appearance. >> tucker: killed them dead. mark steyn, as always, we're grate 68. join us for the show that is the sworn enemy of lying. but stay tuned from new york city, the great sean hannity. >> sean: welcome to "hannity." president trump refusing to back down in the efforts to secure america's borders. the president again is demanding the wall be built and he is revealing the details tonight about his plan to send the national guard to the southern border. the president is also blasting unlawful sanctuary cities. and, of course, the state of california. and the mayor of oakland california who shielded criminal illegal immigrants. we are confirming that rod rosenstein received devin nunes' letter from the house intel committee to demand that rosenstein stop stonewalling record requests and be transparent with the american

people. we have that plus tonight we are going to name the names and expose who is the biggest liar in congress? which liberal democrat is it? we'll tell you later and reveal that. we have explosive text messages released between the f.b.i. love birders, and trump haters. one indicateed that strzok traveled in 2016 to interview a key witness. we have it tonight in the breaking news opening monologue. the president again leading from the front. how refreshing. frankly even dragging the weak republican party with him. as he now tries to keep the promises he made to you on the campaign trail. you, the american people. instead of being content with the congress inability to get things done, president trump again pressing ahead trying to

enact his agenda. now this now includes are you knews calls for america to get -- renews calls for america to get tougher and smarter on illegal immigration, securing our country. here is what the president said by blasting these very weak, ineffective, immigration laws. here is what he said. >> president trump: we have very, very weak laws. we have the worst laws. catch and release. we are terminating it quickly, doing it in pieces. [applause] if one foot hits our country, take those people, gently register them and release them. release them in short period of time. release them. then they are supposed to come back for a court case. we hire more judges. we are trying to liar -- trying to hire thousands of judges. we hire judges so the people will come back. if you have a baby on or land, congratulations. that baby is a united states

citizen. we are the only one. but i tell you what. the laws of the country have to be strengthened. it is crazy. we will have our wall and get it strongly. the military will be building some of it. we will have strong borders. we are going to change the laws. >> sean: the president is right. think about this. america's immigration laws are so ridiculously idiotic, foolish, outdated. and they are constantly being abused. now there is a reason why just about every other country on the face of the earth do things differently. they are tougher on illegal immigrants. mexico leads the way. the president is now taking matters into his own hands. last night he signed the proclamation that sent the national guard to the southern border to assist our border control with security until we can build the wall. tonight is saying the president saying between 2,000-4,000 troops will be sent to protect the southern border. great idea. finally we'll get it done. liberal are also furious even

though there is a long established precedent for doing this. that is right. barack obama and george w. bush did the same thing. it doesn't seem to matter to the left in this country. they just oppose every single thing the president trump does. the liberal oregon governor brown is saying she will refuse to send national guard troops from her state to the border if asked by president trump. montana governor bullock saying he will never deploy the national guard. do any of the states have opioid problems? in other words, drugs coming across the mexican border? watch the show on showtime called "trade." it will give you detail about where the drugs come from. and the battle appears to be brewing between the trump administration and the sanctuary state of california. over whether california is going to comply with the president's plan. as we have been reporting on this right here on the program, california is now ground zero for the leftist resistance to the president's attempts to combat illegal

immigration. result, president trump again is blasting sanctuary states like california and this corrupt aiding and abetting criminal behavior mayor of oakland. take a look. >> president trump: if you look in california you see what is happening. it's incredible phenomena. sanctuary cities, it's a city to protect a lot of people that are bad people. how about the mayor of oakland. where she tells a thousand people to get going. law enforcement is coming to get you. this was all planned. and many of them scattered. it was a failure. to me that is obstruction of justice. and something should happen there. and it hasn't. and i don't know why it hasn't. but something should happen there. >> sean: yeah. that is obstruction of justice. that is called "aiding and abetting" criminals. it's not daca. it's not dreamers. these are illegal immigrants in the country committing more

