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FBC Lou Dobbs Tonight January 19, 2015

Abuse of power. President obama announced one of the largest extra constitutional power grabs ever by a chief executive. He declared unilaterally that almost 5 million undocumented aliens will receive deferred action under some newfangled definition of discretion by the speaker. Not only that, not only escaping consequences, he has decided to bestow benefits such as worth authorization despite the fact that the president denied the power he could do just as he did. He denied hes a king, now mr. Speaker, his position may have changed after the hastened election, i might add, but the constitution has not. The white house reaction sn predictable. An administration that has steadfastly relied on denial and distortion responded with a non seq sequitor. Josh earnest said, if republicans get their way, these individuals will be pushed back into the shadows free of accountability. This vote is bad policy essentially a vote for amnesty. You heard me right you read it right. So the white house has been reduced to now claiming a vote to roll back the president s amnesty fiat would actually sustain amnesty. Thats quite something folks. Now speaker john boner alsoer john boehner is say inging or struggling today as well. Great to have you here, nancy pelosi says youre playing with fire here. Border security in a time of global terrorism. How do you respond. Well, i was one of the guys who voted against the rule to try to do everything i could to stop it. And we were able to secure a promise from leadership that when the new congress convened we would make it a top priority. And it would be attached to a mustgo bill. Look, the president violated the constitutional act. The president said himself not 1 but 22 times he didnt have the authority to do this when asked over the several year ls. Thats one of the great unknowns still has to why this president made a 180degree turn on the issue of his own power or limits thereto. But he doesnt care. He doesnt care about the separation of power. He doesnt he may care deeply. He may want to destroy that separation of power altogether. Whats really sad, lou, is that i havent seen one democrat stand up to the institution. This is clearly a separation of powers issue. And we have a responsibility to stand up. And they are going to regret this. Some day theres going to be and hopefully in two years its a republican president , but if the Congress Fails to act on something he thinks they should act on he gets to enact a new law by fiat. They are going to regret this and strip the fund away. Im confused on something and maybe you can help me here. The obama leadership today, he cited cyber security, trade tax policies, areas of potential cooperation. And yet Speaker Boehner has been declared he doesnt trust nor do the republicans who are members of the house trust him. Why in the world you you would you guys go along under trade promotion and give him Fast Track Authority on trade and by the way you aggregate your own terms under the constitution because the constitution says it is your responsibility, not the president s. Listen, im a free trader and always have supported free trade agreements throughout the world with the United States. Im a free trader but so what. If you delegate it in one country, why delay it in. Im not going to deny that, lou. The American People dont trust the president. Thats why we won so resoundingly in the house and senate. It was a referendum on him and his policies. Nobody trusts him. So my feeling is that weve got to be bold for the next couple of years. We need to control the agenda. We need to put things on his desk he doesnt want to see. Heres a president that doesnt make decisions. He voted present how many times as a state senator with harry reid shielding him for the last six years from any tough decision. Now its time to put on his table and let him put up or shut up when it comes to the veto threats hes making. Bill clinton did the same thing back in 97 on the welfare reform. We have given it to him three times, he didnt altar the language and he came around kicking and screaming and then took credit for it. If you want to beat the president , it has to be at his own game. It will be interesting what he takes credit for that you all succeed in moving ahead. I appreciate it congressman. Good to talk to you. Thank you for being here. And the yield is taking shape for the 2016 at ally bank no branches equals great rates. Its a fact. Kind of like mute buttons equal danger. That sound good . Not being on this phone call sounds good. Its not muted. Was that you jason . It was geoffrey it was jason. It couldve been brenda. Pope francis asserts there are limits to freedom of expression. There are limits of course, to free speech throughout europe. And the pope hails from argentina where free speech is limited as well. The pope made his comments flying from sri lanka to the philippines. [ speaking Foreign Language ] earlier this week the pope said it was, quote deviant forms of religion that landed to the apparent atrocities. Mitt romney now said to speak friday at the Republican National Committee Meetings in san diego. It will be the governors first Public Statement since he let it be known hes strongly considering a third run for president. Also in california jeb bush the governor attending a series of fundraisers, some hosted by former mitt romney donors. And Hillary Clinton hiring campaign veterans from the 2008 obama president ial campaign joining us now