that's it for us tonight, and we will be back tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and groupthink. i hope you've had a great hour. by the way, it continues with sean hannity live in new york city right now. >> sean: i got it down. welcome to this busy breaking news speak 25 tonight ago president trump visiting the capitol rotunda. president herbert walker bush will either in state. tonight, we honor the life and the legacy of the 41st president of the united states. he was a man devoted to his family, his country and making this world a better, freer and safer place. a lifetime of incredible service. and we will also have tonight my full interview with 41 from 2004 and we will also show you the

very worst media coverage surrounding the president's passing, very despicable. plus we have new developments in the mueller witch hunt front, some really bad news for bill and hillary clinton, and breaking news on antitax riots in paris. and you will not believe what one new jersey teacher told her students about santa. five and 6-year-old kids. if you do have kids, you may want to tune them out at that point. it will shock your conscience. we start tonight with a breaking opening monologue. on his 18th birthday, george herbert walker bush and listed in the united states navy becoming the latest aviator in the navy. after one such mission in 1944, his plane's engine was set ablaze by enemy fire forcing him to bail out over the ocean.

bush reportedly wondered "why have i been spared and what did god have been store for me? successful in the oil business, the u.s. congressman, the ten semester to the united nations and the chairman of the republican national committee. also the ambassador to china, the director of the cia served eight years as ronald reagan's oil vice president as one of the most successful presidencies in victory. history. george h.w. bush had one of the most notable resumes in the history of the u.s. but his personal life was even more impressive, along with his beloved wife, barbara, a 70 plus years. he was a parent to six children including former president and former governor, grandfathered to 17 17 and a great-grandfatho eight. through it all he never forgot

the brave men and women in this country that protect us every single day and make everything possible including in 2004 when he sat down for an interview with yours truly. take a look. >> it touches me, sean. i admit to living in somewhat of a cocoon as a former president, but i go much out of my way to say hello to the police and firemen. but the ones that i talked to to, -- >> tucker: these are the same guys that tell me they watch fox news every night. >> i'm sure it is. these people are not elitist country club people, they are saving our lives with their service. and when they say i'm here for the president, i get very emotional. >> obviously in both his personal and professional life, president bush was always a

good, decent and honorable push person. eight years as vice president, he had to deal with some of the most challenging issues in modern american history. he saw the collapse of the soviet union after his successful strategy with president reagan called peace through strength. he responded in response to and saddam hostile actions. and along with ronald reagan, george h.w. bush took over the country creating a million new jobs. and, double-digit interest rates and inflation two amazing lows. and they inherited the economy of jerry carter.

some criticized him from not taking out saddam hussein in a very short period of time. he was also attacked on the issue of no new tax pledge. you might remember, it was the infamous "read my lips, no new tax" moment. bush encountered a media that was actively rooting against him, and it's only gotten worse since then. take a look. >> can you explain how -- iran was officially a terrorist stat state. you made us hypocrites in the place of the world. >> the president also got to see a supermarket checkout in action. >> the bush campaign has been a model and how you elect somebody who, even his friends think is a weak national candidate. >> we find it very steady work heating up with bush's life.

and that's something that he resorts to with -- slightly worrying skill. >> during his election bid, "new york times" reported that fake story about president president bush's so-called amazement. they included this fake story, and meanwhile the so-called journalist at the ap couldn't e their contempt. another former president even passed away quoting "george h.w. bush, sword with the coalition victory over iraq and kuwait but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term has died. he was 94. that tweet has since been deleted but of course this is all part of a pattern. the mainstream media viciously attacking any prominent

republicans all while providing cover to all of their friends in the democratic party. reagan was portrayed as a heartless monster the eight years he was president. george bush literally bashed for his speaking style among other things and john mccain excoriated throughout the 2008 campaign as racist or worse. mitt romney called a sexist and misogynist because he wanted to hire women. apparently these attacks are just obviously completely disingenuous. when people die and all of a sudden, you like them, like we saw was senator mccain. most of the mainstream media, they will do a 180 after they excoriated him and treated him horribly, seemingly forgetting about the nasty coverage, a pattern to destroy people's names in character when they are alive and then create up a veneer of bipartisanship, then we say nice things about somebody when the person dies. it's transparently phony and we have video evidence. take a look.

