Impeachment, im beginning to think in retrospect that it was probably inevitable. We were going to get impeachment one way or another from the democrats who are really intent on it and even after the Mueller Report failed, they were going to look for something else. What do you think . Well, that was really the key. When the Mueller Report came over, i think some of us out there we waited more than two years and we thought okay, now we have an a answer, its time to put this behind us. But no, the minute it came out, they doubled down. They drilled in on the obstruction piece of his report even though the Justice Department said this was not something that could go forward. And it was pretty clear at that moment that this was going to happen one way or another and it was a question of their finding the right issue to hang it on. Paul anybody disagree with that, they were going to impeach him for jay walking if they had to. They were calling for impeachment barely after he was taking the oath of office. I think this is right. Mrs. Pelosi tried to resist it but the point is, this is what the bulk of her party wanted. When you look at those polls paul thats my point. You break it down, its Something Like 90 they were agreed on that. Mrs. Pelosi was the outlier in those polls. Paul go ahead. The other thing about the Mueller Report thats amazing is how he basically decided to ignore the steele report and the importance of Christopher Steeles report, a former british spy who was basically hired to try to find dirt on donald trump. Paul by the democrats. Yeah. And you know, mueller just didnt go into that and i think theres something we learned more about not just about mueller but if you look at all of this, you see that the washington establishment was happy to cover up for each other, all in the interest of basically damaging donald trump. Lets talk about the washington establishment. I mean, you know, people talk all the time about how run testify our disruptive our politics is, how tense it is, its polarizing. Donald trump did not create the russian collusion narrative, right . Paul right. He talks about witch hunts. Hes got a point. If you extracted this stuff what you would have i think is a more or less normal presidency. Trump would never be a normal president but we would be arrestinarguing about normal the immigration and other trull p policies. Trump policies. Instead we spend the year on this zero sum collusion narrative which is very disruptive. Paul do you put any blame, a little bit, on trump for not repute dating putin as much as he could. He could have made that clearer, for sure. It was a troubling aspect of the election campaign. They imposed more sanctions on the russian than any Previous Administration so its been a wash from that perspective. It wouldnt have made a difference. How do we know . I mean that seriously. How do we know . They got the Mueller Report. You look at what paul they are still accusing him of collusion. When bob mueller came in, there was enough evidence that this was going nowhere, yet they continued the investigation. The whole thing from the beginning is finding out that the steele stuff was not credible and they went with it anyway. Lets not for get the inspector generals report which came out more recently. That had evidence of the fbi hiding exculpatory evidence. That is really a scandal. Its terrifying for i think american citizens. I mean, those of us who believe in civil liberties, which should be the bulk of washington paul everybody. Yeah. You hohow come theres sort of . Part of that is because of the most of the press has been spinning it, which is trump in a problem. Paul the a abuses of the fbi were r worse than anything we learned about donald trump and russia. Absolutely. The ig report has been absolutely devastating to the fbi and we already had reports come out, i mean, people forget, short memories, but weve had three reports about jim comey, the former fbi director and his tenure. The first one, which dealt with the Hillary Clinton probe, accused him of being insubordinate to superiors. We had one about the leak of his memo to the press about the conversation was the president which pointed out was dangerous, reckless behavior and we have an ig report about the fbi playing fast and loose with the fisa court. This really does call into Many Americans minds r whether or wt they can trust the fbi at all. Theres been institutional damage, all because they were going after trump. But its the fbi who comes out looking very poor here. Paul and the two years spent pursuing the collusion narrative and asserting it notwithstanding a lack of evidence i think really has hurt the attempt to now impeach on ukraine because a lot of the public says wait a minute, we heard all this before and we cant trust these people because theyre pushing they pushed falsehoods on us before. I think democrats have done some damage to themselves. They could be running against in the Election Year trumps personality and his policies. That would be legitimate. They elevated it to this socalled constitutional crisis which i think is really a bridge too far for a lot of voters who may default to saying it was an indefenseable impeachment project. Paul thank you all. The impeachment proceedings now set to bleed into the new year, just as the 2020 Campaign Heats up. Will it help or hurt President Trumps reelection chances . Well ask karl rove next. It took over 100 years to perfect this masterpiece of italian design and performance. 