said that show that is a sworn enemy of lying, pomposity smugness, groupthink. not an easy thing to pull off when everybody is crazy.wo have a great evening. sean hannity is next. >> sean: and more world leaders deserts, i'm not giving it up. >> tucker: i hope that you will not. >> sean: i will tell the whole story, all right, tucker, good to see you. welcome to "hannity," the biggest political scandal in modern america history. the fisa warrant is out, and yes we on this program were right the trump campaign was spied ons by obama's justice departmente using russian lies, bought and paid forward by the dnc, and hillary clinton to get a fisa warrant against carter page, all in an attempt to rig, steel whatever agitator you want a presidential election. carter page will join us in just a moment. meanwhile, the mainstream media they could care less about any of this as they have been

peddling the american people lies, conspiracy theories, and anti-trump hate since before donald trump was elected instead, they are once again in panic crisis mode over the president's push to remove top security clearances from who? many of the former deep state obama era officials who propagated all of these russian lies that were found in hillary's bought and pay for a dirty dossier, and by the way r are still to this day politicizing and weaponizing the powerful tools of intelligence. it is all happening on fake news cnn, conspiracy tv, msnbc. in just a moment, we will be naming names called out comrade john brennan and the leaker and liar himself, james clapper. by the way, if you are friends tell him to tune in, and also new details on how president trump is countering the iranian trip with a policy of, yes, you guessed it, peace through strength.

and we will show you how some in the media actually seem more g sympathetic to the evil regime in iran to our own sitting president.vi it is pretty pathetic. and while democrats play politics on the southern border president trump is calling them out in a major way. stay tuned, the jam-packed news breaking opening monologue is straight ahead. ♪ now infamous clinton dirty dossier was the single key piece of evidence that was used in four fisa applications by the fbi to spy on trump campaign associates and of course the president-elect, and now the president donald trump. without the dossier, there would be no fisa warrant against carter page. he will join us in a few moments. this is an irrefutable fact. and of course, we all know that this dirty dossier was createdut by a former foreign spy christopher steele who ultimately really was paid by hillary clinton and the dnc all

to dig up dirt and lies onte donald trump. in other words, it was political op research, filled with all things russian lies that even steele has admitted was uncorroborated. and he even says at best it was raw intelligence and only had a 50/50 chance of being true, most of which has been totally/5 debunked. and it was passed off to you the american people and fisa warrants as real evidence, doj officials to obtain the fisa warrant to spy on the trump campaign associate at the height of a presidential election in 2016. this is a national disgrace. this is an important abuse of power. and very dangerous to our constitutional republic. all and attempted to turn the full force of your government

against one person and of course, the people that supported him, donald trump with a vengeance. all after top officials literally rig to the investigation to save hillary clinton from certain indictments. what warranted indictments necessary indictments, if we have equal justice under the law and equal application of our laws.er so tonight, it is time. we call on everybody to demand the release of all 589 pages of these fisa documents, unredacte everything possible and of course, our god-given rights as americans are on the line if we will remain a free society. the. mainstream media filled with all opinion, noon journalism on the so-called newm channels, they are supposed toey be investigating our governments, holding themes accountable and nowhere to be found. the biggest story in their life they totally missed it. and meanwhile, everything we have been reporting for over a

year has been confirmed for you. you have the media, carrying water for their beloved barack obama. in other words, finishing the job. they did eight consecutive years of kissing is ass. why should they stop now? and as we speak they are in full on freak out mode that high staking bureaucrats all who propagated the russian lies found in hillary's bought and paid for dossier might lose their precious security clearances, so brightly the trump administration announced that it was literally looking to strip top-secret government access from all those deep state actors on your screen, includinm clapper, brennan, rice, michael hayden, and james comey andd mccabe. and democrats in the media are once again peddling this move from president trump as another oh, my gosh, earth shattering feign outrage moment. an unprecedented abuse of power. in other words, their typical

