look like. buy your copy of "settle for more" right now. it makes the perfect gift for anyone on your list. it is available on amazon or anywhere books are sold. thank you for joining us tonight. i'm sandra smith and in is "the kelly file." ♪ is "the kelly file." welcome to "hannity." president-elect donald trump made several key additions to his in-come white house staff. i'm eric bolling in for sean. harvey eleven and former ambassador john bolton will be here tonight. but first, the president-elect making major announcements today. kellyanne conway will serve as counselor to the president and sean spicer will be the white house press secretary. here now with reaction is kellyanne conway herself. thank you for coming out antalking to usç tonight.

congratulations from the deepest part of my heart. you deserved it. >> eric. thank you. i know you mean that. i appreciate it. >> what made you make the decision. you said i'm not going to d.c. i'm going to new jersey. what made it for you? what are you going to do for the president? >> i'll always be a jersey girl, eric. that's clear. what i'll be doing for the president is i'll be in the west wing as one of his senior adviser ps. title is counselor to the president. and basically the portfolio is expected to include some communication bs, data and strategy, perhaps some of the capitol hill or intergovernmental work. that's yet to be determined by the president and the senior team. essentially the way i've advised him will continue. it's both an honor and frankly very humbling, the gravity and the responsibility of the job of president of the united states obviously possessed by donald trump. you see him in this transition, how energetic, how focused, how

brilliant his cabinet picks have been. and i think that implicit being with donald trump throughout the campaign, is that those of us who could serve would go inside with him and continue that service on behalf of him and vice president elect pence. i also, you know within my main struggle was about my four children, whom you've met, and frankly i feel secure and confident that president trump's white house and indeed his west wing will be a family friendly place. i've seen him up close and personal with his own family, with his 10-year-old son, his wife and his adult children and their children and their spouses. this is a man who values families. who has been great to a number of people working for the trump foundation, whether they're women who have small children. and men who have small children frankly or sick elderly relatives. that's his practice i know he's

take into the west wing. this is a series of conversations i've had with him directly. >> you're going to be the senior most female in the white house. can you give us a sense of the gravity of that? >> well, first i would exclude from that description any of his family members. if his daughter comes inside, obviously she'll be very senior, ivanka trump, brilliant mind, very important to her father in the business and perhaps if things work out in the white house or in hiqç administration. and certainly his wife melania trump has the role of first lady of the united states. that's in and of itself the most amazing, i think, role and the most senior woman. but in terms of staff, you are correct. right now that's the case. and also, i mean, take into account that you have a number of high ranking women who are serve in the cabinet. that's very exciting.

so for me i feel the same responsibility that the men do on the team, which is to do what we can do articulate and to move forward the agenda that president trump put forward. it's very specific. it's there for all to see. it's his 100-day plan in the first few months. it's bold and it's the one that america voted for. it includes unleashing energy, infrastructure, repealing obamacare, renegotiating the trade deals so they're more favorable to americans and the american worker. there's so much to do. there's an office of -- there's a white house office of women and girls i'll need to talk internally about what that means in a trump administration. that is something that obviously that may interest me or that my skill setç would be compatible with but it really depends what this president puts forward. >> sure. i met all four of the beautiful young ladies last night at a restaurant as well with you. so let me transition a little

bit. you talked about the first 100 days days. in the wake of major attacks around the world, can you please nail down what is donald trump, president donald trump's policy going to be with muslim immigration to the united states? >> so, as the president-elect has said many times and as people with sigh on the website, he's been specific about what we need to do strongly and differently than what exists now. one is more careful and extreme vetting as he refers to it, of people in countries where -- or frankly of countries where they're known to train and harbor and indeed export terrorists and terrorism. that would help a great deal. also not looking the other way. when we see what's going on, we see what's happening. we know that isis has said they plan to quote blend in with the syrian refugees and other folks who are doing a mass immigration

