Space, also iran moving oil tankers, possibly military hardware and intelligence officials, also potentially officials with connections to hezbollah in venezuela. Also tonight more joe biden mistakes and gaffes, but a warning for trump from republicans about battleground states. The dow closing above 25,000 for the first time in ten weeks. Also tonight open Political Warfare in washington over renewing fisa surveillance powers for the Intelligence Community that were used on the Trump Campaign. Also this breaking news, former deputy a. G. Rod rosenstein is about to face the music. Senator Lindsey Graham today announced his first hearing into the crossfire hurricane probe. Plus, newlyrevealed Text Messages between former senior fbi officials who are at the heart of the botched fbi investigation into Michael Flynn, also the trumprussia probe. After reading them, security analysts are now asking, okay, how much did president barack obama know about these probeses . What influence was brought to bear on them in also tonight National Border patrol Councils President on mexico releasing new saw statistics showing border violence from drug cartels is exploding. And this, the new covid19 epicenter is latin america. More daily cases there. Thats happening now, more daily cases in latin america than in europe and the u. S. All those stories tonight. Im elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Elizabeth thanks for joining us, youre watching the fox business network. Lets start with the spacex rocket launch. It was going to make historied today, the first time in miami years actual, two nasa astronauts would have launched from u. S. Soil. It will make history when it does launch. The next launch date is this saturday. Lets get right to retired u. S. Army fourstar general, general jack keane. So great to have you on again. This would have also have been the first private company with spacex involved. What was your reaction when you saw this happening with nasa and spacex in. Well, thats actually historic in and of itself. I think this partnership is ideal moving forward. Theres so much that the private sector is already doing in space and makes just a lot of sense to partner with the United States government. And its wonderful to see the United States back into the space again with launching out of the United States. Well wait, youre, three days you know, three days. Were quite used to it now, you know, for an entire generation plus, the temperamental weather that we have in florida, you know, to be sure. But i think its very significant, liz. I thought it was a huge strategic mistake on the part of the Obama Administration to back away from our Space Program and essentially shut it down after president bush had invested for five years in going back to the moon. I think it was a disappointing lack of imagination on the Obama Administrations part. I mean, here we have the oldest and most open democracy in the world that was leading the world in Space Exploration x thats who you want. The International Community wants us to do that. Why . Because we have the right set of values to do that. Were doing it to benefit all mankind, not just the United States. We know, sadly at some point and its coming very soon space will be very weaponized. And its our adversaries who are forcing us to do that. But this is about helping mankind in general, and were on the right path here. It will be historic. Weve got to go to the moon, and then were going to go to mars, and that is the kind of imagination i think the American People will welcome. Not to say of the Huge International prestige and pride that comes with the United States leading in Space Exploration. Elizabeth you know, the president promised to reassert americas push back into space. He signed a nearly 740 billion defense spending bill back in december. It created a space force, a sixth branch of the apartmented forces. Armed forces. He was roundly mocked and ridiculed. Youre talking also about the vision looking up and out to the stars to broaden our heinzs and look horizons and basically create a new era of space heroes, right . Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said were launching american astronauts and rockets from american soil, its a pretty big deal. Its stunning and reassuring to americans during the time of the covid19 pandemic. No doubt about it. Probably more people will witness it than normal because were sheltering down. Even though itll be a weekend. Ive seep one of these launches myself years ago, you know, with humans in it, and ill tell you what, it is a gripping experience. Its absolutely thrilling. I cannot imagine what it is like to sit on top of a rocket and be blown off a launch pad into space and the adrenaline that must be inside of our astronauts in doing that. [laughter] it is absolutely amazing. I give them so much credit for putting their life in the hands of literality hundreds of scientists and engineers when they sit there and anticipate that rocket burst lifting them off the launch pad. What a moment that is. And what a moment for america to witness that event again. As we probably got a little used to it in the past. We got a whole new generation here that can get excited about space. And youre right, the space force has electrified young peoples imagination in america. And some of that certainly elizabeth yeah. Developed years ago by