committee. and we're also getting some headlines from president trump. right now, kevin cirilli joining me back from london, and finally back here in the united states. just to follow up what president trump is saying here at his cabinet meeting. kevin: we've got chairman powell, house of representatives, and meanwhile, new developments coming out of the white house. president trump saying that the auto industry is going to be the focus of a meeting with european union commissioner juncker next week when he visits the white house on the 25th. this comes following what the e.u. has done with regards to japan, the largest type of trade deal we've seen, and quite frankly, coming at its time in which the european union is looking to respond directly to the protectionist strategy of the trump administration trade policy. so a lot of moving parts on this. we should note the e.u. has said that they would be willing to potentially look into the auto tariff, but doesn't like that at all. >> we have the ongoing trade renegotiations on nafta with canada and mexico. we're now hearing that they're g

mccord kavanagh's -- judge supreme court appointment gets combo gated. -- gets complicated. kevin: ted kavanagh meeting here at the white house earlier today as all of the democrats on the senate judiciary committee urging senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley to delay the confirmation vote later this week as a result of christine ford's allegations from 36 years ago ros regarding sexual misconduct at a party. judge kavanagh says i'm willing to talk to the senate judiciary committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation and defend my integrity. a lawyer for miss ford says she is also willing to testify publicly about an allegation she said in an interview earlier today was "attempted rape." all of this comes with the republicans holding onto a razor thin majority, 51 republicans in the senate. two senators of the republican party say they feel this vote ought to be delayed. bob corker as well as jeff flake. the latter of whom is the senate judiciary committee member. this puts pressure on mitch mcconnell about whether or not there

: for more we welcome kevin cirilli from the white house. it seems there are many proposals out there, some from mike rounds and also senators grassley, what does the president right now like and what does he need to see in order to get something approved? i think it shows the white house is not entirely on board with bipartisan consensus in the senate as regards to immigration. the bipartisan group of senators is working with outside groups in the business committee as well as wall street and silicon valley, but on the flip side, the white house is taking a conservative approach. there is a lot of competing factions right now. it is not entirely sure where the white house stands on this in terms of what specific policies they would like to get on board with. ,his is part of the trend whether it is the issue of health care or tax reform or even to some extent, infrastructure. where exactly in the weeks does white house stand come up at the end of the day to try to get some type of deal. right now we are at a standstill on this, but we will have to wait and see what where the battle li

, david westin. welcome to "balance of power." kevin cirilli will be here on the german automakers meeting with president trump. sarah mcgregor on the china trade truce. and therese raphael on europe, telling britain it is not too late to change its mind. we will start in washington. sara, thank you for being here. explain what is going on. we that we came away from the dinner knowing what happened, but it is getting murkier. sarah: we have had officials sort of blanketing the airwaves and speaking to journalists nonstop over the past couple days, and rather than clarifying details, they are really selling more confusion. we saw larry kudlow say today that actually the announcement yesterday, or on sunday over twitter that china had agreed to lower auto tariffs, that has not been signed, sealed and delivered. so they are already backtracking on promises. and we had donald tweeting today that unless the talks are extended, they expect commitments from china to come through in these 90 days. but on sunday we were given the impression that the 90 days was a firm timeline from the u.s.

pennsylvania is bloomberg chief washington correspondent, kevin cirilli. there we go to the race to point that the major breaking news in the last few minutes with reports saying larry kudlow is going to replace gary cohn as the new director of the economic council. what do we know about them so far given that he doesn't need congress approval, he can start his job anytime now. larry could no accepting the position to replace gary cohn. this is someone in or around the american apparatus of this administration who fits better with the administration and a personality basis than someone like let gary cohn. ties andlow has deep is putting himself out there as a firebrand on economic policy. it is the type of salesman and chief this president is looking for in that particular role. and all comes following a shakeup with secretary tillerson out and a major lost eventually likely from the republican -- in the pa congressional district. noble finalized officially, but for all intents and purposes quizzically unlikely that rick saccone will pull this out. paul ryan earlier today defending

washington correspondent, kevin cirilli. there, mitcha down mcconnell came back and made a speech. what is going on? kevin: it looks like the government is poised to shut down at midnight tonight partially including the department of homeland security but what you are watching unfold is a procedural vote. the magic number is 60. that is the number of votes needed to bring the resolution that was passed in the house of representatives last night to a more complete to vote. it is likely going to fail and that would mean we are heading towards a government shutdown. all of this comes as the president has dug in with a hard-line conservatives including the freedom caucus suggesting to republicans that they promised and campaigned on bluster and security on the u.s.-mexico border, they campaigned on the wall, and now it is their opportunity to do it. in a tweet, the president said he was prepared for a long the government shutdown. to whiteesting house secretary sanders that he would not be going tomorrow -- tomorrow -- to mar-a -lago if the government did shut down. david: is this an elaborate