daily donald trump freak out. we have the video proof. take a look. speak of the president wants to silence his critics. period. and maybe he thinks that this ie a way to do it. maybe he can say, they do not know what they are talking about if they do not have clearance anymore. to speak of the idea that to the president will be revoking security clearance, not on wrongdoing, but based on wordswi is shameful. >> i am not comfortable with vindictiveness. because to me that is very dictator.it >> that is your middle name. >> the opposite, the president of the united states, this threat sounds more like he needs turkey for the philippines, not like he leads the united states of america. >> this is an abuse of executive power. this is erdogan's turkey. this is not what the united states of america should be. >> this is so extraordinary, thl last thing you want in intelligence is partisanship.ry >> make no mistake, that is the

only thing that this is about is a cowardly action of someone who is afraid of criticism. >> sean: the last guy is the biggest liar in the country, did it occur to these people by a former official, no longer employed by the government would still have top-secret clearance? they supposedly care so much about the dangers of russia russia, hillary clinton paid for these russian lies, nothing but a propaganda campaign to manipulate the minds of the american people and steal an election. and the deep state help there every step of the way, is thatan not abuse of power? you do not see the danger in this? and then you see democrats sticking up to the most corrupt people, their swamp friends that abused the power that we gave them, we the people. for example, one time cia director john brennan hates donald trump, he is allowed to. he is a former communist. how he became a cia director is unbelievable to me.

he is also a paid hack over a conspiracy nbc, which is so appropriate. and director brennan leaked the contents of this dossier before the election to then senator harry reid who then subsequently alerted the public and an open letter to james comey. really, the cia director? sounds like the kgb. after stepping down as ciahe director, john brennan took all of his hatred publicly on cable news, getting paid, which is okay. even calling the sitting president of the united states a trader, really? the one who leaked the russian lies? watch this. >> i think there is a big question on who is on the national security team, whether they can continue to serve in good conscience an individual who basically betrays hiser nation.sc what mr. trump did yesterday was to betray the women and men of the fbi, the cia and others, and

that is why i use the term that this is nothing short of treasonous, because it is a betrayal of a nation. he is giving comfort to the enemy and it needs to stop. mr. trump needs to understand that there will be consequences for him too. >> sean: the press needs to report will be put on the scene the next screen, in the case off former directors, the agency holds their security clearance and renews it every five years for the rest of their lives. however, that's requires former cia directors to behave like current cia employees. now what you just saw, does that seem like the behavior of a current cia employee? saying what he just said calling the president of the united states a traitor? and this no way undermines the cia's mission, really? what about him politicizing intelligence as an employee ofof nbc? that is pretty acceptable for a

current cia employee? i do not think so. that brings us to the well-known leaker and liar himself, jamesye clapper. the former director of national intelligence, widely believed to have leaked details of the infamous dossier to cnn. where he is now employed. fake news. and yet cnn cannot imagine why such an honorable person like him would lose his security clearance. let's take a look. >> cnn national security analysts jim clapper, and given the attack on him, i want to walk you through his ample nonpartisan resume, director of national intelligence during the obama administration, and director of the intelligence agency under president bush and bill clinton. joining the air force in 1963. serving two tours of combat. two defense distinguished metals for national intelligence. >> sean: okay, it was james clapper who issued a directive

that said, in case you want to do some real research of news on your station, when it is determined that access to classified information is no longer required, the department or agency shall terminate such access and debrief the individual. oh, that is james clapper's signature. he signed that in 2013, amazing piece of information. it was clapper who was at the center of the obama administration's effort to scrub the clearance list in order to avoid leaking. but of course, no media meltdown over that action. and as we stated, it was james clapper who likely lead to the classified information to the media to rig the election years after he authored and signed that memo. on authorized disclosures, he said, classified information including leaks of classified information to the media ined order of vital intelligence sources and methods, and

