that's it for us tonight. we will be back tomorrow night, the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink. we have a surprise for you tonight. one night only, 9:00 p.m., sean hannity live from new york is next. >> sean: tucker, great to see you, great show, as always. thank you. welcome to "hannity." your way of life in this country is under attack. the crisis at our southern border is real, dangerous, and serious. on monday, border patrol agents apprehended over 100 central climbans attempting to over a section of the border wall. this in yuma, arizona, and meanwhile, radical far left socialists have taken control of the democratic party. they used to support border security, now it is about free markets, private industry, the american dream vilified by many members on the left. and the hate-trump media, along with their friends in hollywoodf literally want to block you -- i know this is almost hard to believe, the american people,

from wearing a "make america great again" hat, or showing support for president trump. we will cover all of this on tonight's "hannity watch." the rise of radical socialism. a brand-new segment debuting tonight called "villain of the day." these people deserve it. this will shock your conscience. first, we start at the very top, house speaker nancy pelosi fort, weeks, the speaker trying tohe play petty political games with this nation and the state of tha union and the president -- by the way, what is she fighting for? the president is fighting life and death. the president is fighting safety and security. she has barred the president from performing his constitutional duty in the house chamber, making her the t first speaker in u.s. history to ever do so. she refused to compromise on budget negotiations, wouldn't even come to the table to talk about any kind of deal. she has been too busy on a luxurious vacation, other democrats on a lobbyist-paid junket, again, luxurious llocations and resorts.

planning taxpayer-funded excursions around the globe. to even talk to the president, was offered dramatic compromises, things she has that over theyears she wants, she has no time for that. tonight, the president goes above her bitter, petty, partisan gamesmanship. he postponed the state of the union. some seemed upset by this, they wanteded him to go to an alternative location, but i think it is a bad idea. why? because the president, to give up the grandeur, giving the state of the union in the house chamber, "mr. speaker, the president of united states." that is a powerful moment. congressmen and women, senators, literally staking out their seats so they can shake the president's hand 14 hours ahead of time. no other place can match that symbolic location, the grandeur, and this president deserves nothing less. i'm sure that will happen in the near future. this is about so much more than politics. this is about your safety, yourr security.

this is about the safety of the country, and literally life-and-death. this is about a president fulfilling a promise to secure our southern border. this about saving american lives that are impacted by gangs, cartels, drugs, violence. it is life-and-death. people are dying. 90% of that heroin that getsnc into this country comes from that border. it is about 10,000 new migrants now obtaining visas from the government of mexico to travel through the country in order to make their way north. into our country. because we have unsecured borders. now, when the u.s. government is reopened, the president wille hold his state of the union where it belongs, in the house chambers, with members of both parties hopefully present. in the meantime, the shutdown does continue, the president has been unrelenting, fighting to make the country safer. democrats continue to feed their insatiable appetite, this pathological hatred, this division that they have, and of course, it is always about a desire for power.

breaking tonight, the white house is reportedly now drafting a national emergency order, allocating $7 billion for that wall that would require zero congressional approval. today, the president reassured americans that he will get guaranteed funds for the wall one way or another. let's take a look. >> one of the ideas suggested, they pay a prorated down payment for the wall, which i think the people agree that you need, you need the wall. i have other alternatives if i have to, and i will use those alternatives if i have to. we want to go through the system. we have to have a wall in this country. we have criminals pouring into our country. we have no choice but to have a wall or a barrier. if we don't have that, it is just not going to work. >> sean: again, i ask, what is nancy pelosi fighting n for? what is in the best interest of the country? president trump remains ready, willing to negotiate with democratic leadership.ll

the white house doors are wide open, he is willing to compromise as he has shown time and again. he is even willing to take a prorated funding rate for the wall for a short period of time. give congress another chance to do their job and find a fresolution. if the stalemate continues, it is obvious, democrats refuse to come to the table.us the president is clear, he will declare a national emergency and solve the problem himself. it may take time to fight in the courts, but in my opinion, he willim win. by the way, that will happen. unfortunately, as we showed you last night, nancy pelosi seemss to be standing for nothing but being against trump. during the height of budget negotiations, she and other top democrats tried to slip away for the seven days overseas junket courtesy of you, the taxpayers. of course, nothing new forsy pelosi, look at this. according to "judicial watch," during her last term as speaker, she racked up a massive travel bill. with the u.s. air force, over a two-year period, she spent more than $2 million of your money on

