will be examining in the early fall, in the weeks ahead. they are real. john solomon's article from "the hill." all right, we will never be the hate-rage media mob. we are going to be fair and balanced, news you won't get elsewhere. let not your heart be troubled because the news continues. i got it right last night, didn't i? it was sort of a trick question because you said a famous person, but it wasn't a famous person's name. >> laura: it was>> michael avenatti. for people who didn't see it, i saw michael avenatti at a restaurant in l.a. i didn't see him, a friend of mine did. and i was trying to give you a hint, and i said clp, mixing up creepy porn lawyer for creepy lawyer porn. >> you said those initials and i figured it out before the end of the show. >> you've got to get up early in the morning to trick sean hannity, that's what i'm saying.there was no way. by the way, hannity, you keep

saying that the inspector general's report is coming. this is like the longest long -- >> sean: the problem remember -- >> laura: nothing is coming. where is it? imdon't see any report. it's disappointing. >> sean: i'll give you the answer. what has happened is, alle of a sudden, people like christopher steele decided to talk. they didn't have that opportunity. also, others that did speak, when they realized the significance and seriousness of it, realized they were in trouble, they all started to talk, too, and then it took on the counterintelligence aspect of outsourcing illegal activities here, and that woulde gathering -- be spying and intelligence gathering. >> laura: all right. >> sean: it's all coming together. >> laura: that's like with my kids. i was driving with my kids in california, and they kept saying, when are we going to get there? when are going to get here? >> sean: the wheels of justice go slow, but i can tell everything we reported has been dead-on accurate. >> laura: i can't wait. >> sean: unlike the media mob. >> laura: all right, after labor day. fantastic show, as always. i'm laura ingraham, this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight.

now, it was just four weeks ago when president trump upsets opposing norms by calling out congressmanin elijah cummings ad his failed stewardship of baltimore.an today the congressman held his first forum in the city, and activist kimberly klacik was there to get reactionfrom his b. >> i wonder who he invited. my community didn't get invited. >> laura: kimberly will behere f that video, before we debate it all with morris cooper in a few moments. but, first, hillary 2.0. oh, that's the focus of tonight's angle, part one. something very odd is happening in the democratic party. it is beyond the usual jockeying for pole position by the candidates desperate to remain viable. it's more than that. the funny thing is the so-called experts, even obama reportedly keep telling people that biden

shouldn't be the nominee. >> we are now sitting here with the democratic front-runner having a spokesperson try and defend his comments on busing. >> when you are trying to hide the candidate, that's probably means you don't have a good candidate. >> that's like "weekend at bernie's," where the guy was dead, and they had to pretend he was alive. >> president obama reportedly told joe biden directly, quote you don't have to do this, joe you really don't.ly >> laura: [laughs] wouldn't you love tot be in the room in that conversation happened? but despite some shaky debate performances and more than a few medical alert moments, biden has gained seven points on his arrival since june.. you can call this medicare advantage.gi he now has a double-digit lead over his 2020 rivals. but, there are reasons for concern. the closer you look at biden,

the more it all comes into omcus.at doesn't this begin to feel like the hillary campaign? the frailty, the flip-flops, the conflicts abroad, and of course the messy family life.oa biden's campaign is looking like a bad sequel. hillary 2.0. and the warning signs are all there. justng look at both of the candidates, theie overall fitness for office. hillary's campaign spent a lot of time fighting off concerns about the former first lady's health. for her, it was questions surrounding her physical condition. >> new questions this morning surrounding hillary clinton's health. >> the democratic nominee now forced to cancel campaign events in california after she collapsed at the 9/11 memorial. >> laura: boy, they shoved her into that scooby van fast didn't they? after the fall, hillary's doctors scrambled to reassure voters. my overall impression

is that mrs. clinton remainsns healthy and continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as president of the united states. well, at 76, biden is even older thant the former first lady. but, for him, the concerns are about his mental or cognitive fitness.t "politico" attempted the journalist equivalent of a medevac, finding the surgeon who operated on biden in 1998, claiming biden is, quote, every bit as sharp as he was 31 years ago, i haven't seen any change. which led many to wonder, you mean, biden has been like this for decades? >> the country wasn't built by wall street bankers, ceos, and hedge fund managers. union workers, and their future- and their pensions. investing much mores. in medical

