richard fowler radio show host is here an kristen tate contributor to the hill., i'll start with you first. as we continue to watch the vice president on the ground there, we saw him picking up the mess and jumping right in along with his wife karen to help out. some nice moments in all of this. >> yeah. no, i'm so happy to see pence doing that. i think the trump administration has done a phenomenal job dealing with this crisis. offering support, doing anything they can to help people in the houston and surrounding area. texans appreciate that. they appreciate the aid. but here's the thing. there tends to be a mind set in texas that is government is not the solution to all of life's problems. so while federal aid and while leadership from the highest levels of government is great, texans are doing a lot more to help other texans than any federal government agency ever could. people down here tend to be very independent, hard working people. they know how to help each other out. it's beautiful to see. i'm a proud texan. i think the rest of america can take a page

richard fowler is also here. welcome. let's start off the week with glory and gigantic theoretical hugs. democrats are optimistic about the prospect of john kelly. why do they like him? >> hopefully they can rain in this president. kennedy: don't the democrats love the chaos? >> i want the president to do his job. be the president of the united states for a second and stop tweeting. hopefully he will do that. kennedy: obama used twitter and mumbled. not quite in the same way. you say general kelly is already improving morale. >> for anyone who has a military member in their family as i do and anies of americans do. these guys know how to run a tight ship. my own father raised us that way. jared and ivanka report straight to him and not necessarily to the president. kennedy: that was one of the big questions, would he stand between steve bannon and jared kushner and ivanka trump. many insiders report that there are some people who have disdain for the president. kind of a bad morale. you get someone in there to bring the t

gerri: joining me for more, talk radio show host and fox news contributor richard fowler. ron christy and chip roy who also served as former chief of staff to senator ted cruz. ron, i will start with you. this is a horrific story. i don't want to downplay the horrific events over the weekend or the responses thereof. but we'll focus on the agenda going forward. it's hard not to think of this and think how does the president move forward on anything, tax reform or even a budge wet this occupying the headlines? >> i think it will be a very, very daunting task when congress returns after labor day for president trump to sit down with republicans in congress based not only on what we have seen and heard in charlottesville but the attacks he had on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. and his ability to get the job done. for the president to get legislative victories he needs the congress to work with him. there are many congressmen who feel skiddish about being too closely allied with the president. gerri: richard fowler, how do you view this? the president by himself, a cr

let me bring in bre peyton and richard fowler.ews contributor and host of the richard fowler show. there has been a lot of conversation about monuments and tearing them down. you say we are at a critical tipping point. is the best way to deal with the hot, hot heat in this country to tear down some of those sighs cold statues? >> what the president has got to do here and understand, he has to understand the mother's pain in mississippi who lost a child 0 opioid abuse is the same pain as the mother in chicago who lost a child to gun violence. whether they are african-american or caucasian. that's what's missing. is this ideal in the linking of humanity. what these statues represent for african-americans is this ideal of fear. many of these statues were elected in the late 40s and 50s to create fear for african-americans. they were high schools that forced african-americans to go to places named after american traitors during the civil war that fought against the. >> i deals of america after the 1860s. we are a nation that says slav

and one lucky guy fox news contributor and nationally syndicated radio host richard fowler, and he isutnumbered. it is monday, good to have you. >> richard: good to be here. >> sandra: you are dressed for success. >> richard: staying with the ladies. >> harris: yes, the competition. >> sandra: good to see you, allowed to get to on this monday. let's get started. sending a message loud and clear, rod rosenstein warning that those involved in the leaks coming out of the white house could face prosecution. no matter who they are. >> we look at the facts and circumstances, what was the potential harm caused by the lead, what were the circumstances? that is more important than who is the leaker coming my identify somebody, if they have violated the law, we will prosecute them. >> including white house officials and members of congress? >> anybody who breaks the law. >> sandra: after jeff sessions addressing a major crackdown, the leak investigations have tripled since president trump took office, and the outrage not limited to key members of the administration. to top officials in the obam

here with kimberly guilfoyle, jesse watters, richard fowler, and greg gutfeld. is 9:00 in new york city and this is "the five." as north korea is becoming a full nuclear power, they may have crossed a key threshold. something the world has beenll fearing for years. the north has successfullyside developed many nuclear warheads. that can fit inside missiles capable of reaching the united states. president trump delivered one of the toughest responses we have heard so far. >> north korea best not make ano more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening, beyond a normal statement. and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, b power. at the likes of which this world has never seen before.orld >> dana: a short while after that, north korea issued a newor threat.e. to attack the u.s. pacific territory of guam. what are america's options with dealing with the menace? >> there is always a militaryç option. it's why you pay $600 billionay a year, there are always option

