>> they will protect themselves. and yes, they can, they will protect themselves. >> laura: can you outrun a wild pig? you outrun one? >> probably not. but we have things on us that make sure we don't ever have to get into that situation with those wild pigs, if you know what i mean. >> laura: well derek, i know so many people dealing with this on their property in texas and in florida, thank you so much for educating us. we appreciate it, at the cu. that is it for us tonight. for the next two weeks, i will be taking a break with the family, a graduation trip and some friends. so i will be watching from afar and commenting where i can mostly taking rnr. thank you for watching, remember it is america now and forever, jesse watters takes it from here. >> jesse: welcome to "jesse watters primetime". tonight...

>> we had a limited amount of time. >> just say it. >> it's written all across your face, just say it, you like him! >> jesse: trump wins over new fans as biden heads back to the bunker. >> big biden would do this interview? i don't think so. >> everybody must eat! everybody must eat! >> jesse: no one is above the law, except looters, writers and ballot stuffers. >> we are the people who are going to save american democracy [ cheering and applause ] >> jesse: joe biden and aoc is now a thing. plus... >> well! you're very saucy! [ ♪♪ ] >> jesse: it is friday, 84 degrees in delaware. joe biden should be shirtless on a beach getting dominated by the

sun, instead he is locked in a dark basement mock debating trump impersonator's. are cameras caught biden on his way to camp david, stiff as a board, shuffling across the tarmac. now the biden campaign may call this a cheap fake but it is 100% real. all we did is look at the president and hit records. last night we were told biden will have a physical performance surprise for us at the cnn presidential debate. it does not look like he is ready for whatever they are planning now because the campaign is focused on training biden to stand for 90 minutes. >> part one will be pouring through all of the source material, trying to refine and hone in on his talking points. part two of that debate prep is going to be actually putting that into action with these mock debates. this will include a 90 minute formal debate where the president is standing up on his feet the entire time trying to mirror what he will have to do

in realtime next week. >> jesse: the bar could not be any lower for joe. as long as he does not just get up and wander off before it is over, people will call it a win. >> it's a treasure for every american weather they voted for me or not. >> and the ones that did not vote for your bills but run on them. >> that's right. >> mr president, thank you very much. nice to have you, thank you. don't go anywhere, is a very exciting day around here. we will have reaction and analysis to everything we just heard. >> jesse: biden always performs better than expected on big nights. it could be that he is well rested, studies hard. or maybe it is whatever is in that orange drink. what is in that orange drink? trump knows he will not be going up against your typical joe biden. >> i'm not underestimating him, it is what it is. we will see what happens. i happen to think he is incompetent for a lot of reasons. i think he is incompetent because he has gotten the worst policies in both foreign-policy and internal policy.

would not want to have a wall? who wants to have millions of people pouring in? who wants high taxes? >> do you believe he is in cognitive decline? >> i should not be the one to say that but i know he is doing particularly well. >> jesse: that was trump on a podcast with a few tech billionaires who just hosted a fundraiser for him in silicon valley. so what do a bunch of rich guys talk about? how nice their homes are. >> hello mr president. >> i love that house he has, i love his house. what a house. that made the biggest impression. [ laughter ] >> thank you sir. >> i heard you have a pretty nice house to. >> yes, i have a nice house. >> jesse: after they got that out of the way, the billionaires joe into some serious policy talk. trump is taking the less is more approach. less taxes and regulation means more money. >> i gave the biggest tax cut in history of our country to business. the revenues were better than ever, even with the lower rate. we had record revenues which tells you a little bit about

that. but also, the regulations, in four years i cut more regulations than anyone by far. not even close. >> jesse: and trump says he will kill inflation and the deficit by drilling more and spending less. >> we have more liquid gold under her feet. i use the term, we have more oil, we have more wells and more everything than anybody else. if they ever win the election there is no more oil coming out, no more oil. we have tremendous growth potential. and we have tremendous numbers of dollars that can be saved through efficiency. >> jesse: trump is an old-school guy but is open to new ideas. nuclear energy powered artificial intelligence is one. >> they need electricity at levels that nobody has ever experienced before to be successful, to be a leader and ai. and we will have to do that. and a windmill turning with it's blade knocking out the birds in every thing else is not going to be able to make us competitive.