international relationships required to equip the government, elements to prevent unauthorized disclosures. it is clear that people like clapper and brennan and other sycophants should in no way none of them have any access to our government secrets. as a matter of fact, we ought to -- and they ought to all be under investigation, because their bias is so abusive clouding their judgment, that they are the ones that stomped on the rights of the american people.cl they are the ones that tried toe propagandized the american people, and they still are. and to this day breaking their own government policies thatti they signed off on. every american tonight, you need to demand that they not only lose their special government privileges, but that they need t to be held accountable for their blatant abuse of power.pr

by the way, robert mueller, are you watching? do you have your peoplee watching? because this is your russia russia, russia-collusion story. and by the way, jeff sessions where are you? has anybody seen you? except for school children? let's shift gears and shift to the hostile regime of iran, the president issued a stern warning to the rogue state "to the president of iran rouhani, he said, never, ever threaten the u.s. again, or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. be cautious."to this tweet sent off predictable widespread breathless panic from the left-wing media, shocking. take a look.wi >> he criticized several times barack obama and said, you just

wait, he is going to start a war with iran if he feels like you is on the political ropes, that is his edge. >> with any previous president if you woke up to this tweet you would think that he belongs in a padded cell, but with president trump this is business as normal. b >> dominating the obsession, and he was hurting. so let's distract with a new topic, in this case it is iran let's find a new foil that may be all of us will focus on and we will forget that there was a summit in helsinki last week. >> but it strengthens them for rouhani. for the foreign minister. it makes it them look tough. it is strengthening the regime. >> it is a classic move by president trump to try to distract. we have seen this time and time again, when things are not going well, you put a cocktail in one corner of the room, and everybody runs over there. >> sean: these are the same people claiming that trump was going to cause world war iii because of his tough rhetoric

against kim jong un, little rocket man, our button is bigger than years. -- than yours. despite the never ending panic from his critics president trump continued the tough talk against the hostile iranian regime. take a look. >> i withdrew the united states from the horrible, one-sided iran nuclear deal. [applause] and iran is not the same country anymore.. that i can say. and we will see what happens. what we are ready to make a real deal, not a deal that was done by the previous administration which was a disaster. >> sean: somebody needs to remind the crop media that obama is gone, and the era of apology tours and appeasement is over. no longer will the united states of america sit idly by as the iranian regime is fighting proxy

wars, chanting death to america disrupting the entire middle east and funding terrorism throughout the world. and of course aggressively pursuing nuclear weapons and threatening our allies and this country.y. america must never allow these lunatics to develop nuclear weapons. all all options must remain on the table. and while the president puts iran unnoticed, focusing on are critical part of our national security right here at home. he had very tough words for democrats that want to eliminate i.c.e., in other words protection of our southern borders, wide open borders, are they serious?or take a look. >> by democratic politicians want to abolish i.c.e. they want to see open borders. can you imagine? every once in a while you hear something, and usually you understand, like in dealmaking you have to understand the other side.me when you hear open borders, when

you hear get rid of i.c.e., when you hear some of the things that they are proposing, it is like you cannot even understand it. can you imagine? open borders, you would have millions of people pouring into our country. millions and millions of people. many people that you do not want in our country. but you would have, millions of people pouring into our country the crime would be unbelievable. and they want to get rid of the crime fighter on top of everything else. open the border and get rid off your crime fighter's, nobody understands it. >> sean: with a 2018 midterms a few months away, it is clear that democrats in this country have no real plan to improve america. instead they want to regain power to take more and morel money, in other words they wantt their chrome back, there trump tax cuts, they want to impeach president trump and preserve the disaster of obamacare, open borders, stop cavanaugh, and they obviously have, a new addition to our list, they want

to kill off all these legitimate investigations into what really happened during the 2016 election. the obama era deep state corruption. the rigging of an election. the rigging after an investigation. tonight we have bad news for the democrats and everybody working against president trump, look at the gallup poll, president trump hit the highest approval rating of his presidency. according to the hill. and three fourths of americans will never vote for a socialist. it should be 99.9%, but we will get to that another night. i will say it again, this is the most important midterm elections in our lifetime. make your voices heard, the future of this country, our rights and future as a constitutional republic are at stake. also tonight we have a big announcement later in the show and by the way, the cohen-trump tapes are out, and we will give you the details in just a minute, but with reaction to the top story, the man at the center

