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i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> joe biden has very clearly said he would not pardon his son, he would not commute his sentence. how stark is this difference? >> president biden's words striking not just because he's speaking about a doj prosecution of his own son, but because of how those words so completely contrast with what his opponent, a current president of the united states, has so much respect for the law that he said he would not pardon his son. >> joe biden's character as a public servant is what drove him to make clear that the law a applies to everyone. liz: the media getting called out for blowing that one and now this , a stunning new report. nbc reports based on anonymous white house sources president biden had a secret game plan all along for months to do a blanket part of hunter biden for his criminal felonies but then consciously lie about that to the public. we'll dig into this. lawmakers are now set to investigate biden effectively

trying to pardon himself. in a historically bad corruption scandal, the biden family profiting off of joe's government job. outkick tomi lahren fired up of that also this. even hunter biden's own former business partner applauds trump's new push to clean out the justice department. we've got it. senator tommy tuberville will take that on and also, will the senate get going on trump's nominees and agenda? also this story. >> it's getting free everything. free housing. free schooling. free food. yeah, let's start with that. you are going down the history as the worst mayor in america. >> next, it's going to be an investigation. then, it's going to be an indictment. conviction. that's watts going to happen to you. liz: chicago residents are mad demanding the democrat mayor and the city council stop giving

away hundreds of millions of their tax dollars to illegal aliens they don't get. chicago resident pea-ray easley will join us later with the details but the incoming sound from a top dnc finance official demanding an audit of the kamala harris campaign saying they literally created millionaires overnight. scamming off democrat donors they blew through billions of dollars, fox news legal analyst greg jarrett will break it down but first this. let's take you back to the white house, for the update this hour on the growing controversy president biden purposely misleading the american people on his blanket pardon of his son hunter biden, after hunter biden pleaded guilty to multiple criminal felonies including tax evasion. fox news senior national correspondent rich edson, he joins us live at the white house with more. rich it's great to see you again. reporter: good evening, liz.

a growing number of democrats are criticizing president biden for his pardon of his son. many are pointing to the fact that the president ran on and promised to build his administration on a foundation of basically an independent legal system and he said that for months, that his son's legal fate rested with an independent system of justice, but he ended up interfering in that process. democrats offering at least some criticism including colorado governor representatives greg landsman, greg stanton, among others, senators gary peters, michael ben it and peter welsh. >> i think it will become really hard for us if let's say president-elect trump decides to pardon the january 6 folks. now what do we say? it becomes really hard, because you know, folks will say well president biden did same exact thing. reporter: despite his presidential pardon, hunter still has work for his lawyers. they are petitioning federal

court in delaware and california to dismiss and clear the indictments against him. just a few hours ago the judge in delaware refused to wipe those charges from hunter's records only ordering that "pursuant to the executive grant of clemency signed by president joseph r. biden jr. , all proceedings in this case are hereby terminated not dismissed." hunter's legal team has a similar petition with the judge in california. we're still waiting on that decision. several thousand miles away, hunter's farther ignored questions on that while traveling angola. >> mr. president, why did you change your mind and pardon your son? ♪ reporter: president is scheduled to arrive back at the white house thursday. no word on if there will be a band here for that. liz: rich edson great reporting thank you so much merry christmas to you my friend, thank you. >> it was crooked as a senator, as a president. >> i think it's a sham.

i mean, we should have gotten rid of biden a long time ago. typical government scandals. >> i think it confirms a lot of what i've heard. he's a liar. and just another one of his lies. liz: okay, voters speaking out against biden's blanket pardon of hunter biden. this controversy is getting worse. joining us now outkick holts fox news contributor tomi lahren. great to see you again merry christmas. let's break it down. this stunning new report out of nbc. it quotes multiple anonymous white house sources saying, biden had planned to pardon hunter biden since last june but in public, biden and his white house team decided to purposely and consciously lie to the american people repeatedly saying he would not pardon hunter biden. that was the game plan all along. what do you think? >> yeah, i'm not shocked at all that was the game plan. i think this just adds to the evidence that democrats will do and say anything to