>> what about nuclear, mr president? >> i'm okay with nuclear but you have to do any way that makes sense. >> jesse: ai is not the only thing he's open to. he was asked if he would release the jfk assassination files. >> i released a lot, as you know. but when it came to the whole thing, i was hit by some people that worked for me that are great people, that you would respect. they asked me not to do it and i said why, tell me why. and they said, sir,, i think it needs a little more time. but this time i'm just going to do it. >> they say the cia killed his uncle, you believe that? >> this wasn't cia that asked me but i think the cia was probably behind it. but they would have preferred that i not release the rest of it. but people, more than anything else want the jfk files, we will release that immediately. >> jesse: low taxes, less red tape and a president who is open to ideas.

rich guys like that. >> where your big takeaways? >> i am undecided, as you know. we had a limited amount of time. >> just say it, you like him. just say it! because it is written all across your face, just say it. you like him, you are confused. >> he crushed her questions, admit it. >> he asked great questions and he dealt with them head on, just admit it. you like him. you like him! look at that! >> i will say that. >> i told you you would like him. >> jesse: trump has a way of charming the wealthy because he comes from that world. he knows all they want is a prosperous country and commonsense policies. the former president raked in $170 million last month, completely shredding biden's cash advantage. some of that money came from billionaires, like $50 million from timothy mellen, the heir to the melon family banking fortune. that is one of the biggest donations and political history. but a lot of cash came from

small donations, fuelled by trump's conviction in may. trump is up and every swing state. and in deep blue minnesota, he edges out biden. a republican has not won minnesota since nixon. compared to 2020, trump is up 19 points with blacks and eight with hispanics. the new york times has biden down five points with women compared to four years ago. what this all means is that biden has zero room for error from now until november. he cannot afford to lose one more voter. >> the biden campaign needs to set the narrative early that biden is competent and capable to lead going forward. and he absolutely cannot have a senior moment at this debate. that is what i heard from -- i was in wisconsin and michigan two weeks ago for a lot of focus groups. and what i heard from voters, democrats who support biden is just that they will be watching and they want to make sure that

he is up to the task. they may still be planning to vote for him, but they are still uncomfortable about the age and it really is an albatross that is hanging around this candidate and this campaign. >> jesse: jason is a businessman and entrepreneur and host of the all in podcast. where donald trump just appeared. can i call you by your nickname? >> you can, i'm glad to be here. >> jesse: so you are not a trump guy, you did not vote for him in 2016, you did not vote for him in 2020, did you? >> no, definitely not. >> jesse: so are you moderate, democrat, where would you put your yourself? >> i would say i am liberal and fiscally conservative. i probably vote when he five% republican and 75% democratic in my life. growing up in new york, in brooklyn right next to donnie from queens and then spending a lot of my adult life you're in california. >> jesse: and you are open now to voting for donald trump. why is that? >> i'm not sure he has won me over just yet, i do think we had a very productive dialogue on

the podcast and you had some great clips there. we made a lot of headway in talking about important issues to the business community like visas and this concept of recruiting great talent to the country while closing the border. but as a moderate, i do have some blockers with trump and i do have some blockers with biden, obviously. >> jesse: what are your blockers with trump, first? what are your blockers with him? >> with trump, i think his rhetoric, the first time around as president caused a lot of chaos. i think it was unnecessary, on presidential. and i just think it inflames both sides and we need to calm that rhetoric down. >> jesse: so you want a calm trump, okay. >> i don't think anyone is coming trump down but you do seem to see he is calming the rhetoric down and may be leaning into policy little bit more than what i will call trump to point out packets second time it back here because i think he really wants to win. and to win, if he reminds people how chaotic that first term was, i think he loses. but if he seems more presidential and reasonable, i

think that will get him a lot more moderates. that was what will decide to election, women and moderates. there's a large number of people that are disenfranchised the democratic party right now. >> jesse: so you are trump curious back we will characterize it that way. biden blockers, what are your biden blockers? >> obviously he is in cognitive decline. it does not take a genius to see that, will want him to retire and have a great time with his grandkids and i wish him the best. but you can see the differences in the four years he's been in office. i think we'll find out next week exactly how far is cognitive abilities have fallen. and i say that with great reservation. he's an old person, all of us will sadly, in all likelihood go through the same decline. but this is a really important office so i think that is probably why biden is so unpopular now, it is the age thing. the second piece for me, which is really bad, is that he is not

