to accomplish and number three and probably most importantly, the president and republicans are going to use this to gather support from their base. so i think when nancy pelosi looks at this, she s the adult in the room, and she realizes it s a loser for democrats. eric: joel, do you think it is a loser for democrats? i mean that meeting on tuesday was supposedly contentious. you have a whole bunch pushing for impeachment. jerry nadler has asked twice and the speaker pushes back. first and foremost, nancy pelosi is the one person who has true power over donald trump right now. she can on monday decide to launch impeachment inquiry and begin this process. trump should be thanking her rather than criticizing her. really she is testing the waters trying to see if she can get enough support. we are getting to a point right now where oversight is being blocked so much by the president and the executive branch that really the president is in a way daring speaker pelosi to call for impeach
the president has made it clear that he s willing to use all the tools at his disposal to help make that happen, despite democrats in congress continuing to play political games with our crisis at the southern border. the president has found a way to get the help of our neighbor to the south to stem the flow of illegals. eric: that s john rose weighing in on the president s use of the tariff threat to reach an agreement with mexico that addresses the flow of migrants at the southern border. the president saying that 5% tariff that he would have gone into effect on monday is, quote, suspended indefinitely. that could leave open the option of that tariff threat in the future if mexico does not carry through with its promises. what does this mean? robert charles joins us, former assistant secretary of state to collin powell and a fox news contributor. robert, you think these steps,
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in norman say they found a former state senator jonathan nichols dead inside his home from a gunshot wound. this was on wednesday, and nichols served as a state senator for more than a decade, starting in the year 2000. the state senator who now represents the district tweeted out a statement calling him, quote, the most brilliant political legal mind in the oklahoma state legislature, adding that he worked tirelessly as a senator and for years on staff to help guide our state forward. both shootings are still under investigation. eric? eric: just so tragic. jeff thanks. arthel: a terror plot targeting times square thwarted. investigators say this man seen here in the sketch planned to set off explosives and throw them at the crowds in the heart of new york city. he had been on the fbi radar for months and was arrested after trying to buy two glocks from an undercover agent. we have the chilling details an undercover fbi agent tells an alarming account of a terror