start to think about why the arrow gone. we are about to be gone. the hour is over. tune in every night at 8:00 for their show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, and groupthink. he stayed with fox live coverag coverage. welcome to hannity. a lot of breaking news. good news for the united states and the world all eyes are on joint base andrews as we await the arrival of three american hostages just released from north korea. president trump is expected to greet these brave individuals on the tarmac when they land enrollments, we will break down the diplomatic developments on the korean peninsula and secretary of state mike pompeo's incredibly successful trip to the region. we will show how the presidents on the world stage are driving democrats and the media insane. also tonight, the leaders of iran, the mullahs, are throwing a temper tantrum at

president trump's decision to pull the united states out of the destructive iranian nuclear deal. we'll bring you the crazy rhetoric coming out of iran. the equally ridiculous and melodramatic rhetoric coming from your mainstream media, as corrupt as they are. we have all the highlights and low lights from today's confirmation hearing for the presidents pick to head the cia, gina haspel. she was forced to defend her stellar track record from democrats who think she is too tough on terror. finally tonight, we mark an important anniversary for the deep state. one year ago today, james comey, under recommendation of rod rosenstein, was fired from his role as the fbi director. finally, some positive developments to report. from the doj's ongoing obstruction, all that plus breaking moments ago, israeli defense forces are reporting that iranian forces launched missiles at israel from syria. multiple rockets were fired. israel has responded tonight, and we will give you all the

details. that and more and are very important breaking news opening monologue. as we speak, the secretary of state mike pompeo is in the air with three released american hostages were on their way back thankfully to the united states after spending months inside hard labor prison camps across north korea. this was a major diplomatic win for the president and the trump administration and a very important step forward for north korea. most important, three american lives thankfully were saved. now president trump's historic summit with kim jong un is now moving forward, as planned. take a look. >> i appreciate kim jong un doing this and allowing them to go. we picked a time. we picked a place for the meeting. or summit, as you like to call it. i think it will be very successful, but as i always say, who knows. who knows what's going to happen. it's going to be a very important event.

again, i think this is something that nobody thought was going to happen for years or more. >> where is the summit going to take place? >> we will announce that within three days. we are working arrangements. >> do you deserve the nobel prize, do you think? >> everyone thinks so but i won't say it. i want to get it finished. the prize i want is victory for the world, not for even here. i want victory for the world because that's what we are talking about. that's the only prize i want. >> sean: 88 has been set for the upcoming meeting between trump and kim jong un and we will let you know the details as we get them here let me be clear. this diplomatic progress, it's no accident. when president trump took the reins from barack obama, little rocket man was launching ballistic missiles over japan. he was threatening guam, threatening the rest of the world. of course, testing nuclear weapons left and right and of course ballistic missiles.

now all of these aggressive tactics to have ended. at least for the moment. this, thanks to the hard work, negotiating skills of the president and his brand-new secretary of state mike pompeo. after tightening sanctions, developing a strong relationship with the president of china and threatening to introduce new tariffs, sending multiple carrier strike groups to the region, and berating kim jong un on the world stage, the north korean dictator is now limping to the negotiating table. it is on the terms the united states set. wait, hang on. remembers a few months ago your corrupt media was telling you donald trump was leading us to a nuclear war with north korea. how could they ever get something like that wrong? typical. take a look. >> the idea of a nuclear showdown with north korea keeps you up at night, i would recommend deleting your twitter app. >> not merely being cavalier with the threat about nuclear war. he's been cavalier in a way that makes him seem demented.

