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Point is why wouldnt the texas delegation or the other republicans concerned about this not want to put this on a fasttrack and get this on my desk so i can sign it so we can start getting to work. It puts more interested in politics than solving the problem. Lou there is nothing surprising about the president s blame game. Here he is three years ago in el paso. Openly mocking republicans for accurately predicting the crisis that has arisen. We have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very republicans who said that they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcing it. All of this stuff that they ask for, we have done. But even though we have answered these concerns, i have to say that there will still be some who are trying to move the goalposts one more time. And they said that we needed to triple the Border Patrol. Well, now they are going to say that we need to watchable the Border Patrol or they will want to hire people. Maybe they will need a modem and alligator in the moat. [laughter] and so they will never be satisfied. Lou the border will apparently never be secure if mr. Obama has his way. We had to wait one day for the republican response for this rather raw effort yesterday with the political coercion of congress and here is a noticeably angry how speaker john boehner. This is a problem of the president s own making. He has been president for 5. 5 years great when will he take responsibility for something. Lou and tonight his party is also looking for leadership. Donna edwards of Maryland Committee member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said i am advising him to go to the border. I have to tell you that i am much more of a handson person. Draconic congressman of texas blasting the president saying that if he had time to have a beer and play pool in colorado, he should make time after the fundraisers to go down or. He can either roll up his sleeves and go down to order, or he can just look aloof and detached and not go to the border. Saying that he has everything under control. The president s actions being called bazaar while telling fox news at the white house has been trying to silence him. A lot of times this administration gives everyone a party speak up and out. Ask cory booker about that. Have you gotten a call . Yes, i have. But let me just say that im more concerned not about who gets angry at the white house, but my constituents. Who called you . We will leave it at that. Lou and democratic congressman of illinois, and gubernatorial candidate wendy davis coming for to blast the president for not going to the border as well. We will be taking this up with the appropriations Committee Member John Culberson of texas. Also Benjamin Netanyahu stepping up the airstrikes in gaza with hamas now firing rockets further into israel. On your screen i know, some of the 80 overnight strikes by israeli warplanes on hamas targets. President obama condemning the hamas rocket attacks and reaffirming at the same time israels right to defend the south with mr. Netanyahu. We will be taking all of that up with the israeli ambassador to the United States or tonight. And Sergeant Andrew timmer racey finally able to tell his story in court but its unclear whether anyone was listening he joins us here live and we begin tonight with the warnings from Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson, who testified before the Senate Appropriations committee. It there will be approximately 90,000 unaccompanied children across the border in fiscal 2014, and 100 worry bows and in fiscal 15. At our current burn rate within the department of Homeland Security, we will run out of money in midaugust. Lawmakers on both sides skeptical about the administrations plan or lack of plan connected to the request for 3. 7 billion in emergency funding. Our first ss of times when force current immigration laws and joining us now is congressman John Culberson, it is good to have you with us. Its good to be with you. Lou secretary jeh johnson talking about what he found on the border. He said he had that exchange over his five previous visits to the border. So is there any sense on your part that the president has any other intention than to hold hostage his constitutional duty to enforce the law and secure the border and the passage of the supplemental 3. 7 billion . No, everything hes doing is intentional, literate, highly intelligent, he knows it exactly what hes doing and he is as Speaker Boehner said, he is the chief executive officer in the United States and his job is to voice and execute the laws passed by congress. So this is willful and deliberate and we are seeing the Obama Administration policy towards border security. They have created a humanitarian crisis on a scale weve never seen before and one for those communities for their safety and security and my good friend from texas represents folks on the border who are being overrun by getting him ours and criminals and the National Security threat to the country. We have no idea who else is coming in with these folks. Its delivered and all obama is asking for is more money to do more of the same, and we are not going to do it. I am done and i have never been as angry or upset about what is going on right now and as an appropriate or i will do everything in my power to use the tools of the founders gave us so that rock obama and Homeland Security enforces the law or they will not get paid. Soon i would think that that would be persuasive. This president seems