lou. the president -- lou: what do you think is going -- sorry. >> the president was so right, lou, to askbout hunter -- joe biden and hunter biden. and, remember, they were so desperate to keep the truth out away from the american people about joe biden that they were willing to blow up the constitution with this coup impeachment. now we know why he was targeted. we know he was spied on, we know he was targeted, we know he was harassed, the president, to protect hillary clinton and joe biden who in many ways makes hillary clinton seem like an amateur when it comes to converting public office into private gain. you know, the question for joe biden, which he needs to answer immediately -- frankly, fbi agents should be asking him this -- did he get any money from if his son from any of these deals. it's a simple question. it's what the e-mails and texts suggest happen. he can confirm or deny it immediately, and he shouldn't be able to get out of this week without telling the american people whether he was taking kickbacks through his son. lou: and the ten held by h, that express in the e-mai

. ♪ ♪ lou: the "lou lou: the "lou dobbs tonight" quotation comes from a best-selling book "the trump wrote silicon valley has gone all in on hating donald trump, that is true of the rank-and-file, still as it is with super left millennial anti-american indoctrination they learn the priciest universities in the country harvard, yale, princeton, berkeley, stanford, my my my, joining us now is house majority steve scalise, ranking member of the select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis in congressman i want to say first of all welcome to the show and secondly before we get into some major issues of the day, there has i been probably more importt right now that a vaccine against this virus, your thoughts about the news that pfizer is moving toward an emergency you authorization for a vaccine possibly. >> it is good to be with the, it is revolutionary that president trump is done operation warp speed that were on the verge of one or more approved fda approved vaccines under emergency use that will be vaccines tested and proven against covid-19, this is never happened before in the hist

lou. lou: let's start with your reporting tonight, let's start with, actually, john ratcliffe -- >> yeah. lou his release of these documents that for the first time put john brennan right at the centered of obamagate and, and our documentary evidence at the very least that brennan briefed the president of the united states on the clinton plot to create the russian collusion attempt to overthrow the president of the united states. >> it's a remarkable revelation, and that it comes 30 days from the next election is a tragedy. we should have known this two years ago. but what does it tell us? it tells us that in july of 2018 the cia intercepted information that the russians overheard hillary clinton talking to a foreign policy adviser about stirring up, the word john brennan uses, stirring up a bogus russian collusion story to vilify -- that's another word the cia uses -- donald trump and to distract from all of her scandals whether they were the e-mails or her own russia scandal. and this was taken so credibly that the cia director himself, john brennan, briefed the president and wrote notes on

lou. lou: i want to get your reaction to these blockbuster elements in the washington -- the washington, "the new york post"ment. >> yeah. louport on biden and uncovered documents from a laptop hard drive that was ostensibly left of in a computer repair shop by hunter biden. your reaction. >> well, it's another reaction that the vice president, the man running for president right now, his son worked for a corrupt ukraine oligarch and had all the elements of corruption surrounding them in that relationship. and then when new revelations come out that maybe could inform the american public, a whole new set of american oligarchs -- those who control facebook and twitter -- try to keep that story from the american pluck. it's the tale of two oligarchs, the powerful social media oligarchs that control thought now in america and the oligarch that hired hunter biden while he was under corruption investigation, paid him millions of dollars and managed to walk away without being prosecuted. it's a tragedy you can story, and it's why people -- tragic story, and it's why people have to make a hard decision on november 3rd. lou: yeah, t

lou? what that says is, that the money that -- lou: yeah. >> as a prosecutor -- lou: it is sad and true. head. >> that is what you call an admission by a coconspirator. go explain that. particularly go explain, biden, how the heck you have five homes on the salary of a, of a senator? this is how you have it. kickbacks from your son, your brother, your sister-in-law and your other brother since you were taking little amounts "money" when you were a grifter in delaware selling out for 3 and $4,000, when james was a crooked lobbiest. this guy is a big crook. lou: i want to do this, rudy -- >> 14 million from ukraine. lou: tony bobulinski, he is making a statement. we'll come right back to you. let's listen to what he has to say. >> i love to hear it. >> and his son hunter biden in dealings with the chinese. i have heard joe biden say he has never discussed business with hunter. that is false. i have first-hand knowledge about this because i directly dealt with the biden family including joe biden. i have also heard that vice president biden said on tuesday that senator ron johnson, the chair