hollywood and others in terms of the magic of it. But, yeah, this is harsh ready. We need reality. We need a space force to deal with our adversaries who fully intend to use space to bring harm to america. So this is coldeyed military capability that we need to have. If. Elizabeth but you make a great point that, you know, america once flew nine crewed missions with astronauts to outer space. When jfk set hearts and minds alight, set them on fire with the vision of going into outer space and inspired, as you said, electrified generations of children to come about being space heroes. It happened under Richard Nixon and then ensuing administration to lift us up out of our, you know, whatever milieu, whatever were doing right now just to have that vision and imagination. And youre right, i think it does galvanize hearts and minds to step up and outside of ourselves to look to new horizons. Right, general . Yeah. We got into it, as a business proposition, the thought was the previous at manager did a cost benefit analysis, we had some setbacks, some horrific, tragic deaths, to be sure, and whats the cost of this. But we watched that same administration throw hundreds of billions of dollars to shoveljobs that never materialized. It was a lack of imagination that drove that decision. Not everything is dollars and cents. If it was dollars and cents, the United States as we know it today, the explorers wouldnt have come here. They put themselves at risk to find this new world and the courage that they had to do Something Like that. This is america at its best, ive always believed, when we took on space as an exploration and succeeded so magnificently in doing it. Its good to see us back. Elizabeth general, its great to have you back on the sew. Were going to see you later in the show, were going to talk about whats going on with iran moving into venezuela, fuel, oil, possibly military hardware. Hezbollah and hamas may be now active in venezuela. Youre going to come back in just a sec. Lets bring in former nasa astronaut jose hernandez. Were excited to have him on the show, Mission Specialist in the International Space station where the falcon 9 was headed, also the first astronaut to come from a mexican immigrant family. Its great to have you on. Your reaction to rocket launch with two nasa astronauts, what was your first reaction when you saw this attempt at an incredible feat . First of all, good afternoon, liz, and thank you for having me here on your program. And, well, i know what the astronauts are going through because i, too, suffered a launch delay due to bad weather back in 2009 on sts128 mission aboard Space Shuttle discovery. And ill tell you, it is disappointing. But the running joke is, hey, you trained for so many years, you know, a twoday delay, threeday delay is not going to make much difference. And so elizabeth yeah. What you do have though is you do have a lot of adrenaline, and it takes a while for you to come down once you get off the ship and say, hey, we have got toot id again on saturday to do it again on saturday. Elizabeth yeah. You wonder how youre going to sleep for two more nights. Elon musk praised the two heroes for, quote, nerves of steel, saying they were cool as a cucumber. Now, theyre both veteran space travelers. They basically are going to head to the International Space station which you worked on. I mean, this crew crag gone capsule dragon capsule sits atop a Million Pounds of propellant, within three minutes hits supersonic speed, breaking through the sound barrier, breaking new the speed of sound. What was that like to travel like that . What was it like to be on the International Space station . Oh, man, it was great because, you know, you go from 0 Miles Per Hour at tminus 0 secs and 8. 5 minutes later youre traveling over 17,a 500 miles an hour 17,500, experiencing 3gs of force. Its like a 500pound gorilla stepping on your chest, and then when you reach main engine cutoff, the 500pound gorilla disappears, and now youre floating in space. Its the best eticket ride disney could ever hope for. [laughter] elizabeth jose, tell us what it means to you for your family to immigrate into america from mexico . Well, its, you know, its a great story. You know, im first generation american, i consider myself an american. Im proud to say that. I was born in stockton, california, where im living here now. And we were a typical migrant, farmworking family. My family used to come and work nine months picking fruits and vegetables and go to their home state in central mexico for three months. During that time period, i was born here in california. We finally settled in california and due to this great Education System we have here in the u. S. , i was able to follow the american dream. My father taught me that hard work and education is always a good combination, and thats what i, i put forth. And ever since i saw [inaudible] walk on the surface of the moon, i knew as a 10yearold i wanted to be an astronaut. Elizabeth wow, and you did it, jose thanks so much for coming on. Its great to have you on, sir. Thanks for your service to the country. Good to have you. Okay, next up thank you so much. Were going to take you to whats going on now in the race for the white house. Joe biden answering back, firing back at criticism that hes been hiding in a basement, but hes basically saying, yes, i have been, and its