research to conquer devastating diseases like cancer, addiction. >> laura: but, don't worry, remember, the surgeon said he is as sharp as he was 31 years ago. well, biden, like hillary, is willing to jettison long-held political positions to win over the radical part of his party. on trade, for example, hillary supported the trans-pacific partnership, the tpp, while in obama's cabinet. >> i did say, when i was secretary of state three years ago, that i hoped it would be the gold standard. it was just finally negotiated last week. and, in looking at it, it didn't meet my standards, my standards for more new good jobs for americans, for raising wages for americans, and i want to make sure that i can look into the eyes of any middle-class american and say this will help

raise your wages, and i concluded i could not. >> laura: mr. flip, meet mrs. flop. same story, of course with nafta, by the way, was signed by herr husband. >> i think everyone is in favor of free and fair trade, and i think that nafta is proving its worth. i said i would like to renegotiate it when i ran back in 2008. >> laura: no, no. and, as for biden, back in the olden days of 2015, his office that he, quote, supports the tpp agreement and will help pass it on the hill. but, here is biden last month. >> i would not rejoin the tpp as it was initially put forward. i would insist that weut renegotiate pieces of that. >> laura: did he say ttp? we forgot that in our gaffe montage. you see his ancient position of four years ago was the establishment democrat position. it was pro-free trade and pro-globalization, no questions asked. but, that is not where the

energy of his party is today. biden, like hillary, is trying to placate the socialists in the ranks of the party to blunt the warren and of sanders. that is why they do that. and then there are the messy family matters. hillary had bill's seedyl' reputation in the anvil of the clinton foundation around her neck, that was a personal slush fund for those oligarcs who wanted access to the next president. as for joe biden, he has his son, hunter, lucrative business deals in the ukraine, and hunters chinese business deals which the former vp helpedls facilitate in his official travels. and that's part one of the angle. this is like hillary 2.0, but it's a sequel nobody wants to go to. the only other movies playing at the cineplex are also bad, so they just go to hillary 2.0. in moments, i'm going to reveal the driving force behind biden's presidential bid and the reason democrats should be very

concerned. for now, let's go to our pollster power panel joining me is tom bevan cofounder and president of real clear politics. chris wilson, digital strategy director for senator ted cruz's 2016 campaign. tom, let's start withtr you. should the similarities between joe and hillary have team biden worried? >> i think they should, and i think you make a pretty good argument of the similarities between the two candidates. at this point in 2008, in the race, democratic primary race hillary clintone, was up over 20 points over barack obama. she led that race all the way until barack obama won iowa, and that is when she really started to collapse. we may see a similar dynamic with joe biden. he has got two things working in his favor, one was support among african-american communities which is still very, very strong, the other is the electability question, which you saw his wife, jill biden comment on thet other night. those two things, if they start to erode, he is going to be in real trouble. >> laura: chris, what's

amazing here is that there have been so many efforts to elevate, or prop up or inflate the appeal of the other candidates on the stump. we see endless profiles of buttigieg, we see kamala harris heralded, it goes on and on. sanders still can draw a big crowd. warren has a big crowd. yet biden is not only still on top of the heap, he has gained point from some pretty lame debate performances. so what does this tell us? i mean, it all seems like 2016 to me, not 2008, as tom referenced. >> it does, but the other thing about 2016 is joe biden would give anything to have hillary clinton's numbers. when you have an established front-runner, you look at clinton in 2016, she was consistly over 50% at this time. george w. bush in 2000 consist consistently over 50% at this time.

if biden was really 2.0, he would be doing better. he has picked up about seven points in the most recent polling, and you've also seen the other candidates, who we thought were going to start competingbe with him. kamala harris has dropped substantially, elizabeth warren is down a little bit. the other problem that biden has right now, he is just a big government conservative in a party that is increasingly dominated by actual socialists. so the question he is kind of struggling with is how far to the left, how close to the socialist angle does he have to go to make sure he doesn't begin to hemorrhage votes to sanders or elizabeth warren? and it's a really difficult omace to be, because right now the argument has to make, as tom pointed out, is he electable in a general election. but if he continues to veer too far to the left to maintain or pull over the socialist votes it puts him in a real challenging position moving into a race against trump. >> laura: tom, what does this mean, though? because he is the guy who is on the top of the heap. he's not at 50%, you're right chris, but the other candidates didn't have a dozen-plus candidates to split up the electorate into these small slices. that's a big difference in this race.

