lou. lou: i'm not going the try to outargue you, i'm just going to try my level best to understand our legal system. >> right. louled us, in my judgment, and i think that i'm hearing you say at least in part you agree with that. >> yes, i do agree with that. lou: if we can't find a, if we can't find a way to deal with the efforts, a four-year-long effort to overthrow a president that was per summit, it was animated, it was coordinated and concerted throughout, it began before the president was even elected, and we have watched our courts do nothing. we have -- and, by the way, i'm talking about all of the institutions of the federal government. and the left got away with this. and now they didn't have a role in stopping what was absolutely in this at least three instances outright, an outright disgrace and a violation of the constitution. let's get away from fraud, but unconstitutional conduct. and should the state legislatures have acted? absolutely, but they didn't. and that's the court of last resort. what have we learned going forward that can be applied and change to save the republic? >> i'm going to say th

i'm sorry, go ahead, lou. lou: yeah, let me ask you why,

lou -- out of the building. lou? lou, the president called up the national guard, he is the only one who can do so. muir yell bowser, the mayor, wanted that protection. he also asked for other federal protective officers and agents. we haven't seen video that shows them in any large presence. what can you tell us about that,? >> reporter: yeah. there are 1100 national guardsmen that have been activated. they're staging, so they're not on site as of yet, but they will be throughout the city of d.c. including near the u.s. capitol to back up the capitol police. it's not an active force that's going to be on the front lines. this is something that's going to back up the police force that's already there. you know, one more interesting thing that happened here, the president tweeted that message telling folks to go home. well, twitter has now labeled that tweet, has flagged it so it cannot be liked, it cannot be shared, it can only be read on the president's twitter account, and it's because he put in the line there saying t

lou: you know, let's, let's assume -- >> it's scary, lou. lou: -- the democrats are scurrilous. every american should be, if not scared, deeply concerned. because as you're talking about socialists, i really can't tell the difference between corporate america, silicon valley, wall street and the sanders' socialists and the president-elect's, what looks his projection of his administration and policies. this is a very difficult timement but when you -- time. but when you say just socialists, i think we've got great things to fear from the republican party as well. you've got a house leader in the republican party who does not believe that a member of leadership should be removed who votes with the democrats against their own president. without evidence. without due process of any kind. and that can only be an act of fear on the part of your leadership whether it's mitch mcconnell, whether it's kevin mccarthy. your thoughts. >> well, the chair of the gop conference serves at the will of the gop conference in the house of representatives, and i'm sure that we will address that inte

lou: i don't know that we should say he got a fisa, he was fisa'd. hillary clinton wasn't. >> that's right. lou: the foreign power, which foreign power in. >> we don't know. sadly, the documents leave out the name of the foreign power -- lou'm willing to speculate. i'm willing to speculate. >> yeah? lou: well, i'm trying to think of that country which seemed to have benefited most while she was secretary of state. i'm thinking of that country that somehow managed to gain control of 20% of our uranium reserves. >> i know russia would be a natural one to think about. ukraine's another one you might think about, she had a lot of financial donors there. china's another one you think about. i'm told china and russia are not the country, but other countries will not, they won't confirm the country. and i'm still reporting on that. we'll try to get to the bottom of that over the next few days. lou: i would like to know why there was no investigation. by that, i mean a real fisa investigation. >> yeah. lou: by the fbi into uranium one. that still remains a huge mystery. the declassification of the documents, steele's overt statement that he was working for hillary clinton -- >> right. lou: the fbi knew that in to 2017. >> 2016, y

lou? hold on, lou. we've got to put -- lou: no, i want to -- [inaudible conversations] wait a minute, or matt. i say. and mitch mcconnell has urged, in effect, the impeachment and persecution of this president. he should be removed as well. and the people of kentucky should remove him forthwith. this is ignorance of a magnitude i never dreamed we would see at the top of the republican party, rino though it's been. now you may tear me up there on my comments, if you wish. >> no, i totally agree with you, but i think you have to go one layer deeper and understand why these republicans in washington are so willing to take action that they know is destructive to our base. mcconnell, mccarthy, cheney, they're all smart people, right? they know when they attacked the president that makes it harder for us to win elections. but to them at times that's less -- lou: to do what? >> win elections. what they want to do is raise money, corporate pac money. and there are too many people in the republican leadership right now who will do anything, who will sell out anything, including former president trump,

lou: thank you very much. >> thanks, lou. lou: high praise coming from you, jason. i appreciate it. always giving me good counsel on civility. >>> up next, red storm rising. china increases its aggression during the first week of the biden administration. we thought they were pallings. -- pals. will we see more of this over the next four years? gordon chang with us next. we'll be right back, please stay with us. are you frustrated with your weight and health? it's time for aerotrainer, a more effective total body fitness solution. (announcer) aerotrainer's ergodynamic design and four patented air chambers create maximum muscle activation for better results in less time, all while maintaining safe, correct form. aerotrainer's unique design allows for over 20 exercises for a total body workout. plus, you can easily transition from one exercise to the next. want tighter abs and a stronger back to help relieve pain? do the aerotrainer super crunch. the pre-stretch works your abs even harder, engaging the entire core. then it's the back extension, super rock, and lower back traction stret