nationally syndicated radio host richard fowler. 3w0e69 you here. >> thank you, martha. >> martha: this question peter king brings up and kristin let me start with you. is this becoming the political weapon that democrats will use in the debated over things like tax reform and healthcare if it comes back and infrastructure? >> certainly i think this removes any possibility that you will see democrats wanting to cooperate and try to find any kind of bipartisan agreement on things like tax reform. ideally, we would like to have policies that aren't just passed by one party but now there is so much bad blood in washington. i think democrats have really seized on this moment to say not only do we disagree with republicans but many of them are bad people. they hold these racist views that we don't like. we just can't work together in an environment like that. >> martha: it's so toxic, richard. in terms of whether or not it's resonating in the nation, you know, you saw that number, 62% believe that they would -- they think the statue shou

jesse: joining me is richard fowler and katie pavlich.ou surprised that president trump issued this pardon? katie: no. and nobody should be surprised. he telegraphed this was something he was going to do. this is not a surprise. i find it interesting of course the left is arguing that the president is embracing racism and discrimination when the left has had a problem with joe arpaio all along because he decided not to be a sanctuary county because he decided to turn people over to border patrol and i.c.e. jesse: richard, are you upset about the pardon or because you can't do anything about it. >> the pardon is problematic for a number of reasons. for almost a decade federal judges oured sheriff arpaio about him profiling hispanic individuals in maricopa county for being illegals because of how they walk or because of how they look. so he profiled them. jesse: how do illegal aliens walk? >> you should ask him. numerous federal judges said that. jesse: i didn't know you could walk like an illegal. >> you should ask the sheriff. that's what

see you tomorrow nig ♪ ♪ >> kimberly along with richard fowler, gain a and greg, 9:00 in new york city president trump came into office, he signed an order that cleared the path to strip federal funds from cities that don't comply with or nation's immigration laws. there are sanctuary cities across america providing safe haven for undocumented criminals. chicago is one of them. today the mayor filed suit accusing the administration of blackmail. here's rahm emmanuel. >> we are a welcoming city and it always will be.

jesse: joining me is richard fowler and katie pavlich., were you surprised that president trump issued this pardon? katie: no. and nobody should be surprised. he telegraphed this was something he was going to do. this is not a surprise. i find it interesting of course the left is arguing that the president is embracing racism and discrimination when the left has had a problem with joe arpaio all along because he decided not to be a sanctuary county because he decided to turn people over to border patrol and i.c.e. jesse: richard, are you upset about the pardon or because you can't do anything about it. >> the pardon is problematic for a number of reasons. for almost a decade federal judges oured sheriff arpaio about him profiling hispanic individuals in maricopa county for being illegals because of how they walk or because of how they look. so he profiled them. jesse: how do illegal aliens walk? >> you should ask him. numerous federal judges said that. jesse: i didn't know you could walk like an illegal. >> you should ask the sheriff. tha

let me bring in the host of the richard fowler show. let's get right to it. we probably disagree on this. but i want you to change my mind, if you can. can we erase memory. if it's a bad memory don't we want it to hang around as a reminder to a place we should never go again. >> i think memory belongs in textbooks or museums. my grandmother would say you never want to forget where you came from because you have the ability to repeat it again. we need to remember what the civil war represents which is 400 years enslavement of african-american people. but the ideal of statues and monuments and statues honoring this ideal is wrong. judge napolitano: for me and -- for you and me who condemn slavery, it's not honoring them. it's reminding us of the futility and horror of their cause. don't we want to be reminds of that more frequently than when we consult the textbook? isn't it only dictators who try to change the memory of history? >> let's put this on another foot, if we can. i think we would be shocked if we were walking down the streets berlin and saw a statue

along with richard fowler, dana perino, greg gutfeld, and jesse watters.t's 9:00 in new york city and this is "the five" ." when president trump came into office, he signed an order that clear the path to strip federal funds that don't comply with the nation's immigration laws. they are sanctuary cities all across the country, providing safe haven for undocumented criminals. chicago is one of them. today, it's mayor powell mike filed suit, accusing the president of blackmail. >> we are a welcome a welcoming city and we always will be. in addition to that, our police department is built on community policing. we don't want officers just know my patrolling a neighborhood, but to be a part of the fabric fabric. to force them to choose between theph values of the city and the philosophy of police department is a false choice and it undermines the public safety agenda. >> kimberly: attorney general jeff sessionser released a statement s earlier calling it astounding that chicago would protect criminal aliens who prey on their own residence and be hostile to law

and one lucky guy fox news contributor and nationally syndicated radio host richard fowler, and he isutnumbered. it is monday, good to have you. >> richard: good to be here. >> sandra: you are dressed for success. >> richard: staying with the ladies. >> harris: yes, the competition. >> sandra: good to see you, allowed to get to on this monday. let's get started. sending a message loud and clear, rod rosenstein warning that those involved in the leaks coming out of the white house could face prosecution. no matter who