>> these are the messages from a person who is not well, from a leader who is not fit for office. >> president trump is goading kim jong un to test a nuclear missile again, to prove its reliability, to show him wrong. fundamentally i think it comes across as two kindergartners who are jostling each other, except that each has nuclear weapons. >> too late after 100,000 americans die. >> after a nuclear holocaust. >> or after a million die. >> that's where we are. it's not an exaggeration. >> experts are worried he could inadvertently trigger a catastrophe. >> sean: the typical media barrage didn't end well or age well. i one of the mainstream media, are they going to apologize for the hysterical coverage, just like their phony russian coverage, like everything else i get wrong? it's unlikely because just yesterday, yes, "the new york times," the paper of record, they actually slammed secretary of state mike pompeo

because he was absent during president trump's iran nuclear deal announcement. then they found out he was actually north korea rescuing and saving american hostages. something barack obama could never get done. trump responded two hours ago on twitter, he wrote: "the feeling "new york times" criticize the secretary of state, pompeo, for being missing, when he was flying to north korea. fake news so bad." we will get back to the abusively biased media in a moment but first we are also following very closely a developing situation inside of iran. the idf is reporting that israel's able to intercept multiple rockets fired by iranian sources from a syrian syrian-based. no injuries have been reported. i just got off the phone with a high-ranking israeli official who is now confirmed to me this was in response to israel's military actions, and in fact i have confirmation israel tonight

not long ago has retaliated. we are going to have more of that in the moment with colonel oliver north. yesterday president trump made the important decision to pull america out of the incredibly flawed iranian nuclear deal. in a few weeks, u.s. sanctions against iran will be reinstated, likely squeezing the rogue nation economically and essentially iran will now have less money to fund, let's see, their proxy wars in syria, iraq, yemen. they are funding of terrorism around the world, weapon system aimed at israel and other allies. of course the corrupt islamic next political leaders in iran and the mullahs, they are not taking the soil. petulant iranian lawmakers yelling once again death to america from the parliament floor. even burning an american flag. as you can see, in other words, a pretty normal tuesday from the parliament in tehran. meanwhile, iran's supreme leader went on a totally unhinged twitter wrapped saying the u.s.

president shallow, ludicrous behavior wasn't unexpected. the same behavior existed in previous u.s. presidents yet iranian nation is persisting while former u.s. presidents passed away and the islamic republic of iran is still standing. this man corpse will also be worm food while the is longboat republic stand strong. coming from a man president obama, think about this, trusted and handed over $150,000,000,000.02. a promise he got back. we are not going to build nukes but we got he got to continue to spin those centrifuges. naturally, the mullahs of iran are threatening to ramp up the uranium enrichment program. president trump is not bowing down to the empty threats. >> what are you going to do if iran starts up their nuclear program? >> they will find out. i don't think they should do that. i would advise iran not to start their nuclear program. i would advise them very strongly. if they do, there will be very

severe consequence. >> sean: sadly, iran's morally corrupt political leaders aren't the only ones melting out of the president's decision. your very own mainstream media they are also in freak out mode yet again. i guess they didn't learn from their north korean coverage. take a look. >> decision by the president that some say marks the united states' biggest self-inflicted foreign policy wound since the iraq war. >> what we heard was not foreign policy. it was vandalism. >> doesn't this give iran a propaganda win? >> of course. >> i guess the good news here is that john bolton is finally getting the war he has always wanted. >> reinforces the notion that we are something of a rogue country, that we don't under or -- honor or live up to our international commitments >> is he keeping a campaign promise customer does he know what he pulled out of? >> the totality of this president's behavior and decisions leads me to question why he does anything and whether or not it is to deflect from

something else. i don't think he has the moral compass to make a decision based on our own national security. >> it's almost like i can't believe anything he does because it seems to be based on a personal antagonism to obama and a jealousy. >> sean: every night we get more and more evidence journalism in this country is dead and buried. i told you in 2007 and '08. this brand-new iran hysteria is only the latest example, proving our point. let's turn to some important news. the president pick to head the cia, gina haspel, she testified powerfully today before the senate intelligence committee as her confirmation process is now underway. as i have said many times on this program, that woman, ms. haspel, is an american patriot and hero. her work in the cia after 9/11 saved countless of americans. it brought tears to justice. you have some democrats attacking haspel for supporting legal programs that they claim now were too tough on jihadists,