get elected. of course it wouldn't sound good if then candidate joe biden said he was going to pardon his son. it wouldn't have helped out kamala harris either if joe biden had been honest and forthright and transparent about his plan to pardon his son. this was all about getting elected. of course that failed so i think joe biden now on his way out of the white house, he's going to do what he needs to do to protect his family and himself as well, but i also think that he is sending a message and a very loud one to the democrat party that threw him under the bus and kicked him to the curb. he doesn't care this puts democrats in a tough spot. he doesn't care this hamstrings their ability to criticize donald trump. he is angry in my opinion on his own party for what they did to him and this is his parting wave at the party for what they did. he does not care if this puts them in a bad spot. liz: lawmakers say he hasn't cared for years and been denying what lawmakers said that he met with and talked to hunter's overseas business partners, as selling access profiting off of his government job.

you know they made tens of millions of dollars in lucrative deals overseas. you know, this blanket pardon stretches back to january 2014. that's when hunter joined ukraine's burisma board and obama told biden to oversee ukraine. now reports coming in a new poll, more than half of voters believe biden was wrong to pardon hunter, that it's as big a scandal as water gate, the iran cooperate rosenstein jersey and bill clinton's affair with monica lewinsky. would you place it there historically? >> well, i don't know about historically but i will say it is insulting to the american people and it also further evidences the two tiered system of justice and also this is rather insulting to those that have suffered from addiction problems who didn't then go out and commit other felonies like hunter biden did and i'd also say two of the core tenants we have been told of the democrat party is gun control and paying your fair share, of course taxes taxes taxes, two things that apparently don't apply to the first son, hunter biden. so this throws the entire

democrat agenda or at least their narrative into a tailspin and again, i think joe biden has always been about him sell. he doesn't care about the party or the country or about the justice system. this is about him. it was about him making the money or his family profiting off of the office, and now it's about him getting out of any kind of trouble. he wants to go back to the beach and wants to eat ice cream and doesn't want to deal with hassles the trump doj might throw his way and this is his final goodbye. he doesn't care about the american people. liz: sounds like you've got a book ready to go on this , tomi lahren, wonderful, again merry christmas to you thanks for joining us. good to see you. >> i believe two other biden family members definitely and knowingly committed crimes. in addition to hunter biden you have jim biden and joe biden. joe biden obstructed my and chairman jordan's investigations. he lied multiple times. he lied about his knowledge, his involvement. we had sworn testimony from

devon archer who said joe biden knew all along what was going on and selling excess to our enemies around the world so yes, joe biden, in my opinion, has committed crimes. >> well it's clear the department of justice didn't allow us to take investigative steps to what would have led to president joe biden. it was clear that joe biden was involved and it was really selling the access and giving hunter biden the opportunity to get these lucrative contracts while providing really no service overseas. liz: we've got to stay on this story. it's history in the making. now house oversight chair james comer and then on joe biden's involvement in hunter biden's lucrative business dealings overseas selling government access and profiting off of joe biden's government job. joining us now julian epstein a veteran lawyer, former chief counsel for house judiciary during the clinton impeachment. julian it's great to see you again. should lawmakers double down, increase the scrutiny on this ,

on the dealings in ukraine, china, russia, kazakhstan, because the irs whistleblowers say the presidents son and this was never fully investigated can they crack open the national archives and get out the e-mails and text messages between the biden white house and hunter biden and his business partners? >> well potentially they can and thank you for having me, liz. yes, there's two central aspects to this. first is the political or even the moral question. democrats have positioned themselves not just in the last campaign, but over the last eight years, as sort of the morally superior breed. the group, the party who believed that nobody was above the law, and that was central to their argument about defending democracy and now the sort of self-printing elites and government and the news media they are talking helds are all sort of exposed as frauds. so, that's the first issue but the second issue you get to is whether this issue is over and what happens when a pardon is given is that hunter biden no

