simply seek attention. i can tell you this, i don't think this would happen in texas, i don't think he would have been here in nashville, tennessee. these liberal cities with liberal airports, start applying some consequences and see how quickly these people scatter. >> elb but they lost a lot of support today. thank you so much. >> good to see you, rachel. >> rachel: you, too. that's all for tonight. don't forget to check out the "from the kitchen table" podcast. of course sean hannity is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> welcome to this special edition of "hannity." i'm kayleigh mcenany in for sean. tonight the white house is eerily quiet. the president is gone for another vacation after returning from a leisurely christmas trip to camp david paid must be nice. he'll spend the next week relaxing in sunny st. croix in the u.s. virgin islands. here he is arriving at his beachside vacation. got to be a lot of fun for the president while we are suffering here at home. biden has spent approximately 40% of his presidency on vacation. the results certainly signify the time he has spent away. here you see him relaxing in the sun. seems to be a trend. meanwhile, back at home, we have chaos at our southern border. look at the screen. as we speak, a massive migrant caravan is traveling north through mexico. already, record numbers of illegal immigrants are pouring across our border on

a daily basis. record numbers -- listen to this -- of chinese immigrants, as well, 24,000 chinese migrants have entered our country in fiscal year 2023. that is up from 1,970 in 2022. and 323 in 2021. safe to say, this is an unmitigated disaster. but don't take my word for it, cnn is calling this an unprecedented surge. and here is usa today. "as migration surges, immigration court cases backlogs swelled over 3 million." migrants are being released on u.s. streets at the border as shelters see record numbers. meanwhile, the mayors of chicago, new york, and eagle pass have something in common. they are all democrats, not happy with the biden administration. take a look. >> this is unacceptable. our city and eagle pass, we have been getting slammed with 2,000

or 3,000 people a day, and it's just an unfair, unethical situation what's going on here in eagle pass. we feel ignored by the federal government. i have called to the government that we need action. >> what i have said repeatedly is that we have to have coordination. since taking office we have had an uncoordinated approach. what i have worked to do instead of having chaos is provide structure and calm around the situation and without significant federal support this is not sustainable. >> the federal government said to new york city, "we are not going to do our job. you do our job." "you take care of 4,000 people a week, eric, you and your team." i am not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel from the federal government. and i think we can't treat this as a policy, but as an urgency, and i'm not seeing that energy. >> kayleigh: i thought they provided sanctuary. doesn't seem to be the case.

this is now a costly disaster impacting every corner of america and even democrats have taken notice. >> what do voters think about immigration right now? >> it's becoming a top issue facing the nation. the economy is still number one. it was number one in august and its number one now. but take a look at the immigration and border security, just 11% in august. look at what it's up to now. 19%, closing in on the economy. the most google searches for migrants by state. look at all the states, they are all blue states. illinois, new york, massachusetts, new jersey, colorado, and of course there's been a lot of talk about the migrant crisis in both illinois and new york. it seems like even voters in those states, very blue states that democrats win in general elections almost always, they are focusing on this issue, as well. >> kayleigh: but enjoy that st. croix vacation, mr. president. you may want to wake up. you're losing your own party.

last night our own bill melugin spotted this sign at the tucson airport in arizona directing non-u.s. citizens without passports into a special line for domestic flights all across the country. needless to say, the line was incredibly long. look at that. fox news contributor sara carter has been monitoring the situation at the border all month and joins us now with m more. there's a lot to be alarmed by, but to me, these 24,000 chineseg said one of the possibilities that came to his mind when he heard about this was either ministry of state security agents or chinese military coming into our country. your thoughts? >> oh, i can absolutely agree with gordon chang on that. he's also a friend of mine and someone i highly respect. he's traveled throughout the region. he and i have been to the far east together he's given number speak stomach speeches. we have been monitoring china and other adversaries such as