>> they are broken up and breaking that pledge showed the character and resolve of the man to do what he was persuaded wit with. >> we are morning and ideal, because president george h.w. bush was the last of the greatest generations. such respect for the position, the institution of the presidency. >> but what a special person, what a patriot, what a special person to this country. and incredible decency. >> tucker: and an example, two, let's praise former president bush with the media was never nice to come up maybe we could use that to bludgeon trump. and when the dust settles history can look back on 41 as an american hero and as a country called george h.w. bush,

he answered that call. at the age of 18, he answered the because of our nation bureaucracy. he answered the call as a 41st president of this country. he did it as a father, a husband and no answers once again to his beloved barbara bush in heaven, after they both had an amazing 73 year marriage. our thoughts and prayers tonight go out to the entire bush family, and over the years, i did have the opportunity to sit down with president bush. we will play that interview. we start in france tonight where tensions are very high after very violent protests against the french president emmanuel macron are taking place. it all started as a demonstration by france's yellow vest movement against the country's crippling gas tax. this comes as gas prices in paris are already over $7 per

gallon, which is really insane. so far across france, those protests have left three dead and hundreds of wounded and as it turns out, socialism and high taxes and government enforced claimant shaming didn't exactly lead to societal euphoria. instead of pushing a massive climate change agenda, that only puts a bigger burden on who? the lower and working-class people of france and anywhere else that used it. while no one supports violence and destruction, should we be surprised? it serves as an important warning to anyone here in the u.s. also new to the elements tonight as it relates to the comey witch hunt. robert mueller is tying up loose ends in a probe and that appeared as he says to be coming to a close. 72-year-old jerome corsi filed a criminal complaint against the alleged counsel alleging that they saw his false testimony.

and mr. corsi explained to the show he rejected a plea deal, and he threatened with what could be of a life sentence in jail. this is the opposite of how our justice system is supposed to work. and then finding perpetrators, not the other way around. george papadopoulos pled guilty to process crimes as a result of the investigation itself, nothing to deal with the investigation. paul manafort is guilty on some counts and pled guilty to crimes on loan applications and tax issues going back through 2007. taking place weighed before he

joined the campaign. and of course them using dirty pony campaign research that hillary paid for at russia's, they are delegitimizing this. also, they are sitting with a private deposition after trying to force a public hearing. the clinton investigation wasn't written before she was interviewed, but that was alive. apparently we don't have equal application of our laws. certainly maybe even a third system for the clintons entirely. by the way, thankfully tonight it might be closing time for the clintons, shady and once lucrative business of turning political access into hard cold

cash, according to longtime "new york times" columnist, maureen dowd. a recent joint speech by bill and hillary clinton was pretty disappointing at best. she writes "their pathological need to be relevant in america is belied by a canadian arena where stretches of empty seats bear witness to the passing of their relevance. even if you are showing up or getting a discount, according to a new report. tickets to see bill and hillary were as low as $11 in some locations. the medias passing, you will not believe how one teacher decided to ruin christmas for five and six years old. but first we remember the legacy of service. president george h.w. bush, we go back through 2004 and, i had the opportunity to visit a head of that year's presidential

election. take a look. it's got to be harder to watch your son. >> it is far worse when they go after your son, and i would say unfairly, and they use to when i was in the cross hairs and would get condemned and criticized. it hurts much more when it's your own son. and it's not even a close call. >> tucker: i think about my son whose younger than yours but i would think that would be harder. you have to go through this one more time. how's that other son of yours in florida? he's got a lot of potential. >> he's good at, oh, god, he is good. they singled him out as the number one target for the democratic party nationally, not just for governor. he came and made this the number one goal for the democratic party nationally.

and he won by 14 points. >> tucker: in the polls were a little closer going into that one. he won by quite a margin. i guess that made up mr. mccullough a little unhappy. you know, your son said something the other day that really struck me. he did want to go to washington and change the tone, and since he has been there, i'm not talking about the michael moore's or the pundits on tv. but former vice president george bush is screaming. ted kennedy regularly calls a president a liar. have you heard the leaders of the democratic party that shrill? >> i've heard them shrill and i've heard of some of ours shrill in the past but i never felt the claimant like it is no now, nor the shrillness of the political opposition.

