man in television. i brought my husband, doug and our little 4 month-old baby, thatcher with us, he charmed everybody. and i want to say thank you, we'll miss jay leno, thank you, take care. you want to see a bunch of first responders lose their job because you want to protect special interest tax loopholes? >> not so fast, it may be that obama care is responsible for closing thousands of fire departments around the u.s. the new york times wants you to believe that healthcare.gov is magically cured. but tonight, we have cold, hard evidence to show you just how ridiculous that assertion is. >> he shook the hand of a murderer, a thug, and those are bloody hands. >> the president embarrasses the nation yet again, by buddying up

to cuban dictator, raoul castro. welcome to "hannity," another day, another obama horror story to share with you, this time, putting himself in harm's way to save other people because of a crisis. according to a report, because of the president's disastrous health care rollout, thousands of companies may be forced to shut their doors, they explain, the u.s. takes their volunteer program literally. but the u.s. says that volunteer firefighters are technically employees if they're on the job more than 30 hours a week, making them subject to the obama mandate rules. since the law doesn't carve out an exemption for them, fire departments where 50 or more people work either as volunteers or officially as employees, they're expected to provide health insurance for every one of them. in towns with more than one volunteer fire department, all staffers will likely be lumped

together for tax purposes, punishing many municipalities above the 50-worker threshold. and that could cost the fire departments hundreds of thousands each year. and those who dump their volunteers into the federal insurance exchange, they still have to pay a fine for the first 30 after the first of the year. let's remember, ever since the president stepped foot in the oval office, alongside with his side kick, crazy uncle joe biden, they tried to smear republicans saying that they would lead to the firing of police officers and firefighters. let's take a look. >> you want to see a bunch of first responders lose their job because you want to protect some special interest tax loophole. >> we don't want to shift the health care on the families or colleges who are already struggling, or by forcing more teachers and firefighters to be laid off. >> so let's take a look at their budget. not only does it cut critical

investments for firefighters and law enforcement, it eviscerates the working poor and the middle class. >> congress is going to get to vote on whether or not hundreds of police officers and teachers and firefighters get back on the job. >> the republican plan says that what has been standing in the way between us and full employment are laws that keep companies from polluting as much as they want. on the other hand, our plan puts teachers, construction workers, firefighters and police officers back on the job. >> firefighters lose lives when they don't have enough people on the job at the fire. and so this is all because of this recession, as i said. the recession that was inherited. >> about to enter the sixth year of the obama presidency. now the tables have turned. by the way, tonight as every night, we want you to join the conversation. so do you think the white house owes republicans an apology. log onto our facebook page, stop laughing, juan williams, and best selling author, david

limbaugh is here, wait a minute, if you like your plan you can keep is, and per savings, $2500, now firefighters didn't get the exemption that unions and politicians got. why are you shaking your head. >> the real thing is you don't like obama care. >> i don't like being lied to you. >> forget lied to, nobody lied to you, the whole set-up. personally, you're not talking about firefighters, you're talking about volunteers, people with 30 hours a week. >> volunteers -- >> 30 hours a week, so the irs says we don't want anybody getting away from the law by preventing they're a volunteer -- >> my friends are volunteer firefighters, they spend 60 hours a week. >> if you're working more than 60 hours a week, that is more than a job. >> but if the municipalities can't afford this, why don't they give the exemptions they gave themselves.

>> what we're saying is they don't give you an exemption, if you are more than 50 employees or working more than 50 hours a week -- >> what part of volunteer don't you understand? >> what part of corruption and fraud, which you would be all over, sean. >> oh you mean, like if i like my plan and doctor i can keep it. >> of course, the president made a mistake, misled people -- >> made a mistake, misled people, lied. >> the real point is you don't like health care. >> i don't like -- no, this whole bill is predicated on a lie. and you ought to see it for what it is. the lie is you can't keep your plan and doctor, and the average american is not saving $2500 a year. >> you know, this idea that volunteers are forced to get health care under this law proves that the purpose of the law is to absorb everyone into this big network, ultimately on the route to single payer. this is not about helping