-frankate trimming dod for the first time since the financial crisis a decade ago. kevin, there are we now in the we now in where are the process? what this bill does is lift the threshold -- threshold for stress testing, as well as other speculations, raising it from $50 billion in assets. that conservative of a plan. but sources told me they are not planning to rubberstamp this as it moves forward, and they would like to see additional taxed ots in the house but lawmaker on the wants to provide additional regulatory relief to this bill. take a listen to what he told me earlier. my bill would give banks and opportunity for an offramp. into the it up to fsco risk -- fsoc and the risk indicator score already in place see if banks deserve to do that because of the business model. evin: it will take a couple more weeks in terms of regulatory relief. senator elizabeth warren and other potential 2020 candidates are voting against this. other democrats are voting with republicans. mr. kudlow is making strong remarks about china and the u.s. dollar. what did he say? echoed what senior admi

. kevin cirilli is doing double duty. we go to him now. let's start with those tech hearings we just heard conclude. is there going to be regulation coming out of this? was interesting to hear sheryl sandberg and jack dorsey say they would not be opposed to regulation. but not really getting into the specifics of what particular regulations they would like to see. it would appear that they lawmakers did their homework from the first go round of hearings. they seem to be asking more pointed questions as well as trying to get down to whether or not these tech companies will be better protected ahead of the midterm elections we know about the bipartisan legislation that was signed into law during state securities to better protect states and election systems ahead of the midterm elections from cyberattacks. momentas one interesting in particular when sheryl sandberg -- sheryl sandberg said he quitting the cyber warfare and saying that facebook another tech companies had to do a better job in terms of responding in real-time on the threats that are emerging overseas. dorsey, forow jack m

since he and next crimea. .- and asked crimea -- and kevin cirilli, how much of the summit has to do with the helsinki summit president trump help with present putin. in theces today intelligence community said the policy positions of the united states did not significantly change with regards to sanctions , with additional sanctions to russia, to continue. the second is energy policy, particularly the pipeline the u.s. as opposed for quite some time, spending democratic and republican controlled administrations. angela merkel obviously would like to see some -- a new energy partnership. the president has been critical of angela merkel, saying that is a way for russia to assert control and authority over germany. it will be interesting to see how close russia and chancellor merkel are willing to work together on. david: do we have a sense going into this meeting whether angela merkel wants to stick it to president trump. president trump went after her on the issue of the natural gas and said you are too dependent on russia. if we -- if she came out of this meeting with a closer bond

president -- facing criticism for having approved a $1.3 trillion measure. an eight to kevin mccarthy says he is discussing the plan with the president over the past couple of days. congress is on a recess until next week. despite reports that scott pruitt job may be in jeopardy, the president and his chief of staff have given him a vote of confidence. the administration has been told to fighting and the administration has his back. pruitt is under scrutiny for racking up high travel security expenses and for running a condo from an energy lobbyist. dozens gathered at the syrian highway ready to take on a group of rebel fighters away from their stronghold near damascus. the army of islam is the last remaining and largest insurgent group in eastern ghouta. they are heading north as part of an agreement with the syrian government and the russian actors. german prosecutors said today they are seeking the extradition of a former catalan separatist leader to spain ready to face trial for his role in organizing and independence referendum. he was detained in germany last month. spain also a

. theresa may putting it to europe. kevin cirilli on capitol hill on the confirmation of brett kavanaugh and president trump calls the question on china. first, london. we had a dramatic announcement from theresa may as she said she is sticking to her core, is this where we need to get to where brexit? >> it has been humiliating week for theresa may as she woke up to gruesome headlines in the newspapers after a terrible summit in salzburg, austria where she went hoping to have warm words from her fellow eu leaders but they rejected her so-called brexit plan for a future and she has come out and set it is not good enough and you need to show me some respect. she was angry and annoyed. if we step back we have to see that this is also maybe part of the theatrics of the negotiations appeared some eu officials said they expected her to say the kind of things she had said and help desk and still hope for a deal in october or maybe november. -- and still hope for a deal in october or maybe november. david: something going on at capitol hill regarding brett kavanaugh, will we have a hearing? >>

