♪ larry: i'll just tell you the red-hot trump honeymoon continues. you've got the economy, executive orders on the border, changes in foreign policy, ceos turning against dei and woke. my goodness, optimism in the air. talking about of optimism, here's optimistic liz macdonald. elizabeth: always a, larry. thanks to to you, larry. you lead the way. welcome to "the evening edit," i'm elizabeth macdonald.

>> literally talking to the president right now finish -- right now -- >> can i around hear your call because i don't believe it? >> i've tried five times a that's why i'm walking around -- >> -- gavel into legislative session to prepare for donald trump, is now the right time for that? >> we've got to to deal with this misinformation. there were hurricane force winds of police and disinformation, lies. >> what are you doing at this point to earn back people's trust? elizabeth: major development, we've got breaking newsing in right now. california democrats are now turning the on each other. california governor gavin newsom just called for an independent probe into l.a. officials for mismanaging the record l.a. wildfires. at least two local reservoirs near the palisades were dry, empty of water, couldn't battle the ferocious inferno. this as angry local residents in california join president trump

slamming governor newsom and state democrat leadership saying they're, quote, incompetent, they've got to go. former california resident and act or the robert -- joins us just in moments. we're excited to talk to him. also tonight we've got this -- >> they pushed us super hard to take down things that were, honestly, were true. these people from the biden administration would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse. elizabeth: okay. more breaking news, a bombshell. meta's ceo, mark zuckerberg, just told joe rogan president biden and his team would call facebook and scream and curse, demanding even more censorship on facebook during the covid pandemic. tonight we will show you more from joe rogan's bombshell interview with mark zuckerberg. also tonight president trump today in court slammed democrat lawfare and their abuse of new york's legal system in the

manhattan d.a.'s bragg's case against president trump. the details of what went down as judge merchan sentenced president trump. president trump vows the appeal that. former house judiciary chief counsel julian epstein the here with his expert analysis. plus, we've got this story -- >> we are aghast that he wants this giant 30-foot wall to be the symbol of america. >> the russians interfering -- >> russia. >> if we don't impeach the president, he will get reelected. >> i agree with donald trump -- >> -- fixing the border, and i hope he does. >> god bless him. good for him. but -- and good for the country. elizabeth: well, this is a 180. first, we showed but how democrats repeatedly attacked trump during his first term compared the now. now they want to work with him. are they going to continue with this bipartisanship rnc chair michael whatley has the inside scoop on that. but first, let's get to this -- >> governor, i live here,

governor. that was my daughter's school, governor. please, tell me what you're going to do -- i'm not going to hurt him -- >> i'm literally talking to the president right now to specifically answer the question of what we can do for you and your daughter. >> can i hear it? can i hear your call because i don't believe it. >> i've tried five times -- >> why is the president not taking your call? why was there no water in the hydrants, governor the? >> it's all can -- >> is it going to be different? >> it has to be. of course. >> the hydrants, i would fill them up personally -- i would fill -- >> i literally have to -- >> would you do that? >> i would do whatever i the can. >> but you're not! elizabeth: that was a desperate mother chasing down gavin newsom mismanging the l.a. wildfires. they are still out of control. by the way, governor newsom claimed he was talking to the president, he was not. now the fires have or to. ed an area twice the size of

manhattan, that's according to fox business' max gorden. at least two reservoirs near the fires including for the palisades were dry and empty of water. at least ten now dead, 10,000 structures destroyed. and now democrats are turning the on each other. joining us now, actor and singer and former california resident robert dobbe. we appreciate you so much for joining us tonight. what do you make of this breaking news? it's good to see you with. governor newsom now calling for an independent probe into l.a. officials. it sounds like that includes l.a. mayor karen bass and their team. you lived in california for nearly five decades. have you ever seen anything this bad? >> no, i haven't, and thank you for having me, liz. gavin newsom should go back to the to the french laundry and have a nice if cocktail and retire with karen bass. look, in five decades, 46 years i lived in california. it was a great state, and i'm not blaming just the

politicians. liz, the culpability has to to go to the hollywood community. because all those stars in malibu and all those executive producers and all those directors and all those people -- and i feel terrible about the loss of house that everyone, of homes and their personal possessions. that's a terrible thing. no one wishes that. but they for decades have sniffed up the smell of the left wing if america. and they've done this to hollywood. they started with crime. we had two years of our cities burning, and hollywood was beating the drum for whatever it was, for wokeness. this is where gavin newsom was trying -- larry elder should have won that election and rick ca caruso, but most of the hollywood community didn't go for rick ca caruso. back in the day when i first got there with sinatra and jimmy stewart and john wayne and you had a lot of big stars that were conservatives. so it was balancing out.

