Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Ingraham Angle 20190118

Get anywhere i want, any time i want. The Little People are going to have to walk or ride bikes like beijing, its not going to work. Sean its not going to work. Its dangerous, too. Take it away. Have a great show. Laura im laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. Were going to get into the angle in just a few minutes. Its about the court, no one else is talking about it. President trump beating Speaker Pelosi first at her the own game well abruptly pulling the plug on her overseas trip and then he blamed it on the shut down. This coming just one day after pelosi made a rather pathetic attempt to delay the president estate of the Union Address. Joining me is ed henry. Laura, great to see you. Air pelosi officially grounded shortly after a return trip from a christmas vacation in hawaii and merely an hour before her trip was supposed to take off on what President Trump described as a price i Public Relations trip. She was trying to delay the president estate of the union, and the secretary of Homeland Security said it did not exist, pelosi was set to use security to the official trip to afghanistan and belgium and whether egypt was included. The speaker would spend taxpayer money on hotels, buses. There was people waiting to take them overseas but pelosis tells fox news the speaker wanted to thank our men and women in uniform and obtain Critical National security meetings. The president brought that bus to a screeching halt with a letter marked dear madam speaker. We will reschedule the serve day excursion when the shut down is over. Among the grounded one of the president s critics democrat adam schiff, who complained this was a fifth grade stunt by the president. Our colleague mike emanuel pressed pelosi on why she is not seeking a compromise. Dont you as speaker of the house have an obligation to go to the negotiating table . Sfrmths the last one we went to it was a setup where the president pounded as he gave himself leverage to leave the room. Were at the negotiating table. President trump while Many Democrats in the house is senate would like to make a deal Speaker Pelosi will not let them negotiate. The party has been high jacketed by the open borders fringe within the party that white house aid insists this was not tit for tat, the president wanted pelosi to stay in dc to negotiate. The military aircraft has been put on hold but if pelosi wants to fly commercial they will not stop her. Laura what does all this back and forth reveal about the media . Ill just show you. This was the media just yesterday, cheering nancy pelosi, when she told trump, in that little stunt, to move his state of the Union Address Speaker Pelosi playing hardball shes playing hardball. Speaker pelosi nexting her constitutional muscle in nexting her muscles today. She has a ph. D. In need listening President Trump this is a move of exceptional cleverness and sadism in a way i mean this is political genius she was showing that shes in charge what a bad bleep. Laura oh my good that could be the best montage of all time. This is the same liberal media when trump delayed pelosis overseas trip as was well within his right. Lets watch. The president has responded in sort of a childish way is the only way to describe it, to the House Speaker nancy pelosi. This is sort of a classic example of trump kind of overreacting what trump has done is tactically inept, any witted the only phrase that comes to mind is nanny, nanny, boo boo, nobody who has traveled would think this is funny, appropriate or cool. Laura i like it when jake gets very serious. I like the impartiality. Its even handed, both of them are nexting their muscles. Thats what the branches of government do, check each other and try to exert more power. Thats how its always been joining me now to answer the question of who is actually winning, byron york, joel ruben, and jeffrey lord. Jeff, pelosi and trump, theyre playing the same exact game, each has different powers. Who right now has the upper the hand . The president has. Memo to nancy pelosi and the media. This is the best line ive heard all day from someone else. Never troll the king of trolls and they went out there thinking that they could get away with this stunt. And it was a stunt. He called them on it. Now they look like, you know, fools, to be perfectly honest. I mean theyve got red faces. This is childish behavior. They got caught at what theyre doing. They went and part i did in puerto rico, she went to hawaii for christmas. Theyre making one misstep after another and this is serious business. They ought to stay there and get the job done. Laura byron i have actually a thought on this. The more ive been thinking about the shut down, its really tough for people that dont get a paycheck, hard for people trying to deal with all that uncertain uncertain uncertainty. As a political matter, i think this plays out a lot like obamacare in the end. The longer this debate goes on, the more we see it, whether it was the website crashing or premiums going up, keep the conversation going because then you start seeing peoples real cards. You start seeing what theyre really playing with. I think jeffs point right there is very on point because if you really care about the people, you would be at least in washington. Even if you cant come, you would be here, weve got one more chance at this, lets try it again. But hes here. Hes been saying that the whole time, through christmas, new years, through now. I think what youre seeing is democrats think