we did it month after month but not in a few weeks. ashley: interesting to see what paul ryan says a few seconds from here. dow seven days in a row is down. [closing bell rings] cheering for the end of the trading week. coming up to closing bell. david asman, transfrance. what a day. david: what an understatement. melissa: wall street isn't loving uncertainty on capitol hill. the dow ending the day and the week in the red, posting the longest losing streak in four months. i'm melissa francis. david: it was fun hearing them cheer on wall street. anything but cheering on wall street. there is a lot of unhappy faces. this is the the closing bell. first here what else we have for you at this hour. "the art of the deal" not playing out as planned in our nation's capitol. the battle lines have been drawn and redrawn so many times today hard to keep count in the republicans bill to repeal and replace obamacare which has been pulled, at least for the moment. we'll figure out what is going on because house speaker paul ryan is just about to speak at a conference any moment now. of course we

fulfill its promise on health care and that it is still working with paul ryan to pick up support. meanwhile the blame game if it fails has already begun. various reports have the white house blaming speaker ryan and the speaker blaming the conservative freedom caucus, the democrats meanwhile sitting back and more than likely enjoying it all. we've got all of the angles covered from the white house to capitol hill. congressman michael, john, will be walking us through this dramatic day in washington. and former medicare and medicaid services administrator explains the biggest problems with health care in america. on wall street, markets reacting to all the health care hiccups. we're watching a late day selloff as the markets wrap up its worst week since the election. you could say the same, perhaps, for donald trump. we are less than an hour to the closing bell. i'm ashley webster in for liz claman, let's begin the countdown. ♪ ♪ ashley: stocks as we just noted as investors seem to be on the health care vote and perhaps it's not going the way of those who want this bill passed

stocks could be buys on tips. a new follow finds that paul ryan's job approval numbers are tanking. what that means for his agenda as house speaker. and what it means for his agenda next. [♪] your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. switch and you could save $509 on auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. charles: breaking poll numbers just stout raising new questions about paul ryan's future as house speaker. a pew polls finds only 24% of america aprove of his job. lou dobbs said it's time for ryan to go. lou: no one at the white house can explain why president trump and his advisors have put up with ryan. ryan is the leader of the opposition. republicans have a lot to answer for and far more if they don't throw paul ryan out of the speakers

popular recently. >> paul ryan cut $1 trillion on spending out of obamacare. and he used that money to cut taxes. but that's not what republican voters were asking for. those taxes were on insurance companies and drug companies. but that's what ryan wanted to do. i think the typical republican voter never heard that before. charles: it's apparent the more established republicans are look i head to tax cuts and tax reform thinking they would get a running start by getting a few cuts here. then that's why everyone said obamacare had to come first. but we know that's not necessarily true. envelopes, there should be some major d nevertheless -- nevertheless, there should be some falling out from this. >> i think he deserves some grace. but doing big things is hard enough with people who want to get to yes. but it's almost impossible to people who don't want to get to yes. charles: what does that mean? you mean certain republicans no matter what, it was an animosity toward ryan, necessity were telling us they were voting their conscience? >> i don't know what the motivation was. but some of the

home, thank you for watching now. here's lou dobbs. lou: tonight, house speaker paul ryan exposed. shocking new audio showing the speaker's disdain and disloyalty for then presidential candidate donald trump. >> i am not going to defend donald trump, not now, not in the future. lou: and take up here tonight the house of representatives for new leadership. we take that up with congressman chris collins, leading republican randy evans. >>> and growing calls to purge the deep state. saboteurs and subversives trying to bring down the trump administration and they must be stopped. judicial watch's christopher ferrell says it's time to fire all of the obama leftovers before they do more harm to the trump administration. >>> good evening, everybody. white house press secretary sean spicer says president trump is extremely confident that the justice department will find evidence the obama administration wiretapped him before the election. >> i think he's extremely confident. there have been i mtied this before, i'll let them do their job and the house and senate and the d.o.j. report this

