However congressman john lewis needs to stop being so divisive. What he did with the very bad thing. For me it doesnt matter. The bad thing for the country. Very, very divisive. We have a divided country. Its not divided because of me. Its been divided. David Horowitz Tony sanded randy evans join us here tonight. President obama sparky more controversy commuting Chelsea Mannings prison sentence. To commute private manning sentenced was a mistake. Private manning is a traitor and should not have been turned into a martyr. Lou tonight i will have a few thoughts on the end of the obama era. Good evening everybody. The senate today Holding Confirmation hearings on four of the president elects cabinet that nominees and congressman tom price who will be if confirmed secretary of health and human services. The congressman came under close questioning over his financial investments. Im just asking did you byebye this document if you introduce a bill that would be helpful to the company just bought stock in . The stock was directed by her broker who is making those decisions. I was not making those decisions. These are your stock trades though. They are listed under your name, right . Lou it still would not be the same thing of course. Price reported that transaction over which Elizabeth Warren has exercised as soon as he learned about it in the stands to make an estimated 300 as a result of that transaction. But that relative pittance to senator warren obviously. She also by the way failed to mention something that she has invested in banks and mutual funds that trade health care and pharmaceuticals stocks. The Senate Armed ServicesCommittee Voting 261 to confirm general james mattis to be secretary of defense. The general is the only cabinet choice now cleared for full senate vote by friday, Inauguration Day. Mr. Trump will be taking Office Without most of his cabinet in place because of democratic delays and democratic obstruction. A break from tradition and the congressional role to provide advice and consent on president ial appointment. Listen to senator Charles Schumer today. This is a swamp full of bankers and billionaires. Many of them have hard right views. Some of which directly contradict promises that the president elect campaigned on. Its no surprise republicans are trying to rush through. They dont want people to know the true views of their nominees. Lou schumer has obviously leading a strategy of delay and obstruction and outright hostility towards the trump presidency. Schumer was not only voicing his displeasure with the number of the nominees but today he warned that if democrats believe republicans are rushing the confirmation process as he put it he will use parliamentary tactics to force extensive debate on the floor which would cause only further delay. Trumps nominees are also being subjected to rigorous vetting by an obscure federal agency on ethics issues. Eight years ago the Senate Confirmed seven cabinet level nominees that day in which barack obama was inaugurated. George w. Bush and some of his cabinet picks confirmed on his Inauguration Day and also when bill clinton was sworn into office every Single Member of his cabinet but one was confirmed why the senate within two days. We are in a different place. Joining me to discuss democratic obstructionism, the road ahead by the Republican Party that controls both the senate and the house will be talking about how they will implement the trump agenda. The chairman of the Freedom Congress congressman mark meadows and congressman its great at you with us. This looks like a very serious impasse in which we find ourselves. Schumer looks like he is running a foreign power, not the democratic conference in the senate. Well its taking away from the real substance of the nominees which are outstanding. You mentioned dr. Tom price and i can tell you there is not a finer man that understands Health Care Better than really anyone on capitol hill. Not only be position by policymakers so its time that we put aside the partisan attacks and confirm these nominees. Lou i will be honest with you, if we were sitting down to tea that would be a great attitude. Schumer is fighting an ideological war. It is a nasty and brutal way to begin a presidency but so be it. Anyone can handle that certainly Donald Trumps going to need some troops that are not willing to put up with this kind of nonsense. And im one of those. Im willing to call it out lou and what you are mentioning fair, its all about everybody says well its time to be fair and come together and we are seeing that that we are only seeing it from one side, from the republican side and whether its a boycott of the inauguration or its these very contentious hearings. Lou would be going to do about it . With each passing day i think we all can the rethey are going to get downright surly about the way in which this new president is being treated in this administration and they as voters who elected him to office. Well and you. Well and you know lou im a man of action so its not enough to just talk about it. We have got to do something about it. I think what we do is we fill up the legislative agenda so its not just these confirmation but its real policies that affect moms and dads back home and make sure they take