theyre winning. Over the weekend we had a number of polls that came out that showed significantly larger numbers of americans blame President Trump and republicans for the shut down than blame democrats. And believe me if it were the other way around or even equal i do not think democrats would have been doing this. Theyre doing this because they think they have the public behind them. And trump is going to be blamed whatever happens. Laura this is nancy pelosi, joel, today, standing by her point on the state of the union. Lets watch im not denying the platform. Lets get a date when government is over. Lets pay the employees, maybe he thinks its not okay to pay people who do work. I dont laura shes not denying him a platform. Come on. The state of the union thing, hes going to deliver the state of the union whether at the house or the senate. But that was nancy pelosi doing what she could do to score political points. Yet the media today they come along and say oh this is petty and petulant of the president. Isnt it like whose ox is being geared here . Its certainly a Battle Royale right now. Nancy pelosi is setting the frame for the discussion and donald trump today pushed back very aggressively and effectively. And i think this doesnt make anybody look good. Right now we have a shutdown. We need there to be a negotiation. There needs to be a deal. Pelosi is winning on certain points as byron says in the polls democrats are in a strong position. But this kind of tit for tat makes washington look bad. Laura im going to get to who is benefitting from this and how will the media are playing this. Theyre helping shape Public Opinion as well. On to the polls, interesting poll came out today which i think shocked a lot of people on the latino vote and supporters. Among latinos the president s approval has jumped 19 points during the shut down. What is that all about . 19 points. Jeffrey lord we dont know. It kind of kills this narrative that when youre for border enforcement youre going to lose latino voters. Dan patrick found that wasnt true in texas, greg abbott tough on the border, they had 41, 42 when they were both elected and their snubs stay about the same. The media is getting that wrong. I want to show this for you. This is Washington Post yesterday on pelosi. In the two weeks sins she reclaimed the speakers gavel pelosi has moved aggressively to leverage her decades of experience to turned cut trump with swipes at his confidence and even his masculinity. I guess thats, imagine if it was going after someones femininity . I dont think they would play it the same way. It was a big build up of nancy in politico and the Washington Post. You saw the montage of these reporters, with their scowls and john highman looks like he lost his best friend. They put on the stern faces and furrowed brows. Its so transparent. Im enjoying it because its so transparent, what theyre doing well yeah. I mean this is exactly this is one of the reasons why donald trump is in the white house in the first place. Its the American People that have seen this kind of game playing going on for years and they hate it. They want something done. He is sticking by his guns and hes doing it. Not to go unnoticed here, when these members of congress are in congress, whats protecting them . Walls. I used to work there years ago, there were no walls. You could walk in anywhere, you could park your car in the capitol. None of that is possible. Laura i liked those old days none of that is possible now. Every one of them are pro second by walls. So the hypocrisy is mind boggling. Laura last night in the angle i highlighted the per initiain addition shows progressive push. We want to shine the light on the media. Prominent editorial pages providing cover to the more fringe ideas. In the New York Times an opinion piece titled there is nothing wrong with open borders, why a brave democrat should make the case for vastly expanded immigration. The atlantic released this cover story, impeach donald trump, starting the process will reign in a president who is undermining american ideals and bring the debate about his fitness for office into congress where it belongs. Joel as a democrat does this cover really help your party . People hate the media. They hate us, i guess they hate the media. They hate the media that is the quote objective media when theyre not objective theres two kinds of media, reporting media and opinion media. The open borders argument has no space in the democrat party. Laura for now . I think theres some space what theyre trying to do is create space and say look we need to expand the conversation. But that is policy. Laura trump wants a wall, they wont even meet. Thats amazing. Theyre not even meeting. Theyre adjourning until february byron york, february theyre showing up remember theres huge majority of americans favor Border Security. Thats all the democrats are saying. Laura theyre for Border Security the reason theyre saying theyre in favor of it is because americans do want it laura hispanics, too on the atlantic piece this is the worlds least surprising article. Theyve been talking about this for a long time. Everybody on the left has been talking about it. The idea that it was courageous to call for the president s impeachment is nuts. What theyre doing is appealing to their base. Laura well the base, jeff, that we pointed out last night, its moving everybody to the left pretty much. You have a few moderates left, steny hoyer and a few others but not many. Theyre all going to have to kiss alexandria ocasiocortezs ring when theyre