somewhere. so that's very concerning. he also just wants to crack down -- he wants this to be a sovereign nationç that has borders and respects his borders. we know who lives around us. and in addition to terrorism coming through our shores and over the borders is that drugs are. its people and drugs. there's great concern now every time he's said isis was involved in one of these attacks either in san bernardino, or orlando, nice and berlin, he's been correct. he doesn't say it because he wants to be correct. he says it because he knows that terrorism is on the advance and that isis and radical islamic terrorism must be stopped. he is going to do things differently. if you look at the vacuum that was created after he got out of iraq it allowed isis to flourish and they're on the advance. the first thing you have to do to defeat something is to name

it. is to be willing to name it. he names it and he's got a great plan. also he wants the allies in other countries to be involved. we believe there's strength in numbers and we would love the help of owes to defeat and eradicate terrorists all together. >> before i lose you, mr. trump also named some seniorç communications staff team, sean spicer press secretary, hope hicks, been there since day one un, we jason miller and dan miller. i've worked with a lot of these people. they're fantastic, they're capable and able. big group. are you proud of them in. >> i'm enormously proud of them and very proud to serve with them in the white house. that's called four stars, that team. and dan ska vein no, the director of social media has been with the president-elect since day one as well. jason miller obviously the coms

director. sean spicer, after i came on board in august, we brought on sean spicer. we had a conversation with rein reince priebus on how to share sewn sean. what's important about the team is they're familiar with the president-elect and he with them. and there's a certain familiarity there. and they're proven to be able to focus and put your head down and ignore the naysayers and the critics. >> before i lose you i want to ask you, how will the new team deal with a biassedç mainstrea media? >> well, again, you have to name it to conquer it and you just did. that's not true of all of the media. but we recognize that there's been an unprecedented deluge of negative media to donald trump. he's the president of the united states. the american people saw through that. they know how to deal with it.

we know how to forge positive relationships with the print and press when they want to have complete and fair coverage and we're all working on that on his behalf. he's working on that. he had an off the record briefing are media on sunday night, a cocktail party which was really nice. we'll continue in that vein. >> congratulations. thank you for joining us. coming up, sore loser liberals are plotting their next move to try to take down president-elect donald trump. we'll tell you what they're up to and get reaction from lewandowski. and ivanka and her family was harassed by a flight today. plus, former ambassador john bolton is here later tonight to react to the terror attack in

♪ live from america's news headquarters i'm patricia stark. australian police say they thwarted a coordinated bomb plot. five people have been detained, suspecting of planning a series of attacks inç melbourne, australia's sec largest city. the group is suspected of being inspired by isis, planning the attacks at a train station, square and cathedral. they believe the threat has been neutralized. a fire breaking out in a high rise building in new york city. the flames and smoke in the building on the upper west side injuring at least 24 people. two people were critically injured and four others suffered potentially serious injuries. the fire broke out in a third floor apartment and quickly spread to the fourth floor before being extinguished. it is not clear what sparked the fire. i'm patricia stark and now back to "hannity." for all of your headlines log on

to foxnews.com. ♪ welcome back to "hannity." according to a brand-new report from "politico" after getting creamed by president-elect donald trump and the republicans, dems are now plotting their comeback but instead of focusing on pushing the narrative of hope and change, the democratic party plans to trash president-elect trump's cabinet nominees in an attempt to expose them as billionaires and hard liner hospital are, quote, directly at odds with the working class americans he vowed to help. so will democrats really be able to mount a comeback using the same, old, tiredç strategy of identity politics? joining me for reaction is avenue strategies partner corey lewandowski. corey, so politico is recording the dems plan to mount a big battle at the nomination hearings. what say you? >> you know what i think, eric? i think once again it is a democratic party who has lost

touch with the american electorate. you know, what we saw was donald trump's decisive victory because he went out and won in states that his message resonated in, which is let's get our jobs back, let's renegotiate our trade deals, let's not say tpp is the gold standard and change when i have political pressure on me. look, this is the democrat's play book, out of the old play book, what caused them to lose the election in the worst electoral defeat since 1984 when ronald reagan was elected. they're out of touch with reality. until recently the economic job growth has been stagnant compared to other countries. taxes are too high and americans want something different. the only way the democrats can be successful is attacking donald trump's nominees to fill out the cabinet because he knows and they know those people will do exactly what donald trump said, which is streamline the government and make it more responsive to the people. >> but they can't. they can whine and cry and, youç know, blame and point fingers, but at the end of the day they have 48 senators. they don't have the votes.

