lou? lou: john roberts reporting. our first guest says the syrian strike's a wake-up call around the world for honoring agreements with the united states. and joining us tonight, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, american enterprise institute's senior fellow, john bolton. ambassador, good to have you here. first, your assessment of the strikes, the president's decision to order those strikes. >> well, i think it was based on a limited but important rationale about american national security when weapons of mass destruction are used by a rogue state like syria. it was a limited and precise strike. it doesn't foreclose possible additional strikes, but it by no means guarantees that the united states wades into the syrian civil war. and even though precise and limited, i think it's already had profound impacts around the world for the signal that it sent our adversaries and our potential adversaries in china and russia, in iran and north korea that the obama era of american foreign policy is over and that the

>> lou: good evening, everybody. president trump taking the lead on tax reform and proposing a massive overhaul to slash rates for all american and stimulate economic growth treasury director and director of the economic council taking the lead in the white house briefing today. they introduced it to the new'sa media and it would reduce it from seven to throw. it would double the standard deduction individuals can sak corporate rate from 35 pernt down to 15. and it would exempt the first $24,000 of income from taxation. and elimination the state tax and administrator officials say it is a broad brush outlined at this test. the they said the plan would pay for itself with resulting higher economic growth. >> this tax reform package is p growing the economy and creating jobs. the president looks at that seriously as being a tax on capitol and spent on we are trying to be more stimulus and create more jobs. >> the economic plan under trump will grow the economy and will create massive amounts of revenue. >> lou: the pre

they could delay it a month. >> lou: the congress and the senate has a racket. here is president trump working 24- 7 and going all of the time, and there is speaker ryan and mitch mcconnell. and saubter in one week out of every month and say they are doing something. they are holding confirmation. >> they have spring break every month. you would think that the sense of urgency that the country expressed in the election would wrath carry over and it would be a productive congress. >> lou: looking at the issue and threats and somebody in the congress and senateou say we need to convine here until we solve damn problems. >> extreme partisanship means nothing is done. and the majority in the house and senate. so we have to figure out how to get it done. they stumbled badly on the health care. >> lou: what do you mean speaker ryan said he had the vote and guess what, he didn't. >> he didn't. >> lou: what is going on with ryan. >> i priebus is big pals with ryan. do you really have the votes. i hadinose meetings. do you have the voteses? you don't take a maybe. that i

lou low 180 degrees from the message. nsfin around, lou, that is a problem. nevertheless, i am encouraged when i see the things that are happening like the push back being and forceful way they are going against illegal immigration andy we need tough economic policy. >> i am with you. i don't understand gary and kevin masters. i think pretty well, he's in the white house. but the games that are played around the man are striking and we have seen paul ryan subvert the agenda purposefully. because otherwise he is incompetent. and the president's agenda has been be dismissed. and the establishment seems to be winning every battle including the appointment of kevin hasit to chairman of the economic advisor. he's mr. outsourcing and mr. offshoring and mr. corporate america. where are the people for you? come on. >> it is a power shift that is taking place and perhaps, the president was very good and capable of resetting each time he came up against something and he's seeing it as a reset and there was a disappointment with the promises on health care and ryan gett

here is lou dobbs. [♪] lou: good evening, there is a lot happening on this the 99th day of the trump presidency. we are beginning tonight with breaking news. north korea has test fired a ballistic missile. the missile which launched has been assessed to be a kn-17, single staged liquid fuel rocket. it flew roughly 25 miles and was in the air for 15 minutes. they are not surprised this latest test took place today. it broke up over the korean peninsula and never made it to the sea of japan. we'll have reaction from kt mcfarland in just moments. but first as i say, it's the 99th day of the trump presidency, and by all standard president trump has done a remarkable success. he has put russia, iran, north korea on in the, some would include china. the dow jones has soared 14% since president trump was elected president. the stock market add some $3 trillion. and by any measure he has led the nation well. even a government shutdown averted today despite unprecedented obstruction by the dems. the president acknowledged he has done a lot, even though he's not quite comfortable with the arti