working. Hes also blaming the radio interview charl he main the god for saying black voters aint black if they vote for trump. Were going to bring in analyst Gianna Caldwell to weigh in on the 2020 race. Thats next, [ engines revving ] its amazing to see them in the wild like th shhh. For those who were born to ride, theres progressive. Now every bath fitter bathbath fis installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. Go from old to new. From worn to wow. The beautiful bath youve always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. Weve been creating moments like these for 35 years, and were here to help you get started. Book your free virtual or inhome Design Consultation today. Elizabeth welcome back. Newly revealed Text Messages obtained by investigative journalist and Fox News Contributor john solomon show former fbi counterintelligence agent peter strzok, lisa page and fbi lawyer, former fbi lawyer and also thenfbi assistant director william prestaff worried about sharing Sensitive Information with the Obama Administration. Strategic analysts are now asking does the concern in these Text Messages reflect their concern that a president barack obama had ill will and negative feelings toward Michael Flynn . Was that the reason the investigation was kept open when the fbi wanted to shut it down . Lets break all of this down with former fbi Deputy Assistant director danny coulson. First, your reaction about these Text Messages. Whats your take on this . They shouldnt have been talking to him about a pending case anyway. And remember, the agents in the field said theres no case here, and strzok said, today them not to close it. What was that context . Was it after the white house . Before or during their contact with the white house . Theres a lot of questions here. The fbis not supposed to be a show and tell organization. Where you run up and say, look what were doing. They were way off the reservation and should never have done that stuff anyway, so i have serious concerns about their behavior here and, of course, in other areas too. Elizabeth okay. Lets go through the Text Messages that john solomon got. January 3, 2017, peter strzok texts lisa page saying william prestaff, like us, is concerned with oversharing, doesnt want jim clapper getting c. R. To the white house. Just shows our hand and potentially makes enemies x. Then it seems like peter strzok was referring to evidence into the investigation of Michael Flynn. She texts back, yeah, but keep in mind, we were going to put that in the documents on friday. Then peter strzok texts back, the question is, should we particularly to the entirety of the lame duck u. S. Intelligence community with partisan axes to grind . It look like the comments that strzok is making just shows our hand, you know what i mean . It just seems like theres a big back story that the American Voter is not seeing in what was going on with the fbi communicating with the obama white house. Do you think that president barack obama wanted to keep the flynn case open, and when the fbi wanted to shut it down, he was the one who got flynn fired as his dni back in 2014. What do you think . What i think is follow the rules. The rules say the fbi does not talk about pending investigations. And theres no other reason to talk about that case except for politics. And they were way off the reservation. They were dead wrong, and they should have known better. Elizabeth you know, lets listen to attorney general william barr talk to cbs Katherine Catherine herridge about how top officials in the Obama Administration, he says, were so wedded to the narrative, so aligned and wedded to the narrative about trumprussia conspiracy and the probe into Michael Flynn that they drove everything to a preset conclusion. Watch this. These are very smart people who were working in the special counsels office and at senior levels of the fbi. So what drove them here . Well, i think one of the things you have to guard against both as a prosecutor and i think as an investigator is that if you get too wedded to a particular outcome and youre pursuing a particular agenda, you close your eyes to anything that sort of doesnt fit with your preconception. And i think thats probably the phenomena were looking at here. Elizabeth danny, your reaction is . Totally agree. Follow the evidence. Dont come to a conclusion or some principle and then adapt the evidence to that. Follow the evidence, let it take you where it goes, and then present it to a grand jury. If youve got a case, youve got it. Elizabeth all right. Danny coulson, we love having you on, come back soon. Thanks, appreciate it. Meth elizabeth okay. Next up, Gianna Caldwell, fox news political analyst, on joe bidens latest big mistake. The storyryryry its best we stay apart for a bit, but youre not alone. Were automatically refunding our customers a portion of their personal auto premiums. Learn more at libertymutual. Com covid19. [ piano playing ] i am totally blind. And non24 can make me show up too early. Or too late. Or make me feel like im not really there. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442342424. Which is why when it comes to his dentures only new poligrip cushion and comfort will do. The first and only formula with adaptagrip cushioning technology. Choose new poligrip cushion and comfort. 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