sanders. 23-year-old sergeant breonna moffett. president biden and first lady jill biden met with the families of the fallen for more than an hour ahead of that dignified transfer at the dover air force base in delaware. 41 u.s. service members were injured in that drone attack earlier this week. it's important to remember that as well. three have been transferred to landstuhl military hospital in germany. one is in critical condition tonight. but stable. 14 have not returned to duty. thanks for watching this breaking news on "special report." we have got you covered on all things about this strike and all things here in washington and around the world. thank you for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. "the ingraham angle" is now. >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle." thank you for joining us.

my angle on the border fiasco in moments. but, first, the u.s. military launched an air assault against dozens of sites in iraq and also in syria. that were used as staging grounds for iranian backed militias. these are the first military strikes after that drone attack killed three american soldiers and, of course, injuring more than 40 others in jordan just last weekend u.s. airstrikes hit 85 targets. command and control centers and aerial vehicle sites. fox news national correspondent mike can tobin has been watching all of this from tel aviv. mike, what can you tell us? >> i can tell you, laura, we have confirmation now from the u.s. central command that some 85 locations were hit by 125 u.s. munitions. seven different locations or i should say 85 targets were hit at seven different locations. three of them inside of iraq.

four of them inside of syria. now, an iraqi military spokesman, despite a claim from john kirby, that the iraqi government was informed. the iraqi military spokesman says the u.s. has now violated the sovereignty of iraq and threatens to pull the region down into further chaos we have unverified videos surfacing. showing damage inside iraq as u.s. con -- getting involved in the battle damage assessment process at this moment. that is in the area of al-qa'im. very near the border with syria. just a short distance across the border with syria. we know that locations al kemal, may dean. weapons, bunkers, weapons facilities, facilities that support logistics.

despite all of this, the iranian proxies were not deterred, at least the houthis not to this point. and this is despite the u.s. telegraphing these attacks. we saw a rocket strike aimed at the south of israel from the area of the red sea earlier in the day. that was intercepted by israel's arrow air defense system. what we have not seen at this point and what everyone is nerve us havely anticipating is any fire from hezbollah in the north or more fire from gaza strip or additional fire from the houthi. >> laura: pretty confident the struck significant in the degrading of those sites. is that what you are hearing? >> well, we really at this point have to go through the u.s. sources for that the israelis, the people in the middle east aren't really commenting on that. really what we're getting from

local sources and arab media in the region is just more information about the locations that were hit and the u.s. as i said is engaged in battle damage assessment at this point. >> laura: all right, mike, thank you so much. of course critics of the biden administration, they are saying that the president should have ordered military strikes immediately after our service members were killed last weekend. retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel daniel davis joins me now. colonel davis, like they are getting initial assessments. we know b-1 bombers were involved. lots of different types of munitions. do you see this possibly is this a series of contained strikes over the next few weeks? >> well, that is certainly what the biden administration wants. i think the chances are extremely low that that's the way it turns out. the reason is why because both in the centcom statement and in president biden's statement as well they specified that they

also went after irgc quds forces targets. not just the islamic resistance of iraq or kata'ib hezbollah which both claimed they had responsibility for attacking americans. they went after iranian targets on the ground in syria and iraq. we don't know if they killed any of them or what may have happened. we do know earlier today the iranian president was emphatic says if any of their troops are killed in irgc for those who may not know those are iranian troops the irgc commander said that retaliation if anybody attacked his troops and base recent history goes back to 2020, think they will major good on it. the question i have for the administration which they have not answered so far is what is the objective and what do you want to accomplish and what comes next if iran is not deterred because that is where you get to the point where this could easily start escalating up and end in a war all too easily.

>> laura: well, and iran has said, of course, not that we take any stock in what they said, but they had said initially we weren't involved in any of the decision-making of those who carried out these attacks. i mean, big deal. i mean, obviously, we can't take any stock in that. but, nevertheless, that's their stock line. >> right, true. but, america has to take action that is the most prudent and the most sober that's going to give us the chance to limit our damage to take -- to defend our people, but then not to escalate and to attack targets that may end up spawning more attacks back on to us. instead of three flag draped coffins at dover we end up with a bunch of them and that is bad for america. we got to be much more careful about how we do target selection. >> laura: now, the president's statement today read our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing. the united states does not seek conflict in the middle east. let all those who might seek to