crimes. now remember, she gave a warning to these criminal illegal immigrants that they were going to be deported by i.c.e. and gave them a warning. because of her actions we know that hundreds of people were able to avoid being apprehended. of course, she put the border patrol in jeopardy because you don't know what is going to happen after you warn them they are going to be raided. also tonight, liberal members of the mainstream corrupt media are losing their mind over the president's comments today about sexual assault, rape and violent that are committed by some illegal immigrants against migrant women. watch this. >> president trump: remember my opening remarks at trump tower when i opened. everybody said oh, he was so tough. i used the word "rape." yesterday it came out where the journey coming up, women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before. they won't want to mention that. >> sean: here is a question for the left liberal democrats, all the people that support illegal immigration in

this country. all right. can you explain to the members of this country and our community and our family in america how it is so outrageous for the president to actually speak about the violence that is being committed by some against migrant women. think about this. if one american woman is raped, isn't that too much? if one american woman, let's say kate steinly gets murdered, isn't that one too many? nobody seems to be saying that all these people across the border are guilty of this. nobody is saying that. not all people. we know that people come across the border, they want a better life for their children, their grandchildren. we are just asking come and come legally. since the media is impervious to truth and facts, let us educate them as we always need to. earlier this week the "l.a. times" reported on the caravans that moved through latin america and they found that robberies, rapes, assaults, perpetrated by

smugglers, cartel members and mexican immigration agents are common. in one incident they pointed to a number of years ago, 72 in 2010, kidnapped migrants were killed by a cartel in northern mexico. a look at the report saying here that as many of six out of ten central american women and girls are raped as they pass through mexico hoping to cross illegally in the united states. amnesty international reported. now the numbers are beyond disturbing. and then, of course, there is all the human smugglalling, all the sex trafficking. we played the tape numerous times. 642,000 crimes, charges against illegal immigrants in a seven-year period against americans in one state. that is crimes against texans. including the most violent crimes. for all the information we have, it is a very serious problem that is impacting people in our country. what is so inexcusable about

all of this is the left refuse to respect america's right to sovereignty and security. it's not their families dealing with this apparently. this includes all the facts and all the evidence. listen to this. under president trump, border crossings are down over 70%. but since congress refused to build the wall, we are beginning to see an uptick at the border. take a look at the headline. illegal immigration up 200% this past month in march after senate legalization debate. people trying to come in the country illegal. guess what? there is nothing stupid about what they are doing. especially people that want a better life. and they know america's backdoor is wide open. they know they can essentially walk in whenever they want. that also means that people that are criminal elements can walk in. that means even gang members can walk in. that means even terrorists can walk in. every american is in jeopardy. according to the department of justice, asylum-seekers have

88% chance of avoiding expedited removal just by claiming they have a "credible fear." there is a reason why president trump poll numbers are surging. why? it's very simple. he is actually keeping his word. his campaign promises. and the american people like it. they are responding positively. no matter how much they lie about him, attack him on basically everything. this is a model for the rest of the g.o.p. and the republican party. you want to win in 2018? keep your promises. fight for the american people. basic, simple common sense and good business. all right. we also have tonight huge developments in the house intel committee. chairman devin nunes' attempt to get to the truth about the corrupt russia investigation. now the f.b.i. is finally responding tonight to chairman nunes and his request for congress to be able to see an unredacted revision of the original document that set off the phony russia probe. in a statement, the f.b.i. is

saying, "the f.b.i. received the reference letter from chairman nunes and we are reviewing it to determine the next steps. as a general matter, before f.b.i. records may be released outside the f.b.i. to include congressional committees they must first undergo the standard review and redaction process to ensure that statutorily restricted information such as grand jury material, classified material, sensitive law enforcement material, and other privileged material is not improperly disposed." okay. they first asked this in august of 2017. they have had plenty of time to do their job. you want to protect classified information? why did you give hillary a pass? why did you exonerate her without investigating her? it sounds like here the f.b.i. is going to again refuse to comply with the request to turn over unredacted documents. chairman nunes is given the bureau, the d.o.j. until next wednesday to cooperate and he

is going to issue subpoenas. i have a better idea. how about we hold rod rosenstein in contempt to congress? he is the one stonewalling. i have never seen such a level of stonewalling. it's led by rosenstein and reaching unprecedented levels. it seems that rosenstein is terrified that the american people are going to find out the truth about all the nefarious activities of the top-ranking f.b.i./d.o.j. officials were doing against the trump campaign. in other words, his friends. remember, rosenstein is the guy groveling for paul ryan in january and begging the speaker to prevent nunes from seeing the documents that later became the nunes memo. rosenstein clearly has his way we wouldn't know anything about the rampant fisa abuses. he has a major conflict of interest in all of this. he should have recused himself and he should be removed now. that is why congressman nunes is doing, you know, these things which are so important. if the f.b.i. and rod rosenstein, if they want to