venezuela and iran, russia. they are all taking advantage of this crisis at our southern border, kayleigh. think about this, the united nations is stating for the second time that the land crossing between the united states and mexico is the most dangerous land crossing in the world, the most dangerous land crossing in the world. we have people coming into our country from all over the world. they are not getting background checks. immigrations and customs enforcement are basically throwing their hands up in the air. the biden administration is allowing them to come in, aiding and abetting these traffickers. but it's not just about the cartels. we already know this, that the cartels are being used as proxies by the chinese government to move in fentanyl. we have lost many young americans to fentanyl poisoning and overdose. chinese migrants, the surge is incredible. we can't even get background checks on them because the

chinese government is not cooperating with us, because they don't want to cooperate with us. this is part of breaking the back of america. what gordon chang is saying is important, and i will wrap up his thoughts on this. when people come into this country and disappear into the fabric of america, they could be anybody. they could be found spying on our installations, our government installations. they could be stupid scuba diving,delivering food to, acting as carriers, but really placing technology and equipment they could use to spy on us. our agencies are well aware of this. the problem is they just aren't stopping, and nobody knows how far this is going to go before we actually break. >> kayleigh: cnn is reporting that the number of migrants south of our border, north of

mexico, could be as much as 15,000 migrants on top of these record numbers. >> absolutely. i just spoke with a source who was saying the same to me, that they are expecting that this new caravan will swell. remember, maduro in venezuela is very active looking at what he can do. and this is not just me saying this. we have u.s. intelligence officers investigating this right now in central america looking at how he's handling this, losing people. we don't even know if some of these people are coming out of prisons. we don't understand how they are forming in these large caravans and moving and collecting people on the way. this isn't just about our own national security. for democrats out there that have concerns about the humanitarian crisis, and republicans, there are children in these caravans that are losing their lives on the way to our country. it will never make it. they are being taken by these

cartels in these human traffickers, being sold into the most heinous and nefarious -- i don't even want to say pedophilia rings, that's the only way to discredit. in the united states, many of them disappear. like i say with tom homan all the time, and he says this every time he is on this show, what is so good about leaving this board are wide open? wise our government doing this and why is nobody stopping it? >> kayleigh: why is the question. sara carter, thank you. today both secretary of state antony blinken and h secretary ella how do my argus went to mexico city to beg the mexican president to do something, anything to stop the massive flow of immigrants constantly traveling north through the country. president obrador predicted the failures of the biden presidency from the very beginning. you may not remember this, but this is 2021.

mexico's president described just how migrants viewed president biden. he said "they see him as the migrant president and so many feel they are going to reach the united states." and voila, they have, in record numbers. he was right. at today's meeting with mexico's president, notably listening was biden's border czar kamala harris. she will return to office until january 3rd. here with reaction is tom homan, an expert on all of this, along with byron donalds, who has put forward legislation to stop what we are seeing at the southern border. let me start with you, congressman donald's. i'm sick and tired of hearing people say republicans do not have a plan. he passed hr2, did your job and house. here are all the things that republicans have done, and you can read it as we go along. security fencing, 22,000 minimum

border patrol agents, and much more. congressman? >> first of all, kayleigh, it's great to be with you. you are absolutely correct. house republicans have a plan and we had one for a long time. i have a plan that adds to this and creates an exit by electric system, something that the 9/11 commission recommended that we do. the federal government still hasn't completed that work, but this is bigger than that. you have an administration, joe biden, kamala harris, everybody else. they don't want to do the simple job of securing the border, so now when you have a massive catastrophe, which they created, now they're going down to mexico to see what can be done. the answer is simple. follow house republicans, it's the plan. let me be very clear we have been telling this to democrats in the senate and joe biden, i don't even to us about ukraine until the southern border is secure. secure america first and then we can have conversations about everything else. but this must be done.