some tough votes. True true is you do have a rhetoric and a confirmation hearing and its another thing when you have to take a vote so i look forward to working with the new Trump Administration who i can tell you is putting in an agenda in his first 200 days that we havent seen in modern history lou. Lou and i accept that and im as enthusiastic as you and his arrival in washington d. C. I am however a little perplexed by the silence of the Senate Majority leader, on the silence of the house speaker. In fact the speaker as you well know has challenged the president elect in the last 24 hours and i had very candidly there a lot of people scratching their heads saying is this the same old paul ryan . Is this the same confused g. O. P. Establishment that still thinks k street is in charge of the american government, not the American People and representing their areas when donald j. Trump president elect of the United States . I can tell you the jury is out but i can also say the verdict came in on november 8 lou across the country from florida to maine from new york to california and in between. People came out and voted for donald trump. Some had never voted before. I talked to one lady who was 76 years old and had never voted. She came voted. Cheeky matches for donald trump. They are not going to put up with the kind of stonewalling we are seeing or the lack of support among congressional. Lou is a crisis in the house of representatives that if a speaker who isnt outright opposition to the president elect soon to be the president of the United States and the leader of the Republican Party. I think it becomes a crisis when we see much of the trump agenda not getting on board whether its in the senate are in the house. It becomes a crisis. I can tell you there are a number of us who are not all me meeting with the trump policy folks but policy people in the house and the senate to make sure its smooth and the American People nor i am willing to put up with the stonewalling that i will be glad to come on in you know im willing to take them to task if we arent seeing evidence of this. Lou i think the question we move towards this straight up. At what point do you believe youll be ready to move against the Freedom Caucus and other conservatives in the house of representatives against a leadership that is contrary, out of touch with the American People and working in direct opposition to the president elect of the United States . Well if that happens certainly we are not going to let any leadership position stand in the way of accomplishing something that the American People want. Its not just me. Its the Freedom Caucus and other members of the g. O. P. Conference that i can say this, there has been a whole lot of working behind the scenes with the Trump Administration was certainly on the house side from speaker ryan on down but its critical that we dont offer up excuses. Its about keeping price promises. Vice president pence said its about keeping promises and we are committed to do that. Lou you are now on the business of doing so. Thanks so much congressman mark meadows and as he says he is a man of action and he means what he says and says what he means rare for a long capitol hill. We are coming back with much more. Stay with us. Mr. Trump targeting the f35 jet program calling for a 10 cut in the cost of the project and so the bargaining begins and the trump economy is off to a booming start. Hey, searching for a great used car . 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If you had to rate the president elects impact on job creation or job preservation over the course of this twomonth transition how would you rate it . Goes according to companies to hear from its very small or nonexistent. Theres a fancy foot tall order to all of this because Donald Trumps saying things on the internet and what companies do things they will selectively respond to it. Lou the president elect firing back on twitter and by the way this was a Legal Correspondent on nbc and not a business journalist at cnbc. They have interesting ways in which they treat stories as well over a cnbc. This is what the president elect said. Totally biased, nbc news went out of its way to to say that big announcement from ford General Motors lochte and others that jobs are coming back to the United States but have nothing to do with trump is more fake news. As top ceos of those Companies Came Back because of me. No wonder the today show on biased nbc is doing so badly compared to its glorious past. Little credibility. A stunning very impressive for joining me now randy avent partner with difference Law Firm Former chairman of the Republican National law association, good to have you with his randy. It to be here. Lou that member of your association . I dont think he is. Id like to have one of these guys on the morning show go to a target or go anywhere and talk to real americans about how optimistic they are about the future and how they are buying goods and how they are now optimistic about having a job. They just dont get it and its the reason why they have lost so much credibility. They are just divorce her melody. Lou there is no question they have lost credibility but they have also lost honor. I mean matt lauer and that fellow webpages did