people. president trump has called former president george w. bush s decision to invade iraq the worst mistake in u.s. history. he reiterated that in his interview with cbs news today. and he says that he still has troops there in part because he wants to be able to watch iran. arthel? arthel: all right, ellison barber, thank you very much. eric? eric: arthel, virginia democratic governor, clinging to his office on sunday, despite the increasing pressure and calls from both parties for him to step down. the demands are growing louder of the governor s news conference yesterday where he offered shifting explanations for why that racist photo appears in his 1984 medical school yearbook page. i believed then and now that i am not either of the people in that photo. i stand by my statement of apology to the many virginians who were hurt by seeing this content. it is disgusting. it is offensive.
would consider military intervention, but not revealing the circumstances that would warrant it. what would make you use the u.s. military in venezuela? what s the national security i don t want to say that, but it is an option. arthel: with more on this, let s bring in dr. rebecca grant, a national security and military analyst as well as a relations expert. great to have you. hi. arthel: thank you. president trump saying a military intervention is not off the table. how real is that option and what would it look like? oh, definitely real option. here s what he s saying, president trump has been looking at military options probably for the last few weeks, prepared by the joint chiefs of staff, but it is not what you think, the number one option is the u.s. southern command has increased its intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, and then the bulk of the rest of the planning is about transporting humanitarian relief, air lift, sea lift. this is not the u.s. going it al
underpins the global trading system. they are extremely selfish and predatory. it will continue. arthel: when the president, our president gets with president xi, face-to-face, he somehow seems to melt by the flattery. we can t have that happen. no, you know, president trump has always been very in his comments about president xi, always been complimentary. you have to remember trump dropped the hammer on the chinese in 2018 when they didn t reciprocate trump s gestures in 2017. i think president trump will do the right thing. i know most people don t agree with me. we will find out in a month or two. arthel: let s hope he does. we re rooting for president trump. we certainly are. arthel: thank you very much. all of this might come up of course along with a wide range of other issues when the president delivers his state of the union address on tuesday. we will have all day coverage leading up to his speech to the nation right here on fox news. stick with us. eric: that will be a
the democrats see this as a political issue that isn t going to win for them. when it comes to wall money, specifically, they just, you know, nancy pelosi said she s not going to give at all on that. eric: you have a point. if you look at the omb request, it says a physical barrier. the president has already said steel fence. it is a steel fence, you know. you would think they could come together on this, but they so far have not. that clock is ticking. thank you for joining us this afternoon. thanks for having me. eric: of course. arthel? arthel: a growing measles outbreak near portland oregon reviving the bitter battle over vaccination laws. jeff paul is live from los angeles with the story. jeff, tell us those details. yeah, arthel, the number of confirmed measles cases rising to at least 48 people in washington and in oregon, with at least seven additional suspect cases. there s now concern some who were exposed to the disease have traveled increasing the risk of it further spr
arthel: president trump says he s hoping to meet with china s president xi again this month for another round of trade talks as both sides face a looming march deadline to avoid a sharp increase in tariffs on chinese exports. but negotiations could be complicated by u.s. charges against chinese tech giant huawei. the president commenting on this earlier today. we are making a deal. it looks like we re doing very well with making a deal with china. i can tell you this, no two leaders of this country and china have ever been closer than i am with president xi. we have a good chance to make i don t know we re going to make one, but we have a good chance. if it is a deal, it is going to be a real deal. it is not going to be a stop gap. arthel: joining me is gordon chang, the author of coming collapse of china and asian analyst. always a pleasure to have you