johnny carson is would have talked about the problems. jimmy kimmel, god bless him, he's half italian, i've known him, he doesn't because he's in bed9 with the democrats. schumer, schiff, pelosi, newsom, that's a meeting ground for the left in hollywood. and this is what happens. actors are frightened to speak out, they're frightened because of their jobs for getting blacklisted, so stuff like this happens -- elizabeth: okay, we've got to -- maybe it'll change. show the list of celebrities' homes whose houses, celebrities' houses and their neighborhoods got burned. this is now -- jamie if lee -- by the way, jamie lye cur curtis' neighborhood was burned. there's now a recall petition, nearly 40,000 people demand l.a. mayor with karen bass be immediately recalled. we've got the l.a. fire chief rebutting l.a. mayor bass. the chief warned a month ago that a near delay -- nearly $18

billion budget cut had a plunged the fire department into unprecedented challenges, severely damaged the fire department's ability to respond to the wildfires. the l.a. mayor saying knotts an issue. she's blaming the high winds. it sounds like things maybe could change in california. >> well, liz, what has to change is go back to1990 when pete wilson, the gop governor, wanted reservoirs built in california. he said let's capture the rain water, trillions of gallons that dissipate into the oceans. they never did that. in los angeles because of a certain small, little fish they decided, no, we can't do this. meanwhile, look what happens. there's so many bad policies that are made out of emotion. now, this is what happens. the left appeals to the emotion and not to the common sense, and thank god for donald trump and the new administration that's

coming in and, hopefully, more people will understand that. elizabeth: so do you -- whether go ahead. finish your thought. i'm sorry, sir. >> i was one of the first people, i wrote on breitbart that he should be the candidate. this was in 2015. and i got laughed at. i got poked at. and then the over -- now this current election people call you, oh, you're supporting trump, you're a fascist. my hollywood friends, you're a fascist. well, look at your fascism. there it is right there, burning up in front of your very eyes because of your blindness. and i blame -- and more people have to because, you know, we bring attention to issues. you don't have a lot of people doing a lot of stuff in north carolina because there weren't that many celebrities' houses that burned. but those people in north carolina, the mom and grandfather that had their house in los angeles for 40 years and state farm has now said no more insurance, it's a travesty, what's happening. and the left continually -- and the gop right, some of them on the gop elites and the rinos,

some of -- people have to wake up and speak up and not be afraid of any repercussions. elizabeth: yeah. that's the most important takeaway of this. robert, thank you so much. please come back soon. we really enjoyed talking the you just now. thank you so much. >> liz, thank you so much. elizabeth: okay. >> is now the right time to have a special legislative session on allocating money to fight trump in a way that you could already do without a special legislative session? >> so i'm, you know, i'm here to address this, this, you know, these, these wildfires. this is a historic -- >> but you -- [inaudible] >> -- historic wildfire. >> people are trying to understand what's going on and is are worried about disaster leaf, worried about the ability to get homeowner's -- your chamber gaveled into special legislative session to prepare for donald trump. elizabeth: that was a reporter finally holding the democrat speaker of the california state assembly, his feet to the fire, demanding to to know why they're

doing a special legislative session to get $25 million more in spending in order to sue the trump white house in court when tens of thousands that are now homeless from the l.a. wildfires still blazing away. joining us now from the house oversight, tennessee congressman tim burchett. what's your take on this and the democrats ' focus here? >> well, i think it's correct that they are just completely overwhelmed. my heart goes out to the firefighters and the innocent people who have lost everything. but the truth is, is that the hollywood elite, the big money, the dot.comers, they've kept these liberals in, and they've kept these liberal policies, you know? your legislature is gutless, your governor is gutless and your mayor is gutless. they need to throw them all out. will they do it? i doubt it. i doubt it. they'll figure out some way to blame it on donald trump or global warming or something like that, liz. you know the protocol. and until -- and the sad truth is, you know, i used to be in

the u-haul business, and we could never get the big u-hauls. they're all here in tennessee now because everybody's leaving that has the ability to, leaving california. so what have you got left? you've got poor folks and you've got these rich liberal elites that are running the state into the ground. they've torn down dams, they've refused to fill reservoirs. and you have just a governor and a mayor and a state legislature that is completely tone deaf. elizabeth: yeah. let's recap the breaking news at the top of the hour. california governor gavin newsom is now calling for an incompetent probe into l.a. county -- independent probe into l.a. county officials and into the fact that fire hydrants were high and dry of water, two reservoirs near the palisades were -- feeding into the palisades were dry. they didn't have water in those reservoirs. you know, now you've got basically an area the size, twice the size of manhattan torched, the seafront for malibu has been torched. california just outlawed for one