see you tomorrow nig ♪ ♪ >> kimberly along with richard fowler, gain a and greg, 9:00 in new york cityis is "the five." president trump came into office, he signed an order that cleared the path to strip federal funds from cities that don't comply with or nation's immigration laws. there are sanctuary cities across america providing safe haven for undocumented criminals. chicago is one of them. today the mayor filed suit accusing the administration of blackmail. here's rahm emmanuel. >> we are a welcoming city and it always will be. it was for my grandfather 100 years ago this year. our police department is built on the principles of community policing. we don't want officers patrolling a neighborhood only but to be part of the nab happened and the fabric. the fact is by forcing us, or the police department, to choose between the values of the city and the philosophy if the police department of community policing, i think it's a false choice and actually undermines our public safety agenda. >> attorney general jeff sessions released a same calling it astounding that chicago would prote

. >> dana: richard fowler. >> talking about those delivery systems, what options do we have with destroying those delivery systems? our air force to actually destroy so they can use the warheads? >> the best way to deal with the delivery system is to destroy it before it lifts the missile off the launch pad. that way are guaranteed the destruction of that capability. kim jong un is no fool and what he has said to us is if anyone conducts an unprovoked attack, it's a war on the peninsula. i will conduct an immediate invasion of south korea with every rocket and missile i have and also nuclear weapons. that is the threat that he is holding over us to prevent us from exercising that kind of a military action. that's offensive a new terror. the rest of our military action is dealing with a delivered system, defensive. should the system down -- shoot it when it's up in space. using the ground-based midcourse missiles, 44 of them that are in alaska and also in california. that's not an option we want have to use because that's a system that's heading towards some population center in the united s

tomorrow i will be changing my registration to republican. [ cheers ] >> sandra: let's bring in richard fowler, radio fox tv show host, former speech writer for george w. bush. good to see both of you. there's certainly a trend here, would you say? >> absolutely. people have talked about votes that switched in 2016, about 6 million people, people who voted for obama who ended up voting for trump. you've got to look at more the national trend of what's taken place over the last six years. democrats have lost 1100 seats. to put a finer point on this, there are 26 republican trifectas meaning they have the governorship, state house. democrats have six. part of the problem is, sandra, there's no real compelling message. there's no compelling message coming out of the democratic party. at the same time i have been telling people, this ain't your daddy's democratic party. you look at some of the things, their pet projects of transgender. people are starting to think maybe this democratic party isn't our party any more. >> sandra: i should let richard respond to that and represent his party in doing

. >> leland: richard fowler joins us now.out how much the conversation in america has changed in a week or two. in terms of race, politics and now none of that seems to matter. >> of course it doesn't and we as americans need to come together. i was raised in miami, my mom is a registered nurse and i can remember her always leaving me with other adults and her going to the hospital during the storm so she could care for others, she is a critical care nurse. i want to give a big shout out to all the nurses and doctors and first responders in texas who are working 16, 18 hour shifts and making sure that people are staying safe and is staying in texas. a lot of times they do not get enough accolades from us here, thank you to that. >> leland: i want to interrupt you for a second, i a completely echo your sentiments. life pictures from the rescues going on in houston, so many families that are in need thereof getting out. these are all as you can tell personal boats that have come up to rescue these people, i can't see any first

thanks to richard fowler. "happening now" starts right no now. >> julie: a fox news alert from fox news global headquarters in new york, the dow jones average heading in another all-time high today. >> jon: the dow could be on pace for its ninth straight record close after a strong jobs report on friday, more good news for the trump administration. we are covering all the news happening now. president trump fires back at his critics in a torrent of tweets as today marks 200 days since he was sworn in. with the president touting his accomplishments, questions about what congress can get done. also -- >> chicago will never relinquish our status as a welcoming city. >> jon: chicago mayor rahm emanuel. a rare august tornado smashes into an oklahoma shopping district, leaving behind a trail of destruction. it's all happening now. you begin with this fox news alert, republicans taking stock of their agenda as the trump administration hits a major milestone. hello and welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i

along with richard fowler, dana perino, greg gutfeld, and jesse watters. "the five" ." when president trump came into office, he signed an order that clear the path to strip federal funds that don't comply with the nation's immigration laws. they are sanctuary cities all across the country, providing safe haven for undocumented criminals. chicago is one of them. today, it's mayor powell mike filed suit, accusing the president of blackmail. >> we are a

here with kimberly guilfoyle, jesse watters, richard fowler, and greg gutfeld. as north korea is becoming a full nuclear power, they may have crossed a key threshold. something the world has beenll fearing for years. the north has successfullyside developed many nuclear warheads. that can fit inside missiles capable of reaching the united states. president trump delivered one of the toughest responses we have heard so far. >> north korea best not make ano more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen.