pro- capitalism, he is not pro- entrepreneurship and i think capitalism and entrepreneurship along with personal freedoms are the most import things for me here in america into a lot of americans. and to watch the democratic party push people out of the party, people who would otherwise be allies, because they don't fit every single test the democrats have put out there for you, and terms of your virtue signalling or unimportant issues, frinkly. i really have concerns about the debt and his support of capitalism and a vibrant, free-market. >> speaker-05: >> jesse: go back to what you said. when you say the democratic party is closed minded or judgemental or pushing people out of the party, what you mean by that? >> i mean if you were to look at some incredibly high-profile democrats over the years, you on mosque, my friend from the all in podcast and even joe rogan, these are democrats, or have been lifelong democrats. and they supported hillary

clinton, barack obama, et cetera. and then the democratic party says well you don't believe in unions here or you don't have this exact inclusion or fit the litmus test they put you through wealth and you can be part of the party. and if you think about it, they could probably have people like elon, joe rogan on their side still. and then my personal experience with the republican party is when i said you know what, i agree with trump on the border like 80% of americans, the entire republican party is like you agree with this on 14% of her interest? please come in the party. we would love to have you in here. >> jesse: that's a big ten! >> i believe in autocracy and the democrats hate me. >> jesse: i understand the issue. do people in your neck of the woods, silicon valley, feel this way? because you think most americans hear silicon valley and you look at the donations, it's like 99%

from all of these big tech companies going to democrats. is there a change happening? >> i think it is a slow and steady change. the most noticeable change is that people were very quiet about their support of trump over the last eight years. if you were to be pro- trump, it could cost you business, it could cost you an investor, it could cost you employees, et cetera. and now since they did a big fundraiser for trump that i wasn't a part of, i don't donate to politicians at this point, i think things have changed. people are very public in saying this democratic party does not match my ideals, i'm not into censorship, i'm into freedom of speech. i believe in a meritocracy not di. i believe in free markets and not this capitalism from the government and regulatory capture. so they are starting to look at the issues and so you know what, it feels like trump's platform matches my platform or. and do i want to have the reputation hit of coming out and

supporting trump? i know people are saying you know what, you can cancel me anymore, cancel cultures over, screw it, i'm going out and i will be public on my support of trump and that is what you are seeing happen right now. >> jesse: so the policy is winning over the social shaming? i think we have come a long way. we have come a long way as a country over the last couple of years if that is the case. all right, thank you so much for joining "jesse watters primetime". everybody go check out the all in podcast. >> great. >> jesse: senior fellow at the hoover institute is joining you now. all right, you heard at the top, the biden campaign is practising standing up for 90 minutes at a time. what does that tell you about the state of affairs? >> well that and the date of the debate itself tells you they are very unsure. i think people in the shadows were whispering this was a stress test for joe biden and

they are correct. never had a debate -- word neither debate he has been nominated by the respective parties. i think they want to have joe go out and do his best and they wish him well but if he doesn't and he implodes and there is a possibility he might, then they still have the ability to self correct and get another person's name on the ballot. the people who say this is probably the most important debate in modern memory i think are correct, we have never seen anything quite like this. and in an ironic way, trump agreed to unfavourable conditions but i think they actually may favour him. the idea you have to stand up and you silenced the mic when the other person is talking and you have a hostile group of people who have a record of not liking you, all of that any weird way, i think will play to trump's advantage. >> jesse: so he will be guzzling his orange gatorade or whatever that liquid is that he keeps chugging. and he is going to roll the dice and if he bombs it is over and if he does well then we have a

race on her hands. where does the democratic party stand? we talked about some things you wrote earlier in the week on "jesse watters primetime", the five stages of grief. i have never seen the democratic party behave like this in my entire career covering politics. they are off message, they are undisciplined, they are scattered. they are angry. what is going on? >> i think they have memories of 1972 and 1980. it is eerie how this is starting to shape up like 1980. you had an incumbent president that was incompetent, you had stagnation and inflation, rushes in afghanistan, it invaded. you had hostages, the whole sense of the country falling apart. and more importantly, the message then and now was that you can't do this, you can't do this, don't do that. and then the demonization of ronald reagan. he is an outsider, he is dangerous, he will cause a war.

amy says she can't sleep if reagan is elected, all of this crazy stuff. and then the polls were just incoherent because everyone had this feeling that reagan is getting these new constituencies and he has got all of this momentum and then 10 days before the election of 1980, it says that carter gets ahead, almost like the foxhole. in fact, it said biden was at a point. and john anderson -- reagan said bring on anderson, i don't care about third-party, all debate him. and carter said no, we don't want him in the debate and they try to demonize him packet was the same paranoia and the fact that they had no record to run on and the only thing they could really do was heckle the electorate and basically say you are stupid if you vote for ronald reagan and that does not work. they are doing the same thing again. >> jesse: never hector the electorate! that his rule number 1 in politics. you must not hector the