of it all, he is the man mentioned in all four fisa applications, carter page. go to see you. >> thank you, sean. >> sean: you told me a lot this week. went to russia a lot. >> yes. there.t years >> yes. >> how many times did you get briefed by go there or did you debriefed by our intelligence agency, cia fbi, et cetera? >> i lost track of time whenever they asked questions, i was ready to offer. >> sean: and you love your country? were you approached to be a spy? >> never, no. >> sean: how do you respond to your role in the fisa warrant? >> it is a way of attacking the trump campaign. given the association with the dodgy dossier. >> sean: so june of 2016, you are still a trump campaign associate at that point?

>> yes. >> sean: okay, you go to moscow, who specifically invited you to moscow? >> the university, new economics. >> sean: i want the name. >> it was the rector. >> sean: do you remember his name 678 shlomo weber. >> sean: why did shlomo weber invite you? >> i have dealt with a lot of>> russian scholars, i did my phd at the university of london speaking at the top universities in moscow, new economics school. moscow state university. the md. all of them. >> sean: and all of this time when your government asked to debrief you, you would tell them.>> >> absolutely. >> sean: did you work for the government?im our government? >> i served five years in the u.s. navy. >> sean: you know i am not asking that question, did you work for a u.s. intelligence agency's?

>> i was always. >> if they had questions i would help. >> sean: did you work for our intelligence agency? >> i was never paid for any intelligence. >> sean: did you ever respond if they wanted you to do things? >> no. >> sean: never? >> no. never when you were on the trip did they say, would you mind looking into this? >> there was always an understanding that i would be an open book and willing to help. i think that there is so much misunderstanding as we saw in helsinki that i was always ready and willing to provide some full details. >> sean: how did christopher steele know that you were there? >> that is a great question. >> i think his piece came out after i had already left, and it had been in a few -- >> sean: who could have informed him of that. because that is an important question. >> we will see.

>> sean: what they are saying about you, they are basically saying, and if you are such a bad person, why are you here on this set and not in jail? >> again, "the washington post" had a big leak that to last june that i spent ten hours talking to the fbi. again like i mentioned, i'm always willing to talk. >> sean: did you talk to mueller's team? >> according to various leaks in "the washington post" last year i supposedly did. i will not deny that. >> sean: is there an ongoing investigation to you or is this hyperbole in the fisa warns to get to trump? >> i think that the last one ended -- >> sean: rod rosenstein signed the last one in june. what are your thoughts about that? do you feel that they have taken away your rights? will you sue the government? >> i am already suing the government in the southern district of new york. i just want to $1 some honesty.

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you just heard carter page. your thoughts. >> let's start with most people in the media never even bothered to read the three-page memo that was designed to be just a short compilation to protect sources and methods, because we only wanted to get out the main points. which were what? that they used the dossier, the dirt from the clinton campaign to make up the bulk of the fisa application. they lead with it in the fisa application. so that's what we really wanted to get out to the american people, because we believe at that time that most americans would agree, and i think that they would agree, if journalism was not so dead as you said in your monologue. most americans when you talk to them and they are not watching the other cable news network's and you talk to them about is it okay for me as a politician to go out and pay someone to dig up dirt on my opposing candidate -- whether it is running for governor or president or

something else and feed it to the fbi. the fbi that is controlled by my own party, that only happens in the banana republic. so if that was the point of the memo, it is sad that the media has failed to cover it.. what is more surprising is that we have totally vindicated with the release of the fisa s application over the weekend h that you continue to see the media going absolutely crazy. and i have never seen anything like it. i think that like you said journalism is dead in thisev country. i don't know what to do about it.nk >> sean: what is ironic in all of this is hillary funnels money through a law firm, they hire an op research firm. i have no problem with op research.ea that is politics. and then they hire a for foreign nationals. i thought though weren't supposed to impact our elocations. national. but according to steele himself in an interrogatory in great britain, he says it is raw intelligence, never verified or