: we have record optimism among small businesses in the united states. yesterday, kevin hassett took to the briefing room to rave about the state of the u.s. economy. >> so far, in the first half of their, capital spending is up 10%. you don't have to reach far for a theory what happened. president trump deregulated the economy. the tax cuts have had exactly the predicted effect on the economy. that brought businesses back to the u.s., factories back to the u.s., and created jobs for ordinary americans. david: welcoming now a veteran democratic strategist who helped run both john kerry's and al gore's run for president -- runs for president. he comes to us from los angeles. >> glad to be here. .avid: you heard mr. hassett >> i think there are two problems. the first is that people are not dumb. this was anand economy largely inherited from president obama, whose job creation record was better than the job ration record we have had in the last 12 months or the last 18 months. david: all you have to do is look at the approval number. >> with this kind of economy, there is bigger than the

legislation after your review of it. kevin: we -- mr. zuckerberg: we will review it and get back to you. rep. lance: sheryl sandberg was and saidoday show" additional breaches and personal information could be discovered by the current audit. "we are doing an investigation and are going to do the audits and think it is possible, that is why we are doing the audits." -- coo went on to say facebook cared about privacy all along. i think we got the balance wrong. do you agree with the statement of your coo? mr. zuckerberg: yes, congressman , i do, we were trying to balance to equities, making it so that people had data supportability, the ability to bring their data to another app to have new experiences in other places, a value we care about. on the other hand, we need to balance making sure that everyone's information is protected. we did not get that balance right. rep. lance: i concur with the statement of the coo. regarding cambridge analytica, the fact that 300,000 individuals gave consent, that did not mean they gave consent to 87 million friends. do you believe that action viol

courts. >> that was kevin's interview with senator grassley taken early today. president trump has a busy week and it is not over yet. british premise or theresa may, ending this trip with a summit with vladimir putin on monday. welcome now democratic senator menendez from new jersey. he is a ranking member who comes to us from the washington center. thank you for your time today and i appreciate you being here. let's start with the nato summit so far from what we see. what do you make of that? first of all, it is to be met by 20 24. all countries must meet the responsibility to know nato country -- as we speak today and nato countries are actually meeting the target. this year, several years before. it is alarming the president seems to be giving the hand to -- the pakistan -- the back of his hand to our closest allies and seems to embrace significant adversaries like putin. with hislarming participation in the nato summit. >> he began the day meeting with dance oldenburg, the director general. really challenging angela merkel of germany, saying you are too dependent upon russia. is

pass it. and kevin was a great help. kevin mccarthy who just left the stage was a great help. so were your congressmen a great help. and we got right to try passed and four weeks ago i signed final legislation. i'm very proud of that. many people are going to be saved. many, many people are going to be saved. you would think it would be easy. but it wasn't. between the insurance companies and healthcare companies and pharmaceutical companies. now we are bringing down the prices for prescription drugs. way down. so we made this incredible progress together with your help. with the help of the millions and millions of people that some polls got it right. but not all polls got it right. but they showed up. the beginning of that night, people are saying this could be a big problem for the democrats. they were not liking what they were seeing. they were seeing too many of those hats, they were seeing too many people. that was one of the most of incredible evenings. that was a movement the likes of which this country has never seen before. we talk about the forgotten men and women. the

and means committee chairman kevin brady. also tonight, new revelations about the link between the f.b.i. surveillance of the trump campaign and the democratic national committee private law firm and its ties to fusion g.p.s., the clinton campaign and the phony trump dossier. >> president trump: this is a witch hunt. republicans are seeing it. the democrats know it's a witch hunt, too, but they don't want to admit it because it's not good politics for them. it's a terrible witch hunt and it has hurt our country. >> lou: now the trump white house calling out china for meddling in our mid-term elections and the propaganda campaigns they are conducting in the united states. new reports detailing just how far china is going to spy on u.s. companies. we have the alarming details here tonight. as the kavanaugh confirmation process has now moved into its final stages, a handful of key senators hold the key to his fate. and here as best we can determine is how they are likely to vote. as we just reported, north dakota democrat heidi heitkamp says she will vote no. it appears she is in so m