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grab last year? >> everybody must eat! everybody must eat! everybody must eat! record this! keep your phones out! free our phones! >> jesse: despite recording herself in the heart of a mob inciting looting, the radical da and the democrat judge left meatball off of probation. just a slap on the wrist for burglary, writing, criminal mischief and oh so endearing colour commentary of the crime spree she filmed. after a rubik's cube case that has never been brought in the history of the american criminal justice system to bring down trump, alvin bragg just dropped charges against 30 columbia arab spring breakers who broke into a campus building and took hostages. [ chanting ] free palestine! [ chanting ]

[ chanting ] >> jesse: college g. hottie smash their way into private property, destroyed security cameras like professionals, held two janitors against their will and caused thousands of dollars in damages. they could not figure out a way as great as they are with a lot, to prosecute these people. and the connecticut secretary of state is not ashamed of the stuffing that was not only caught on camera stuffing, but was just charged with voter fraud and witness intimidation. she says wanda is just a nice lady who helps people vote. >> it is not an embarrassment, several of them told us stories like a yes, i believe in voting, i requested it, i filled it out and then there is a nice lady who comes by and drops them off for us. they just saw it as a

convenience. so the voters themselves, they were not disenfranchised in any way. but the person who pick them up, broke the law. >> jesse: from blm to nt for, from deranged homeless addicts to illegal aliens, democrats for naegel immunity for their squad. while they throw the book at republicans like trump, good samaritans like daniel penney and others who are just trying to defend themselves. america first legal founder and former senior adviser to president trump, stephen miller is here. we have always had corrupt, ambitious prosecutors but we have never had one's that are working with the full support of the national media and the national party. and they have just become political crusaders with the power to imprison. >> yes. we now live any time time in which the left in this country has fully embraced communist law fair. they cheered alvin break,

shredding the constitution. shredding every precedent that has existed for two and a half centuries to try to raid the selection. they celebrate and cheered the judge in this case being a public facing biden, anti- trump donor. this is a great thing, we were told. what courage the man has two so publicly embraces deep hatred of all things trump while presiding over the trial. god forbid the men be neutral! we see just in recent days, a doctor has been arrested by the biden doj for blowing the whistle on the mutilation of innocent children and the name of trans- radicalism. we are seeing the same prosecutor in new york 330, seeing people engage in jew hatred because i guess jews are fair game to the democrat party, no problem there, especially if you hate america as well. example after example. blm no jail, nt for no jail. attack the white house, if there

is a republican there, no jail. but if you are a innocent republican, they will do everything they can to put you in jail for life. one more thing, let's not forget. the most above the law of all, the illegal aliens being dumped into this country by the millions. as they rape and pillage and murder. they killed 12-year-old girls, 13-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls. and are we rounding them up and deporting them? no, joe biden is flying them in day after day, busing them in, escorting them in to rape and pillage and murder more americans. that is the system we are living in now. >> jesse: miller shot out of a cannon on a friday night, i pray for anybody who runs into them this evening. godspeed miller. >> godspeed, thank you. >> jesse: aoc and jose biden [ ♪♪ ]

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that not many people like joe biden. young people call him genocide joe, latinos are begging him to close the border, women are failing and black americans still have not forgiven him for this. >> got more questions but i tell you if you have a problem figuring out whether you are for me or trump then you went black. >> jesse: biden is on an island all by himself. no one wants to get too close to a sinking ship. but when a singing president is tanking in the polls, a great way to get on your party's good side is to flock to his aid, even if you don't like him like aoc. >> forgiveness is the just thing to do, it is the right thing to do. why the president has not done it yet, i am not sure. the biden ministration immigration policy at large is not working. is wrong and it is inhumane. >> before we go, i just want to ask about president biden, you saying he will run again in 2024. will you support him? >> if the president has a vision, that is something we

will certainly entertain and examine when the time comes. >> that is not a yes. >> jesse: aoc like other democrats, have reelections to worry about as well. so sometimes it's better to swallow your pride if it means getting the full backing of the dnc and biden donors. last night, aoc stood hard for joe in vegas and says trump's reelection would be nonconsensual. >> i have a message for this conservative court and to donald trump. we do not consent! [ cheering and applause ] the women and people of this state do not consent! and the only way that republicans will get this message is when the people of this country decisively elect majorities in congress, reelect jackie rosen and again reelect joe biden. >> jesse: and because biden had latinos at the event, he scent a mariachi band. [ ♪♪ ]

