Stock market would be 10,000 points higher than it is right now. But minute had to do this. To somebody had to do this. To me, this is much more important than the economy. Somebody had to do this. We had to do it with china, had to be done. And im not even talking about purely economically, im talking about in other ways also. And they were it was out of control, and they were out of control. Lou also tonight more zaniness, perhaps craziness in california. Just weeks aft radical after the radical left in San Francisco attempted to soften language concerning convicted felons, theyve issued a new designation for the National Rifle association. Well tell you what they now call the nra. And in hong kong, the extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations and protests has been withdrawn by hong kongs chief executive. But the people of hong kong say much more must be doing to restore trust that has been destroyed. Fox news Jonathan Hunt with the latest from hong kong. Reporter hong kongs chief executive, carrie e lamb, has been under intense pressure, and on wednesday she finally buckled, agreeing undoubtedly with the back of the Chinese Government to withdraw the controversial extradition bill that sparked these protests 13 long weeks ago. And in doing so, she called for an end to the violence that has racked hong kong. Our foremost priority now is to end violence, to safeguard the rule of law and to restore order and safety in society. Reporter but what on the face of it seemed like a significant concession was quickly dismissed by protester organizers. Its too little, too late. And second of all, hong kong people, if youve been there yourself, the slogans that people chanting were five demands, no less. So this is endorsement of people. This is the voice of the people. Reporter chief among the protesters remaining demands is their call for an independent inquiry into what they consider Police Brutality over the three months of protests. Without that, they say, trust cannot be restored between the people and the police, and by extension, the hong kong authorities. And the protesters say they will continue to fight until all their demands are met. Carrie lams concession might appease some ordinary hong kongers, the hardliners will be back on the streets this weekend setting the stage for another showdown. Lou Jonathan Hunt from hong kong. Well, joining us tonight, dr. Michael pillsbury, director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute. Mike, let me start with hong kong. Your thoughts about the withdrawal by carrie lam of the extradition bill that would have required citizens of hong kong to be taken to the mainland at the discretion of the Chinese Government. Your thoughts about what will ensue as a result of this immense step forward, it seems to me. I agree with you, lou, its an immense step forward. I think there are two implications. One is in hong kong itself. The demonstrations will, no doubt, continue. This is sort of 13 weeks delay. But its the main demand. This is why the two Million People came out, to make sure they couldnt just be snatched and brought to the mainland for an unfair trial. But probably the more important implication for the United States is xi jinping is, no doubt, behind this and has approved it. So this means President Trumps strategy is working. We may expect now, i think, some progress in the trade talks. Usually theres a sort of debate in china among the Senior Leadership in secret, then they come out with a series of steps over time. So it would not surprise me to see some, see this chinese delegation come here this week after all. And dont forget, just a few days ago that was really off. Things were really pretty tense. Lou but the president has also been very clear that he believes that his strong position, his strong stance on tariffs, on yes. Lou on eliminating trade deficits is contributing to what were watching unfold in hong kong. That is, the chinese understand that this president will, there will be consequences if they violate human rights, there will be consequences if they do not begin structural reorganization of the trade relationship. Right. And you saw the way he played it. He said he hopes theres a humane solution, he hopes theres a personal meeting. That hasnt happened yet with president xi. He didnt confront the chinese directly. He didnt call them a nazi regime and that sort of thing. But he also was firm. He made clear that he wanted a successful, peaceful outcome in hong kong without really putting his foot on president xis neck, lets say. It looks like a big success to the president in hong kong. Lou and it is, it is also revealing to watch what the chamber of commerce, the business round table and wall street, the way they are reacting now. This is, talking about they dont like to see this conflict, they dont want to see [laughter] right. Bad for business. Lou not one word from these same groups, these same interests when we were losing trillions of dollars that is, through all of the previous president s, all of the previous president s, the three previous president s to this administration as trillions of dollars were ripped out of our economy. Yes. Lou the reduction in our Economic Growth because of the immense trade deficits of the actual pillaging of our technology that has yes. Lou gone on unabated through all of this. We havent even seen a reduction in the chinese efforts to steal what is ours. Its pretty bad. I think now what the next challenge the president is probably going to overcome fairly soon is the strange chinese wish withful