and mean could have had the cbo stor score in front of them. >> paul ryan needs to be the speaker of the house, not the arthur of this bill, he is dull and boring. lou: he enjoys being dull and boring. >> to a certain extents, he needs to play nancy pelosi card, you never saw her up front until the end, she put the votes together in the end, she created obamacare. lou: behaved as a practical speaker. >> i think, we have seen him do the dog and pony show. lou: i don't know his motivation is, butly is asking the president of united states to pay a high price with what and i think a slack performance on the parts of the speaker, on part of a person who professes to know something about health care. >> they have to get this through, there is no question. if it takes two weeks or 8 weeks they have to get it. lou: you are not saying this legislation -- >> i am saying, an obamacare repeal and fix, and they have to make sure it is good as they can get it. lou: think about that, dr. tom price, head of health and humanervices, is e guiding spirit, if you will,rchitect at least at large here

anything racist and ben smith and buzz feed could say he could be called racist. i heard paul ryan say his behavior in the past was the definition of racist. >> paul ryan is not a part of a ns organization. i'm talking plain, simple journalism, this is about reporting the news, an editor. what they consider a news site, saying you guys are-- it's all fair game. you can call him a racistment i just don't-- it just doesn't fit-- >> you wouldn't report on what paul ryan defined as-- >> guys, hold on, juan. i want juan to react. >> juan, it speaks to the-- >> i was just going to say, i mean, paul ryan said that. to me, for donald trump to jump up and scream about the fake news and buzz feed and the rest, you know, his behavior, he's the guy that started the birther movement. remember that? talk about fake news. and everybody reported on it and followed it for months. eric: let' get gina in. >> i would just say, the bottom line is this, every nominee brings their family with them to these confirmation hearings and what this quote does, it exposes the obsession on the left with race. and the

talking about president in this process, and in point of fact, house speaker paul ryan, his leadership team, these fellows need to do a lot of explaining not the president of the united states, the president has had a historic beginning to his presidency, he is working. 3 people to the hill. trying to move the president's agenda. i got to say this leadership, that is -- this is a speaker who has blown it on healthcare. he is seems to have negotiated against himself, not the democrats in the spending bill. lord knows what awaits us. from the mind and the leadership imagine nation of paul ryan. how many failures can this man pile up and how many obstacles can he present to the president of the united states, the republican party the american people? >> well, the america people are not going to accept any more. to your point. is president working harder event including myself, i work around the clock trying to not only move ball forward but make sure we get it done. from the out works me, he -- i be on phone with him at midnight then at 5:30 the next morning here, is working for the ameri

right now? kevin brady, orrin hatch, paul ryan, and senate reader mitch mcconnell because there is not a total unified front. one of the issues that's a problem for both sides is the president wants what he calls a massive tax break for le class americans and business taxes, a corporate tax rate of 15%. that some republicans worry would contribute to greater deficits and greater debt for the whole country. >> wait until tomorrow, you can see the plan. but obviously we have to do everything we can to get economic growth going. the president knead tremendous headway on the regulatory front and he will do everything he can on the tax front. reporter: this is the broad principles that will lead to the formulation of legislation. this is not actually the bill, but this is the start of what could be an historic moment for the trump presidency. >> we'll see what it is tomorrow. adam, thank you very much. joining me for more, club for growth president david macintosh. sometimes you and i have been at odds. i think we are in lock step. we both believe in the power of tax cuts. i think it presiden

package. but leadership aides they speaker paul ryan was asked to pull the bill by president trump, by mid afternoon. >> we just did not quite get consent shoes today, we have a member driven process to get consensus, we came close but we did not, i thought wise thing to do was to not precede with the vote but pull the bill. reporter: brooks celebrated. >> i am pleased as can be, i believe it is bad for america. >> nancy pelosi rejoiced. >> it is exciting for us, yesterday, our anniversary today a victory for affordable care act. and for american people. >> rule 19, further considering of h.r. 1628 is postponed. reporter: just afternoon, speaker ryan went to white house to brief the president on status of health care bill with ryan telling him, he did not have the vote, vice president pence made an afternoon visit to capitol hill. trying to make a final push for conservative support, there has been pressure on freedom caucus deliver conservative votes after extentsive out reach from the white house. but after the meeting some of those conservatives said they were still no. and in o