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construction of border security. congressman kevin yater of kansas securing $5 billion for 200 miles of new physical barriers along the southern border together is working on legislation for the homeland security appropriations committee. president trump thanked the congress with his tweet thank you to congressman yoder. he secured 5 million for border security. devin has been strong and loves our military and vets. kevin yater has my full and total endorsement to the disastrous senate omnibus spending bill allotted only $1.6 billion for so-called border security. it will do was not for the wall and did not include any physical barriers and by the way it resulted in a reduction in the number of immigration and customs enforcement agents. thank you speaker paul ryan. the house today passed a pro i.c.e. resolution. 34 democrats voted no. that's how many mustered the courage. the gop praising i.c.e. were putting victims are to ahead of the midterms for the public and party using incredible humor as the democrats intend to move further to the left in this country. for example speak

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correspondent kevin corke has the latest for us. >> these tariffs, they're purely defensive in nature, they're designed basically to bring these industries back to life guess what from day one those tariffs were announced they're lurking. >> lurking say white house officials to restore american commerce and enhance u.s. national security. indeed the president's twitter feed has consistently had the unfairness of the tariffs adding by the time i finish trade talks , that will change. massive trade deficits no longer the united states has the world 's largest trade deficit. its been that way since 1975. with an $811.2 billion gap in 2017 alone, nearly half of that, 37billion, thanks to china. but from the united kingdom to beijing from ottawa to mexico city the tough talk on tariffs is sparking fears that a global trade war is imminent. today, british prime minister theresa may told president in a phone call that u.s. tariffs on eu steel were unjustified and deeply disappointing. mexico filed a complaint against the u.s. with the world trade organization. china warned that increased tar

us and kevin brady. and. >>> new revelations about the fbi and the trump campaign, the tie to the fusion gps enw, the clinton campaign and the phony dossier. >> this is a witch hunt. the democrats know it's a witch hunt too. they don't want to admit it because it's not good politics for them. it's a terrible witch hunt. >> attorneys victoria toensing and joe digenova joining us here tonight. and now the trump bhows calling out china for meddling in the midterm elections and the propaganda campaigns they're conduct in the united states. new reports detailing how far china is going to spy on u.s. companies. we have the alarming details here tonight. >>> our top story, senators have been reviewing the fbi's supplemental investigation of judge brett kavanaugh all day. and despite nothing that corroborates allegations against the judge, the radical dimms are continuing their smear campaign. fox news chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel with more from capitol hill. >> dueling activists converge on capitol hill. supporters urging senators to stand with brett. while on the other

else, end quote. of course kevin mccarthy is, you know, a mini me of paul ryan, establishment hack. there remains a possibility jordan could challenge mark meadows, talking about an extraordinary development for the ranking member of the house oversight committee. i wouldn't bet on that either with kevin mccarthy fol plowing in paul ryan's footsteps. and by the way, i'm sure following the guidance of the same k street master masters ass predecessor. >>> be sure to vote in the poll tonight. do you believe rino paul ryan will join the democratic party where he's belonged throughout his political career? cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs, follow me on twitter, like me on facebook and follow me on instagram. >>> the left wing national media has their hair on fire on michael cohen's new plea deal with the special counsel. >> it's shakespearean bhawz somebody who said he would take a bullet for donald trump is pointing the finger at him. >> it is a good day for donald trump to resign. i believe that. >> we have a rational explanation for why he was so pro-putin. >> what this represents

him to do. >> well, the room raised his rating for kevin to get to 18 months he does assured he'll be the speaker, the rumor was he might retire early or resign early. i don't know about that. lou: who is going to have the 218? >> they were hoping kevin mccarthy. lou: well that is not happening. >> i'm supporting jim jordan. lou: me, too. >> they needed to have some money in their for at least a good portion of the wall. i keep bringing it up to paul and kevin. lou: don't they actually save you, go to a? >> they don't say anything. i brought it up in conference last week and then there crickets. okay, next comment or question. i keep telling them, and the people that voted for trump will turn out in 2020 and vote again. we have got to give them a reason to come out and vote in the midterms. lou: date night vote for democrats. what's the difference between a bunch of rinos and democrats? >> a lot of them won't turn out. they'll say we've got no choice. the same either way. still doing at the deep state wants and not what we elected him to do. god bless him. he said he may have to veto