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Have you seen my polls in the last four weeks . [ cheering and applause ] paul that was President Trump last week at a rally in the crucial swing state of michigan, claiming that the democratic impeachment push is actually helping him in the polls. I spoke with wall street journal columnist and Fox News Contributor karl rove earlier about the impact of impeachment on the 2020 race. Welcome, karl rove. Good to see you again. Lets talk about the political impact of impeachment. A lot of republicans seem to think that this is going to work better for them than for the democrats. What do you sunshine. I think it will. But not the way that we might think. I think both bases will be energized by impeachment. Theres a slim chance that democrats will say you tried to do it but when the senate votes not to remove him, there might be a little bit of air out of the cushion but i think its going to energize both bases. The key is what does it do to the independents, the small group of swing voters, moderates, independent, people up for grabs in the election, maybe eight, 10, 12 of the lek electorate. The polls indicated the longer the impeachment process has gone on, the less excited they are about it and the more they turn against impeachment. A senate trial i suspect will turn them more against it. At the end of the day, small plus for republicans, but not because what it does for republicans, because thats countered by what happens among democrats, its what happens with that small group of undecided upforgrab voters. Paul lets take stock of the democratic president ial race. One of the bigger stories of the year to me in the primaries is the staying power of joe biden. Had a lot of early stumbles, here he is at the end of the year and hes still ticking, still in the lead nationally and hes not going away. No, i think youre absolutely right. In fact, what he was being written off early on, i wrote a column, saying dont write him out, the guys got some durability. Of course, i agree with you because its been my opinion for a while. Look, why is that that the case . Well, i think its for a couple reasons. One is, i think a key is is that nobodys been able to consolidate that 40 to 45 of the democratic electorate thats on the hard left because its being split between warren and sanders and as a result, biden can be sitting there in the high 20s, low 30s. Theyre sitting in the 20s or high teens and they look weaker compared to him. The second thing is, look, this field has not been all that good and its been hard to get a breakout because theres been so many of them. Theres been no dominant personalities like the republicans developed in 2016 with donald trump. Instead, weve had the mayor pete moment, the Kamala Harris moment. Were now having an Amy Klobuchar moment. Its going to be a complicated picture because in the democratic rules and the structure of the democratic primary, theyre proportional. 15 and you get delegates and theyre front loading it between the beginning of iowa and super tuesday on march 3rd. Basically four andahalf weeks, 48 of the delegates will be chosen and by the end of march, 69 of the delegates will be chosen and theyre going to be at least in the first you know, between iowa and super tuesday, theres going to be five people who will be capable of getting 15 or more in any one of those states. Paul that means if we dont at the end of march have a real clear frontrunner, this thing is going the distance to the convention or has a high probability of doing that in. I think so. I wrote it in a column in the wall street journal. Paul. Paul i real every word. I know. You take a pen to a couple of them but thats your job. [ laughter ] but, no, i think look, i dont want to say its an absolute lock that we go to the convention without somebody with 50 . But weve got the highest probability since 1952, mainly because of the rules and because theres a large field and a number of them are capable of getting 15 or more. Paul the other story ive seen across the year is what i would call the rise and fall of Elizabeth Warren. She had some early stumbles but then she had that moment where it looked like she was going to lead in iowa, the left was the sort of liberals rallying rg behind her and now after the attacks on medicare for all, it looks to me like shes now in something of a eclipse while Bernie Sanders keeps ticking with the 20 , very solid. Warren may be eclipsed, what do you sunshine. Youthink . It turns out she had many of plans and with medicare for all he she got creamed. I dont want to count her out just he yet. My Democrat Friends seem to agree on one thing. She has had the biggest and best, wellorganized ground game in iowa. That doesnt win you 10 points or 5 points but it may win you 2 or 3 points. If thats the case, then and weve got everybody bunched up, she could come in a surprise, maybe not the winner, but could come in a second place or third place surprise in iowa. And again, shes got resources. Thats one of the things that this new world that we live in of Internet Fund raising, of people being able to take out their credit card, go online and send you 15 every month, its made it possible for people to have money to continue to prosecute, if you will, these first five weeks of delegates that represent almost half the total of the democratic convention. Paul all right, well be watching this race very closely and well talk to you again soon. Thanks. Happy new year. 