was to distort reality and deny the truth and its just that simple. I cant believe it is matt lauer doing that, i dont know the lawyer but i can tell you he is upside down. Basically he was implying that donald trump takes credit once he hears theres announcement by General Motors or ford or carrier. I mean its bizarre the ways in which our national leftwing media are twisting themselves into knots because Donald Trumps actually doing things before he is even sworn into office. I think theres another explanation. They are delusional. They dont actually understand how the real world works. The reason why they can understand how it net full of winners will produce winning. Lou you may be right about that. I will see to that randy. I know the u. Of rewith the lawyer. Lou i always take note of the facts and i truly believe, i truly believe that these people i think they are being malevolent and i think there is nothing accidental. You have to work to distort truth the way for example some of these networks including nbc their News Division as well as matt lauer is no newsman and the today show is no news broadcast that when you get into reality there is some purchase to the idea of being factual. Lou i will concede to you that there are some members of the media that deliberately deciding because they know the truth because they been told the truth. They see the data. They hear the words from people saying we are keeping jobs here because of donald trp and notwithstanding knowing the truth they say the opposite. I will give you that point. I think theres a farc reader group that actually just has no idea of what the real world is. Lou you have a generous hearted nature that makes me feel small and somehow petty putting this matter but the truth is i happen to, i happen to be in chagrin at what has happened because Donald Trumps, i have seen him fight the national leftwing media, the Republican Party establishment that democrats come the leftwingers and the crazy Bernie Sanders who today is decided he is the arbiter of all things decent. And then to have the national leftwing media play these games they really says something randy and you as a republican leader, i mean this is a fight. This is a battle and this is a war. This isnt about the loyal opposition. This is i believe 2 cents on all the way through. I completely agree. Its a politics of personal discussion versus the politics of merit. We want to fight on merit and they want to fight on personal discussion but they have learned nothing in eight years. Years ago in a partisan way they push through obama karen now eight years later you have 60 democrats point cutting the inauguration dishonoring the inauguration of the new president. Can you imagine the Founding Fathers suggesting at any moment in time that you would dishonor the office of the presidency or had we done that what kind of names we have been called . Lou the test here is not what they have done to the real challenge is what will the republican establishment do and what will the Republican Party do in response that is not apologetic and rationalization of awful mendacious acts by the Democratic Party, the leftwing in this country and how you respond to it beyond rhetoric is the critical test it seems to me. I completely agree and the ability to tweet like her sample on the vote to change the ethics rules to call the house into question come to call the senate on what they are doing to make sure the republicans stay in line you have a president bold enough, Strong Enough and with the Leadership Qualities to say youve crossed the line im calling you out for it. Lou absolutely and what you have is a leader. Now we have to find out how much integrity and commitment there is in the party to follow because the leader is clear and absolutely committed. I spent less than that right now from the party and the leadership of the house or the senate. I hope i am wrong and my concerns are misplaced. History says this, great leaders lead. I think donald trump will lead and i think you will be a great leader and i think the net effect will be the rest will follow. Thats what we have to count on. Lou we appreciated, thanks so much. Thank you for having me. Lou former president george h. W. Bush and his wife are brought remain in a texas hospital at this hour. The 92yearold former president suffered over the weekend from a respiratory issue that has not been clearly defined. We are told he is resting comfortably after being moved to intensive care after a minor procedure. Barbara bush today was admitted into the same houston hospital as a brick russian precaution after she was suffering from fatigue. Our thoughts and prayers go to both. Sure to vote in our poll tonight to the question is do you believe donald duck should continue tweeting in order to talk direct late to the American People . Cast youvote on twitter lou dobbs. Follow me on twitter lou dobbs like me on Facebook Follow me on Instagram Lou dobbs tonight. On wall street transition date for stocks the Dow Jones Industrials fell 22 points the s p gain for the nasdaq up 17, volume on the ward 3. 3 billion shares. The dow dragged lower by goldman sachs. Finished lower despite betterthanexpected earnings. 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