amnesty for illegal immigrants. kevin mccarthy said they are working on a daca deal, disaster at border, and at midterms no concern of theirs as long as wall street, koch brothers, and chamber of commerce keep their money flowing, tennessee congressman diane black among your guests, she will talk about the fight to fund the border wall. her means of funding the border wall. fake news in caught in the fact again. "new york times" busted for lying about massive crowd at president trump's nashville rally this time, president trump gets a rare gift in return. we'll tell you all about it, here tonight. >> this feels like before our election, this is a big crowd of people. a lot of people. a lot of people. with bad weather. and bad everything. and still coming in. lou: top story, robert mueller desperate to keep presidential subversion mission going and republicans have developed -- rino republicans developed a strange frame of schizophrenia. with credibility of his all democrat dem teams shredded and dems and deep state warning him not ton to interfere in midterm, mueller focused on taking f

distracted by the russia probe. fox news white house correspondent kevin cork with our report. reporter: a digital deluge, i did findefiant president trump's weekend tweet storm ran the gamut. they are laughing their -- in moscow. to twitter verse was his latest attempt to draw a contrast between his refrain of no russia collusion with russia probe. which despite dime of more than a dozen russian nationals is ongoing, today kremlin rejected notion they were interfering with the american election. it looks like accusations have been made. but no evidence was presented. for us these are not obvious. reporter: even a member of president's own cabinet of the not spared from wave of russia criticism. >> you can see with fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in public domain. >> forgot to say results of 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians, whether or not votes were changed impacted is anyone's guess, the fact that indictment allege that russians have been targetingu since 2014 true this question. obama was president up to an

speaker paul ryan today announcing he has given his support for house majority leader kevin mccarthy took succeed him. a lame-duck speaker not only wants to stay in the job he has just resigned for another nine months but he obviously believes he should have the same prerogative as annie tinpot dictator to choose his successor. we will see. also with us tonight conservative commentator and best-selling author ann coulter joins me on the need to build a wall to safeguard america from the worst murder crisis in mexico with a quarter million mexicans killed in the drug cartel violence over the past threat--decade and now threatening the united states. our stop tour story the justice department's watchdog today releasing an explosive report laying out the reasons for the causes that led to the firing of deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. the former director of the fbi leaked a self-serving story to shape the narrative surrounding his role in the clinton e-mail investigation and then lied about it to his boss and federal investigators. "fox news" chief intelligence correspondent catherine

. kevin cork has our report. >> he did a very good job when he was in the white house and we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he'll have a great career ahead of him. >> the president's comments about rob porter didn't quell the controversy. if anything, he may have ignited a new one. >> as you probably know, he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterday that he's innocent. so you'll have to talk to him about that. >> despite porter's repeated red denials and questions about when the white house learned about the scope of the allegations, saying the retired marine general was quote enabler of domestic violence. white house counsel knew about the allegations involving porter for months. the washington post said mcgann first learned of the allegations in january. in june the fbi warned the white house about them. in september the news finally reached kelly but porter stayed on the job until photos of the alleged abuse surfaced this week. >> no question they could have handled it better. checks and balances which should have been

appeals a disgrace, kevin cork can traveling with the florida in -- with the president in florida. >> 9th circuit is something we have to look at. it is not fair. reporter: what began as a president's sharp contribute ike of 9th circuit yesterday, today, off of pillars of u.s. supreme court, chief justice john roberts chiding the president for injecting politics into the court. we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges, we have an extraordinary group of judges doing their level best. that independent judiciary, is something we should all be thankful for. president responded on twitter, sorry chief justice john roberts, but you do have obama judges, they have a different point of view than people charged with safety of our country, roberts rebuke after judge john tiger ruled against plan to impose new restriction on asylum cases, a move that president believed was politically motivated. after rulings from judges in hawaii and michigan, they were halted and temporarily. >> i don't know if the frustration is anything new, but it is heightened, seems a

cuts. the top tax writer kevin brady spoke about phase 2 this morning on fox business. take a listen. >> we're going to build off of the momentum of the first tax cuts and reform. that growth is occurring now. paychecks going up. we think we can do more to help families stretch their budgets further. we think we can do more on the innovation. because at the end of the day the country that wins the innovation race wins the future. we want american workerrance american companies doing that. david: joining me, congressman sean duffy, a member of the house financial services committee. good to see you. thanks for being here. what would a phase 2 look like and how soon could you get it passed? >> i'm not sure. there's been a lot of conversation. president trump has put this out there to do a second phase. might be a simple phase, like fixing some of the errors in the first code, extend the middle tax brackets with, recould reduce the seven brackets on the individual side, bring them down to three or four. the president wanted to get us down to a 15% corporate tax rate. may come back and t