terrorists, forcing haspel to defend her incredible track record. take a look at this outrage. >> i would really like to have on the record whether you ever called for the program to be continued, which it sure sounds to me like your answer suggested you said well, we were doing our job. it ought to be continued. that troubles me very much. >> let me say this about myself. after 9/11, i didn't look to go sit on the desk. i stepped up. i was done on the sidelines. i was on the front lines in the cold war and i was on the front lines in the fight against al qaeda. >> very simple. you you have an operations offir being water boarded. we'd do you determine that to be immoral and something that should never be done, condoned in any way, shape, or form? your response seems to be that civilized nations don't do it

but uncivilized nations do it or uncivilized groups do it. >> the united states. >> a civilized nation was doing it until it was outlawed by this congress. >> senator, i would never obviously support any inhumane treatment of any cia officers. we have lost cia officers over the years to terrorists. i just gave an example. khalid sheikh mohammed personally killed a "wall street journal" correspondent and filmed it. i don't think there's any comparison between cia officers serving their country, adhering to u.s. law, and terrorists who, by their very definition, are not following anybody's law. >> sean: people need to look at that beheading. by the way, only three people including that man were actually water boarded under intense medical supervision. "the new york times" reported last night that that 9/11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed asked a military judge to share information with the intel committee prior to

haspel's confirmation hearings. really? we are going to let that guy give information? it's unbelievable, despicable, disgusting. 9/11, 2001, we lost 3,000 americans. today's senate democrats slams the cia interrogation tactics. haspel provided important context about this terrorist. i hope people will remember. take a look. >> khalid sheikh mohammed was the architect and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. his nephew ramzi yousef, was behind the '93 attack on the world trade center. khalid sheikh mohammed financed that operation. he also was behind the infamous budging cup plot in the philippines. tragically, he was the individual who personally killed a "wall street journal" american

correspondent and filmed that heinous act. he also, after 9/11, carried out an attack on a synagogue in tunisia, auntie had other attacks planned. we were able to warn allies about a planned attack for example on heathrow airport. >> sean: you want to see the most evil, despicable act besides 9/11? go video the beheading of that reporter of which she is referring to. former top cia official jose rodriguez has been on the program many times. back in 2014, he reminded us that the interrogation program against ks m, 1 of 3 people water boarded, it actually led our intelligence officials to the career of usama bin laden which led us to usama bin laden. take a look. so in other words, you are saying that the accusation that these enhanced interrogation

techniques were used beyond what we had already, what had already been disclosed, you are saying it's false, number one. and that in spite of their disk suggestion they were not successful, you're saying it's not true. you were there. it was successful. >> it was very successful. for those of us who were there, it is just amazing that they could have come to this conclusion. those of us who read the intelligence coming out of our black sites every morning and who acted on that intelligence know the value and basically it led to the destruction of the organization. >> sean: it was successful. they were there. jose rodriguez, gina haspel. thank you for your service to your country. america now needs you more than ever. it is high time for the u.s. senate and these guys on their high horse after the fact to confirm your nomination. and finally tonight, more evidence that the deep state is crumbly. it has been one year since president trump fire james comey. oh, on the recommendation of rod

rosenstein. looks like he is longing for his days as america's top deep state arbiter. comey tweeted out a picture of himself naturally along with the caption "missing the people of the fbi today." many that i talk to aren't missing him. thank you for your commitment to the truth in all you do for the good of the country et cetera. of course comey was fired was less than truthful handling of the clinton investigation like when he lied about not writing the exoneration inmate before interviewing hillary clinton in july and 17 other key people or when he turned the other ways clinton clinton destroyed evidence. acid washed, subpoenaed emails. let's not forget about comey's fisa abuse using hillary's bought and paid for dirty dossier full of lies put together by a foreign national to lie to a fisa court judge to spy on a trump campaign associate. and we could go on. but you've heard of before. we don't have all night. instead we do have some good news to bring you tonight from