year companies canceling insurance in that area, but consumers are getting really angry. they're saying, what, we're all now supposed to foot the bill for democrat mismanagement in california? and biden is plowing more money into the area saying more money for six months' time as, you know, people are still freezing in north carolina. they're9 not getting money. >> yes, ma'am. upper east tennessee, north carolina, georgia, there's no water, there's no electricity. ma'am, there are people still living there in tents, and you have these arrogant federal bureaucrats saying we'll get you $700, but they don't have any even identification or a computer to get it, and it looks like they're going to roll out the red carpet hollywood elites. ma'am, that is another reason why donald j. trump is in the white house. they are tone deaf. they're getting their political advice from "the view," and that currently is why they're turning on each other, because they're seeing that their policies are

failed, and america is on to their garbage. elizabeth: you know, it's just, it's beyond a tragedy. the words can't even capture, congressman, what is happening. we're talking tens of thousands of people becoming homeless in the span of three days. and we're talking about beachfronts now, like malibu, now just totally torched and wiped out when they knew they needed to keep those reservoirs full. the fire department chief is now turning on the mayor, karen because, saying you -- karen bass, saying you and the city leadership failed the fire department, you failed us. and now the governor is turning on other democrats in l.a. take it away, final word. >> well, you're correct as always, liz. if i saw years ago reports that they were, they were not filling reservoirs because of whacked-out environmental policies. this is just more manifestation of liberal policies, and we're seeing it play out right in front of us. hopefully they'll a wake up and and realize that's not the way

to go, but i sincerely doubt they will. their hatred of donald trump is beyond belief, and for their legislature to do what they're doing right now is completely negligent, and they all need to be out of a job. elizabeth: congressman burchett, we lo the straight talk from you. -- we love the straight talk. it's good to have you on. we've got a quick programming note. the fox corporation has made a $1 million donation to the red cross for its california wildfire relief efforts. in order to help the red cross deliver safe shelter, hot meals and resources to those hurt by the l.a. fires. now, if you too would like to help, you can visit go.fox forward/red cross. now to this. >> they pushed us super hard to take down things that were, honestly, were true. these people from the biden administration would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse. elizabeth: well, it's all coming out. we've got more of this breaking

news this hour, this new bombshell. that was meta ceo mark zuckerberg just telling joe rogan how president biden would call, his team too would call and swear and attack facebook officials to do more censorship on facebook during the covid pandemic. coming up, we're going to show you the full sound of what went down there. also tonight, this story -- >> maga republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law. elizabeth: remember president biden falsely denounced trump and his supporters claiming they don't believe in the rule of law? so why did yet another federal judge just block biden in court yet again, calling one of his latest policies unconstitutional yet again? you will not believe the number of biden's courtroom smackdowns by judges. judges are done with biden. we've got the number. you won't believe it. plus this -- >> we are aghast that he wants

this giant 30-foot wall to be the symbol of america. >> the russians -- >> russian interferencing -- >> russia. >> if we don't impeach this president, he will get reelected. >> i agree with donald trump. >> ran on fixing the border, and i hope he does the. >> god bless him. good for him and good for the country. elizabeth: democrats now singing a different tune. we've got more and more democrats right now turning their a backs on attacking trump. we've got the latest action this hour on what they are doing now, what they're saying. coming up, rnc chair michael whatley, democrats suddenly breaking out the bipartisanship. he's going to take it on. why? because they lost really badly. plus, florida governor ron desantis now calling out the hypocrisy of the u.s. media for not holding democrats accountable for the l.a. wildfires. he said, you know, basically, he should know, they've done it to him, they've attacked him so why not democrats in l.a.?

we've got the sound. podcast host ben forget forget if is here to break that down -- ferguson. but president trump today hammered judge juan merchan over his sentencing in the new york case. trump calling this case a sham and a travesty for the justice system. next up, attorney julian epstein here on why americans should really pay attention the what happened. why? senator chuck grassley said it, it could happen to you. please stick with us. don't go away. we'll be back in two. ♪ >> this has been a very terrible experience. i think it's been a tremendous setback for new york and the new york court system. >> this is a case that alvin bragg did not want to bring. ♪ ♪ can i have another pancake? from full house... ♪ ...to empty nest... ♪

