chance to be briefed by the u.s. pacific command and made his way over to the pearl harbor memorial with the first lady. it will be interesting to see what that conversation was like after they had a chance to sort of absorb all that. now, at the top of the agenda, of course, is lots that the president is going to try to get done here as he makes his way through asia. a number of important stops along the way and north korea and the threats they're posing, and south korea. the president will be in search of a united front before going to china where he'll try to get president xi to get together on pyongyang. ivanka trump batting leadoff, giving a speech in tokyo on friday before having dinner with the prime minister of this country shinzo abe.
that's before the president's visit and the stops won't overlap, but white house officials acknowledge that hers is a value added element to the trip especially as she keeps the focus on women in business. now, elizabeth. you made an important point, the president will be talking a lot about north korea while he's here and going to try to keep the focus on trade as well. it's an important element to the stop here. as he meets with the prime minister of japan, shinzo abe, they'll have talk and working lunch and as customary between two friends, they are going to get in a bit of golf. i should point out the president is expected to meet with some japanese nationals who actually have relatives that were kidnapped by the north koreans. just another example of the devastation and the devastating treatment that this country, talking about north korea, has wreaked upon many of the neighbors here. the president is expect today leave hawaii in about an hour,
i'll have the details. back to you. elizabeth: kevin, thank you so much. leland: the president heads overseas, vice-president mike pence speaking in pennsylvania today to push tax reform. the white house and other top republican officials are making their sales pitch for this major tax overhaul. they have promised to get their tax cuts through congress. and to the president's desk by christmas. and garrett joining us now, we saw what happened to the deadline on health care, it slipped, it slipped, it slipped. any reason to think that tax reform is actually going to make it by this deadline? >> we're hearing a lot of things with health care. this is the deadline, we're going to get it, we feel optimistic and positive, but similar to health care you have a lot of outside groups coming in and that's starting to happen with tax reform as well. it's important to remember, even if it happens by christmas, americans will still have to wait a whole other year before the changes actually take effect and at this point, it's still too early to even say exactly what many of those changes will look like.
here is a bit of what republicans laid out in their tax bill on thursday and how it impacts you at home. we go from seven tack brackets to five, highest 39.6%. child tax credit increases from $1,000 to $1600. the rule for 401(k) contributions stay the same. and limits the state and local tax deduction and mortgage interest at $500,000. and the last two are receiving pushback from house republicans representing states with high taxes and more expensive real estate, such as new york and california. democrats are slamming the plan as a whole in one of the biggest arguments you'll hear both sides making in the weeks ahead, how this plan will affect the middle class. >> where are the republican's values? where is the administration's commitment to the forgotten men and women of our country? they promise no more politics as
usual as this is a slap in the face that leaves people feeling betrayed. >> issues like we've had today where the democrats are coming out and saying this is a tax increase to middle class americans, that's just not correct. as people understand the facts, this is really what we're focused on is something good for the middle class, good for jobs, making business competitive. >> in terms of what the road ahead looks like before getting tax reform done by the end of the year. the house starts to plan marking up the tax bill on monday and from there, g.o.p. leaders hope to have it passed and sent over to the senate by thanksgiving. once that happens, the senate plans to release its own version of the bill and hope to get it passed and on the president's desk in a few weeks before christmas. there will be pressure from outside groups until then particularly in the senate where there's a two seat majority. >> we've seen the groups that
come out against it and they have members that try to exert pressure. and some of those they'll try to exert pressure on congressman david schweiker. congressman, nice to see you, sir. it's stunning to me when you listen to the secretary, who we just heard from, and then one of the democratic congresswoman who we just heard from looking at the very same bill and saying and seeing such vastly different things. there are opinions and there are facts here. what's negotiable in this bill for republicans to try and come a little bit closer, even within your own caucus? >> oh, leland, it's-- look, the number of moving parts. this is a full employment act, also, at least for a little while for the lobbyist community. some of the deduction that are
going away and a lot of lobbyists made a living on those deductions. a lot of friends on my left are terrified of the republicans having a pretty big victory of delivering these tax reductions and something that expands the economy. so, there's a lot of push, there's the political side. there's the business community where it's always trying to push each other for in-- >> you're making the point that the democrats are sounding the alarm bells. take a listen to chuck schumer. >> this plan is a tax burden that ought to be on the backs of the wealthy and the biggest corporations, but instead, it drops it squarely on the backs of the middle class. you're a big corporation, you're a wealthy individual, you do great. you're a middle class person, you suffer. >> so that's the talking point that being used. now, i'm going to give you some of the facts that democrats are
using to back it up. how do republicans justify eliminating tax deductions for teachers who buy materials for their classroom out of their own pocket and keeping the carried interest deduction for hedge fund managers? forget whether it's a good idea or a bad idea, how are you going to deal with those obstacles? >> yeah, well, firstoff when you take a look. when "the washington post" is giving the democrats, the left, four pinochios for some of the crazy things they've been saying, you know the world is-- >> congressman. >> no, no, leland, leland, let me give you your teachers. leland: go ahead. i want to get exactly to your question. when you double the standard deduction, so you do not begin paying taxes if you're a couple for $24,000 and then the lower rate, you've actually created so much more cash. the average family is like $1200
of less in tax burden. that's actually much more elegant than trying to play the game where we put a deduction for this and a special carve out for this and that, and that's the perversity of our modern tax system. we're doing something so much simpler and fairer. leland: congressman, nobody is going to argue that the tax code is complex and needs to be reformed. from a optics issue, an abc poll, 67% of americans say this tax cut is going to benefit the rich. whether they're right or not, that's how they're seeing it. my question is how are republicans going to convince the american people that this is the right thing when there are these other talking points that the democrats have been able to bring, whether it's the issue of the tax credit for teachers. whether it be something like property taxes? >> it's a brilliant-- it's a brilliant question because let's face it, a lot of us, particularly those on the
ways and means committee we get behind the camera and sound like accountants and c.p.a.'s and democrats talk emotions. i'm hoping at some point we hold up the chart and the math speaks for itself. when you're able to stand in front of a family and say, it's $1200 less in taxes. david: i've only got about 30 seconds. very quickly, a couple of things, what else is negotiable here? is the carried interest deduction negotiable? is there a possibility of a larger deduction for property taxes or state and local taxes? are you willing to deal on this to get yourself over the hurdle? >> this is more than dealing, we have constraints. the senate have given us such tight constraints with the rules and amount of dollars. every time we move something, it cascades and blows up something else. so we're walking a very fine line. leland: perhaps the first time this could be considered a
tighten restraint. thank you for being with us. >> thanks. leland: as you could probably tell from that interview there will be a lot more to discuss on tax reform and who better to do it than house speaker paul ryan who joins chris wallace tomorrow for an exclusive fox news sunday interview. a lot of news of in in that interview, check out your local listing for time and chabl. another exclusive interview, vice-president mike pence who is on the road today selling the tax plan, sits down with maria bartiromo to discuss the impact of the tax plan. that's 10 a.m. eastern here on the fox news channel. elizabeth: former acting dnc chairwoman donna brazile claims that president trump is not representing her statements. >> hey, liz, donna brazile, the
