Of our 347 billion trade deficit with china. All of this just one week before President Trump hosts chinese president. And just five shy needed to Filibuster Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. Will they . Or will republicans go nuclear . Well have a full report. And good evening, everybody, im tom sullivan in for lou dobbs. And President Trump today encouraging former National Security adviser Michael Flynn to testify to investigators in exchange for immunity from possible prosecution. Now, the president tweeting that flynn should cut a deal because allegations of collusion with russia are nothing more than a witch hunt. Fox news chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live at the white house with the latest. John. Tom, good evening to you. This controversy has been dogging the white house for a month now. Ever since the president claimed that he is being wiretapped by the Obama Administration. Today, the white house began to see a little light at the end of the tunnel. The press secretary today lashed out at questions about white house involvement in providing information to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. If everyone was treating the president of the administration fairly, you would ask a series of much different questions about the substance and the material. After weeks of playing defense, the white house appeared to find a small hole to run through today, intelligence officials telling fox news the two white house staffers who assisted in devon nunez search for intelligence were not his original source. And that nunez has been investigating the surveillance unmasking of Trump Officials since well before the president sent out these now infamous tweets. When he talked to the media, he made it very clear that he had been looking into this, he had stated this much earlier than the president had ever raised this issue about surveillance. The white house also pointed to statements made by former Obama Administration official Evelyn Farkas who indicated that the white house had been collecting intelligence on trump official contact with russia. If they found out how we knew what we knew about the trump staff dealing with russians that they would try to compromise those sources and methods, meaning we would no longer have access to that intelligence. I think that that is interesting how no one seems to really cover the fact that a senior Obama Administration with high level clearances talked about the spreading of classified information for political purposes and no one seems to care. This afternoon, the ranking democrat on the House Intelligence Committee at the white house, schiff taking up the white house offer to look at the same intelligence that the chairman viewed 11 days ago. Before his rival, schiff argued that all members of the community should have the same community. The former trump official at the center of both surveillance and unmasking general Michael Flynn may soon appear before the Senate Congressional committees. His attorney made a public offer to testify exchange for immunity. The offer caught the eye of the president who tweeted quote mike flynn should ask for immunity. Excuse for election loss of dems in historic proportion. Through sharp criticism from the republican chairman the House Oversight committee who also suggested the president shouldnt be weighing in on this on twitter. No. I dont think its a witch hunt. Look, its very mysterious to me why general flynn is all of a sudden out there saying he wants immunity. A, i dont think congress should give him immunity. If theres an open investigation by the fbi, that should not happen. A republican spokesman for the House Intelligence Committee told fox news that there have been some preliminary conversations with flynns attorney. But that theres been no discussion of any kind of condition for his testimony. No word yet from the senate Intelligence Committee on whether or not they might grant immunity and his attorney, flynns attorney, that is, Robert Kelner would not comment to fox news tonight. So, tom, i think we should all stay tuned because more to come on this. Tom well, would you be willing to venture a guess . Weeks, months, a year from finally getting an answer to all of these questions . Well, ill tell you. On the intelligence that nunez was talking about, i think that more may come to light when the nsa provides the information that nunez asked for in terms of surveillance and unmasking. The fbi has also been asked for that information and so far has not been forthcoming. As to flynn, if he ever gets up there and testifies on capitol hill, im sure were going to learn a lot. Tom. Tom that would be great. Thank you. John roberts at the white house tonight. Thank you, john. Meanwhile President Trump today signing two executive orders to reduce the trade deficit just days before holding his first meeting with the chinese counterpart. The first order gives the Commerce Department 90 days to write a report on what drives the trade deficit and the second one tightens import rules to ensure that the u. S. Is collecting the duties that have been slapped against trading partners. Now, the president today saying hes seen how bad trade deals can hurt American People. Trust me the jobs in wealth have been stripped from our country. Thousands of factors have been stolen bringing manufacturing and jobs be back to our country. Tom joining me now to discuss the trump agenda, the flynn immunity request and all things washington, the executive editor for the Weekly Standard and Fox News Contributor fred barns. Lets start with all the russia gate, flynn gate, whatever you want to call all of these various things. Where are you on this . John roberts, you know, im asking him. How long is this thing going to take . Is it going to be maybe election Time Next Year with the midterms were going to be getting answers for political reasons . I dont think so. But you know what would help the most . And that would be if donald trump or the president would stay out of it. Its a distraction. All he does is make it a bigger story. It gets the press whipped up more than they already are. I think he needs to stay out of it. And i hope he doesnt get into the nunez thing. I mean, look, the press has been terrible. They act like the big problem here is what congressman nunez did with the trump white house. The real story is what did the Obama White House do in spreading information he learned from they learned from surveillance about the Trump Campaign . Thats the real story. But its being ignored. Tom well, it seems like theres two parts. One is did russia have collusion with anybody from the Trump Organization . And thats being investigated by the fbi. Tom right and so far theres no evidence. But, you know, you stay open until the conclusions come in. On the other hand, though, is all of that unmasking and distributing classified information . And that does appear that therelo of evidence there. Yes. And, yeah, there are has been a lot of evidence there. Let me go back to my initial point, though, and that is this story can it will eventually be resolved. If trump insists on tweeting on this look, ive defended his practice of tweeting, but i think this does