of democrats and two independents, the winner must win 50% of the vote to avoid a run off in june. democrats investing heavily in their effort to pull off an upset and win the seat, in what has been historically a safe republican district. but the dems may also be facing something of a backlash as well. with money flooding in from outside of the state, in support of leading democratic candidate, 30-year-old jon ossoff, in a most recent poll former secretary of state, kairnkaren handle, polled in second, president trump stepped in the race slammings on ofs whossoff who does not even live in the district.

lou dobbs is here next. also, watch this... >> the ego here -- i love it.cr it's almost simian, like a monkey banging on a stick. i'm the biggest! pounding his chest. >> sean: chris matthews and b the alt-radical left liberals continue to smear and slander president trump. mercedes schlapp and geraldo rivera will weigh in on that. that and much more on this very busy news night here on "hannity." o rivera will weigh in that. that and much more on this very busy news night here on busy news night here on "hannity" the following ad is being condensed for your viewing convenience. i finally switched to geico. oh yeah? ended up saving a ton of money on car insurance. i hear they have a really great mobile app. the interface is remarkably intuitive. that's so important. ♪ there's nothing more than my vacation.me so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. they offer free cancellation, in case i decide to go from kid-friendly to kid-free. now i c

lou dobbs will check in with us with reaction tonight. and also tonight. >> the eco-here -- i love it. it is simeon like a monkey banging on a stick. i am the biggest. >> sean: the all the radical left continues to spew vile hatred toward president trump as he approaches his first 100 days in office. mercedes schlapp and geraldo rivera will weigh in on this busy news night. we are glad you are with us, even those in the media, as "hannity" continues. break through your allergies. try new flonase sensimist instead of allergy pills. it delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances. most allergy pills only block one. new flonase sensimist. after becoming one of the largest broadband companies in the country. after expanding our fiber network coast to coast. these are the places we call home. we are centurylink. we believe in the power of the digital world. the power to connect. and that's what drives us everyday. ♪ what we do every night is like something out of a strange dream. except that the next morning it all make

joining us now with reaction from the fox business network, lou dobbs.overed the story extensively. how big of a disaster was this "fast and furious" operation? administration, the family of >> a disaster for the obama administration, the family of brian terry, for all americans who care about our border security and law andia order. this was a disaster for the obama administration in retrospect now because what happens after two months of president trump being in officeb another one of brian terry's killers has been released in mexico. under president obama, for nothing to happen -- now suddenly they are producing the killers of brian terry, justice is moving forward and by the way, the one suspect still at large -- i would wager would be caught very, very soon. >> kimberly: you think there is a direct link to president trump being in and these accomplishments? one of the biggest things he talked about as candidate trump was border security, protecting them so they would not be penalized or prosecuted like they were under previous administrations. >> at

lou dobbs is next. lou: good evening, washington tonight abuzz with reports, rumors and rank speculation about what the president intends to on a number of critical issues and challenges as his first 100 days have 48 hours remaining. the 100 day mark is arbitrary, in fact meaningless, you would not know that watching many of television news outlet for reading reports of news organizations, president trump is working diligently, tireless le tirelessly, on a broad away of big issues. the questions are state forward, will the house or will it not deliver a health care bill in next two days? it depends on what rules committery accomplished tonight, and will president succeed in avoiding a government shut down as threatened by the dems, will the house move forward on tax reform. the would does not wait while president trump decides what to do about each issue. north korea for example cannot be deferred, or iran or russia or china. posing significant china, all potentially confrontations. president trump today

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joining us i appreciate your support, here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, let's get the week underway. democrats tonight threatening to shut down the government rather than approve funding for president trump's border wall and a government spending bill. lawmakers have until friday night to pass funding legislation that would keep the government open. attorney general jeff sessions today made his case for the wall saying that if democrats blocked funds voters should blame the dims for the resulting government shut down. >> the system works that whenever the government is shut down, people blame the republicans. let me tell you, if will be the democrats that shut this government down to block the fun funding of the wall. lou: on fox news sunday, mick mulvaney called on democrats to compromise. >> we're asking for our priorities, and personally we're offer -- importan personally wore offering their priorities as well. we have offered to open the discussion to give democrats something they want to get something we want. lou: sounds reason abl