>> well, they don't have the("; votes. but, look, this is how the system works. they want to go and make a bunch of noise. the bottom line is they lost, and elections have consequences. and it wasn't, you know, more than two months ago where most of the mainstream media was saying how it would be such a landslide on behalf of hillary clinton and, you know, the democrats are changing the rules. don't forget, when the democrats had the majority in the u.s. senate they're the ones that got rid of -- you know, they're the ones that implemented the so-called nuclear reaction shon which no longer needed 60 votes, it was a simple majority. this is harry reed's own doing and they have to live by it. >> donald trump met with the ceo of boeing. remember, he pushed back a little built, or rather aggressively pushed back saying do we need to spend $4 billion on two airplanes, a new air force one and air force two? the ceo exited the meeting and said, you know, we will come in under budget. he's not even president yet and saving us money. >> well, this is amazing, right?

this is donald trump in the mold of teddy roosevelt using the bully pulpit to say, you know what, i'm going to look at everything that the federal government spends money on. we can save taxpayer money and deliver on time. that's what we want from our president. that's what the american people expected when they elected donald trump. that's what he is going to deliver on. >> what is the message to others that sell goods and services to the american government? should they be on call as well? >> look, donald trump is a business executive and has built a very, very successful business over a 40-year career and has amassed $10 billion worth of assets. he is going to take that mindset and now be the ceo of the american public, be the ceo of

the united states of america and making sure that the taxpayers' dollars are used to the best of their ability. what you will see i think from donald trump and his administration is looking at every budget, at every number and every program and saying, is this the best we can do? can we take this money and can we return it to the middle class? can we provide tax cuts? that's what the american people sent him there to do. that's what he's going to do as next ceo of our country. >> talk to us a little bit abouç that. we have seen quite a hefty stock market rally since the election. what is that? can you attribute the trump bump, is that true, or was it people finally happy there's no longer a democrat in office? >> no, i think this is directly related to donald trump's election as president of the united states. if you remember, before he actually made his acceptance speech saying that he was going to be the president-elect, the stock market had fallen. he came out and made a fantastic speech, the stock market has rallied and been rallying for the last six weeks. look, the american people have

confidence again. he is saying i'm going to make sure we keep our jobs here, i'm putting americans first. i know it is a novel idea for some people, but that's what he ran on. if you look what he did with carrier where he saved with 1100 jobs or the deal he cut with a foreign entity where they will invest $50.50,000 new jobs, he has done it before he has taken the oath of office. >> he seems proud of these things, and he should be. honestly i'm proud of him. he's saving me money. i'm a taxpayer. corey, what does the future for corey lewandowski look like? what is going on with you next? >> you know what i want to do is make sure that all of those individuals who supported donald trump that were outside of the main political system, whether it was republicans or democratic party, they continue to have a voice. so, you know, we're going to start a firm that will make sure that weç can support donald trump's agenda of getting tax cuts done, getting better trade deals done, making sure that his nominees for respective positions in the cabinet are moved through the u.s. senate and making sure that in 2018 when you've got a number of

democrat senators up for reelection in competitive states that donald trump won, we have the right candidates that are trained in the grassroots supporting them to push donald trump forward. >> how will you do that. what will the come physically be doing? is it lobbying, a pr firm, what is it? >> you know, it is not -- look, i'm not going to be a registered lobbyist. what i'm going to do is be a consultant to some of the campaigns, some of thecandidate competitive primaries whether u.s. senate or representatives. i want to make sure we support the candidates supporting donald trump's agenda. moreover, corporations are getting killed by the federal government because they can't get an answer. if we have the ability to get them a fast knno rather than a maybe, it is something they will appreciate. >> you saw this thing build and grow and turn into a presidency. what is it like -- you're not involved in it right now, but just from the outside looking in, what are your feelings or emotions about it? >> look, it is obviously veryç