people. these people don't want the government's help. or is this an unintended consequence of obama care, the volunteers are not getting paid. they don't want this insurance. i don't care what rule they fall under, 30, 50, the department of labor knows they're volunteers, but the irs is going to treat them as employees. >> by the way, everything you say is right. except i don't know if this is about single payer, i think by the way that is what sean is so worried about, that somehow we'll have a national insurance plan. but these folks, as volunteers, don't want health care coverage. this is not about them, per se, nobody is being forced. this is the irs saying -- >> coercion. >> what is the coercion? >> they're not committing fraud, everybody knows before it even started. they know that they're not supposed to be covered. but the letter of the law says they are. >> right, so in other words, what we have to do is work on this and find a way -- by the way, if you're working 30 or 60 hours a week, working to

volunteer? >> isn't it unconscionable that obama is forcing these kind of things? >> if all you liberals like to hear the american people need to be more generous, et cetera, these are people that care about their communities. now the communities will be put in a spot because again, another bad element of a bad law, ill-conceived that is far more expensive than anyone thought. look, juan, you keep living in l l lala land, look what happened, the president dropped 24% among h hispanics, the president is l e losing millennials. the polls are showing -- >> i can't believe i'm talking to scrooge hannity. >> i can't believe i'm talking to scrooge juan. >> let me just tell you something, in fact, most hispanics in the country still support president obama. >> 24% dropped. >> i say most support.

>> you're talking about these millennials? you know what the polls show? they want it to be more liberal. >> the polls are wrong, then, the polls are saying they don't want obama care. >> juan, you don't get away with saying obama is taking care of the middle class and the poor because he says he wants to. what are the results? in fact, the premiumings and co-pay are going to go up $12,700 for a family. you asked about what force we're talking about, they're being forced to buy insurance they don't want. and other people are being forced to buy plans to cover things they don't want to cover. >> this is the plan, the young and healthy, david, are paying for the old, sick and uninsured. and you know what? that is why they're rejecting it and they're not signing up. this goes to a broader issue,

the democrats often portray republicans as conservative and having a war on women. look at nbc news, and the war on women, as obama policies have helped women that voted for him in droves, the answer, juan, in his sixth year of his presidency, no. >> look at the unemployment rate, obama says he cares, the economy has tanked the entire time he has been in. >> david, do you have of the hospitals on wall street? well, you should know, it is booming. >> that is a real comfort to those people on food stamp that is -- excuse me -- >> the republican s want to knok people -- >> they want to create jobs. >> this segment was about republicans saying we're going to cut budgets no matter what, even if -- >> you are living in socialist

lalaland. >> hits the firemen, the policemen, now you're saying because -- >> have minorities been better off since obama has been president? no. >> what are we talking about, people low income, people, women, children, this portion -- >> sean, i'll tell you, we have lost the idea of liberty in this country. nobody cares about liberty, what we have is a president who is forcing redistribution. and he is dividing this country to the point that i'm scared. i think we have a cold civil war, obama has deliberately divided us on the basis of race, except you and i, we're good buddies. class and gender, this is way worse than the bush years, way worse than any time more in our life. >> you're honest, when you look at the numbers and obama care, oh, and white republicans, specifically, they can't stand it. they think it is terrible. i think when sean hannity talks to me, i think he is saying i

don't want universal health care of any kind in this country. so you look for any reason then -- >> i hate to tell you this. i didn't have to look too hard. >> juan, people are getting circulation letters, rate shock, and realizing they can't keep their doctors. wake up. >> let me tell you about the young people, when they get into a car crash, who pays? sean hannity, because we have insurance, our rates go up, our premiums go up. if we have employees, the cost of health care -- >> juan, go invest in that stock market before it crashes, good luck. and we have a so-called bipartisan agreement that has been reached. and later, america was embarrassed yet again on the world stage as president obama embraces cuban dictator raoul castro at nelson mandela's memorial service. and the white house is already in full damage control mode. but we have been getting your