paul ryan, despite having years to get something prepared to repeal and replace obama care, failed to deliver, when it mattered most. lou. lou: kevin, let me ask you about this tax reform. the president said thatte today, steve mnuchin treasury secretary, we hearing august for crying out loud, why not now? this now has been hallmark of this president through first two months of his presidency, and wait until later has been if you will the cry of the congress and the senate. why august? reporter: this is why i wish you were here more often. you could walk into that briefing and ask the man. i think you or to something. august is actually a chance to give them an opportunity to not only collect themselves as a group but make certain that they are moving forward in lockstep, they have strong ideas, keep this in mind, this health care battle was parts of a three prong approach, at cleaning up the budget, they want to try to get it ready before they get to august. i think that other thing, you want to be careful, about momentum building, you don't want to come become with manage camp co

. from capitol hill to the streets of belgium, what house speaker paul ryan had to say and didn't say about tax reform. in bruce else the belgium military shot a suspected terrorist. >> groundhog day. this is very reminiscent of last year, march, 2016. potentially a couple at the airport. this was at the central station. one individual. the previous attack was claimed by isis so i suspect they will do the same with this one. >> as you look at this and you listen to what's going on here, do you expect us to have to deal with more of these in the short term. you don't want to say it's the new normal. you don't want to say it's the cost of living in a big city. or that we accept it as a new normal. we don't do that. the key is to understand that the methodology has shifted somewhat. you know, it's been years since we talked about how al qaeda would be looking to plan something again on the scale of 9/11. after 9/11 one of the things we were most worried about in counter-terrorism were these small scale attacks. and it didn't materialize until after 9/11. but now we are seeing it. we are

manufacturing summit in washington, d.c. mike pence and house speaker paul ryan will be coming up. neil cavuto. take it away. neil: ashley, thank you very much. we have snippets what the house speaker will be discussing when it comes to tax reform. he will tell manufacturers don't give up the fight. we haven't give up the fight. tax reform is still on the agenda. what is most interesting, an item buried in early releases what we're getting of mr. ryan's planned remarks, talking about tax reform. he says these reforms, these tax cuts, theyeed to be permanent. every expert agree temporary reforms will have only negligible impact on wages and economic growth. also negligible. businesses need to have confidence that we will not pull the rug out from under them that isn't really too shocking coming from speakinger ryan. simple majority votes in the house before taxes go to the senate. to make them permanent in the senate you need 60 votes or more. this would not be done if he had his druthers if he had budget being sill ages. is he sending a signal in order for lasting impact and value, and if he t

nation of paul ryan. how many failures can this man pile up and how many obstacles can he present to the president of the united states, the republican party the american people? >> well, the america people are not going to accept any more. to your point. is president working harder event including myself, i work around the clock trying to not only move ball forward but make sure we get it done. from the out works me, he -- i be on phone with him at midnight then at 5:30 the next morning here, is working for the american people, if more people knew that, they would have a grader appreciation. but with regard to leadership we have to deliver this week on health care, if we don't, it will be a failure of huge proportions. the leadership has to do that, did yowith you not just the houn senate as well, people are tired of excuses, if we're going to drain the swamp, send us all home, get new leadership start over. lou: one thing we talk about draining the swamp. president's motto and his promise, that swamp as you know was not created in 100 days it is not going to be drained within a 100 day

struggles to make it to the next healthcare mile marker. house speaker paul ryan is in massachusetts. when he takes the mic he will outline the house tax plan. we will take that one might as well. the all-stars are waiting on the starting gun. mark sanford of south carolina. the next phase to vote in the house. they will react to the made in america announcement in the senate struggled with repealing obama care. as you just saw o.j. simpson has been granted parole. the juice will be set free from a prison in nevada it will come in the fall after nine years in the slammer. what happens next. geraldo rivera has covered the story decades. he is on the scene and he has the very latest. markets take aims at new record highs. and i believe the russell 2000. the only one that is down right now is the tao. you need to be here. the markets could move on any one of the stories. welcome back everybody. and we just want to start right now with the white house where an event is about to begin. president trump will make an announcement that is related to the made in america story. he has with the