continue to obstruct congress conducting oversight, nunes needs to issue more subpoenas and hold these people in contempt. the deep state is scared to death because they know the truth is being uncovered and what they did is now being exposed. and also we know it to be illegal. also tonight a house judiciary committee aide is telling fox news again the d.o.j. has failed to meet in this case chairman's deadline to turn over 1.2 million documents. this is now obstruction on their part. congress has a constitutional role. it's called "oversight." it's called "checks and balances." it's called "coequal branches of government." remember? this is why it's critical that congress keeps pressing for answers. one of the biggest liberals trying to block this from happening, oh, our friend democratic congressman wannabe msnbc conspiracy host adam schiff. he is by far the biggest liar

in the united states congress. so we have the evidence. here is why. for over a year, adam schiff has been purposefully and maliciously misleading the country about what is really going on with the russia investigation. you don't believe it? take a look at the ever-changing talking points. i mean you can't make this stuff up. he doesn't even remember his own lies. take a look. >> what do you have -- >> well, chris, unfortunately i can't go in the evidence -- >> do you have something hard you can't reveal? >> i can't reveal that, chris. >> of course there is one thing to say there is evidence, there is another thing to say we can prove this or prove it beyond a reasonable doubt or there is enough evidence to bring to a grand jury for purposes of the criminal indictment. >> i don't think we can say anything definitively at this point. we are still at the early stage of the investigation. >> we haven't seen an actual proof of cooperation and collusion. what am i missing here? >> i think you have to look at the pattern and the

chronology. the russians offered help. the campaign accepted help. the russians gave help. and the president made full use of that help. that is pretty damning. >> last march you said you had more than circumstantial evidence of treasonous activity with russia. be specific. i believe americans have a right to know a year later what that is. >> well, i certainly said that there is ample evidence of collusion. i never used the word "treason." only steve bannon used that word. if you look at the fact in the public domain, they are damning. >> the american people need to know if the russians still have something to hold over president's head, the president of the united states. so our work is far from done. i can say with confidence that there is significant evidence of collusion between the campaign and russia. >> sean: collusion is not a crime. you are supposed to be a congressman and you are nothing but a national

embarrassment. you have had 14 months. this guy is pathetic. he can't keep his own story straight and he looked stupid on "the view." which is a spectacular achievement. and at this point congressman schiff has zero credibility so that makes him perfect candidate to be a contributor on conspiracy theory msnbc. and catherine herridge received text messages from the professional trump haters strzok and page. they indicate that they interviewed a key witness days after the f.b.i. opened the russia investigation. he is the heart of all of this. according to the text, the trump-hating f.b.i. official appears to be he and his lover debating what they were going to reveal to the bosses at the f.b.i. when strzok gets back to washington, d.c. what do we tell them? how about the truth? a week later the text seemed

to reference high-level briefings beginning on the obama white house and capitol hill. who was strzok interviewing in great britain? christopher steel? we'll continue to stay on the story. finally tonight. all right. hillary clinton needs to go away. you know what? she can't accept she has lost. she is regularly adding to this very, very long list of people, places and things for her stunning election defeat. she is a horrible candidate. no message. it's pathetic at this point. i almost, not quite, almost feel sorry for her. take a look at this list that hillary can't top. she has a problem. imagine if she was president. actually scary. now instead of constantly whining and complaining about losing, hillary is actually now trying to take credit. hillary clinton. for starting the #metoo movement. i didn't make this up. take a look.