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charles: here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, russians and iranians today threaten will united states warning against any further strikes gain syria. joint, russian and iranian forces issue their own version of red line ultimatum. unleashing a quote lethal response trump administration offer no reply, but administration officials did give slightly differing views as to purpose of last week's syrian strike and strategy in carrying it out, in is president's national security adviser mcmaster, secretary of state rex tillerson, and united nations ambassador nikki haley. >> to defeat isis, to destroy isis, and reestablish control of that territory. >> this strike, i think that president was clear, in his message to the american team, this strike was related to the most recent horrific use of chemical weapons. >> the regime change is something that we think it going happen. >> obviously differing views of our head diplomats, ambassador to united nations, and president's national security adviser, we have with us, form

now here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, the trump administration is confronting global threats with a diplomatic offensive. vice president making a surprise visit to the dmz after warning north korea not to test u.s. military or commander in chief by pursuing its nuclear weapon program. >> or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this this region. lou: military parade saturday, sunday, testing of medium range ballistic missile that blew up 4 seconds after it was ignited. mcmaster, spending the day in islamabad, pakistan, he met with the pakistani prime minister, head of military, and according to u.s. embassy there, mcmaster stressed need to quote -- confront terrorism in all its forms. radical islamist terror on the agenda for defense secretary james mattis on his way to riyadh, saudi arabia, his first stop on what will be a 6 day trip, includes ept, i israel, qatar, djibouti. joining me now. veteran of 10 presidential campaigns, republican strategist ed rollins, michael goodwin am we s

sheer the man, lou dobbs. have just closed in state of georgia where voters are looking to fill the vacant house seat of health and human services secretary tom price. this is the second of four special elections necessary to replace republican congressmen named to the trump administration. it is a crowded field, 6 congressional district of georgia, 18 candidates, 11 of them republican. 5 of democrats and two independents, the winner must win 50% of the vote to avoid a run off in june. democrats investing heavily in

like me on lou dobbs, follow me on instagram@"lou dobbs tonight."e on the big bored 3.2 billion shares and the trade deficit dropping 10% in the month of february. guess what, fewer imports from china. that's a development. and remind tore listen to my reports coast to to coast on the salem national network. a major move on capitol hill to reach a deal on healthcare before the easter recess. this time speaker ryan doesn't have a better way and he's not in the way. at least not temporarily. we'll find out next. stay with us. we'll be right back. first guarantee... ...your only worry... ...will be how to drink this monstrosity. get help with hotels, free tnty-four-hour flight changes, and our price match guarantee. travelocity. wander wisely. :: . lou: trump administration officials are set to meet in just about a half hour with a number of house republicans to discuss the latest push to repeal and replace obamacare, noticeably absent from that meeting tonight will be any members of the republican house leadership. fox news chief republican correspond

in the meantime, lou dobbs. lou: shocking new charges that obama administration surveilled president trump and his transition team. former obama national security adviser susan rice, asked to unmask the names of trump transition officials, caught up. and we're learning that surveillance went on for months, purely for partisan purposes. we take that up with house judiciary committee member congressman john desan 'tis and ambassador john bolton. >> obstructist dems have the votes to filibuster, so republicans are likely to go nuclear. >> it is pathetic. they are so stupid they think -- we have no alternative to do what has to be done. lou: leonard leo is joining us tonight. and terrorism in russia. a bomb blast tearing through a subway train in st. petersberg, at least 11 people killed and 50 wounded, police suspect that terrorist attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, linked to radical islamists. lou: good evening tonight there are charges of widespread wrong doing in the obama administration. specifically so

charles: lou dobbs is next. lou: good evening, president trump promising things would be different under his leadership. the differences we see are significant, stark and piling up. let's start with a 21,000 pound bomb dropped out of a c130 over system of a islamic state tunnel in eastern afghanistan. yes that is what happened today. this is the first time that so-called moab has been used in combat, it is a day isis will note likely forget. fox news national security correspondent jef jennifer griffin with our report. reporter: at 7:32 p.m. local time in afghanistan, drop gbu43, a 21,000 pound bomb known as the mother of all bombs, or massive ordinance air blast. >> we targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around freely, united states takes the fight against isis very seriously. we must deny them operational space, when key about. reporter: president said that top general in afghanistan did not need to ask permission to conduct the strike. >> we have given them total authorizatio