. >> reporter: health officials, lou, say the faster americans can get vaccinated, the less time this coronavirus will have to create further mutations. lou? lou's a real struggle for this administration, apparently, to come to terms with the distribution of this vaccine. any, any word from the administration, the cdc, the fda, any of the relevant agencies as to how president biden intends to speed up the distribution? >> reporter: they are looking to ramp it up. the problem right now is the supply, but they say that the companies are able to create more and more vaccine, and so as we go into the spring, you're going to see the vaccine become available to more and more groups. but we may be getting closer to summer before it, before it becomes available to everyone. it may become -- they may open it up to all groups in april, but it may be the end of the summer before all americans who with want the vaccine are able to get it. lou: sobering news from the administration. jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan serrie reporting from atlanta. well, the south african strain as well as the strains originating in the u.k. and brazil, are more infect

lou. lou: precisely as you, precisely as you projected. we are watching a partisan assault that continues against the president, the former president of the united states that began with his candidacy in 2016. the outrage persists, the persecution continues. your thoughts as we are on the cusp of the beginning of a, the next step in the impeachment, the second impeachment of donald john trump as they like to say giving, i guess, some serious tone to this farce that they are playing out. >> lou's a tragedy for the country. it really is a shame. but it's the also unconstitutional. whatever the facts are, and thank you for that timeline, whatever the wisdom may be, i think it's unwise. in my judgment, what is unfolding is a violation of the constitution. that is to say you used the keyword, you said former president. and that's exactly right. and that's where this should end. because when the president left office under operation, under the operation of the constitution, it was over. it should be over. i hope that one of the first steps will be a hearing, so to speak, and a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. that is to say the president of the united states is joe biden. this is an impeachment against the former president of the united states, and the constitution simply does not authorize that. now, others disagree, but that's my reading of the plain words of the constitution. it's also consistent with our history, lou, and that's richard nixon's resignation as presi

lou. lou: joe, thank you. and, yes, juxtaposing those scenes versus this newest development, the fbi, we've just learned, joe, has created a sedition task force. they didn't create any task force against antifa or black lives matter or the violence that they, they caused and swept much of the country with. >> that sounds selective too. louolutely. joe concha, "the hill." breaking news, house republican congress chair liz cheney says she will vote to impeach the president. cheney says president trump summoned a mob to the capitol and lit the flame, as she put it, of an attack against the capitol. the house is expected to vote on one impeachment article tomorrow. >>> up next, secretary of state the mike pompeo warning about china's infiltration of american society. china expert dr. michael pillsbury join withs us right after this quick break -- joins us right after this quick break. us right after this quick break. please s us right after this quick break. please s us right after this quick break. please s us right after this quick break. please s ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so you're a small business, or a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? you don't, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. powered by the largest gig speed network in america. but is it secure? sure

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lou: we're winning? we're winning? i got to ask you how in the world we're winning. we're losing. >> if they were winning the argument they wouldn't need to cheat. lou: yeah. >> wouldn't be taking away our rights. lou 2022 primaries, take over the house and senate. to me the campaign starts the day joe biden gets inaugurated, we have to get those new trump republicans in the house and senate. lou: well, i think that's true. i think it also we've got to understand how severe the threat is. you were saying, tom, that that we've, that we're winning the argument. i think that paul ryan would say we win withing the argument back in 2018 too. the fact of the matter is the republicans have not won an argument or much in the last two years, despite the great leadership of donald trump. you got to change the leadership of the party and what do they do? they lost the senate, they hot the presidency and well, ronna mcdaniel gets to keep her job. failure doesn't seem to affect republicans, does it? sara, you get the last 20 seconds. >> well, thank you, lou. i think it is up to the american people now to stand up to be strong, to not allow their rights to be taken from them. to speak up and hold your lawmakers