elizabeth: for more, let's bring in the white houserator, sarah, thank you for joining us. i wants your take on this. what is your reaction to this when you first read this. were you surprised? >> some were surprised and some weren't. there was a perception that the primary was rigged in favor of hillary clinton. we had evidence around the time of the convention last year that that was the case, that the dnc had a clear preference of clinton over sanders. and when wikileaks came out they reinforced suspicions that were already there. and that's the case with the brazile revelation, that that kind of i think this was going on behind the scenes, but we didn't have documented evidence that it took place. elizabeth: we may not have been totally surprised, but surprised on the source and who it was coming from. i want to ask why her perception was owe important, if you look
at, i want a tweet up. she writes the dnc needs real reforms for the real people and takes it back from special interests-- >> and were you surprised by the source and b, what does it mean for 2018 and who will emerge for 2020. >> it's one thing for president trump and republicans to criticize the democratic process. it's different for the former head of the dnc to come out and admit that the operation she ran was corrupt, that the operation she ran was slanted in favor of hillary clinton. i mean, that is the source of it, gives it more credibility than if it comes from a republican. some democrats think it's healthy to reflect on what went wrong in 2018 for the institutional failures and that that's the only way to address them headed into 2018 and they
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>> tens of thousands of runners and perhaps millions of spectators will face some of the tightest security ever. for this year's new york city marathon, kicking off tomorrow. tuesday, deadly terror attack, along a manhattan bike path, forcing the n.y.p.d. to rethink the security plan just in the past couple of days. bryan llenas live from new york as some of the preparations continue even now. hi, bryan. >> good afternoon, leland, well, look, some of those enhanced security measures taking place around the city are these concrete barriers that are placed along the bike path here on the west side of manhattan. and the concrete barriers raise to this size to 20-foot highway barriers. we're at the intersection where
the terrorist drove into the bike path killing eight people and you can see the concrete barriers there. for tomorrow's new york city marathon, they've enhanced security across the board and adding sand trucks and so-called blocker vehicles to protect spectators and pedestrians from possible vehicular attack. >> we've more than doubled our observation teams. our observation posts and counter sniper teams, and it's not just here in manhattan and we've added more heavy weapons teams. >> now, as the investigation continues into this attack, so, too, does the mourning and remembrance of those eight killed on tuesday. behind me, a memorial where this attack began. and darin drake as you see there is one of two americans killed in this attack. his wake is later today. five of the eight killed were friends visiting from argentina for their 30-year high school
reunion at the argentine consulate in new york yesterday surviving friends called for justice and love to unite us all. the victims were bicycling together as they were struck. and the phone and online contacts, isis claimed responsibility for the attacks. and authorities believe that sayfullo saipov acted alone. they've spoken to neighbors at his apartment complex, that he was seen with other men prior to the attack and his wife has been cooperating with the fbi and she says they didn't know about it beforehand. and they reported an uzbek friend called before the attack, he has not been called a suspect. and of the eight killed, there were also 12 injured, including a belgian woman, somebody who was-- rode her bike around the world for charity. she had the worst of the injuries. both of her legs were amputated. her husband and 16-year-old son were also injured.
leland. leland: bryan, real quick before you go. obviously, after every attack, we learn something now and police changed things and you point out the barricades there. any special precautions in the wake of the las vegas shooting that new york police point to? >> yes, well, in the wake of the las vegas shooting, they had also done precautions. we were live in times square. in the vegas shooting the concern was building, high rise buildings along populated areas. after vegas shooting they thought it was just balcony and now hotels with clear eyesight to times square are of concern. they want to reiterate the precautions with the hotel staff. 57,000 workers around the city have been working with the n.y.p.d. to spot suspicious activity, to be the eyes on the
ground. that's what they were saying, if you see something, say something and the first line of defense are hotel workers with clear eyesight to the areas. the n.y.p.d. always adding and enhancing depending on the security worldwide. leland: all right, bryan llenas on the ground in new york. thank you. much more to come on the terror investigation in new york that bryan talked about. terrorism expert robin simcox joining us later this hour to discuss the best way to prevent another attack happening on the ground and the conversation is not if, but when. elizabeth: president trump debating pulling out of the nuclear deal. tehran used the anniversary of the takeover the u.s. embassy to show off a solid fuel ballistic
missile. thousands marched outside the old u.s. embassy, down with the u.s. and death to israel and burned effigies of president trump. back on this day in 1979 hundreds of students stormed tehran and took 52 american diplomates and citizen hostage for 444 days and we remember that. finally releasing them on the da i that ronald reagan was sworn into office on january 20th, 1981. and leland, we talked so much about, obviously, the world relations and we'll see as the president embarks on this journey. ahead, new jersey governor chris christie can't run again, so another governor will be elected on tuesday, and some are hoping it will go from red to blue. what virginia voters are saying about the race. we'll have the latest, stay tuned. >> it's clear they understand the race is slipping away from them and they're losing it, they
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and authorities haven't got kinked wind of a plot ahead of time and we've seen that in nice, in stockholm, berlin and now of course on the streets of new york. >> how do you begin with prevention? we've heard people throw around, well, there should be a background check when you're trying to-- or should be more difficult to rent a van or a truck. and we've seen new york ahead of the marathon and they're putting up concrete barriers, that's expensive, it's time consuming and it definitely distorts traffic. these are things that are difficult to do. >> absolutely. i mean, this is the direction that certainly they're going in europe, you're seeing barriers being put up around very popular tourist sites and up on bridges, across the u.k., france and germany and italy. the signs talk about background checks now for people who want higher vehicles, which all makes sense in isolation, but you
know, terrorists are revolved if they want to get a hold of a truck or a car, they can steal one rather than renting it and that's where you need to look at how do we get the best quality intelligence as early in the planning process as possible before they take place, that's the difficult stuff. >> you talk about the background checks, this particular assailant if you talk about profile, he didn't have red flags. we've heard that he had a temper, but there were no red flags for extreme. how would you prevent it? >> that's right. and that's why it's a major problem for law enforcement and intelligence agencies. saipov, there wouldn't have been red flags there. it could have been a case of someone essentially who radicalized in the u.s. and you have to look at the question, how does the radicalization take place? what happens when a person comes
from uzbekistan and comes to the u.s. and the opportunities that it presents for an immigrant into the country and takes a violent path. and doesn't raise red flags, without anyone reporting that to law enforcement. it's a really, really troubling picture. i want to add, before i let you go. i want your opinion on the visa lottery, green card. and a lot of criticism we heard from the president itself. what do you think? >> yeah, i mean, i think the president has been very clear on his thoughts on this and i wouldn't be surprised if it didn't get locked-- looked at. and i think there are a lot of things to consider, it's not entirely an immigration issue. the home grown issue in the u.s. is a problem. we need to look at roots of radicalization as well as brack --
practical things to do, around the streets, marathon barriers to stop these things again. elizabeth: that sort of brings me to the last question. the take away here is he wasn't ral -- radicalized overseas, it was here in america. and there was a question, he wanted a new life and to make some money and that he was radicalized here. and when people come here, whether they go through that stage-- >> i look at this from a european perspective coming from the u.s. we've had great admiration in europe with the success that the u.s. had in managing people coming into the country and done extraordinarily well. but we're seeing in cases like saipov and attacks, that that process is beginning to break down and that's where the u.s.