corroborate, but to everybody who signed off signed off on unverified uncorroborated russian lies that were literally designed to really steal an election after they rigged an investigation into what is irrefutable crimes incontrovertible evidence of obstruction and violation of the patriot act by hillary. how does our constitutional republic survive? >> it cannot survive without a free and open press actually doing their job. so let's just talk about the obvious thing that is out there that you are alluding to, and that is the very thing that the mueller investigation is about is to see if the trump campaign colluded with russians to get dirt on hillary and use it against her.

now, we actually know that that is exactly what hillary clinton did. hillary clinton paid people with intermarry areas that got dirt from russia to use it on donald trump. that is what happened. so let's start there, but then let's go with other nonsense that you are seen you people out there in the media that are actually talking about, well the reds do not necessarily say that you have to verify all of the evidence. well, i think that is crazy talk. you absolutely should verify and validate the evidence that you are using to have probable cause when you go to a secret court to spy on an american citizen. >> sean: but they fed the courts russian lies bought andre paid for by the opposition candidates, and they purposefully did not inform the court. no one would ever approve the warrants if they knew the truth. >> and they went out of their way not to do it. that is another point. they went out of their way instead of saying candidate two paid for this dirt on candidatet

one. candidate two would've been hillary clinton. that would've been a very simple way to describe it in the fisa application for the judge. here is something that my colleagues, mr. gowdy and ratcliffe from texas who did the fisa warrants in his career and have the opportunity to look at the use in quite detailed, he continually makes a point, which is a very good one that it is not so much how wrong it is and what they put into the fisa applications, that is really bad. but what is even worse is the exculpatory evidence that they left on the cutting room floor. so for example, there is something really important, if you have the information that you have with bruce ohr, who is at the heart of this, because his wife was working for fusion gps. that information, he knew that christopher steele did not like trump and did not want trump to win.n. the fbi had that. >> sean: and put it together.

>> that's right. >> sean: what you did is to help this democratic republic survive, i actually worry about this abuse of power, i worry about a corrupt media, we are not going to stop on thiser program. thank you for all you have done mr. chairman.ia thank you. when we come back we have breaking news, the cohen-trump audio is out.k i will give you a hint. a huge dud. thud dud straight ahead. ♪

♪ >> sean: this is a fox news alert. michael cohen's recording of donald trump was never made public, this would obtained by cnn, given to them by cohen's attorney, fox news has not verified the tape. here's a clip, take a lesson. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that

info regarding our friend david. i'm going to do that right away. i have spoken to alan about how to set the whole thing up. with funding, yes. and it is all the stuff, all the stuff, because you never know where that company or what he is going to do, correct, so i am all over that. and i spoke to alan about it when it comes to the financing.s >> what financing? >> no, i got it. >> sean: fox news investigative reporter sara carter, pollster mark penn, look at that, the book out today number one book in the country in amazon..com. right now the russian hoax, the illicit team, fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett, right after the show, gregg is going to be hosting a live online book

signing, he can obviously write it out to you and by the way order a copy, submit a question, hannity.com. >> congratulations number one in the country. you deserve it. and the president just tweeted about it, by the way. let's start with the tape, and i have known michael, have been friends with him for a long time, and i am a little bit surprised at a recording of a client, that surprises me. but with that said, i listen to all of this and i am listening to something that never happened that it was a billionaire and they just do not want the divorce to come, always usually ugly, rights, and then they talk about, well, pay cash or check it is muffled, i do not see anything, i see a dud. >> there is nothing illegal about paying somebody who wants money in exchange for remaining silent. i use to negotiate contracts all the time.