not help this time. Hes creating trouble for himself. Tom youre not the first person to say that, fred. I know that. Tom but i dont think hes listening to you because you know, he was a tool that helped him get elected. So im not sure hes willing to walk away from that very quickly. No. Im sure he is not willing to walk away from it, and i dont blame him. Look, adds some value to him. He can get through to 25 Million People without the press interfering and interpreting his remarks and so on and so fourth. So its worth it. I agree with mitch mcconnell. Republican leader in the senate, what he says is he doesnt mind trump tweeting. Its what trump tweets that causes trouble. Tom yes, if he would just give time and temperature, it would help a little. Listen, lets talk about the i dont know what you want to call it. But the fact that the president gave kudos he wasnt blaming paul ryan, he wasnt blaming the Freedom Caucus, he wasnt blaming anybody for the pulling of the health care bill, and then he turns around and starts going after the Freedom Caucus. There are a lot of Trump Supporters who will like the Freedom Caucus, and theyre not sure who to support here. Yeah. Look, i think this is another problem that trump doesnt need to have. I think its counterproductive for him to attack them, and i think he would do better love bombing them, if hes inclined to do that. But hes going to need them vote after vote after vote this year and next year. Tom, can you imagine what would happen if the president is supporting some challenger of a Freedom Caucus member in the primary . Meanwhile the Republican Campaign committee in the house, the official committee is supporting the incumbent . It will be republicans fighting each other in these primaries. The white house versus the house. Tom hes alsooing to need some of those Freedom Caucus people to pass with some of these heavy legislation that he wants to get lifted. Infrastructure, you name it. Regulation reform. Indeed. Tom let me get you before we run out of time. Okay. Tom handicapping judge gorsuchs vote next week . Well, i think its going to be a close vote. I think the filibuster will work and then the Nuclear Option will be applied. The and then judge gorsuch will be confirmed. But democrats want to keep the filibuster alive. I think Chuck Schumer would like to see a filibuster that doesnt that doesnt quite work and so the Nuclear Option isnt used because he wants it around for the second nominee. Tom i wouldnt be surprised if Chuck Schumer assigns a you vote yes, you vote no im going to bet theyre going to do it without a filibuster. Thats my guess. I think youre right. Tom always good to see you. Thank you so much for coming on. Youre welcome. Tom meanwhile were coming right back with so much more. So stay with us. Defense secretary james mattis calls for a unified effort to stop the north korea threat. This is a threat of both rhetoric and growing capability, and we will be working with the International Community to address this. Tom ambassador john bolton joins me next. And President Trumps strong immigration policies already producing great results. The entries at the border are down 60 just because of President Trumps strong leadership. 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Tom well, defense secretary james mattis in london today saying theyll lead out north korea as a threat that must be stopped. Theyre working with the United Nations, were working with our allies, and were working diplomatically, including those that we might be able to enlist in this effort to get north korea under control. But right now, it appears to be going in a very reckless manner in what its conduct is portraying for the future. And thats got to be stopped. Tom well, the Trump Administration today also issuing sanctions against a north korean business and 11 north korean nationals tied to the rogue Nations Nuclear weapons program. North korea will be on the agenda when President Trump meets with chinese president next week. You can bet thats going to be a conversation. Secretary of state rex tillerson, hes in brussels today pressuring nato allies to increase their defense spending. As President Trump has made clear, it is no longer sustainable for the u. S. To maintain a disproportionate share, allies must increase spending. Right now they spend 2 of their gdp on defense. Here to discuss north koreas latest provocations, nato where the russia probe is a witch hunt, please welcome former ambassador john bolton from the american interprize institute and senior fella. Ive got all of your titles in there, john. So lets start with north korea. Because this isnt the first time weve seen this movie. We promised them help, we promised them aid, we promised them material to help with their Nuclear Program and every time they suckered us. Look, weve been negotiating directly with and indirectly with north korea for 25 years or more. They said they would give up their Nuclear Weapons program. Theyve lied every single time theyve done it. Theres simply no prospect that in year 26 of the negotiations with north korea, anythings going to change. And i think the nation stated that they thought the strategic patients doctrine of the Obama Administration was finished. But with all due respect to general mattis, its not the International Community or the United Nations or anybody else thats really going to resolve this. This is a u. S. , china issue. And as you rightly said a moment ago, it will be a big agenda, or at least it should be in the talks between President Trump and president at the end of next week. Tom has chinas attitude changed with kim jongun . Are they started to get nervous about them as well . Well, some of them are. China has been twofaced about this. They said they dont want north rea to have nuear weapons but frankly they havent done nearly what they uld do. What they alone can do to pressure north korea to give up that program. My view for some time has been our objective should be reunifying the korean peninsula. China can help us with that in a big, big way. And if it maybe too late to get to reunifiation, in which our options are very limited and very unpleasant. Tom and the other part about that, ive done this much reading about the family, about the grandfather and the father and now kim jongun and that there is a very strong feeling with them that they need to have Nuclear Weapons in order to survive. Sure. This is the trump card for their regime. In many respects, its not dissimilar to the ayatollah in iran who see Nuclear Capability is their trump card as well. So i think we need to look at this problem of Nuclear Proliferation not in isolation, north korea is a problem, irans a problem. In fact, this is a problem thats worldwide. And especially given the cooperation between the north koreans and the iranians on Ballistic Missile programs, and i think quite likely on the nuclear side as well. Whatever capability north korea has today, iran can have tomorrow through a wire transfer. Tom yeah, but everybodys thinking theyre going to and north korea is going to get the capability to deliver a Nuclear Warhead on a missile. And nobody wants to wait until that happens. Well, no, thats why i say weve just ab