...to free birds. ♪ vanguard. we got this. fifty years of helping you invest for every chapter. progressive makes it easy to see if you can save money with a commercial auto quote online so you can get back to your monster to-do list. super helpful. see if you can save money at progressivecommercial.com. thank you. after careful review of medical guidance and research on pain relief, my recommendation is simple: every home should have salonpas. powerful yet non-addictive. targeted and long-lasting. i recommend salonpas. it's good medicine. ♪ hisamitsu ♪ when a tough cough finds you on the go, a syrup would be... silly! woo! hey! try new robitussin soft chews. packed with the power of robitussin... in every bite. easy to take cough relief, anywhere. chew on relief, chew on a ♪ robitussin ♪

oh, it's cold outside. time to protect your vehicle from winter's wrath. of course, the hot sun can be tough on vehicles too.

you need weathertech. laser measured floorliners and cargo liner will shield the carpeting from sand and snow. for your interior, there's seat protector and sunshade. plus, mud flaps and bumpstep for the exterior. impactliner, with shock absorbing rings, safeguards your truck bed from costly damage. order american made products at wt.com surf's up! [cheerful music] [phone ringing] not all multimillionaires build their wealth the same way, you have... the fearless investor. the type a cpa. the boot strapper. the boot maker. hee-ha. but many do have something in common. we all trust schwab with our wealth. thanks to our award-winning service, low costs and transparent advice, every day, over a million multi-millionaires, trust schwab with more than three trillion dollars of their wealth. ♪

lock in let's go. of their wealth. rated e for everyone. [rock and roll music playing]

xfinity. made for gaming. rewards members, get early access to an ea sports fc25 kit. visit xfinity.com/rewards. elizabeth: welcome back. the new york case against president trump. now, the u.s. supreme court yesterday declined to block sentencing in that. this came down today, the sentencing, just ten days before president trump is inaugurated. fox news' bryan llenas is standing by live with the details at the new york state supreme court in new york city with more. bryan, thanks for helping us out with this story. can you tell us what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, no problem, liz, good evening. president-elect trump was sentenced to an unconditional

discharge for his conviction on 34 felonies for falsifying business records. this means that the president-elect will face no punishment, no probation, no jail time, and essentially also no fine. but it formally makings trump the first president -- makes trump the first president to be convicted of a felony. he appeared at his sentencing here in new york at the hearing virtually from mar-a-lago. trump spoke for six minutes. he blasted the new york court system and called the whole thing an embarrassment. >> it's been a political witch hunt. it was done to damage my reputation so that i'd lose the election and, obviously, that that didn't work. i'm totally innocent. i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: after court, trump took to truth social writing in part: i was given an unconditional a discharge. that result alone proves that there is no case. there was never a case, and this whole scam fully deserves to be dismissed.

today's event was a despicable charade. trump face thed the possibility of up to four years in jail, but judge juan merchan opted for no punishment noting trump will be protected by presidential immunity when he is inaugurated in ten days. >> donald trump, the ordinary citizen, donald trump, the criminal defendant, would not be entitled to such considerable protections. >> reporter: merchan went on to wish trump well saying godspeed in his second term. trump will appeal this ca case. the timing though, liz, is unknown. elizabeth: bryan llenas, alls great reporting from you. thank you so much. good to see you. >> you know, the fact is that this is not a criminal case, in my view, because there's no underlying crime. bragg took a dead misdemeanor, zapped it back into life as this pile of felonies. he essentially trialed -- essentially tried a series of federal crimes, and the

department of justice rejected it. elizabeth: that was legal expert jonathan turley saying there should never have been a new york case against trump, in his view, because there was no underlying crime. joining us now, julian epstein. julian has 15 years of experience on capitol hill. he served as the former chief counsel for house judiciary during the clinton impeachment. so no jail time or other punishment, a sentence in name only. you've said this new york case is a political abuse of the justice system. can you explain that to the viewer, julian? >> yes. thanks for having me on, liz. yes. this is, essentially, a gross abuse of the justice system. the unconditional discharge today is the judicial equivalent of saying never mind. they put the country through this for two years all for naught. it's an abuse of the the legal system, liz, because no american ever in the history of this country has been prosecuted on this fact pattern. your viewers don't need to know anything else other than that. if donald trump's name was

something other than trump, he i would have never been prosecuted. the judge is was conflicted, the prosecutor was conflicted. it will be reversed on at least three different grounds. there was never any notice as to what the actual charges were. the jury was able to pick from a menu of possible offenses. there was no unanimity requirement in the jury decision. and the reason it was such a gross abuse was because to the extent that this involved federal campaign finance charges, there is nothing in federal campaign finance law that says hush money is a reportable offense as alvin bragg alleged. in fact, you have former chairs that the judge would not let testify that has been very clear, chairs of the fec that have said hush money is not a reportable expenditure. this was a gross abuse of the system. the fact that more democrats like myself are not calling this out is just a test thement to how -- testament to how the justice system has been politicized during the biden