needs to look. what can we change? how can we begin to instill the values that make people want to feel a part of the country and the u.s. had success with and beginning is struggle with lately. elizabeth: thank you for joining us. it's interesting as we spent the better half of the week analyzing with this terror investigation. it's interesting to have you on. thank you, appreciate it. >> thank you, elizabeth. leland: air force one there on the tarmac, as you can see. the sun just rising in honolulu. president trump and the first lady minutes away from the start of their big asia trip. back live to hickman air force base as they arrive and ahead, a race for the governor of new jersey. what the christie legacy means for the republican candidate. hi. so i just got off the phone with our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. so the incredibly minor accident that i had tonight... four weeks without the car. okay, yep. good night. with accident forgiveness,
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way back home after a harrowing encounter with pirates in the amazon. adam and emily and two young daughters had been travelling to south america for the last five years. on sunday the family was forced to hide in their camper as armed robbers ransacked their ferry. the family managed to swim to lapped and they lived off fruits and river water for close to three days before being saved by locals. an incredible story of survival. leland: voters in new jersey as well as virginia head to the polls tuesday to choose their new governor. in new jersey, republican governor chris christie is term-limited bye polls show the democratic party may be poised to take control of the governor's mansion as well as the governor's house that became so famous this year. >> as new jersey governor chris
christie ends his term, a former goldman sachs executive has been leading the lt. governor by double digits and focused on the perennial issue, high taxes. >> thank you very, very much. >> they're looking at me as the candidate who will lower their property taxes, while the other guy has promised to raise their taxes. >> the choice couldn't be clearer, on the one hand, more of the same, another chris christie four years of failed politics, of failed politics for the middle class is hollowed out and ravaged. >> how is it going, new jersey? >> murphy brought out big names to stump for him in the overwhelmingly democratic state, but one of his proposals has hit a nerve. >> mr. president not in the state of new jersey. we will stand up to this president if need be, will be a sanctuary not just city, but
state. he wants to declare new jersey a so-called sanctuary state preventing undocumented immigrants from being deported. >> murphy will have the backs-- >> and it's an issue that has been stressed. >> they're going to raise taxes and make new jersey a sanctuary state. and bob menendez, if convicted and resigns after the election, the new governor will appoint someone. >> and the outcome of the election could determine the tru tru trump agenda and whether it would move with more ease. >> and murphy attacks her as a continuation of chris christie and she tries to remind people that he's no longer on the ballot. his shadow, say observers, could
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this is a very busy start to the week. he will be traveling to five different asian nation and obviously a lot of focus right away as he heads to japan. >> well, a lot of focus as he heads to japan and play golf with the japanese prime men ster, somebody who he has become a bit of a friend of and ally dealing with north korea, that's the overarching cloud, if you will on how to deal with asia. we are waiting for president to depart now but he made a quick stop, we are told, at the trump hotel on his way to the airport. it's been a tremendously successful project. he we wanted to say hello and thank you to the employees there at the trump hotel. stopped there in the motorcade and now we are told by the team that is in the motorcade that they are on their way to air force one, flies over and
actually ends up being an extraordinarily long day, liz, because they have a ten-hour flight. then they have lunch, then they play golf and have dinner all before they get any time to go sleep in a bed that isn't flying 500 miles an hour. liz: you talk about how busy it's going to be, according to media reports, like you said, hit the ground running, he's going to be speaking to u.s. and japanese forces at an air base shortly after arriving and it looks like he's going to be doing, you know, he's going to be actually quite busy and you talk a little bit about the overlooming cloud that we are seeing with north korea and you wonder how much progress have we done with this trip and obviously will he be incorporating things like trade issues, is that going to be dominating the visit. but each trip -- like you said, he has to have the stamina for each of the meetings and it's
going to be a rigorous schedule and north korea issue is really looming over all the conversations. leland: hitting 5 different countries, 12 days. originally two trips, the first trip abroad that included saudi arabia, the visit to israel and then through europe for the nato conference and there was a point where even his national security advisers said the president was just really worn out and that's one of the things that his staff have been talking about in preparing for this trip, how to make sure he gets enough rest because as we have seen over the past nine months that he has been president or ten months as is always true with an american president, every word, every sill bull, every verb tense is closely parsed by the world, by the media and by other heads of states and that's something that
they will be very careful about here in his prep, he's been doing a lot of prep work in terms of exactly what they want to say and, liz, you brought up the issue of trade, certainly something they will talk about in south korea and china for sure. hr mcmaster, national security adviser and u.s. trade representative as well for those negotiations bring in kevin cork who is awaiting the president's arrival in tokyo and you get a sense, kevin, because as we talk to you, it's already the middle of the night in tokyo. you get a sense of the jet-lag that the president will be keeping up with. >> listen, i think you make an excellent point. i can tell you a much younger person than the president traveling across the globe can wear you down, you have a great
bed, young quarters, you have people looking out for you dietarily, it's a lot. they tell me that the president is well prepared and well versed on what the agenda is going to be so they are hopeful that he will have energy and stamina to press on and get everything done in a way that he would hope he can perform. he's a performer, don't kid yourself and he expects to perform at a high level as he makes his way here. as you and i talked about, very important trip, five countries over 11 plus days and clearly the security cooperation is going to be to focus, what'd to renegade the pyongyang regime. you mentioned trade and the president made very clear, he's looking from cooperation, from japan and south korea in particular on the issue on what to do about the renegade regime
in pyongyang. they have been threatening the peninsula for quite some time, they are now threatening the u.s. mainland and so the president has made it clear that will be the primary focus on visit here. before he heads out to beijing where he will take a great deal about trade, he wants to hammer unity here between south korea and japan and we will talk more about the visit here in japan in just a bit. then, of course, the president will make a couple of stops in vietnam before extending his say in the philippines an extra day, he will have a chance to exchange ideas with president duterte there. a visit to hawaii, very important trip for a couple of reasons, a chance to see the guys on the ground, talk to pacific command, get a briefing and visit peril -- pearl harbor, a solemn occasion. i want to share a tweet. this is a picture of john kelly, this is the chief of staff for the white house and he, of