>> i believe that it was a wave that was building and building and building. i think my losing accelerating that wave but the wave was coming. >> sean: she is delusional or maybe she thinks we are too dumb and we'll believe her. here is a little news flash for hillary. she was best friends with serial abuser harvey weinstein who has been accused of sexual misconduct by all of those women. and according to the center for responsive politics weinstein donated $44,000 to the clinton campaign. gave an additional $15,000 to a super pac or super pacs with ties to the clintons. so no, you didn't have anything to do with the #metoo movement. instead, you kind of propped up people like weinstein. then there is the little comfortable truth that yeah, you viciously smeared hillary clinton, slandered hillary and tried to discredit your

husband's accusers. remember you threatened jennifer flowers saying that you would crucify her in a courtroom. then you claimed that monica lewinsky was a narcissistic loony tune? you refused to deny that you said it years later in an interview with diane sawyer? you intimidated anita broaderric. we can't forget that the family foundation took tens of millions of dollars from countries that abuse women. we know you are bitter about what happened, but here is free advice. do yourself a favor. go fishing. stop talking. with reaction, n.r.a., tv contributor former secret service agent dan bongino author of the best-selling book in bookstores bookstores t, geraldo, geraldo show, fox news correspondent at large. this comes down to a fundamental issue as it relates to the president. there are people that crossed the border, the weak borders

and raped americans. not the majority. nobody is saying the majority. i know most people want jobs and a better opportunity. i don't blame people. i have been to the border. i have been in mexico. other people like kate steinly has been murdered. isn't one murder, isn't one rape enough? because the numbers of the violent crimes are in the hundreds of thousands, geraldo, over the years. >> first of all, sean, we had a little earthquake here in california today. 5.3 on the richter scale. >> sean: because you are out there. >> your opening monologue was tougher than the earthquake. i also want to say before i start that i share your enthusiasm that the president's approval ratings have now ticked up and indeed at least one survey are above 50% for the first time during his presidency. >> sean: 51%. >> but i do believe, this is where i know that you and i disagree and i disagree with most of the audience watching me now will disagree. i think that this immigrant

crisis is manufactured. i think it's an overreaction to the so-called caravan of 1,000 that is now broken up in the southern city around puebla. they are seeking asylum. >> sean: you have seen the tape. i sat through security briefing in seven-year period of time including murder, rape and other violent crime. 642,000 crimes in total. you have seen me play the tape. how can you stay it's overstated? >> i say it with absolute certainty. illegal immigration across the southern border is near 46-year lows. we had a spike in march, probably having to do with the demand for agricultural workers -- >> sean: let me bring in dan. if one woman is raped or

murdered isn't that enough that we protect our family, our fellow americans first? >> it absolutely is. i was listening to mark steyn and he had great comments. he said it's odd, if you are an american citizen entering back to america in an airport you get a cavity search at the border by our own people. but yet there are people who casually walk across the southern border, narco traffickers. we know terrorists are aware of the southern border. geraldo and i had a beef about this the other day but it's true. it's a fact. i know they are aware of the southern border. people have died. sean, there is a real price to illegal immigration. i don't know why geraldo keeps denying that. >> sean: 20 seconds, geraldo. >> that is not fair. that is not fair. i do not deny that there is crime committed against these poor vulnerable people coming from the south. fleeing disrupted economies, drug cartels, gangsters,

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we are told that mueller wants to interview the president of the united states who knows nothing, who has been a witness to nothing, who is not a target of the investigation. what we are seeing now is conduct by two public officials. robert mueller and rod rosenstein that is unethical, unprofessional, an embarrassment to the united states government and is undermining equal enforcement of the law. >> this is a perjury trap. plain and simple.

this is nonsense. this is outrageous. it should end right now. >> sean: former u.s. attorney joe digenova on the program eviscerating the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and robert mueller. the mainstream media deserves blame. joining us the law professor jonathan turley who had a great comment on the hill.com. "when will the media accept that trump is not a criminal target?" i will let you answer your own question. they seem to not want to accept the reality. it's been over a year. we have been looking into this in varying ways. >> there is a troubling pathology in the news where people seem to be unwilling to cover what is positive news for president trump. there is not positive news as well. but that rather one-sided account is getting increasingly alarming. the fact is that there is not a strong credible case of crime that is emerging from

the investigation. after a year, after hundreds of thousands of documents that have been turned over, after multiple cooperating witnesses, after dozens of criminal counts, none of those filings have created a nexus between a criminal act and the president or even the campaign for the most part. >> sean: and collusion, professor, is not a crime, is it? >> it's not. we went through months where people were arguing, talking as if there was a collusion crime. but these are things, look, collusion and obstruction, you have an exceptionally weak case. collusion, there is an absence of evidence. there is an absence of anything connecting the president and the campaign. the last major filing said that no trump official knowingly engaged russians in their hacking aspect of the intervention. there could be new evidence but we haven't heard of it. on the issue of obstruction, i think the president has what may be insurmountable defenses.