to talk about the 2016 president ial ration, former governor Mike Huckabee who recently announced his departure of fox news and the host of his show huckabee to think about a race for the white house. Mike is also the author of the soontobe released book god, guns grits and gravy. All great stuff. Mike, great to have you with us. Thank you lou. Great to be back. Youve had a week or so to think about it whats the answer, are you going to run . Well, lets put it this way, lou. I didnt leave fox because i wasnt enjoying it. It was the most remarkable 6 1 2 years of my life. I dont plan to make an announcement yet. I wont until later this spring, but clearly its something im clearly open to pursuing and taking all the steps to make that decision. It takes a lot of money, are you worried about the amount of money youre going to have to raise . If you decide to do it . I think every candidate had better be worried about the amount of money it takes. And thats one of the things that will be a major factor in the ultimate decision. You know, im encouraged by what people are telling me what kind of commitments are being made but im a long way from having enough money pledged to say that i can beat everybody else. Its the toughest part of it. And its unfortunate that it has become so much a money game rather than an idea and an innovation game and a Good Government game. Thats what people aught to elect the president for, not because hes a great fundraiser, but because he can be a good leader. Lets turn to the last republican president ial nominee, and that of course was mitt romney, the governor is making it pretty clear hes thinking hard about it. What will be his impact if he decides to enter the race . Well, he comes into it with a formidable organization. Obviously, the name recognition. Great ground game support. A lot of people have been with him for a long time. So, you know, hes a credible candidate. Plus, mitts in a wonderful position talking about money he can where himself a check and get the whole thing jumpstarted. So you have to take very seriously. I think it was a surprise to a lot of people when he indicated he was going to be running because he had been so very clear all through the months prior that he was absolutely not going to do it. Let me ask you lets turn to a few other issues here if i may, at the gop hershey retreat. Jeff denham, the congressman from california saying the republicans have a secret, the comprehensive immigration plan. What happened to congressman goodlots fourstep plan . What is going on with the republicans . It sounds like just a republican conversion of the president s amnesty plan . You know sometimes i crash my head and i wonder, was do the republicans get it . They were not elected to go and give obama a great big bear hug. They were elected to change the policies. And congressman goodlats plan is the way they aught to be going, which is to take it a piece at a time. But lou, ive come to the conclusion that the immigration issue is something that needs to be looked at, even from a broader perspective. Heres what we need to be asking, not how many people can come in and when they can come in, the bigger question is this, why are they coming . I think we need to know, are you coming to make america a better country . Are you coming because you want to join with us in making this the greatest country on earth . Then well welcome you. But if youre coming because you want to change america rather than join america then maybe, maybe you should rethink coming and maybe were not the best fit for you. Thats what the focus of immigration aught to be, from the getgo. And pope francis saying there are limits to freedom of expression. And that you shouldnt you cant make fun of religion. I know he didnt intend to but that sounds supportive of the violence in paris and the radical islamist terrorism around the world when you make such a statement. You cant make fun of it to say that the cartoons of mohammad i dont know your thoughts . Well free speech is just that. Its free speech. People will say things that are offensive. People say things that offend me every day. I dont go killing anybody over it. You know, when the pope made that comment i had to ask myself, what he maybe should have amplified to say was free speech has limits but the limitations aught to be by the character and by the courtesy and good decency and just manners of the people who are speaking. But heres one thing i dont think any of us would want, i hope not, and that is the government telling us what the limitations of our speech can be. And if the pope is end mating you cant say that because the government will crack down on you, as they do in france, Bridgette Bordeaux was fined five times because she made comments unflattered to muslims over the treatment of their animals. We dont want that in the United States and france doesnt want that either. You cant be a free people without the freedom of speech it is fundamental to the essence of liberty. People talk about universal rights and hold up american rights as the exemplary of that. The truth is, the rights that we think are the most precious are certainly american rights not universal rights. They are the rights that are forebearers fought for secured and empowers to hold and to sustain. Great to see you. You have a new book coming out, the book is god, guns grits and gravy. Its on sale tuesday online bookstores everywhere. Mike huckabee, good to have you with us. The death of eric garner last summer may lead to changes and the governor is looking to