to think that he has some of the Republican Party by the knack. So it is extraordinary and theres nothing conciliatory about it. And he is distorting the record and he is personally responsible for his rhetoric, executive actions, in order for those 90,000 children, as we heard from secretary johnson today whos crossing our border illegally today. What a horrible thing to do the kids and their families, being injured, abused, killed. What a horrible catastrophe to do those kids and families, falsely encouraging them to come to the United States. And his funding request that he has asked for does not include a change to the law. We have to change the law that says we can send people home if they come from countries other than mexico and canada. We are going to do that change in the house and we were not going to give him a blank check but tie the funding and i am confident that our leadership in the funding bill, the House Republicans will insist that the law be enforced and we are going to use the appropriations process so that these agencies are only going to get their funding for their administrative operations if they enforce the law and restore respect for the law. That is part of the constitution and we hold so dear. Lou as we wrap it up, Speaker Boehner today seemed angrier than i have ever seen him in his tenure as speaker, more disgusted with this administration than i had ever seen him before. Do you believe that this is the direction in which the speaker is going to go, exercising this power which belongs to the house . Yes, i am confident that House Republicans have had it. We have watched barack obama dismantle and image so much of america that we know and love. We are done, we are not going to allow this to continue to happen. The explication and injury of these little kids. We have a lot of dangerous gang members and criminals as well and this is a terrible thing to do to the people and the communities on the border and across america. We will insist that these agencies will not be funded unless they enforce the law and secure the border. And watch how fast that its put into the law once we move the bill. Lou thank you so much. You are welcome to the one do and that i that we are watching as the children come across the border and as the administration does nothing to constrain not flow. A victory today in the search for answers with the irs conservative targeting scandal. A federal judge has told that the irs has until august 10 to explain under or both have a lost the emails of lois lerner, a day after republicans uncovered what they called a smoking gun in the this scandal, less than two weeks after the irs Inspector General alerted the agency about the Tea Party Targeting last year, lois lerner went on to one her colleagues, saying that i was cautioning folks about email and how we have had several occasions where congress has asked for emails and there has been an electronic search for responsive emails. So we need to be cautious about what we say in emails. In that same email, she went on to ask whether the irss internal messaging system could be searched. When she was told no, she had a oneword response, perfect. Coming up next, hamas firing more rocket into israel and israel is responding. The israeli ambassador to the United States joins us to talk about the rising death toll of a ground attack in gaza. Stay with us. 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Thank you so much for being here. Thank you. The level of this attack by hamas is unprecedented. Their capacity to strike deep within israel surely has the world attention and that of the israeli forces. How long can you avoid responding with a ground attack . It is an unprecedented action by hamas, we have about 6 million israelis who have heard air raid sirens and had to seek cover, thats about Three Corners of the population. You can imagine what the American People would want their government and military to do the one that is a good question. The firing is what we are dealing with in israel and we have the authorization with 40,000 reserves, 20,000 of those 40,000, he has to prepare all of the options ready to take the action he needs to take in order to achieve the objective and the rocket fire against israel. Lou is a descendent of your intelligence that hamas has a limited inventory of these rockets and can this be maintained by some considerable time . Yes, they have a very big arsenal. They are about where hezbollah was in terms of rockets that they had and they have domestic Manufacturing Capabilities which is a little bit in the past. The survey started in iran and they would come into the gaza strip and now there is a domestic manufacturing in gaza, capability of hamas to have these longrange rockets well beyond tel aviv and then having to be something that was talked about. Three months ago we interjected these rockets and they fired one similar to that well beyond tel aviv yesterday. Lou you are receiving support from president obama and nonetheless that it is their affirming the right of israel to defend itself and the white house continues to ask for constraints. I think most americans, as you suggested, 200 million americans are being in shelters given the level of this attack and how much longer can israel constrain itself. This looks to be a conflict beyond anyones imagination. We have a very responsible government led by Benjamin Netanyahu who is to dismiss with the use of force. Not only firing on our civilians, but those that use their own civilians as a shield. Something just today