you have a lot of people in the race, and a lot of them with increasing name i.d. and endless, glowing profiles in "vogue" magazine, "people" magazine. it's an endless series of puff pieces, and nothing they have done, tom bevan, has been able to blunt biden. even his gaffes aren't changing public opinion. maybe people like the gaffes, i don't know.maybe they like him s point. >> they are still being written off as joe being joe, though as you point out, there are questions being raised, they might be one of those things where each instance gets a brushed off until they reach some sort of tipping point that really causes his candidacy trouble. h but there is no question the fact he remains at the top of the heap is part of the fact that this is such a big race and the progressive vote is divided up among a whole host of candidate, including -- if you add together elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, they have more, percentage wise, than joe biden right now. but it looks like both candidates are going to be in the race for the long haul. they both have enough money to stay in the race and have support, so that could end up

benefiting biden, he may be able to thread the needle in the end. >> laura: i want to play something, this was this morning on msnbc. again, another effort, after biden's campaign ad first landed, a big event today, a campaign ad actually ran. this is what joe scarborough said. watch. >> going up against an incumbent, it's about contrast. then there is a great contrast there. you have a very hopeful, all almost reagan-esque vision of where this country can be. you see a lot of smiles, you see a lot of hugs. >> laura: is that it? a lot of smiles and a lot of hugs? he had a lame turn out today in iowa. he's not appearing much on the campaign trail. i'm going to to get into that in just a moment. but chris, again, another

attempted, you know, list of biden. >> it is, and his campaign team has really got to be -- has got to be struggling right now with how to handle it, because theynt don't want to run, they try a bit of a rose garden strategy doing interviews. acthat didn't work out. it's a must like they're trying a "weekend at bernie's" strategy, roll him out, then roll him back before he can say or do anything that might be a problem. i don't think you're going to see many more speeches like the one you showed clips of before the union hall. now that you have msnbc, joewe scarborough trying to tout histt campaign. >> laura: reaganesque? [laughs] >> it belies any sort of idescription because it is so laughable. >> laura: maybe bonzo, but not reaganesque. thanks so much, guys.good to se. now for part two of the angle. there is another similarity between the campaigns of hillary clinton and joe biden. in both cases, the energy, the force behind the thing originates with someone other than the candidate. for hillary, she thought bill's popularity and legacy would carry her over the finish line.

forty joe biden, it's obama whoe endlessly evokes, even if the former president reportedly discouraged biden from going jumping into the presidential ring.the obamas certainly aren't biding this presidency. the guiding force behind the biden run is this person. >> we can't stay fractions like we are now. >> if i could jump in here -- >> sensitive to whether or not someone wants me to reassure them. >> i think what you don't realize is how many people approached joe. >> trump is very confident that, he could beat you easily. are you as confident? >> i'm confident. >> it has to start with allowing children -- that's my wife. sorry. i can't compete with dr. biden.. >> that's truce. >> laura: imagine with the media would be saying if melania trump were injecting herself into her husband's campaign this way. joe biden is more than a

surrogate, she has emerged as joe biden's spokesman, bodyguarded and brain. yesterday, in new hampshire, she made this argument for his candidacy. >> you may like another candidate better, but you have to look at who is going to win. your h candidate might be better on, i don't know, health care than joe is, but you've got to look at who is going to win this election. and may be tough to swallow a little bit and say, okay, i personally like so-and-so better, but bottom line has to be that you have to beat trump. >> laura: who's the candidate again? why isn't biden out making his case in this way for his own presidential run? well, the truth is, his repeated gaffes have driven him off the trail at times and away from the cameras. it's just too risky often times to expose him to regular public scrutiny.