longer has a fifth amendment privilege so he can be called for comer's committee or any other investigative committee and he no longer can evoke the fifth amendment because he is immunized by the pardon. so if one of the disturbing aspects of the pardon is the potential for self-dealing here on the part of the president, because the pardon goes back to 2014. it's a sweeping pardon. we've rarely seen the likes of and in 2014 at least according to the allegations made by the comer committee and others, is when hunter biden began an influence pedaling and a pay for play scheme in which joe biden was actively involved in his various different meetings elsewhere, so if there is an argument that can be made that the president's pardon is an effort to cover up any further inquiry into his role in the pay-to-play scheme. liz: i'll tell you something, if those shell companies were

launched before january 2014, then they really can do subpoenas to get information about those shell companies, if they were launched before 2014. we've got to get to this , julian. this new pushback. >> they can do it after 2014. liz: i've got to get to this sorry, forgive me. eric holder, obama's attorney general tweeted out trying to down play the hunter biden case claiming no one would have charged this case against hunter. let's show the numerous celebrities sent to prison for tax evasion. julian, also numerous people were put in jail for gun charges. the problem here as you've been talking about. holder was attorney general at the time the biden family ramped up their influence when joe biden was obama's vice president and oversaw ukraine starting in 2014. >> well that is true about eric and i know eric and consider him a friend but i would disagree. there are plenty of prosecutions for this type of deliberate tax evasion. there are plenty of prosecutions for lying on gun reforms. it's incorrect to say that

this is a selected prosecution but i would say to my democratic friends who are making this argument. where were they in the alvin bragg case, because nobody in the history of the united states, has ever been charged or prosecuted for the charges that were made against donald trump and the alvin bragg case, so that is clearly a case of selective prosecution, so you can sort of say you're for selective prosecution when it comes to trump and then make i think what is largely a factual and incorrect legally incorrect argument when it comes to hunter biden in this case. liz: really interesting thanks for your brilliant mind appreciate you thanks for joining us. >> liz, thank you. liz: sure. >> the city of chicago is out of the business of funding illegals. we are out of the business of prioritizing non-american citizens. liz: yeah, chicago residents say enough is enough. they say to their democrat mayor and city council stop using hundreds of millions of dollars of their taxpayer money to give away free stuff they do not get.

tonight, chicago resident pea-ray easily is going to join us plus the trump bump, president-elect trump is powering us business sentiment to a multi-year high. we'll show you how he's already making an impact on the world stage. also this story tonight. >> one of the most tragic consequences of four years of joe biden and kamala harris is both doj and the fbi have been politicized and weaponized. liz: yeah, gop senators reportedly signaling they are open to kash patel, leading the fbi. plus we've got more on hunter biden's ex-business partner applauding trump's push to clean out the justice department. senator tommy tuberville coming up on that, plus will the senate get his nominees and trump's agenda through? also tonight, a brand new fight, hbo's bill maher goes after actress jane fonda who wants to end oil & gas and we'll show you the details, plus

the media is 180 going from not covering the biden hammering tht pardon of hunter biden. we'll also show you this sound a top dnc finance official now agrees with democrat strategist james carvelle, saying yes audit the kamala harris campaign for literally creating millionaires overnight, gouging off of the $2.5 billion the kamala campaign wasted. the great legal mind and author greg jarrett is ready to take this on. all this coming up. please don't go away we'll be back in two. where ya headed? susan: where am i headed? am i just gonna take what the markets gives me? no. i can do some research. ya know, that's backed by j.p. morgan's leading strategists like us.