it simply cannot wait. >> kayleigh: tom homan, you and i both worked for a former president, president trump, who got action for mexico. he said you are getting tariffs unless you secure the border, and they did that, they sent 6,000 troops to the border. what do you think when you see them meeting went on today n0 deliverables for mexico to be announced? >> they don't need any more meetings. it doesn't mean squat. you are right. president trump didn't go to mexico and begged for help, he didn't go to central america and beg for help. he didn't give the millions of dollars. this administration is getting mexico millions upon millions of dollars. president trump was a game changer. he didn't give them a dime. he told mexico, you're going to put military at the southern border in the northern border and participate in the remaining mexico program. if you don't, i will tariffs the hell out of you and they did in

days. i'm not going to pay to create opportunity zones down there. the money goes to the people and never goes where it needs to go. i'll tell you what i'm going to do, i'm going to take the international aid away, and they came to the table. if this administration is serious about securing the border, which they are not, they haven't done a single thing to slow the flow, it is easy. dust off the plans. it's not even a question if the policy will work. we proved it worked. anybody can go look at the numbers. under trump, the most secure border in my career, three and a half decades. the data is clear. we proved it worked. if they want to secure the border, they have the plan. brush it off and put it in pl place. >> kayleigh: i couldn't say it any better myself. that plan is embodied in hr2. we know senators met today trying to craft a plan with foreign aid combined with immigration measures. what do you think is going to be acceptable to the house?

anything short of hr2, or do you need that in there? >> what's acceptable to the house is hr2. it is simple stuff. we know it works. what we are not going to do is negotiate against ourselves for some ham-handed deal that gets negotiated in the senate. we have seen senate negotiations occur in this country before. they are basically weak sauce, not worth the paper they printed on. the politicians in d.c. say, this is great, look what we did, america! and the reality hits home that nothing really changed. this is the starting point. the senators can negotiate all they want, but nothing is moving through the house without hr2. >> kayleigh: tom, where does this end? you have 15,000 migrants, this caravan, chinese nationals. will there ever be a wake-up call? even democrats have said they need to do something. we showed the cnn clip. >> first of all, what the congressman just said, this needs to be passed 100%.

it's a great plan. it has a lot of the policies in it. fully, or nothing. i'm shocked the democrats are willing to let ukraine and israel suffer because they want open borders so badly. these are going to be processed and released in the united states. catch and release. when the cartels see thousands being released every day, that gives them a selling point. they don't need a public affairs officer or a consultant to sell their services. the u.s. government's actions every day, you cross the border illegally, you get released quickly, you get flown to the city of your choice on the taxpayer dime, a hotel room, three squares a day and free medical. why wouldn't it connect because we are not enforcing the law at the border. kamala harris, you can call her the border czar, she hasn't done a thing. she wants to find underlying reasons. she is and we need to walk down the hall to the oval office and

she will find the reason, the millions that come across the border because they were made promises by this administration. >> kayleigh: congressman donalds, where is the president? he's on vacation. he sends antony blinken off, he sends alejandro mayorkas off, no deliverables, he's on vacation 40% of his presidency. >> let's be honest, this man is the most unaccountable president in american history. if you combine that with being the worst president in american history, he's probably taking a nap as we speak. i know it's after 9:00 eastern, he's already gone to bed. we have a problem, america. joe biden is awful at this job. he's not a leader and he is a radical being led by radicals in that administration. they all need to go. for america, listen, mean tweets, no meme treats, let's get somebody back in the white house who knows how to do the job and execute and put our country first.

that's president trump. >> kayleigh: i hope president biden enjoys that beachside vacation. wow. undeserved. congressman, tom homan, thank you. coming up, breaking news from the colorado g.o.p. they are now appealing the insane court ruling that would block president trump from the state 2024 ballot. jonathan turley reacts straight ahead ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> kayleigh: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." we have some breaking news tonight. the colorado republican party has asked the u.s. supreme court to overturn the colorado ruling that banned former president donald j. trump from the state 2024 ballot. the party says the colorado supreme court has denied the voters the ability to choose

their chief executive through the electoral process, and "engaged in an unprecedented disregard for the first amendment right of political parties to select the candidates of their choice." the u.s. supreme court will now decide whether to take the case, and for democracy's sake, they should. meanwhile, this morning, the michigan supreme court ruled that trump can remain on the state's 2024 ballot, saying the colorado decision wasn't relevant in michigan. here with reaction is fox news contributor jonathan turley. jonathan turley, lee expected this appeal. i have the writ of cert for the supreme court right in front of me. they say section three of the 14th amendment is not self-executing and that president trump, as a president, does not fall into the text of this amendment. what do you think? >> it's a very strong appeal. it's frankly the moment many of

