i'm paul gigot. president trump's chief strategists steve bannon is out just days after he gave an interview to a liberal magazine discussing plans to neutralize rivals inside the administration and contradicting the president on north korea. the embattled bannon who played a key role in 2016 victory had feuded for months with other top aides and on friday the white house released this statement. white house chief of staff john celia listened steve bannon would agree today is steve's last day. we are grateful for his service and wish him the best. let's bring if wall street journal assistantedtorial page editor james freeman and editorial board member mary kissel. mary, the survivor, what happened? >> effectively he was airing president trump to fire him by giving interview to -- paul: american prospect. >> you can't go against the president as policies as big as north korea. you continue proclaim to want to stoke and expect not to be fired. look, paul, some of the president's top aides on both domes

. >> welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, strong warning to north korea by president trump amid reports that regime of kim jong un has developed nuclear device small enough to fit on a missile that could reach the united states and a tweet friday the president said, quote, military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. hopefully kim jong un will find another path. but as the president ramps up the rhetoric, pyongyang shows little sign of backing down calling the president trump's quote a load of nonsense and announcing a detailed plan to launch missiles towards the u.s. territory of guam. john bolton is the former u.s. embassador to the united nations. embassador, good to have you back with us again. >> good to be with you. paul: consensus in washington on the right -- well, on the left in particular, but even some on the right is that the president's rhetoric on north korea is -- has been reckless and even dangerous. do you agree? >> no, i don't agree. look, i think you have to consider the context in which the president

the newones will be fairly simple, long strings of words like paul gigot at the "wall street journal. good evening, everybody. president trump keeping the pressure on north korea, warning the rogue regime that the united states is well equipped to fight. the president tweeting that the nuclear arsenle is stronger and more powerful and comes a day after he warned north korea that it would be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. defense secretary mattis adding his voice in lock step with president trump, saying the dprk shou

. >> welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, strong warning to north korea by president trump amid reports that regime of kim jong un has developed nuclear device small enough to fit on a missile that could reach the united states and a tweet friday the president said, quote, military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. hopefully kim jong un will find another path. but as the president ramps up the rhetoric, pyongyang shows little sign of backing down calling the president trump's quote a load of nonsense and announcing a detailed plan to launch missiles towards the u.s. territory of guam. john bolton is the former u.s. embassador to the united nations. embassador, good to have you back with us again. >> good to be with you. paul: consensus in washington on the right -- well, on the left in particular, but even some on the right is that the president's rhetoric on north korea is -- has been reckless and even dangerous. do you agree? >> no, i don't agree. look, i think you have to consider the context in which the president

. >> welcome to "journal editorial report" i am paul gigot that was president donald trump monday night his first prime time address to the nation laying out his administration's path forward in afghanistan the president promising to end a strategy of nation building in the region focusing instead on addressing the terrorists articulate 3900 additional troops expected to be deployed with some already on their way. the president of the foundation for defense of democracy welcome again cliff good to see you, so the -- the president big debate in the white house for quite a while decided on this strategy did he get to the right outcome? >> well i think he got to the right outcome in this sense, my impetus would be that his gut insink was pull out of afghanistan leave it behind, we have no business being there -- at the end of the day, i think he was persuaded for u.s. to lose to the fwan and to al-qaida after years of fighting would in immense consequences that was not acceptable i think he was right to make that decision. >> conventions of pulling out comparable or maybe worse than what h

i'm paul gigot. hope to see you next week. [♪] >> announcer: from fox business headquarters in new york city the new "wall street week." maria: welcome to "wall street week," the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo. coming up, sam zell. but first let's get to tracy with the headlines. reporter: a very busy news week. we start with the devastating terror attack in barcelona. 14 people dead and 100 injured after an islamist terrorist plowed into pedestrian on the street. in cambrils a terrorist was killed by police. then there was domestic terror at home. president trump facing backlash after his comments that both side were to blame after a violent rally in charlottesville. a 32-year-old woman was killed and several badly injured when james alex fields drove his car into the group. gary cohn is a leader of the president's economic agenda and expressed concern that his departure would hurt the president's agenda. but it did drive severa

the newones will be fairly simple, long strings of words like paul gigot at the "wall street journal." paul: hopefully not in that order. see you next week. >> lou: good evening, everybody. president trump keeping the pressure on north korea, warning the rogue regime that the united states is well equipped to fight. the president tweeting that the nuclear arsenle is stronger and more powerful and comes a day after he warned north korea that it would be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. defense secretary mattis adding his voice in lock step with president trump, saying the dprk should cease actions that lead to the end of his regime and destruction of people. others struck a more diplomatic stone. >> the united states has the capability to fuely defend itself from any attack and we will do so. and so the american people should sleep well at night. >> lou: kevin has the report on the administration's efforts to defuse the crisis. >> reporter: mr. trump said it was his 50 order as president to renovate and modderize the nuclear arsenal. and coming on january 27th. tha

. >> welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, strong warning to north korea by presidentg un has developed nuclear device small enough to fit on a missile that could reach the united states and a tweet friday the president said, quote, military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. hopefully kim jong un will find