running for president , if one way or another theyre going to kiss the ring. Shes only been in town for seven days. Thats amazing can you imagine her in the audience in the state of the union . Laura i have a prediction, will the democrats go . If they go will they turn their backs . Jeff, prediction real quick yeah. Yeah. They will turn their backs. They will make a scene. They know the cameras are there. Laura theyre all code pink now some will. Laura jeff absolutely. I think some will. Laura you dont want them to the party is not an open Borders Party yet laura you dont want them to. Thank you so much. Coming up with the immense power bestowed upon nine unelected justices in the Supreme Court. Is it fair for citizens to expect their full participation . A cant miss angle. My new pod cast just dropped. We have Michelle Malkin talking with me about toxic femininity on the part of men and how face back book is trying to soil presence pro lifers and what mlk would say today, subscribe today at abouted cast one. Pod cast on. Laura questions of life and viability at the high court. Thats the focus of tonights angle. In 1973 the Supreme Court in roe v wade struck down state laws banning abortion. And liberals then i think thought that would settle the issue. But 46 years later, the country is still torn apart about abortion. Tomorrow hundreds of thousands of mostly young people will converge on washington for the march for life. They brave the snow and usually frigid temperatures year after year after year to speak for those who have no voice, the unborn. According to a new meris poll released this morning 75 of americans say they would limit abortion to at most the first three months of pregnancy. That includes six in ten of those who self identify as pro choice as well as six in ten democrats. Well that means the Supreme Court is actually out of synch with most americans on that issue. Not that any of that matters. Because weve given so much power to the Supreme Court to run roughshod over the will of the people and the states thats become a super governmental force. Our framers never intended that unelected judges would have power over politics in our culture like this, because its a question addressed time and again by really smart minds like the great Justice Antonin Scalia regardless of whether you think prohibiting abortion is good or whether you think prohibiting abortion is bad, regardless of how you come out on that my only point is the constitution does not say anything about it. It leaves it up to democratic choice. Laura but the decisions have not been left up to the people. In fact the left has long relied on courts to advance a radical transformation of American Society on criminal justice, issues like marriage and public justice, criminal justice reform. Now that the balance of the high court is shifting, or could be shifting, the stakes could not be higher. Now this is part of the reason Supreme Court battles have gotten so ugly and contentious in recent years. See the difference between Justice Scalias confirmation hearing in 1986 and Justice Kavanaughs 32 years later. Would you like to introduce your family . Youve got a lot of children and they may want to they took a lot of trouble to get dressed up and come down town. But this is only possible when judges are committed to the rule of law. I would support a broad congressional mandate that is not unconstitutionally overbroad, yes. [ laughter ] shut it down, shut it down, shut it down shut it down laura and weve all just kind of gotten used to the circus that the confirmation hearings have become. A packed hearing room with outbursts of protestors. Ive heard my side of the aisle call for regular order. I think we ought to proceed in regular order. There will be machine at this of opportunities to respond to the questions that the minority is legitimately raising. And we will mr. Chairman, under regular order may i ask a point of order . [ laughter ] laura check out the hearing room during scalias confirmation. I mean, thats during his confirmation. Look at all the empty seats behind him. This is like a couple hours in. I was watching this all afternoon. I relived the whole thing. Even Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg admitted that judicial confirmations were never this ugly. How would you compare the process that you went through with whats going on today in that process . The way it was, was right. The way it is, is wrong. Laura well she was confirmed overwhelmingly in 1993 by a vote of 936. Scalia was confirmed by a vote of 980. Now by the way the two had completely different, in most issues, judicial philosophies, but they were really close, really good friends. As a family friend of the scalias i even actually spent a new years eve with them back in 1986, if you can believe it. It was nice to see those friendships. All these years later the court is still a pretty collegial place, the justices get along, they love each other. Because so many on the outside have become reliant on the court instead of congress to advance mostly liberal causes, another potential vacancy comes up and it has all the act visits on edge. Politico just published a piece titled what happens if Ruth Bader Ginsburg remains too sick to work . In just the past two months the justice 85 has suffered three fractured ribs and had a pair of cancerous nodules removed from her lung. This is not her first bought of cancer. Shes beaten it before and the doctors say they expect her to return to the bench next month. Well the justice has been lifted by americas prayers