us have been waiting for. for months, this dangerous theory has been replicated throughout the country as challengers try to find a judge or a court that will give credence to this theory. many of us believe it is fundamentally wrong, from a historical and legal persp perspective. they found some justices who are willing to do this. that court had seven democratically appointed justices and three of them refused to sign on with this and said it was clearly wrong. they were able to eke out a 4-3 win in colorado. that's a known outlier. you have the michigan supreme court following other ports in refusing to disqualify the former president. so it is right for the supreme court to review. there's a conflict among the states, and it's a very weighty issue here, obviously, for the

country. >> kayleigh: it is. you look over at michigan, one of the big victories, and you pointed this out on twitter, now known as x, that democrats actually helped to stop trump from being removed from the ballot. these are justices appointed by democrats. >> right, and i think that's important to remind people, because in this age of rage we often make assumptions about people we don't agree with. it is important to know that this theory has been rejected in various states by democratic judges, judges appointed by democratic governors, or judges that are in fact democrats who ran for office. they showed they could resist temptation, that they have greater fealty to the constitution then they do their own views and their own political preferences.

the question now is, will the supreme court intervene? i believe it will. what is interesting about this filing is it doesn't raise the right to free speech and it does not raise the factual determination that this was an insurrection. that will be raised presumably in later appeals. instead they are focusing on the threshold issues of the removal of this name from the ballot. i think it's a very strong appeal. >> kayleigh: professor turley, i just have a moment here, but should they rule on this, is this the biggest case pertaining to a presidential election since bush v. gore? >> yes, and it's an important to raise. that was destructive for the court in many respects. many of the justices spent years trying to repair the divisions on the court itself. i think the chief justice is going to try to get a unanimous decision here. i hope it can speak with one voice, and that voice should be

to reject colorado's decision and protect our democratic values, to show the public that the court itself is divided ideologically, that they remain unified on these basic values that define us. >> kayleigh: it would be a great day for democracy indeed if it were 9-0. professor turley, thank you for your brilliant analysis as always. turning now to a different legal issue facing donald trump. the doj case surrounding januare appeal courts consider the eighth claim of presidential immunity. but that has not stopped special counsel jack smith from filing motions. just today he asked the court to bar trump from criticizing biden, his possible 2024 opponent, of course come over political interference in his case. keep in mind, this is very important, so take a look at this. as "the new york times" route dominic wrote back in april, he thinks trump should be prosecuted for january 6th.

in other words, trump is putting forward the evidence that is where worth asking questions about. he wanted merrick garland to take "decisive action" here with more is fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. he said he didn't want president trump presenting evidence that would impugn his political opponent, but "the new york times," the gold standard of all reporting, for liberals across the globe, says biden has opinions. in the past, mr. biden told his circle that trump posed a threat to democracy and should be prosecuted. >> that was the equivalent of taking out an ad on national television and running it 24/7. look, many people believe, including donald trump, that jack smith's case is politically driven. but the special counsel wants to

silence trump from arguing what he believes. so the irony should be lost on no one. smith's accusing trump of injecting politics into a prosecution that already reeks of partisan politics. trump should be free to present a defense of his own choosing. that is fundamental in america. but jack smith is afraid of that. he wants to be both prosecutor and dictate the defense simultaneously. in other words, let's not bother with a trial at all, let's just move ahead to the hanging. that is exactly the kind of thing that got jack smith spanked unanimously where he mangled the law to engineer a wrongful conviction. he was overturned with an exclamation point. the question here, kayleigh, is whether trump is the victim of what is called in the law

selective prosecution, that he was specifically targeted because of who he is. in the law, that constitutes an affirmative procedural defense arguing that a biased or discriminatory prosecution that is forbidden under the fifth amendment equal protection clause. if it is successful, it negates the charges. i readily admit it doesn't prevail very often. nevertheless, trump is allowed to make that argument despite what jack smith said today in his court filing. >> kayleigh: that's a fascinating theory, the affirmative defense he could u use. i want to get your expertise on the breaking news. we expected the colorado republican party would appeal this and say you cannot disqualify trump from the ballot. it potentially goes to the supreme court. what next? >> the republican committee in colorado does have standing to