charles: here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, russians and iranians today threaten will united states warning against any further strikes gain syria. joint, russian and iranian forces issue their own version of red line ultimatum. unleashing a quote lethal response trump administration offer no reply, but administration officials did give slightly differing views as to purpose of last week's syrian strike and strategy in carrying it out, in is president's national security adviser mcmaster, secretary of state rex tillerson, and united nations ambassador nikki haley. >> to deat isis, to destroy isis, and reestablish control of that territory. >> this strike, i think that president was clear, in his message to the american team, this strike was related to the most recent horrific use of chemical weapons. >> the regime change is something that we think it going happen. >> obviously differing views of our head diplomats, ambassador to united nations, and president's national security adviser, we have with us, forme

lou? lou: john roberts reporting. our first guest says the syrian strike's a wake-up call around the world for honoring agreements with the united states. and joining us tonight, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, american enterprise institute's senior fellow, john bolton. ambassador, good to have you here. first, your assessment of the strikes, the preside's decision to order those strikes. >> well, i think it was based on a limited but important rationale about american national security when weapons of mass destruction are used by a rogue state like syria. it was a limited and precise strike. it doesn't foreclose possible additional strikes, but it by no means guarantees that the united states wades into the syrian civil war. and even though precise and limited, i think it's already had profound impacts around the world for the signal that it sent our adversaries and our potential adversaries in china and russia, in iran and north korea that the obama era of american foreign policy is over and that the u

lou: why? >> your good colleague catherine herridge reported that, they are now looking at conduct that we stumeled into, it has become very easy, for someone to get a intercept from nsa, they can now read those transcripts that is what is called unmasking, we learned that susan rice was looking at the transcript of people about to take her job. trump administration was concerned. lou: that unmasking request, went to fisa back in july. this has been a peculiar sharing if you will on part of sources of sensitive information. i think that most of us are absolutely grateful to them. but they are committing potentially felonies here. >> yes, i think that people in intelligence community are concerned, they want to keep powers they need to fight terrorism, they don't like seeing that these power being abused for political espionage, they are coming out and talking about ways. i think what happened in last 6 months of obama presidency, concerns real intelligence professionals. >> and at the same time

lou: a few thoughts now. left forced to recognize that resist trump is something of a lousy loser's strategy. a headline in politicoside describing what passes for intraspection. saying that mocrats begin to wonder when do we win. charles: laswin? >> last week they failed that capture the kansas house speak, democrats also face uphill battles in special elections in montana and south carolina, they are not expected to win either. those states, trump won by double digits, and 2018, democrats need to net 24 seats, to regain the majority in the house. up hill work. democrats unseated 4 of the 15 freshmen republican representatives they targed in 2016, dem obstructism is proving to be a destructive strategy in senate as well. all with approval ratings under 50%. the democratic party, lacking any viable plan for 2018, remains blin blindly subserveient to far left elements, and tom perez, booed this week by democrats as he tried to kickoff a so-called unity tour. if perez is not far enough left for the democratic p

lou? lou: mike, thank you very much, mike emanuel reporting. >>> a few thoughts on the left-wing national media, many members of which have spent much of the last 24 hours y their level best to create as much comfort as possible for susan rice. here's a stunner. the evening news broadcast on abc and nbc didn't cover the unmasking story at all last night. that story, which looks like it's entered the cue to join washington's next big scandal did get on the cbs "evening news". cbs spent a whole 45 seconds explaining to viewers why it really isn't a story and certainly not a scandal. white house correspondent margaret brennan wrapped up her report citing a former official saying nothing improper or political took place in the unmasking of trump associates who happened to be american citizens who have the right to not be identified in the surveillance of foreign officials. that defensive rice by the media extending to the morning shows. cnn's don lemmon providing the best cover for rice. >> th

lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody. a defiant north korea issuing more threats against the united states as gee no political experts -- geopolitical experts warn the rogue nation is primed and ready to conduct what would be its sixth nuclear test. that test could come as early as tomorrow. celebrating the 105th birthday of kim jong un's grandfather. the rhetoric from pyongyang has risen exponentially over the past week. a north korean official today warning of a preemptive strike against the united states if america takes what it called reckless military action. the north korean vice minister telling the associated press, quote: we've got a powerful nuclear deterrent already in -- on our hands, and we certainly will not keep our arms crossed in the face of a u.s. preemptive strike. north korea is the only country to carry out nuclear tests since 1998. pakistan conducting two tests in 1998, india one in 1998, china one in 1996, france in '96 as well. china's foreign minister responding to the provocations by urging both

lou: do your best to make it happen. >> thank you, lou. lou: thank you so much congressman, we're coming right back, a lot more today it just gets a little frustrating. because so much of it shoul trade straight forward. >> trump administration making it clear that funding for border wall may be delayed. >> closing that wall, having it funded remains a priority. but we know that it can happen later this year into next year. lou: the five's kimberly guilyle will join us next with that and more. >> president trump spping tariffs on canadian lumber that is being dumped in this that is being dumped in this country, we take up that w w w . especially in my business. with slow internet from the phone company, you can't keep up. you're stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someonscoops your sto. switch to comcast business. with high-speed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. you wouldn't pick a slow race car. then why settle for slow internet? comcast business. built for speed. built for business. did you know slow internet ca

lou: do your best to make it happen. >> thank you, lou. lou: thank you so much congressman, we're coming right back, a lot more today it just gets a little frustrating. because so much of it shoul trade straight forward. >> trump administration making it clear that funding for border wall may be delayed. >> closing that wall, having it funded remains a priority. but we know that it can happen later this year into next year. lou: the five's kimberly guilfoyle will join us next with that and more. >> president trump slapping tariffs on canadian lumber that is being dumped in this country, we take up that with secretary of department of commerce, wilbur ross, stay with us, we'll be right back. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. poallergies?reather. stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens y

night to put order who this, lou dobbs is next, thank you for watching. lou: good ev evening. president trump taking lead on tax reform, proposing a massive overhaul that would slash rates for nearly all americans and stimulate economic growth. treasury secretary steve mnuchin and gary cohn . introduce the plan to the media. taking tax brackets from seven to three. and proposes cutting corporate rate from 35% to 15. plan would exempt first $24,000 of income from taxation. repeal the estate tax, alternative minimum tax. eliminate deductions for state and local taxes, and administration officials say that plan is a broad brush outline ap at this stage. details unknown. but it will be substantial. mnuchin and cohn saying that plan will pay for itself with results higher economic growth. >> this package is go growing the economy, creating jobs. president looks at that seriously, as a tax on capital spend to stimulate economy growth. we're tieing to get rid of that -- try be to get rid of that. capital back in to the economy creating more jobs. the economic plan under trump will gr

lou: being supportive, a warm welcome. and your reaction to this prominence that president trump has given the egyptian leader? >> i think that president trump is right. he has strong ties to america, trained here as military was on the, he wants to fight radical islamic terrorism. those are leaders in arab world that we can ally with, who will be on our side in the war on terrorism, not making common cause with some of the islamists. lou: congressman ron desantis. >> thank you. >> we're coming right back, much more ahead stay with us. >> president trump today welcomed egypt's president to the white house. >> we'll fight terrorism and other things, and we're going to befriends for a long, long time, we have a great bond with the people of egypt, and i look forward to working with the president. >> we take up that and more with ambassador john bolton. >> and president trump warning china, to control north korea or the united states will act unilaterally. we'll preview the upcoming summit between president trump and looking