the ongoing obstruction in the department of justice. fox news is reporting that the house chairman, the house intel committee chairman nunes and chairman gowdy, they have now been invited by the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein to the doj for a briefing about the latest request from chairman nunes regarding the russian investigation. this of course came after a call between the white house chief of staff john kelly and the justice department and their officials. unfortunately this briefing will be of course classified but maybe, maybe finally after subpoena after subpoena after reduction after redaction after slow walking can they be the sign that the doj cooperation could be improving. i guess the threat of contempt of congress, well, maybe that had an impact too. they've been slow walking thousands of subpoenaed documents to congress. they have been putting in a heavily redacted comments. they've been claiming national security is at risk when in fact it's been proven at times not to be at risk. we asked the questions program.

rod rosenstein, what does the department of justice have to hide? all right, another developing story. the media has been running wall-to-wall with a report that some russian oligarchs may potentially elicit payments to trump's personal attorney michael cohen in the media is of course featuring salacious details from stormy daniels' attorney michael avenatti who claims to have inside information. he's the guy who's on fake news cnn and msnbc conspiracy tv 24 hours a day seven days a week. tonight we are learning that the information, at least some of it, might be seriously flawed. michael cohen's attorneys, they are pushing back tonight saying that avenatti and at least two instances apparently accuse the wrong michael cohen. cohen's lawyers say michael cohen avenatti is talking about in one instance is a canadian citizen with the same name. in another instance, an israeli man with the same name. you can't make this stuff up. will continue to follow the story. joining us now with reaction to

all this breaking news, we have colonel oliver north. colonel, you alerted me before we came on the air. i made some phone calls, top sources in israel have confirmed that multiple rockets were fired at israel within the last couple hours. hate israel has in fact, they were fired from syria, israel has responded. no israelis were injured, though, in the attack against them. this having to do with israel's previous literary attacks against syria in recent weeks. nothing to do with the iranian deal, i was told, at a very high level. >> look, never believe in iranian. if their lips are moving, they are lying. let me a little bit more about the story and we can about other stuff. this was fired from a syrian base, iranian missiles. these are the kinds they are trying to trance chip into lebanon to get to hezbollah. the israeli air force, when we first talked about this 20 and its go, they were responding to it.

interestingly enough, sean, the same base from which i went into syria with the idf in january. i think we've got footage of that. i was on the air with fox news. we were allowed, in fact encouraged, by an israeli defense official to go into syria where the israelis have built a military hospital inside syria. >> sean: i want to make sure the video we are showing our audience, that's the exact location it was fired at today. nobody in israel was hurt but israel has responded. it was, we believe iranian missiles from syria. >> that's exactly the report i received from a very senior israeli defense official. he is the man who went with me, not this guy on the screen. i want to be very clear about that. but the colonel who called me as a dear friend, and he knows what he's talking about. he knows all about the iranian threat to israel coming out of syria. he was forecasting it. the base that we went into is the one that was attacked today. >> sean: colonel, i also

confirm from a high-ranking government source within israel. everything that you had told me about half an hour ago. you know a thing or two about the release of hostages. what is amazing here is the rapid turn around. america sends a strike force. the president demeans little rocket man all over the place. sanctions are put in place, an alliance with china takes place. the north korean dictator crossing the dmz, now talking about dino colorization of the entire peninsula. this happens, peace through strength. >> what is happened here sean has been rejected by the far left because you are right, the deep state cannot stand the prospect of this president being reelected. they are going to do everything they can to undermine it. these are the kinds of propaganda. this is what this is. propaganda, lies about the president that are being used to display the american bull from supporting him. of course, a lot depends on this upcoming election in november.