thinking that hes not Wishful Thinking that hes not going to win a sec term. Is so now hes got these two tweets yesterday, i think addressed mainly to the chinese, that dont take a risk and stall for 16 months, because ill have a much tougher demand on you after i win my reelection. So that might work. Lou it might work. Of course, it depends on him winning [laughter] your sense of his prospects right now, the economy that he has overseen since his election maybe i should rephrase that, since his inaugural concern. Yes. Lou which he has influenced since his election couldnt have been better through two and a half years, never has been better in the first two and a half years of any president. Well, the chinese called it correctly in 2016. They were ahead of everybody else saying Hillary Clintons going to lose for sure. They had their reasons why, they had the Electoral College count. They thought trump was going to win. Lou right. Now, i think its theyre telling me please come over to beijing in two weeks, were going to brief you on the election in 2020. [laughter] so i said, yes, im going to beijing to hear their forecast and, obviously, tell President Trump what they have to say. Lou and you be sure to debrief us as quickly as you return. [laughter] okay. If theyre thinking trumps going to win reelection, i think theyll make concessions on trade. I think thats a sure thing. Lou it is right now, given the pain that china is going through in all sorts of pain yes. Lou it is in their interests to understand that if they have aspirations to truly be an a advanced power, that they have to come m to terms with a new reality that puts away the dominance yes. Lou and the nonsense that, well, what is now you might agree with me that the president has more options to escalate this trade war if he desires. So the chinese, i think they know that. Theres many more things he can do. Lou i would, indeed, agree with you. If nothing else, just simply out of respect for your record and your immense potential for the future. [laughter] i like it better when we fight. Lou yeah, this is uncomfortable, isnt it . If lets get back to it straight away. Maybe next time. [laughter] michael, thanks for being here. Michael pells bury. Pillsbury. Up next, the radical dems are eating their own. The latest on the democratic president ial hopefuls. It is not always a pretty sight. And San Francisco is, of course, a sanctuary city but no sanctuary for the rational. Just ask the nra. And we correct the record tonight on an element or two of last nights broadcast. That and more right after the break. Fact is, every Insurance Company hopes you drive safely. But allstate actually helps you drive safely. With drivewise. It lets you know when you go too fast. And brake too hard. With feedback to help you drive safer. Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . A cockroach can survive submergede guy. Underwater for 30 minutes. Wow. Yeah, wow. Not getting in today. Not on my watch. Pests never stop trying to get in. We never stop working to keep them out. Terminix. Defenders of home. Here, hello starts with hi mple. How can i help . A data plan for everyone. Everyone . Everyone. Lets send to everyone [ camera clicking ] wifi up there . Ahhh. Sure, why not . Howd he get out . a camera might figure it out. That was easy glad i could help. At xfinity, were here to make life simple. Easy. Awesome. So come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today. Lou well, lets turn to the radicalt just now on the San Francisco board of supervisors in particular. The board has passed a resolution declaring the National Rifle association to be a domestic terrorist organization. This comes just weeks after the supervisors passed a resolution rebranding convicted felons as, quote, justiceinvolved person. In october of 2015, two months after kate steinle was killed by an illegal immigrant, the supervisors voted unanimously to keep the citys sanctuary status. Then Supervisor Malia Cohen said at the time, we cannot allow one event to dictate 25 years of our citys policies toward undocumented immigrants. It is interesting that it took one noted instance, that was the shooting at the fair in california, to change the mind about the direction they would go with the nra. Its quite an interesting state right now. 2020 democratic hopeful and spiritual guru Mary Anne Williamson slamming the radical dems, the Democratic Party for their meanness and their lies. Williamson telling the new yorker, quote i know this sounds naive, i didnt think the left was so mean. I didnt think the left lied like this. I thought the right did that. I thought we were better. Not so. Well, joining us tonight, former Reagan White House political director, fox business political analyst, the dean himself of republican strategists in this country, ed rollins. Ed, lets first, Mary Anne Williamson, her discovery, she is in a race with cannibals. Im very happy for her to learn something out of this election, because shes not going to go any place as a viable candidate. But having been in the trenches for 50 years with democrats, theyre tough. They play the game in a hardball way, and they a basically will do whatever it takes to win, and thats american politics. Lou im not going to mention any names. I was talking with a leading republican this week who said that it was unfortunate that this had to be about party. This is all about party politics. And the republicans are playing the part of the naive and passive patsies while the left is filled with venom and vigor and viciousness. Well, republicans basically see politics as an avocation, sort of a hobby. Democrats lou at which which theyre not very damn good. And democrats see it as a lifelong occupation in which theyre going to change and change radically, just as that board of supervisors in San Francisco im very familiar with that, having grown up in the bay area many, many years ago. They are leftwingers, they basically dont believe in jails, criminals, in anything lou they dont believe in reality. Just to show even a further case, the state assembly in california passed a new hasnt gone to state senate yet, but it will probably this week, to give 16yearolds the right to vote. Lou where was that . California. 