you know, he can easily argue he fired comey for cause. a lot of people -- >> sean: wait, rod rosenstein recommended it, too. he would be witness number one which i think conflicts him out of the whole deal and even the appointment of mueller. let me ask you this. if there is no underlying crimes, professor, which you are saying and asserting there isn't and he has the right to fire anybody and there is no crime of collusion, and why would any lawyer allow a sitting president to be questioned by a special counsel? >> well, sean, first of all we need to be careful. obviously we don't know what mueller has. there may be more evidence or more allegations to make but we haven't seen them so far. that is quite telling. the president's status hasn't changed in a year. he was a subject before and he still is a subject and not a target. as for the sit-down, it's hard for the president not to do that. the good news is mueller's asking about four categories, where i think the defense, the

president's defenses are the strongest. sort of frontal attacks where the armor is the thickest. i think he could sit down and thread that needle if he listens to his counsel and prepares for it. >> sean: why should he have to is the question? i'll ask mark levin that. what about article i that literally empowers congress for oversight purposes in the government? i only have 25 seconds. doesn't congress the d.o.j. have to cooperate? the subpoenas. we out in august 2017 -- the subpoenas went out in august of 2017. >> i agree. i have been a long advocate of congressional oversight authority. congress rolls over too readily. it's been too long. the material should have been turned over. i'm not sure why it has not. but at some point congress has to think about using the inherent authority to say this is a voluntary act. we are an equal branch of government. >> sean: coequal supposedly. all right.

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what can i say? control suits me. go national. go like a pro. >> sean: joining us now the host of levin tv and the host of "life, liberty and levin" on the fox news channel. this weekend, governor palin will be on your show. i liked governor palin. we haven't heard from her in a while. i look forward to watching, mark. so the big question now is what the president needs to do. apparently the president's lawyers negotiated with the special counsel over the idea that the president would speak with robert mueller. the president himself is like i have nothing to hide. i'd speak with him. if there is no underlying crime, if collusion is not a crime and the president has

the right to fire comey or anybody else and even comey admitted as much, then the question is, you know, if they want to get in the president's mindset, thoughts can't represent a crime in my opinion. you are the constitutional expert. would you allow if the president was your client, would you allow him to speak to robert muler? >> no. let me tell you, i wouldn't allow him to speak for his sake or the sake of the office of the presidency. this is a rogue prosecutor who is investigating nothing. you understand that? he is investigating nothing. there is no underlying crime. the deputy attorney general would not provide basis for the appointment. didn't say the criminal statutes to investigate. there aren't any. i want to make a point i don't believe anybody else has made. this is important for the president, the president's lawyers and the nation. the official position of the united states department of justice under democrat administration and republican

administration was set out by the office of legal counsel. the constitutional office in the department of justice in two memoranda. it says the president of the united states cannot be indicted while he is in office. cannot be indicted while in office. so he can't be a criminal target. the president of the united states can't be a criminal target because he cannot be indicted. that is the official position of mr. mueller's bosses at the department of justice. that is number one. number two, i keep hearing but what if he is subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury? well, then you go to the federal judge and you say to the federal judge your honor, my client can't be indicted. that is the position of his bosses so why is he going in front of a federal grand jury? we need him as a witness. a witness to what? what criminal statute, what criminal violation do you think he was a witness to that he needs to testify to? "well, we think he may have

committed obstruction. even though we may not try him --" excuse me, mr. mueller. this is a criminal grand jury. this isn't done so you can issue your report. there are many constitutional obstacles of course to this argument that the president obstructed justice. firing a sub board nant is obstruct -- subordinate is obstructing of justice? then when mueller fired strzok that's obstruction of justice, too. when i watch people come on tv and say he can be subpoenaed. anybody can be subpoenaed. he is the president of the united states. you damn well have a strong reason for trying to drag him in front of a grand jury, number one. number two, a federal judge is not going to just accept that kind of a spectacle and mr. mueller knows is. that is why they are trying to negotiate a deal. you are going to drag a president dealing with issues all over the world, dealing with china, russia, north korea, iran and bring him in