appeal the supreme court, because it is directly harmed. as they say, denying their party's ability to choose a candidate of its choice. i agree with professor turley, i suspect the supreme court will take this case because it is too important not to. i would also expect the high court to overturn the colorado decision on the very grounds cited in today's petition. kicking trump off the ballot, that is a violation of his constitutional right to due process. my goodness, he hasn't been charged with insurrection or tried or convicted. the colorado court removed him from the ballot by fiat. and you have to look at the 14th amendment itself. it spells out who can be removed from ballots. representatives, senators, electors. president is not included. why? because a president holds a uniquely singular position as chief executive. indeed, he takes a different

oath, separate from officers of the united states. so what we have here is a colorado supreme court that is an outlier, as the professor said, endorsing something that is inherently antidemocratic, depriving the voters of their right to decide who to vote for for president. >> kayleigh: they can't even write a name. imagine that. under the wording of the opinion, they can't even write in donald j. trump. i'll be watching the others. hopefully it's a 9-0 opinion. gregg jarrett, thank you. to more bad news out of the middle east. terror attacks targeting american service members abroad. democrats seem to be more threatened by republicans here at home. crazy. this special edition of "hannity" continues after the break. ♪ ♪ his a1c? it's down with rybelsus®. my doctor told me rybelsus® lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill

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♪ ♪ >> kayleigh: if joe biden is the democratic nominee next year, he won't have a record to run on, or a second term agenda to promote. instead he will have to resort to a tried-and-true tactic, the democratic playbook, demonize republicans. over on msnbc, chris matthews gave us a preview. take a look. >> in this case, they are so angry at the liberal establishment, the coastal el elite. they say those people on "saturday night live," those snarling rich kids, i know who they are. they are all trust funders. they don't have to worry about us. there they are snarling and making fun of us again. it's a weird thing. but in a way it's like fighting terrorism. we think that israel just puts in the idf and they solve the problem. it never solves the problem because you enrage people. we did it, we arrange the enemy

to the point that they are more fiery than ever and they hate us more than ever. >> did you catch that? rural rage is like fighting terrorism. yes, he compared the two. of course this happens all the time. democrats love to trash, put down, vilify republicans as threats to democracy. here's a reminder. >> the last thing we need is a neanderthal thinking that in the meantime everything is fine, take off your mask, forget it. it still matters. >> so many of those extremists take their marching orders from donald trump. who has no credibility left by any measure. at some point maybe there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members. >> donald trump and the maga

represent an extreme is that threatens the very foundations of our republic. >> i was on long island visiting a dear friend and i was really disturbed. i saw dozens of pickup trucks with expletives against joe biden on the back of them, trump flags, and in some cases just dozens of american flags. which is also just disturbing. because essentially the message was clear, this is my country, this is not your country. i own this. >> kayleigh: so that's what they think of you. joining us with reaction, jessica tarlov along with fox news contributor charlie hurt. jessica, as a very eloquent democrat who rationally communicate your point of view, i assume you look at these moments and think they are not helpful for your party. >> first of all, chris matthews isn't really the ringleader of

the party anymore. he was fired from msnbc and has only just resurfaced a little while ago. obviously hillary clinton is somebody incredibly important to the party and i have defended her comments in the interview talking about the fact that democrats are so far from being in a cult. on a comparative basis, it's actually laughable. then i do really struggle to find it in my tiny liberal heart to feel terrible for republicans when we get called things like communists, socialists, thugs, pedophiles. donald trump called every name in the book. it's in the playbook to demonize us and make it seem like it's the end of the world if democrats are in power. so yes, will chris matthews' statement be cut up and put into ads? sure. will he have a problem with white working-class voters, especially if he's the nominee on the republican side? yes, 100%. but that doesn't mean there isn't merit in what they're