course, lost his son a marine who was killed in afghanistan. he too had an opportunity to visit the memorial, stark reminder clearly of the sacrifice and the solemnity of the moment there. just a powerful image and i'm glad that we were able to bring that to you. by now you heard the expression, wheels up. we have a unique example of that, a tweet by secret service of presidential vehicles being loaded up for the beast. now, it is also important to point this out, leland, we are talking about not just working lunch here between the president and president abe, 19-hold diplomacy. people love the idea that he gets out on golf course and sometimes if you play the game a little bit, it can take the temperature down a little bit and make communication easier. i don't know, i've never had a
chance to golf with the president but at least that's the intention as he and prime minister abe will hit the links here in japan, leland. lea: -- [laughter] leland: so often before the president heads abroad, there are predetermined deliverables, things that are going to be announced, be it about trade or security cooperation, has the white house telegraphed any deliverables? >> well, i can point your attention to a couple of things. if you're looking for some sort of dramatic agreement on what to do about north korea, i think you'll be disappointed. i think the problem is they are competing interests here. everyone wants to figure out a way to keep the peninsula safe
but how do get there is the big difference, right? the u.s. has its idea, japan has its idea and south korea has its idea and for that matter so does china. i won't great deliveriable, however on trade more in the way of deliverables. people like to talk about trade and balance between u.s. and china. it's relevant to point out that just this year alone, the u.s. has a 51 billion-dollar trade imbalance with japan, just in 2017 and that's only through august, latest month with which we were able to obtain figures. clearly this is going to be a circumstantial, the president wants to get them pinned down on some specifics, what can we do to open up marketplace and what can we do in conversation with shinzo abe, maybe opening up to more beef, and maybe get japan to pull back a bit on the u.s. economy. not to say they want to hurt the japanese economy, simply speaking, he's looking for a fairer, more even playing field.
so that is one deliverable that you can count on as the president comes out and makes various announcements not just here in japan, by the way, this is something that we expect throughout the trip. i think the real challenge will be what to do about north korea and i don't believe even if i were optimistic talking to the administration officials as i have, i don't think they expect a lot. they are hopeful, but i don't know that they're counting their chickens. leland: we talk today sebastian gorka, form early part of the administration on the national security side. he's saying that there's going to be an attempt at least among the other allies, vietnam, south korea, japan, the philippines to assure them that the united states is also sort of trying to rein in and counterbalance china, whether or not the president brings up the chinese islands, chinese aggression against japan and some of their islands as well, yet to be seen. kevin cork in tokyo. kevin, the president has a long day ahead of them and you do as
well and so if you can, get a little bit of rest before he lands. [laughter] >> thanks, buddy. leland: standby for a minute. liz, i want to bring you back in as well here as we await the president's departure. liz: yes, as we keep the live picture up because we are obviously awaiting the arrival for the departure from hawaii to japan. i want to bring in political reporter josh, obviously you have been covering this administration and i want to get your take as we look at the itinerary, it's exhausting, one of the longest trips that we have seen and you look at japan, south korea, visit to china, vietnam, philippines. is there certain country that stands out and they are incredibly important but a lot of talk about president trump's future meeting with president xi jinping and the fact that they want to urge china to put more
pressure on north korea? is there anything that you're more focused on this trip? >> i think the trip is a two-prong trip. north korea, they want to show north korea that there's solidarity in opposition to their action, that other allies in the region are very opposed. you will see the administration signal in a lot of their bilateral meetings with the other countries, hey, we are all on the same page, we are against north korea. it's a bit of a stalemate situation. a lot of it is symbolism and visibility to north korea, hey, you are really actually isolated here. trade is a important component and something advisers tell us he's fixated on, the bad deals as the united states has been ripped off for decades. it's unclear whether he'll be able to do anything concrete on that front but my sense is that it's a trip looking partially of economy and trade deals and
partially menace of north korea. liz: we obviously know what the administration wants us to be talking about. they want us to be talking about trade, they want us to talk about united front on north korea. a lot of the headlines are on major domestic issues specially on the heels of the charges brought against manafort, gates, and i sort of want to ask you the announcement, all charges were brought at the same time, is that significant to you and what's your take away? you will hear the white house say, listen, this has nothing to do with collusion, unrelated, we are not paying attention to it, what is your take away? >> they are certainly paying attention. the indictment of paul manafort -- liz: you can see our camera pinning, i just want our viewers as you respond to my question that we are actually seeing president trump's arrival just so our viewers are up to speed on what we are watching live as we see motorcade arrive to air
force one, i'm sorry to interrupt you, can you continue. >> the indictment of campaign chairman fort would largely expect that and business partner rick gates, i think the white house had been preparing for that for several weeks. all of the cards are looking that way and his activities were not related to the trump campaign at least that's what they i dieted them for. the indictment of george, guilty plea, i should say was about his travel, campaign adviser, he lied to the fbi about his contacts with russians and what they promised him as far as dirt in emails. we don't know if the president had anything to do with this, administration officials knew, we are trying to figure out was this trip sanctioned or ordered by someone or acting rogue. that guilty plea was certainly a more dangerous to the administration than the manafort indictment from what we know right now. >> well, i'm pretty curious, we are watching the motorcade roll
up. we have been talking about this trip for quite some time and a lot of issues that the white house want us to be focused on. i'm curious as to how we are going to see the trip play out with all of the distraction. we certainly speculate and in fact, we heard leeland talk to kevin cork, are there goals that the white house wants us to be talking about as opposed to the things that we are going to be seeing at home. >> you have the president going to five different countries meeting with all the world leaders, you know, golfing with the japanese prime minister and then back home you have tax reform which is his biggest agenda item for the fall, playing out and others begin jocking what should be in the package. the administration wants it done by christmas. we are looking in the beginning of december. you have a lot of action. you have the mueller probe back home. you always have cascading issues, one of the parts about the white house and the presidency is there's always 15 balls in the air.