. >> welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, strong warning to north korea by presidentmid reports that regime of kim jong un has developed nuclear device small enough to fit on a missile that could reach the united states and a tweet friday the president said, quote, military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. hopefully

simple, long strings of words like paul gigot at the "wall street journal." starts right now. judge jeanine: breaking tonight, three people including two law enforcement officers killed during violent clashes at a white nationalist rally in virginia. hello and welcome to a special two-hour edition of "justice." i'm jeanine pirro. one driver under arrest after his car plowed into a crowd of people protesting the white nationalist rally in charlottesville today. one was killed and 20 others injured. then a few hours later a helicopter crash near the rally killing two law enforcement officers on board. virginia's governor declared a state of emergency. ellison barber is live at the university of virginia medical center where many of those injured are being treated. ellison? reporter: five people are at this hospital in critical condition. four are listed as serious condition. a spokesperson for the university of virginia medical center tells fox news 20 people were brought to this hospital today in addition to the nine in critical or serious condition. six are listed as fair, fou

. >> welcome to "journal editorial report" i am paul gigot that was president donald trump monday nighte address to the nation laying out his administration's pat

. >> welcome to "the journal editorial report" i am a paul gigot. that was president trump in huntington west virginia thursday night going on offense filing reports a -- robert mueller and the investigation into esrussian interference in the 2016 election. is first reported by the wall street journal comes as to bipartisan senate bills for the president on notice that any move to fire the special counsel will be met with a fight. carolyn senator lindsey graham is co-author of one of those bills and he joins me now from washington. welcome senator.is >> thank you. >> you are the newcomer robert muller and paneling grand jury replaces the criminal probe now if you're not just a counterintelligence program. have you seen so far as he watches on both, any crimes it has been committed? >> no, not yet. i'm not either. the president is right of the russian probe there's no evidence suggesting that he wear the team colluded yet but they did interfere an election. is not a hoax it is real. we'll see if there is any collusion or any other misconduct. >> are

. >> thanks to panel thank you for watching i am paul gigot hope to see you right here next week. from "fox business" headquarters in new york city the new "wall street week". maria: welcome to "wall street week" a program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i maria bartiromo. coming up in a few moments some of the biggest voices in the startup scene will join our roundtable. headlines impacting everything from wall street to main street this past week. reporter: federal reserve chair janet yellen is at the annual conference in jackson hole wyoming on friday and neglected to offer clues on the future of monetary policy. she did argue that these regulations and reform has made the u.s. financial system a safer place. maria: the market seemed to like the fed chair's comments. dow closing higher in the nasdaq and s&p also turning positive for the week three president trump letting out his new plan for the war in afghanistan. the president says the u.s. will shift away from nation-building approach and instead focus on killing terrorists. the u.s

i am paul gigot. we hope to see you here next week. >> this is a fox news alert. the president said to address the nation tomorrow night about afghanistan. as he prepares to return to the white house and make some major announcements about his agenda. hello and welcome to "america's news headquarters" i am arthel neville. >> hello everyone. the president also will be hitting the road this week in a camping trends as a campaign style rally in phoenix. and we have more information. the president made a decision and after the friday meetings at camp david on the way forward in afghanistan. >> he has eric. we'll hear more about that tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. from fort meyer in arlington virginia across the potomac river from washington d.c.. the white house said the president will give an update on the path forward for americans engagement in afghanistan and south asia. secretary of defense james mattis is traveling and join nice as the president has settled on a policy in afghanistan after which he calls a sufficiently rigorous strategic process. the president met

i'm paul gigot.sident trump's chief strategists steve bannon is out just days after he gave an interview to a liberal magazine discussing plans to neutralize rivals inside the administration and contradicting the president on north korea. the embattled bannon who played a key role in 2016 victory had feuded for months with other top aides and on friday the white house released this statement. white house chief of staff john celia listened steve bannon would agree today is steve's last day. we are grateful for his service and wish him the best. let's bring if wall street journal assistantedtorial page

>> guest: well, some people on the editorial board didn't like that idea, but paul gigot's the boss -- [laughter] and he made the final decision. >> host: and the critics would have been using the moral hazard argument? >> guest: well, the critics would have been saying, you know, let them take their lumps -- >> host: yeah. >> guest: and let's give them a little lessson in sound banking. >> host: yeah. >> guest: but looking back, i think paul was right. giving them this backstop -- paul argued that this wasn't just a banking problem, it was a social problem because everybody was borrowing -- >> host: yeah. >> guest: -- in the, in the 2000s. >> host: corporations, consumers, everybody. >> guest: well, we had a huge credit boom. and the fed was keeping interest rates down, or to the extent they can control interest rates -- but they apparently can to some degree. and so paul was right. and, actually, it worked out okay, because the banks paid the i don't much believe that. first of all, i don't believe in demand economics very much. i'm a supply-sideor r. i believe in stimulating produc

. >> welcome to "the journal editorial report" i am a paul gigot.s president trump in huntington west virginia thursday night going on offense filing reports a -- robert mueller and the investigation into esrussian interference in