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and basically get going on his agenda. i'm told that senate republicans came out of the meeting with a a two-pronged plan, a reconciliation plato t to deliver victories immediately on the border and energy. take a listen to this. he talked ability a two-tiered type of reconciliation package where we do something where we could show victories right away, maybe on the border or some other issues that were big in the campaign and i think we want to gain momentum early so we can then if we have harder things to tackle through the year. reporter: meanwhile elon musk and vivek ramaswamy they are expected to hit the hill this thursday to meet with senator joni ernst to talk ability how to cut a trillion dollars in federal government spending in just two years. now, trump's attorney general nominee pam bondi was back on the hill talking with lawmakers as was defense secretary nominee pete hegseth facing allegations of sexual assault which he

denies and listen to this the press around hegseth have gotten so chaotic and circuit-like on capitol hill the sergeant at arms is now limiting the number of press that can follow him around as he goes door-to-door to these meetings. we should expect to see scott bessent for treasury secretary this week on the hill as well. liz: aishah hasnie thank you so much. joining us now, from senate arms services alabama senator tommy tuberville. senator, it's great to have you on the show again, is the senator there? here he is. senator, so, is the trump agenda going to get through? are his nominees going to get through with gop senators and can he hit that ground running to shut the border and get energy, us oil & gas in going in a stronger way? >> well, we got a mandate from the american people we do it now or never, liz. it's just unfortunate we have people that think they know better than president trump even the republican party, but we've all got to get on board, liz.

and do it and do it in a short period of time. you've got these nominations coming up, going door-to-door to all of the senators. i have pete hegseth yesterday. he did a great job. of course all of the media is following him around and of course wait until kash patel comes up. that'll be worse, but at the end of the day, we've got to have a plan and we started putting that plan together today as republicans, i think we have a good plan but we've got to get everybody on board. and i think -- liz: are you worried about something? >> yeah, well i'm worried about two or three of our nominations. liz: who? >> well i won't go over the ones that you can usually pick those out, but at the end of the day, we've got to do a good job of pointing out the strengths of these nominations, get president trump his team together, and you're only as good as the team you put around together and he knows better than we do of what he wants to do and he has to have the team to push that agenda.

liz: and politico reporting republican senators are open to giving kash patel a chance as fbi director and they senator susan collins and thom tillis so is that true? are they open to him as fbi director and reforming the fbi? because former a.g. bill barr say no. you know, patel, he's a former prosecuting congressional investigator. is kash patel going to make it? >> widely qualified. we have people here that just want to go through everything that they can expect to try to either get on television or get a reporter to ask them a question. again, at the end of the day, we go back to what we've seen in the last four years, liz. the doj is weaponized. it is out of control. we have to get somebody like kash patel that's going to go in with a sledgehammer and get things done and change it up. the american people do not trust our department of justice. they do not trust the things that are going on right now and if we don't make these changes

with people like pete and kash patel, we are going to have huge problem not from the democrats but from the republicans and the americans in this country. liz: from the voters they basically gave trump a mandate, swing state. what do you make of this even hundred's own former business partner devon archer served with hunter on the board of that ukraine yankees energy company burisma. he supports trump cleaning out the justice department. he says restore to its "founding principles of integrity" and he says"the doj needs to be impartial again" rather than driven by personal or political agendas as witnessed in recent years under joe biden. you know, we should point out archer is trying to get his criminal conviction tossed out but what do you make of this? >> well exactly. you know, he sees what's going on. you'd have to live in a cave for the last four years to understand that you know, this thing is a complete mess. it's not a disaster. it's a complete mess and we have to change it and change it in

the first 30 days of this next administration or we're going to lose the whole country. liz: senator tuberville pleasure to see you merry christmas thanks for joining us. >> you too. >> the city of chicago is out of the business of funding illegals. we are out of the business of prioritizing non-american citizens. liz: that was chicago resident p ray easley hammering the chicago democrat mayor city council saying knock it off with sanctuary cities. they abuse taxpayers. coming up on saying why basically stop resisting trump on deporting illegal aliens. also former trump deputy press secretary hogan gidley will take on canada and mexico. there again, now cracking down on illegal border crossings in a new bigger way. trump only won about a month ago, and be sure to watch charles payne tomorrow, 2:00 p.m. eastern time an exclusive interview with open a.i. sam altmann on the future of