lou: citing cases, extraordinary command of the law. i've never seen a supreme court justice nominee go through this process, go through this process without notes. she is truly impressive. impressive is the "lou dobbs tonight" word of the day as well. it means evoking admiration through size, quality or skill, and we are in deep admiration of this truly impressive jurist. >>> well, breaking news now, senators ron johnson and chuck grassley have received 24 pages of text messages two months after they subpoenaed the fbi, two months. these newly-released texts show then-fbi deputy director andrew mccabe and then-fbi attorney lisa page talking about media reports unfavorable to donald trump. one text exchange shows that page forwarded mccaulk a law fair article -- mccabe a law fair article questioning whether trump was a russian agent. a newly-declassified fbi spread sheet shows the fbied had very little reason to ever believe christopher steele would be a credible source for anything, yet they chose to use him any and his phony dossier. that spread sheet was released, with redactions, but it shows how the fbi couldn't corroborate any of the dossier's claims and used their own media leaks to try to substantiate and build the credibility of their claims of trump-russia collusion. you know, the idea put forward by one hillary clinton. joining us now is "just the news" editor-in-chief john solomon, author of "fallout: nuclear bribes, russian spies and the washington lies that enriched the clinton and biden dynasties." this is, first, it's great to have you with us, john. >> thank you, louhis is, i think, a fascinating story as we, as we see there's just basically no foundation of any kind. it was pure pretext and pretense on the part of the fbi primarily to give any credence to this steele dossier. >> yeah, absolutely. first off, kudos to the president. he said last week he was going to get this stuff out if he had to do it himself, and he is. and i can tell you tonight there's going to be another release of documents in the next 24 hours related to bruce ohr's interviews with the fbi when they -- what they were pumping him for, for information to go around the ban that they had on christopher steele when they fired him. so we're going to get that information soon as well, and that's one of the stories that was on our list that we talked about, lou. lou: good. >> this document tonight is so important, the one we're talking about here. it's a spread sheet that the analysts in the fbi went through, and they evaluated the accuracy or lack thereof of every sentence of the

like me on lou dobbs, follow me on instagram and @lou dons tonight. thank you for being with us. good night from sussex. ♪ elizabeth: less than two weeks to election day. president trump at this hour heading to another rally. you're looking at a live shot of the scene in north carolina. we've got more than 41 million people have already voted. we've got stocks trending in the red as a source in the administration warns there may not be covid-19 relief before the election. with us tonight on this, and the big headlines of the day, tim murtagh, larry kudlow, glen greenwald, bobby jindal. congressman tom mcclintock and tom homan. the bush now on for house republicans to get a special counsel to investigate the hunter biden laptop

like me on lou dobbs, follow me on instagram and @lou dons tonight. thank you for being with us. good night from maria: good thursday morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. it is thursday, october 22. your top stories, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. countdown until election day, we have 12 days until the november decision. tonight, president trump and joe biden face off in nashville for the final day bait of the 2010 -- debate of the 2020 election cycle. one new addition, a mute button. all this as john ratcliffe announces russia and iran are taking significant action in an you attempt to influence the u.s. election. joining us this morning to reing, white house communication director is here along with texas senator

like me on lou dobbs, follow me on instagram and @lou dons tonight. thank you for being with us.t sussex. kennedy: breaking news tonight. the director of national intelligence also known as the dni, john ratcliffe after he announcing russia and iran are trying to meddle in our elections by infiltrating voter registration systems and send out bogus emails. the feds want you to be on the lookout for anything suspicious. more on that in just a moment. first, tomorrow night is the final debate. donald trump and joe biden will ever have in their lives which have already been quite long. mountains

lou: well, as you know, the corporate left-wing media whether it's disney's abc news, viacom's cbs news, whether it's cnn's -- at&t's cnn -- >> yeah. lou: i mean, this is a blackout. they're coordinating with the presidential debate commission who want to limit summits that can be -- subjects that can be discussed or asked of the former vice president. it's outrageous. and if anyone ever doubted the existence of the deep state and the coordinated efforts to shut down this president's agenda and, indeed, to overthrow him over the course of the past four years, we've now seen that evidence run from the campaign that led to the election of 2016 -- >> yeah. lountil the election of 2020 nonstop. and in an effort to destroy president trump. >> yeah, lou, and this same mainstream press will run with the story that 50 former intel people, the same people who told us that the fake dossier was real are now telling us the real e-mails are fake. [laughter] they lied throughout this whole thing. they'll run with all that? i mean, when we have the facts. fbi said this laptop and these mails are not russian information. ratcliffe told us they're not russian disinformation. the bidens won't deny the fact that these mails are real. our staff has been able to confirm there is, and fox news' mike emmanuel has reported they have the drop slip hunter biden signed when he left the laptop at the store in delaware. and yet the mainstream press won't cover that, but they'll have 50 former intel people say what they said? come on, this is -- the american people see through it and, frankly, i think it's why on november 3rd president trump is going to win, and i th