and well wishes. She seems to have enjoyed the mystic status bestowed on her by the left. Shes fears and fabulous and shes still got it it . I want to see what your work out is. Lets get fully ripped and exploded, lets get shredded, lets get super strong lets go she is one of my role models, shes become such an eye condition would you mind signing this copy the closest thing to a super hero i know. Laura well you have movies, documentaries, books, childrens books. And lets face it sin i cans say this was smartly designed to set the cultural narrative early. Should the time come, make it more difficult perhaps for President Trump to appoint someone to replace her with a judicial conservative, a temper meant that is judicially conservative, even if that pick is another woman. Any time a sitting justice especially at an advanced age is in declining health it raises questions. Now i remember because i was watchi watching these hearings closely and watching the announcement closely when Justice Thurgood marshall handled his retirement back in june of 199 is give us some of the medical facts some of the what . Medical facts, whats wrong with you sir . Whats wrong with me . Im old. [ laughter ] rnths im getting old and coming at parts. [ laughter ]. Laura you remember how democrats made a big deal about President Trumps Health Leading up to his First Physical as commander . Chief, they questioned his stamina and mental acuity, white house physician Ronny Jackson reported that the president was in excellent health. Now there are some asking if it was appropriate to ask questions about the physical condition of the president , and his fitness for office, is it also appropriate to ask similar questions about Supreme Court justices, beyond ginsburg, all of them . With all the weight i issues facing the high court from immigration to obamacare contra september at this rules the stakes are really high now. As we all wish all the justices long and happy lives, do americans have the right to be reassured that 28 year old law clerks arent exercising undue influence . Especially when the court has out sized powers over matters of life and death . Big questions and thats the angle. Laura alright. I want to note that all of us are hoping and praying for Justice Ginsburgs recovery. Shes an amazing person. Her return to the bench is anticipated and her law clerks miss her very much. That said the power of the court does make these conversations necessary. You saw Justice Thurgood marshall taking on these questions. He actually wasnt uncomfortable. I laughed so hard. I remember that and scott bolton you probably remember it as well. Carrie severino from judicial crisis network, im delighted youre here. By the way alex swoyer from the wa Washington Times youve been covering this. Alex i want to go to you first. Its uncomfortable. We all hope were going to get old. We hope were going to have good health. Its tough its very tough as a reporter, too, because you dont want to be over. Laura insensitive. Shes fought back all these diseases, unbelievable. I just marvel at it. But there are, you know, increasing reports if you dont show up for two months oral argument then what happens . Right. Right. The plaolitico article, they started talking about the mental capabilities fading. And i thought you know in connection to ginsburg, is that fair . Is that a leap that a journalist should make at this point in time . There the hasnt been any indication that she isnt coherent for example. Laura when is the last time she was seen in public i believe it was when she was going to have her surgery. Laura she hasnt spoken in public no npr reported she did vote from the hospital hours after the surgery on the asylum case whether or not they were going to the Trump Administration went straight to the court. Laura it is an uncomfortable conversation only because the court really has taken on such the prominent positions, gone into areas where mostly it was state legislatures or the federal government. And really thorn i issues. Act visits on both sides going whats going on . Who is going to be up next . Well shes not retired yet youre talking about who is going to be up next . What about this . The more the Court Expands into every area of American Society the bigger ticket item it becomes. But you know obviously were all praying for her. Shes getting the best medical care there is to get. Right now theres also really the important issues in the other courts. We now have more vacancies than when Trump Took Office in the lower courts, 90 judges that need to be renominated. Weve seen bullying and smear campaigns and obstruction from democrats, this is a problem going throughout the system now that we need to be working on i think she meant to add that smear campaigns by democrats and republicans, but i dont want to put words in your mouth. [ laughter ] laura should Supreme Court justic justices, and this has been written about before, this is nothing unique, should they have to maintain a certain level of health, mental acuity in order to be on the court . All the stories about justices going back the last 150 years about justices who could not function who were severely medicated, law clerks doing a lot of the work. I clerked for Justice Thomas and weve heard the stories as clerks about other justices. Should there be a some type of concern here in the public . Not her just in general generally, sure there should be that concern. Remember these are lifetime appointments. There is no litmus test on mental acuity. The other thing that preserves this, if shes