16yearolds are still playing, you know, games in high school. Theyre not ready to vote. And 18yearolds were in vietnam, the premise was if youre going to fight for your life and the country, you should be able to vote. Lou so what would you say about 16yearolds, if youre going to do what, get the keys from daddy . They keep trying to broaden that base, and the reality is that californias a lost state for republicans at this point lou what about new york . Equally. Any republi or anybody else no matter what kind of job, they probably are 5, 6 million votes behind before they even start. So you have to make it up elsewhere. Lou 16 resignations already in the in the house. Five of them in texas. And i hope this is not a trend where we saw a trend lou sounds like it already is. And the reality is what they have to understand, what the president and the leader has to do, mccarthy, is this election sets up for reinforcements after 20, and we have to get the president reelected, we have to get a large number of the house lou let me ask you this, because this seems, to me, to be what it boils down to. Talking about senators danes and perdue, doing what the president had approved and lighthizer, but at the same time the voices on this were so just milk toast. The words just sort of lay there as they talked about leveling the Playing Field between as if were not talking about trillions of dollars here, were talking about an existential threat as the president stated to the United States. And i am talking about china is exactly that. And we cant even get from the Republican Party in the house or the republicans in the senate vigorous support for this president in advance of an election that is now within the next year and a half. Year and, well, 14 months. Its going to be a close election no matter what. People have to understand its we could lose the presidency. Trump has had a great presidency lou people have to understand, what about the senators and the house and the Republican Party . We could lose the whole game. We have to get in this battle as deep as any ive seen in the last 50 years. Theres a lot at stake here. The house is at stake, the senate could be at stake now. Lou so why in the world, what kind of person is sitting in the senate who doesnt come back on their haunches and just roar like a damn lion and go get em . Well lou because there are no lion withs that i can see. And the two gentlemen who are in the senate on china, should be telling the chinese the president is being supported by the country lou well, they did that. And were going to keep fighting. Lou they know that already. I havent heard anything in public. They need to is have a press conference lou you know, the hell with press conferences. Im getting tired of what is basically the republican response to viciousness but highly energized viciousness of the Democratic Party on the part of republicans. They basically say were going to write a strong letter. We may hold a hearing someday. I mean, its just nonsense they are impotent, and they are not worthy of support if they dont go to work for this president , because i think youll agree with me about this, either this president wins the election in 2020, or the Republican Party may be, may be what many of the democrats hope and that is a thing of the past. Well, if we have a defeat like we had in the midterm, losing 40 house seats and a battle to hold the senate in 2020 in addition to the presidency, every republican who cares deeply needs to be fully engaged here, fully are engaged. Lou fully engaged. I think they ought to be mad as hell and going after every one of these they should be. Lou that are trying to still, still subvert this president and his policies. It is beyond comprehension. And instead of being embarrassed, which many of them are lou the hell with embarrassment, get mad and get the hell over it. Thats what i was going to say. Lou excuse me. Been around you too long. Im mad as hell, and im going to keep fighting until we get this thing owl done again. All done again. Lou ed rollins, appreciate it. President trump backs Boris Johnson to deliver on brexit. Boris is a friend of mine, and hes going at it, theres no question about it. Hes in there. I watched him this morning, hes in there fighting. And he knows how to win. Boris knows how to win. Lou and a new poll shows just how popular President Trump is among republican voters. We take that up with the chair of the Republican National committee, Ronna Mcdaniel joins us. Weve got a few quick messages, then we will be talking with her. Stay with us. Its an honor to tell you that [ applause ] thank you. Liberty mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. I love you only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. [voiceover] this is an urgent message from the International Fellowship of christians and jews. 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