air travel, $100,000 of which was in-flight expenses. that means food and booze,f all of the politicians working so hard, like, half of the year. thankfully, the president put the kibosh on her most recent overseas junket, and today we did send fox news contributor, our friend lawrence jones, to the streets of new york city to see what americans really think about the radical, extreme, this socialist, democratic speaker, nancy pelosi, and her so-called leadership. let's take a look. >> the first president in american history to be disinvited from the state of the union. how do you feel about that? >> i can't believe it. >> do you feel like it is disgraceful? >> absolutely. absolutely. i cannot believe that ever happened. in the united states. >> to cancel something because of your politics, you are notst helping anyone. >> yeah, it's wrong. >> i think nancy pelosi is doinu the right thing because donald trump is destroying this country by his rhetoric and his

racism, and a million other things, and i think nancy pelosi is the voice of reason in this country. >> do you feel nancy pelosi was wrong? >> yes. i believe the president should attend. it should be his choice whether he wants to attend or not attend. >> what he is doing to this country is an abomination, and people's rights, human rights are being violated.. >> what human rights arend being violated? >> what human rights? >> yeah, tell me. >> um, the list goes on and on. >> she said this was because ofs security, but they say that is not true. did she lie? >> she said she had security concerns, which i believe she probably does. >> she didn't talk to the necessary people to figure that out. >> it doesn't matter.k >> do you think it is eroding the institution? this doesn't mean you agree with the president on everything, but this is a report card to thegr country and to congress, right? >> it looks childish, you know,

and i believe it was a terrible thing that nancy pelosi did to the president. >> for her to cancel that and go against the constitution speaks volumes. >> is she throwing a temper tantrum of her own right now? >> that's a really good question. [laughter] >> do you think nancy pelosi should take a meeting with the president?t? > of course you should pray that is her job. do your job. just do your job! >> sean: a good question. what human rights are beingn. violated? um, they are being violated, whatever they are. you can't make this up. of course, that is new york city. california, new york, notu exactly representing red state america. anyway, sadly, nancy and chuck are now being controlled by thee most radical, the most extreme elements in the new socialist democratic party. these are the same far left individuals now playing kingmakers in the upcoming 2020

presidential primary. that brings us to tonight's "hannity watch," report on the 2020 race, we see nearly every single democrat announcing their theydacy, the first thing do, i've got to apologize for this position i had that may sound conservative, or you will hate me. kirsten gillibrand, she apologized for once supporting the second amendment. then you have tulsi gabbard apologizing for her mixed track record on social issues, somehow still waiting on elizabeth warren's apology for faking and benefiting from a lie of saying she is a native american. warren did, however, find time to propose brand-new taxes, right there, check it out. she is always finding new and creative ways to pick your pocket and penalize americans that she describes as wealthy. somehow she wants to take that money and redistribute it. meanwhile, one of warren's 2020 primary opponents, senator kamala harris, is spending her time raising anan enormous amount of money, buying up all of the facebook ads that

she can find, and of course, trashingha the president. she wants him to open up trump tower as a shelter to the victims of the shutdown. there are other people that own those units, he actually sold them. they are not his. take a look. >> people are worried about eviction. listen, you know what i think should happen? if the president feels this strongly about it, open up the trump tower, and let everybody live in there rent free, and maybe we can start having a discussion.. [laughs] i bet he's got some room! >> february 1st is going to be rent day for am! lot of people who rely on checks. supposed to be a good job. >> sean: kamala harris is a member of congress, she can open up her home. nancy pelosi is a multi-multi-millionaire. what did we see when we sent to lawrence her district? needles,ec feces, homeless peope eleverywhere. why doesn't she build a homeless shelterer there? that's right, they are only generous with your money. like you said, it is not a joking matter in this sense.