incapacitated the court goes on whether even or odd it goes on. Laura well if you dont show up, this is uncharted territory, shes never missed oral argument. She is a bulldog on these issues. I mean she is organized, she knows, shes a terrific writer. She doesnt miss oral argument. She never has there were vacancies when Justice Scalia passed away. Laura were not talking about that. Were talking about, again we have these big cases coming up and she is she has not retired p what if she doesnt show up for the next oral arguments and the next . I mean we hope she does, what if she doesnt . Theres a broader question of where she can vote from home, work from home . I think they need to stay in great health obviously mental acuity, with the lifetime appointment laura hugo black once said justices who do not come into the court and cant participate put huge burdens on the rest of the court. Its not just about you, at some point. Thats what Thurgood Marshall got. This is a funny clip. Thurgood marshall was asked a question about when he decided today retire. Watch justice when did you make the final decision to retire . When did you come to this decision . I dont have the slightest idea [ laughter ] laura the whole place burst out laughing. Hes like i dont know. But he thought it was time for him to go. And he was but he was funny, he was Holding Court there, but hes like im getting old. I dont know i kind of like that idea of going out on top. Like you go out on top and give the press conference, i thought that was cool am i adding value to the job whether in the law firm . Laura if youre not showing up in oral argument how can you vote . Laura right i think we all have that, that we want to add value. When we dont, you dont want to go on the office thats even worse. If you cant its time for you to retire. Laura this is going to be a bruising confirmation battle. We played the clips and the young people getting rbg, no tore use rbg tattoos, books and documentaries. Sandra day oconnor didnt get the books, not quite as much. Its going to be worse than kavanaugh perhaps . It could be. Were seeing so much bullying already in the even lower court nominees, just imagine what this is prepping here. She was such an if trail blazer. She talked about she thinks people should be treated better, i would hope out of respect for her own perspective you would say let the process worthy of justice ginsburg. If you really think shes such a model lets take her words and try to be more civilized laura she didnt like what she saw. But scalia, 980, she got confirmed 936, it was just so fun to watch the old scalia confirmation. It was empty. People not going to it he was smoking a pipe. Laura i loved the pipe. Bring back the pipe. He loved to listen to opera and smoke the pipe. Lets play for fun, there was another moment do, we have it tomi, another moment during the scalia confirmation, asked about an issue which is relevant to the march for life the tomorrow i would find it very difficult, i was saying in that article, to strike down a provision on the basis of substantive due process. Laura yeah, he went on. He was asked about the larger question was about abortion. He said 14th at mend pment, does it have two layers . Well why was no one there, though . Thats amazing compared to what it is today that is incredible laura the first day were his kids that filled the yeahed against. The most fun thing about that, we have to do this on a show. In the background you saw tony or john podesta, all these people young, sitting behind all the senators, biden and kennedy, and howard metsenbaum. Oh, no, the hatch was really young. [ laughter ] mcconnell is really young. Its wild. Its like memory lane here. Great panel. We wish her the very best. Up next the entitled teen calling the cops on her dad and the untold story of that viral gillette ad. Raymond arroyo here, special thursday edition of the follies, next. Pass pass. Laura its time for, what, thursday follies . Well [ laughter ] laura under the circumstances a special edition. Whacky say . What about that bizarre gillette ad . What was that really all about. Is it stealing if you take your kids cell phone away . Plus jan turns into januharry. Joining us raymond arroyo, fox news contractor, New York Times best selling author of the upcoming smash will wilder. Gillette is facing a little bit of back harbor serious back lash for this ad oh, yeah its been going on far too long. You cant laugh it off what i actually think shes trying to say making the same old excuses boys will be boys. Boys will be boys, boys will be boys but something finally changed men need to hold other men accountable wow sweet i. Come on to say the right thing, to act the right way not cool because the boys watching today will be the men of tomorrow when did selling razors turn into a scolding of men . The tag line is the best a man can get. This is the worst ad a man can watch. Laura a lot of people saw the ad, copied it sent it around. In 2011 gillette learned that 30 of their kufrt percent were women who use the mens razor, with beards making a comeback guys arent buying the raise sources but women might. They devised the men might need to change campaign to attract the women. The director was a woman, shes directed short films on toxic masculinity and celebrating female genitalia. We wont show that. Compare that to the original the best a man can get ad from 1989. Watch the youre looking good, youve come so far. We know how to make, the most of who you are fathers and sons, its what weve always done. Gillette the best a man