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liz: welcome back. let's get you updated on this. president-elect trump is joking to canadian prime minister justin trudeau saying canada should just become part of the united states if it cannot handle his tariffs to stop illegal border crossings and fentanyl. trudeau reportedly pleaded with trump not to do tariffs. hillary vaughn at the white house with the story. hillary? reporter: good evening liz. president-elect trump made the point to canadian trimble just that if canada cannot survive unless it's ripping off the united states through trade, then maybe canada needs to become the 51st state but trudeau did not seem open to that idea of swapping out his title as prime minister for governor, so trudeau has got to figfigure out how to tightenp

the border between the us and canada. trump saying 25% across-the-board tariffs are going in place. his first day as president, if the issues not fixed. he tells the truth and you might not like the truth all the time but he tells it and when he says he's going to do something he delivers on that promise. we're already seeing it and he's not even inaugurated yet. the trump effect is real-world leaders are coming to the table. our border is going to be secure. reporter: canada exports 77% of goods to the us to the tune of $440 billion so a 25% tariff could cost them about $110 billion. meanwhile, trump is also laying out plans to block the sale of u.s. steel to a japanese company posting last night, "i'm totally against the once great and powerful u.s. steel being bought by a foreign company in this case, nepon steel of japan, through a series of tariffs we will make u.s. steel strong and great again as president i will block this deal from happening.

trump going to bat for u.s. steel is getting props from the steel manufactures association, who say they are being threatened by cheap foreign steel being dumped here, saying, "fortunately president-elect trump has vowed to use every tool he can to end unfair trade while stimulating growth in jobs and productivity, steel is central to the national security, needed for ammunition, tanks, war planes and critical infrastructure. steel makes america great. now if president-elect trump were to take action on foreign steel imports, here to the united states. that be a double whammy for canada and mexico who are in the top three of importers of steel to the united states. liz? liz: really interesting hillary vaughn thank you so much. okay this story. president-elect trump already flexing his new power overseas, he will fly to paris this weekend at the invitation of france to attend the re-opening of notre dame cathedral after it was damaged in a severe fire five years ago. joining us now former deputy

press secretary to trump hogan gidley. hogan great to see you again merry christmas. so, cnn is reporting everything, all of the power is now rapidly flowing back to president-elect trump. but do you see any bumps in the road ahead from democrats like jamie radicals kin, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer? >> well first of all, a lot of the power left joe biden when they put kamala harris up, because how quickly they move on to the next person when the current president of the united states obviously said he wasn't going to run for re-election and now, when you have a new president-elect in donald trump, someone whose been president before and has the fear, the love and the respect on the global stage that he has, of course these global leaders are going to come to donald trump. they came to mar-a-lago as is the case with trudeau, kissing his ring and his tail trying to figure out exactly what donald trump is going to do but he was president before and so he used and the power of the united states to get what he wanted from these other countries to

make them pay their fair share in all of these massive deals that we're in, to protect the american worker. you're seeing some of that action as well. the other nations know donald trump puts the american people first and so they have to come to the table to figure out how they're going to thrive and survive. liz: i understand, but how would it be different this time when it comes to democrat opposition from pelosi or schumer? >> oh, it won't. they are going to try and take him down like they did the first time around. the problem of course is that donald trump won of those swing states. he has support now with a mandate of a popular vote victory as well. they are going to try everything like they did in the pastas will the mainstream media. donald trump doesn't care. he is focused on the people. you'll see that. liz: hogan gidley pleasure, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, liz. >> so strong about protecting those aliens but you won't do nothing for the us citizens.

we're in a billion dollar deficit and you spent half of our money, so half of that on illegals. trump, tom homan, please come here first because you know what? we're going to help you. the mayor is embarrassing us you all around the world and you all took the power back from him to say the city of chicago is out of the business of funding illegals. we are out of the business of prioritizing non-american citizens on top of the american citizens who go out in this cold weather everyday to make money to pay their taxes. liz: yeah. chicago residents have had enough and slammed the democrat chicago mayor and the city council. they spent $600 million in their taxpayer money on more than 5 1,000 illegal aliens since 2022 as biden opened the borders. joining us now, chicago resident p ray easley. we saw you in that sound bite.