in the comingng weeks, this crop of democrats vying to replace president trump is likely to get bigger and bigger, but the moderatesig are nowhere to be found. joining us now, fox news contributor, jason chaffetz is with us.z "campus reform" editor in chief, fox news contributor, lawrence jones. she says wait a minute, human rights violations, what are they? just give me one. >> nothing. >> sean: what did the others say? >> when i asked about nancy pelosi, is she pouting, good question. we joke about this, but this is the thing, the state of the union is not about agreeing ore disagreeing with the president, this is giving the report card to the country. i think nancy pelosi and the democratic party is pouting, but i also think they are taking a moments from the american peopl, from the president, to lay out the agenda, what he has been able to accomplish, what he hasn't been able to accomplish. and have that dialogue. i don't think democrats are interested in this. what they have failed to tell

us, what was the pivot? 2006, you are for the wall, you were for fencing, but you changed. we get that you changed, why did you t change? members of the press won't press them on that, and as you can see, the people we interviewed, they don't really know the answer either. y >> sean: you are right, why did they change, congressman chaffetz? fork about this, they were building the wall, they sounded like donald trump just a few short years ago on all of these issues. the president isli standing up r life and death.ea 90% of heroin, we have drug trafficking, human trafficking, cartels, gang members, we have 4,000 homicides, 30,000 violent assaults, real americans, in some cases, real, permanent separation from kids. and they don't care. what is it she is fighting for here? >> she's just fighting for the resistance movement. i remember when i was first elected to congress, the same time barack obama was, every

time we saw headlines about the republicans are the party of no, they can't say yes, they just say no, the party of no. that is all i heard for a couple of years. but now we have nancy pelosi, she won't take a meeting. she shuts down the debate. remember when she took the gavel back, when kevin mccarthy d handed it to her, and said they were going to be open and transparent, they were going to be like a town hall on the floor of the house? but they don't want to hear d ay opposition, they don't want to debate w issues, because they le on the issues. it is just about resisting trump. >> she also lied to the american people, she said it was because of security reasons, because she shfelt like the president wasn't ausafe. the secret service said she didn't reach out to them. homeland, national security, she didn't reach out -- she just came up with it. when i asked the people how they felt about it, she straight up lied to the american people! she could have been a strong woman and said, i just don't like the president, and because of the shutdown, i don't want him here. instead, she lied. >> sean: it goes to a bigger,

broader issue. it is clear, 2018 was about hiding, jason, hiding where they really stood. we knew where they stood. they want their crumbs back, they want open borders, they want to eliminate i.c.e., they want endless investigation, and many want impeachment. all of which has come true, i predicted it. 2020 is going to be different. now they are going to try and really out-resistance each other, to the point where they are going to go so far to the left, how are the american people going to perceive donald trump, straight up, why he is fighting? he is fighting for life and death, to stop drugs, violence, cartels, gang members, and all these problems that are caused by having open borders. but if she can't answer what she is fighting for here, and the media doesn't ask her -- and they won't -- that, to me, tells it all. what is she fighting for? what does shee want here? >> they don't have a good answer, and that is why every democratic presidentiale nominee

to this point is going to alexandria ocasio-cortez, to try to kiss the ring, make sure they are far to the left. aoc, l she voted against nancy pelosi's funding package because it had money in there for i.c.e. that is how radical leftdi these peopleey are! open borders, they want to tear downpp that wall. they don't want the immigration customs enforcement. but the american people do, that is why the president just needs to stay the course, keep making the case. intellects before with the border patrol want! thatnd is what the men and women serving on the border need. you see the caravans forming and coming north in mass amounts, we have to secure the border. the republicans are winning that argument. >> sean: let me ask this. the president made the decision -- constitutionally, it is very, very clear, article two, section three, he could adjourn congress, go before either one house or two. lawrence, i was disagreeing with someit of our friends tonight, some people say he should just go to another location.

i disagree, because there is nothing -- there is a grandeur to that moment, when the state of the union -- that started, it used to be read by the house clerk, not as big as it was. since 1934, it has evolved into what it is today. no location that i can think of can match "mr. speaker, the president of the united states," he comes in. >> i see your point, sean, butsp this is a different president. he didn't get strength from inside the beltway, this is a guy on the road. >> sean: why should they taken' that from him? >> they shouldn't take it away, but he is dealing with a political class on both sides. his strength is with the american people. i've d always advocated to the president talking to different communities, black communities, hispanic communities, and how the agenda helps them. going into the big bubble into the dorm, inviting people up there -- i know this show but that is not where his strength is.