talking about in terms of how the republican base feels about donald trump and that they think we are a party of just coastal elite sitting around drinking our lattes laughing at them in our electric vehicles. which is not how it is, but that's their reputation. >> kayleigh: charlie, i worked for donald trump and i don't recall him giving an equivalent to the blood red maga speech where he said, as biden said, maga, you are a clear and present danger, a threat to the foundation of our country. i just don't recall a moment where trump gave a speech quite like that. >> the fourth of july. >> that right there is the primary difference between, of course, donald trump and joe biden. donald trump attacks the party leaders, even republican party leaders, oftentimes. he attacks washington, the bureaucracy, but he never attacked the voters on the other side. whereas you have joe biden

openly -- and a lot of democrats -- openly attacking voters on the other side. it's not that people get their feelings hurt, it's just a really stupid way to do politics. it's not a good way to win people over. as jessica points out, chris matthews is kind of a has-been. he's billed himself as the least insane person in the cult and tries to say things that are kind of true, such as when he talked about obama's speech, giving him a thrill up his leg so much that he couldn't even give words to describe it, he was so passionately moved by it. but that is who chris matthews is. but what he said here, this to me kind of goes over into something that is very dangerous. when he starts comparing trump supporters to terrorists, to our combatants in afghanistan and iraq, and then we do a poll and find out that young people think

highly of usama bin laden, well, gee, you think maybe there is a line that connects the two? >> kayleigh: jessica, some of this rhetoric, you had bill maher calling house speaker mike johnson, comparing him to the maine shooter. i realize these aren't members of the democratic party, per se, but t "the daily beast" is left-leaning, comparing them to the taliban and iran. this is pretty extreme. >> i happen to think that mike johnson's beliefs are pretty extreme and that it is dangerous to have a speaker of the house he was perfectly happy -- >> kayleigh: not iran. >> i don't use language like that. the only people who are terrorists are actual terrorists, and i think you do need to be careful about that. but there is extremism on some of the left but definitely on some of the right that has made

its way to the top of the speaker's chambers, and it was in 1600 pennsylvania avenue with donald trump. you said you don't recall him talking like that, about people on the other side about democrats. go back and look at the fourth of july speech that he made. he certainly does disparage. it's not just going after jim acosta, it's going after people in leftist ideology part of the democratic party. he does see them as enemies, and we do turn out in droves to vote against him. >> kayleigh: what language -- >> because he tried to overturn a democratic election. and still continues to propagate the lie that he won. >> kayleigh: right. well, what was in the fourth of july speech? do you have a line that stood out? i didn't see anything wrong with it. i saw patriotic speech. >> i didn't realize we are going to go back to this exactly. i should definitely have pulled it up before it came out of my mouth. but it was talking about

leftists and us being a threat to america, and obviously the kind of america that he oversees is different from how we see the country, they are patriotic and we are not and we hate america. you know that as a thread of how he thinks about democrats. >> kayleigh: i wish joe biden took lessons from you, because you always have -- go ahead, charlie. >> i was just going to say, he doesn't talk like that about democratic voters. about democratic politicians, certainly. quite frankly, the reason everybody in washington views him as such a threat is his ability to actually appeal to so many of the voters on the democrat side. unlike any other republican, certainly, in our lifetimes. >> kayleigh: jessica tarlov, you are a great communicator and wonderful on "the five." i wish your party would take lessons from you. >> i'll get that line for you.

>> kayleigh: thank you. while democrats vilify their political opponents, actual terrorists abroad are attacking americans nearly every single day. u.s. troops in iraq and syria have been targeted well over 100 times in just a couple of mo months. meanwhile, the houthis continued to disrupt shipping channels and iran seems more emboldened than ever. he was a reaction is keith kellogg. one of my favorite people to have on, general kellogg, because you know everything when it comes to national security. i wanted to ask about this "wall street journal" headline. iran adds to pressure on u.s. with nuclear program acceleration. the reason i bring this up, they have unleashed their proxies, clearly. nuclear program the amped up. i want to know the one year plan of iran. they know biden could lose reelection. they know very well they could be having president trump there instead. so what is the end goal for i iran? >> thanks for having me. good to be with you.