do harm to us know this: if you harm an american, we will respond. that's tough talk from joe biden. but at some point, if this were to escalate, conservatives on capitol hill will call for a vote by congress, if it comes to that i mean, if it comes to what looks like a war in the middle east, we need to get congress back into the game of declaring war, do we not? >> absolutely. 100 percent. that san obligation. it's not something they should do. it's something they must do if it's going to escalate beyond that that gives the american people a chance to weigh in and say do we want you to take us to war? and i think the answer is going to be hell no. so i hope that they go that path as opposed to allowing the president to continue having unilateral action in violation of the constitution. to possibly suck us into a war by attacking into iran. >> laura: i'm not sure a lot of americans have a lot of faith in

the pentagon leadership these days. so, i would share your concerns. lt. colonel, thank you. all right, joining me now is nathan sales, former ambassador at large and former terror coordinator under president trump. mr. ambassador, do you think these retaliatory strikes will do what they are intended to do? not just degrade these storage facilities where those drones are kept, but also deter future attacks against our troops? >> well, laura, my reaction, when i heard the news, was it's about time. the white house has been sitting idly by for three years now while iran has taken shot after shot at our service members in the middle east. we have seen over 160 since the hamas attacks on israel in october. but, before that, even before that, there were 83, at least 83 iranian attacks on our soldiers. and typically, the white house's response was to pull its punches, maybe blow off a couple

empty building noticed desert in the middle of the night. let's be clear. that is not the sort of pain that is going to get tehran's attention. so what they did today was bigger than what they have done before. is it enough to actually restore deterrence? time will tell, the concern i have is that we spent the last week telegraphing this punch. that's a problem because that means the iranians were able to move any of their commanders out of harm's way. move their equipment out of harm's way. it's even worse than that, laura. because, when you tell the iranians "we're coming" the night of the 3rd to the 4th, that alerts their air defenses and enables them to take shots at our airmen as they are in the mission. and thankfully, nothing happened tonight. but it's a huge risk to take with our airmen's lives to gte give this kind of advanced notice to our enemy. >> laura: jennifer griffin asked the defense secretary whether or not there was too much telegraphing going on. watch. >> in terms of telegraphing

about strikes and whether or not people leave or would have left, you know, i won't speculate on any of that. i would just tell you that, you know, we will have a multi-tiered response. >> laura: i mean, mr. ambassador, i mean, i just -- i'm sorry, but i'm concerned about our response when he is our pentagon chief. i find him very unsteady. i find him very confused and muddled in his responses. and today it was just a written response, written statement from him. >> i mean, i don't know what to do with that, laura. you know, what do you think the iranians are going to do. if they know that we're going to attack them, do you think they are just going to sit around and like look up into the sky and take pictures with our iphones of the incoming? of course they went to ground. of course they went back to iran or hid or obscured their

locations or moved their equipment around. you don't need to have, you know, four stars on your soldier to know that our enemies will use any information we tell them about our plans in order to defeat those plans. >> laura: again, this why people are having declining faith in our institutions. we can't get straight answers. mr. ambassador, thank you. all right, bureaucrats in washington are continuing to keep the details of this negotiated border deal a secret from the american feel. why is that happening? we have the latest up next. ♪

lawyer the uniparty border sneak that's the focus of tonight's angle. the uniparty in washington is really talented at hiding the ball. now, for several weeks, we have heard about the so-called bipartisan border bill that we're told by people like senator james lankford will provide powerful tools to address the crisis at the border. and even though sources have told me that the important provisions were finalized weeks ago the key players say there is still a lot of last minute give and take happening. i'm here to tell you don't

believe a word of that because the overriding goal is not securing the border here. biden could have done that on day one. the real goal that mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer care about is to get that $60 billion more for ukraine which mcconnell thought would be easier if they tied it to new immigration legislation. >> we had a lot of discussion about the border around here but it's important to focus on the other rationale for the supplemental. hopefully owe can work this border issue out satisfactory. there is bipartisan support in the senate for both israel and ukraine. >> laura: the truth is the senate is not keeping the so-called border bill secret because it's tough on enforcement and ends things like parole and catch and release they are keeping the bill secret because they don't want to defend it over any significant amount of time in front of any big audiences. certainly not in their home

district. has senator lankford, who has been quarterbacking this had a town hall in oklahoma? why not? to try to explain to his constituents why any republican should allow biden to claim a border victory here? how is this tough on enforcement when biden still has the authority to wave in close to 2 million migrants every year under this so-called negotiated border agreement? now, these fossils in the senate think americans are naive or stupid or both. >> we are getting very close on the national security supplemental. we cannot simply shirk from our responsibilities just because a task is difficult. plan to post the full text of the national security supplemental as early as tomorrow. no later than sunday. leading to the first vote on the national security supplemental no later than wednesday.