humbling to have been -- had a front row seat at history. but, you know, it is so much bigger than any one person. donald trump has always said he is the person leading this movement, but it is the american people that stood up. you know, they've been so disappointed for the last 30 years that republicans and democrats in washington have lied to them, and they finally have a person that will go there and stand up for their own interests that isn't bought and paid for by special interests. i think weighs the american people are looking for to. >> we will leave it right there. corey lewandowski, thank you very much. coming up, tmz is reporting that ivanka trump was harassed by a passenger on a flight earlier today. tmz founder harvey levin will be here with all of the details. later. >> you know my plans all along. 100% correct. what is happening is disgraceful. after the terror attack in germany president-elect trump says he is 100% right about the dangers in taking in refugees. former ambassador john bolton here later to weigh in. that and more as "hannity" continues.

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♪ welcome back to "hannity." ivanka trump and her children had a rough start to holiday weekend when they were reportedly harassed by a fellow passenger earlier today on a flight out of new york. according to tmz who reported the incident, jetblue personnel had to remove the unruly passenger off the flight. released a statement saying, the decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly. if the crew determines a customer is causing conflict on the flight, the customer will be asked to deplane especially if the crew feels the situation runs the risk of escalation on the flight. harvey levin, big story you woke. i think every american watching isç scratching their head and saying, unbelievable this family wanted to board a plane and get to the other coast and they're being harassed. >> i have to say even people who don't support trump are saying this is a jerk move.

what happened was there was a guy and his husband at jfk and they spotted ivanka and her family. one of the guys, a lawyer, was holding a baby on the plane and screamed, your father is ruining this country, started as it was put to us by somebody on the plane jeering at ivanka's kids as he is saying this. also screaming out loud, why is she on our flight? she should be flying private. which i don't kind of get why he would scream that. but, you know, at first you just think, okay, it is a guy who just had his emotions get the best of him. but then we found out that this guy's husband an hour earlier tweeted or facebooked and this is a quote, ivanka and jared at jfk terminal five flying commercial. my husband is chasing them down to harass them. so it seemed like it was planned to go after her publicly, and

they did. they escorted them off the plane. >> harvey, you report that this guyç was jeering at the -- jeering at the children. i mean i can't imagine -- did the other passengers get involved? >> nobody got involved. matter of fact, even ivanka decided to deescalate this by not even looking or engaging the guy, and instead what she was doing, she was concerned about her kids who were sitting there. and they -- she started giving them crayons to color to try and distract them from this guy, but he was just -- he wanted to make his point and he did, and ultimately got booted off the plane. >> man, harvey, i got to think, everyone has gotten on a plane, a lot got on with our kids and all you want to do is get down, get the kids and get them on the road, and they have people standing in the aisle berating and harassing. this clown, i don't know, should he be arrested? >> well, no. i mean, look, ultimately this becomes the new normal for the trump family, that there are

people who don't like them, and maybe don't like him and take it out on her. but it is kind of the new normal. she was extremely cool the way she handled it. my guess is probably people have screamed at her before. this was a little more problematic because she is confined with her family in these seats. by the way, she was flying coach. >> yeah. let me ask you about that. do we have aç report on why -- you know, look, they have access to private -- listen, i admire them for doing it, but jetblue. >> don't admire them too much. i'm tell you what is going on. they flew jetblue coach because they went with -- they went with -- ivanka went with her husband, with the three kids and a bunch of cuss can ins in addition to secret service. there were so many people they all kind of clustered in coach. but what happened was they landed not too long ago and they were escorted on the tarmac to a private jet where they went to their final destination. so, you know, jetblue only goes

so far for them. >> i think they have free television on every seat anyway. harvey, thank you very much. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. joining with reaction is trump transition team executive member reverend darrell scott, psychology expert dr. gina loudon, and mr. bo dietl. your thoughts on this, bo? i want to arrest this guy. >> first of all, stop knocking jetblue. there's no first class to florida. they don't have first class to florida. i fly it all the time, i fly it all the time. that's not the issue right here. this happened to them in new york, jared,ç and i know tm very well, beautiful kids. this is so wrong. they're taking this in new york too, people jumping out saying negative stuff to them. we have to stop it already. the election is over. we have to respect the president of the united states whether you're a democrat like me or a republican, you have to respect donald trump. he's going to be our president, and pence is going to be our