there's always things that can derail you at the moment. you have the administration that wants to be focused on the trip. i assume part of the focus will be but you have tax reform, you have mueller, a lot of other things happening back in the united states. liz: right. do i want to bring up mueller probe because there was obviously ahead of this trip to hawaii yesterday and we looked at a similar picture, different location before he head today hawaii yesterday and criticism that he was bringing up tweets ahead of the trip that were related to the mueller probe and he was sort of using bully pup it to talk about that the dnc should be investigated. we heard that before. do we need the president to stay on message and do you think the mueller probe is something that we will be hearing about and as you answer the question just to bring our viewers at the speed of live pictures that we are looking at, president trump obviously walking up to air force one and we see the first lady there as we know they'll be departing, this is right after sunset in honolulu as head of japan as he hits the ground running. my question to you is, can he
stay on message during this trip specially when we see things heat up? >> well, the tweets were unusual, you don't see to see the united states president ordering the department of justice to investigate opponents. they brought a lot of criticism. we know the president for several months, rants about jeff sessions, attorney general, he thinks that it's unfair, it has nothing to do with the meeting and i'm tired of it. the question is what happens overseas if the mueller probe stays quiet, if there are in new indictments, no new subpoenas, big news stories, maybe the president doesn't talk about it. but was know from his lawyers and talking to people close to him, he tracks this closely and follows every development and if something significant happens, it's hard you won't see a response from the president. liz: thank you so much for joining us. a live picture, a huge trip ahead of the president and we appreciate you joining us. >> thanks for having me,
elizabeth. liz: leland. leland: a couple of minutes when the president walks up the stairs and aides get on air force one and as air force one gets over throughout asia, japan, south korea, you've got china, vietnam and then you have the fliep means, -- philippines, they are basically drawing a big circle around the problem child in asia which is north korea and it's important to know, liz, that at this time there are u.s. carrier strike groups now over in that region and that is a fact not lost on the chinese, it is certainly not fact lost on the north koreans as the head of naval operations once said to me, one hundred thousand tons of sovereign american power. that's the ability to project power unlike any military in the world and that is definitely a shall we say not so subtle
message to the chinese, to the north koreans, vietnamese, everybody there that the president is going to meet with, we may all be equals as world leaders but in a way i am a first among equals message from the president. liz: well, and you also see whenever you talk about the show of force between the united states and north korea, you also see the rhetoric on north korea's part and a lot of speculation on always sort of waiting for the next test, if i'm not mistaken the last test was back in september so it has been fairly quiet in that sense. but this united front, i mean, the president is tackling these five different countries and it's going to come up, yes, of course, the trade issues are going to be dominating a lot of the headlines but specially when the president heads to china, there's been so much talk about what type of pressure that china can put on north korea specially economically and, yes, there's been some praise for halting north korea coal and that's been
something that's been lotted but what else can be done at this point to sort of promote this united front and i don't think that that will -- i think the president will be unrelenting when it comes to those issues and we will see it throughout the entirety of 12-day trip and what response we could see from north korea is what, i think, a lot of people are sort of curious about. leland: we saw members of the administration, secretary mnuchin specifically sort of telegraph the possibility of a declaration if you do business with north korea that's a decision not to do business with the united states. that's something that certainly got the chinese attention and we have seen is very -- you want to say good cop, bad cop but almost president trump playing both roles with the chinese president, sometimes saying he's been so helpful and other times saying, oh, no, they haven't done enough and trying to go back and forth. so the chinese may be sitting there wondering which president trump is going to show up. is it the president trump i met at mar a lago or the president
that i have seen on twitter a couple of times. the chinese president rising high having convention, king of the roost in china in much more ways than he was before, consolidated power in any way seen from leader in the past years. china wants to be seen as equal to the united states, as a player on the world stage, how much does president trump allow him to do that, it is the president of the united states this time heading over to china. it was the chinese president who came here before to see president trump. waiting air force one's departure. he's heading to friendly territory. shinzo abe became one of dear friends, golf partner so far as he's been president now for
about 10 months or so, nine months or so and shinzo abe and him have seen ie -- eye to eye on north korea. the japanese and united states pushing forward. something to me in remark yesterday, who would have thought in 1945 that america would be talking to japan about increasing their military strength and perhaps changing their constitution in the way shinzo abe has said to perhaps allow for a more aggressive military stance and as we watch air force one take off, it shows you how much has changed in the world over the past few decades. liz: right. you brought up a good point earlier when you talked about just this severe -- just how long this trip is and we talked initially 11 days, now it's 12 days, obviously he extended the trip by a day on friday when he agreed to participate in the summit in the philippines.
this is the longest obviously trip by an american president since george h.w. bush in 1992 and you brought up the stamina issue because there's going to be so much global focus on this trip and like you said, friendly territory but you look at itinerary, he will be talking to u.s.-japanese forces and he has a number of things on ie -- itinerary and could there be a number of things that come out of it specially the united front that we have been discussing. i think it's incredible that he's really taking on this 12-day journey with so much to tackle and -- and specially so much going on back at home, so as he continues to stay on message, i hope that we see that on twitter and with see that with media reports coming out of this trip. like you said, he's going to be hitting the ground running and it's not going to be an easy task by all means. leland: well, on his last trip
overseas, the long one through the middle east and then to europe, he was praised for being so on message and disciplined when it came to overseas trip and you talk about the microscope. there's no greater microscope than that that follows the parking -- president of the united states. there is no greater focus than on the words of the president of the united states, this is somebody who is 71 year's old, who is going to be in five different countries in 12 days and as kevin cork pointed out, no matter how much support there is, every single stop requires words, requires remarks, every single stock requires smiles and handshakes and it would be parsed as the president flies to the next country. this is of incredible fortitude that's really required of the president and also we cannot
think about the fortitude of the staff, hr mcmaster in the plane throughout the whole trip and secretary tillerson will come at some point, what that is, we don't know. what does the president say when he gets to tokyo and the message that he goes into china with which is one which is going to be watched extremely closely and then also, liz, the other big decision is whether or not to go to the dmz there along the north korean-south korean border. we are getting indications that he may not go. it's not yet on the schedule, whether or not that changes or not would certainly send a significant message. liz: you talk about messaging, we saw ivanka in tokyo and her message coming out of the white house and that was -- obviously they are not going to be
overlapping. the messaging here, we talked about all of the domestic issues, we talked about tax reform and we talked about the mueller investigation and obviously the charge that is were brought this week that were made public and the plea deals. i'm sort of curious as to how agresestive white house will be this week when we see this united front come out. i mean, there was ivanka trump had warm reception which she was in tokyo and that seemed to be a very successful event for her and like you said, he's starting on friendly territory and what will happen when he heads -- if the itinerary, we get word that he heads to dmz, what will happen then, there was also an interesting point that i want to bring up, sounded something that people will be fascinated with, newly-expanded military base and if i'm not mistaken, home when completed, if i'm not mistaken 28,000 troops.