front of a grand jury? a judge will not want that constitutional crisis. that is why mr. mueller is trying to negotiate some basis to interview mr. trump. but if i were mr. trump i'd say you know what? i didn't do anything wrong, that's why i'm not talking to you. number one. i'll protect the office for the democrat and republicans elected to the president of the united states, number two. you have crimes that you want to prosecute? go for it, baby. but i didn't commit a crime. i'm not going to be indicted. i'm not going to be dragged in front of a federal grand jury and that is that. that is what the president should say. >> sean: let me ask the next question because this is key. there have been very few of us that have done a deep dive into this corrupt team that robert mueller put together. everyone will say he is beyond reproach. well, look at his handling in the anthrax case post-9/11. look at the case when he was in boston as it relates to whitey bolger. four innocent people went to

jail. $100,000 plus settlement. two of the four died in jail. then you have weissman and mueller's pitbull. a guy twice excoriated by judges for withholding expulptory evidence. tens of thousands of job lost for in reason at all. overturned 9-0 in supreme court. we know that doesn't happen a lot. guy that sent four maryland executives to jail, four for a year, that was overturned by the fifth circuit. why would robert mueller with his background be appointing only obama, only hillary, only d.n.c. donors and corrupt people like weissman to his team to be a pitbull? >> why are the democrats so keen on him? why are the media so keen on him? there is a lot of leaks out of the operation, too. among them to "washington post" the other day. he wants to put a report out by june or july. where they are probably going

to suggest the president of the united states committed obstruction of justice. not only is that outrageous, to the extent he does a report it's supposed to the deputy attorney general on the crime he found or prosecuting. he is not supposed to be give opinions. the media treats him like he is a judge. he's not a judge. he's a prosecutor. there are two sides to every argument. that is number one. number two, he is going to put out a report accusing the president of the united states of obstruction of justice? when, in fact, that means that the president of the united states will be accused of obstruction of justice for impeachment purposes? that leak should tell the president of the united states everything he needs to know, which is that mueller is out to destroy him. he is out to run a report and give it to the democrats and the house of representatives. >> sean: a little over a minute left. i would argue he would step in a perjury trap. if there is no underlying crimes and they can't indiet the -- indict the president. >> defend the office of the

presidency and yourself. >> sean: well said. that is why we call you "the great one." rod rosenstein shouldn't even be in the position, number one. number two, isn't he conflicted out if he is the number one witness as it relates to obstruction with comey because he wrote a letter recommending such? and in fact he signed on to this, extended the fisa warrant himself? knowing that this was bought and paid for hillary propaganda, russian lies? and then appoints mueller. how does he get away with the conflict? how do you see him in all this? >> i see him as very bizarre. and really out of line. in addition to everything you said, we now know when mueller went in to mr. manafort's apartment at 5:00 or 6:00 in morning when he and his wife were in bed, with the f.b.i. and guns drawn, got a warrant from a federal judge, when he went in there and he gathered information and then he goes to deputy attorney general a week later to have his

authority expanded to cover what he had just done a week before. so mr. rosenstein expands his authority to cover the tracks for mueller who was doing things he shouldn't have done. and the reason why this is important, america, is this. mr. rosenstein is not the attorney general of the united states. >> sean: i got to go. well said. >> he is acting like it. >> sean: sunday night, "life, liberty, levin." governor palin will be mark's guest. don't miss it. i'm watching every week. thank you. appreciate it. when we come back, the credible ugliness from the left. you won't believe what they are saying about president trump, republicans. this crosses even a new line. newt gingrich ahead.