years. and the irony of this, liz, is that the trump justice department, i guarantee you from having worked with a lot of members of congress and a lot of politicians, the trump justice department go in and find minor violations and infractions all day long of democrats, and they can prosecute them criminally under these same bogus theories. and now the democrats, who have been preaching piously about protecting democracy have to rely on republicans to break the cycle of politicizing the justice system which the republicans would be, you know, sort of tit for tat in their right to be able to say you did it to us, we're going to do it to you. we have to rely on the republicans to break the cycle -- elizabeth: it's a terrifying place for america to be in. so just to recap, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg who, by the way, we heard reports he was talking to democrats in congress way back in 2018 when nancy pelosi had 85 targets to go after trump, when

they were starting to go after trump to impeach if him. they didn't really have crimes and seniors. they were talking about stormy daniels six years ago. alvin bragg reportedly was on the radar screen to do this. so he basically took a state, a state, new york state books and records, parking ticket the misdemeanors, bookkeeping misdemeanors, and ramped them up into federal felonies where the state has no jurisdiction over federal campaign finance law, and they never proved that any of this in any way changed anyone's vote. >> they -- no. the reporting would have occurred after the election. the alleged federal violation is not a federal violation as i just explained. the state had no jurisdiction to prosecute a federal violation even if they did have a violation. hillary clinton, i will remind you, had a similar infraction at the same time. she had a civil penalty instead. yes. i mean, there are at least five or six ways in which this case will be reversed. it was a gross abuse. it should be reversed. it should have never been brought in the first place.

elizabeth: yeah. a lot of unconstitutional violations, constitutional violations -- >> serious ones. elizabeth yeah. i mean, the fec, as you point out, and the doj dropped it, d.a. bragg took it and ran with it. it's for political gain. julian, thanks for joining us tonight. that was really smart insight there. good to see you. >> liz, thanks for having me. elizabeth: sure. >> the wall is an immorality. >> look at his remarks. he's made racist remarks. >> i will fight every day until he is impeached! >> we're going the find things to work together. >> i'd glee working with donald trump -- >> god bless him, good for him. elizabeth: okay. democrats went from poisonously wanting to resist trump, throw him in jail, now we've got more and more democrats saying, yeah, we're going to work with president trump. is this their new era of bipartisanship because they lost? because the working class said no to the far left? next up, rnc chair michael whatley of a new era of bipartisanship from democrats.

is it really? will it hold? also coming up, a federal judge yet again blocked yet another biden policy calling it unconstitutional. so we've got the number of times our legal system has to stop biden in court. it's really astounding, what is going on with what critics say are illegal moves by biden to change policies and laws. but first, this -- >> they pushed us super hard to to take down things that were, honestly, were true. these people from the biden administration would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse. elizabeth: meta's ceo mark zuckerberg just dropped a bombshell on joe rogan's show. so this is basically biden calling up facebook officials swearing and cursing at them to crack down on free speech during covid, to do more censorship. next up, the full sound. we're going to play it for you.

stay with us, we'll be right back after the break. ♪ >> they wanted us to take down this meme of leonardo decaprio talking about how ten years from now or something, you know, you're going to see an ad that says, okay, if you took a covid vaccine, you're eligible -- you know, like, for this kind of payment. sort of, like, class action lawsuit type meme. and they're like, no, you have to take that down. ♪ ♪ (♪) at enterprise mobility, our experts always see another road. because when there's no limit to how far mobility can go, there's no limit to how far businesses can go. (♪) so, what are you thinking? i'm thinking...

(speaking to self) about our honeymoon. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question. like everything, it takes a little planning. or, put the money towards a down-payment... ...on a ranch ...in montana ...with horses let's take a look at those scenarios. j.p. morgan wealth management has advisors in chase branches and tools, like wealth plan to keep you on track. when you're planning for it all... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management. it's payback time. all these years, you've worked hard. you fixed it. you looked after it. maybe it's time for your home to start taking care of you? we've invested in our home, we've worked on it, we had a whole lot of equity just sitting there.