he will be making very important stops and i'm curious to the messaging that comes out of the trip as we see them take off from honolulu. leland: hickam air base. there are 2747 either one of which can be the president's plane thus becoming air force when he gets on board, one is a support plane carrying staff, the other obviously carrying the president. the camera here is fixed and stay on the shot as the president departs. liz, to your point earlier about the messaging, there's a number of people who would normally be on this trip who have stayed behind, the secretary of the treasury being an example of one to tell the tax plan vice president pence on the road in pennsylvania selling the tax plan, talking about that as well, we know also he's going to do an interview with maria bartiromo to air tomorrow about
the tax plan, so they seem to be bifurcating efforts and then you have the president and the rest of the administration, ivanka heading back here also to possible do tax-stumping as well specially in key states where there are republican senators who may be on the fence as well to try and bring a little bit of sizzle to the debate as well and bring up sort of the star power that she holds, a little bit different than her father's as she comes, kevin cork talked about ivanka being the advanced team there into tokyo and coming back and doing that as well. that's the point of part of presidential trip. there are so many unknowns, unknowns, you and i were together when the president was in saudi arabia and headed in for that huge sword dance and the image that is came back from that were so powerful and changed the narrative in an
incredible way and that's the power of the trips and that's something often times you hear from the white house that they really hoped that these can be reset for the president, then he comes back to the united states having looked presidential for 12 or 14 days, then his bully pulpit is a little bit stronger putting behind him some of the domestic issues. fresher on domestic issues and comes back and talks about tax reform and the like. >> well, and the show must go on at home right here. so we hear speaker ryan out, he will be on fox news sunday, he's out front and ready to be promoting tax plan and successes they've had this week and as they hammer out the details and those. and so you talk about the president even though it's an exhausting trip, it it may be on opportunity to focus on global relations before he comes back to tackle some of those things at home which at times would be a little bit more challenging when we talk about the infighting and also -- leland:
there's a lot on his plate. noteworthy, wheels up, air force wheels up at 1:25 eastern, that being 945 this evening for an arrival, obviously fox news will cover that live and the event there, liz, that you and i have been talking about with the japanese prime minister taking party overnight here in the united states, stay with fox news coverage for continuing coverage of the president's trip to japan, live to the president's remarks as he addresses those u.s. troops in japan when they happen about 8 or 9 hours from now. and back here at home domestically tuesday viringans head to the polls for their governor's race that has been touted as a preview to the 2018 midterms and one of the nation's nastiest contest in history even considering how nasty politics have gotten. heading into this final weekend, latest polling, democrat
lieutenant governor ralph and republican ed in essentially dead-heat, we have seen the polls go back and forth by a couple of points. general convention ed may have a little bit of momentum but key job numbers in parts of the state that normally vote democratic that could shift some votes right to talk about it virginia radio host jeff, 1140 wrva on dial or internet or device you might own. it doesn't look like richmond behind you, you're in boston for the weekend. great town, but you are actually a a richmond radio host. if anyone has any questions, we cleared it up. does gillespie have a chance, he came so close in the senate race? >> yeah, i think ed absolutely has the momentum at this point and it's sort of funny because for the last four or five months quite frankly the joke everywhere in virginia when it
came to the governor's race is it over yet because neither gallespie or -- leland: i want to interrupt you real quick as we watch air force one take off from honolulu towards tokyo, explain to us what role president trump has played both in republican and democrat side. the sitting republican hasn't been out there stumping for the republican candidate for governor in a state that's a stone throw from the white house. >> yeah, there's a couple of reasons for that. ed gallespie has been interested in having president trump stump for him. the extent of the president's involvement has been a couple of tweets here or there saying that ed, his guy and everybody in virginia ought to vote for him. part of the problem is that the president is not particularly popular in large swaths of virginia and the democrats have tried everything to tie ed to president trump. ed gallespie is a pretty mod
risk, centrist sort of republican, he's not somebody who has necessarily been embraced by the trump nation, if you will, in fact, the folks that were the strongest donald trump supporters usually have referred to ed gallespie as establishment and democrats have seized on that. the democrats have try today paint as being pawn of president trump, kind of lost any sort of effect because everybody knows that it's simply not the case. leland: clinton wins virginia by 5-4 votes, very few state that is she won, what is gallespie doing to try to pull that back? why is it that he feels in a state that hillary clinton won handily, why does he suddenly have a chance? what's changed, what's different about his message that's working? >> well, ed gallespie's message has been consistent all along that he view it is common wealth
as a collection of slightly different areas but all with a common economic concern that's creating jobs and making sure the business is attractive. there's been concern about talk confederate monuments in virginia. the terrible situation out in charlottesville that attracted a lot of attention. the ralph campaign has shown a great deal of desperation, part of it grew that democrats meeting in las vegas where the buzz was, we can't believe this northam will lose this for us. ralph had a television show that showed pickup truck with ed sticker chasing down small children. i have to tell you, i grew up in philadelphia and i cut my teeth on first political campaign when
i was 12 year's old. politics a contact support. leland: we heard everybody -- even from your former governor of the backlash, even perhaps trump voters who weren't necessarily all that excited about this race sort of a double off year raise in terms of odd-year election, saying, if that's who they are going to cast me as, then i'm going to come out and vote and prove that i'm not. interesting headline in politico as it relates to the race. democrats still toxic in rural america. it seems as though northam is trying to bridge the gap and he's at least not following the strict identity politics play book that the democrats have used in 2016. has that been working or is he trying to have a foot essentially on both sides of the rule urban divide in virginia
that's so prominent but at the same time kind of tough to have a foot in both camps? >> i think that what's happened with the northam campaign over the last couple of weeks is they have internal polling that shows them doing very, very poorly in large areas and so they have brought out sort of a tired old identity cards, they have try today attract as many people to campaign to ralph that are people of color as possible. you almost had to feel sorry for ralph when former president obama came to campaign for him in richmond, whether you agree with the former president or not, he's a great campaigner and energetic and he inspires people and ralph northam is just the opposite and really frankly made him look even less engaged than he was before that event. leland: it's often been said that president obama was a great campaigner for himself, was not as successful in getting people elected down ballot perhaps
because the issue you just brought up, the election is tuesday, jeff, i know that you will be talking about it. we will be checking out your show as well and appreciate your analysis. >> thank you. >> great having you. >> absolutely, thanks for having me. leland: liz. liz: still ahead, hillary clinton in the hot seat after claims her campaign essentially took over the dnc. what president trump is calling for now? the trump administration is also dealing with the fallout from the russia probe, our fair and balance panel will weigh in on both issues when we return. prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. a heart attack doesn't or how healthy you look. no matter who you are, a heart attack can happen without warning. a bayer aspirin regimen can help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. bayer aspirin.