vice president. we have to start accepting. the trump family is one of the nicest families and those kids can, i know every one of them. how wrong is that for those little kids to be put into this situation? >> i'm going to my other panel members here. gina, what do you think of this? i mean dr. gina, what is the psychology of this? >> yeah, don't you -- don't you just wish, eric, that we had loving, peaceful, tolerant types like this couple running our country instead of the trumps? what a class act first of all on the part of ivanka trump. it is what we've come to expect from the trump children can and the trump family in general. how very tolerant, by the way, of her. can you imagine, eric, if the situation were reversed and if this were, for example, a member of the obama family -- first of all flying coach, we would all be shocked, but it would be on the cover of every newspaper. you know it. if the situatko and ivanka said one word back to this couple, they would be

asking for a safe space, a cry room and a therapy dog. >> don't forget the juice box, that's important. reverend scott, your thoughts? >> this moron had no right at all to approach and endeavor or try to intimidate ivanka trump. you know, her and jared are probably the nicest couple you ever want to meet. >> yeah. >> this guy needs to be taken to jail. if this had been chelsea clinton or anything like that and someone approached them, it would be an outrage. you know what i see? it seems to me as if the left is only tolerant of those who agree with them. you disagree with them, they're very intolerant. for them to approach her, knowing she has children with her and things like that, it was very classless, moronic, it was stupid and idiotic. should have locked him in jail. >> that's relevant, they're with the kids. >> you could see the character of this guy, he was holding a baby in his arms when he was opening his mouth, had to protect him. if he was by himself, there would have been another man that would have knocked over there, and if i was on the plane or the reverend, i would have walked up

there an put him in his place, but he had the baby to protect him. say, why don't you shut your mouth and sit down, respect people if you want respect. >> gina? >> yeah, eric, once again, if if situation wereç reversed and ivanka said anything of this sort, child protective services would have met her when she got off the plane to question her why she would express such intolerance and hostility at someone on a plane. but this is a woman flying with her children, and these words were said not only in front of the couple's child but in front of ivanka's children. it is classless and in poor taste. >> reverend scott, this couple got escorted off and took the next flight. it wasn't that much of a hardship. meanwhile, they have all of this media attention. >> you know what else? this was a same sex couple. if they had been approached and harassed because they were a same sex couple, the entire country would be in an outrage. i don't understand why they of all dynamics or demographics

should have been the ones trying to harass and intimidate her. >> well, the final thought is that, again, the trump family, the sons, the daughter, the son-in-law, all -- i was at the wedding of donald trump junior and donald. this is a beautiful family. >> yes. >> we have a great first family. you know what? this is real wrong, and i just can't believe ivanka had to take this and her husband and these children. i'm sorry to them. i apologize for this, this man. >> and atç christmas. >> yeah. gina quick thought. >> and it's christmas! show a little love. >> right. merry christmas. >> show a little love at christmas time. >> we're going to say thank you to reverend scott, gina and merrill candidate bo dietl. coming up next on "hannity." you've known my plans all along and i have proven to be right, 100% correct. what is happening is disgraceful. >> president-elect trump says the terror attack in germany proves he's 100% right about the

threat refugees pose. former ambassador john bolton here with reaction next. later. the problem is we have all of these filters. if i watched fox news i wouldn't vote for me either because, you know, you've got this screen, this fun house mirror through which people are receiving information. >> well, remember when president obama said that? he's at it again, blaming fox news and conservative media for all of his problems. lisa boothe, niger innis and steve hilton all here later with reaction. that and a whole lot more as "hannity" continues. ♪ lisa boothe and nigel innis are here next with reaction. that and more as "hannity" continues. ♪