to make people go away and be quiet. >> sean: do people do these m deals whether it happens or not? >> he is a billionaire, there is a fine line between somebodyot exercising their free speech to talk about you and extortion to remain quiet. >> sean: is it often cheaper for people -- >> doing business, i tell clients this all the time, it is a settlement for a billionaireeo to pay $162 billion. $550$000. to make people go away and be quiet. >> sean: do people do these deals whether it happens or not? he never paid a nickel, that is the important part. whether there is a discussion about paying cash or check nothing ever happened. >> sean: whatever the american media corporation, doesn't matter that they bought a story and did not use it? >> no, that is up to them. they bought the rights to it. >> sean: well, it is a campaign contribution.n't n >> trump could have bought the rights from them. >> these things are negotiated

among the parties. >> sean: no legal issues what so whatever? >> it is not a crime. this is a red herring to spear i the president about issues that have nothing to do with the trump-russia collusion hoax. >> sean: let me go to sara, i listen to it closely, sounds like a conversation between a lawyer and a client about how do you deal with stuff that comes up in a campaign and not have big problems, but nothing happened? >> that is right, it is not very clear. one of the things that was interesting was the way that he was saying, mr. cohen was saying, no, no, no. it was not like no, we can't do that. he was saying, oh, no, no, no we are not going to do it that way. we do not know unless we talk to mr. cohen. >> sean: what does that mean?? talking about cash or a check? >> he was saying, no, no, nott cash. that's the way it sounded. but we have to talk, obviously mr. cohen has to speak. of lanny davis talk to cnn and

said that he wanted to have his side of the story. but i am on the fence like you are, the fact that the attorney would be recording this and apparently without his client's knowledge and then using it later, also shows how far they are willing to go to squeeze people to try to get something out of them. and this is a real smearop campaign. of course it was a decision that donald trump made ten years ago. this is something that is coming out. i'm sure that it is publicly embarrassing for him and his family. and probably very difficult. >> sean: like when they are talking about we have a right to fight not to release the details of a divorce, i don't think that anybody wants that out. >> that's right, nobody wants that out. and it appears what is happening is that they are doing everything in their power to pressure michael cohen to gett everything they can for him. >> sean: putting the screws towe them so that he will sing and be composed. and the information can be used to prosecute or impeach trump. let me go to mark penn.

breaking news obviously, you are a longtime clinton pollster. you are one of the few democrats, like alanan dershowitz that has looked at what has happened here as it relates to fisa warrants, lies pay for, unverified and literally, even though it is unverified said to fisa judges like it as gospel truth. and how dangerous this is for the country. >> i completely agree, i think that this is an incredible violation of an american civil liberties that the dossier was seen as credible evidence to use a secret court which is really looking at terrorists to spy on americans and american political campaigns. and the only thing worse than

that now is devolving back toan 1998 and now spending a year investigating payments to people whether or not they had affairs or not. this is bringing this country down. >> sean: do you really, i've never seen it this bad. i mean, if donald trump cured cancer and gave every american $10 million, i am convinced that media would still hate him. even if he adopted their full agenda, they would hate him. h it's like if donald trump tweets a single word that they do not like, they hyperventilate all over the media. >> it is rather remarkable, when you look at the nbc poll, they disagree with everything he has been doing and his job rating goes up. >> sean: by the way, his highest gallup rating. >> it is incredible, so something else is going on in the country. the polls really have to -- i am a pollster, and something is

going on in the country, too often only one side of the narrative, there is a very strong economy. people want a country that stands up. >> sean: do you see a blue wave or no way of? >> a blue edge. there is a blue edge. anybody -- >> sean: it should be. >> after two years, usually congress turns over, there is still a blue edge, but remember that trump is stronger thann people think. to the economy is stronger than people think. i think misjudging the hysteria and going socialist is hurting the democrats -- >> sean: they are doing the right thing, they should stay exactly on the path that they are on. >> i knew that you would say that. >> sean: where does the tape go, i know it will be the next hyperventilating moment of the media. but what is the point? >> there is no point. it is irrelevant. >> sean: are they trying to pressure michael cohen that much? >> it is a sign of desperation. >> sean: i think what they did