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di . and this is a fox news alert, now, a few hours ago in d.c., the congressional legislators announced that a budget deal was reached. the tentative two-year deal was reached by senator patty murray, details and reaction to the deal continue to pour in at this hour. and here with more on all of this breaking news on the fox

news network, stewart varney, and dana perino. you know what, i hate these last minute deals before christmas because the house will only be in session two more days. they're changing the rules in the senate so they don't have to have a super majority. that bothers me because there is stuff in here we'll find out about as time goes on. all right, budget deal, reduced budget, providing a ten-year deal. >> it is meaningless, i think the public is so angry over the idea of another shutdown and congress is so afraid of the public reaction that they got this deal, which is not meaningless, but it is no serious change, no entitlement reform, no tax reform, no serious deficit reduction, no big debt reduction, same old same old, steady as she goes, do nothing, walk away. >> no tax increases, that was

the big thing the democrats were going to ask for, and the republicans said no way. >> fee increases, when you have a government with all the things you have to pay for with all of these different expenses, that probably will happen, there are no tax increases which is what president obama would have liked. what the democrats will claim is they were able to prevent the republicans from medicare, so basically what they have done is given a clean slate to the democrats and republicans. >> do you think they both want to get through the election? >> no, i don't think it is through the election, i think it is to get through the shutdown, the other thing that this deal does, it resets the number so that the house and senate are working from the same baseline production, that was not the case before. they were not able to talk to one another. this does get washington working a little bit again. >> i've been reading analysis on this since it was announced a couple of hours ago. the split in sequestration release is $455 billion in

nondefense, $520 billion in defense -- >> well, wait, it says sequestration relief does not mean that some spending -- >> well, sequestration has -- >> that is cutting -- >> built in, but they have relieved that. >> if you relieve it, that means you put some spending back in. >> but remember, the sequestration was arbitrary, it basically said we can't come to an agreement so here is the cuts. and the military took it on the chin. >> but it did give us some discipline we didn't have before. >> but that is why i think it gets fought out in the 2010 mid-term election. if people really want change in washington they have an opportunity to vote next year. and that way -- if republicans are serious, they will ltry to win back the senate so they can effect change in the last two years of the obama administration. >> i like the penny plan, call me crazy, i'm sick of baseline budgeting. you have built-in increases that

-- it would be like every american getting an 8% increase each year. so the penny plan is you drop a pen out of every dollar washington spends, every year for five years. i think the american people would get it because they live that life. and i think it would be good to finally get us some balance. >> everybody is subject to exactly the same discipline. every department down a penny in every dollar for five straight years. everybody, across the board. this is the budget. live with it. now -- that is discipline. >> i kind of like that. the other thing i like about this deal, i would turn to you for a comment on this, for the business community, it does at least give them a little bit of confidence to keep hiring and hopefully to bring -- get americans working again. >> well, i don't know about confidence to go out hiring and get america working again. what it does is give some certainty. this is the government's spending plan for at least the next one year, probably two years, that is valuable, in and

of itself. >> i agree. >> because it clears up the mess, what will we really end up with. here is the deal, they are proposing to add $24.9 billion in tax fees to airline travel cost. i think this is an indication where the tax increase, and that is what it is, is going to be wildly unpopular. many say the rich should pay -- >> the house is scheduled to leave in two days. they had to file this bill late tonight because that is the only way it gets on the calendar friday. then the senate takes it up. that means they don't need 60 votes, they need 51. when we get through this in the next 48 hours -- >> what if we're deadlined? >> actually that helps the senate republicans, because they only need 51, all the senate republicans can vote against it. which means then going into the 2014 election they didn't vote

for this deal. i think it would actually be okay with them. and coming up, take a good look at the photo right there. do you know who president obama is shaking hands with? cuban dictator raoul castro. now, this is not the first time the commander-in-chief embarrassed himself in front of the world. more coming up. and what you think of tonightay should be, option number two, was of the u.s. and the flash mob, watch this.