the whole affair is like hillary's march to the nomination: inevitable and oh-so-lifeless. biden's newest argument, which his wife and his latest campaign ad makes, is focusing on polls. he tops the president in the polls, the only one who can beat trump, blah, blah, blah. therefore, the democrats best hope. the euphoria sounds familiar. >> hillary clinton has a ten-point lead over trump in a head-to-head match up in the velatest national poll, her support crossing over the 50% line. >> hillary clinton with a nine-point lead over donald trump nationwide. nine points. er>> voters are much more inclid to vote for a candidate who they believe can win.ay that is where joe biden gets his sustainability, from those voters. >> he is the democrats' best option for beating donald trump. >> laura: hmm. this should fill the democrats with some trepidation. as we saw with hillary, polls do not tell the whole story,

particularly where a candidate like donald trump is concerned. once again, democrats are about to bet on an established hand, or brand, that fails to excite anyone. remember the small-ish hillary crowdsn during her ill-fated campaign? biden seems to be having the same effect on people. case in point, last week, theec president held a rockets rally in manchester, new hampshire. the biden campaign responded with a counter rally of its own on the same night. it was billed as an anti-hate event. biden wasn't there, but it got a lot of buildup. president trump's rally broke even elton john's attendance record at the southern new hampshire university arena. 11,500 people packedne the stadium, with another 9,000 standing outside. up the road, the biden camp could reportedly only drawf abt 30 people. literally. well, maybe they should have

asked jill to speak, could have been a bigger crowd. biden seems to be staring, i don't know, in his own version of "spinal tap." >> told american hey were booked into 10,000-seat arenas, 15,000 seat venues and it seems that now, on the current tour, they are being booked into 12,000-seat arenas 15,000 seat arenas, and i was just wondering, does that mean the popularity of the group is waning? >> oh, no, no, no. not at all. i just think their appeal is becoming more selective. >> laura: very, very selective. today, biden broke his silence and spoke in iowa. he barely drew 100 people and couldn't fill the venue, according to our reporter on the scene. now, none of this is lost on the orpresident. >> i think sleepy joe may be

able to limp across the finish hiline. they are going to cut way back on his appearances because he is such a disaster, they are going to have fewer appearances. can you believe it? if i ever did that, it would be over. the fake news would get us, but we don't let them get us.and it. >> laura: the problem for biden is that the gaffes aren't shrinking, they are continuing. >> we have this notion that somehow, if you are poor, you cannot do it. poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids. watch what happened when the kids with parkland marched up and i met with them and went off up to the hill when i was vice president. we choose science over fiction we choose truth over facts. just like in my generation, when i got out of school, when bobbye kennedy and dr. king had been assassinated in the '70s, late

'70s, when i got engaged. >> laura: '68. as voters consider biden's atrocious record, the flip-flops, the missteps, andn' his relative absence from the campaign trail, it will beco clearer though he may be the most electable candidate the democrats can muster, he is not ready for a presidential contest with a prizefighter. and that's the angle, part two. up next, four weeks after president trump put a spotlight on the blight in congressman elijah cummings hometown of baltimore, the congressman helped a much-hyped community forum today. well, the woman whose video kicked off this conversation spoke to some folks in baltimore today and is here with the exclusive, next.

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>> laura: well, remember back in june when president trump started tweeting and talking about baltimore's blight under congressman elijah cummings watch? the left of course rushed into label trump a racist for raising the issue and elevated cummings to sainthood. >> few people in congress more respected as a member of congress, more respected in his district. >> he fights every day to community.es in his >> he's got people from all walks of life who respect him. >> elijah cummings is what i consider one of the finest public servants that we have serving in maryland in my lifetime. >> laura: who needs st. francis? well, today, cummings returned to his district for a forumon ce former congressman didn't really address the elephant in the room. >> we need to be about the we need everybody's help. we have to all join in. sitting on the sidelines of life and watching our kids and just complaining, complain, complain complain, that's not going to solve anything. >> joining plea now is

kimberly klacik, the one whose tweets brought the baltimore issue to the national stage, and a member of the baltimore county committee. also joined by civil rights attorney, leo terrel. kimberly, what was a reaction in the forum today among themm residents of baltimore who attended? >> so, unfortunately, the baltimore residents weren't really invited. you had 40 people in the room but it was really people that wouldn't actually step up and question cummings and everything that he has been doing or not doing, lack of leadership. he had what i call the elitist political friends in the room and he is addressing childhoodl trauma, but he has been in office for 30 plus years and has trauma, from the violence, the lack of leadership. he's talking about trauma, but doesn't get to the root cause. >> laura: were their former children raised in baltimore you would think it would be the residents -- when i hear forum, i think it's going to be a lot