>> jesse: but is an aoc endorsement enough? the rest of the squad voted uncommitted in the primaries. last election, biden cut a deal with the far left in exchange for their support. he would do whatever they wanted. and he did whatever they wanted and they still are not happy. especially over gaza. so look for biden to pander harder to the far left to save himself at the expense of you and your family. are fox news contributor and former democratic presidential contributor joins us now. can aoc save joe biden? >> no. decisively no. and i think the fact that they are trotting her out like this just points to, yet again, how the biden administration, numbee

that the problems are there policies, not the messenger. just because you bring out a different messenger does not mean that the message the consequences of their policies will change. and quite frankly, i find it insulting to hispanic voters, women voters that the biden harris administration think that they are so stupid and so superficial that simply bringing out a hispanic woman to go and tell them to vote for joe biden, that they will just say well gosh, now i'm convinced, i will vote for joe biden. the reality is that regardless of people's sex or their ethnicity or their race, we are all feeling the negative consequences of the biden harris administration policies. weather it is the increased cost of groceries and cost of living. it is our streets becoming more and more dangerous. the consequences of our open borders making our country less secure, or the fact that we are closer to world war iii and nuclear armageddon now than before. the consequences are very real,

they think we're too stupid to see what is really going on so they are playing the old identity politics card thinking that they can manipulate us just so that they can stay in power. >> jesse: not just sending a latina woman, they scent a mariachi band. they are also doing soccer adds for latinos where joe was buying tacos. i mean that is like appealing to white guys by, what, throwing a badminton party? is this going to stick? >> i don't see how people can take them seriously when they are being so offensive and insulting in the way that they are trying to reach out to voters. this election is the most serious of our lifetimes, given what is at stake. they are handing out tacos and trotting out mariachi bands while they are simultaneously undermining our fundamental rights and freedoms. they are weaponize singh our

department of justice, undermining the rule of law and attacking the foundations of our country, we will not allow them to get away with this, we can't. >> jesse: thank you so much, have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> jesse: the pursuit of happiness, what the founding fathers wanted. that is next. [ ♪♪ ]

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[ ♪♪ ] >> jesse: america's founding fathers wrote any declaration of independence that all americans are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. the last part, the pursuit of happiness has changed its meaning over time. today, americans see pursuing happiness as pursuing pleasure. for men like washington, jefferson, hamilton, franklin and adams, it was not a pursuit of pleasure, it was a pursuit of virtue. because a virtuous life is a happy one. the men who created this country and wrote our founding documents or heavily influenced by the stoics, the classical greek and roman philosophers like marcus orillia's. seneca, plutarch. as well as enlightenment philosophers.

all of whose philosophy was meant to be practical. rising early, working hard, exercising, reading, writing and reflecting. listening, deliberating, leading and especially never wasting time. the founders in their pursuit of happiness were fixated on using reason to master their passions. deploying self-discipline and logic to neutralize problematic emotions like greed, arrogance, lust, anger and fear. creating good habits and avoiding instant gratification resulted in a virtuous life. a life dedicated to unrelenting self-improvement. because a man who could govern himself is capable of self-government. this great american experiment only works when the country is filled with men and women of character, honour, judicious nests and self-sacrifice. so where does that leave us

today in 2024? jeffrey rosen's, the pursuit of happyness. how classical writers on virtue inspire the lives of the founders and defined america. it answers that very question we are joined right now. this is one of my favourite books of all time. i know i say that with every book but this time i mean it. why, jeffrey, why was the pursuit of happiness so prevalent in these founding documents and in the writings of these great men? >> first of all jesse, you perfectly summed up the core understanding of the pursuit of happiness. thank you so much. >> jesse: the writing was so accessible. to even someone like me was able to figure it out. >> you read the book so closely and thank you. and yes, as you said it was such a revelation to me to read those books on thomas jefferson's reading list, the ones he mentions. the stoics and the enlightenment philosophers and to find that