lou. lou: senator ron johnson is pursuing, he is pursuing this case, this scandal as vigorously as we could ask of any senator, certainly -- >> you are right. i wish there were a few more like him. lou graham had done as well. your thoughts. >> i can back it up with documents right from the hard drive. here's a document in front of me which says 10% of a $30 million deal with chinese communists was going to go to the big guy. there are then three more documents in which he's referred to, joe biden is, as the big guy. and then mr. bob lin key define -- bobulinski defines him as the big guy. on this deal, joe was going to get about $3 million, and he got some of it, a good deal of it. so when he says he never got any money from foreign sources, that's a very, very -- that's a clinton kind of lie. he never got it directly. he got it through his son, through his brother, through his sister-in-law. and if you have any doubt about that, there's another e-mail here that explains how he got it. this is from hunter to his daughter naomi. i would say kind of bitter. lou: yeah. >> but i don't receive any respect, and that's fine. i hope you will all do what i did. the entire family, he support

lou: well, joining us tonight, congressman jim jordan. he's the ranking member of the house judiciary committee and the house oversight committee. congressman, great to see you. we have never had -- >> good to be with you, lou. louience, any candidate for president of the united states say that the people don't deserve to know his position on something that he himself has advocated. >> yeah. no kidding. and, frankly, lou, it doesn't matter whether joe biden's running for senate or president, he should tell you the answer to that question. more importantly, he should tell the american people the answer to that fundamental question, are you going to pack the court, are you going to put three new members, six new members, whatever they're going to do, are you going to do that. and by the simple fact that he won't answer it, sort of tellses us they're going to do that if, in fact, they would get power and control of our government. the good news is i i think president trump's going to win and i think, frankly, he's going to win big. lou: and biden saying that the proceedings to put judge barrett on the supreme court as justice is an unconstitutional act. i mean, this man -- >> yeah. lou: -- making some of the wildes

lou. lou: it's really -- it's good to see you. it's, it's something that we're starting to see some progress, aren't we? the national association of scholars recommending strongly that a work of contrivance not receive of the pulitzer prize. your thoughts. >> well, we're really proud that one of our leading scholars, dr. glenn lowery from brown university with, was one of the leaders of that movement and one of the first cigna to haves. and other members of the consortium on that. and it's having its effect. as you know, lout three lessons of our alternative curriculum that identify 1776 as the legitimate birthday, but also we tell inspiring stories of american exceptionalism in theses says. we have -- in these essays. we had a press conference about a week ago, and within seven days there were 4,000 downloads of our curriculum, 4,000 in just 7 or 8 days. when, in fact, the 1619 curriculum had 4,500 downloads in a year. so i think we are really touching a very important chord, and people are really desperate to receive accurate and inspiring, accurate history of our nation. and we're just so proud. and also you may have known that hannah jones has recanted some of her assertions, saying that, she said that 1619 was our birth date. she was speaking metaphorically and not as a historian. so they're moonwalking on the issue. [laughter] lou: i like the express, moonwalking, bob. well, the blm isn't moonwalking, but they are walking into some very tough, glaring spotlights on what they are and what they're abo

lou: right. >> -- and made an agreement with the guy. he gave us a copy of it -- yep. lou: you said that you -- >> and we've been cataloging it since then. lou said you've been threatened. right. this is a very big deal in, you know, to paraphrase joe biden. >> sure. lou: the fact of the matter is we we watched twitter and facebook shut down this country's -- >> host: it's extraordinary. >> just to keep that story out of yesterday's news story. by the way, they also blocked me for a short term and one of the installments of the new post reports. but right now this material is so damning for the bidens. the national media isn't even, the left-wing media isn't even asking questions of it, and they've had two perfect opportunities to do so. your thoughts about what has to be done now that this material is out. has the attorney general called you? has anyone from the justice department? is anyone wanting to find out what's going on? i mean, the democrats have used a news story as a predicate to prosecute and investigate. against republicans. >> well, i mean, i put out a, i put out a text message last night that reads as follows, it's from hunter