to him and his office, there is something that does not seem right in any of it! >> oh, i agree.in these are rather thuggish tactics, but it does not surprise me now coming from the federal government and the fbi and robert mueller. they are all using the same tactics. >> sean: your door is next. >> or your door. >> sean: why don't they go to sara's house? >> actually i told my wife, i operate under the assumption h that i am being monitored. >> sean: this is the united states! >> we are now in a position of being afraid of our own government.e >> sean: sara? >> i have to agree with gregg and with you, sean. look at what they did with paul manafort.h and george papadopoulos, and general flynn. this is another strong arm tactic and that's what they are trying to do and they are desperate. >> sean: it is really unbelievable to me. hang on as this breaking news.

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♪ >> sean: all right, michael cohen has released a once

secretly recorded conversation between he and donald trump to cnn, fox news not independently verified the tape, joining us now, national security strategist dr. gorka, and tv contributor dan bongino. i have known michael a long d time, i like him, he has a lovely family. i honestly think that what they have done to him is wrong, i was not a client of his head although, i did ask him legal questions on, we used to talk privately, and -- but we did not have a business relationship. just to be totally transparent. i think what they did to him is wrong. i read the tape and i do not see any there there. what is your reaction, dan? >> sean, i do not know michael cohen, but i'm sorry, this is straight up sleazy. one thing that i know fromom people who have worked for donald trump, and i know a lote of them is that they will tell

you this, he is fiercely loyal to his people.y he does not pretend to be a saint, but he is ferociously loyal to his people. it is really ridiculous that t this guy was giving them legal advice and then recording them and releasing the tapes.t he better be damn sure that donald trump was in new york because if he was in florida or mar-a-lago, florida is a two-party consent state.e. >> sean: does that matter? >> it matters to who you are recording, yes, if donald trump was in florida and cohen was in new york, you cannot record without his consent. >> sean: let me say this, i am assuming, i do not know why he recorded them, but i am assumins that michael cohen never thought his office was going to get rated either. and he was not going to release this on his own, dr. gorka.o >> yes, i have never met michael cohen either. but let's talk about the broader reality, cnn still does not get it.

if donald trump is the president and cnn has lost the flood. -- it has lot the plot. instead of being a news organization, and they can report on the fact thator according to a "wall street journal" nbc poll donald trump is the highest approval rating in his 18th month than any president -- >> sean: they up to their estimate to 5.3%. >> that was my next point, gep instead of talking about gdp predictions that affect all americans, talking about the president's historic popularity with one exception, george bush after 9/11. they are talking about this tape that says nothing. what is it going to be next? t is it going to be a secret video of baron trump's first birthday party? as he's eating cake.

they are making a mockery of themselves. >> sean: even if he found a cure for cancer, they would hate him. >> wait until the gdp comes out on friday.y. >> if we had 5%, a figure that we have never hit -- >> sean: the previous president is the only president never to have 3% gdp growth in a year. >> he never had, you are absolutely right. you are absolutely correct, the only president in modern u.s. history to not do that. not one annual year and 3%. >> sean: 2 million fewer people on food stamps, yeah america is back. thank you both. big announcement, next. ♪ doug, doug!

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hannity.com, you can see our friend gregg jarrett, number one book in the country. great book. we will always be fair and balanced. we're not the destroy-trump media. let not your heart be troubled. there she is. what wise acre comment do you have? go ahead. hit me. >> laura: wait, you have something very special on thursday, and it is roseanne who gave one of the most hilarious interviews earlier this week. i'm sorry but i screamed laughing. i thought she was acting it was so funny. >> sean: i think she probably was. everybody forgets roseanne used to be a stand-up comic. she wants a chance to explain all this and we're going to give her that chance. >> laura: apparently, hannity, only the liberals can say really wrong off color mistaken things, awful things. soirks -- >> sean: you