of residents in the neighborhood. no? >> no, it was the media. >> laura: before we open up the conversation, here is a video, the video you did, you talked to a baltimore resident o,rlier today about the plight of the community. and here's what he has to say. >> our congressman has been here once since 2015. and that was because he heard me on tv saying he hadn't been here. he ain't been back here since. that was four years ago. we got elected officials that know nothing about these communities. these kids are suffering, they're traumatized, they're ill, their parents are ill, as well. and i can only blame one group: elected officials. >> laura: the forum, we can't just sit around complaining. well, people are complaining because there is no leadership. >> absolutely. and that was doc cheetam, a community organizer who knows congressman cummings personally, grew up with him in the community, and he complains all the time about the fact that he is never there doing anything.

>> laura: i will say, horace, kimberly got this ball rolling. then, president trump picked up the ball. he started making hay of thisana racist. >> this is the irony of this. people are going to be suffering, people are not going to have job opportunities, housing values are going to decline, and donald trump is a racist. the problem with all of that narrative is because of what donald trump has been doing, his policy, there are greater opportunities than there have aver been, no thanks to congressman cummings. no thanks to the baltimore mayor's as they rotate around from prison, or wherever they are headed off to. this is a time for us to have a serious conversation about what to do, about some of the problems that plagued these communities. >> laura: now, leo, take your political hat off for a moment and just keep these analyst hat on. okay? would with this forum, if we want to call it a forum, it's

kind of a sit down with your pals. but with this have occurred were it not for donald trump raising this issue four weeks ago? honestly, would it have occurred?? >> can i just get three facts. >> laura: no, answer the question first, then you canget. >> here's my answer: what you showed, that little segment of this area, that doesn't show me anything about the district that cummings represents. >> laura: you are not answering the question.i just ae question. >> okay, i'll answer -- >> laura: all repeated in case we didn't understand it. would this forum have happened were it not for donald trump raising the issue, and then of course being called a racist, but he raised the issue, and i think a lot of people are seriously worried. they are going to volunteer paint walls, pick up trash trying to help -- with this have occurred were it not for donald trump? >> it would have occurred without donald trump's involvement because that forum was about child trauma, it had nothing to do with the clips that kimberly showed. can i give two facts? two facts, laura. one, congressman cummings

district has the second-wealthiest district for african-americans. it also is the second-most educated district of african-americans. it is a mixed district of 55% black, 35% white, and kimberly and horace doesn't mention those of facts. a fox mantra,we report, you dec. they're doing well in his district. those are facts that i would love a comment to dispute i just said, kimberly -- >> laura: why did he say -- >> all kimberly did was show a segment of a part of his district. >> have you been to that part of the district? >> am i wrong about the facts? >> have you been to that part of the district? >> am i wrong about the facts? >> what facts? you are wrong about the facts. ive been in his district, and you're out here, i've never even see you over there. when have you been to west baltimore and talk to residents. >> she didn't answer the question. laura, i asked two questions.

>> laura: you made your two points. my point, though, is we have a systemic problem inpo urban america. i just got through with quite an extensive tour of california. i love california. people coming up to me, what is going on in our cities? we love our cities, we love our state.this is a disaster. it's not even partisan. this, what's happening, isn't working for the poorest of the poor. it's not working. it's getting better under trump because they have more opportunities, but those problems, horace, you can chime in here, i think they use race as a cudgel, because they know if trump does an event in baltimore, he will probably have a big crowd, if antifa doesn't mess it up, he might even have a few more solutions that might actually work. >> absolutely, and that's the problem. they don't want to have a discussion about solutions because they've been happy, they olare complacent. as long as they stay in power, as long as they keep getting

re-elected, they've been fine. a quick observation. san francisco, los angeles, both of them have more millionaires and billionaires than any other cities! and, yet, they have some of the most abject poverty. mr. cummings district is like that. mm>> how about baltimore. >> second-wealthiest district for blacks -- >> and we are not -- >> and educated -- >> laura: leo is good with baltimore, we have established that. but kimberly was there, unlike the rest of us. >> i will go ahead and answer leo's question. a lot of gerrymandering going on since 2013. look, you can come to baltimore and talk to me about this any day, leo. that's what happened in 2017 the former governor actuallyadm. >> laura: we've got to wrap it, guys, but these are problems that need solutions. if there are pockets with things are getting better, i say good on you, that's fantastic. we have a lot of people hurting pld a lot of people who could be

helped if we take the recriminations off the table and actually offer real solutions. all of you, love the conversationab tonight. and, ahead, we continue to expose democrats' failure to properly govern these cities. san francisco, front and center. we have it all for you. stay there.