>> sean: all right. so the let's hatred for republicans and president trump has no bounds. listen to what senator harris joked about with ellen degeneres today. >> if you had to be stuck in an elevator with president trump, mike pence or jeff sessions, who would it be? >> does one of us have to come out alive? [laughter] >> sean: "does one of sus to come out alive?" and yesterday robert dinero asked about the success of "roseanne" reboot and he said we are at a point with this it's beyond trying to see another person's point of view. there are ways you can talk about that but we are at a point where things that are happening in the country are so bad, and it comes from trump. there are so many people who left this administration. it's a serious thing. i don't care about rosanne. it sounds like he isn't happy there is a tv show that

appeals to americans they want to watch. with reaction, author of the best-selling book "vengeance." he has been incognito and missing in action, former speaker of the house, newt gingrich. welcome back. how are you? >> good to be with you. the fact is in the middle of a culture civil war and the language is the language of a civil war. people say horrendous things and they mean them. i think on the left, the level of hostility at every zone. if you look at people like marco rubio being charged with, he is responsible for murder because he takes money from the alt-right. this is the language that makes it impossible to bring people together because they really are that far apart. >> sean: yeah. so the president is not a target. we learned that. we know that the "washington post" even reporting that, all right, the mueller unlikely to

indict trump, a sitting president. collusion isn't a crime. i'm watching all of this unfold and he is going to issue a series of roberts on all of this -- series of reports on all of this. we see hillary steals a primary and we know she is the lead-in acid wash, subpoena, e-mails, breaks up different devices. all that happens. then we find out, it takes a year and we find out she paid for the phony russian dossier. the coverup of the crime she committed with mccabe, comey and loretta lynch and they lie to a fisa court. we have real evidence and real truth. no evidence of trump and collusion but that is all the media talks about. the president has a lot of success stories. nobody talks about that either. why? >> well, let me go back to a simple model. we are in a culture civil war. if you are the left, you never talk about your side's weaknesses and you never

acknowledge the other side's strengths. of course, what is happening to the left is if you are an average american, you see more jobs every month. more investment every month. you see trump doing what he promised he would do. you see him standing up for america. the choice is the left wingers who think it's okay to have thousands of people cross the border versus protecting america. inch by inch, trump is actually organizing exactly like andrew jackson a majority that i think will get him re-elected. that will actually be decisive in changing america's future. >> sean: all right. so you wrote a column, mitch mcconnell out there saying republicans will face strong headwinds. we hear from anybody else in the media, a big blue wave is coming in november. you believe republicans can win in november. i think there is a lot at stake. not the least of which if pelosi is speaker they want to

impeach trump and they will make up a reason if they have to. what does republicans need to do -- it's april -- from now until november to win? >> i spent having a lot of my years as you know asen -- as an old friend campaigning. i was behind in my third campaign having lost twice. i won that election 54-46. george h.w. bush behind in may by 19 points an won in november by six. one of every five americans switched in november. why? we are a long way from the 2018 election. if we end up with the antisemitic democrats, socialist democrats. nut case democrats and the people with no positive solution for anything, if that

is what it's about we will win a shocking election. if we are passing slow and stupid and we allow them to define the election we could lose. one of the greatest tests of my lifetime. can we tell a simple clear-cut story? trump did a good job. i'm old fashioned tough, i believe in fighting and a real campaign. if we have a real campaign we will do surprisingly well this fall. >> sean: good to have you back. i know you have been spending time. your wife obviously is the ambassador to the vatican and thank you for being with us. when we come back, our video of the day. the "hannity hotline" straight ahead. patrick woke up with a sore back.

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>> sean: all right. earlier today i happened to be a big fan of usc champ conor mcgregor involved in a

strange backstage melee for a press conference for a ufc event. it wasn't another fighter he mixed it up with. he mixed it up with a bus. not sure what this is all about. take a look. >> sean: i think he won and the bus lost. time for the "hannity hotline." >> hannity, you're an enembarrassment to the i -- embarrassment to the irish ways and the republican party. >> sean, do me a favor. reading your love letter at the end of your show. why don't you read the other ones? >> sean: whatever he is drinking, i want some. oh, and well, whatever.

i don't have anything to say. follow us on instagram and twitter. that is all the time we have left. we'll be fair and balanced. let not your heart be trouble, there she is. you are on every show on the network. >> laura: doing my best to work hard. i learned from you. >> sean: okay. have a great show. >> thank you. good evening from new york. i'm katie if for laura. we have your covered for the next hour. the media is freaking out about president trump sending troops to the border. we will tell you what the real agenda is. and speaking of getting stories wrong, did the obama administration put out a false narrative about the pulse nightclub terror attack? we will explain that later. a town in l.a. trying to ban assault weapons. is that what the left wants for the country? we'll debate it. first, the revolt against the sanctuary policies