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joining me now, sydney powell, former federal prosecutor and author of license to lie.nspired to bring unaccompanied alien children at least those who were disguides as children, many of them, thousands of them. and take advantage of the system. the obama administration principle: -- principally making that possible. why in the world can't the just its department, wouldn't the justice department shut this down? >> i think it could, lou. part of it is going to require the wall, though. we have to have some sort of physical barrier to close off access in places where the border patrol agent can't monitor it all the time. that looks mostly like the desert. they can use different heat sensors and drones and different things to detect the activity. but we need a physical barrier sooner rather than later to stop it. lou: one of the great lies that emerged in the discussion. we can't put up that barrier because some parts of the terrain it just doesn't work. you wonder, have these people seen a picture of the great wall of china? good brief. a little intellectual integrity wou

joining me tonight, sydney powell, charlie hurt. good to have you here, quickly. >> thank you. sydney, what do you think of dying magazines trying with most hackney clicheed concepts they become up with to try -- are they even trying to entice readers? >> desperation is right word for it. the entire left is so off the rails, they make chicken little look rational. the sky is falling every day over one thing or the other. nothing the president does or says will be right. and i think we need to stop paying so much attention to anything that left says, american people are not, they are focused on president's successes, the economy booming. and crime fought and progress with low unemployment. lou: this is an interesting proposition, ignore them. and conjunction with that approach, what do you think of idea of the trump administration just telling every rude, ill mannered reporter, interrupting sarah sanders or other officials in the briefing room, please take a hike, we're done. we see president giving interviews to networks, that are fake news, they are the very stuff of fake news

former federal prosecutor sydney powell and charlie hurt and fox business contributor.hat do you think of dying magazines trying desperately with the most hacked cliche concept that is i can come up with? are they even trying to entice reader? >> well, the desperation is the right word for it. the entire left has just gone so off the rails. they're making chicken little look rational. the sky is falling every day over one thing or the other. nothing the president does or says will be right and frankly i think we need to stop paying so much attention to anything the left says. the american people aren't. they're focused on the president's successes and the economy booming and crime being fought and the progress we're making with low unemployment. >> it's interesting proposition you're putting forward. just simply ignore them in conjunction with that approach, i'm just curious what do you think of the idea of the trump administration telling every rude ill mannered reporter interrupting sarah sanders of other officials in the briefing room to take a hike and instead the p

former federal prosecutor sydney powell joins us. thanks for being with us. good night from new york. just g with you charles. charles: audience thank you and of course here is lou. lou: good evening everybody. our top story's president trump harpooning the haters today just two days after returning from his historic european trip. the president's russia strategy showing signs of potentially making real foreign-policy dividends and leaving the ever more unhinged lunatic left in the never trumper's absolutely great did. >> there has been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. all you have to do is look at the numbers and look at what we have done. president putin knows that better than anybody certainly a lot better than the media. lou: retired four-star general jack keane among our guests and also republicans in congress showing a surprising level of conviction and cleverness on immigration. the republicans passing a resolution to praise immigration and customs enforcement and expose the open borders and criminal illegal evidence while also secu

former federal prosecutor sydney powell joins us. thanks for being with us. good night from new yor kennedy: president trump says he holds vladimir putin personally responsible for russian meddling in the 2016 elect and going on the offensive blasting everybody who is criticizing his controversial summit and press conference. he came out swing in a series of blistering tweets. he said some people at the higher end of intelligence love my discussions in helsinki. we got along well which bothered many haters who wanted to see a boxing match. and some people hate the fact that it got along well with president putin with russia. they would rather go to war and see this. it's called trump derangement syndrome. the president not out of the woods yet. the controversy still have much swirling. for the second day in a row the white house had to do more damage control after the president appeared to say the russians are no longer a threat to the u.s. watch. >> is russia still targeting -- kennedy: president trump's opponents flipped out as did some career intelligence

former federal prosecutor sydney powell joins us. thanks for being with us.k. >> we have tremendous powers. we have to. including cars. cars is the big one. gerri breaking news this morning. the president threat to impose deep tears takes center stage in washington today. for investors, earning has taken this spotlight the dow up 79 points yesterday. gerri i like that. microsoft will be in focus. u.s. stock market futures down 25. the s&p 500 down nearly five. >> in europe, stocks opened slight

former federal prosecutor sydney powell joins us. thanks for being with us. good night from new york. >> we have tremendous powers. we have to. including cars. cars is the big one. gerri breaking news this morning. the president threat to impose deep tears takes center stage in washington today. for investors, earning has taken this spotlight the dow up 79 points yesterday. gerri i like that. microsoft will be in focus. u.s. stock market futures down 25. the s&p 500 down nearly five. >> in europe, stocks opened slightly lower and right now you can see this with tears in positive territory but this dac is trading negative. gerri what's happening worldwide. stocks in asia -- adam: is the flip phone going to make a comeback? we'll tell you about samsung's plan for a foldable smartphone. "fbn:am" starts right now. turning to it is 5:01 a.m. in new york on thursday, july 19th. i'm in for lauren simonetti. adam: i am adam shapiro and four at cheryl casone. drinking a lot going on and a lot of news to cover. into policy again. adam: a lot of people watching all of t