republican leadership off guard, particularly speaker paul ryan who hours before slammed the proposal as disgraceful. his words and ryan never explained why. >> we have another unprecedented hurricane about to hit florida. they want to play politics at this moment, when we have fellow citizens in need to respond to the hurricanes so we don't strand them. >> lou: did you follow his reasoning here? the hurricanes and you can't make legislative deals. it was not the deal, but house conservatives were in complete agreement and mitch mcconnell said he would support the president's compromise deal as well. after securing a historic compromise. the president flew to north dakota, the ambitious tax reform plan and the focus on the american middle-class. >> we need tax groepth, pro jobs and pro worker and yes, pro american. and anybody who votes against tax reforms in north dakota or any place else. you have to vote against them and get them out of office. it is so bad. >> the president appearing before the endeavor refinery in north dakota. it is fourth largest in the country and north dakota is

republicans control the house and senate and white house, is because of two rhinos. paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. they only represent the big donors and not republicans or colstitients. >> if weep didn't have a revolution. and many of them would be thrown out. >> lou: we might have it. >> i will not argue for or against. i am trying to be an analyst. and i try to do that. >> lou: you just said dobbs. >> no, i am off and i want to give my opinion. >> lou: i am back. >> i think i said on the show we don't have enough republicans. they can't be pure as they want to be. if you want to be a majority, vote for what the president wants. >> to that point interesting to go to north dakota. it was only designed to get heidi hydecalf. and now hoo's rounding up the votes for what he can get them for. and something has changed in trump's approach. i think it is more than a warning shot to republicans, he intends to do this unless they give him a better offer. >> lou: there is another work here. the death of rinno. ryan and mcconnell, and the other rhinos in the senate and house. they have bee

eye on the market. if it rolls over this week, and maybe the course with paul ryan, if it rolls over, expect the markets. maria: have a great day. thanks for the panel. here is "varney & company" and charles payne. >> thank you, good morning. stuart will be back tomorrow. we've got a lot of big stories. markets, they're record territory, any move for the dow or the s&p 500 will be a high. paul ryan will make a big pitch for major tax reform today. he's calling this a generation opportunity. and the most spent on a congressional election in history, it's in georgia to fill tom price's old seat. we'll discuss the fallout from otto warmbier, the american held captive by the north koreans for a year and a half. and it's a big day for america. we've only got three hours to cover it, "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ . >> otto warmbier has just passed away. he spent a year and a half in north korea. a lot of bad things happened. but at least we've got him home to be with his parents, with are they were so happy to see him, even though he was in very tough condition, but he just pas

seems assured they have the votes but the conservatives insist, paul ryan does not have the votes. your thoughts? >> well, he has the votes as long as president trump is behind him. you know all the criticism of this particular repeal bill of obamacare, repeal and replace has been against paul ryan, but all these conservatives are scared to death of donald trump, and he's behind it. so i think they're going to be better off, and this notion that somehow you can just repeal all of obamacare and just get rid of it in one swoop is crazy because it will be filibustered in the senate and you won't win. this is a narrower approach using the reconciliation process and you have to meet all these rules in the senate, and it is a left sweeping approach for sure, butt will gethereventuly and obacare ll be gone. lou: well, in the house, reconciliation doesn't amount to much. >> no, no. lou: let me finish. >> okay. lou: the senate can blow up, use the nuclear option, get to straight majorities. there is a peculiar attitude here, and one starts to believe that h street and k street and the business r