>> sean: real quickly. >> we are seeing the same thing happen with the nra. no doubt about it. that's why, as painful as it's been, because you and i've been doing more broadcasts since i joined this network 17 years ago. here we are talking about another attack on an ally by the iranians from a foreign country called syria. i look at what i am doing, joining the nra as their president, is a sad thing for me because i can't come on every day with you like we used to do. but the fact is, the same thing is happening to this president is happening to the nra right now. it's a massive left-wing attack on a great institution for civil liberties. >> sean: they are lying about me every day. the media is vetting the more than they vetted obama. i understand. i get it. [laughs] >> god bless you, buddy. semper fi. >> sean: semper fi. we are praying for those three hostages coming home. we are watching the israeli

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major breaking news night once again. this is a coup for president trump as his new secretary of state mike pompeo is coming home from his second secret trip in recent weeks to north korea with a major foreign policy victory in tow. this caps a dramatic day of diplomacy, a short time ago the three previously imprisoned americans landed with pompeo in anchorage, alaska, for a refueling stop. then quickly got back in the air. they are now on their way to joint base andrews. right here in the washington area. they will land in the middle of the night after a day of ups and downs. there was some uncertainty about whether this was really happening after the secretary of state spent 90 minutes meeting with kim jong un and then returned to his hotel. reporters traveling with the secretary asked pompeo if the americans were coming home. and he crossed his fingers because he was still not sure. it was a done deal. north korean officials soon arrived to say these americans were freed. tony kim, kim hak-song, kim dong

chul. he appeared to be in good health. which is a big deal. remember the heartbreak we all felt after otto warmbier was released from north korea only to die shortly thereafter because of the horrific treatment he received from the communist nation. the focus tonight is on the three americans. the president is already looking ahead as forgot how to set the table for a summit with kim that is likely coming in early june, same today was a be a great moment for the whole world. he tweeted short time ago "looking forward to greeting the hostages, no longer hostages, at 2:00 a.m.." fox news will be there. the president as well as vice president mike pence will greet the americans as they return to u.s. soil. >> sean: i will he watching. i never go to bed before 4:00 a.m. anyway. that was sad with otto warmbier and his family. the horrific conditions he came back in. obviously the tragedy. good news tonight, thanks, ed. according to a release from the state department, that would be mike pompeo state department,

the three freed hostages have issued a statement writing "we would like to express our deep appreciation to the united states government, to president trump, to secretary pompeo and the people of the united states for bringing us home. we thank god and all our families and friends who prayed for us and for our return. god bless america, the greatest nation in the world." can't wait for them to land. joining us now with reactions all the big development's today, former deputy assistant to the president, fox news national secure discharges, dr. sebastian gorka. retired cia intelligence officer, we welcome him to the fox family. of course, he's been in a lot. daniel hoffman. dr. gorka, let me start with you. hostages are free. it took a military presence. it took the president taunting kim jong un. it took sanctions, but it worked. and i don't believe the president brought in $150 billion in cash and other currencies and cargo planes to make this happen. >> isn't it a great night to be

an american, sean? it's stunning. the president and secretary pompeo with this one act have done more for america then obama and his whole cabinet did in eight years. no more appeasement. no more middle of the night pallets of currency being shipped to our enemies. what did we pay for these three americans to come home, sean? nothing. we dealt with the dictator come as you should deal with all dictators. no appeasement. walk softly and carry a big stick or an aircraft carrier battle group. that's how you get things done. it's a new day for america, and this is a message for all dictatorships. this is the model for how we deal with iran. we have shown iran no more appeasement and i'm telling the president and everybody in his circle.

we use the pyongyang model that pompeo has effectively deployed to deal with regimes like iran, sean. >> sean: i have known mike pompeo a long time. i am very proud of what he did. i'm very proud of what the president did here. daniel hoffman, i think you really have been telling people, manager expectations. i know we are talking about something that's massive. that would be the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. so important. but also we never thought a year ago that kim jong un would cross the dmz into the arms of the president of south korea. we never thought he would agree to have such talks. we know longer see missiles flying over japan, guam threatened, or talks about firing missiles that could reach new york and boston. yes, we should manage our expectations, trust and verify. peace through strength. but it's certainly far more hope than we pattern a long time. >> right, and this was a very tangible and positive result of