look, here is what that article really says. we are heading for a nuclear breakout by the iranians in less than a year. they were restricted to enrichment of uranium to just under 4%. they are at about 60% now, heading toward 90%. in fact, the international atomic energy agency said they are heading clearly for 90%, and when you get to 90% enrichment of uranium, that his weapons grade. if you get a nuclear weapon in iran, it changes everything in the middle east. it is totally destabilizing. and that's what they are heading for. this administration is sleepwalking toward that problem. part of my concern in the last three years -- i know now it's a harsh assessment -- they haven't really done anything that protects this nation. time after time they've made mistakes. example, joe biden in january of

2022 said maybe a minor incursion by russia and ukraine would be okay. a month later, they didn't have a minor incursion, they had a major incursion because even a green light. he said jake sullivan, a very influential foreign affairs, we have good accommodation with hamas and with the palestinian authorities. a month later, what happens on the 7th of october? they totally misread the situation and it puts all our young men and women at risk. they know they are basically targets on the ground. we haven't responded in a way that should be proportional in making those hard calls. you and i have sat side-by-side in the situation room when a lot of those hard decisions were made. we know how hard they are. but you have to make them. donald trump made them, he was very effective at it, and we need to do that again. ♪ ♪ >> kayleigh: general kellogg, just a few moments here. with the world look a little different to former president trump was current

president trump? >> 100%. you wouldn't have had what happened in ukraine or the middle east. we would have solved that problem easily with the abraham accords and everybody in the world knows that. >> kayleigh: thank you very much, general kellogg. one of the best. up next, two teenage girls stabbed in new york city's grand central station on christmas day by a deranged criminal, now charged with a hate crime. full details when we continue. ♪ ♪

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hutcherson, and he's facing hate crime charges after allegedly shouting "i want all the white people dead," just before the attack. of course, just two weeks ago, a bronx judge let him back onto the streets after he threatened to kill someone. since 2019, murder is up in new york city by over 23%. here with reaction, fox news contributor's tammy bruce and ted williams. tammy, i can't imagine visiting this country from south america, sitting and having lunch, and then you're 16-year-old and 14-year-old are stabbed. >> right, these girls were with their parents enjoying lunch at a french cafe in one of the most beautiful buildings in the country, and they are minding their own business and this happens. i know this seems new york centric, but it's not. it's an example of what's happening across the country. as an example, both illinois and los angeles county, just within

the last six weeks, implemented their own no bail policies. so the entire state of illinois and the entire county of los angeles is going to be in the same situation. you noted, this this man had 17 arrests, and of course all of these no bail policies in the discretion for judges indicate it is only for low-level crimes, for misdemeanors. not for violent crimes or violent people. but d.a.s and prosecutors start to plead these things down. so this guy gets charged with things that are misdemeanors that aren't close to what he did and he walks away. so that's why you have people not even going into jail for serious crimes like threatening to kill people, assaulting people, massive vandalism, things that would normally be felonies. for illinois, los angeles county, and every other city in this country, we see the correlation, we know what's going on when it comes to the rising crime, and how it's happening, and it must be stopped. you are not losing your minds,

you are being ghastly it by a system that wants this to happen. this is supposed to be about compassion. the damage that stunned people in this country of all races, all the economic frameworks, but especially inner-city people, is atrocious and people have got to stop it. >> kayleigh: this individual allegedly shouted, just to repeat, "i want all the white people dead." it seems like a hate crime timmy. >> l, i would have to say, under the circumstances and the scenario here, it is clearly a hate crime. when you are sitting in a restaurant like this guy, hutcherson, was, and use the words "i want all white people dead," pulls a knife and stabbed two innocent teenage kids, there is clearly something wrong. and i will tell you what's wrong, kayleigh. one of the problems we have in this country is mental illness. that mental illness is not being

treated properly in this country. this guy, hutcherson, has been reported to have been mentally ill and mentally disturbed by his girlfriend. law enforcement knew that he was mentally ill. >> kayleigh: we got to run. no doubt. up against a hard break. more of this special edition of "hannity" next. ♪ ♪

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