happened where this ministry called upon residents of gaza to actually ignore ibf wanted to get out of harms way and to go into their homes and we actually have to ferret out the rocketeers and they put missiles next to schools, hospitals, next to other areas. They dont care about killing as many israelis as possible but they dont care about palestinians and they are actually putting this in harms way and i think that is why there is a broad understanding to take this action and we hope we can achieve it with a minimal use of force. But we have two thirds of the use of the country in bomb shelters and thats completely intolerable. Level from the european union, not simply about the language of support and affirmation of the alliance that exists, but actual support of military support and others. So are you receiving what you need from the United States . Yes, and it is an opportunity for me now to thank the leadership of the United States with president obama and members of commerce on both sides of the aisle for helping israel meet enormous security needs and this is actually changing the dynamic of how we are fighting this war and it allows us to act with greater restraint. And this is an antimissile system that is basically a missile hitting a missile. It not only protects this, but it gives them the time they need to effectively prosecute this in a surgical way and we deeply appreciate the United States for all the support we have gotten and also leaders in europe have come out with pretty strong things. We are taking measures to take such measures out of harms way. Lou your constraint is laudable and all but unimaginable. So we congratulate you and we wish you all of the very best for everyone and israel. Thank you. Lou we extend our hopes and prayers for safety. Be sure to vote in our poll tonight. If the commerce and correct when he says that president obama is aloof and has been detached . His actions are simply bizarre . Cast your vote at loudobbs. Com and would like to hear from you on that. Up next, my commentary on the new normal that has gripped his hapless administration. Stay with us. Multiple medicati, does your mouth often feel dry . A dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. Thats why theres biotene. Available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel, biotene can provide soothing relief, and it helps keep your mouth healthy, too. Remember, while your medication is doing you good, a dry mouth isnt. Biotene for people who suffer from dry mouth. Lou coming up here tonight, Andrew Tahmooressi ordered back to his prison cell in mexico and finally we will be talking with his attorney filled on wholl be with us. And they have to get by that july 22 runoff in order to secure the nomination, the front runner Jack Kingston joins us tonight. And now if you thought on the people your pension or onto his is an. We have witnessed lots of both over the last few days. Here is the president who is utterly oblivious that could be considered urgent more deserving at this time and it focuses on issues but he doesnt seem to actually work at much of anything, certainly not very hard. Today he was working to persuade republicans to solve problems and he was doing what he enjoys most, criticizing and blaming House Republicans because they wont do what he tells them to do. The best thing you can say about the congress, the republicans in congress, and particularly the house of representatives, the best thing you can say is that so far they have not shut down the government and threatened to have america run our credit rating. Thats the best you can say, but its only july, so who knows what they may cook up in the next few months. Lou mr. Obama is the one who has been cooking up things and acting as though governor rick perry has just revealed a hidden truth when the governor recommended to him a radicals that for the president to consider to put our Border Patrol on the border and all the better to stop illegal immigration and secure the border rather than he has the Border Patrol way back. Its only july for this president and his hapless administration. For the past six months our president has talked about scandal after scandal in the white house and an energetic stonewall beach. It is all the new normal for this only exhibit almost daily incompetence, but also an apparent fatigue borno boredom and offhand indifference to the issues that are a paramount interest of the nation. In confidence, scandal, and misconduct on display every day at 1600 pounds lorain avenue. It was sad to see the president tried to hold hostage the constitutional duties to enforce immigration laws and enforce border security, demanding the surrender of the Republican Party and open borders as he would dictate. A quick passage of this budget that would create more immigration problems than it would solve. Ours is a president who has become so remote and abstract in language and demeanor that i truly doubt most americans have any idea whether he wants to really solve problems and mr. Obama is now so detached that he can actually rationalize playing pool and drinking beer rather than going to the border to see firsthand what is happening there to people on both sides and reassure them all in a moment of crisis. He said it was unnecessary for him to go to the border to witness what is actually happening. Because jeh johnson gives him a detailed report. It would be wiser to heed these words from john maxwell who has our quote of the evening. The quotation is a leader in that is one that knows the way and shows the way and it certainly is not clear that our president knows the way because the sailing on major issue after major issue in during the work of the president he has ambition. Rather than show the way, he is content to talk and talks more. Its evident that more people than ever have simply stopped listening to him. We are coming right back. Lou berean Sergeant Andrew tahmooressi locked up in a mexican prison. 