lou: to your point -- >> yeah. lou: i'm, go ahead. >> what i think was happening -- lou: well, to your point -- [laughter] we ever seecountable? will they go to prison? will they be held accountable? >> i very much hope is so. i think bill barr is a good man, i think if anyone can lead the department of justice and demand accountability, it's barr. but i've got to say it's frustrating when nearly four years in, nobody bess on prosecuted or gone to jail. when i'm home in texas i hear all the time people go what in the heck is wrong that nobody's paying the price for it? i share that frustration, and i hope that doj moves and moves quickly to hold accountable everyone who broke the law, everyone who abused power and, sadly, it sure seems like there were a lot of them. lou: if he doesn't move forward before this election and bring this evidence that he does have to the american people, i will tell you, senator, i'm going to urge as hard as i can this administration declassify all of that, because i want to know the sources and methods are -- >> yeah. lou: -- for the trash and the garbage and the filth that this departme

about this now, that if there's no -- lou: so why is it -- >> -- no settled president by january 20th, lou, nancy pelosi, in theory, or becomes acting president. lou proximate fear for me is that the justice department and the white house itself are seemingly paralyzed in inaction to stop what we are being told by the left themselves they will do. at what point does this rise to the level of insurrection? at a what point does the justice department is have to, are to stand up for the united states instead of a party? namely, the party of hate? >> well, i mean, in the least, lou, i hope they're thinking about violence and intimidation around are election day and shortly thereafter. places where votes are going to be counted, are they secure? what if antifa targets them? why is it we think that the left-wing communist insurrection that's ongoing now in several cities is going to stop on election day or won't dramatically increase after election day especially if it looks like the results are good for president trump? these are dangerous times we're in, and i don't want this to happen, but the left has been talking about it happening. and when you, w

is the one that lou. lou call or good all you will. go on none of this. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. direct. what is truth what is faith. in a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maid in the shallows. in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african-americans moved to the soviet union and many of their descendants still live in russia. going at the risk because i know no rush but i thought up a post up yes it got worse or called things your way on the national scale back home but i can merican suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. of the real life be a losing one by elsa store on her by doing. so they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all some of the african americans who were too through during the night. around great crowd. you're going to call. me and no almost a 100 years later the history is repea

-- lou: -- congress as you well know. >> yeah, the hoax was used and the mueller witch hunt was used to raise money to fund their 2018 elections. lou: and to destroy a presidency. >> that's right. louongressman devin nuÑes who has been defending this president and this country and our values throughout, we appreciate it. good to have you here. >>> up next, americans are becoming increasingly interested in the corruption of hunter biden. does this spell trouble for the biden campaign, particularly in battleground states? we'll take that up and more. "just the news" founder editor-in-chief john solomon joins us. and i want to thank everyone who has a made my new book a national bestseller. you can buy "the trump century: how our president changes the course of history forever" at our merchandise store, loudobbsshop.com. loudobbsshop.com, amazon.com, everywhere national bestsellers are sold. stay with us, thanks again with, we'll be right back. muck if. ♪ ♪ lou: on wall street, stocks finished higher. the dow up 35 points, the s&p up 18, the nasdaq rose 159. volume on the big board, 4.1 billion shares. crude oil lost nearly 4% trading at $38.65 a barrel at the settlement. and a remind

lou: the "lou dobbs tonight" quotation of the day is from my book, "the trump century," about the silicon valley executives we're reporting on tonight. in the book i wrote, quote: this would be of less concern if the big tech platforms were impersonal, monolithic and neutral, if they strived to be objective, passionless and nonjudgmental in hosting all comers and welcoming all matter of opinions. but they take the opposite tack. the point i was making, bug tech is partisan -- big tech is partisan in every way. they are anti-trump, anti-democratic as they are proving now in their censorship of new york post reporting, new york post exposes of biden corruption and they censor the president of the united states, his campaign and his press secretary. that is outright un-american, and there should be consequences because the tech titans, the social media despots are totalitarian. and totalitarianism the "louword of the day. it means centralized control by an autocratic authority. and that is exactly what silicon valley has become. joining us tonight, former congressman, former chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz. also fox business contributor. and, jason, great to have you with us. let's start with this report, the biden corruption by "the new york post," which it's extraordinary the depths of these, of what is the obvious corruption these e-mails reveal. your thoughts about biden, joe biden and his character to be president of the united states. >> these revelations are truly stunning. i mean, your head's on a swivel because there's money flowing into the biden family from ukraine, from russia, from china. they're documented. this is so different than the allegations against donald trump. i remember when "time" magazine ran a cover story of donald trump jr. caught red handed, ends up it was a 20-minute meeting that meant nothing, they had to have a mueller investiga