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What do you think is the most important thing we learned this last year about the race . The most surprising thing was at the beginning. I thought Kamala Harris would do a lot better, big state, African American, checked a lot of boxes for the Democratic Party and she bellyflopped. For a party that made identity politics and diversity the number one concern, at the top theyve got three old white peop and number three is the old white woman and then a young white woman in the top four. Paul what does that tell you . I dont know what it tells me. I think what it tells me, with biden in particular, they really want to beat trump. Thats why joe biden has had Kamala Harris had her moment and wasnt up to the job. Paul dan . I guess i would say its the extent to which the left progressiveism became the benchmark in the Democratic Party after the 2016 election. Bernie sanders had a lot to do with that. But it became on policies like the environment, on identity, on taxes, attacking the wealthy, this was kind of paul free college, medicare for all, taxes through the roof. It was a challenge, it became for moderates, joe biden, Amy Klobuchar, tim ryan, the question was how far could you vary from the left wing agenda and still get the support of the party or the media. Now, joe biden and Amy Klobuchar have moved more clearly towards the center but the left is kind of the controlling force inside the party. Paul have we seen the peak leftism in the Democratic Party . Because warren had that now shes down. Bernie stays at 20 but doesnt move up. I wonder with biden and bloomberg getting in and maybe klobuchar rising in iowa, perhaps the lefts moment is over. Im not sure where bloomberg is going to go here. Whats surprising to me is, okay, all the democrats like Big Government. We know that. Not one of them has tried to talk about the importance of Economic Growth and the economy. Paul dont you think delaney did . A little bit. But he was very big on the Capital Gains tax. Paul raising it. Raising taxes. They dont understand the idea of dynamic scoring, they dont understand marginal tax rates or if they do, they dont want anything to do with it. Whenever they talk about what theyre going to do, its Big Government and how youre going to pay for it, taxes. Thats the only ive been watching all these debates. Its been painful. Ive been watching them and im listening for just somebody who can make a little bit of a case for, you know, 2. 5 growth. You dont hear that. Paul do you think bidens staying power is a significant story here and how do you explain it . I was going to say thats been my biggest surprise. Weve seen joe biden run for the presidency before and hes a terrible candidate and hes not improved. Paul he was the two previous times. And hes not better this time. He stumbles. Hes a gaffe machine. Hes got all kinds of issues and he keeps changing where hes going to go on policies and yet none of it matters. Hes sort of teflon. I think that gets to your point about whats really motivating democrats is a desire to win trump and this has been joe bidens campaign theme. Im known to you. Im known nationally. Ive got name recognition. Im a tough guy and im a return to normalcy you want and i think that has just continued to appeal to enough democrats, theyve been willing to overlook all of the rest of his many, many flaws. Paul i think that return to normalcy and klobuchar talks about a return to sanity, i think that is the theme that is i think going to end up beating the radical restructuring that bernie and warren want. Well see. I think, look, two things that could happen to center on a candidate. Biden collapses, then he has a lot of support, where does it go, the African American support or if Elizabeth Warren drops out, because you could consolidate the progressive votes. Paul a lot of warren support has been going to pete bouige. Its the attitude towards the private sector. Billionaires shouldnt exist, they decry i shouldnt say poor tom steyer. Desperately trying to buy the election, not getting above 1 point. With pete boutigieg having to answer these question about have you worked in the private sector, its insane. Paul what do you think about Donald Trumps chances . Is well positioned to win reelection. The only person that can beat donald trump is donald