>> sean: agreed, but why take a lesser location because they are petulant and t childish? and playing politics? >> why choice does he have, sea sean? >> sean: he is going to do it at the right time. what do you think, jason? you get the last word tonight. >> the president did the right thing, it exposed nancy pelosi for who she is. petty,po insecure, and unwilling to hear an opposing view and debate. the last thing she wanted was an hour and half of the president talking to the american people. the president made the right call, it made her look petty. >> sean: when you play long ball sometimes, the moment gets bigger and bigger and bigger, and the anticipation for that will grow. we will see. lawrence, thank you, great job today. jason chaffetz, thank you. when we come back, directly ahead, a shocking new report about congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and the deadly impact of socialism. it is a special, mini monologue, and we debut a brand-new segment our "villain of the day." i promise you, these people will shock your conscience and your soul.

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women in the workplace, youth unemployment, and our vets are going back to work. meanwhile, the socialist country of venezuela tonight is in a full collapse. now watching the chaos and madness unfold, it is very important, especially in light of the new, radical, extreme socialist democratic party in this country that want some of the exact same policies adopted here. remember after eight years of obama? spread the wealth around, remember that comment, joe the plumber? 13 million more americans, after eight years of obama, on food stamps, 8 million more in poverty. the lowest homeownership rate in 51 years, doubled the national debt, and accumulated more debt than any other president before him combined. it wasn't good for the economy.d the forgotten men and women off of food stamps, back in the workforce in record numbers. in venezuela today, you haveve hyperinflation, food shortages, ongoing public health puemergencies, rampant violence, all causing the country's people to take to the streets. in yet another day of very tenst protest. the united states, canada, others, are now backing the presidency of the opposition

leader to the maduro socialist regime after a corrupt, rigged election gave maduro yet another term. here's what president trump had to say about this ongoing crisis in venezuela under socialismde t again. take a look. >> look at venezuela, it is aa very sad situation. that was the richest state in all of that area. that is a big, beautiful area, and by far the richest. now it is one of the poorest places in the world. it is what socialism gets you. when they want to raise your taxes to 70%. >> sean: 70%, another 10% in new york, they want to confiscate it all. that's right, de blasio, comrade de blasio in new york,is a lot of wealth in new york, just in the wrong hands, he wants to take it and give it eaaway. socialism always collapses, but for some reason, the new star, the leader of the democratic ofsocialist party in washington, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, wants to bring

parts of the system, a lot of the system, to the u.s. in fact, she is so supportive of venezuela's socialist regime that she is going against our own state department and actually backing the murderous dictatorship of the socialist, nicolas maduro. ocasio-cortez actually retweeted "with respect, senator durbin, the u.s. should not anoint the leader of the opposition in venezuela during an internal, polarized conflict. let us support uruguay, mexico, an the vatican's effort for negotiated settlement, and end sanctions making hyperinflation worse." the congresswoman had this to say to our friend, kerry picket, listen to this.. >> congresswoman, your thoughts, on the situation happening right now over in venezuela? >> our office is monitoring it closely, i think the humanitarian crisis is extremely concerning, but we use nondemocratic means to determine

leadership, that's also concerning, so we're figuring out our responses. >> sean: here is where it gets even more scary, the socialist you just heard from is now the face of this new, radical, extreme, democratic socialist party. that is why she secured powerful memberships on, let's see, oh, oversight, and the financial services committee. uh-oh, speaker pelosi doing every thing she can to appease the democrats' rising star. she was the only democrat to vote against the bill to reopen the government because it funded i.c.e. the people that risk their lives to protect us. she wants all immigration enforcement abolished. remember, she referred to climate change as this generation's world war ii. my father fought in world war ii, no. she said the world is going to f end in 12 years if her green new deal doesn't go into effect. it is a scary-o-cortez. trying to scare and frighten

everyone. the world is ending at 12 years. she also wants to nationalize health care, energy companies, any other private enterprise that dares get in the way of her vision of this socialist utopian redistribution. sound familiar? because president obama's planpi to provide health care for all, keep your doctor, keep your plan, save less. a lie, never happen. the opposite happened. obamacare resulted in ballooning health care costs, out-of-control premiums, limited choices, lost doctors, but that is really the tip of the iceberg. a brand-new foxnews.com article points out false promises that socialists made throughout history. look at hugo chavez, remember he promised the people in venezuela universal health care? now venezuela has virtually no basic health care supplies at all. lenin, remember him? he proposed to provide bread ana land to the soviet union's poor. following that redistribution scam, the famine killed 5 million people.