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Lou joining us now, attorney representing the tahmooressi family who accompanied the jail and tahmooressi, andrews mother, to the Mexican Court house and has been strategizing with the defense team. Good to have you with us. You were at the courthouse. We just heard the mother of Andrew Tahmooressi expressed confidence and optimism of heard that from congressman, others over the course of his imprisonment in mexico, and the result has been frustration and continued imprisonment. Is it going to be different this time . You have to understand that they have their own independent judiciary. And the problem has been no defense has been presented until now. For the first time a judge has actually been able to hear his statement, his credibility, assess that decide for the first time if he believes what he has to say. The interesting thing about the judicial system in mexico, the case is heard in sections. The other interesting thing is they have a very strong civil rights aspect to their cases he actually has human rights issues that are being presented coming issues as to whether or not the search warrant of because the search warrant was required to search his car and other are not there was a role cause, whether it was inappropriate search warrant and there was significant defects. It was dated three days before the actual case was brought in to mexico. There were 11 pages of what was required missing. That motion has to be presented. Judge has a role on a. Were doing as good has possible. A very fine lawyer. Customs officials for hours, and that is why it took nine hours. It took until 830 at night. The judge was there the alltime top personally present, and he has taken a good, hard look at it your reader think that over the course of the next two to three months there may be less. We will see justice in this case. A memory of the United States government there representing this country people there from the consulate, the embassy, a representation of . Yes. He has been supported. We met with him several times. A lot of experience because he regularly meets with american citizens to have been arrested in mexico and various locations. He kept copious notes about everything. He made it clear there is a diplomatic effort under way. You know, it is frustrating at times a you cannot get any real specifics as to what that means. Lou can we be straightforward . I mean, the mexican judicial system, as many think among one of the things is outright corruption. And i know this may make it difficult to deal with that him but the reality is here that a simple phone call from president obama to the president of mexico could have been extraordinarily helpful to many is serve this country with distinction and defines himself in great, great jeopardy in a mexican prison system. Why do you suppose that has not been done . Well, i dont know why that it has not been done. I know that the secretary of state of both nations have met facetoface on this particular issue, but, you know, the local Law Enforcement in mexico has lots of problems. The Police Officers dont get paid anything, and theres a lot of corruption. That really is not true for their judiciary. This just makes 200,000 u. S. A year. That is more than a judge in the United States makes. That is done because they dont want corruption in the judicial system and it is an independent judiciary and they are appointed by different president s like cars and have come from different political parties. The politician. Lou expanding the perspective you dont mean to suggest, as soon, you dont mean to suggest in any way that there is an analog between the u. S. Judicial system and that mexico. Dramatic differences. We are not talking about a jury trial. We are not talking about an open public system. So theyre going to change their system in 2016 dramatically. On the other hand, their civil rights, their human rights, says the Constitutional Rights in terms of a search warrant at the border and so forth a much more protective of an american citizen and a mexican citizen would be given in this country. Lou i have to tell you we will take it up in some detail. I spent some time on the board. I witnessed some of the arrests. Whether it below live, the judicial system. We have also won watched, find themselves set free in a system with a special arrangement. I dont think we should be ignoring the reality of what we are contending with. Those have to do with civil rights violations. Lou we are talking about of former sergeant of the United States marine corps who is in great danger and a commander in chief who has not taken a public step. Affected just say this please. Lou if you can do it quickly. This is my client, and he is in front of a judge whos going to decide his fate in the mexican judicial system. It is really important to respect that. In on his behalf what we are asking is is that we respect that judge and his Decision Making because that ultimately is the man who is going to of decide his future. That is what i care about and the message i am sending out. Lou what i care about is our audience getting the straight up truth about what we are contending with year and the actions of our government to this point and actions that have utterly failed to be of any help to a u. S. Citizen who has served with distinction in the United States marine corps. I dont care who is offended by that reality, frankly. That is the fact and the truth that we hope will set Sergeant Tahmooressi free. Thank you for being with us. We appreciate it. All right. Thank you. We are coming right back. Stay with us. Many of my patients still clean their dentures with toothpaste. 