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. and welcome back, the long list of president obama, mistakes on the world stage is growing, earlier before making the speech to honor nelson mandela, he stopped in his tracks to shake the hands of raoul castro, the dictator. some described it as nauseating that the world leader would stop to shake the hand of a thug. but sadly, this was not the first time. in 2009, he graciously accepted

an anti-american book from madman, hugo chavez. he sat through a rant against the u.s. that was delivered by the socialist president, ortega, now is it just me? or does it look like the president is willing to give me time to our enemies than our allies. think problem with this? >> oh, my goodness -- >> none whatsoever, sean, i mean, i think it is a disservice to the facts to suggest that the president embraced mr. castro, let's not begrudge the leader of the free world for doing a hand shake -- >> with a murderer -- >> for shaking the soviet union's president's hand, or hugo chavez, the truth of the matter is you look at the

actions followed by the words. what did the president say in a thinly veiled barb? he said too many times there are leaders that embrace the solidarity of mandela's struggle for freedom, yet they don't tolerate dissent from their own people. nothing more could be interpreted as a cold sting from the verbal slap, as much ado about the hand shake. >> first of all, our president is shaking hands with a dictator who jailed and tortured many more political prisoners, than the south african regime that jailed nelson mandela. and he was shaking hands. and it seemed he was slightly bowing in front of a dictator who is currently keeping an american as a hostage and a political prisoner, there are just so many elements to this

that you can't possibly make it up. >> this, to me is not the biggest offense of the president. but i will tell you this, armand, when i see the president give f-16s, tanks, $1.5 billion to mohammed morsi who was the former head of the muslim brotherhood, and which obviously could be used one day against israel, that troubles me. getting in bed with iran the way he is trying to right now as they move forward and play this game of cat and mouse as they play their nuclear capabilities, is naive to a large extent, to me, the president dissing benjamin netanyahu as often as he has, it seems he is trying to make friends with those people. >> that is certainly your opinion, and you're entitled to it. you look at opinion polls around the world, the standing of the united states in the eyes of the

world is higher than in the clinton era. >> no, it is not. you can't make up facts. >> no one is making up facts, the fact of the matter is, to try to disparage who represented this country with great pride today. think of the message sent for the african american to go before the people in south africa. >> let me ask you a question, do you really think it is smart to give a guy that referred to the israelis, our ally, as descendents of apes and pigs, to give him that kind of aid? >> i think it is a false dicotomy, i asked if you think it is smart, answer the question. >> the question here is, how did president obama conduct himself today before the eyes of the world. >> i'm asking you if you think it is smart to give the former head of the muslim brotherhood -- listen, can you hear me,

because this is not a hard question, i'm talking about in general, this president has a consistent policy of dealing with the wrong people. do you think it is smart to go against our allies and give a muslim brotherhood leader of egypt tanks, f-16s and money, is that smart to you? >> i'm not here to speak about the foreign policy choices of the president when it comes to the middle east, i am talking about the performance before the south african people where he represented this country with distinction and pride -- we're showing a lot of weakness, umberto, you get the last word. >> the longest suffering political prisoners in history were not jailed in south africa. many of them were black and

jailed in cuba by the man who obama shook hands with and bowed before. >> all right, guys, good to see you, appreciate it. coming up next, a new anti-gun ad featuring children released to coincide with the newtown tragedy, is it fair and appropriate. and then later, civil rights leader jesse jackson is in hot water for saying that apartheid is alive in the united states. and the king of late night, number one rated host in late night that nbc is dumb enough to fire a second time. jay leno. i tell you this winter storm has left thousands without electricity, it looks like friends of obama has taken over the power company. and don't forget, we always want to hear from you, "hannity live," share your thoughts, or you can go to twitter at sean hannity. we'll continue.

. and welcome back to "hannity," as the one-year anniversary approaches from the sandy hook elementary school shooting, one activists have a solemn element for that day. take a look. >> on december 14th, we'll have a moment of silence for newtown. but with 26 more school shootings since that day, ask yourself, is silence what

america needs right now? >> now, while everyone in the country can agree something needs to be done to prevent future incidents like the one that occurred last year in newtown, questions are raised on whether or not groups like this are using tragedies like this to push through their gun agenda. lois lane, kerry picket, that is our fun name for her, is this politicalizing tragedy? >> absolutely, because the liberals could not get their gun control bill through much earlier in the year, we see them strongly supporting gun control to dropping way down to at least ten more points, and only about 27% are pushing it.

and frankly, you know, people want to be able to protect their own children and themselves, and further -- further gun control bills and politicalizing of an event, frankly takes away from their argument. >> alexis, let's say god forbid you have a child in school and you turn on the news and you see one of these incidents is happening at your child's school, god forbid, and would you rather that there be an armed guard in that school at that moment? or would you prefer nobody in the school besides the shooter have a gun? >> i don't think this is about whether or not we have -- >> no, no, no, i asked you a question. >> it is a much broader conversation. >> before we get to that, in that moment, if you knew your school had armed guards would you be glad or would you wish they were not there? >> quite frankly with the kinds of military assault weapons that exist that people without -- >> you're not answering my question, you don't want to answer my question.