o'malley's campaign. we should have said over bernie sanders and martin o'malley but your guy dropped out early so forgive us for that. but this is -- >> all good. leland: hillary clinton's campaign manager addressing the latest allegations, take a listen. >> i don't honestly know the specifics of it. it sounds like cnn looked into it and took action as they saw fit but, again, anderson, i'm not interested in the things in the past. that is why we have to move beyond 2016. leland: forgive the whiplash here, it's been robbie for the past year who has been trying to relitigate 2016, hillary clinton trying relitigate, diane feinstein and nancy pelosi and now you have democrats, oh, no, never mind, 2016, that's in the past, come on. >> don't forget donald trump is still for whatever reason trying to relitigate 2016 even though he won the election with the ridiculous calls on the fbi and
doj to investigate the dnc and, look, i don't agree with robbie on everything on this issue but i think his point is this, is, look, we know that something that the dnc handled themselves inappropriately in 2016, the that was addressed in the dnc chair race this year and now it's important that we go ahead and focus on how we win in the elections on tuesday and the elections in 2018. we certainly need to internalize the lesson and we can't sweep under the rug the bad behavior of dnc in 2016. leland: to that point, is it time to rip up the 2016 play book, is this the end to have clintons? does the torch need to be passed to borrow the phrase to democrats? >> absolutely. i think it has been. that's why -- leland: but, liz, you and i were together down in atlanta, it's been anything but
passed. the current dnc chair is an old, old dnc hand with deep ties to the establishment, deep ties to president obama. you, in fact, were supporting a young gay mayor out of south bend, indiana who couldn't get any traction, what does that say? >> well, that's not true, he did get some traction. [laughter] leland: you must have been in a different dnc that i was, but, okay. >> let's focus on the main points here. i know that donald trump and the republicans love to sort of use hillary clinton as a whipping boy, but this is a reality, she's in the rear-view mirror, she lost to donald trump, she's the past of our party. we are moving forward and beyond her and we are seeing a big new crop of democratic leaders popping up and those are the people we need to focus on, not people like hillary clinton. so i feel pretty optimistic about that and tom pérez himself has acknowledged that there are problem in how he handled 2016 and that we are going to move
beyond them and have a new reenergized party going into 2020. leland: let's circle this back for a moment and take off a little bit of your partisan hat because you're not only a keen and brilliant strategists but also very smart observer to these things. >> okay. leland: from academic standpoint, president trump has been very smart in how he is able to use social media and leverage his base. he tweeted this, i always felt i would be running and winning against bernie sanders and not crooked h. without cheating, i was right. that was his tweet. he has been hammering away that there should be an fbi investigation into this and into donna brazile's accusations. what does it say to you that those kinds of attacks in this line by president trump still works? >> well, it's clear what he's trying to do. he -- look, there's storm of investigations around him, there are divisions in his own party. so he's trying to turn the same
arguments that are, you know, being used against him against the democratic party. he also looks at the polling and he understand that is the only major politician in america that's left popular than him is hillary clinton, so he's trying to turn the focus on her because she's not the face of the democratic party anymore. she's the past. it's smart but there are no crimes committed here and the democratic party is moving forward. leland: well, i guess that is one perspective, hillary clinton would like to at least revamp her legacy. she seems to be doing that whether or not you'll let her or not is yet to be seen. great to come in on a saturday. liz. liz: house republicans have released their long-awaited tax bill despite hesitation from two lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. we will take a deeper dive and tell you just what's in that tax
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liz: president trump is looking into allegations -- actually, if we can real quickly look at video. this is the president and melania trump departing from honolulu on their way to japan as you know, we have been previewing their 12-day asia trip. the president and the first lady here heading to japan where we know he will be ticking -- kicking off a very busy itinerary, meeting with shinzo abe and troops there and in the meantime president trump says the department of justice should look into allegations that the clinton campaign essentially took over the dnc before clinching the democratic nomination. democratic strategists and ceo of blueprint strategy and mark davis, dallas radio show host.
antawn, i want to start with you, the president has been vocal on twitter, he's been talking about investigating the dnc and hillary clinton and i want to ask you, you know, he's been criticized for using presidential bully pulpit specially on twitter, do you think that's warranted in this particular case? >> well, this is a classic example of donald trump shucking and diving as we say in the south. he's acting like a dictator whether presidential in a democracy. this is just donald trump being deextracting chief which we know he's very good at doing. he wants to talk away from the real issue and that's russia and his campaign has lies about involvement with russia in 2016 election. liz, okay, mark, i want to bring you in, obviously the department of justice is part of executive
branch, at the same time it certainly enjoy measure of independence and they should be completely separate, agree or disagree? >> it does, indeed. the president is entitled of his view, imagery of dictatorship, come on, this is the president saying what most americans see, he smells a rat in terms of the dnc and -- >> mark, that's crazy. >> if you want to talk about russia, i will now talk about russia all day long and hillary's willingness to accept russian intel in discredited dossier. liz: okay, i want to bring you in -- your argument that it's a big distraction specially from the russia investigation but for folks at home, what do you want them to be focused on because when we talk about mueller investigation, expanding,
podesta, gop congressman, expansive investigation and it's not going anywhere? >> well, let's focus on the dnc for a second, this is all the republicans trying to get involved in democratic politics reality is this is a standard operation agreement that's been in place for 50 years and what mr. trump and some republicans have done has really try to day care donna brazile's words and make them something they are clearly not. liz: all right, i want you to respond that, mark. >> i'm glad to put that behind us and answer your initial question about russia and mueller probe. let's assume that all trump supporters want mueller probe to go away, let's objectively look at what we have. paul manafort could be in big trouble. he may deserve to be in big trouble. liz: unrelated to the campaign, obviously? >> that's not true. that is is not true. he is related to the campaign. he's a former adviser to the campaign. you can't say he was not
involved with the campaign. >> that does not put any focus on trump. >> well, we don't know because the investigation is not complete. the fact of the matter is he was foreign policy adviser to the campaign seen in pictures with mr. president and the testimony that he has given to the fbi he has talked about his involvement. >> of course, he did. he's a up-and-coming guy and not nearly influential as young folks and he was lying to the russians. >> if he wasn't so influential, why was he sitting at the table with a candidate. >> you know what, that's a fair question. that's a total fair question because the establishment and the real seasoned guys wanted nothing to do with trump. that's how you get your corey lewandowski. the older grizzly guys wanted to do with trump.