>> laura: okay. so think about it. classic swamp move, right? release, what? 200, 300, 400 page bill late on a friday or over the weekend. you know it's not coming until sunday. then you force a vote on it just a few days later. now, they wouldn't buy a car with this little information. they would look under the hood, test it out, right? but they are going to do it with this. senator mike lee smashed this in an op-ed published today, saying the law firm of schumer and mcconnell spends months drafting legs in complete secrecy. lets members see bill text for the first time only a few days, sometimes a few hours before an arbitrary deadline and then forces a vote on legislation on or before that deadline, denying senators any real opportunity to read, digest, and debate the measure on its merits. this is not just a cram down. this is a sham.

any serious -- anyone who is serious about passing a border bill and not just scoring political points for biden, would have kept the house speaker mike johnson in the loop all along frankly they would have made sure he was on board, otherwise, what's the point? lankford and schumer in cahoots did not do this. very telling. johnson has effectively said the bill is doa. in fact, 64 house republicans are demanding that joe biden use his executive authority asap to address this border crisis. but, pretending new legislation is needed, the white house and the senate g.o.p. leadership is effectively giving the same message to the american people as those vicious migrants in new york. yeah. the middle finger. this is a complete farce. and now even house democrats apparently are threatening to torpedo the bill. heck of a job, mitch and chuck, nice going.

well, come on, guys. americans see the truth here. they're becoming strangers in their own land. as criminal migrants are able to fly around the country using only a piece of paper as id. and they are growing bolder like those venezuelan thugs in new york. >> these individuals, i went over their rap sheets yesterday, multiple charges, grand larceny, robbery, attempted robbery, grand larceny, grand larceny. this particular crew operated on mope heads and securities. they were doing organized retail theft. only been here a couple of months. so, what the detectives are telling me is they have crews here that operate in new york, do all their stealing and then go to florida to spend the money and come back and why don't they just stay and steal in florida because there you go to jail. >> laura: anchors is like well, i wasn't ready for that answer. consequences in florida. oh, and speaking of consequences. there needs to be consequences,

political consequences for republicans trying to force this bill nine months before the election. let the people decide this. pro-amnesty republicans though, when you really think about it, would be really happy if this new border bill hamstrung president trump from really shutting down the border and really deporting people if he wins in november. >> former president calls this a betrayal, what do you think of that characterization? >> it's certainly not a betrayal. >> it hasn't been released. how does he know it's a betrayal if he hasn't read it? >> don't be ignorant. read the bill. >> laura: cassidy is the absolute worse. he is the big spending disaster. and item wit we can't read the bill because y'all are hiding it from the people. but nice try. now, we're going to stay on this and have comprehensive analysis of the text when this kabuki theater really gets underway and that's the angle. joining me now is missouri senator eric schmitt and former

senior adviser to president trump stephen miller. senator, the american people haven't been included in to what is happening here. they have had the bulk of this bill, the key provisions. they have had this stuff finalized for weeks and weeks and weeks. but now they are going to release it on sunday, it looks like and rush the vote on wednesday? really? >> it's a total joke. and if you think about this, chuck schumer has announced we are going to be voting on this next week for a bill that no one has seen that's been negotiated with a president who could close the border right now but chooses not to and a secretary of homeland security that's about to being impeached. these car sales men is he talking to chevy chase. if you hate it now wait until you drive it. can i only imagine what we do know is very concerning. joe biden has all the tools they need right now. think about that. this is impolicemennatic the way

chuck schumer does it. dulaimi last moment to sort of come down from like moses with the 10 commandments, no one can amend it, nobody has time to review it. certainly not going to a committee. we should spent weeks talking about this amending of it, it's not going to happen. it's ridiculous. >> this effects the entire future, the culture, the economy, of the united states of america. but we have congressman like republican dan crenshaw slamming republicans for not just jumping on board with the border bill. watch this. >> will the height of stupidity is having a strong opinion on something you know nothing about. i'm extremely disappointed in the very strange maneuvering by many on the right to torpedo up apotential border reform bill. we have a bill that on net significantly decreases illegal immigration and we sabotage that, inconsistent with what we told other voters we were going to do. people will make up whatever reasons they want to.

