christian whiton.f we could ask you to stay with us through the hour for your insight as we gain more information about the attack on the al-asad air base. approximately 5:30 p.m. according to the pentagon statement eastern time, iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against u.s. military and coalition forces in iraq. it is clear these missiles were launched from iran and targeted at least two iraqi military bases mosing u.s. military and coalition personnel at al-asad and and i are. billatal al-asad and irbil. unless they were launched without warheads, it's hard to imagine there wouldn't be considerable damage if indeed they truck their targets. >> right. this does answer some of the initial questions we have as the fog of war starts to recede. a ballistic missile gets lobbed. it cruises like an airplane just above the ground. it's very easy to track a ballistic path. the fact that there are two targets involved means this wasn't just meant as a limited gesture of retaliation. but it was

joining us tonight is christian whiton, stormer state department senior advisor in the trump and georgeations. sebastian gorka host of the program "america first." thank you both for being here. christian, let me start with you. the pentagon a -- announcing they are going to fight the ban against u.s. companies selling to huawei? they put out

joining us tonight is christian whiton, stormer state department senior advisor in the trump and george w. bush administrations. sebastian gorka host of the program "america first." thank you both for being here. christian, let me start with you. the pentagon a -- announcing they are going to fight the ban against u.s. companies selling to huawei? they put out this sanctimonious abstract argument about it? what is going on over there. >> huawei is if you look qualcomm and apple and put them together and put them under the control of the chinese party, that is what you would get. maybe throw the ns tax in there as well. they are a chinese company stealing technology from us and the free world. i think esper is off his rocket. but the real culprit is steven mnuchin. it's treasury objecting to any efforts to get tougher on china, north korea and iran. they are the ones that seemed to veto this new rule that would have changed the amount of foreign technology pane american company could sell to huawei. lou: this defense secretary, say what you will about mnuchin, going on with his specious

joining us tonight is christian whiton, stormer state department senior advisor in the trump and georgethe program "america first." thank you both for being here. christian, let me start with you. the pentagon a -- announcing they are going to fight the ban against u.s. companies selling to huawei? they put out this sanctimonious abstract argument about it? what is going on over there. >> huawei is if you look qualcomm and apple and put them together and put them under the control of the chinese party, that is what you would get. maybe throw the ns tax in there as well. they are a chinese company stealing technology from us and the free world. i think esper is off his rocket. but the real culprit is steven mnuchin. it's treasury objecting to any efforts to get tougher on china, north korea and iran. they are the ones that seemed to veto this new rule that would have changed the amount of foreign technology pane american company could sell to huawei. lou: this defense secretary, say what you will about mnuchin, going on with his specious nonsense about orders of consequence that must be

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the man on the right-hand side of your screen is christian whiton, former state department official. approve of what the president ordered? >> absolutely. it's about time a president pushed back on iran. really, donald trump is the first american president to do so with strong resolve. iran has gotten away for years with kidnapping americans, killing americans, taking americans hostage, and this man in particular is responsible for the death of hundreds of americans. so frankly, i think it's overdue. it's about time and it's a good thing. stuart: the democrats are saying watch out, we don't need an escalation, we know we are going to get retaliation, we should be much more cautious. elizabeth warren says the action was reckless. what do you say to the democrats here? >> yeah, well, they have been counseling that all along and that's why iran has perceived correctly that it's been pushing on an open door and things keep getting worse and worse, and eventually you have to fight back against people like that. so what the democrats are counseling is echoing iranian talking points would l

christian whiton, come back in on this.hy do the chinese reject our help. >> first and foremost they are interested in control and security. this is chinese communist party, has reason near of globally integrated economy but at the end of the day why do you get viruses coming out of china and not places that have questionable sanitary conditions like india? something happens in india they would welcome the cdc, welcome the w.h.o., would welcome doctors around the world. that doesn't happen with dealing with the chinese communist party. the reduced information, they waited a month before they told the w.h.o. about the outbreak and did so on new year's eve. that has a cost and you're seeing that in the spread. stuart: does xi xinping authority take a hit? >> he has had such a terrible year. basically they lost on the china phase one trade agreement. he cracked down on hong kong and has lost there. that is a lingering dissent movement he can't solve. he got tough on taiwan. what happened taiwan reelected very pro-democracy, in

tomorrow, christian whiton, sebastian gorka, jonathan ward among our guests.onight. a reminder to follow me on twitter and like me on facebook and instagram, lou dobbs tonight. thank you for joining us, see you tomorrow. good night from new york. trish: tonight, the dems are making their political alliances known loud and clear. speaker nancy pelosi kowtowing to a radical left squad led by alexandria ocasio-cortez and ilhan omar, both of whom say the president is guilty of war crimes. nancy pelosi is attempting to curtail president trump's executive war powers in a display of pure partisan politics the likes of which i don't believe our country has ever quite seen. good evening, everyone, i am trish regan. it makes you sick to your stomach, and more than ever it showcases the willingness of a political party to put its own interests above everything else. the pure,

tomorrow, christian whiton, sebastian gorka, jonathan ward among our guests. and like me on facebook and instagram, lou dobbs tonight. thank you for joining us, see you tomorrow. good night from new york. trish: tonight, the dems are making their political alliances known loud and clear. speaker nancy pelosi kowtowing to a radical left squad led by alexandria ocasio-cortez and ilhan omar, both of whom say the president is guilty of war crimes. nancy pelosi is attempting to curtail president trump's executive war powers in a display of pure partisan politics the likes of which i don't believe our country has ever quite seen. good evening, everyone, i am trish regan. it makes you sick to your stomach, and more than ever it showcases the willingness of a political party to put its own interests above everything else. the pure,

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stuart: bring back, is christian whiton still with us? where is he?re is christian -- >> i'm here, stuart. i'm here. stuart: there he is. now look, christian, you've been listening to all of this. a brand new relationship with china stimulates the economy, new trading system going on, dispute resolution system, they buy a opportunity of our stuff. are you still throwing cold water all over this? [laughter] >> i am. you know, robert lighthizer, the u.s. trade representative, said on this very network that this deal will work if reformers in china make it work or want to make it work. well, guess who's in charge of china? it's xi jinping, it's the hard-liners, it's people who, you know, are political revisionists, it's people who don't view us as partners, don't view us as ewalls. -- equals. they want to defeat us. they view this as a zero sum game. so the idea this is some big, huge change, my guess is the chinese won't buy what they say they're going to buy, they won't actually engage, you know, the idea that our financial services, we're going to sta

christian whiton, state department fish, what are your sources telling but the enforcement of the trade? that is a pretty important element. >> it is. at one white house official put it at least to me, we the united states, are the judge, jury and executioner when it comes to enforcing dispute in this deal. in other words if a dispute arises and they surely will, there is a 90-day period where the u.s. trade representative can try to work it out with china but if there is not a resolution in that place, we can impose a penalty and china has no recourse to at that. if they try to go to the wto, if they try to get out of it, they can be thrown out of the deal. raises the question what is the threshold to throw them out of the deal, impose tariffs, make it look like the apple court is being upset? you have to hand it to bob lighthizer who negotiated this. i don't think it is a huge turning point or massive change everyone is making it out to be but it is a good college try. stuart: look, it is the first time any president, any trade next negotiation with china has become close or dispute,