india's first socialist prime minister promised an end ton poverty. to this day, india's wealth disparity, rampant poverty, is worse than almost any place else in this world. let's not forget chairman mao, great leap forward, that redistribution plan resulted in the deaths of 45 million people. socialism is deadly. socialism causes poverty, can be evil, it has never worked, it never will work. here with reaction is "the relatable" podcast host, allie beth stuckey, and the host of "america first" on the salem radio network, dr. sebastian gorka. dr. gorka, you know firsthand as a world traveler, socialism when tried, has failed. obama tried, he wanted to redistribute the wealth. his policies, stifling regulation, high taxes, redistribution, 13 million more americans on food stamps, 8 million more in poverty.

it doesn't work. >> sean, my parents crawledsn across a minefield to escape the kind of system that ocasio-cortez wishes to create in america. i think it is very telling that she has these latent totalitarian tendencies whereby she thinks the people's will in venezuela should be ignored, and maduro's regime should be recognized. can you imagine, sean, in the last six days, the media had paid as much attention to venezuela as they did to the fake news about the catholic covington schoolboys being racist? if they had actually told the truth about venezuela, nobody in america would wish what this woman wishes to put upon us. 40 countries have tried this, and it has all failed. redistribution of wealth means you have to take it from somebody else first. socialism is inherently

dictatorial, and this woman, ocasio-cortez, wishes to seeen that in america. >> sean: it is all the democrats now. it is ocasio-cortez, it is comrade de blasio. every democrat that aspires to be president, they want to take us in this direction. the promise that was closest to nationalized health care was keep your doctor, keep your plan, pay less. people saw the premiums go up as much as 200% or more. millions lost their doctors, millions of americans only have one choice in many, many towns and counties in this country. >> right. it hasn't worked here, and it hasn't worked anywhere else, and yet we keep on seeing these recycled ideas from peopled like bernieye sanders and ocasio-cortez. like you said, they used to be on the fringes, we would laugh at someone like sanders or laugs at a 29-year-old who really knows nothing about politics, but when you see someone like

nancy pelosi or mainstreamll democrats acquiesce to people like her, it really starts to worry you when the majority of the country seems to be leaning in that direction. specifically millennials, which is soon to be the biggest generation ever in our nation. nancy pelosi understands that she has to acquiesce to the far left radical, open borders, democrats, because people are looking to people like ocasio-cortez and bernie sanders to be the future of this country. >> sean: elizabeth warren. the thing is, i guess it is appealing -- look, everyone, and i've spent a part of my adult life, independent financially since 18. the college i went to, i paid for myself. i worked full-time while doing it. lived paycheck to paycheck for many years of my 20s, and it is appealing maybe to a lot of people because it would take away the fear, the government is going to provide day care, healthcare, housing, a new car

maybe the next proposal. dr. gorka, but don't worry, we're going to take it from those people. it is really about them keeping power, it is a power play, and it will always disappoint. >> it is only appealing if you have no sense of history and the suffering of millions of people, 100 million killed and others persecuted, that is the reality. it is nice in the way of people giving you something for nothing, which never actually happens in real life. that is the shame of it. the radicals have taken over the democrat party. that is why we have a shutdown. nancy is giving into the arextremists. >> sean: thank you both for being with us. when we come back, you won't believe it, the left is trying to say "make america great again" hats, you can't wear them. it is politically incorrect. a "hannity" mini monologue, and we debut a new segment tonight, i promise, when you hear this, it will shock your conscience and your soul. if you have one. straight ahead. ♪ straight ahead. ♪

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♪ >> sean: in tonight's "hannity watch," the unhinged, full-time, every second, minute, hour of every day, trump media, they continued the smear campaign to get students at covington catholic high school. there's something a lot deeper beneath the surface here. it's an effort by the left and their partners in the press to dehumanize anybody that likes and supports the president. and what is great progress we have chronicled on this show, but not the rest of the media, all so often. going so far as to justify abuse against them. and to fuel a blame the victim, a mob mentality against anyone who dares to love their country and likes to wear a "make