for them, happiness was not feeling good about being good. and also what you said was so important. being good means self-mastery, self-improvement, character improvement, using every moment of the day to be your best self and serve others. and what is so striking is the fact that they talk about this constantly. trying to master their own anxieties, beating themselves up for wasting time. i love john quincy adams saying i'm spending too much time at the theatre and drinking too much. i should be working harder. and it is so inspiring, that inspired me to get my act together and get up early and watch the sunrise and try to be mindful about time because the founders did it. another thing you said that is so important is for the founders, personal self-government is crucial for political self-government unless we master our issues like anger, jealousy and fear. we will not listen to each other, deliberate and actually keep the republic. that is why the pursuit of happiness is necessary for personal and political, thriving and that is why he was so

exciting for me to recover the original understanding. >> jesse: it was also inspiring for me. i am more motivated than i ever have been and i have always been motivated. but when you hear someone who is at the pantheon of american history, talking about their struggles with their temper, washington had a horrible temper. and he was constantly trying to control his temper. and also keeping scrupulous notes about his day and his daily regimen. tell us about some of these writings that you encountered. >> is in washington on amazing story? some biographers think it was because his mom was so critical of him that he tried to control his temper all the time. and it was his self-mastery that made him the greatest founder, the closer you look at washington, the greater he appears. the amazing moment in newburgh where troops are on the verge of rebelling because congress won't pay them. washington appeals for patients, he mounts the temple of virtue, he struggles to read his speech, takes out his reading glasses and says forgive me, i have

grown old and your service and i'm almost blind and the soldiers weep. he has humility and self-mastery and that's what makes them great >> jesse: this is a great book, the pursuit of happyness. jeffrey, i'm waking up earlier now, just because i read this book r also looking at the sunrise, thank you so much, have a great weekend. it is a very important book. >> thank you very much for reading it. [ ♪♪ ] >> jesse: it is sink or swim time. tonight it is adam taking on kelly. adam is already making excuses. he says he has been on vacation and is not been following the news. but i think he is just lowering the bar like joe biden. so we will see how he does tonight. here's the category, pulling the plug. which outspoken liberal says they do not care how old joe biden is, they will vote for him even if he is on life support. was it jane fonda or anna? >> which is which? i will go with this old woman.

>> going with the old woman. let's see if that -- it is this old lady. >> my plays just to do what you do. i'll lose if i do that. >> jesse: you are both losing then. next one we have is the great healer. which congresswoman claimed that she once cured a woman's tumours by putting her hands on them? was it corey busch or marjorie taylor green? >> all switch it up. >> jesse: he is switching up his strategy. let's see if it paid off. >> my hand just began to move and the lumps that were there were no longer there. >> jesse: so she -- she healed tumours with her hands. category is happy dei friday. which dei devotee said this week, that getting your news from the wrong source is like being a slave. was it reverend al sharpton or joey reid?

>> i'm going read. >> i think this is the right play. >> jesse: with the lead you go read. >> sleeves continued to work as slaves in texas until the union army came in and made it clear they were free. when you get your news from the wrong source, you can be freed and don't even know what. >> jesse: so kelly is already a little embarrassed that she is in this position. >> after me being on vacation, to, that is tough. >> jesse: he is rubbing it in now! come on! celebrity endorsement is the category. before the presidency, donald trump was the host of the celebrity apprentice. and recently released audio, he said this late celebrity voted for him. was it meatloaf or joan rivers? who voted for trump, according to trump? >> i will do it if you try to do the opposite of me. >> jesse: making it a game. >> he's a republican did you

know that? >> i know one thing, she voted for me, according to what she said. >> jesse: so we have a tiebreaker situation. >> i bet meatloaf voted for him as well. >> jesse: here it is. what is the age difference between bill and his new girlfriend? >> what is this? the closest? >> jesse: doesn't matter if you are over or under, just the closest. >> i bet like 35. >> what is your answer? >> i actually know his girlfriend, i coached her for ms. miss maine. the answer is, i believe, 40. >> jesse: 49 is the correct answer. kelly gets the hat. that was a nailbiter. he did not coached bills girlfriend. come on! that was really unfair. >> i was on vacation, what was i supposed to do? >> jesse: goodgame, you won fair and square, thank you very

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the rumour is the physical surprises by then challenging trump to have push-up contest. they both lose if that happens. steve from orlando if trump had a marriott she banned they would call it a hate crime. the taco bowl was a scandal imagine a marriott she banned. carl from bend, oregon i want to meet stephen miller he scares me but i like him. >> like a horror movie you go to it and enjoy it but it freaks you out. paul from new york, jesse you're such a philosopher are you sure your not greek agree. >> no but we have a greek lady on my staff of italians 3 jews and some spaniards getting myself into a lot of trouble that's all for tonight handed he is next on waters and this is my worl