trump. It will depend how he goes with his campaign. There are a lot of people who dont like donald trump because of persona. If he runs on the economy, i dont see how they can beat him. Hes got a very good record. Why does he keep saying at these rallies, you may not like me personally but if you want to protect your 401k thats grown so much, youve got to elect me. Very good point. I mean, they are not going to be able to duck from the the democrats wont be able to duck from the economy of the past two years because hes going to put it in their face. Paul yet the president only has an Approval Rating of 45. I think he needs to get up to 48 to win the electoral college. The Approval Rating tends to coincide with the share of the two party vote whavment do you think . I think it needs to go up higher. He needs a second term agenda. Thats one thing thats been notably absent so far. Well see what he comes up with. Paul all right. Thank you all. Still ahead, a tul year in foren policy. We take a look back at the we take a look back at the global flash points of thud crash grunting whistle play it cool and escape heartburn fast with tums chewy bites cooling sensation. Tum tututum tums Classical Music playing throughout paul a President Trump faces continuing challenges around the world including the middle east where he is eager to make good on his 2016 Campaign Promise to, quote, end endless wars and bring home american troops. So where do we stand at the decades end and what challenges await in 2020. Retired general jack keen is a fox news senior strategic analyst. Great to see you here at yearend. What do you think the major what were the major Foreign Policy stories in your view of 2019 . Well, in 2019 as you mentioned, its the stories that took place, but in my mind its the middle east. Its the iranian aggression in the middle east to seek dominance and the Trump Administration pushed back on that with the maximum pressure casignificant impact on iranian. But to date it has not deterred them, one, from their aggression, or two, to bring them to the negotiating table. The other thing is certainly whats taken place in syria in the middle east. The administration in 2019 gave them the credit for taking down the caliphate, for taking the territory away from isis that they controlled in iraq, and in syria. However, they never truly appreciated the fact that 10 to 15,000 sigh sis fighters re isis fighters remain and theyre a significant danger, not only to the middle east but potentially to other countries and their ability to inspire homegrown terrorists. And to keep a foot on the throat of those terrorists, we have to maintain a presence there and we have 70,000 syrian fighters who are willing to do it and we made two you announcements we were going to pull away from that and those caused us problems. Paul the president does seem to have stepped back again from a total withdrawal from syria. Thats the question i want there was a contradiction there. On the one hand the president says we need to contain iran, put maximum pressure on them. Yet iran is all over syria and yet he wants to pull out of syria, which would make it easier for iran to essentially enhance its position there on israels border. Yeah i mean, the president has made three you announcements about with drawing troops, two are from syria and one from afghanistan and all of those he revised. Thats a good thing. The revision in my judgment was a good thing when he got more information to make that decision. Youre right. A major strategic objective we have in syria is to contain iran and the president now has decided to do that because he doesnt want the iranians to take over 70 of the oil fields which are in the portion of Eastern Syria that the United States controls. So those are positive things. The second thing is, as we mentioned, we also have to contain isis and not permit it to regain territory. The other problem we have, though, dealing with syria, is the strategic blunder in my judgment of permitting turkey to conduct a military incursion into territory that three nato nations, the United States, the u. K. And france, were controlling with the Syrian Democratic force as i mentioned numbering 70,000. We were controlling on the ground and in the air. Yet, we permitted them to conduct a military operation there. As a result of that, the syrian p kurds got pushed back, who are ally is of ours in syria and russia has established their Third Military base in syria in that portion that we pulled back from. At a place called kasmili, theyve got an air and ground base there which likely theyre going to expand. Paul looking a t iran, i know a lot of people in the pentagon are concerned about the potential for another iranian attack, somewhere in the middle east. And as they did with saudi arabia. I mean, do you see that as a real potential danger going into 2020 . Yeah, theres no doubt about that, paul. The iranian playbook is to maintain aggression in the area to try to disrupt the oil flow as much as they possibly can, to impact the world economy, cause a recession if they could and put pressure on the United