you paid down the mortgage, invested in your home. i guess, you could say, your home owes you. unlock a portion of your home equity with a reverse mortgage loan. get tax-free cash, and stay in the home you love. you'll rest easy knowing you'll continue to own your home just like any other mortgage. and your heirs will never owe more than the home's value. look, finance of america can show you how a reverse mortgage loan can use your built-up home equity to give you tax-free cash for almost anything you might need. just eliminating the mortgage payment freed up a lot of cash for us. i get to do what i want when i want. finance of america customers talked about the counseling they got along the way, so they know how a reverse mortgage works... and how their home could help pay them back when they need it the most. i have no worries anymore. the fact that we're still in this home, means so much.

it's done everything for us that we hope it would do for us. a reverse mortgage loan could put more money in your pocket by eliminating your mortgage payments. you can use it to pay for home improvements, pay off higher-interest credit cards, even plan for unexpected expenses. the worry every single month to make that payment was gone our customers' homes are taking care of them. maybe, your home could do the same for you. finance of america is a lender you can trust. the bbb awarded us an a+ rating, and 95% of our customers would recommend finance of america to a friend. call for your free info kit.

is a bitcoin etf the same as owning bitcoin directly? while bitcoin etfs might offer a familiar face, they lack the true ownership and flexibility of directly investing in bitcoin. with itrustcapital you can buy and sell real bitcoin 24/ 7 with the tax advantages of an ira. real bitcoin means no middleman, no restricted stock market hours. choose the path of direct bitcoin investment with itrustcapital because access equals opportunity. invest in bitcoin at itrustcapital.com today.

[cheers and applause] >> and you tell them they're not welcome anymore anywhere! >> this is the beginning of the end for the trump administration. >> i think there's plenty of evidence of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight. [applause] >> i'd agree working with donald trump on renaming the gulf of mexico -- >> he ran on fixing the border, and i hope he does. >> my state picked donald trump

as president. we're going to find things to work together for a better pennsylvania and a better nation. elizabeth: so first you saw democrats attacking trump, resisting him during his first term. now more and more democrats want to work with dump in in the house and the senate. senator chuck schumer, senator fetterman, more senators, aoc, other house democrats. let's bring in rnc chair michael whatley. michael, it's great to have you back on again. let's go through more details, please. 33 democrat senators advanced the laken riley act, and now 45 senate democrats joining republicans in supporting a pro-israel bill to sanction the international criminal court for, officials there for trying to prosecute americans and going after israel's e netanyahu and his team. what do you think of all this? >> well, donald trump ran on a very clear, very concise agenda. he's going to rebuild the southern border, restore our economy. he's going to the make sure that

america's strong enough to protect our interests at home and abroad. the american people support that agenda, and it's very good to see that there are democrats who are acknowledging that and are going to start voting, hopefully over the long term but certainly in the short term. they're going to recognize this is where the american people are, and if they want to keep their jobs, they're certainly going to have to support a pro-america agenda. elizabeth: you know, it's sort of like the wheels fell off of congress under president trump's first term. historians should look back on this period as one of the most poisonous and vitriolic and abuses of power by democrats to go after trump. they bent the rules to attack him. they wanted to impeach him even before he sat down in the oval office the first time without any crimes or misdemeanors stipulated. within six months at least a dozen resolutions to impeach president trump the first time. again, with no crime or misdemeanors stated.

now we've got meta's ceo, mark zuckerberg, michael, he's now moving toward trump's side. it might be different if kamala won, but he just spoke to joe rogan vealing how joe biden and his team would scream and yell and curse at facebook officials to do more censorship on facebook during covid. watch this. >> it was during the biden administration when they were trying to roll out the vaccine program. they pushed us super hard to take down things that were, honestly, were true, right in they basically pushed us and said, you know, anything that says that vaccines might have side effects, you basically need to take down. if basically, these people from the biden administration would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse. elizabeth: wow. so they were just really flat out demanding censorship even of

things that were true. what do you think, michael? >> the american people voted to restore common sense to the our government. that's why we have all of the leaders that are coming across including elon musk and zuckerberg now. i think it's very important that we return to normalcy, we return to sanity, we return to common sense and we return to a pro-america agenda. that's what the american people want to see. elizabeth: michael whatley, thanks for joining us tonight. it's good to to see you. >> yes, ma'am. take care. >> this is a nation that honors our constitution. we do not reject it. this is a nation that believes in the rule of law. [applause] we do not repudiate it. elizabeth: that was president biden trying to say that he's for the constitution, trying to paint trump and his supporters as not respecting the rule of law. we've got another federal judge had to step in and block yet another one of biden's policies for being way out of bounds and

out of line, for being unconstitutional. we're going to tell you what that's about, and we're going to ask you to guess how many times the legal system had to step in and stop biden's policies for crossing the line. the answer will be later in the show. but first, this -- if. >> but it you think the florida governor is putting politics aside, please, think again. >> take a phone call from vice president harris regarding relief and recovery. elizabeth: that was the media not giving florida governor ron desantis a pass during hurricanes, but now governor desantis is turning the the tables on them calling them out for their hypocrisy, glossing california democrats ' mismanagement in the l.a. wildfires. next, you'll want to hear what governor desantis a had to say. ben ferguson is here to react. but first, let's get you updated on what dagen and guy benson are ready to rumble on, on their hit show.