>> it hurts? >> well you expect some of it, but when it's your son and they call him a liar, when they impugn his motives, it hurts a lot. you think i feel strongly about it, talk to barbara bush. >> he just tells me not to watch. >> i read recently that she won't read "the new york times" anymore. >> i'm whining much more publicly than he is too because i think they have gone too far. i think they are advocates for the democrats, i think they had lost the objectivity that they did have many years ago, and, you have people in there that smeared george and slam him every day, and you see

subjectivity creeping into the news columns, it concerns me. >> >> tucker: you even commented publicly about him. >> divorce, how can you not criticize them? he is a below the belt guy, and he made some comment they understand and that documentary is getting all kinds of liberal fame that we have a billion, $200 million out of the saudis or we were enriched by that.

and i don't want to meet him and i don't like his movie and i don't want to see it. >> that's offering strong opinions. they had some incredibly harsh criticism of the democratic party. where is bipartisanship when you need it most. talk about an obsession to bring down our son, commander in chief. he was motivated more bipartisan politics and national security, today's democratic leader, seeing america as an occupier. in years gone by, fdr, jfk and truman, and the modern democratic party. >> i prefer dale miller about

the shift and change, but he has watched and he's worked with them, his own party. as reagan said, the party left him, that's what reagan said about the democrats. >> you were involved in a revolution. when president reagan and, when you are vice president and you proposed your economic plan and you were going to cut taxes, a lot of people predicted that depression would ensue. you had the longest period of peacetime economic growth, and what president reagan called the gap of vulnerability, and confront the evil empire. but we know what happened, the wall came tumbling down. there was a lot of criticism. is it similar? >> i think there is some similarity. my friend friend ted, we have y

personal relationship, i don't want, act like it one bit. and he knows that. and i admit to a living in somewhat of a cocoon as a former president. when i go out of my way to say high to these policemen and firemen, i tell you, the ones that i talked to were fearsome. one flipped up the top of his lapel like that. >> they tell me that they watch fox news every night. >> i'm sure they do. but these people are not elitist country club people, they are saving their people's lives. >> it's not about legacy. it's about duty and it's about honor and it's about service. >> isn't something you and the

president talk about? >> no, but i don't need to talk to him, i know what motivates him over his lifetime. i'm just saying at this stage in my life, that matters. service, duty, honor, country. points of life and family. and in my case with our two public figures, it's a pretty easy fit. >> and you are proud of them and use that you think you win substantially? >> i honestly believe it. i thought i would win. but look at it this way, the lord works in mysterious ways, and if i would have one, i doubt that the president would have been president today, in the future. and jeb may not be serving admirably in his second term as governor.

>> service, duty, honor, god, family. an amazing family. directly ahead, we have a busy news night. how is the media using the death of a former president, george h.w. bush, to attack trump? it's despicable. we got a full analysis and at some point, the kids can't watch the show and i will explain. -these people, they speak a language we cannot understand.

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i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. >> tucker: the media has been extensively covering the procession for george w. bush. some are attacking president trump. >> volunteering to serve in world war ii, and, that's been a

life of service to themselves. >> this is also at 24 hours and assault about leadership used to look like in this country. having values and standing for them being principled. >> basically at the end of the day, all of us are in there together. i would be here for you just like you are there for me. what a remarkable difference between 1988 and 2,018. >> tucker: today on the view, joy behar used it to launch an attack on president trump, invoking make mccain recently as we know lost her own dad to issue a fire response.

>> as a candidate he said, those who think we are powerless to think we could do anything about the greenhouse attack effect ae forgetting the greenhouse effec effect. that's one of the most sweeping environmental statutes ever. this president that we have now is trying to unravel everything that he did or obama data, and if we ever become a one issue voter, it will be about pollution. and the greenhouse effect. >> could we focus on the president please? we are honoring a great president. >> excuse me for a second. >> i don't care what you are interested in, i'm talking. >> i don't care what you are interested in, either. >> tucker: anyone ever noticed the liberal snowflakes -- forget it. joining us now, mollie hemingway is with us. monica crowley is with us.

you know you think back, i supported john mccain when he ran for president when it mattered. because i thought he would be the better president. all those people that viciously attacked him, it was like, they were his best friend. we see it with george herbert walker bush, and it's no longer a political threat. you are the greatest person that ever lived. >> you know, death enhances the memory of almost everybody. it's particularly striking when a republican politician or president passes away, and then the mainstream media which relentlessly pounded that republican politician during his or her time in office, then suddenly, they are a saint. i think in the case of president trump, the mainstream media will use any cudgel to try to pound the president into the

ground. when senator mccain passed, they certainly did it then and are doing it now. i wrote a column for spectator usa today talking about how president nixon essentially launched president bush into -- as a national figure, george h.w. bush rather after they lost the senate campaign. i think that lesson, too, is that this position -- and whether it's richard nixon, ronald reagan, senator mccain, george w. bush, but you see that as plenty when they pass away. >> tucker: it is a bit of a phenomenon.