, i'm president? could you believe it. i was joking, for the last week i have heard paul ryan doesn't have it, it's not working with paul ryan, he's going to get rid of paul ryan and then today i heard paul ryan is a genius. blake: heavy-lift asking hardly over. now heads over to senate where many skeptical republicans look to take a scapple to the measure. nicole: democrats sang the nah, nah, song good-bye. and hillary clinton tweeting, quote, a shameful failure of policy and morality by gop today, fight back on behalf of the millions of families will be hurt by their actions. lauren: more on the healthcare debate political analyst kirsten haglund. what are the major differences between this bill and obamacare? >> three major things, it repeals the mandate, individuals by insurance as well as the employer mandate that they provide insurance. there's lots of differences with that. also it replaces the taxes and subsidies op of obamacare with tax credits varying on age. the other one is another major sticking point in the senate, huge rollback of medicaid expansion. this is a three mai

single calendar year. a lot depends on tax reform getting done. speaker paul ryan, a lot of that depends on my friends in the united states senate. take a look. >> it is all about timing and managing absences in the senate. so, we're basically being flexible for the majority leader. i talked to mitch a couple times about this we're simply being flexible to honor their concerns about managing their schedule and possibly absences. neil: how will that sort out? we're talking about senators cochran and john mccain who might be too ill to be there for the big vote. that could make a big difference. to fox news capitol hill producer chad pergram. what do they do in that event? >> here is what happens next couple days. they have to finish the bill text. they didn't do that in the conference meeting yesterday. that is facade. this is offstage. i'm told tomorrow there will be conference call with house republicans. they will walk them through the bill. that decision will be made whether the house bows first or senate goes first. usually you have the body that asks for the conference commi

there in the house leadership have their way, including paul ryan. hell, he won't even give the president a shot at his wall, but that's for another show, another day. fred barnes, randy evans, thank you both. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. lou: be sure to vote tonight, do you believe china's warning will prevent kim jonging unfrom carrying out what would be a sixth nuclear test while the rest of the world hasn't run one since 1998? cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs and follow me on twitter, like me on facebook, follow me on instagram @loudobbstonight. >>> on wall street, markets closed for good friday. retail sales fell for a second straight month, down two-tenth obviously a percent. california's department of motor vehicles granting apple a permit to conduct tests of those self-driving cars on public highways. and united's chairman, the latest airline official to offer his apologies to dr. david dow after the passenger was dragged off a flight. united shares down more than 2.5 this year. and by the way, they discovered a scorpion which bit one passenger a

from republican leadership like mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. liz: yeah, that's a good point. i mean, the way it was playing out in the white house it's as if scaramucci and reince priebus are putting kick me signs on each other's back, and they wanted to repeal and replace each other. and, you know, the issue with scaramucci just going ahead and calling the new yorker magazine, that would not be off the record. there was no indication, according to the new yorker. it was the whole time on the record. will general kelly just stop all of that behavior and can he get answer to leaks? because that's been plaguing the white house. >> well, the leaks are a plague. and maybe he can get it. it is an unusual interview, the scaramucci interview. and then when you look at republican business as usual, which is what happened with john mccain at 2:30 in the senate. we know republican business as usual does not work for conservative voters or for the business. when republicans win there in office, nothing gets done. so kelly's thing is not just to stop the leaks but actually ensure that all of th

, president trump asked speaker of the house paul ryan to yank the bill due to lack of votes. the markets closing mixed not to the downside. the s&p stung, health care stocks soaring. moments ago speaker of the house paul ryan holding a news conference with house minority leader nancy pelosi as well. welcome to "risk & reward". i'm elizabeth macdonald in for deirdre bolton. we'll bring you the latest. the gop pulling the obamacare replacement bill after a show down on the house floor as they did not have the votes to pass it. would have been historic moment, the biggest entitlement reform to medicaid since lbj introduced it in the 60s. after a week of wall to wall, 11th hour negotiations, meetings at the white house and capitol hill and arm-twisting and horse trading as well. did not happen today. trump said obamacare will likely explode. he says republicans will probably work instead on tax reform next. lots going on right now. bring in blake burman with the very latest. >> reporter: hi there, liz, the president speaking from the oval office moments ago saying that they believe t