richard fowler, radio talk show host and fox news contributor.e hit this groups strong enough as he is saying? >> not at all. i think the president thinks this is some sort of joke. i tried to understand where he is coming from and i tried to find the positive here, but once again i am left scratching my head. he would have been fine living off of the afghanistan speech yesterday, but he continues to relive the charlottesville thing over and over again thinking that were not taped and we did not get a chance to see it forgetting the fact he said "on both sides" twice, which he didn't say so yesterday, which caused pause among many individuals including myself and other colleagues. >> eric: last night he again called them out by name. >> i think that is fine. but the problem is this, eric. the reason there was violence in charlottesville is neo-nazi, the kkk, white supremacists decided to have a rally on friday night with tiki torches, 500 of them marching down the streets of the american city. that created fear, that had led to the violence satur

talk about it with richard fowler and brad blakeman. good to have you both with us.surfaces from a report that comes out of "the new york times." they got a document that's a posting looking for people who would be attorneys to join this job description, this task force. richard, it never says anything about protecting any one specific race over another but it seems like there has been a leap by people who automatically assume the doj is only talking about protecting white students. >> that's a good point that you make there, shannon. there is no clear evidence that this group of lawyers will be going and protecting white students. with that being said you have to look at jeff session's track record, the attorney general. while he was in the senate over and over and over again he made moves to stop affirmative action. if it is indeed true that some critics are saying this committee will work on -- this group of lawyers will work on rolling back the affirmative action protection to make our campuses more diverse that's an affront to trump's campaign slogan making amer

here to debate is fox news contributor richard fowler and independent women's voice president heatherget more sleep. ainsley: more sleep and more beers in our lives. thanks, brian. ainsley: let me start with you, richard, as the democrat on this panel, let me ask you what is going on in chicago. why is rahm emanuel supporting it. it looks he is supporting the illegal criminal aliens that are in prison versus the people that vote for him or the people that live in his city. >> i think you have to sort of move the two hour. right? one chicago has a violent crime problem. and i think that is different from the fact that there is undocumented individuals living in chicago. right? and i think if you look at the welcoming city's law in chicago, what you find is that law says if you are -- if there is a warrant out for your arrest in chicago or if you have committed a violent crime in chicago, if you are arrested, you are reported to ice and you deporting procedures proceed as normal. with that being said, if you get a traffic ticket or if you don't pay your child support or if you, you know

former navy seal and foreign domestic growth ap and fox news contributor and democratic strategist richard fowlerbeing here. i will go to you first. but they bought more finishes his investigation, find nothing. is it not political malpractice by democrats who have to go forward and say, you know, we ran on russian collusion that didn't exist. wouldn't that be a serious problem for them? >> no. we are not going to run on russian collusion. we are not in an election cycle right now. democrats are running -- we're not running running on anything because we are not running it right now we are trying to get things done for the american people. we are waiting for the investigation to conclude and democrats say this over and over again. should we focus more on leading bowler do his job and what we can do on our better deal and how we create the affordable care act. on and on and on. it's lowering wages for the american people. the second thing is making sure that we help people at home and make sure it ends meet in the third thing is making sure we lower prescription drugs and make things easier for wo

unacceptable attack -- clayton: president obama was criticized for not using islamic terrorism, and richard fowlera crowded environment. it was domestic terrorism. you can try to whitewash it -- pete: we're going to learn a lot more, absolutely. but the point of terrorism, we are facing a sievizational -- civilizational threat. listen, pounding people with a car is never acceptable, so i take your point, clayton. i'm not arguing it wasn't terrorism. that isn't the big point. the media makes it about what is he calling it, what isn't he calling it. this this particular incidence, we've got a civil discourse that doesn't work, and people have grievances. what about the fact that a lot of these guys feel like racial hiring preferences or open borders or erasing our history or racial double standards like, you know, in higher education. it's no justification for racism, but a lot of these people feel like they're being left behind in this country. just like blacks or others felt left behind in previous times. let's have that conversation so we are all americans, because that's the only nationalism tha

that numbers u.s.a., krishan linsky and also a democratic strategist and fox news contributor richard fowleregin with you. of course you are not a fan about the president is about to do. why? >> no, not a fan. 70% of americans aren't a fan. the dreamers, let me be very clear. dreamers, individuals who came to this country before the age of two or three and are now 15 or 16 before they applied for the program came into the country through no fault around, but our schools, plan our kids soccer teams, and basketball teams and they want a chance to achieve the american dream. these are folks who just crossed the border yesterday or the day before that. they speak english and shouldn't be allowed to be here. the fact trump is making a decision to deport these individuals and make them vulnerable is not only problematic, but downright un-american. that is the moral behind it. but politics is even worse. what a president should do in their first term is expand their base. here's the voter i do have. let me make the voter base bigger. doing everything in its power to make his voter base bigger which