and there are these guys on talk radio and people that say, -- i wouldn't take it personally. this is so overwhelmingly transparent to me. >> and it is particularly phony in the case of george h.w. bush. that's the issue where the only good republican is a republican who is not a threat. there is a pretty quick change in the media coverage from george h.w. bush from when he was president, and the media coverage was vicious. that was the cover of "newsweek" magazine. to say today that he was so kind and respectable, this was the same media that was decrying him for his personal traits. they lied about him and his reaction to a supermarket scanner which is something that "the new york times" not only never corrected but repeated just yesterday. his media coverage was so bad that his primary campaign bumper

sticker when he ran for reelection was, and, it's not okay. it wasn't a lifetime of service. my father also signed up and served in the me as well. we look at this, and it's like literally hearing people, this is the death of a really honorable human being. he is a nice one and now they will use that to bludgeon trump because they don't like president trump. i speak as a democrat >> i want

to say one other thing that about george h.w. bush that is bipartisan and transcended in importance. he more than any single individual was responsible for the fall of the soviet union, the fall of the wall, the end of communism, in eastern and central europe. and if we as democrats and republicans can't celebrate that now, there's something wrong with us and i hope that president trump and his foreign policy has a similar success. >> i would argue really quick, monica, the policies of president trump on regulation and taxes, on justices and judges on the courts, on the wall, even, peace through strength, standing up to our enemies and identify evil that's one of the reason why the mainstream media and others who oppose president trump oppose

him. and it's a stronger military and stronger international position and american voters agree with that and supported. >> shocking, and i will give her the last word, we have about 25 seconds. every president has their own style and sometimes a moment calls for, like i would argue this one, disruptive. donald trump breaks a few dishes but things are getting done and we needed them to get done. >> it's okay for different presidents to have different styles. and, they are two different people. much more news tonight as we

check on steve harrigan in tijuana. he will update us on the migrant caravan. also former acting ice director tom holman and geraldo rivera, they debate. if you have young children five or six years old, they are not allowed to watch the end of the show tonight or towards the end. you won't believe what one teacher told the students about santa claus. the war on christmas is back, straight ahead. ♪

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>> tucker: it joining us now, tonight live in tijuana, at the very latest an update on the massive migrant caravan on the tijuana border. steve harrigan is there tonight. steve, the latest. >> the new mexican government is trying to get a grip on the

mexican border. they shut down food deliveries, bathrooms and even water to that context. at one point it was holding as many as 6,000 people in quick conditions of squalor, human waste, mud, and respiratory infections. the new shelter, further away, and we spoke to a woman with two small children and she said she was given pizza 16 hours ago but nothing since then. one final thing to note about this new shelter, we have seen the numbers go down from about 6000-2000. some of these people have either gone back to central american nations and they are staying here in mexico to try to find jobs or troops crossing over the border illegally into the u.s.

>> tucker: unbelievable story to share. in tijuana, they tweeted, i was able to successfully assist five asylum-seekers. a mother and her 9-year-old child and a young man with the serious medical condition. new census data tonight shows that 63% of noncitizens, 63%, are using some sort of welfare programs. and fox news correspondent, there is only two things that i want. actually i want to build a wall with the door. and i want -- well, three. our citizens safe if new people

come in, and for illegal immigrant that we pay annually per person. there are some citizens that need that money. >> first of all, can i join you in sending my love and affection to the bush family? they are a great family and, that's the passing of a great man that is an incredible example of service. and i just wanted to acknowledge you. >> you know, this is twice now you've have done this. >> i'm just telling you where i stand. [laughs] if you remember back or if your family tells a story of how your forbearers come to this country, they were also dirt poor. the are issue survived the potato famine, and there is

always a reason. they often don't speak the native language, they are dirt poor and they worked their way up. they realize the american dream, they come, they invent google and they invent all of these new gizmos and businesses. it is the lifeblood that feeds our republic. we are a nation, we take people from the four corners. >> i get that. but you are not addressing the main port. irish catholic may not apply. but the point is they came in illegally. and again, i go back to my three things here. the wall with the door protects everybody. that people to make sure they are not our enemies and number three, they have to be able to take care of themselves financially and not count on the

american people. >> i agree with you. but before we go through that question, and she was her official position to go down there and pull a political stunt and to take these five people and put them ahead of 2800 people that were standing in line, including asylum-seekers. she went down there and used her official position to break the rules and play a political stunt. but she wants to blame our president saying used a a caravan political stunt. the president is doing his job, he's protecting our border, securing the border and protecting the sovereignty of his country. and he's doing a darn good job at it. anyone who doesn't recognize that isn't ignoring the facts. so this congressman ought to be sitting in washington, d.c., and fixing the loopholes that caused this caravan to even happen. >> tucker: these guys are getting hit with rocks and