this administration's foreign policy, sean. while we celebrate this diplomatic and humanitarian success, we need to remember as well that there are reportedly about 152 mac 200,000 political prisoners in north korea. this is akin to the soviet gulags. while our three soon-to-be former hostages, former hostages, after they received the medical care i'm sure they will need, i think they will be very, very valuable sources of information on these north korean prison labor camps in the awful, horrendous conditions to which innocent people are subjected. and it support and for us to call out north korea on their horrific behavior towards their own population and towards our citizens as well. >> sean: i want to go -- israel earlier today, a couple hours ago, multiple missiles fired by iran from syria. no israeli has been hurt. i talked to high-level government sources.

colonel north has his sources in the idf, thank god, but israel has struck back tonight. for my intelligent sources, they went directly to where those missiles were fired. this of course was in retaliation to israel effectively taking out a lot of the sites they've been using in syria. dr. gorka. >> yeah, so the wonderful thing about the nation of israel is that they have capabilities in the region that are unmatched, and when they feel a threat and when they have the requisite intelligence, they take action. the massive change for israel now is that now they have us to stand with them shoulder to shoulder. as the vice president said on the anniversary of the 69th year of the founding of the state of israel, i was in the room with the vice president. we stand with israel. israel's enemies are our enemies. >> sean: in a week, look at this week. look what's going to happen, daniel hoffman. jerusalem now the capital. somebody promised.

it happened. president trump from another promise kept. >> extraordinary sea change, sean. absolutely. but i think it's a precursor for more kinetic action in syria. iran is using that territory against israel, and i fear it may only get worse. >> sean: it may. i don't know if i would take on the israeli defense forces, nor do i think you take on israel's best ally, the united states. thank you both. when we come back, the media continues to do robert mueller's bidding, former trump campaign aide michael cavuto. they are up next. more breaking news straight ahead. the white knuckles this time. 'cuz his new 2018 ford f-150 has blis with trailer coverage. it's brainiac smart. not only does it watch your f-150's blind spots, it's got your trailer covered too. just another reason why ford f-series is america's best-selling truck for 41 straight years. ♪ this is the new 2018 ford f-150. it doesn't just raise the bar, pal. it is the bar.

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>> sean: despite president trump's huge foreign policy gains this week, as we await the release now, we know these hostages are on the way home. thank god. the media is still continuing to do robert mueller's bidding, they can't stop talking about russia, russia. [snores] stormy, stormy. it's unbelievable. here with reaction, former trump

campaign aide mike cavuto. and the author of the upcoming book. "the russian hoax," the lists came to clear hillary clinton and frame donald trump. fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. all right, let's go right to where we are. everything was time subpoenaed documents, they slow walk. everything the time they say redacted for national security, we are finding instance after instance where it wasn't about national security. for example, comey, who lied, said the fbi didn't think michael flynn was lying. or they go to the next step which is they just say no. congress has oversight. now there is a threat that they will be held contempt. rod rosenstein and jeff sessions. >> government members of congress who have drawn up articles of impeachment against rosenstein. because that's how far you have to go. if you ask the department of justice and the fbi for documents that you are entitled to as members of congress in

your oversight capacity, if you ask them for their grocery list, they will say that's classified. sorry, national security secrets. intelligence information. lives will be jeopardized. when push comes to shove and i have to hand over the grocery list, you find out its meat and potatoes and cookies. and there is nothing whatsoever to do with national security or privileged classified information. which means the department of justice and fbi cannot be trusted to be honest because they are trying to cover up their own misjudgments and corrupt conduct. >> sean: all right, let me go. michael cavuto. i have watched you in interviews. you were on with us last week. you were recently before the special counsel for how many hours? >> for three hours. i think it was a little shorter than they had hoped. >> sean: yeah, and they said to you we will be you on tv. >> they did, and it was very clear they had been watching me on tv all and initially i was