liz: and the administration has obviously respond today that particular meeting and what not. gentlemen, unfortunately i have to interrupt you. a hard break, i want to be able to interrupt you and not the computer. a conversation that's not going to be over any time soon. thank you. >> no, no. >> great debate, liz, and the debate here in washington about the president's tax reform plan and republican proposal we just got our hands on this week is just as fierce to try and bring a little bit of sanity and facts to what we bring in jim miller, omb director, back during reagan years and i say that not to date you but you know a thing or two about rocket fuel tax reform can add to the economy, you were there in '86 reagan tax cuts. how closely aligned are these tax cuts with -- >> this one is very important,
very good, not quite as big as significant as the '86 tax package but we need it so badly because we are -- we have been on 8% growth. that's what the forecast is. leland: president trump wanted 3%. >> and he could get it if he had these kinds of cuts and the major cut that would get the economy going are the cuts in corporate taxes and that's why this package talks about twice the net cuts for business than corporations than it has for individual. leland: it takes the corporate tax rate almost in half. what do you think of the debate over this? what would president reagan say to fellow republicans, something the democrats are making hay out of, how can you keep the carried interest deduction that's a boom for hedge funds and for private equity funds and billionaires, even the president himself personally and eliminate a deduction for teachers who want to buy supplies for their
classroom out of their own pockets. >> president trump opposed the first item and suggested and i think any tax package that comes down can be criticized, i have criticisms, i would change this, that and the other, interestingly as you look at tax reform very carefully, it's like draining the swamp and seeing the crazy stuff that's there, the tax code has crazy stuff all over the place. leland: very quickly, republicans are trying to do this in just a couple of months, could it be done better if there was more time, is this the right way to do it? thank you very much, sir, appreciate you being with us. liz, wow, what a couple of hours it's been as the president
headed off to tokyo, we will have the golf game to talk about towrm during the show. i doubt, though, we are going to get the president and the prime minister's golf score. they seem to hold that very close to the vest. liz: well, some things are meant to be personal and obviously we will be covering live as you mentioned his remarks to the japans and u.s. forces when he lands on the ground, so like you said, kicking the ground and hitting the ground running, he's got a really busy, busy trip ahead of him. leland: yeah, for sure, the big question, i don't know the answer to this, we will tell you tomorrow, you get an extra hour of sleep tonight as we fall back, i don't know if the president does as he travels but we will figure it out, it's been a great show, we will see you tomorrow, liz.
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that. here is the inflation cost per u.s. household. these are just staggering numbers. when you look at the inflation that we are currently living through today and the impact on the american pocket book, that's an additional, by some estimates, could be a low number, $327 per month. that's real pain, art. >> that is real pain. it's terrible, and when you look at what it took to bring inflation down, paul volker especially, we took office on january 20th, 1981, sandra. the prime interest rate was 21.5%. mortgage rates, 17, 18, inflation was running at 15, 16%, catastrophic type of situation. that's what it takes to bring inflation back under control and they are not doing that. this will keep on going until someone gets in there and does something correct. >> sandra: and we have been talking about housing affordability. >> exactly. >> sandra: it's not looking
held hostage for 44 days, november 4th, 1979 until january 20th, 1981, the very moment ronald reagan was inaugurated as president, four decades on diplomatic tensions with iran remain fracture and iran continues to be number one on the state department list of state sponsors of terrorism, let's look back now, retired u.s. navy bob wells, national security adviser to vice president dick cheney, bob, it's gotten worse since then, now guides the regime, some of the young students run the control, what have we learned in this time? >> we've learned that iran is going to be continued challenge to the united states ever since the hostage crisis as preview just provided, it really was a point of departure for traditional diplomacy, we have revolutionary iran now, eric, many of those protestors are now
trading. >> i've been at this for a long time, no one is going to argue that secretary pompeo isn't tough on iran and no one isn't going to argue that president trump isn't doing the same. >> the other parties of the nuclear deal continue to defend it and are trying to find a way to keep trade deals with iran alive despite the u.s. sanctions, secretary of state mike pompeo said those countries that try the skirt the sanctions, they'll be targeted by the u.s. as well. heather: yeah, 442 days, january 20th, 1981. thank you very much for joining, appreciate it. nearly 4,000 migrants now traveling through area known as the route of death, migrants pushing north in region of méxico where hundreds of people have disappeared, president trump reinforcing his warning to the group as they march towards our border. >> i am telling the caravans,
missile. thousands marched outside the old u.s. embassy, down with the u.s. and death to israel and burned effigies of president trump. back on this day in 1979 hundreds of students stormed tehran and took 52 american diplomates and citizen hostage for 444 days and we remember that. finally releasing them on the da i that ronald reagan was sworn into office on january 20th, 1981. and leland, we talked so much about, obviously, the world relations and we'll see as the president embarks on this journey. ahead, new jersey governor chris christie can't run again, so another governor will be elected on tuesday, and some are hoping it will go from red to blue. what virginia voters are saying about the race. we'll have the latest, stay tuned. >> it's clear they understand the race is slipping away from them and they're losing it, they
then on january 20th, 1981, there's finally a break. >> good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> minutes after president reagan's inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation's history has ended. they're coming home. >> all of us got on the plane. counted to make sure everybody is there. >> there is no high fives. there's no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. >> the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with families they haven't seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. >> my brothers, sister, girlfriend were all waiting for
your release. did you think back then that 100% looking at 444 days of this? >> no. once we were captured, we thought it was just a matter of hours before the local government, the host government frankly under international law it's up to the host government to protect diplomats and instead of doing that, the iranian government participated and sanctioned the takeover and ultimately the holding of us for 444 days. we would set artificial targets. our birthdays or important holidays to us whether it was christmas or easter or independence day. and then it dragged on for a full year. the one-year anniversary of our captivity was actually election day here in the u.s. we would be held for another ten weeks before being freed on january 20th, 1981, after 444 days. >> i remember that you had to endure thanksgiving and christmas and then another thanksgiving and christmas and
second rescue attempt nearly impossible. then on january 20th, 1981, there's finally a break. >> good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> minutes after president reagan's inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation's history has ended. they're coming home. >> all of us got on the plane. counted to make sure everybody is there. >> there is no high fives. there's no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. >> the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with families they haven't seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. >> my brothers, sister, girlfriend were all waiting for
then on january 20th, 1981, there's finally a break. >> good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> minutes after president reagan's inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation's history has ended. they're coming home. >> all of us got on the plane. counted to make sure everybody is there. >> there is no high five ls. there's no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. >> the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with families they haven't seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. >> my brothers, sister, girlfriend were all waiting for
forgotten about them. actually, the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy in tehran is in the hand of muslim students tonight. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran -- >> on the 49th day of the embassy takeover -- >> the militants who have held the hostages for 124 days. >> this is the 300th day of their captivity. >> about six months into the crisis, there's a rescue attempt, but operation eagle claw is a disaster. the mission is aborted, and as american forces are on their way out of iran, a helicopter crashes into a c-130 killing eight american servicemen. it's an embarrassment for president jimmy carter. afterwards they scatter the hostages across the country to make a second rescue attempt nearly impossible. >> then on january 20th, 1981 --