trump had a connection with blagojevich 'cause rod was on "the apprentice," and patti blagojevich wasry day. you know, we know that president trump is a kind man, and he's compassionate. he's always been kind to my family. and when you speak on fox news, you have a direct connection with donald trump. today the president sprung from prison former illinois governor rod blagojevich, who was convicted after attempting his own quid pro quo. yes, uh, we have commuted the sentence of rod. i watched his wife on television. quote, um, "i watched his wife on television..." -yes. -end quote. how did--how did that happen? i think he just saw--he-- he would tell me he liked the fact that i was fighting back. i remember him saying something like, uh, "you know, i have friends that go through what you're going through, and they're in a corner. they can't even move, and you're out there throwing punches." i think he liked that. i'm so grateful to him. sometimes things happen in life where god intervenes in the most unbelievable ways. trump, blagojevich, fox news? i'm not sure how much god played a r

rod blagojevich goins is not to explain. op-ed in the old school way of chicago backroom politics, obama was the conductor of the vendor successfully orchestrated the removal of a presidential candidate chosen by millions of democratic primary voters. what's the chicago way? >> the chicago way is things that happened in the back room by the political busses. in the old school chicago way the bosses look different than obama and pelosi who really are today's bosses international democratic party. obama and i came up together in chicago politics, i know him since 1995, he's learned his lessons well, he's a lot slicker got more impressive then the old traditional bosses but they make the decision in the back rooms outside of the view of the people and they're the ones who pull the strings, they manipulate and they move things around so that they can get the candidate they're looking for around. they prop the biden all these years, lie to us about him being offered as a fiddle filled with them, vigor and vitality. which he never

details how the coup unfolded again biden and governor rod blagojevich. team usa is back!ity. wow. everything you'd want is right here when you say... “olympics” so, what if your favorite athlete is... "grant hollowa”" nice. or you can't get enough... “swimming” definitely adding that to favorites. now let's check... “medal coun”" and when is gymnastics on? “olympic schedule” it's that easy. find it, see it, count on it with the best seat in the house. get the fastest connection to paris with xfinity. ♪ ♪ >> laura: okay come a lot of inquiring minds out there wondering how was biden's ouster from the campaign actually engineer? according to politico, nancy pelosi made clear the biden lewis could do it easy waw or hard way.d it she gave three weeks of the easy way, and it was about to be thes hard way. joining us now, rod blagojevich, ouformer governor of illinois, rod, good to see you tonight.el l,emmett, it seems like she made biden an offer he couldn't refun >> it is funny she's not from chicago but a lot of chicago politics with president biden. an expert at it and lear

former democratic governor of illinois, rod blagojevich wrote an op ed for the wall op- street journal entitled biden gets the the chicagoth treatment. barack obama an old fashioned word, bosse orchestrates the president's removal. anyway, rod blagojevicosh joinse us now to explain. let me ask you, because i found this fascinatingmo ins about your opin t ed in the old school wayl wa of chicago backroom politics. obama was the conductor of the band that successfully orchestrated the removal of a presidential candidate remov chn by millions of democratic primary voters. what's the chicago way?>> the well, the chicago wa cy is thins that happen in the back room by the political bosseks. now, in the old school chicagoss way, those bosses looked different than obamaes l and pei ,who really are today's bosses s in the national democratic party. geth obama and i came up together in chicago politics. i've knownercago pol him since . he learned his lessons well. he's a lot slickered, impressive than the old traditional bosses. out they make their decisionhe s in the back rooms outside of the vi

blagojevich, thanks so much. thank you.and talk about these drip, drip ,drip today.t we just found out biden hasn'td had a cabinet meeting in almoste ten months. and when he was having cabinet me, the cabinets secretaries were asked for questions ahead of time and the aski was scripted. >> it was all an act. the cabinet meetings. and now you understand why he hasn't had them? because he was being hidde becan from his own cabinet, not just us. thatr tonight. dvr us. always remember i'm wonders. >> this is m