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>> other cities stick them on buttons and send them here now this is like a homeless camp. >> iei walk one block that way,i move from seeing professionals seeing ten people in a row actively shooting up. >> urinating on the streets shooting heroin on the street should be illegal. >> laura: that is a fox news digital exclusive with san francisco residents on the homeless crisis in their city. get this, instead of tackling the problem, local leaders talks talking about redefining how they help the homeless. that's cute. they call that big business for vagabonds. here now is charlie hurt founder and executive director of turning point usa, and ethan bierman, nationally syndicated radio host. all right, charlie, why is san francisco playing the blame game and the redefinition of homelessness? that kind of takes the cake. >> yeah, it doesn't surprise me though. look, i was in san francisco recently, the city is unrecognizable. one of america's greatest cities that has gone so terribly in the

wrong direction. one policy we can point to here outside of the obvious, the city is run by all democrats, all democrat city council, is proposition 47, passed a couple of years ago, which essentially decriminalized petty crimes and opened up overcrowded prisons. unfortunately, people that really need help are on the streets of san francisco, and when they do things that are questionable, such as publicly defecating, there is no consequence whatsoever.su when you decriminalize the little things, all the sudden, the big things fall apart, and you have societal chaos. we saw mayor rudy giuliani tackle this brilliantly in new york city. we have seen a model of a mayor come in and fix structural problems with solutions. mayor giuliani did this in new york city, you are seeing the wrong direction now san francisco, because of proposition 47. democrats that, for whateverit reason, want to avoid the issue. this is why the city is going in the wrong direction. >> laura: ethan, the residents, whether they are politically on> the left or right, i was just there in san francisco, and it is shocking. i spent a lot of time over the

years in san francisco. i love the city. charlie is right, though, in i many areas of san francisco, it's kind of scattered around everywhere, near the operahouse, where you take the ferry to alcatraz fisherman's wharf, you see it everywhere. so what can be done at this point, or is this just all because of racism? >> the homelessness is not racism. we have decades of court rulings that we rightfully closed down large institutions where we just inhumanly house people. these are human beings that you don't throw in jail, you don't criminalize homelessness, you give the visible homeless need mental health care, they need addiction care. they need semipermanent or permanent housing to get them off the streets, and to get them back onto their feet so they can be productive members of our society. criminalizing that is not the sanswer, but getting them the help they need --

>> laura: but hold on san francisco spent $305 million last year on the homelessness crisis. at some point, do we not think huh, may be how they are deploying their money where their solutions aren't working. supermajority, democrat-run city, there are no republicans they run them out, that's how it works, but at some point, do we say, okay, who's chance is it next to fix this problem? democrats just want to say this has been going on for decades but they have been at g the helm for now decades in san francisco, have they not? >> so, again, this goes back to certain court rulings and laws.. we just passed a new law here in california that allows extended conservatorship. it's upsetting certain groups, but it will allow us to provide the services that are needed for the visible homeless. and i want to point out quickly charlie really misapplied the

broken windows theory here because prop 47 is not the issue. don't criminalize people that need our help and our care.we at now in our state. >> laura: if they are committing crimes, they haveto . >> it doesn't fix anything because the reason -- >> laura: charlie -- >> ethan, it's even worse than that. san francisco is distributing syringes to drug addicts on the streets.hundreds of thousands og accessoryy tools. that's not criminalizing, that is subsidizing drug usage. and you can see it firsthand. ethan, look, you are very smart and i have respect for you. there is no way you are part of the democratic rulers of san francisco right now. this is one of america's greatest cities that is falling apart and ripping at the seams, not because of wealth and auality and here is why. plenty of rich cities in america don't have this kind of structural problem. it's because democrats, for whatever reason, refused to follow the book that mayor giuliani and other successful mayors of both parties across the country have followed the playbook.which is .