bottles. >> on december 7th, the president runs out of money. the president is threatening to shut down unless they come up with the $5 billion down payment for the wall. the congressional leader says, i understand they just had to bake the president to extend the deadline for two weeks with short-term financing. let's get behind the solution right now. build a wall, give him the financing, give amnesty to the dreamers. the youngsters brought here at a young age through no fault of their own. build a wall, free the dreamers. this is a compromise, that you can champion. >> excuse me, geraldo, they offered that. >> i worked for six presidents and i respect them all but no one has done more for more security and public safety and protecting the sovereignty of this country than president trump. i agree that we need to sent them i can stand behind them, more security needs to come before rewarding people for illegal behavior.

>> tucker: exactly. we will put a big door. one will say a geraldo and one will say trump. thank you both. when we come back, you may not want your young kids to watch. i will explain and you won't believe what a teacher in new jersey is saying about santa, and much more. it's shocking. the war on christmas, straight ahead.

>> tucker: i hate to say this, and you might want to tune out. but if you have young children you may not want them to see this segment. in fact they may want to leave the room. while christmas is a time for a celebration and family gatherings, a chance to sit on santa's lap and tell them what

you want for christmas, and substitute teacher decided to tarnish the holiday for five and 6-year-old 6-year-old first-graders, going off on a grinch-like diatribe during a writing assignment about how santa isn't real. fake news. how reindeer can't fly, more fake news. and she didn't stop there. she told the students the easter bunny and tooth fairy aren't real either. more fake news. they now apologize and talk to her about her poor judgment? really, and fox news contributor rachel campos duffy is here, good to see you both. kathy, just tell me you don't see this is wrong. >> it's definitely wrong. i happen to be a certified teacher in new jersey, so i know the rules.

i know the rules quite well, and you are not allowed to put your personal beliefs into the classroom. if the parents personal beliefs are that santa is real, as we all know, and easter bunny -- >> tucker: what would you tell your two kids? >> i would tell my kids what i want him to believe, and i would do research. i would not say those things in a classroom. you know what happens in high school and junior high and college for sure, and it seems like academia is run by leftists that have a very different worldview. these are five and 6-year-old kids, literally shattering what

is probably the best day of the year for many of them. and appropriate -- we can't fire teachers today. >> you could fire a substitute. >> to be clear kathy, the school district has said, we are working through this. should not be working with young children, and clearly doesn't understand that the parents are the primary and most important teachers and her point of view, or belief system should never supersede that of the parent. this is the indoctrination of kids and it keeps getting younger and younger. liberals ruin halloween and now they are working on christmas. this is a bad thing. one good thing that has come out of this is that kathy and i agree 100%, and this is an

unholy alliance between democrats and teachers. they have even had teachers accused of inappropriate behavior with students and all they do is continue to pay them. >> i am a tenured teacher. i got my 10-year in florida. had i crossed the line if i said that about santa, i don't the parents would have defended me. parents right now, they are very conflicted as to whether they should lie to kids about certain things, but when it comes to this i don't think that teacher will make it in the classroom. i think the answer, sean, is school choice. clearly parents are furious at this teacher. the answer is, school choice and

parents have a choice where they want to send their kids. >> tucker: so if the kids did watch, sandal israel and the easter bunny is real and the tooth fairy is real. if you heard it from any teacher or anybody, it's fake news. when we come back, we continue to remember the life and legacy of president bush 41, as spoken in the words of bush 43. that's when we come back. [ engine revving ] and then, i'm gonna pike my hips back into downward dog. [ rhythmic tapping ] hey, the rain stopped. -a bad day on the road still beats a good one off it. -tell me about that dental procedure again! -i can still taste it in my mouth! -progressive helps keep you out there.

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your mother was suspicious. some of the doctors didn't think. >> the chief of staff was asking what do you think and i said jump. after all, it had to have made him feel very young. >> sean: that's all the time we have left this evening. our prayers for the bush family. laura ingraham standing by in washington. >> laura: sean, good to see you, fantastic show tonight and it's a weird feeling in washington. an odd moment for all of us who grew up and worked in the reagan-bush administration. >> sean: when my political interest came from. watching those 12 years defined my love of politics. >> laura: for all of us. thanks so much, sean, great show tonight. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle." a day of trib after the passing of the 41st president of the united states, george h.w. bush and how the