>> because the armed guard guy may not be able to compete with somebody who has a high magazine capacity. >> i would be glad -- >> if my kid in school had armed guards i would be glad to know they were there in that moment in the situation i'm describing for you. >> and what i would be grateful for, to have a much broader conversation in this country about how we can reduce the number of shootings altogether. and we haven't been able to do anything about it, kerry, that is the challenge. >> but actually ever since -- we have seenles go through the roof, and think about this, the murder rate has gone down. so granted, this is a horrible trage tragedy, but in the same light just because people are buying more guns now, doesn't mean the murder rate is going through the roof. it is actually going down. >> let me ask you, if we had retired military guys that are retired at every school, the front line of defense, if god

forbid something happens, wouldn't that be a good way -- and if every criminal knew that every school had armed guards, i think the message would be sent, we're not going to have sitting ducks, the gun-free zones that people wouldn't even think about it. >> democrats in the '90s were fully in support of having armed guards or at least police, basically in the schools. what happened was, over the years, money was cut from that particular program. and so unfortunately, now, we see people say oh, well, an armed guard is not going to help. well, actually why is it then that very rich people have armed guards around them. >> well, alexis, let's say god forbid somebody breaks into your house in the night, would you be glad you had a gun? >> no, i would not want a gun. >> well, then, how would you defend it, when they get there

it is over. >> this is not about arming every american, this is about making sure we have very responsible gun ownership. >> retired policemen -- >> that every gun sold has a background check to deal with these mentally unstable folks. >> we already -- >> that is not true. >> you're not going to be able to stop. >> there are gun shows where people can just purchase these firearms. >> law abiding people obey the laws. >> we don't need these military grade weapons with high capacity, that is what the newtown shooting was about. >> you're missing the point. do you know how quickly i can drop a click and put another one in my gun? it is seconds. >> military assault weapons are not what people actually think they are. we're talking about here -- people up on capitol hill, they want to ban even semiautomatic weapons because those hold high capacity magazines. so then you're talking about things like a glock 19 pistol, when you see a pistol like that

you're not thinking oh, wow, that is military grade. that is something congress does want to ban. and that would be part of an assault weapons ban. >> as well it should be, if we're concern border the safety of our children and concerned about our ability to protect ourselves. >> then put retired policemen. >> i agree, i think it is a great idea. >> that will solve the problem. >> people can protect themselves with firearms, that is the thing. >> by the way, i would urge you to get trained in the use of a firearm to protect yourself and your family. >> i will be more than happy. >> coming up next tonight right here on "hannity". >> and even today while we won the apartheid battle against skin apartheid, on the surface level, the part that remains -- >> jesse jackson's controversial comments about the existence of apartheid in america is not sitting well with people. we'll explain after the break. and we'll let you know more, straight ahead.

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. and welcome back to "hannity" now, while remembering former south african president nelson mandela, the reverend jesse jackson argued that despite mandela's struggle to end apartheid in south africa, it was also here in the united states. >> even while we won the battle against skin apartheid, the surface level, the part that remains, the apartheid gaps in poverty and health care and education, we're in the middle of the end of the apartheid struggle even now. >> now, sadly those comments came just after two days liberal and nbc host chris matthews made these outrageous remarks about apartheid era leaders in south