. so, of course, it all puts them at odds with paul ryan and all those fiscal conservatives. will the president have to battle his own party to get his budget passed? we're on it. i'll see you right here after this. trish: all right. congressional republicans hoping for some specifics tonight from president trump on key issues like obamacare, the tax code and infrastructure spending. now, all we know, so far anyway, is that his plan for a huge $54 billion surge in military spending and a slash to domestic programs and foreign aid is about as far as it's going. so his budget blueprint really leaves in place social security and medicare, these are programs that make up more than half of the federal budget. big chunk of it, so it really puts trump in, frankly, direct conflict here with the speaker, paul ryan, and other leading republicans, conservatives who have been pushing for reforming these entitlement programs. a senior member of the appropriations committee, congressman mike simpson of idaho, says if you want to balance the budget, if you want to increase defense spending, at s

there. >> the bill gets rid of the penalties, but contains more entitlements. paul ryan needs 22 votes to get this thing out. but i wonder, this will as it stands now if this negotiation continues will only get more conservative. if democrats wanted to stop this thing from becoming a more conservative bill, they would give 22 votes to paul rienl right now, but they are not. ed the democrats can prevent this thing from getting any more conservative. charles: peter bans is in washington, d.c. with the latest. >> a white house spokesperson is saying expect the votes on the legislation to start tomorrow. no confirmation from speaker ryan and his team who have been meeting with fellow republicans today, and with white house officials tonight at the capital at this hour. house republicans are planning to neat behind closed doors at 7:00 tonight to discuss the path forward for the legislation after the conservative members of the freedom caucus net with the president at the white house today. the president is wrapping up a meeting with the conservatives about their concerns. that's to t

up for that? >> lou: michelle malkin, thanks. up next. speaker paul ryan. we haven't heard from him for a while. he is far removed from reality. i bring ryan back with a heavy and reluctant heart. stay with us. ♪ meatball on white! next! you want mustard on that or not! come on, come on. i haven't got all day here! it doesn't come with peppers! they're extra! hurry up.pay the lady! next! the chicken's fresh. i killed it myself. so that's what you want? next! while we're still young! you know you told me you wanted mustard. get outta here! time's up! back of the line! hey. excuse me. what! great sandwich. thanks. ♪you didn't have to be so nice♪ get outta here. ♪i would have liked you anyway♪ >> lou: a view thoughts on the delusions of the speaker of the house. we thought for a fleeting few days, paul ryan might decide to align himself with the president, nation and his party or at the least gone to ground. but today's politicalo headline reminds us of the broad, deep divide between ryan and reality. here is the headline. ryan bucks white house setting up clash on taxes. no,

next. speaker paul ryan. we haven't heard from him for a while. he is far removed from reality. i bring ryan back with a heavy and reluctant heart. stay with us. ♪ >> lou: a view thoughts on the delusions of the speaker of the house. we thought for a fleeting few days, paul ryan might decide to align himself with the president, nation and his party or at the least gone to ground. but today's politicalo headline reminds us of the broad, deep divide between ryan and reality. here is the headline. ryan bucks white house setting up clash on taxes. no, it appears that ryan is pushing his border opposition tax against the president. good lord, the speaker argued against the president's agenda again and declared his plan is the smart way to go. frankly there is nothing smart about opposing the nation's leader and the party's leader and the president of the united states. the way and means committee kevin brady encouraging to pitch the adjustment tax into the made into america tax. ryan apparently has no shame. he worked against donald trump in p the campaign and refused to work for pre

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chairmen of various committees. notably house republican leaders such as speaker paul ryan are not involved in tonight's meeting. and according to fox news capitol hill producer it maybe to give some appearance this is a quote unquote member-driven process. the speaker used that language to describe the obamacare repeal and replace efforts and the speaker's bill earlier when it was withdrawn. here to discuss all of these developments, a potential deal on healthcare, the laura ingraham. editor-in-chief of one of the country's most popular radio program, "the laura ingraham show." let's start with the hill. this is high drama. we are not entirely sure where we are head. what do you think? >> i talked to a member of the freedom caucus a couple hours ago. he says it looks like there is some flexibility on the regulatory aspect. a lot of folks are sceptical that the phase two and phase three would happen. but a lot of them need more assurance that the deregulatory moves on the part of the secretary of hhs and others will happen like now. like you can do a lot even before they do the mov