ivan blagojevich. let's return home to the baikal-amur mainline. is exactly 50 years since the beginning of its construction, a big holiday for the whole country. now it is one of the most important transport arteries with a length of almost 4,500 km from siberia to the pacific ocean. yes, this is millions of tons of cargo annually, a colossal, growing contribution to our economy. but all this was brought to life by people, conquerors of the taiga. impassable swamps, mountain rivers and ridges, the president congratulated them, they are the main heroes of the celebrations, this locomotive is heading to tynda, and gelena peach is already there. bamovites from all over the country are celebrating the half-century anniversary of their main line today here in tynda with a symbolic joining of two trains. they came, one from the west, the other from the east, so the same way they once started to build a bank. they wave to the person approaching. train, they look out for their own, those with whom they landed the komsomol landing 50 years ago, with whom t

and if politicians or the public feel the same way he does, then another rod blagojevich is just aroundhe corner. i didn't break a law, cross the line, or take a penny, okay? but i never said i wasn't a [bleep] idiot. [laughter] thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much! -awesome. thank you so much. -yeah, thanks. appreciate it. really enjoyed it. you're all right. i wish you the best. we'll see how it ends up and who cares. that's true. find out-- what are you gonna do, throw me back in prison? -no, but i mean, like, -you can't hurt me, man. ♪ no figure embodies the american political process quite like the presidential candidate. at their best, candidates represent an ideal-- the overcoming of obstacles or hopes for a better future, protecting the people from the powerful. it's intoxicating stuff. reality, of course, is less glamorous. supporting that candidate is an army-- volunteers, donors, political operatives, and they can sometimes get too wrapped up in-- in the lore, the legend, which brings us to the story of johnny reid edwards-- an am

joining us now rod blagojevich former governor of illinois. rod, good to see you tonight.ffer he couldn't refuse. >> well, it's funny she is not from chicago but there is a lot of chicago politics in what just happened to president biden: obama is an expert at it and he learned well. both obama and i came up in chicago politics. i have known him since 1995. we rose up together and then i was brought to ruin by that kind of politics. and it's the politics of lies. it's the politics of manipulation. it's the politics of back-stabbing and it all comes out of the back room. and, you know, today's new democrat political bosses are not the cigar chomping guy with the pinky ring. they are now, you know, impressive looking, appealing people like nancy pelosi and barack obama. because they did this to him. there's no question about it. i know exactly what they did and how they did it. i saw it coming weeks in advance. the only mistake i made was i thought biden would have the fortitude and backbone to resist that. and not quit. but not everybody is like donald trump. >> laura: what

blagojevich, thanks so much. thank you. and talk about these drip, drip ,drip today.t we just found out biden hasn'td had a cabinet meeting in almoste ten months. and when he was having cabinet me, the cabinets secretaries were asked for questions ahead of time and the aski was scripted. >> it was all an act. the cabinet meetings. and now you understand why he hasn't had them? because he was being hidde becan from his own cabinet, not just us. thatr tonight. dvr us. always remember i'm wonders. >> this is my world ando ha welcome to "hannity". >> all right. a lot to unpack tonight,nnitt t? what we just witnessed was a typical strange, bizarre, bizr unpredictable day with the mfortablpresident who's in cogne decline, who we have known has been in cognitive decline since . the election in 2020, joe, was . gh energy was low energy he was yelling. he was whispering a lot. maybring a le not as tongue tied as normal. okay. plus, for joe, but veryrr strange, very bizarre as we have been chronicling this program for four straight y

rob blagojevich wrote a piece -- >> i did not see rob weigh in on this. >> let me finish the question not an election of kamala harris to be the nominee, but a c-lection. something changed his viewpoint to stay in the race. do you know what that was? >> i think president biden was a successful president and vice president harris was by his side every step of the way. he looked hard at balancing two things. he has a lot of fight and grit. he is somebody that has been knocked down by life anymore than i know, and he has gotten up every time and gotten back to work and gotten things moving forward. this time he had to balance whether or not from now until november he had that fight and ability or whether it was time for him to pass the baton to his trusted vice president who was a key part of the accomplishments they have had together. in the end, after hearing from a lot of people, from grassroots folks and leaders around the country, he made the right choice. joe, instead of exactly what made the right decision, i think it's important that we take a moment and thank joe biden for his l