lift grand jury secrecy where people die as a result of police action. New york mayor bill dehas blaz owe, says hell veto a new york proposed City Council Bill to make chokeholds illegal. There seems to be some moderation in evidence here. We can hope. Well see. Up next, the president makes a scary admission about unprepared, how unprepared his administration is to deal and an Early Morning mode. And a partly sunny mode. And an outside. To clear inside mode. Transitions ® signature ™ adaptive lenses. Are more responsive than ever. So why settle for a lens with just one mode . Experience life well lit ®. Upgrade your lenses to transitions ® signature ™. Receiving a transitions lenses certificate of authenticity is your only guarantee that youre getting the worlds 1 recommended photochromic lens. Ask for it and register your lenses online today. Startupny. Its working for new york state. 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Weve got to stay ahead of those who are trying to do us harm. But its the Obama White House that seemingly lacks the guts and wherewithal to counter the Cyber Attacks. President obama tried to adopt a new doctrine four years ago to regard a foreign attack by a foreign nation as an act of war, establishing the bases for this countrys use of military force. Yet the white house and pentagon worked hard to downplay north koreas Cyber Attacks on sony. And the pentagon spokesman steve warren today responded to the attacks on centcoms twitter and facebook accounts, quote, this is a little more than a prank or vandalism. Its inconvenient and annoyance, but thats all it is. It in no way compromises our operations in any way shape or form. A prank, really . A prank . All these word games are now standard for the Obama Administration, which is reliably all too quick to dismiss our enemies and their threats and attacks. You recall mr. Obama dismissed the sony cyber attack as cyber vandalism. He dismissed russia as a Regional Power which just happens to be in possession of crimea now and threatening much of eastern europe. It was the Obama Administration that dismissed the Islamic State as a vjv team. And his team said the fort hood shooting was workplace violence. His staff is said to be working harder and stronger at damage control rather than formulating smart, effective policies. They certainly spend more time depending the president s screwups, staff issues and certainly not the president s mistake. Their response to the centcom cyber attack, the author of the obama Government Protection plan, yes, you heard me right, the Obama Administration is proposing legislation that would indemnify corporations if they were to share information about Cyber Attacks and threats with the federal government. Of course the National Liberal media took the plan in. They ingested it and swallowed it whole in fact, but the president is admitting his administration wouldnt know about corporate Cyber Attacks unless they told him. And putting the government into the business of insurance rather than national defense. Its as if in 1941 fdr went to congress, not to declare war on japan, but to ask for the money required to repair and to rebuild our base in pearl harbor, perhaps monetarily compensate the dead and wounded. And the National Liberal medias response . Well theyre clucking their approval without any suggestion of applying their critical judgment to the issue. Standard fare. God forbid we see somebody apply justice to this president s actions or inaction. Jesse jackson has been working for economic success for the Minority Community for decades. He joins us next on the wall Street Project. In my world, wall isnt a street. Return on investment isnt the only return im looking forward to. For some every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. Which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. Our commitment to current and former military members and their families is without equal. Start investing with as little as fifty dollars. In a work, work, work world. Take time for sunday. Just know that your truck. Has a little thing for monday. Business leaders gathering here in new york at the world project economic summit. My next guest is among the leaders trying to recreate economic success for minorities. Joining me is reverend jesse jackson, founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition and the founder of ariel investments. Cochair of the wall Street Project of economic summit. Good to have you here. Good to see you, lou. Justin, we go back a long ways, we dont need to bore people with how long, but you were trying to do this two decades ago. You sustain it over that time. Has the impact been what you want . The Silicon Valley with all its growth, they have 189 Board Members members, the index falls over that. With patterns of exclusion whether its in the unemployment or investment, you lock out market, money, talent and location. So we have challenged them to pull down the walls and to open up access to capital and to investment around disaster from intel and other companies. Intel has stepped up and intel has endeded into that. They with one of the most responsible corporate business entities in the country, i think. John, what are the metrics for success here . Well i always talk about, i use reverend jacksons comments, that i want to get folks to focus on the Jackie Robinson moments. So many times where theres never been an africanamerican board member or companies are spending money in an africana

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