>> lou: president trump in a battle to build that border wall. president p president wants money for the wall and spending bill and the democrats threaten a government shutdown. interior secretary ryan singke. said it must be done. >> a nation without borders can't exist. >> lou: he is our special guest tonight. president trump announces the formation of a new office of form aegz. it will be held theed by his son-in-law jared kushner. and the dean for the new york posts michael goodwin joins me. we are going down the rabbit hole on iran. the iranian retalitory move comes days after the united states sanctioned 30 companies or individuals for helping iran's ballistic hit. the missile maker rip your and truck maker hosh kosh. and israel prime minister netanyahu thanking the trump administration for the staunch support of israel. >> you can see it expressed for standing up for what is right and the truth at the united nations. and you see it in the budget request submitted by president trump. and leaves military aid to israel fully funded. l >> lou:

here is lou. lou: good evening, trump administration confronting geopolitical threats in asia and the middle east. responding to the threats with a show of force and military acttion. united states issued warning to syria, more strikes would be launched in syria were to again use crema chemical weapons. vinson is prepared to act if the president orders. president's response has been decisive and quick. response from north korea has been more belligerent, kim jong-un's government threatening a nuclear strike if the united states were to pursue aggression toward north korea. and iran and russia for their parts, drawing a red line in syria. they would respond militarily. tonight, secretary of state rex tillerson is in moscow, ahead of his meeting tomorrow with his russian counterpart foreign minister sergei lavrov. saying it should be clear to us that the rein of the assad family is coming to an end. tillerson issued annal mat -- a ultimatum to russia. >> we want to create a future for syria h that i

lou: thank you very much. interesting to see number of people decides to register or report on various aspects of their professional lives. reporter: a lot of dots connecting. >> thank you. lou: a few thoughts on our relationship with china in face of north korean provocation, president trump reversed himself on issue of labeling china, for a number of reasons two of them one, the rising against the dollar. but in the midst of this, president trump offering china better terms on trade, saying he told xi jinping solve the problem in north korea. china right now, third largest export market. china number one source of imports to america. all of that, results in a trade deficit last year, of almost 350 billion dollars. >> president trump is saying we'll buy a solution with north korea, whether expending on missiles or -- munition. president is not the first to make such a bargain, but first president to be clear and unvarnished in his acknowledgment of what he is doing. xi jinping signed up with the president to

lou: surprised? >> there should be broad bipartisan consensus on corporate tax rate, i think you will see a lot of resistants for democrats, maybe it is an opening bid. lou: i think that middle class ought to go ballistic if there is no tax cut. it has been shrinking, if president in focusing on middle class, those jobs and those wages have been sta stagnant. >> i think that is a part of it. i think also has to be part of a package to get buy in for the corporate tax, which democrats will resist. i think it is going to be a long slog. they are doing it wednesday. but i don't think they will give us more than he said. lou: i think mollie may have outlined it every bid as well as secretary might aspire to do. it could be largest tax cut in personal income rates you know, ever. i just have a hard time understanding how with 20 trillion dollar national debt, have a billion trade deficits, we know we're going above that in budget deficits over next 5 years. this is a tough time to say i want my 15% corpor

lou: no. john: i think you can say what they did in the iraq we are, the first persian gulf war, they demonstrated iraq was never going to withdraw from kuwait. lou: they demonstrate you need a military solution. john: on china the point you made earlier is important. china's interest here does lie have similar to ours in reuniting the peninsula in a sensible fashion that eliminates north korea and eliminates its nuclear capability. that's being for diplomatic solutions as i always am, that's what i would shoot for. lou: please roll the video. a paddle boarder, there you see what he sees. getting the surprise of his life off the coast of malibu, california. face to back with a great whale. the whale so close his feet touched the head of the 40-on animal. f.b.i. director james comey set to testify on alleged russian interference in our election. chris farrell says the unmasking of trump campaign officials was designed to undermine the designed to undermine the fledgling trtrtrtrtr ♪ you look