>> laura: new york has problems. they don't have the same problems, of course, as we've seen in l.a. and in san francisco. now, ethan, i have a bone to pick with you. as my mother used to say. you have a tweet that is pinned at the top of your twitter page. when i saw it, i, said, this cannot be ethan. >> that's me, that's me. >> laura: i saw this, i was like, you've got to be kidding me.wi you say "i guess that makes it official, their republican party in 2019 is a party of white nationalism. history will not look kindly on you." so, you are okay with labeling essentially half the country, as racist bigots and white nationalists? really? >> no, i'm saying the party has not t done their job, the president has not done their job, and rejecting -- rejecting clearly and in unequivocal terms at all times, white nationalists, white supremacist. >> laura: yes, he has. >> no. >> laura: yes, he has.he did it, he didn't it fast if you have,

het, just did it and that wasn't good enough, after el paso.t this can not be continued to be said on national tv. you are wrong and you keep saying it because it advances the narrative, ethan. he rejected it, as he should.it6 it is a cancer on our society, and he rejected it as he should. and that is never going to be good enough. >> today, he jumped at the loyalty charge to jews in america, if you vote d democrat your loyalty is in question? >> laura: nice try. you guys have the problem, not us. charlie, last word. >> i am deeply offended by that. >> i will give you one fact: president trump deported an actual nazi from the country someone president obamai can noe again. president trump has championed prison reform. what white nationalist would do that? ethan, you're better than that. don't engage in that kind of garbage propaganda, it's not helpful. >> laura: charlie, ethan

thank you for being here. we appreciate it. coming up, local maryland officials defend releasing an illegal, despite his being charged with rape and assault. unbelievable story. tom homan, former i.c.e. director, is here and will respond to this new sanctuary city nightmare.

>> our police department may not arrest a person based on an immigration retainer, or any other directive by dhs on a lebelief the person is not present legally in the united states. enforcing immigration laws is the sole responsibility of the federal government of the united states. it is not in the interest of the county. >> laura: that is mark erlich, the executive of montgomery county, maryland. uber-liberal area, right around here,io and he is defending his police department's decision to ignore an i.c.e. detainer request and release an illegal alien charged with rape and hasault.n just last month, the d.c. suburb became a sanctuary county. >> the presiden'ts order is intendedha to ensure that the constitutional rights of immigrants are not violated, and the county benefits and services areol provided to residents regardless of country of birth or immigration status. >> laura: joining me now is tom homan, former acting i.c.e. director, foxgr news contributo. tom, what is your response with what the county did here?

they are shameless. shameless. >> it's disgusting. >> laura: glad i don't live in montgomery county. >> what he should have said, i have failed my responsibility -- >> laura: and i resigned. he should resign. >> right, because the sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals. i.c.e. wants access to criminals sitting in a jail cell. they made the decision to lock these people up because they are a publicic safety threat, and we have probable cause they are in the country illegally, so why should you not let i.c.e. haveay remove them from the countywher, these are disgusting individuals, and anybody who supports sanctuary cities are failing. >> laura: he has to read every word, too, because he doesn't really know the issue. he just knows whatever someone wrote for him, so he is sitting there reading. byim the way, for people who wat to understand what is really

going on, again uber, uber, liberal, high tax montgomery county. here's what you get, no agent or department may arrest or detain a person based on an administrative warrant immigration retainer, or any other directive by dhs on the belief that the person is not hpresently legally in the united states or has committed a civil violation. they want their yard keepertheir painters, their nannies, i don't know what it is, but this is not following the law and we have people who are raped, assaulted, or even dead who have set free all acrossthiy cities, like san francisco, too. n>> they have these policies in place to protect the immigrant community -- wrong. release in alien back into the community they live, they commit a crime, and if i.c.e. can't arrest a bad guy in a jail,we'ry wheree we're probably going to find another. they're more at risk for ice arrest. let me add this. i dare him to go to any