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you know my plans all along. i've been proven to be right, 100% correct. what is happening is disgraceful. >> that was president-elect donald trump yesterday reacting to the berlin attack and saying he was right about the risk of taking in refugees. in fact, president-elect trump has beenç sounding the alarm about the dangers for a very long time. watch this. when i'm elected president, we will suspend the syrian

refugee program, and we will keep radical islamic terrorists out of our country. i will sus spent immigration and refugee admissions from regions where they cannot be safely processed or vetted. we are going to have extreme vetting. >> we've seen islamic terror attacks from paris to belgium to san bernardino, one after another, again and again. we're going to stop. i am going to keep radical islamic terrorists out of our country. joining us with reaction is fox news contributor, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolton. ambassador bolton, thanks for joining us. you heard that montage. donald trump, candidate donald trump used radical islamic terrorists quite a few times,

but president-elect donald trump also used that term. i notice the white house still has a problem using that term. >> well, and they will for the next month, too. i think when donald trump is sworn in,ç he has powerful incentives to do exactly what he said he was going to do in screening, number one. he said it so many times, it is really a center piece of his campaign. second, let's be clear, he will be subject to unmerciful attacks if somebody comes into this country after january the 20th and commits a terrorist attack. i think we've got a massive amount of work to do to protect americans from people coming in illegally, not just islamic terrorists but other threats to our national security. i think we've ignored not only the threat at the border, the third border including airplanes and ports, but what happens after they get here as well. this terrible tragedy in berlin demonstrates thej7 in berlin demonstrates the germans have failed across the board as well. we're vulnerable in that way to.

>> governor walker was on the program a couple of months ago and he mentioned that states have no say if there's a refugee placed into their state or a number of refugees are put in their states. how do we stop this from happening? what do we need to do on the federal level that says states, you don't want refugees, you don't have to take them. we'll existed ten or more years ago, you know,ç refugees -- which t let's be clear, these are people requesting political asylum. they're doing it on fwas they e ha -- on the basis they have aum a well-founded fear of persecution because of religious beliefs, ethnicity, whatever., it is not just they come from a war zone and would rather live a here. that's not something thendwoul e administration followed. typically you would have a church group, a family or ethnic soegs to s association to say we'll help take these people in, to integrate them into the

community, we'll look out for them, so the state and local government had some assurance the people weren't coming in and disappearing and not surfacing again. i don't know why we can't go back to that. i think it is a perfectly legitimate and sensible way to proceed and it helps the refugees, too. the legitimate to ones anyway. >> let's talk about what is going on in europe. angela merkel has her hands full with this berlin terror attack.s have we not learned anything from them? are we still willing -- we noted last night there's going to be somewhere around 110,000 refugees from all parts of the world, syria, afghanistan, iraq, other countries, yemen, who are going to come into the country. is this a big mistake? >> i think voters in europe are reacting to itç already. i thinknk voters in this countr reacted to it as well. >> right. >> we have to protect our innocent civilians, that's job one for the government. >> i want to get to this story before we runun out of time, an important story we haven't heard reported anywhere. the u.n. tried to push through a

vote halting israeli h settlements. the obama administration looked the other way on this and looking possibly to get the vott pushedra through, but o president-elect donald trump said, hold on a minute,th befor you do that we vehemently, we t aggressively request a veto by the united states o that vote. >> well, this said, the media weren't covering it, you're right. a but this threat has been out there for months and very visible, that in the period between the election and the ea inauguration barack obama wouldt something in the u.n., in the b security council, in the general assembly, terribly damaging to israel, perhaps a resolution recognizing a palestinian statea perhaps this one declaring israeliael, settlements illegal something that would harm israel and prejudice the peace processt now, i think trump's statement was absolutely correct. i think it had an impact. but i think it had an impact onw obama.asct. i think egypt, which represents the whole arab league here -- not just egypt on its own -- sensed at 3:00 today thatç the

united states was going to veto. if they thought that barack obama was s going to abstain or evenn vote yes, they'd have brought that resolution to a ob vote. so thisa has been postponed, bu i don't thinknk we can say it i over yet. >> right. well, benjamin net an jaw hugh pushed president obama to say he would veto the vote if it came to a vote, and he's been reluctant to do it, not until president-elect trump said we ct will aggressively push back on this, did now egypt say, hold on, we're going to hold off on o this vote. >>in ho yes. my point is this, that registered on obama. i think what he said to -- >> but, ambassador, he wasn't going to do it until trump said so. until trump said, we're going td call you out, let the world knot that you let the palestinians ou dictate l our palestine/israel policy. >> i understand, eric. that's what i was saying.h trump's statement caused obama to say to the egyptians, this is not the time to press the resolution.