lou: there was no -- >> right. lou: there was no -- >> go ahead. lou in the fantasies of these bureaucrats who were supposed to be working in national security and serving the nation instead of serving hillary clinton and her plot to stop her presidential opponent in 2016. we have, we have now a clear warning and so much more about what happens when a politicized intelligence agency or intelligence community works in domestic politics and certainly presidential politics. tulsi gabbard had, i think, a terrific comment. i'd like to play that because as john brennan is cawing upon the entire he check dull -- intelligence community to go after the opponents of the democrats, this is her response. >> let's be clear, the john brennans, adam schiffs and oligarchs in big tech who are trying to undermine our constitutionally-protected rights and turn our country into a police state with kgb-style surveillance are also domestic enemies. and much more powerful and, therefore, dangerous than the mob that stormed the capitol. president biden, i call upon you and al

lou. lou: we'rere not having that conversation, and i'm not otcertain that anyone in the bin administration would acknowledge the facts that you've just shared with all of us here this evening. that in and of itself is, it's really stunning to think about. but this president has made it pretty clear what we were going to contend with if, indeed, he was to be elected, were to be elected president. >> right, right. louivil rights division. a person who has said this, that -- in a letter to the harvard crimson, that blacks have superior physical and mental abilities. [laughter] if a white person had written that, we know that the crimson would have probably put a strong edit on that, and there would have been considerable outrage. it is, it's beyond me why there is such a, you know, just such an absurd idea of systemic racism in any expression and why tit is -- it's racism itself, i don't understand why the word systemic has to be in it other than to really support the idea that we need some giant, vast system to deal with it which clearly we t don't. we just simply need to be our better selves. >> no different than joe biden saying if you don't know whether or not you want to vote for me, vote for donald trump, you ain't black. same thing, same kind of attitude. [laughter] lou: well -- [laughter] i think that you told the president something that he mightt want to consider. we appreciate it, larry e

lou: is there a quota here we don't know about?u: >> i'm sorry. lou: is there a quota here? one state, two, three, whatever the number is. >> no. i would argue, louut argue you. i will just try my best to understand our legal system. it failed us, in my judgment. i am hearing you say at least in part you agree with that. >> yes. lou: if we cannot find a way to deal with the efforts, a four year long effort to overthrow a president that was persistent, animated, coordinated and concerted. it began before the president was even elected. and we have watched our courts do nothing. by the way, i am talking about all ofgo the institutions of the federal government and the left got away with this. now they did not have a role in stopping what was absolutely and at least in three instances outright, and outright disgrace and a violation of the constitution. unconstitutional conduct. should the state legislatures have acted? absolutely. but they did not. what have we learned going forward that can be applied and changed to save the republic? >> i will say this. i think we have to be much prepared to go into court. in my observation, some of our efforts fe

lou: wait a minute, wait a minute, i've got to be careful? i'm very careful. >> well -- lou: i quoted them exactly as they spoke. >> i know. but i'm saying -- loun't understand what you mean about be careful. >> well, i think if we make some sweeping generalizations about all people and all things in the entire party, i wouldn't necessarily agree with them, lou. i've told you how i see it -- lou: all right. you can disagree with me, and you don't even have to be careful, jason, when you disagree with me. it's your right as an american. i love free speech. jason, we're out of time. we've got a hard out. thanks so much, jason chaffetz. >>> let's go straight to break and not make anybody, any producers any angrier with me than they are. we'll be right back. [laugh] dad i got a job! i'm moving out. [laugh] dream sequence ending no! in three, no! two, keep packing! one. ♪ ♪ lou: joining us tonight is gordon chang. he's columnist, author, senior fellow at the gatestone institute, great american. great to see you, gordon. let's start, if we may, with starbucks and xi jinping's call to howard schultz, the former ceo and the founder of starbucks. this i

lou: wait a minute, wait a minute, i've got to be careful? i'm very careful. >> well -- lou: i quoted them exactly as they spoke. >> i know. but i'm saying -- loud what you mean about be careful. >> well, i think if we make some sweeping generalizations about all people and all things in the entire party, i wouldn't necessarily agree with them, lou. i've told you how i see it -- lou: all right. you can disagree with me, and you don't even have to be careful, jason, when you disagree with me. it's your right as an american. i love free speech. jason, we're out of time. we've got a hard out. thanks so much, jason chaffetz. >>> let's go straight to break and not make anybody, any producers any angrier with me than they are. we'll b no one likes to choose between safe or sporty. modern or reliable. we want both - we want a hybrid. so do banks. that's why they're going hybrid with ibm. a hybrid cloud approach helps them personalize experiences with watson ai while helping keep data secure. ♪ ♪ ♪ from banking to manufacturing, businesses are going with a smarter hybrid cloud, using the tools, platform and expertise of ibm. ♪ ♪ ♪ research shows people