States to pull back from the max mull sanction campaign. The means to do that is certainly some kind of military action, like they did with paul saudi oil fields. And the fact we did not respond as a coalition i think was a mistake. Because i believe the iranians, in their playbook, they believe the United States is not going to respond unless the United States troops are hit. And theres a lot of damage that the iranians can do in that area without attacking directly the United States troops. Despite that, they conducted rocket assaults on bases in iraq that the United States does have troops and none of them have been hit. I think its inevitable theyll conduct another military operation. Paul as i read the President Trump after three years, it seems that he is very reluctant to use force. P im not saying that can be wise often. I dont see him eager to use force unless he really feels he has to and when you see what you seem to be saying is that iran could use that interpretation to strike this year and then the president may have to do something militarily in response. Yeah, i think that actually is the path were on and i do think there is a general reluctance not to use it, even in a very limited, measured way. When i think its appropriate to do so. I think even when we responded to the Chemical Attacks in syria, when assad used them, twice with this administration, our responses to those Chemical Attacks were quite feeble in my judgment and they certainly invited the subsequent attack which we experienced. Thats the case. The administration also deserves a lot of credit for pulling out of the nuclear deal, you putting this kind of pressure on iran. Paul, ive never seen, bac themk on the heels the way they are. The amount of civil unrest in that country is staggering in terms of how it spreads across the country and theyre blaming their own he regime for it, not the United States. Paul thats going to be an interesting story to watch as well in 2020. Thank you very much, general. Appreciate it. Good talking to you, paul. Paul the u. S. Economy ending the year on a high note as unemployment dips to historic lows and wages continue to rise. So what are the risks to growth in 2020 . Can President Trump ride his economic record to a second term . Theres never been a time like this. Think of it. You have the greatest economy in the history of the world. If your gums bleed when you brush, you may have gingivitis. And the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums, and possibly. Tooth loss. Help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. Leave bleeding gums behind. Parodontax. Beyond the routine checkups. 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Gdp growth is projected to top 2 this year, down from 2018 amid trade tensions but will the recent truce with china and the deal on the usmca tamp down lingering trade uncertainty as we head into 2020. Were back with dan henninger, kim strassel, bill mcgern and mary ogrady. A great year for the financial markets, Big Stock Market gains, despite concerns about lower growth and a recession. Are we all clear on the recession now, kind of coming out of it . Are we worryfree for 2020. No, i think that would be mistake. The longer we stay with no recession and were in historic period paul over 10 years. Yeah. The higher the risks go. But i would say that were in a pretty much of a sweet spot right now. We have a president who believes in low taxes and we have a Senate Control by republicans so thats helpful and the results are coming in. I mean, the investment levels, wages are rising, people are coming off the sidelines to work and thats a big sign about confidence in the economy. A lot of Consumer Confidence in the economy. So i would say, you know, looking out, its rather positive view. The other thing is that if donald trump ends up giving us cutting us a break on china, on china trade by coming up with some kind of agreement, that will be another plus for the economy. Paul let me ask you about that. The deal on china, not totally the details arent all known yet but it looks like its going to go through, the usmca is going to pass, the president has taken european auto tariffs off the table apparently. Are we going to get here some trump quiet on trade, claiming victory but doing nothing else between now and the election . You know what this signals to me is somewhere the faction in the white house that has been lobbying a long time the president to understand the importance of trade and how much it could hurt his prospects for reelection, they seem to have caught his ear at least for a while. So his desire to go do this china deal, which just a phase one, not the whole thing, thats a change. The fact that hes been quiet on it, it all suggested he understands the need to reassure business investment. Those have been the more worrisome numbers that have been coming through economic reports. Paul yeah, the heroes here have been the consumer and the american worker, americans going back to work, wage gains are higher for lower income americans now than they are for upper income americans and thats fed