africa being more patriotic than republicans in congress. >> the difference between the inevitable election, the democratic election of nelson mandela, legitimate election, truly legitimate for the first time, he was never legitimately liked, for him to recognize his role in history which was to be a patriot, at that point is so different than the way mitch mcconnell handled the election of obama, so different, to sum it up that way, they were willing, the mcconnell people on the far right were willing to destroy the country in order to destroy obama. whereas to succeed in a country that he loved, f.w. de klerk was willing to see it transformed to black rule so that it could be done successfully so he could see his country have a better reaction. >> guys, good to see you, thank you for joining us. leo, do you agree with those comments? is there apartheid in america

today? >> well, sure, i can tell you, let me just name off two states, idaho where mark furman lived, and utah -- let me be clear, you think it is funny, people like me can't go to idaho and wyoming, those are segregated states and always will, they're apartheid states, are you kidding me? how many blackings are in idaho, and in utah, you can laugh because you get a free pass. >> come on, leo, i'm not your woman, and i'm going to respect you tonight. you know what, leo, i've gone to -- idaho -- so you're telling me that a black person, so a black person can't go to idaho today because what, they will be killed or lynched? you sound ridiculous, you're

pushing these lies -- >> name me one black federal politician. >> hey, leo, where is mia love from? she is black, she is from utah. >> she is the black woman ran f congress lost. >> she is running again, leo. she's running for congress again. >> leo, you just said that black people didn't live in these estates. it's not true. not true. >> i got statistics sean. i'm glad you said that..8% 0.8% live in idaho. 1.3% live in utah. >> are you suggesting people that are minorities can't live there? is that what you're saying, suggesting people in idaho and utah are racist? >> idaho and utah do not encourage blacks to live there. >> that is ridiculous. what you said, leo. let's go back to what

jesse jackson said saying apart eyed -- apart apartheid is -- >> i wanted to belong to >> oprah couldn't buy a house in certain portions of florida. >> leo, shame on you. >> stop it. >> she's using her color. >> i wanted to be a member of a club a bunch of liberals didn't want me there can you believe it? >> i'm a civil rights attorney. i believe in a color blind society. >> very a question for leo. >> you're using race to justify apartheid. >> if you believe in equality for black americans why aren't talking about the black genocide going on in chicago?

young black men killing each other? let's talk about out of wedlock children. >> leo? let's talk about >> wait a minute. wait a minute. >> answer her question. >> thank you. >> black genocide? i thought we're talking about apartheid. >> answer it. >> that is the talking point? >> she asked a question. >> black on black crime. here is my answer you can v.kids and older people being massacred. she asked what you think about it. >> here is the answer. that is a tragedy. do you, let me ask this woman a question. do you believe apartheid exists is the fact there are people that would not send oprah winfrey home? >> who is going to send oprah winfrey home? i didn't hear about that. >> i was -- >> leo, i will give this to you. nobody argues that racism does

exist. but you're talking about apartheid. economic inequality. >> that is another talking point. >> sean and i don't predo things we have a nice conversation. but let's talk about the economics disparity caused by black themselves. black on black crime is awful. who is causing that? white people? >> i have a last comment. barack obama about to enter the sixth year of his president sichlt i'll let you answer one at a time. crystal, are black americans better off under his policies? >> absolutely not. congressional black caucus said after they got black americans to vote for obama a second time they said they're going to hold the president accountable. because if he was white they'd be

marching in front of the white house with the jobless rate. >> leo are black americans better off? >> yes. by the mere fact that this country has taken a step ahead i can believe any person regardless of color can become president of the country. you admitted you're talking with sean. talking points. >> we did not talk before we -- at all today. or yesterday or a week or month ago. >> we haven't talked for a couple weeks. >> leo? >> i got to go. how is oj. >> fine. >> how is mark fuhrman doing. >> be sure to tune in to on the record each week night at company 7:00. don't miss it. we'll continue.

welcome back to hannity. time to reveal the video of the day the speech mike ditka gave. >> i've been living a dream 74 years. i hope it never stops. i hope it doesn't. for you people have been a big part of my dream. you brought great joy to be able to please you. the players in 1985 are the greatest collection of guys i've ever been around. my teammates of 1963, what a great bunch of guys. that was coach's last championship i'm proud to be part of that team. what those guys accomplished but i can go on i wanted to say thank you, thank you, thank you. and go, bears! >> congratulations coach ditka.

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