lou: do your best to make it happen. >> thank you, lou. lou: thank you so much congressman, we're coming right back, a lot more today it just gets a little frustrating. because so much of it shoul trade straight forward. >> trump administration making it clear that funding for border wall may be delayed. >> closing that wall, having it funded remains a priority. but we know that it can happen later this year into next year. lou: the five's kimberly guilfoyle will join us next with that and more. >> president trump slapping tariffs on canadian lumber that is being dumped in this country, we take up that w w w w lou: heads of house oversight committee saying that michael flynn probably broke the law when he failed to disclose income from russia and turkey. >> as a former military officer you ca you cannot make money from russia, turkey or anyone element else. lou: punishable by up to 5 years in prison. it would be up to the president's justice department. joining me now, to discuss latest on michael flynn, trump administration's effort to av

lou: i share your concerns. but not as i'm reminded in the trump white house, not yet.trumh the trump white house is becoming a distraction at least for the national left-wing media. but the bannon, jared, ivanka, reince priebus going on. what do you make of it and how concerned if at all are you? >> i'm a bit concerned for this reason. i read the new york post where>m the president said i love steve but, and i like steve but, but he's got to top taking credit for my strategy and taking credit for my victory. to top he has to stop these internal wars or he's gone. i think that was brutally frank and blunt. gone. it would be a mistake to followh through and what appeared to be a threat. bannon is his anchor to windward. he's a populist nationalist america first wing of the coalition. n if he goes, i think the base will be looking hard at who's left behind. lou: these are tricky times here. he could get broadsided. the folks he has relied upon here, they include obviouslyhery most importantly speaker paul ryan. wh

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lou dobbs. lou: good evening, everybody. a defiant north korea issuing more threats against the united states as gee no political experts -- geopolitical experts warn the rogue nation is primed and ready to conduct what would be its sixth nuclear test. that test could come as early as tomorrow. celebrating the 105th birthday of kim jong un's grandfather. the rhetoric from pyongyang has risen exponentially over the past week. a north korean official today warning of a preemptive strike against the united states if america takes what it called reckless military action. the north korean vice minister telling the associated press, quote: we've got a powerful nuclear deterrent already in -- on our hands, and we certainly will not keep our arms crossed in the face of a u.s. preemptive strike. north korea is the only country to cry out nuclear tests since 1998. pakistan conducting two tests in 1998, india one in 1998, china one in 1996, france in '96 as well. china's foreign minister responding to the provocations by urging both th

lou: at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow there will be a vote with a simple majority determining that neil gorsuch will be the next associate justice of the supreme court filling antonin scalia's seat. >> it's regrettable that we came to this point. i don't think the fact that the republicans eliminated the filibuster is cause for celebration. what it shows is this whole nomination process has become so politicized. i don't think the republicans had a choice. i think they were forced into it. but it's regrettable at the opponents of judge gorsuch made such a political spectacle that we don't like him, we want revenge for merrick gorsuch. by any measure he's qualified to serve on the supreme court. lou: my hurt feelings go back to judge bourke. by the way, a simple majority, i can't express any great affection for 60 votes when 51-do. >> you would hope that in the context of a supreme court nomination you would have someone who would command bipartisan support. lou: that would have been true circumstanca 1950. -- cir

lou dobbs is next. lou: good evening, washington tonight abuzz with reports, rumors and rank speculation about what the president intends to on a number of critical issues and challenges as his first 100 days have 48 hours remaining. the 100 day mark is arbitrary, in fact meaningless, you would not know that watching many of television news outlet for reading reports of news organizations, president trump is working diligently, tireless le tirelessly, on a broad away of big issues. the questions are state forward, will the house or will it not deliver a health care bill in next two days? it depends on what rules committery accomplished tonight, and will president succeed in avoiding a government shut down as threatened by the dems, will the house move forward on tax reform. the would does not wait while president trump decides what to do about each issue. north korea for example cannot be deferred, or iran or russia or china. posing significant china, all potentially confrontations. president trump toda