night to put order who this, lou dobbs is next, thank you for watching. lou: good ev evening. president trump taking lead on tax reform, proposing a massive overhaul that would slash rates for nearly all americans and stimulate economic growth. treasury secretary steve mnuchin and gary cohn . introduce the plan to the media. taking tax brackets from seven to three. and proposes cutting corporate rate from 35% to 15. plan would exempt first $24,000 of income from taxation. repeal the estate tax, alternative minimum tax. eliminate deductions for state and local taxes, and administration officials say that plan is a broad brush outline ap at this stage. details unknown. but it will be substantial. mnuchin and cohn saying that plan will pay for itself with results higher economic growth. >> this package is go growing the economy, creating jobs. president looks at that seriously, as a tax on capital spend to stimulate economy growth. we're tieing to get rid of that -- try be to get rid of that. capital back in to the economy creating more jobs. the economic plan under trump will gr

charles: here is lou dobbs. tom: good evening, i'm tom sullivan in for lou dobbs.airing to turn his folk to us domestic policy next week after dealing with foreign policy challenges from syria to north korea. a government shutdown fight and tax reform package that the president says will include a massive tax cut for businesses and individuals. john roberts has our report. >> with the president's first 100 days rapidly coming to a close.

candidate for the republican presidential nomination, syndicated columnist and great american.. >> a lou dobbseagues from younger days..pat. lou: the president says we are not going in to syria. you have written you were concerned it has the potential to consume the trump white house. your thoughts tonight. >> we have put one foot into syria with this attack. what i'm afraid of, lou, if he puts a second foot in, we'll be in the middle of a major civil war that will consume his presidency, i war i don't see the end in sight of.end in s i would hope what the president said, that we are not going into syria and what general mattis said, this is a one-off attack, i hope this is a reality.hope ti he will get half your pressure from the neocons and the war hawks in washington. the people who are against him most are happiest about this strike. lou: i share your concerns. but not as i'm reminded in the trump white house, not yet.trumh the trump white house is becoming a distraction at least for the national left-wing media. but the bannon, jared, ivanka, reince priebus going on. what do you make of i

[cheers and applause] to travel, take stagecoach because that's what the good people take like lou dobbs. >> president trump today defending michael flynn for seeking immunity in the investigation into trump's alleged ties to russia. the president tweeting that flynn should ask for immunity because the media and democrats are conducting a witch hunt. we'll take that up with former un ambassador john bolton and the weekly standards fred barns. also tonight, the president signing two executive orders cracking down on trade abuses. >> the theft of american prosperity will end. we will take necessary and lawful action to end those many abuses. >> one of the orders calls for a report examining the cause of our $347 billion trade deficit with china. all of this just one week before president trump hosts chinese president. and just five shy needed to filibuster supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. will they? or will republicans go nuclear? we'll have a full report. . >> and good evening, everybody, i'm tom sullivan in for lou dobbs. and president trump today encouraging former national security

lou dobbs is next. tom: i'm tom sullivan in for lou dobbs.lamic state claiming responsibility for an attack that killed a paris police officer. a gunman with an automatic weapons opened fire on police, killing one officer, seriously wounding two others before police shot and killed him. sources say the gunman had been previously flagged as an extremist. fox news chief white house corr

. >> stay here, lou dobbs is next. >> the trump administration stepping up its war on violent gangs and drug cartels, attorney general jeff sessions and dhs secretary set to visit the southern border tomorrow, this marks session's second trip to border in as many weeks, session in a interview saying, violent street gang m, 1ms13 could be labeled a terrorist organization. >> there is no doubt, the open border, lawlessness we have is a factor of americas 13. >> many of them without not be here. lou: departmenofomand security secretary john kelly saying that gangs like ms13 among the biggest threat to country, blaming them for their role in over 52,000 drug overdose in 2015 alone. >> i in a single we're we latest nearly as men americans to drug overdoses as we lost in world war i. almost as many as we lost in 12 years of fighting in vietnam. lou: kelly and sessions also are expected to discuss the border wall, attorney general today called for progress to move rapidly. secretary kelly two weeks ago did not seem overily committed to the wall. >> it is unlikely that we will build a wall or p