can get the best a man can get so, okay. Laura you cant show traditional marriage at all apparent will i the best a man can get is married with children. Laura being sensitive this new ad, the new version is menace a with us. You are bad, that line of the guys at the barbecue pits, boys will be boys, imagine a summer ease eve ad with a bunch of ladies barefoot in the kitchen. People would be offended. A lot of men are offended by this stereotype laura television has been doing the men are dumb and stupid the media has been telling us that for decades. Laura what it is, they think women are attracted to the apple guy or whatever, im sure the verizon guy. Laura im sure theyre sweet people. But i dont think so you dont call them laura we asked the 20 somethings out here which ad they liked better, they liked the original ad. 20 something most of them wanted to take a razor and slit their throats. In the 80s and 90s they were selling mass skew lint to men and women. Watch these ads i dont need some fancy cologne to tell me im a man, it cools and tones my skin. Confidence is very sexy, dont you think . I dare you to knock this off. I dare you to compare anybodys batteries, anybodys, with alkaline power cell. You know what . You cant. Come on, i dare i cant the tough guy. Laura so cute. Oh my gosh women were attracted to him. Men want to be like that, they want to be strong. I love jack pallance. Laura its so great i know what it takes to be a man. Love that. Laura so advertisers trying to feminize men right, while women are going in a different direction. Last week tem nifrts launched this campaign to raise awareness about the oppressiveness of traditional norms. They encouraged women to grow out their body hair throughout the month of januharry. Women have taken to in at that graham. Lord help me. Laura wait a second she has really harry legs. This is why petty coats and long skirts laura bringing back the hoop skirts are we arroyo . This is nasty, im sorry. I guess the idea is to make women as unappealing to men and vice versa. Thats what the dynamic is here. Why would you do this to yourself . Laura i remember in college, it was a big deal when you traveled overseas in france and russia, places that at thises, that women didnt shave. It was a cultural thing they didnt shave but people were grossed out by it is it legal to take your childs phone away . Some south euclid ohio cops were called when an entitled teen made this call 911 what is your emergency my father took property which is an 800 phone that doesnt belong to him. The cops show up at the door after his daughter called and left their body cams on. I took the phone. Shes a juvenile. I dont want her to have it. She wont let me the inspect it so i took. Its my property. I never asked him to take it guess what . Everything that you own, belongs to your mother and your father. They have dont want you to have it, you dont have it. Having a phone is not a right its a privilege. You dont need a cell phone. Laura the other Police Officer said you want your phone back . Start listening to your parents its not a right. Laura the police have so much on their hands and now theyre having to give life at vice good for that father, intervening and taking the phone from his daughter. Hes worried about the apps where shes hiding things from him. He the doesnt want that going on. Laura theres a weird image, interesting image that showed up, chad tweeted it out, the march for life is tomorrow, the sent center stone it looks like a eucharistic host. You can see the cross. Laura you can see a cross. No one had seen that before . Ive never seen that before. Laura people are saying its maybe a sign. Laura a sign well see. Laura coming up european leaders lob insults at President Trump over cozy relationships with putin. We ask who is really engaging in russian collusion . Us ambassador to germany rick grenell joins us exclusively to explain. . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. It was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. Were the tenneys and were usaa members for life. Call usaa to start saving on insurance today. Right now there is a question, a sizable chunk of america, whether donald trump is working on behalf of russia. Whose side is the president on . Russias side or our side . He wants to give russia every item on its international wish list. Putin has a president of the United States who performs back flips on command. Laura gosh they have to be better than that. I mean come on guys. If that were the case, now why is the president warning european leaders and threatening them with sanctions over a proposed russian pipeline project called north stream two . Weve talked about this on radio, on the pod cast and on t. V. The project would make much of europe dependent on russian gas, if trump were best buds of putin why would he stand in the way of russia having this huge infusion of cash . Joining me now u. S. Ambassador rick grenell, totally jet lagged staying up plate for us. Great to see you in person mr. Ambassador. What part of this story are the American People not getting if theyre emersed in that kind of media . Look i think you look at the facts, and this president has been very tough on the russians. At the same time its a dual track approach which i think is beginning to be kind of the trump doctrine which is this dual track. Were gonna base our policy in reality but were going to also offer the ability to be idealistic. If you change your behavior, maybe we can have some sort of talks. But just look at the facts. Weve been very