through to consumer spending. Compensating for the recession in manufacturing and the lower investment. Yeah, it really has. And i think one of the things to look for as we get into the political season, electio, is we talked about this a little earlier, the democrats economic policies currently, if we get into the summer and whether its joe biden, Amy Klobuchar, gods knows Elizabeth Warren, if it looks at all as if the campaign is competitive and youve got a Democratic Party campaigning on higher taxes, repealing some of the trump tax cuts, certainly rolling back the deregulation, i think youre going to see a lot of downward pressure, at least in the stock market because the trump policies love or hate donald trump, those economic policies are clearly responsible with whats happened the last two years. If you roll them back, theres going to be problems. Paul one of the lessons r, if you focus on growth, you do better by income inwall at this, than inequality, than if you focus on policies and then you dont do as well on growth. Absolutely. I think this is the part republicans need to remember, when we debate tax rates because i think for a lot of ordinary americans they think growth is something for hedge fund guys. They dont realize its their 401k. They dont realize its better because its compounded than even if the government gave you money. So i think we have to make the growth argument all the time and also its a good argument to make in this because theres nothing on the democratic side thats specifically trying to get growth. They sort of like the old joke, how do the two economists get out of a hole. One sales assume a ladder. Paul if we looked back 12 years ago to 2007 and 8, the economy was still growing and nobody predicted what would happen in are we missing anything at all a for trouble in 2020 . I think dans right, that if it looks like the democrats have an edge and they might actually win, i think the markets are going to be scared. Because every single one of those candidates on the stage is talking about higher tax as a way to fix deficit spending and that is not good for growth. Paul kim, how about you . Are we missing something in terms of the financial trouble around the horizon that you can see, yo housing or some sectionf the financial industry . I think to marys point about the stock market being spooked, like you said the engine here has been consumers. Voters get spooked, do they pull back out of fear of what might be manable to come. Thats another thing that could happen as well, based on the democratic nominee. Paul briefly. If the fed has to raise rates because we see inflation that could be troubling. Paul when we come back, hits and misses of the year. I am totally blind. And non24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. Here, it all starts withello hi . How can i help . A data plan for everyone. Everyone . Everyone. Lets send to everyone wifi up there . Uhh. Sure, why not . Howd he get out . a camera might figure it out. That was easy glad i could help. At xfinity, were here to make life simple. Easy. Awesome. So come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. Paul time now for our hits and misses of the year. Well start with misses. Kim . So, paul, we you now know thanks to the ig horowitz report, we know the minute bob mueller was named special counsel in may of 2019, he was handed an fbi file that showed him that the infamous steele dossier had been paid for by the Rifle Campaign and that the fbi had already discovered that dose dossier was bunk. That would have been the moment to say time out. My miss goes to mr. Mueller. He didnt do had that. Instead for two years he continued to look into this, closed his eyes to fbi misbehavior and let the bomb fires rage on, the nation is worse for it. Paul all right. Bill . Paul, my miss is to my birth state of california where the growing Homeless Population is bringing back ancient diseases like the plague. Paul b buboni plague. Its highlighting the failure on housing policy, public order, getting people the medical care they need. A big miss to the entire Political Class of the state of california. Paul all right. Other parts of the country too were noticing, new york not quite as bad. Its colder here. Mary. Big miss for nancy pelosi, House Speaker, for going ahead with the impeachment process. Donald trump is unlikely to be removed from office and i think she knew had that but she thought she could damage the president and theres no evidence that has happened. But unfortunately, shes now lowered the bar for using this tool as a political weapon against enemies and i think thats going to be longterm damage for the country. Paul do you think she hurt the democrats in the process or protected her moderate members. I think its going to cost the democrats. Paul you think the 2020 election. Yes. Paul dan. Weve done robert mueller, weve done nancy pelosi. I dont think viewers would be happy until we give a miss of the year to adam schiff. He was here to foreanonymous congressman from california. He made a name for himself god knows this year. I think in adam schiffs case