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We still feel that we have a Great Coalition of key conservatives in the state. Tea party people, Party Regulars , the delegation, john kennedy, erik erikson, the nra. The key conservative centers of influence are with us. If my opponent is a wealthy guy, but he tends to be moderate. So there is distinction between the two of us. Lou is it your sense that a greater conservatism represented by candid the better left and it will do . Absolutely. Coming court. He has come out with a vast increase at a time when we were working against the Senate Amnesty bill. The Senate Amnesty bill was a step in the right direction. While i was fighting the stimulus bill my opponent sat on the board of a company and receive stimulus money and never voted in republican primaries and so this year, regular republican primary is. But for 50 years he had the opportunity to make some sort of conservative. He has not done that. Among republican primary voters these are very important issues. Lou and amongst those important issues, and just about 30 seconds here, congressman, the president says it would have been theater for him to go to the border. What do you think . Should he have gone to the border . Absolutely. It is irresponsible for not to go down there to see the human disaster which his policies helped to accelerate and create. Issues where he was there with him half billion dollars and basically does not solve the problem. What he wants to do is treat the symptoms and not the cause. We really reverse the politics that allow these children to come and. You need to take care to make sure that kids are safe and you just cant open the borders. Lou should they be returned to their home countries . Is. You know, that is what were doing for canadian children and mexican kids. We need to do it with the other kids as well. It puts them at great risk and causes the chaos on our own borders. Lou good to talk to you. Thank you so much. Lou congressman Jack Kingston. 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Lou joining as now, the ateam, a pulitzer prizewinning journalist, former white house political director. Good to have you all here. This is a disaster on the border it is a disaster most republican certainly believe is of the president s own creation. Why should Congress Give him the other three and a half billion dollars supplemental . Well, they should not. Government should not have a revenue problem. If more money is needed on the border than the president should find other parts of government that have excess capital. If were going to spend more money we have to pay for it. The one good thing that has come out of this is people are realizing that the type of comprehensive Immigration Reform that was contemplated earlier you can put a fork in it because it is dead. Lou all of pictures of this disaster, this is amnesty. This is something that all of the critics of that cme an amnesty had been trying for years. The president delivered the images of what amnesty really mean. They came because they believe they would get amnesty. Lou they believe the president s words. Thats right. This is that 2008. The New York Times came up with that to defend the Obama Administration. George bush did it. Thats what it did not change until 201314. It is something this president did and now he wants to slough off. Lou the 2012 executive action in which he deferred deportation for two years. Lets turn now to israel. I have to say to you, i cannot believe how constrained the government of israel has been. We are talking hundreds of rockets. The equivalent of 200 million americans in shelters. And it is not just the same of rockets. Ranges greater. I believe, as you seem to, that there will be a ground invasion. I think that israel cannot tolerate this kind of weaponry. It has to go in and get the weaponry and crushed. And i am not clear on whether theyre able to restock its supply. Has been cut off by egypt. That is a big change. Lou well, the ambassador knows that they have an inventory of some tens of thousands of these. Your thoughts as we conclude, about 30 seconds. A horribly on safe world, terrorism on the move again. This is the time for president ial leaders. I will stand up and applaud the president. Lou thank you for being with us. Thank you for being with us tonight. Coming up through to mark var assistance secretary, former president ial government. Thank you for being with us. Good night from new york. Neil good evening, everyone, and welcome, im neil cavuto. Heres why the president believes its no big deal not visiting the border. Who in the media is going to call him on it . Here is what i discovered, this illegal Immigration Crisis is not even a crisis. Its not inhumane. The way we are treating these tens of thousands of illegals dumped on us is whats inhumane. Not illegal, inhumane. For the Mainstream Media its not about illegals at all. They wont use the term illegal. More on that in a second. I want you to c