there is a number of them, i'm sure. it would be pretty unacceptable dereliction of your duty. >> laura: stephen miller, tough words from crenshaw it. a dereliction of duty. very indignant, he is. what does he get wrong here? >> the dereliction of duty is not going to chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell, joe biden, and, by the way, all the democrats up for re-election this year, like jon tester and sherrod brown and saying here is our offer, zero illegal immigrants. why don't you stand up before the american people and say why the number should be 2 million or 3 million or whatever is authorized in this bill. having national debate about the number zero. 0.0. the number of illegal immigrants. we are talking about administration that allowed illegal aliens to beat cops and went free.

sent one phone call ice officers to that courthouse arrested those illegals and shipped them back home. we are talking about a democrat party that just in the last 48 hours voted against republican bills in the house to deport illegal immigrants with dui convictions and who have committed social security fraud and identity theft. the democratic party is committed to open borders. and it's time for republicans to stop being afraid, stop hiding, stop cowering and to demand a great national public referendum on whether or not joe biden should be allowed to release any deportable alien into this country at all. i dare john tessitore explain to his voters why he thinks we should have 2 million, 3 million, 5 million illegal aliens added to this country by joe biden or anyone else, laura. >> laura: senator, what is ultimately going to happen here with this. >> here's what can happen. next week when schumer tries to ram this down everybody's throat, it takes 41 republicans in the senate to stand up and say we're not going to do this.

we're not going to go along with this, we are not going to allow you to do this. this is the stuff people hate about washington. we are going to side with the american people. we are going to side with the republican house. we are not going to side with chuck schumer or joe biden. we are actually going to stand up for the american people and the subordinate of our own borders. and that's what we need to do next week. >> laura: 41. will we have those numbers? we should but it's going to be tough given that leadership. senator, stephen, thank you so much. all right, take the load off, fanny, as in willis. as in the fulton county d.a. going after trump. well, forced to air out her own dirty laundry but she remains defiant. the details, next. ♪

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♪ [explosion] >> laura: fox news alert. new video just in of one of the u.s. airstrikes. a senior u.s. defense telling fox news that the strikes are complete for the night. fox news senior national correspondent rich edson is live at the white house. rich, what's the latest coming out of washington after these retaliatory strikes in both iraq and syria? >> well, laura, the biden administration has just been giving a little bit more detail about the strikes that were carried out tonight. seven different sites, iranian forces, iranian-backed proxies in iraq and syria. it's those proxies that were responsible for a strike in jordan on sunday that killed three u.s. soldiers, sergeants william rivers, kennedy sanders and breonna moffett. president biden attended their dignified transfer this afternoon at dover air force base in delaware. the president is now back at his

delaware home in his first comment since the strike the president said n a statement this afternoon at my direction struck targets in iraq and syria that the irgc and affiliated militia used to attack u.s. forces. our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing. the white house says the u.s. military used 125 precision guided weapons to strike 85 different targets chosen to avoid civilians. officials say they believe the strikes were successful but say they are still assessing the damage and is trying to figure out how many militants the u.s. may have killed. the white house maintains these strikes were designed to degrade the militia's capabilities republicans say they were too late. wicker the highest ranking republican on the committee. the biden administration spent nearly a week foolishly telegraphing u.s. intentions to our adversaries given them time to relocate and hide. it is past time for our commander-in-chief to adopt new

approach that targets the actual sponsors of terrorism in the region. republicans are urging the white house for a more robust response going specifically after iranian assets. white house maintains that they are not finished yet. laura? >> laura: rich, thank you so much. >> oh, lord, they are going to be mad when i'm talking -- why are they surprised that a diverse team, that i assembled, your child, can accomplish extraordinary things. i attacks lawyer of impeccable credentials. the black man i chose has been a judge more than 10 years. >> laura: and god couldn't helpful ton county d.a. fani willis keep this a secret. for weeks willis tried her best to dodge allegations that she was romantically involved with the chief prosecutor that she hired to run her case against

donald trump. now nathan wade admits in a sworn affidavit they developed a, quote, personal relationship in addition to their, quote, professional association and friendship. now, in the same filing, willis called the allegations against her and wade fallacious: former independent counsel deputy fox news contributor sol wisenberg joins me now. sol, what does all of this mean? there have been many calls for her to step aside, that she has tainted this investigation with this and other allegations of the way she has -- you know, money has been spent and used for various personal activities. does this change much in your estimates? >> i don't think it changes much legally, based on what we know now. she is not going to -- they are not going to kick the case out and she probably won't be recused. but she certainly has tainted the investigation. she potentially tainted herself with that jury pool.