america great again" hat. how can that be bad? take a look. >> that hat has become symbolic of a lot of things in this country. to some, it is merely a hat that dons a political slogan, that the president has popularized. but for others, it has become an invitation for confrontation, some even referred to the hat as a modern-day version of the confederate battle flag. >> the hat, in some ways, represents, for many of us, a kind of racial animus. "make america great again" is a kind of nostalgic longing for the 1950s, not by way of public policy, but a society organized along the lines of segregation, in which black people were to stay in their place. >> okay, the maga hat, the maga hat carries a connotation that provokes a conditioned reaction from many people, especially for

marginalized people. chaperones should be responsible enough to educate them. after all, they are students. >> if the kids don't have the hats on their heads, it is a very different situation. >> like, forgot donald trump for a moment, think about the symbol of that red hat. when i see the "make america great again" hat, i am so triggered. >> sean: triggered? snowflakes. how about symbolic of record low unemployment for african-americans, hispanic americans, asian-americans, women in the workplace, youth unemployment. maybe it represents those things. even nbc, which was trashing these covington high school kids, for some reason, they gave the interview to savannah guthrie. after her network was trashing all of these kids. she pressed student nicholas sandmann on whether the maga hats may have provoked -- remember the black hebrew israelites that were uttering racial slurs at the students? asking if the hat caused the confrontation. take a look. >> do you think if you weren't

wearing that hat, this might not have happened, or it might have been different? >> it's possible, but i would have to assume what mr. phillips was thinking, and i would rather let him speak for why he came up to us. >> sean: remember, it was nathan phillips who approached the kids, and nicholas stood there peacefully, smiling, and doing nothing. remember who caused all of this, the black hebrew israelites, taunting those kids. sick, vicious, racial slurs, vulgar language, calling them "future school shooters." the deranged left, they refused to confront the facts, continuing their sick attacks. look at actress alyssa milano, writing in a new piece that anyone who wears a maga hat, "make america great again" hat, identifies with "white supremacy and misogyny," and the new white hoods. really? it gets even worse, "the new york times" publishing an article this week where reporter john eligon downplays the hate spewing from the black hebrew israelites that started

it all, even going so far as to describe them as "sidewalk ministers who use confrontation as their gospel." before writing about the "attention grabbing tactics," now attorney robert barnes, who is representing some of the students, says he is providing a friday deadline to allow any defamatory, libelous comments about the students to be corrected. cited, by the way, reza aslan, maggie haberman, have yet to be retracted. here is a bigger for ms. milano and others, if you care about misogyny, homophobia, racism, why are you silent when it comes to that radical hate group? which, as we have explained, has a long history of bigotry. here's the reality, the maga movement, big tent, all inclusive. it is about making this country great again. under the president you loved, obama, 13 million more americans -- that's right, food stamps, 8 million more in poverty, we told you that, but you forgot. now millions out of poverty, off

of food stamps, more jobs, the lowest -- we have a million more jobs than we have people to fill them right now in america. amazing! by the way, it is rooted in compassion, standing up for the forgotten men and women, nearly destroyed under the obama policies. it is getting big results, for example, today's new data, jobless claims, the lowest they have been since 1969. remember, unemployment, a record low for almost every demographic group in the country. we have talked about this many, many times. and it is continuing to work. wage growth is the best in a decade. remember, under obama, millions more in poverty, homeownership rate dropped to the lowest in 50 years. it was the worst recovery since the 1940s. by the way, he added $10 trillion to our debt. those were the people that were marginalized, socialism failing, millions more on food stamps, looking for a way out, and they found it under donald trump,

which is why, on this show, we push for, yes, conservativism, because it works. deregulation, the economy opens up, jobs, opportunities created, fighting to keep factories and all of the building going on in america. job creation in america. manufacturing centers in america, common sense immigration to allow law-abiding people to pursue a better life, while keeping us safe and secure. market-based health care reforms that lower costs, increased access to care. oh, like concierge service for every american, when you have these health care co-ops, or health care savings accounts. joining us now, former secret service agent dan bongino. nationally syndicated radio talk show host, larry elder. okay, a hat? gets that reaction. a hat, to make america great again. america was suffering after eight years of obama. >> bill clinton used that same phrase, "make america great again" -- >> sean: so did ronald reagan. >> so did ronald reagan. nobody found that racist at the