guy: definitely rumble. it's going to be a big one at the temperature of the hour -- top of the hour starting with jason chaffetz, our colleague, on the growing calls for consequences in california for leaders there. plus, mike huckabee looking ahead to joe biden's speech on monday on foreign policy. dagen: and the legal law lawfare for donald trump officially other, and the gag is off. brett tolman is here on that,(a top of theuc hour.. ♪ ♪ advantages for far too long. (auctioneer) 7.5 at the back. (man) look at them — unaware that robinhood gold members now enjoy the vip treatment — a 3% ira match on retirement contributions. (auctioneer) 11 million sir. (man) once they discover their privileges are no longer exclusive... their fragile reality will plunge into disarray. ♪ louis! cut! more mud! action! louis, louis!

cut mud on her face! louis! okay everybody, that's lunch! (♪) (♪) mud mask? no, no, no! compare hotels in the hotels.com app advil liqui-gels are faster and stronger than tylenol rapid release gels. ♪ also from advil, advil targeted relief, the only topical with 4 powerful pain fighting ingredients that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours.

your loved ones are getting older, and they need your support. care.com is here to help. it's an easy way to find background-checked

senior caregivers in your area. and some piece of mind. see why millions of families have trusted care. go to care.com now lock in let's go. rated e for everyone. [rock and roll music playing] xfinity. made for gaming. rewards members, get early access to an ea sports fc25 kit. visit xfinity.com/rewards.

[inaudible conversations] >> -- or a president to be criticizing -- >> do you think it's appropriate for people in your industry to try to create division and to try to create narratives anytime these things happen? you're not as interested in doing that because newsom is a d. if newsom was a republican, you guys would go try -- you would have him nailed to the wall for what they're doing over there. we just assume in florida anytime something happens, it's going to be politicized by the media. so you guys sitting in judgment of donald trump, i mean, excuse me, i think your track record of politicizing these things is very, very bad. elizabeth: that was ron desantis hammering the media for hypocrisy, giving california democrats a pass for mismanaging the l.a. fires while attacking governor desantis and president trump.

let's welcome to the show podcast host ben forget ifson. ben, it's always a pleasure to have you on. what is your reaction to what you just heard? >> yeah. let's just start with reminding the media, democrats are in charge right now at the white house. democrats are in charge of the entire state of california. if democrats are in charge in all of l.a.. democrats and dei are in charge of the fire department with the top person, the second person, the third person all being a 3-year plan of dei hires which was to make sure we had an adequate number of gays, lesbians or transgendered in the fire department. we also found out they decided to fire more than 100 firemen, many of them had been there for 15 years or longer a because they wouldn't get the can covid vaccine, and none of them had been rehired. and now they don't even know in california where the water comes from for the reservoir they're now saying was empty. the governor literally threw his hands up in an interview, i

don't know how -- elizabeth: ben, we've got breaking news. democrats now turning on each other in california. the breaking news at the top of the hour, ben, just to recap, california governor gavin newsom just launched an independent probe, an outside probe -- a. [laughter] into l.a. firms including possibly l.a. mayor karen bass for, he says, mismanaging the water supply needing to battle these wildfires still torching through los angeles. two reservoirs were empty, no water. the l.a. fire chief now says democrat leadership failed the fire department. -- department. now you have hundreds of thousands now homeless and base : an -- basically an area that's torched twice the size of manhattan. >> it's the the hunger games in real life in politics. and what they're all obsessed with right now is saying it's someone else's fault. no one's taking accountability for what has happened. the governor's saying we're going to investigate you, the fire chief's saying it's your fault, the mayor saying i didn't

really mean to cut that money. we don't know where the water comes from, we don't know how the reservoirs work. everyone's pointing at everyone else, and this is the warning to liberals out there. when you vote for incompetency, you get it. when you vote for dei initiatives, this is what it looks like. and if when you don't have people in office that actually care about serving the people but they care about being famou, governor newsom -- this is what a you get. you get disaster and scorched earth. and for everyone out there dealing with this right now, my thoughts and my prayers are with you, but you also have to demand answers right now. and saying we're going to investigate them, what's the governor going to do? is he going to investigate himself for what he did with water management in the entire state? i'd love to see that a investigation. good luck. elizabeth: all right. ben ferguson, come back soon. we love having you on. >> good to see you. happy new year. >> this is a nation that honors our constitution. we do not reject it. this is a nation that believes

