rachel campos duffy tony sayegh. thank you both. i enjoyed it.g the electoral system and i know which which movie i have to see next. thanks for being with us. among our guest tomorrow we see the family built their, thanks for being with us tonight. we will do better tomorrow. good night from new york. kennedy: 2016 was a crazy emotional year for libertarians starting with so much hope and optimism. gary johnson look at the candidate people could count on. after eight years under president obama's great government spending they can't seem to be coming out of the woodwork. personal was -- personal freedom is on the cusp of the campaign trail. 12 months later the picture's not quite rosy so what happened? let's take a look back at how it all went down. i'm kennedy.

tony sayegh and rachael campos duffy join me next.e'll be right back. ♪ [vo] is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. ♪ when a cold calls... achoo! ...answer it. with zicam cold remedy. it shortens colds, so you get better, faster. colds are gonna call. answer them with zicam! zicam. get your better back. now in great tasting crystals. joining me tonight "fox news" contributor rachel, streets good to have you the republican campaign strategist tony sayegh, it's good to have you here too. it's great to have you both here. let's start with you both we have a president-elect its official how about that? >> it's amazing, right? lou: and all of the talk from the left and they have become these whiny celebrities. they are vicious and desperate and irrelevant. go away. what do you think? do we talk them into that? >> i think they might actually start getting the hint that the american people voted

fred barnes republican strategist, tony sayegh and the federalist brief patent. top story tonight the president-elect meeting with william there microsoft co-founder bill gates today. their discussion commute day before mr. trump is set to host a technology summit with industry leaders at trump tower. the two recently praised donald trump likened him to john f. kennedy discussing what was on today's agenda. >> it's a good conversation about innovation and how it can help in health, education, the impact of foreign aid and a wide-ranging conversation about the power of innovation. thank you. lou: mr. trump is addresses plans to stop running his business empire. trial delayed an announcement that is then originally set for this week. he treated this, even though i am not mandated by law to do so i will be leaving my businesses before january 20 so that i can focus full-time on the presidency pre-two of my children don and eric both executives will manage them. no new deals will be done during my term or terms in office. trump today also meeting with pastor darrell

trump will take the stage, and when he does, tony sayegh and lee carter will be with me as we analyze word he says. stay with us. the holidays should bring joy. so why are you still putting up with complicated cash back cards? some cards limit where you earn bonus cash back to places they choose... then they change those places every few months. quicksilver keeps it simple. with quicksilver you always earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. 'tis the season for simple. what's in your wallet? [♪] lou: there is the venue. and it looks like it's full. can we get a count there? it's about a 10,000 person -- it's 3/4 full. about 7,500 people in attendance. there are people lined up outside. president-elect trump is running late as you can tell. this is his second stop of his thank you tour. mr. trump is at the coliseum, we are told. we are also told trump's motorcade had some problems but has arrived. so we are getting to be in good shape. joining to us further the festive mood, republican cam spain strategist, tony sayegh and she carter. good to -- lee carter. this is

david: tony sayegh, julie roginsky and brad blakeman are back. tony, first of all, taiwan is economic powerhouse. it is miniscule, i have to be fair, compared to china which huge country. look at gdp per capita, taiwan, 22,000, china, $8,000. three times the per capita gdp, don't those people, hard-working taiwan east deserve to be dealt as individuals a separate country? >> this is legitimate question to ask. you have 1.5 billion people in china. within a decade surpassing us, largest economy in the world. we have a special relationship with taiwan. i suggest that continue without a doubt. i think what you will find from a trump administration is complete revisit how we're dealing with china. we spent eight years subordinating ourselves economically, geopolitically in the middle east and the world. china has gotten into that vacuum and taken over. david: we didn't get much for all that. >> we have not gotten much. so you will have the idea that we can renegotiate a lot of what we need from a different and more powerful position. david: brad what

lee carter, tony sayegh, great to have you both with us. lee, do you have a dog or should i say a far it in the secretary of state's sweepstakes? >> oh, gosh. i'm excited about all of them. i love that there is -- lou: i'm talk with two republican strategists. are you guys careful. >> a lot of people are against mitt romney. i think it's a fantastic move that he's been talking to someone he has been publicly in disagreement with. i think a lot of people are saying he's more reasonable than you think, that he will talk to people he doesn't necessarily get along with. i think it's interesting petraeus is in the mix. a lot of people are excited about this as well. lou: you are talking about a guy -- are you kidding me? donald trump campaigned against hillary clinton in part on the fact that she was as the f.b.i. director put it so inadequately, she was extremely careless with national security. i don't know how to describe david petraeus. >> you know that initially the idea of romney was compelling. the more time goes on and the more the disco