supports paul ryan, house speaker, should this failing and president trump said yes. as far as the number of counts, nobody knows where it stands. several members of the house freedom caucus, there are no votes, louis gohmert said on stuart varney's show there could be as many as tween 9 nos. >> there will be at least five that could be tween 9 and could be more that vote no and i am told as of last night 17 moderates are no. some may flip and vote yes, but i know the president will be unhappy now but this is going to bring him down if it passes. >> reporter: this much we know, the democrats should be all know. how many conservative freedom caucus members are nos q how many moderates might be nos kick you add up those nos it doesn't get 211 or 213? that is the sweet spot this administration is hoping to clear. neil: it improved with whatever numbers to the democrats -- it does lower the threshold you have to get to get this to move on in the senate. >> 435 members of the house at any given time, and cut that in half and lower the threshold a little bit, bottom line, they have to ge

be big. lou: not if your pals over there in the house leadership have their way, including paul ryan. hell, he won't even give the president a shot at his wall, but that's for another show, another day. fred barnes, randy evans, thank you both. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. lou: be sure to vote tonight, do you believe china's warning will prevent kim jonging unfrom carrying out what would be a sixth nuclear test while the rest of the world hasn't run one since 1998? cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs and follow me on twitter, like me on facebook, follow me on instagram @loudobbstonight. >>> on wall street, markets closed for good friday. retail sales fell for a second straight month, down two-tenth obviously a percent. california's department of motor vehicles granting apple a permit to conduct tests of those self-driving cars on public highways. and united's chairman, the latest airline official to offer his apologies to dr. david dow after the passenger was dragged off a flight. united shares down more than 2.5 this year. and by the way, they discovered a scorpion w

victory for president, and to paul ryan's credit, he applauded president's leadership, first thing he said as he stepped on to the microphone and cameras, impressive. >> yes, this is the president's triumph, he had to intervene in last minute, let's hope this is a good sign that president will lead the way on tax reform. this -- lou: let's not get ahead of ourselves. >> right, this he'll bill is a big -- health bill is a big win, revealing job killingisme employer mandate. most important deliver to people of individual market, people stuck there, double digit prumium premiums. lou: frid, your thoughts on about what is ahead in senate. what betsy outlined is reality, but there are forces as you know in the senate who want to starts anew. lou: one thing first, i think that difference is that trump. he did what he -- he didn't do the first time when they did not send the bill for a vote. then he just told house members what he thought they should do, this time we negotiated. he made a deal with fred upton. lou: he led. >> that is the difference here. lou: he was relying on people who

, particularly speaker paul ryan who hours before slammed the proposal as disgraceful. his words and ryan never explained why. >> we have another unprecedented hurricane about to hit florida. they want to play politics at this moment, when we have fellow citizens in need to respond to the hurricanes so we don't strand them. >> lou: did you follow his reasoning here? the hurricanes and you can't make legislative deals. it was not the deal, but house conservatives were in complete agreement and mitch mcconnell said he would support the president's compromise deal as well. after securing a historic compromise. the president flew to north dakota, the ambitious tax reform plan and the focus on the american middle-class. >> we need tax groepth, pro jobs and pro worker and yes, pro american. and anybody who votes against tax reforms in north dakota or any place else. you have to vote against them and get them out of office. it is so bad. >> the president appearing before the endeavor refinery in north dakota. it is fourth largest in the country and north dakota is the second largest u.s. oil producer

think the country is right there with you. let's turn to paul ryan, who has not always been, with, as of a week ago, with the president. where is paul ryan now? where is he in his partnership with the president of the united states, who is the senior partner by any definition? >> well, i would put it this way, lou. we know who the head of our party is. we know the reason we have unified republican government, for the first time in a very long time and that's donald j. trump, our new president. out of respect for that at turnout that mr. trump got, paul ryan and other leadership are looking to his leadership and vice-president pence is playing a key role in setting the agenda, the pace of the agenda and setting the priority, as paul ryan indicated to us today in our conference meeting, they are all on the same page. our 100, 200-day agenda we are going to be talking about, the president will be with us on thursday in philadelphia at our retreat. all the republican senators and members of congress will be there. we are united and president trump is calling the shots. we are falling in l