its been almost only for the worse. When he was in the minority in the House Intelligence Committee he pursued the russian collusion narrative against congressman devin nunes, also of call important ycalifornia. Once he g, he pushed the russian collusion narrative, the obstruction of justice narrative and now the impeachment project. I would say his credibility with the American People is pretty much shot and hell be remembered as having been a completely destructive Political Force in our era. Paul not by democrats who l hail him as a hero, dan. They think hes done a great job. He has brought down the american political system. Hes done a lot of damage to the credibility of the system, whether democrats at this point want to admit it or not. Paul my miss of the year goes to the president of the United States and that is for losing so much really good talent, im thinking jim mattis, he left after the syria withdrawal mistakes, the president later took back, john bolton who left as National Security advisor just before the ukraine misadventure and can coats, the national dan coats, the National Intelligence director, he left. The president tweeted he wasnt happy with him. I think the president , he misses those advisers that could save him from mistakes if he were willing to keep some of those men and women on. All right. We have to take one more break. When we come back, our panels picks for the hits of the year. It took over 100 years to perfect this masterpiece of italian design and performance. And about 15 minutes for us to do this. 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You know a year when premuch nothing at all good came from washington, there is one exception, semi hit goes to the washington national. And not just her becoming the first team and 95 years to win the pennant, it was a must watch tv. They almost died in the wildcard game, came back, just about got into the division series, almost lost in the world series. But along the way introduce us to the baby shark, and a lot of fun sunglasses. For those of us stuck covering impeachment of Mueller Reports. It was a big ray of washington sunshine. Youre still home or in heart, kim. Rra paul. I am cheering for notre dame. Notre dame in paris was a devastating fire, demoralized everyone. It is still out of commission right now, since the First Time Since the french revolution. But even the nation as secular as france that everyone rallies around the cathedral and its going to be rebuilt and all of its glory. So big hit to the french nation. Im glad you picked because seed the drill instead of the notre dame program. Thats much harder. I hit for Boris Johnson the conservative leader who won a resounding victory at the polls this month against the labour party. A lot of people are congratulating exit. And its true the british people are fed up with the Big Government rule out of the European Union union. But he think its also true that this was a big defeat for labor, and particularly jamie corbin who had very radical far left ideas. I think it is also a message to some other socalled progressives in the world that they better watch out. Zero here maybe in the United States . Bernie sanders . Paul, my head is going to go back to the new job creations in the United States. Back before the 2016 election, the Congressional Budget Office predicted that by now the economy would have predicted created 2 million new jobs. Since the trump tax cuts and deregulation of 2017, the economy has created 7 million new jobs. In most of those with people at the lowest and poorest end of the economic spectrum. People wonder all the time what is become the purpose of politics in our time. While in my book, if you cannot, you would have to get out of public life if you cannot admit that giving people jobs, selfrespect, and the memes to start families is not worth doing. Are people still sign the tax cuts and the read deregulation are a failure, dan. I think for all the toll mulch around us right now, we should be grateful for the amount of jobs that a been created. My hit of the year goes to the hong kong protesters that stood up against the chinese attempt to take away their political autonomy. At that was promised through them you hear a lot about authoritarianism and the march around the world, people care about political freedom. While the hong kong demonstrators show us that they really do care. Remember if you have your own hit or miss for 2019 be sure to tweet it to us at jr on fnc. Thats it for the show, thanks for my panel thanks all for listening, happy new year end good evening everybody im greg sitting in for is the vacationing lou dobbs. President trump today ending the week with another jab at the ab of the radical dems calling their impeachment hearings the most unfair in american history. The president exasperated by nancy pelosi refusal to send articles of impeachment to the u. S. Senate agreeinglo with the analysis from yours truly. That pelosi stalled tactics are e exposing the the weakness of the democrats impeachment case. Well the House Speaker today displaying that very weakness having to resorto