lou: joining me now, tony sayegh and rachel compost duffy.tart with the selection of john kelly to head up the department homeland security. your reaction to the appointment by the president-elect. >> i thinkt's a great choice. as a mom, i believe from what i read, donald trump said this is one of the reasons he chose him. this is a gold star dad. he want someone at the top of this department who understood the cost of america's involve seattle abroad with our braifl soldiers. there is a twitter that's been going viral from the federalist basically words that he said about losing his son that brought a tear to my eye. lou: sit would bring a tear to the eye of anyone who has lost you a child in combat. it's a terrible thing. and weep -- our sympathies go out to all of them. reaction here, we have three generals now. trump is making it clear he wants strong authoritative experienced leaders in this cabinet, and to a person it seems he's tea cheefg that. specifically in the case of these three generals. >> i think donald trump has proven he mean

lou: joining us now, lee carter and tony sayegh. it's great to have you both here.onald trump is on an absolute thank you tour. but it's a tour deforce. he has everyone eating out of his hand. audiences, the media. and the left-wing media. the crazies must go nuts it's clear because they are in command. seeing republicans and independent off the charts they love it. what's most fascinating is even democrats are coming around and giving him not the most positive marks but they are liking messages about buying american and hiring american. it was off the charts. people are coming around and energized and enthused by this thank you tour. lou: he reintroduced buy america. he reintroduced the american worker to the american elites. they cannot evade any longer. the fact that the middle class has to be the focus of public policy going forward and all of those who aspire to the middle class. >> that's a point that is made clear bialek. what i'm most moved by. what donald trump has always said, it's not about him, it's about a movement it's about a candidate bolstered by a

we are back with tony sayegh, lee carter and ed rollins. i thought it was a terrific speech. ed, your thoughts. >> it's a campaign speech we have heard over and over again. but today we believe it. we have seen over the last couple weeks he has started to produce those things. you can't sit there and say he can't produce them because he can produce them. lou: he is producing them. >> i think this energy level and enthusiasm. you can tell he loves being there and means what he is saying. he covered all the issues that are so important to folks. jobs, economy, military, national safety and security. he hit on all of those issues that matter most. he's back from the saddle on america first. i love the line about dream big again. i want americans to dream big. that's what this is all about. this is a message of hope. lou: we have in this country always dreamed big it's been and optimism that has been absent in my opinion for about eight years. and that's a shame. tony, there was a wonderful moment where he said we want people to come into our country. we want them to come in by t

lou: joining us now, lee carter and tony sayegh. it's great to have you both here.trump is on an absolute thank you tour. but it's a tour deforce. he has everyone eating out of his hand. audiences, the media. and the left-wing media. the crazies must go nuts it's clear because they are in command. seeing republicans and independent off the charts they love it. what's most fascinating is even democrats are coming around and giving him not the most positive marks but they are liking messages about buying american and hiring american. it was off the charts. people are coming around and energized and enthused by this thank you tour. lou: he reintroduced buy america. he reintroduced the american worker to the american elites. they cannot evade any longer. the fact that the middle class has to be the focus of public policy going forward and all of those who aspire to the middle class. >> that's a point that is made clear bialek. what i'm most moved by. what donald trump has always said, it's not about him, it's about a movement it's about a candidate bolstered by a popula

we are back with tony sayegh, lee carter and ed rollins. i thought it was a terrific speech. ed, your thoughts. >> it's a campaign speech we have heard over and over again. but today we believe it. we have seen over the last couple weeks he has started to produce those things. you can't sit there and say he can't produce them because he can produce them. lou: he is producing them. >> i think this energy level and enthusiasm. you can tell he loves being there and means what he is saying. he covered all the issues that are so important to folks. jobs, economy, military, national safety and security. he hit on all of those issues that matter most. he's back from the saddle on america first. i love the line about dream big again. i want americans to dream big. that's what this is all about. this is a message of hope. lou: we have in this country always dreamed big it's been and optimism that has been absent in my opinion for about eight years. and that's a shame. tony, there was a wonderful moment where he said we want people to come into our country. we want them to come in by t

joining me to talk about maverick pack morgan and fox news contributor tony sayegh and michael.hristmas weekend. >> exciting times. maria: we have breaking news this morning actually, really important breaking story we want to bring to you right away, the man suspected in the deadly attack on the german christmas market was shot dead by police in milan. italian authorities say that an officer stopped anÍs amiri and asked him to show identity papers. at that time the tanasian reached into backpack and shot the officer. police returned fire killing amiri. the injured officer was shot in the shoulder. german prosecutor says amiri's fingerprints were found inside the vehicle. carl, good to see you, thank you so much for joining the conversation. what do you make of the developments? >> we have to get away from the idea that this is lone-wolf attacks. this is army, deployed individually rather than unit, we have to stand up and do something about this. maria: it's very concerning that he was able to get fm berlin to milan in a very short period of time, i know that there are open bor