tough on russia. The president has been extremely clear that this gas pipeline from russia, going into europe is the wrong idea. By the way the president is with most of the european union. The euro opinion parliament. Theres 18 European Countries that have stood up to say we dont think that more russian gas in europe or germany is the right way to go. We want to diversify in europe. Hes standing with the european union. Laura hes getting hammered day after day after day, drip, drip, drip, mueller and all that. You see the president being towa tarred with this hes not for nato. He is a businessman and he wants us to support nato but he wants other countries to pay their fair share. Today i know a lot of ambassadors are in town. He was at the the pentagon and he talked about nato today. Lets watch. President trump we cannot be the fools for others. Were gonna be with nato 100 . But as i told the countries, you have to step up. You have to pay. Minimum numbers, actually, that they set a 2 goal. Very few pay that. But they should be much higher than that. Look at what we pay. Its massively higher than that. Countries are now stepping up. They can well afford to. The. Laura okay so he says all that ambassador grenell. Then you have congressman gregory motion from new york going on television and saying this he is a guy that filled believe if you talked to him three or four years before running for president he probably didnt even know what nato is. But now, you know, he has devalued nato and the eu to such a degree that it is plausible to me that he would have had this back door conversation with Vladimir Putin about the withdrawal from nato [ laughter ] laura i was like oh youve got to be i did canning me . This is rank speculation. The cnn reporter is nodding, kind of oh, yeah, good point look the reality is that the president is strengthening nato. Weve had the same policy for decades that countries should be raising their spend. They should be meeting the nato the commitment of 2 . They have ignored us for a very long time. President obama had the same policy. Raise your spending. They ignored us. But now, countries are beginning to raise their spending. So i would argue actually laura r. The person who tries to reform Multi Lateral organizations is the one who cares the most about them. Rather than ignore them and let them adrift, let them not deal with todays threats, let them not have let them have members that dont pay their bills. If you allow that to happen, i would argue that you actually dont care about those agencies. But when you do the hard work of engaging and trying to reform agencies, exactly how the president is doing it, then i think theres an argument to be made, he is the one who cares more about nato because he wants it to work better. It clearly needs reforming. Laura what is it like for you . As ambassador to germany . One of our most important positions. You had quite a splash right in the beginning when you first assumed the position. German media goes after ambassador rick grenell. Here is one of the headlines, trumps ambassador finds few friends in germany. Rick grenell attempted to interfere in domestic politics, hes become isolated in the german cap cal. Do you have no friends . Do you need a visit . I think theres a very good argument to be made that president obama was wildly popular in germany. Laura you think . But the German Government killed his testimony. Tip, ttip, they didnt return the nazi prison card. Laura ttip is the trade deal obamas signature trade deal. The nazi prison guard, the Obama Administration asked for a very long time to have him returned. Weve been asking for a very long time for defense spending to be raised and the north stream two pipeline which was all started under president obama. I think the tough talk from President Trump is working something she liked a weaker United States. They loved a weaker United States we want a stronger relationship, were forming it, be pushing and trying to get both sides. Laura im glad youre there and im glad you stopped by. Thank you for fighting jet lag to be here. Rick grenell. An important day tomorrow, but will the media cover it . Stay there. Thats embarrassing go in for your annual checkup, and check in physically and emotionally cigna. Together all the way. Do i have to do the age part . Okay we cant guarantee, youll find gold on your wild west vacation. But we can guarantee the best price on that thar rental cabin or any hotel, home, boat, yurt, whatever. Just dont get carried away with the wild west thing. Hey guys. Get the best price on homes, hotels and so much more. Booking. Com, booking. Yeah laura tomorrow hundreds of thousands will descend on washington for the prol hundreds of thousands will descend on washington for theif prolife much, longest march in us history. It will likely get a squib article in the Washington Post but thats okay. They are standing for those who cant speak for themselves, most defenseless among us and it is amazing and the young people showing up, we are all with you. Millennials, Largest Group of American Voters are not in lockstep with democrats on abortion, 41 said they want roe versus wade overturned, 710 said they support blocking abortions at 5 months of pregnancy and ending government abortions, they are not for that. I hope the media pays attention but thats all the time we have to night. Shannon bream and the fox news at night team, take it from here. We begin with a fox news alert. Could be . A democratic lawmaker floating the question could there be problems securing super bowl liii