lou: will the republicans be forced to gogogogogo lou: steve bannon removed from the national security council's principal today. translation for bannon's washington speak. the nsc is no longer politicized as it was under president obama. joining me to discuss the latest on the gorsuch vote, the bannon moves, the white house shakeup, did i mention the sue and rice scandal? veteran of 10 presidential campaigns, ed rollins. let's begin with the shakeup at the white house. >> i think bannon has a big job being the strategist for the president. if there is one failing, we don't have a good communications strategy. he has done a lot repealing the obama stuff, but the communications team is stepping all over itself. lou: i find it interesting the number of times the white house press secretary has been blamed for messaging, then the forces errors when the white house steps on its own foot. but the reality is that the communications department of the white house right now, i can't tell you what their message is day to day. >> it's not a day to day or week to week message. the president has do

lou: yes. speaker gingrich for whom you worked for many ayear, that was his seat, 6th district in georgia, he has a personal pride in the outcome i would suppose. >> it is a district full of history, speaker gingrich, and isaac son, and tom price trust me the people of that district understand how important a district it is. they will keep it in republican hands. >> let's turn to republican party right now. paul ryan is overseas doing what, i don't know. i guess pursuing his foreign policy, he will be first speaker with a foreign policy, he is defeating the president's agenda. not being able to move through the repeal and replacement of obamacare. i talked with rona mcdaniel about this earlier, here is the speaker declaring that there will be no funding for the wall. and you know that his tax reform plan differs from that of the president. what is the republican party going to grab the speaker by the neck, and say, behave? >> well, i think the caucus will start to take control, right now, speak

now here is lou dobbs. lou: good evening, the trump administration is confronting global threats with a diplomatic offensive. vice president making a surprise visit to the dmz after warning north korea not to test u.s. military or commander in chief by pursuing its nuclear weapon program. >> or the strength of the armed forces of the united states inhis this region. lou: military parade saturday, sunday, testing of medium range ballistic missile that blew up 4 seconds after it was ignited. mcmaster, spending the day in islamabad, pakistan, he met with the pakistani prime minister, head of military, and according to u.s. embassy there, mcmaster stressed need to quote -- confront terrorism in all its forms. radical islamist terror on the agenda for defense secretary james mattis on his way to riyadh, saudi arabia, his first stop on what will be a 6 day trip, includes egypt, i israel, qatar, djibouti. joining me now. veteran of 10 presidential campaigns, republican strategist ed rollins, michael goodwin am we

or the chinese, lou. to have this all go down as the president is eating dinner with the chinese president, solving north korea is not going to be easy. when the president says you can solve it china or we'll solve it, i think president xi will be more attentive to what an american president has to say about this problem. lou: to what degree can he be attentive, and to what degree do you think he can or will deal with kim jong-un and constrain him and eliminate any potential threat for north korea? john: that's the $64,000 question. the chinese for the last decade and more have refused to exercise the absolute economic power they have to collapse that regime if they want to. they haven't exercised that power. but now we are getting to game time. time is running out. these north koreans are about to acquire an intercontinental ballistic missile capability that will threaten key american cities. we have a president who just in the last 24 hours with the chinese president in attendance and a clear, unmistaka

thank you, kelly. >> thank you, lou. >> lou: we are over on our allotted time. and we'll pick up the pace. the trump administration making it clear that funding for the board wall may be delayed. >> building that you wall is a priority to him we know that tt can happen latter this year and next year. >> kimberly joins us on that and much more. president trump slapping are tariffs on canadian lumber. and we'll take it up with the departrtrtrtrt i was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans... ...better than a manual, and my hygienist says it does. but... ...they're not all the same. turns out, they're really... ...different. who knew? i had no idea. so, she said look for... ...one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round... ...brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to... ...gently remove more plaque and... ...oral-b crossaction is clinically proven to... ...remove more plaque than sonicare diamondclean. my mouth feels so clean. i'll only use an oral-b! the #1 brand used by dentists worldwide. oral-b. brush