safety, security and well-being of our people. and stops the waste and abuse of taxpayer funds whether in america or in global projects overseas. heather: we re live in washington with the latest on this looming showdown. good morning, doug. after his first overseas trip as president one that is mostly regarded as a success, president trump is now back in the so-called swamp with no shortage of threats, obstacles, crisis and quicksand in which to get stuck. he promises to fight that with characteristic bravado which he demonstrated at the last stop at the navy base in italy. president trump: did you notice how much stronger we re getting? all the new equipment is coming in. the military budget is way up. i took a little heat on that one but it s okay with me. the devil in the details of the budget. not receiving the warmest
this garbage. ed: it was fox & friends. charlie kirk is the founder and executive director of turning point usa and also the former dnc deputy press secretary. thank you for being here. i want to start with you first, jose. what is the deal with all of these attacks one after the other after a pretty successful foreign trip for the president? he comes home and immediately is back in the swamp. whatever happened to making america great again? we have scandal after scandal day after day now. trump s son-in-law is involved potentially in what happened with russia during the 2016 election. i want the american people to thrive. ed: i ll give you a lot of time but i have to stop you there. when you say as former dnc official you want to see this president succeed, you have to understand my skepticism. the democrats in washington and
you are looking live at pictures from the world war ii memorial in washington. my favorite memorial here. and also pearl harbor in hawaii. veterans are there to commemorate the an verse of the day that still lives in infamy. survivors of the pearl harbor ambush at both events. on the left you see a speaker at pearl harbor memorial. it will also feature interviews with survivors. on the right, laying freedom wreaths. brett is a specialist in the u.s. army and was seriously wounded in afghanistan more than a year ago. his intense recovery at waltd walter reed came at a cost, being so far away from his friends and family. that s where luke s wings comes in. the organization helps to reunite wounded warriors with their loved ones. he and his wife katherine are
constitutional laws of the land no matter where you stand on these particular issues. i think it is just a principled argument that we want the courts to uphold that distinction, that balance of power that you should see in any level government, federal, state or local level. we want the courts to act in that regard. in terms of immigration overall, i don t think anyone in washington, be it the president, member of the house or senate, should be talking to any degree about any scenarios until this nation has secured its borders. it is mind boggling to me that we spend tens of millions of dollars making sure our airports and particularly those airports that bring in people from overseas across the world obviously have customs and all sorts of requirements there. tsa makes sure that our airplanes are safe for people getting on and off. we have security we put into our water ports around the coast, both on the east and west coast, southern coast, but even in the great lakes. yet we don t
up to its potential. see folks in washington, many of whom are in both parties standing in the way out there. i think for us to move our country forward so that my children and all the other sons and daughters like them across america can live in a better country than the one we grew up in. we need people from outside of washington to come in and take the power away from the washington-based special interests and put it firmly in the taxpayers, hard working people of our states and of our country. that s what we ve done in wisconsin. i d have to feel i could make that kind of impact nationally to g in the race there. keep us updated. governor scott walker of wisconsin, always good to see you. thank you, sir. thank you. have a great christmas. another senate pick-up for the gop as senator mary landrieu loses her seat in a landslide runoff. a live report from louisiana coming up. plus iran charges an american journalist with unspecified crimes and refuses to even allow him to see