pretty scared about it because it's pretty expensive to go out there but i'm not very scared about it anymore. i've got to tell you, these slow walked foias, and these other requests for documents, this is a new for the trump administration. it is the same reaction we got from the doj, irs, and i think they are the same people. this is a problem that goes back for another presidency, may be two, it has to change fast because the american people deserve to have these documents and certainly the congressional oversight. >> sean: did you take it as a threat, we will be watching? >> oh, absolutely. i think -- >> sean: who said it? do you remember the name of the attorney? >> they know many others are as well. i think the cost of these investigations, the senate, house, mueller, are keeping a lot of people quiet. but i'm not going to be quiet anymore. >> sean: do you know who said it, which attorney? >> i do. i'm not revealing the names of the attorney or the two fbi

agents that were in there with me. i think that they were mostly pretty professional. i don't think they'd discuss these issues with somebody who appears on tv a lot. it's mostly people who are behind the scenes, quite people like you know, j.d. gordon others who have been doing their jobs for many, many years. >> sean: i hear that and i hear like, we are watching you on tv. you go on that idiot "hannity" show. that's how i interpreted. we will be watching. >> the government is possessed of immense unfettered power. they can destroy your life. they can leave you penniless, as they did with michael flynn, and for what? it turns out he was telling -- >> sean: michael flynn had to sell his house. michael caputo had to sell his house. >> they can ruin your life. that's how powerful. >> sean: ray donovan in the reagan years. where do i go to get my good name back? by the time that is all said and

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that violent crime went up 18% in san francisco. in la, mayor antonio villaraigosa put more police on the streets and cut violent crime in half. california's police chiefs trust antonio for governor.

oto balancendidate for governor the state budgetarties together while making record investments in local classrooms and creating new career training programs. antonio villaraigosa for governor. >> sean: all right, we are awaiting the arrival of three americans are now freed from prison in north korea. now, they are due to arrive back right here in the united states within hours. they will be greeted by president trump. also another big story we are following tonight, president trump's nominee for the cia director gina haspel was grilled by democrats during her confirmation hearing earlier today. haspel in fact defended her record and the record of the cia. take a look. >> first of all, cia follows the law. we follow the law then. we follow the law today. i support the law. i wouldn't support a change in the law, but i will tell you this. i would not put cia officers at

risk by asking them to undertake risky controversial activity again. >> sean: joining us now, the author of the brand-new book. it's june 5, "trump's america." of course you can get it on barnesandnoble.com. we have a link on hannity.com. former speaker of the house, fox news contributor newt gingrich is with us. she followed the law. we know that only three people were water boarded, including khalid sheikh mohammed. because he was water boarded, mr. speaker, he gave up the career which led to bin laden. these are people, after 9/11, 3,000 americans slaughtered. i find in lot of the questioning today was beyond insulting for ms. haspel. >> well, it was beyond insulting. i actually thought that marco rubio had a perfectly at one point when he said to the committee, if we can't approve her, who are we going to confir confirm? as you know, virtually every

senior intelligence person has come out and said she's the right choice. she's a great professional. she has served the country as a patriot, and frankly, there is something a little disgusting about partisans who put their party above patriotism and who are willing to attack and smear those who literally have given their lives for the purpose of defending america. and i think you can go back and pick out democrats by democrat, people who i think really should be ashamed of the way in which they dealt with somebody who has spent her entire lifetime trying to keep us safe, including people who frankly behave in such a partisan way that, no wonder she is disgusted with them. >> sean: frankly i think she's an american hero. along with jose rodriguez and those other people that were able to get information to save american lives. it seems like many people have forgotten. i want to move on to

north korea. we are awaiting these hostages now that are coming back with secretary of state pompeo. chuck schumer literally so today, he goes, he is warning that kim jong un is trying to con donald trump into letting his guard down during nuclear negotiations. and he doesn't want the american people to fall prey to this. and i'm like, the only person that got conned was bill clinton who paid, you know, billions in energy subsidies to kim jong un's father. the only other person that got conned was barack obama and john kerry when they gave 150 billion to the mullahs in iran that are chanting and threatening again today. >> my point would be, as i said a while ago, senator schumer, as he has with blocking appointees, keeping the u.s. government undermanned, in many ways crippling our ability to do things, senator schumer once again would rather be a a