lou. lou: ed, thank you very much. edward lawrence reporting from washington. we'll have much more on all of this in tonight's show. joining us tonight, senator ron johnson who is leading an investigation, jason chaffetz, fred fleitz, former cia, sidney powell, general mike flynn's defense attorney. all joining us in this broadcast to assess what is happening with the biden family, its campaign and just how much damage has this expose from the new york post done to the campaign. well, we'll be taking that up. and president trump and joe biden tonight each competing in town hall events at the same time. the president will be on comcast 's nbc, biden on wallet disney's abc. will disney-abc's george steph november louse allow china joe to escape the revelations in the new york post? we'll find out if there's any misalignment or disalignment with the silicon oligarchs. today's dueling town halls scheduled after the commission on presidential debates canceled tonight's originally scheduled debate that was supposed to be moderated by c-span's steve scully. but you remember he got hacked and things got complicated. well, today scully admitted to c-span that his account that he said was hacked last week wasn't. he lied. c-span has suspended undefinitely scully -- indefinitely, and the president responded to the development on twitter. i was right again, he tweeted. and indeed he was. steve scully just admitted he was lying about his twitter being hacked. the dedebate was rigged. he was suspended from c-span indefinitely. the trump campaign was not treated fairly i by the, quote-unquote, commission. did i show good instincts in being the first to know? no, not really, mr. president. you showed great judgment. finish. >>> up next, rudy giuliani reveals a very telling text from hunter biden. we take that up and more on the biden corruption scandal. senator ron johnson joins us. >>> and i want to thank everyone who's made my new book a national bestseller. "the trump century: how our president changed the course of history forever," and is still doing so. the book is available at lou loudobbsshop.com, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and bookstores everywhere. stay with us, we're coming right back. back. ♪ yeah, that's half the fun of a new house. seeing what people left behind in the attic. well, saving on homeowners insurance with geico's help was pretty fun too. ahhhh, it's a tiny dancer. they left a ton of stuff up here. welp, enjoy your house. nope. no thank you. geico could help you save on homeowners and renters insurance. geico could help you save on homeowners (vo) i'm a verizon engineer and today, we're turning on 5g across the country. with the coverage of 5g nationwide. and, in more and more cities, the unprecedented performance of ultra wideband. the fastest 5g in the world. it will change your phone and how businesses do everything. i'm proud, because we didn't build it the easy way, we built it right. this is the 5g america's been waiting for. only from verizon. did yocould be signs that syour digestive systemwn isn't working at its best? taking metam

lou: and the question -- >> if they were behind bars -- lou: -- why aren't they? >> because we're afraid. i don't mean me -- loume. >> -- i mean my fellow republicans and the criticism they get from the washington post. i have so little respect for them, i kind of enjoy the criticism from them. i feel like a man of integrity. i don't understand why more of these prosecutors don't act that way. i know they're intimidated that they'll be taken a apart, their rears -- lou: there's also -- >> -- disdain. lou: yeah, well, that's when men and women have to have courage as well as principle or not much is going to happen in this country. >> yes. lou: and thank goodness we have a leader in president trump who has both plus great energy. this, this is -- you mentioned what the radical dems have been doing, trying to overthrow the president, block his candidacy, and now we're finding out about it after four years. but we've gone through four years of a massive disinformation campaign, the big lie propaganda of the democrats for four years. there are people watching you and me right now who probably believe there is somet

lou: yeah. it was a stunning, stunning misstatement on the part of lesley stahl. >> yeah. lou: i want everyone to see what the attorney general, it's a very famous quote from the attorney general, and here is william barr on spying. >> i think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. i think there's evidence i spying did occur. yes, i think spying did occur. loue -- [laughter] and the deep state and the radical dems just were beside themselves. they wanted him so to say something about surveillance or, i don't know, cupcakes and daffodils. [laughter] he used a great word, spying. plain anglo-saxon stuff that all of us can understand, even me. >> yep. and, listen, we see this time and again. just a couple days ago we had adam schiff out there saying it's russian disinformation on the hard drive, and then the dni came out and said, no, it's not. how many reporters went with adam schiff and never corrected the record when the dni came out and said the laptop is not russian disinformation, it's not a spy campaign. time and time and time again in the trump era my profession, people that call themselves professional journalists, have leapt the american public down by misreporting and injecting subjective opinion and e trying to pretend it's fact. it's a shame, and they're disserving the public and the electorate. lou: and i heard reporters today an