now here's lou dobbs, keep it here. ♪ ♪ lou: it's been an extraordinary week of historic and, in somees, unprecedented events. so much has transpired that the full impact of all this won't be fully realized for weeks, if not months. and last night's missile strike against a syrian air base drawing praise from both allies and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. >> tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking the end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. lou: in response, the russian navy sending one of its most powerful frigates into the eastern mediterranean where two u.s. navy destroyers launched those airstrikes into syria. ambassador john bolton joins me here in moments. also tonight president trump says he's made progress over two days of talks with chinese president xi jinping. >> i think we have made tremendous progress in our relationship with china. my representatives have been meeting one-on-one with their counterparts from china, and it's, i think, truly progress has been made. lou: we'll have political analysis of the critical summit, the syrian airstrike

now here's lou dobbs, keep it here. ♪ ♪ lou: it's been an extraordinary week of historic and, in somees, unprecedented events. so much has transpired that the full impact of all this won't be fully realized for weeks, if not months. and last night's missile strike against a syrian air base drawing praise from both allies and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. >> tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking the end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. lou: in response, the russian navy sending one of its most powerful frigates into the eastern mediterranean where two u.s. navy destroyers launched those airstrikes into syria. ambassador john bolton joins me here in moments. also tonight president trump says he's made progress over two days of talks with chinese president xi jinping. >> i think we have made tremendous progress in our relationship with china. my representatives have been meeting one-on-one with their counterparts from china, and it's, i think, truly progress has been made. lou: we'll have political analysis of the critical summit, the syrian airstrike

much more on the developing trade spat with canada on "lou dobbs tonight." s commerce secretary it wilbur ross. he candying down into many details of this. i don't know if you saw wilbur ross during the news conference, this is not again you flecking, he was funny like shecky greene. this man knows business. watch "lou dobbs tonight." 7:00 p.m. eastern on fox business. markets hanging around session. right now, the dow 21,016 points. the nasdaq is 31 points above 6,000. that is all-time high on the russell. we're headed next to for the floor show. don't go away look closely. hidden in every swing, every chip, and every putt, is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. the microsoft cloud helps the pga tour turn countless points of data into insights that transform their business and will enhance the game for players and fans. the microsoft cloud turns information into insight. won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutua

for more on mask of the secretary wilbur ross will be on lou dobbs tonight in an p.m.tern time right here on the fox business network. to outsiders to face at that event to be the next president of france. the future of the countries from the u.k. independence party leader and fox news contributor is a plan to lead the charge for the british at it from the european union. nigel farage cometh thank you for joining us. pollsters say in the runoff, so they will win. the same posters, even the market into the british exit from the european union. they didn't have a donald trump or the u.s. my question is does marine le pen stand a chance? >> well, it's completely unknown and untested. he's never been elected to anything before. the socialist administration then i listen to his victory speech the other evening. two weeks in the heat of the head-to-head contest is a long time. my theory is that they will be found wanting. he clearly doesn't have a firm local ideology other than just supporting the e.u. and the status quo. it is not going to be a 20-point win for macron. trai

lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody. a defiant north korea issuing more threats against the united states as gee no political experts -- geopolitical experts warn the rogue nation is primed and ready to conduct what would be its sixth nuclear test. that test could come as early as tomorrow. celebrating the 105th birthday of kim jong un's grandfather. the rhetoric from pyongyang has risen exponentially over the past week. a north korean official today warning of a preemptive strike against the united states if america takes what it called reckless military action. the north korean vice minister telling the associated press, quote: we've got a powerful nuclear deterrent already in -- on our hands, and we certainly will not keep our arms crossed in the face of a u.s. preemptive strike. north korea is the only country to carry out nuclear tests since 1998. pakistan conducting two tests in 1998, india one in 1998, china one in 1996, france in '96 as well. china's foreign minister responding to the provocations by urging both

here is lou dobbs. [♪] lou: good evening, there is a lot happening on this the 99th day of the trumpeginning tonight with breaking news. north korea has test fired a ballistic missile. the missile which launched has been assessed to be a kn-17, single staged liquid fuel rocket. it flew roughly 25 miles and was in the air for 15 minutes.