in the rule of law -- [applause] we do not repudiate it. elizabeth: that was president biden making a big deal saying he respects the rule of law. why did yet another federal judge have to step in and block one of biden's policies from breaking the law and violating the u.s. constitution? if we're going to to talk to you about that, and is you're going to have to guess, guess how many times federal judges had to to block biden in his tracks for violating the law, violating the constitution? that's his legacy. the answer's coming up. more after this. ♪ ♪ if

after last month's massive solar flare added a 25th hour to the day, businesses are wondering "what should we do with it?" i'm thinking company wide power nap. [ employees snoring ] anything can change the world of work. from hr to payroll, adp designs for the next anything. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel. nothing beats it. i recommend pronamel active shield because it actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a game changer for my patients. it really works. [sofi mnemonic] can a personal loan unlock your ambitions?

oh yeah. take a swing at your kitchen reno... we meant that literally. sofi personal loans. low, fixed rates. borrow up to $100k. no fees required. i love my brand new bike! having a set of custom wheels gives kids like me and me the ability to do things we could only dream of before. through your support of wheels for love shriners children's is supplying custom built adaptive bikes and wheelchairs for kids who dream of their first set of wheels. for us, the bike is one of the most incredible experiences. the very first moment she had success. you're doing a great job. jaden received his bike from shriners. i almost started crying because i never thought my son would be able to ride a bike at all. when you go online to loveshriners.org or call this special number with your monthly gift, you'll make a difference too. and help kids like us do things we never thought we could do.

when you say yes to giving just $19 a month, only $0.63 a day, we'll send you this adorable love to the rescue® blanket as a reminder of all the kids you're helping every day. call or go online right now to give. you'll be making sure our amazing doctors and nurses can keep helping kids who need them now and in the days to come. because of you i get the most amazing care anywhere. i can play basketball. yeah! i can play soccer because of your support. thank you, your support is changing our lives. your monthly gift right now at loveshriners.org makes moments like this possible for kids like me and me. thank you giving. help a kid get their first set of wheels. let's roll. join the movement.

please call or go online now. if operators are busy, call again, or go to loveshriners.org to give right away. thank you!

elizabeth: it made gender identity the new. if you read the regulations that were put in place in title ix it made very clear and met male and female. there are significant exceptions in the law that recognize our right to privacy in locker rooms and showers in the biden administration sought to undo that with the swipe of the pen this ruling stops them from undoing it. elizabeth: that was kristen wagner the ceo of the group defending freedom on a federal judge in kentucky to rewrite title ix saying what biden did was unconstitutional.

it's a nationwide box to stop biological meals and women sports across the u.s. as women athletes have been getting physically injured, fox news contributor liz peek. we need to do on the story, you are a great thinker. judges across the nation including federal judges had to step in 13 times to stop biden. many rolled his moves were unconstitutional. this is biden's legacy bending and twisting the system, right? >> this is a restoration of common sense nobody like the rewrite of title ix that happened under biden's watch, basically replace protecting saxes with protecting gender identity. what that meant in reality boys and men can show up in women's locker rooms, bathrooms and compete with women sports. the judge in this case said biden exceeded his authority and how many times have we heard

that the biden white house exceeded their authority by ruling out the rules and regulations that basically people did not want and did not like. there was a first amendment issue where if you use the wrong pronoun you could be accused of sexual harassment. also there will be a reversion to the 2020 version of title ix where men and young men are awarded to process which as you remember it was eliminated under obama if someone was accused of sexual harassment or rape. this again is a people of turning over common sense and applying all kinds of ideology to ruining people's lives in some cases. elizabeth: this feels like one of the taxes dangerous. in american history. have you ever seen anything like under the biden years and

democrat leadership in states like california? >> i totally agree but the good news these things are being overturned eei, esg, ideological boundaries which were broken by biden and infected all of our lives with ideology that nobody approved of, basically the progressive left has been writing the script for america and i think it's over. >> you think it's totally overdue think it's in the rearview mirror now here aoc in house democrats want to move to work with trump because they saw how badly they lost, final word. >> they lost because people didn't like the policies and when you have di being tossed overboard by meta and by other big corporations. elizabeth: it is a big deal. thank you so much let's send it over today getting guy. don't forget to dvr us in "the bottom line" those guys are

grea