and it's just a terrible look. i mean how absolutely reckless. and one thing that really jumps out at me, laura, is it's one thing to go and go to your church and say it's all racially motivated. but here she has got her first chance to respond legally and she does make legal responses but she also plays the race card in this brief that she filed. and it's really totally inappropriate in terms of a legal filing. it makes me think, you know, there is a lot of outrage in the response. and she has no reason to be outraged. she knew the risk she was taking when she engaged in this relationship. but it makes me think there may be more there. just answer the question. do a legal brief. we don't need all the theatrics in the legal filing. >> laura: well, she is complaining that the allegations are salacious. the underlying context -- conduct to many people would seem to be salacious. so i'm not really clear on what that says. msnbc thinks it all should not

impact the case and they are taking up for fani, watch. >> even if there were a personal relationship, not clear that would merit her disqualifications nor would it at all mean the dismissal of the indictment. any personal relationship that she was having has nothing to do with the merit of the charges themselves. >> laura: sol? >> well, we haven't heard any evidence on this yet. we have just seen her filing. it will be interesting to see what happens if there is an evidentiary hearing and then we can see how serious it is. i agree, it will be very difficult to get the entire case tossed out based on this. but, if there is more there, she could find herself personally recused. >> laura: right, yeah. she could be, you know, shunted aside at the very least. new news out today from judge chutkan and this was significant and, of course, the other case against trump that she is

delaying that march 4th trial day in the federal case against the president related to the 2020 presidential election. and she -- she is delaying it because, of course, higher courts are considering his broad claim of immunity. sol, this is what the president wanted. how long do you think this would -- this delay eventually end up being, given the court's docket and so forth? >> long enough to keep this case from happening before the election, as long as the d.c. circuit wants it to be delayed. >> laura: wow. i mean, that's key for trump, is it not? i mean, he obviously doesn't want this case. >> absolutely. >> all right, sol, great to see you, thank you. all right, black lives matter organizing a school week of action for next week. are you okay with your kids participating? we have the details, next. ♪

>> laura: now that the dei scam is being exposed coast to coast in the military, even the biden administration lists of firsts and, of course, in the schools. leftists are now working overit time to rebrand this anti-merit crusade. denver public schools sent a black excellence pledge to teachers that urge educators to,

quote: understand white supremacy, white privilege and the deep harm that whiteness brings to students and team members, whatever that means. now, the school claims well, they are no longer using it but it's out there. joining me now are the founder and president of parents defending education, nicole neeley and manhattan institute senior fellow chris rufo. nicole, let's start with you. are we winning or losing the war against dei given this effort to rebrand it as something regarding excellence? >> it is astonishing taking place. it is money headed -- the fact that they are in retreat really shows that people like chris have really made an impact because at the end of the day it's not that dei oops we actually misquoted jews and asians as oppressors and they should be oppressed. it's our schools and tax dollars are being used to code people at all. until we actually put this in

the grave we can't give up. >> laura: chris, when they're caught as they were in this case, oh we no longer use that, right? but, next week is black lives matter week in schools. and it's a week of action. and they are actually even selling merchandise, okay? shirts sweat shirts, even a journal all to help promote their demands and again, brand this agenda as pro-education pro, you know, excellence, et cetera. so, talk about propaganda. they even have their own marketh line. >> not about excellence. of not about propping up black students. teaching black students the skills they will need succeed. scapegoat white students, white educators, white leaders. and we have become so habituated to this anti--white discrimination coming from the education sector that we almost forget how shocking it should be

but if we're merely to switch the names of some of those groups it will give you a sense of it. imagine we are in 20th century europe and we have teachers pledging to commit and i will read what the exact words from denver school district with the group swapped. a commitment to german excellence that all he had cares need to deeply understand jewish supremacy, jewish privilege and the deep harm jewishness brings to students and team members. that is shocking, it's abominable, it's the exact same terminology with the groups switched that we're seeing in places like denver public schools. make no mistake about it. this is an aw ideology that junction people on race it. should have no place in our institutions. >> laura: it's obscene. as you were saying that this robin d'angelo, who is one of the more intolerant pro-dei educators out there. she tells denver schools and this is in their rit temperature that it is not if you are racist but how you are racist. we all perpetuate racist

etiology and practice in some way and must work tirelessly in our efforts to be anti-racist. so search racist just a matter of degree. >> that's absolutely right. the simple fact in denver is white students make up scapegoated rhetoric toward the majority that's not accepted either. actually is directed toward a numerical minority. i think it's disgraceful. it goes under this moniker of anti-racism but it's nothing of the sort. >> it's racist. what they are doing is racist. nicole and chris, keep at it. keep up the great work and thank you. >> thank you. >> laura: the president summons an avenger and i offer three wishes to raymond arroyo in friday follies.