. >> sydney powell, author of "license to lie, exposing corruption in the department of justice." to have you with us. let's start with you, first of all. the idea that a court is now ordering the department of homeland security to behave in a specific way that is not envisioned by any law, how does that work? >> it doesn't make any sense to me at all, lou. if the parents want to protect these children, they need to not bring them illegally into this country or put them, worse, in the hands of people who are smuggling them into this country. and any sort of incentive we give them to do that is just hurting the children. and the families even more. i mean we have to shut down the border completely to stop the whole aspect of human trafficking and illegal entry. lou: christopher how did we get to a point where we have to rationalize securing our borders? >> it seems like giving out handouts and votes to people who are not american citizens is a new platform for the left. the democratic party has been moving quickly and quickly left every single year. 18 years ago -- 16 years ago whe

sydney powell, thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. thanks for being with us tonight. and see you tomorrow. good night from new york. >> the united states is paying far too much and other countries are not paying enough. it's been going on for decades and its disproportionate and not fair to the taxpayers of the united states. cheryl: working overnight, president trump rationale is to pay up for defense spending, specifically calling germany for russian gas. the administration threatening china with tariffs. gerri: impacting 200 billion of chinese imports. much of the consumer products in stock prices this morning. the dow points open 225 points. s&p 500 down 22 and three quarters. the nasdaq down nearly 69. cheryl: all of the sector stocks rose for the second session after hope for strong earnings season. the dow actually gained 143 yesterday. cheryl: right now you're looking at a foot deep down 94 p. cac 40 down 52. dx 10145. trying to stack the nation all lower. stocks in japan, china all down over 1%. gerri: pfizer rose by price increases after criticism from the p

sydney powell, thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. thanks for being with us tonight. and see you tomorrow. good night from new york. kennedy: it hasn't been 24 hours since the where nominated judge kavanaugh to sit on the supreme court, democrats are already saying they will do everything they can to block the nom. what's their reason today? it's not abortion, gun rights or gay marriage. they claim kavanaugh will let the president 0 of the hook in the investigation single handedly. >> not only did about kavanaugh say a president shouldn't be subpoenaed. he said a president shouldn't be investigated. >> he chose the one person he has written should have immunity from any investigation or prosecution. >> he may well be the deciding vote on issues around the mueller investigation. kennedy: he could be a deciding vote on a lot of things if he gets on the supreme court because that's his job. in fairness, judge kavanaugh has written a president shouldn't have to face indictments, arguing it could cripple the federal government. but he said it's congress' job to decide on t

former federal prosecutor sydney powell joins us. thanks for being with us.m new york. kennedy: president trump says he holds vladimir putin personally responsible for russian meddling in the 2016 elect and going on the offensive blasting everybody who is criticizing his controversial summit and press conference. he came out swing in a series of blistering tweets. he said some people at the higher end of intelligence love my discussions in helsinki. we got along well which bothered many haters who wanted to see a boxing match. and some people hate

former federal prosecutor sydney powell joins us. thanks for being with us.ust g with you charles. charles: audience thank you and of course here is lou. lou: good evening everybody. our top story's president trump harpooning the haters today just two days after returning from his historic european trip. the president's russia strategy showing signs of potentially making real foreign-policy dividends and leaving the ever more unhinged lunatic left in the never trumper's absolutely great did. >> there has been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. all you have to do is look at the numbers and look at what we have done. president putin knows that better than anybody certainly a lot bet

powell's plans for continued fed rate hikes. gradual for now of course. we will be joined by comerica bank chief economist robert, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: i am haidi in sydney: i am ramy inocencio in new york and you're watching "daybreak australia." jay powell says the central bank will stay on its gradual rate to keeph for now inflation near target as the u.s. labor market tightens. trade tensions could be a threat to wages as well as growth. kathleen hays is here with a look at those two words bringing andhe words of economists investors for now. why does that matter? kathleen: pretty quickly, that foot everybody was looking at. the fed sees more rate hikes. let's listen to exactly what jay powell said as prepared testimony earlier today. job market,rong inflation close to our objective, and the risks to the believe thatce, we for now, the best way forward is to keep gradually raising the federal funds rate. kathleen: why is that a big deal? more and more people are dignified on autopilot. let's take a look at the dots dot plot. rise interest rates regardless. looking for the four rate hikes. jay powell made people think i guess it is not a done dea

powell prepares to deliver yearly testimony to congress. he will reiterate his faith in the u.s. economy. hello from sydney, where it is past 8:00 a.m. this is daybreak australia. we are two hours from the open of the first major market. ramy: it is past 6:00 in new york. over this next hour we will be looking at how the action last week will play into the asia-pacific trading day. as well as eco-data and looking at what will be a busy week, not just economically but geopolitically. we are looking at donald trump and vladimir putin meeting. we are looking ahead to the china-e.u. summit in beijing and of course eco-data later in the next few hours. we will get the latest read on china's gdp. this is how u.s. markets closed friday for a quick reminder. .he dow up .4% that is the highest in a month. looking at a weekly basis, the biggest weekly rise. the s&p pushing past the 2800 mark, the first time since march. nasdaq is% up -- the .3% up -- .03% up. seeing some negativity here, the british pound slightly higher. the biggest fall in a month. pound traders waiting for reaction out of theresa may's white paper and the latest read on inf

sydney. ramy: i am ramy in new york. let's get to central banks. jay powellays there is no indication a recession is imminent. he did acknowledge an escalating trade war is a risk to his rosy outlook. and policy editor kathleen hays is here. he decided he was not the person to criticize that. kathleen: i think first of all the fed chair said many times, at the fed we stay in our lane. he was asked so many questions about trade. -- democrats wanted him to talk about how terrible trade was. he prefaced it by saying, if toiffs are used as a tool force other countries to open up their markets, this could be good for the u.s. economy, and in fact, workers around the world. isis positive there, but quick to add there are definite risks and the risks are growing. let's hear what he said earlier to the house financial committee. >> you are just beginning to see the retaliatory tariffs come in place. they are only just beginning. hear a few reports here and there about this company and that company. agriculture is seriously affected, but it is just beginning. you want