immigrant community and ask this question: would you rather have i.c.e. in the jail or their community? this guy is disgusting. >> laura: your response to ngthis misinformation, big shocker, cnn.they earlier quote, a breastfeeding mom is still being held in an i.c.e. facility at 12 days after being detained. a spokesperson for i.c.e. said today "a nurse practitioner conducted an examination of ms. domingo-garcia, which verifies she is not lactating." it's a false story. they reported a false story, no retraction, we haven't seen one from cnn. this is the emotional manipulation they play. you've got 20 seconds. >> absolutely -- >> laura: they changed their story, okay, good. >> they have the responsibility to tell the courts the truth and tell officers the truth. she lied to support the story. the nurse verified she was not lactating. i.c.e. released several hundred people for humanitarian reasons. why wouldn't they release onemo? because she was not

breastfeeding. this is about vilifying the men and women of i.c.e. and border patrol who do a great job. >> laura: it is more emotional manipulation to try to win my people over to the open borders coalition. tom,ol thank you. and, next, we are exposing a double standard onde liberal college campuses. you don't want to miss our school days segment. ooh, it's going to be good. ♪

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campus, we are unveiling a newk school days segment. we have two shocking stories out of the lone star state. we begin at the university of houston, where the student government president is facing calls for his removal, after he asked people to respect each other's opinions. and the university of texas austin is standing by a college instructor who is doubling down on his claim that republicans are pursuing "ethnic cleansing." alex wild tweeting, "shortly after trump took office, i noticed republicans were rpreparing and ethnic cleansin. now, in 2019, i stand by that statement.ng their thin, panicy, public denials stand in stark contrast to their public messaging and the growing body count."he

naomi now, correspondent for campus reform. lily, as a student at the university, what was your reaction when you saw that ttweet? >> my first thought was just in the spirit of academic inquiry i'm curious what this instructor's explanation or reasoning for the conclusion is. because to label something as republicans preparing for an ethnic cleansing is a pretty heavy accusation to levy at a large portion of the population as well as probably some of his own students. >> laura: that's why a lot of people, the far left of the democratic party,, just doesn't like american people very much. they think millions of americans are basically white supremacists and might as well be burning crosses on people's lawns.becau. that's a wild way to get people to come over to your party, insult them. >> there are students, probably in his class, and that can't be comfortable to be a conservative in that class, knowing that your professor thinks you, as a republican, are a nazi. that's not going to be a productive learning environment

are not going to encourage free any sort of exchange with your professor. >> laura: people think of school and texas, it's going to be a conservative experience. ut austin -- i love austin. austin fun. a but it's really gone pretty left. is that a fair description of what the university of texas austin is like today? you are brave to be doing what you're doing, i'm glad you're out there, good for you. you are the real trailblazer. but, is it pretty left now compared to what it was, let's say, 20 years ago? >> oh, i think this story proves it all. the leadership on campus reform reports onrt some story happenig at ut austin, all the time, it seems like every other month. and i think the fact that this wasn't the first time that this instructor is saying this. he's doubling down on a previous claim. and, while certainly not every instructor or professor or administrator at the university is going to be -- is going to believe this, the fact that he

feels comfortable enough that he's not going to be challenged. yes, he does have free speech, i fully respect that. but it's a matter of professionalism. i think it's still a very relevant question for administrators to consider. is this professionalism, you have to teach. >> laura: you are being much more charitable and diplomatic about the instructor's comments about ethnic cleansing.ip why doesn't he spend time with the aziti's or people who have actually been truly ethnically cleansed.he's a bozo. >> a serious accusation. >> laura: you are being way too kind. but we are glad you are out there. thanks for being with us tonight. and coming up, many residents have tried, but it's a battle only president trump can win. we are keeping score, next.

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parenthood to withdraw from the title x family planning program. this is something past republican presidents tried but failed to do. now trump is succeeding where even my former boss ronald reagan failed. keeping country's largest abortion provider from gobbling up millions of dollars of taxpayers hard-earned money. shannon bream, the fox news at 19, take it all from here. >> a planned parenthood whistleblower was fired after she talked about what was going on there so you will hear from her a little later. shannon: i am watching. fox news alert, the president and the nra saying a strong supporter of the second amendment is critics say the commander-in-chief is backing off, promises regarding tougher background checks. the white house is pushing back on that, we will explain in seconds. joe biden's wife warning the party's left-wing you may not agree with him on everything but

he's the most electable option. will that be a winning