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i love it. you know what that's called, man? that's called a stealth endorsement, laura. i mean, this this is unbelievable

. but when biden is slipping this low, there's that new georgia poll that shows trump up seven points with young people. biden has to do everything he can to connect with every pop culture icon he can drag into his orbit. this is just another example of what i think we will be seeing a lot more of in the days ahead. well, he wants the reflected glory from the celebs, but i mean, just because captain america can, you know, rescue people, it doesn't mean he can rescue biden. i mean, unless he's going to give him a cape and give him special powers, i don't see it. all right, raymond, it is time for one of my favorite segments, which is three wishes, because i'm so generous. thank you. you are so generous with me. what's your first? what's your first wish? i wish that when biden had a phone call with, say, the uaw president, that both parties would learn their lines and not read from the script while talking. we look forward to continuing the fight now with you as our president. and let

me assure you this, we're ready to stand up for you and your election and your fight. now it's our fight. i tell you what, man, this is exciting. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. laura when you when you need to read. thank you, thank you. i tell you what, man, this is exciting. thank you. my name is trouble joe biden. yeah. my name. i am the president. my wife is jill. every call is premed. stated and scripted out like this, laura. and it's like each side have their own parts, their own sides and they read to each other. and then the white house edits the conversations because they're still not fluid and releases them on social media. they should they should just release the audio and save the visuals. it undermines whatever they're trying. but raymond, it's so bad that even the edited version is bad. i mean, i don't even think the edits can save it. it's like those remember those covid zoom calls ? yes, people try to do like zoom duets that never worked well. this is when you have people who don't actually know the lines. it doesn't really work at all. all right, second wish. raymond, what is it? wish

i wish the today show, when they were interviewing elmo the other day about that story we covered, and then larry david was also booked. i wish the today show would give us a nice, tight action shot when we need it most. laura. all right, let's go over to alfred, check of the weather and not yet. wait wait wait wait. not wait wait wait wait wait. oh oh oh my god. oh my god, mr. laurie, elmo liked you before. ask permission. ask permission before you touch people. larry, somebody has to do it. laura larry david was channeling all of america in that moment. this elmo thing, the very idea that we need to eat preschool puppet that's intended to teach preschool their abcs, that that becomes the vessel of our mental health as a nation is ridiculous. i love that larry david acted out and kind of put the kibosh on elmo. but wouldn't you have liked to have seen the close up, the close up ? well, how we approach did he crawl behind the couch or. we

don't really know. no, he just walked up and mauled poor elmo and then took a swing at elmo's dad. really? he really went there? yeah. no, the funnier thing, raymond, were for him to pull the puppet off the hand and throw it at savannah guthrie

and call me when you get the whole colony of planters warts moving in on the bottom of your feet. because that's what will happen. i mean, look where are these people? they're traipsing all over public places. the street, the toilets. forget it. this is a really bad idea. and dumb as they come. so don't do that nasty, okay? because i'm having fun. i'm granting you one more wish. one more petru. okay i almost cut this one out, but i wish when us senators appeared at public events, they

didn't look like an addams family reboot on the set of the jersey shore. look at poor john fetterman and his wife. what are they doing? they're so grim to look at them, laura. they're like, da da da da. oh my god, you know, all they need is the snap and cousin it. yeah you and rebecca dressed up as that one one halloween. yeah that's halloween. that's not going out . figure, you know, saturday night this is different. are all right raymond have a wonderful weekend. thank you, jeannie, for your wishes for tonight. all right. that's it for us tonight. don't forget, set your dvr, stay connected with us on. follow me on social on facebook and instagram. we have some fun poll questions up there. we'll report back on that on monday. thank you for watching. remember, it is america now and forever. pete hegseth, he's in for jesse. he takes it from here. welcome to this special edition of jesse watters o