what exactly are chicago residents experiencing with illegal aliens? what's happening on the streets of chicago? >> crime and chaos. it is really wild. our mayor is actually about to evict the single men from the shelters within the next few weeks so we are all bracing ourselves to deal with thousands of men that we don't know anything about. remember, chicago was the epicenter of the measles outbreak in north america this past spring because they put the children of the illegals in the chicago public schools without being vaccinated and then they spread disease throughout the city, so we're looking forward to helping our president achieve in the mission of deporting everybody whose not supposed to be here ought of our city because not only are they feasting off our tax dollars but making our children sick. liz: tell us about the crime in chicago. what crime are you talking about

with illegal aliens? there's 700,000 to 800,000 criminal illegal aliens inside the united states over the last 40 years through biden. nearly 60,000 in new york city alone. i mean, the associated press reports the president of mexico just stopped two caravans of illegal aliens heading toward the us border after trump's tariff threat and canada just launched a new global campaign in 11 languages telling people around the world do not come to canada. don't make claims in canada. you know, canadians say the country admits too many so what crime are you seeing in the streets of chicago from illegal aliens? >> drug dealing, stabbing, murders, carjackings, robberies, you name it, it's happening. there was actually a mass shooting yesterday at a home that housed a bunch of them and six people were shot, two were murdered. we have people getting their back doors kicked in. we have people being snatched off the street.

it is wild. the intersection of 73rd and phillips is completely out of control and the people of south shore don't deserve that, but again, they don't care because they're trying to virtue signal to the world that they are great people and that the citizens of chicago don't mind and we do mind. chicago is closed. tell everybody the people of chicago we don't have any more money for them. our children need that money. our elders need that money but for these people who pay the cartel to bring them here? now we're rewarding criminals and we can't afford that. liz: we're hearing home invasions and carjackings too. is the chicago mayor and the city council listening? >> absolutely. so the city council just showed entire world that they are definitely on our side because they denied his $300 million property tax levy. he then cut that levy in half and asked them if they were able to accept that and they said no

as well, so i went yesterday to actually congratulate the city council and thank them for stopping this embarrassment and to remind them that the $60,000, $60 million tax levy is unacceptable as well. if we're looking to increase revenue, we have to decrease expenses and the first expense that we must get rid of is every single dime associated with criminal aliens who chose to illegally enter into our country. liz: thanks for joining us tonight good to see you chicago resident p ray easley. >> if you're democrats and trying to walk the straight line that we're somehow better than republicans because we care more about the future and state of this democracy that's trash now. liz: coming up, the very smart legal mind greg jarrett is going to take on why the media has not been covering the years and years of biden family corruption scandals according to lawmakers and it's blowing up again in d.c. and this bombshell.

we'll show you the sound a dnc national finance committee member now demands a full aid it of kamala's campaign, wasting $2.5 billion of donor money, saying literally became overnight millionaires, first though, let's check in with our buddies dagen and jason chaffetz. >> top of the hour, excited about it because nobody knows more about the biden family corruption than congressman james comer he's with us, liz peek is also with us. we'll talk about the hyper vent it lating from the media about the trump tariffs. dagen: the democrats are still mocking americans over inflation after the shellacking they just got? dana loesch on that and attorney general ken paxton from the very fine state of texas on how that states threatening to defund the hospital after a doctor said defy the state's immigration edict and say you don't have to tell us if you're illegal.