what i'm worried that they will do now is modify the resolution in some way and bring it back again in the days between now and january 20th. so the threat has been averted for the moment, but i don't think it is over yet. >> okay. beevert very quickly, about half a n minute or 'tso, whatç is our foreign policy in syria look like, and it is a big, big e. picture thing, very quickly with what is going on with russia, russia, p turkey, iran meeting talk, syria, left us out. quick thought on that? >> under barack obama in syria and the middle east russia has a bigger role, more influence in s the middle east than at any timi since the 1970s when the soviete advisers were expelled for t egypt. this is badi news for the unit states, bad news for israel, bad news for arab friends. we'll leave it right there, ambassador bolton. thank youat very much. >> thank you. up next on "hannity." >> the problem is we have all of these filters. look, if i watched fox news i wouldn't vote for me either, right? because, you know,w,se you've g this screen, this fun house

mirror through which people aren receiving information. >> well, remember when president obama said that? well, he's now once again g news and r conservative media.a we're going to show you what he is saying. and get reaction from lisa se boothe, niger innis and steve hilton. that and more as "hannity" continues. ♪" my sweethearts gone sayonara.

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welcome back to "hannity". president obama is blaming fox news, this . in a recent interview barack obama to 2008 i was never subjected to the kind of obama to so i was polling at 70%.

part two, he continued to complain about fox news, sayi saying... joining me now with reaction to the fox obsession is niger ennis and steve hilton. steve, we'll start with you. president obama invoked fox news  eight years. >> not only what he thinks he's doing, but one implication is him just making fox news more important in the national conversation. when he talks about this fictional character, the people who voted in the election just now were not responding to a fictional character. they were responding to changes in their lives and how their

lives have got worse or not gotten better in eight years. if it was a fictional character, trump won't have won.z"t3( and that is the real verdict. >> you know there is a term. saying is fox news living rent free in president obama's head? >> i think it is. it's what i look as an opportunity loss. the first black presidential candidate has done better on average than any democratic candidate has done over the last 50 years.ç we're a country ta is more racially polarized and i see it

as a real tragedy. instead of looking in the mirror and seeing where policys would be responsible for that phenomenon, he has to create the boogeyman of the conservative ecosystem led by fox news. >> lisa, where is my name? >> he's the president of the united states and sounds like a petulant child. hillary clinton can't come to terms with the fact she was a horrible candidate who did a disservice to her party. president obama can't come to terms with the fact his policies and legacy has been rejected in this cycle. you're looking where insurance premiums have increased in pennsylvania, 30%.ç

>> and steve, he's going out at a strong approval rating. what is wrong with what is going on in obama land? >> look. there is some good things. let's be fair. the way he carries himself in office. he was a great role model and great father. all those things are good. he achieved something historic. those are things he can hang on to. and people would believe. when he starts saying that everything was fantastic and only because of fox news for people that think that, it's not true, it's so obviously doesn't fit with people's real experience.

>> wages have been stagnant. african american enemployment and hispanic enum mroement far exceeds the general population. maybe that has a little to do with it. >> it's under employment. for those of us that are employed, farç too many dead e jobs. that is why 33% of hispanics voted for trump. the democratic party wants to look seriously. they've been wiped out in the obama years in terms of governorships and state led legislatu legislatures. these distractions of did not give them the tupt to do a real autopsy and self examination of their party.

>> when we've learned from this election cycle and looking at the losses as niger just pointed out, people voted for him because they he liked him but rejected his policies. we've seen it with losses on the state level with the democratic party holding fewer state legislatures and on the federal level with republicans now holding the house, senate, and white house. >> yes. and governor seats as well. >> coming up, a very important question of the day. stay with us. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business...

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