partisan than a patriot. he would rather try to score points which are pretty stupid points. they have no evidence at all that mike pompeo, who graduated first in his class at west point and who was a remarkable student at harvard law school, i don't think pompeo was going to be conned by anybody. but more importantly, why can't, why can't the democratic leader of the senate be happy for a minute? that three americans who have been locked up for a year under a dictatorship are coming home? why couldn't this be an evening of being happy for their families? i think the partisanship is so bitter that they just can't bring themselves, forgetting president trump. >> sean: it really is this, though. if donald trump is successful and we have 14 states with record low on appointment, lowest level of unemployment for african-americans, hispanic americans, women in the workplace, the tax cuts are working. revenues are an all-time high.

and now the president is having huge success in north korea when the media and the democrats are warning you are starting a nuclear war because he dared to warn kim jong un and show a military president and call him little rocket man, and they were scared to death. oh, no, he is starting nuclear war. and it's the same with the iranian mullahs. if, in fact, the world would join us, the iranians would have no choice but to stop their nuclear program. >> well, that's exactly right. by the way, the congressional budget office report that says that this april was the highest revenue in american history, thick about this. the tax cuts, such dramatic economic growth. the highest revenue, the largest surplus. exactly the opposite of what the liberals said would happen. as you just pointed out, if they could bring themselves to put america first rather than partisanship first, we could get

a lot done in the world. >> sean: mr. speaker, good to see you. when we come back from ed henry is because with a live report on these three american hostages released from north korea. we are awaiting their arrival back on u.s. soil. good news. straight ahead.

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>> sean: all right, fox news alert. according to the israeli military, air raids were sounding in israel as the iran fired multiple rockets into the country. they fire those rockets from syria. israel tonight has retaliated. now, we will continue to monitor the situation throughout the night. also a big night. we can't wait for the arrival of three american prisoners has hd hostages in north korea. the hostages free, israelis retaliating. and america withdrew from the horrific iranian deal. again, my words, not yours. dragging you into my commentary. >> that's right, and that's why we're doing the news. what's interesting is what a difference a year makes. think about last summer when the

president's critics were saying his hot rhetoric might lead to a nuclear war. instead we may now be on the brink of a peace summit, and three american hostages. her new this hour: we have learned the president spoke today by phone with the president of south korea, moon jae-in, duke discussed mike pompeo second secret trip to north korea. officials telling us the president told his counterpart he's looking forward to welcoming them back to the white house may 22 to get on the same page about the president summit with kim jong un. that call follows pompeo meeting today with kim in pyongyang for 90 minutes to lay the groundwork for the presidents meeting with kim that i mentioned about. we are expecting that to happen in early june. today the president ruled out the korean demilitarized zone for the meeting with the dictator. the president saying today the release of these three hostages sets the table nicely for that summit. now, what's also interesting is that since the dmz has been ruled out for the summer, the focus has on the possibility of this happening in singapore. for now, the president is getting ready to head to joint

based air force here in washington to get the hostages. >> sean: we are so glad to have them home. also, thoughts and prayers to the family of otto warmbier. we will always be fair and balanced. we are not the destroy-trump media. let not your heart be troubled. we have a lot more of your lore is next. >> laura: good evening from washington. i am laura ingraham of this is "the ingraham angle." we are just a few hours now from another major diplomatic triumph for donald trump. the return of three americans held captive in north korea. they have already touched on in anchorage, alaska, and her other way to to andrews air force bas base. intimates angle, i'm going to explain how and why the media and certain democrats, even a few republicans, are spinning this as just a distraction, not a big deal. we'll also tell you why that media's big bombshell on the trump attorney michael: might be a big dog. plus, trump threatens to pull reporters credentials? what is the real message behind