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10 years, it needs to be 11. >> [laughter] >> and if you be so kind, make sure this upcoming new years eve is also covered. >> [laughter] >> it's going to get crazy >> i will say, if your democrats and you're trying to walk this straight line that we're somehow better than republicans because we care more about the future and state of this democracy, i think that's trash now. no one believes it. no one believes it. they have lost all credibility for the facade they have had for several years. >> you do understand that the democrats are no longer in a position to say anything right? liz: that's the media now hammering joe biden's blanket pardon of hunter biden's criminal felonies and corruption scandal. joining us now fox news legal analyst greg jarrett. what do you make, biden has had a long history of lying. show the lies. what do you think, greg? >> yeah, the media have eggs

splattered on their faces for spending the last several months bragging how joe biden would not pardon his son. they foolishly believed a guy who a notorious liar. i mean, you'd have to be a blithering idiot to trust joe biden. anybody with half a brain, liz, knew he would pardon his son hunter and knew he was lying about it. i said so repeatedly on air, so is it any wonder that a recent gallup poll found the trust of the media has hit rock bottom, no diving from 70% at its high down now to 31%. you know, the rats infesting new york city have a higher approval rating than the legacy media. liz: we'll see the poll on that one, greg. it's pretty funny. let's show this. top dnc committee member agrees with democrat strategist james carvelle saying yes audit the kamala harris campaign, literally making millionaires

overnight off the backs of dem donors. watch this. >> there's no reason why consultants became overnight millionaires through the campaign. there's no justification for that. you know, these are everyday americans, hard working americans, a lot of whom just gave 10 to $15 and it was all they could do. they pour their hearts into the campaign. they deserve answers as to why these people became millionaires. just bear in mained that all of the advertising costs, hundreds of millions of dollars went to just four well-connected firms, that's it. the whole thing is very friends took care of friends but it's not about that. that campaign was supposed to be spent on battleground states making the economic case to americans explaining bread and butter issues explaining how she would bring inflation down. not onlining the pockets of well-connected democrats. liz: this party is in a state of collapse. greg what do you think? >> yeah, it really is.

it looks like there was one big grift going on and it wasn't to famous performers and people that were doing interviews and getting paid on the side to do it. kamala harris, you know, did a horrible job of managing her own budget. how in the world could she handle the budget of the united states and i think americans sense that, which is why one of the reasons why they didn't vote for her. liz: interesting, greg jarrett thank you so much. read greg jarrett's books he's so smart appreciate you, greg, merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> i know that i've done everything i possibly could. >> you did. >> i am. >> i mean -- >> so cynical. god. >> and you're so naive. howie: hbo's bill maher gets in a fight with actress joan fonda saying she's naive and the terrific columnist joins us

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considered maybe by you as radical. >> well, it doesn't even matter it never going to happen, when what about the chinese and indians for most of the planet, and for years they didn't have cars and air-conditioning because they were poor they have been lifted out of ab poverty, now they want cars and air-conditioning, are you going to tell them, rich, white lady, sorry we used up all of the air, now you can't have these, they are go, you [bleep] >> why are you so cynical. >> and you are so naive. elizabeth: elizabeth: host bill maher with jane fonda. batya ungar-sargon, is joining us, jane fonda saying the world is burning up. >> bill maher on so many fronts figured out that the

democrats are drowning in their own virtue signaling and has the guts to call it out, you see someone like jane fonda. a wealthy privileged person with no real problems but the emptiness within that drives her to elevate climate change which is happening to an emergency it is not. always with these people, it is the working class and poor they demand pay for their vanity morals. >> interesting we see reports scientific reports that u.s. shell fracking for gas has done more to cut emissions by accelerates nat gas. that could reduce global emissions. >> yeah that is how you know they are full of it. they hate fracking too. it is not like they are

looking for solutions, that would both help the environment and working class people. it is that every avenue that would make all of our goals compatible with elevates people who need it, they are opposed to, because they are in this to puff up their own egos and make t themselves feel they are at forefront of the issues. elizabeth: oil and gas is in that that chair that jane fonda is sitting in in every product she uses. >> the hypocrisy is on full display, i think that american people can see it. elizabeth: no one is better than batya ungar-sargon. thank you for expwroining -- joining us, i'm l elizabeth macdonald. now we love dagen and we love jason chaffetz take it away at the "the bottom line." dagen: hanoi jane, say it with me, hanoi jane.