time of bill clinton using it saying to you this isn't based on principle. another thing left out of it, sean, about what trump has done for members of minority communities, the black community included, the gap between white unemployment and black unemployment, which was very high under obama, has been shrinking dramatically, as well, so it is not just that we are at historic rates of black unemployment being at its lowest, the disparities are shrinking, too. this is a fake story about the maga hats, they are trying to redefine the rules, and everyone in america who supports donald trump needs to fight back against this, and refuse to be intimidated. you wear a maga hat, wherever you want, whenever you want. >> sean: if i can put your legal hat on, larry elder, you are a lawyer. sorry to mention that. as well as a great talk show host. [laughs] thank you. >> sean: the lawyer said you have until friday to retract and apologize. many have not. my opinion, i believe they've got a great case. i wouldn't have given them 48 hours, i would have slapped them all with lawsuits. >> it is going to be

interesting. defamation is a difficult thing to prove. these are not public figures, so the standard is a little lower. they may have a shot. sean, do you really believe we wouldn't be having this conversation because of the maga hat? what if they just said "trump" on it? they would still be perceived as symbols of hate. can you imagine, sean, what would have happened if trump said, i had a son, he would've looked like nick sandmann, they would've gone crazy. racism is no longer a major problem in america. the 1997, "time" and cnn did a poll of black teens and white teens, 90% of the black teens said racism was a minor problem or no problem in my daily life. more black teens and white teens said failure to take advantage of opportunities is a bigger problem than racism. >> sean: these are minors. you call them racist, that is slander, that is libel, they are not public figures. you don't have to prove malice

of any way, you have to prove negligence. none of these outlets did any due diligence, at all. they are culpable, they are liable, they have a responsibility to at least ask the question. >> right. remember the guy named richard jewell, accused of bombing in atlanta? >> sean: i know him well. he won a fortune. great attorney. >> he sued, and he ended up getting a lot of money for defamation. these kids have a shot. again, it is much easier when you're not a public figure than when you are a public figure. >> sean: they can say anything they want to about all three of us and get away with it. especially you, larry. go ahead. >> this was the perfect kid. you had a bunch of kids from a christian, catholic school, at a pro-life rally, wearing maga hats. all the hallmarks of a perfect media hit, and they didn't pay any attention to it, doing their facts and data, and the research, and they got burned. >> sean: it is really twisted. >> sean, it would have happened if he hats just said "trump." >> sean: yeah. when we come back,

a major story breaking about the fbi, we have the exclusive details, and we will detail a new segment tonight, "villain of the day." i promise you, it will shock your soul and your conscience. straight ahead. ♪

♪ ♪ >> sean: all right, we have breaking news in our "hannity watch" deep state updatest tonight, "the hill"'s john solomon detailing fbi general counsel james baker's unusual interventions in the russia probe. also, our own gregg jarrett has an article on foxnews.com about testimony that shows even more fbi/doj misconduct, part of the effort to hurt donald trump. joining us now, "the hill"'s investigative columnist, john solomon. and the author of "the russiaig hoax," gregg jarrett.

this is important what you found out. >> i was able to confirm the testimony of a top fbi lawyer by the name of tricia anderson, who told congress last august that sally yates, then the deputy attorney general, and andrew mccabe, the deputy fbi director, did a line-by-line examination and review, their own independent review, of the fisa application to spy on the trump campaign. which means that they were involved in an egregious abuse of power because none of the information contained was verified, and that is a direct violation of fbi regulations. and they were perpetrating a fraud on the fisa court, which could be several different felonies, as well. >> sean: how many? >> six different felonies. i lay them all out in the book. >> sean: that dovetails into your report from last week, john, about how everybody was warned by bruce ohr that it was

hillary's, that steele hated trump, not to trust it. your new report tonight about the fbi lawyers playing dual roles dovetails into gregg's report. >> it does, and catherine herridge from fox news. she has one out tonight, cites testimony, without the steele dossier being put into the fisa warrant, it had a 50/50 chance of surviving the fisa court. now we know how essential -- >> sean: mccabe said steele dossier, no warrant. >> let me tell you about james baker. james baker walked in evidence from a clinton lawyer in september. in october, he asked to review the fisa warrant, which is unusual. the general counsel doesn't usually review them. after the fisa warrant is issued, he walks in more information, a new version of a steele dossier he got from a liberal reporter. these are three -- by his own

admission, these are unusual things he did. three extraordinary interventions by the fbi general council, on top of bruce ohr's intervention, the state department's unusual intervention, there is an awful lot of political people intervening in this case. >> sean: the new ag, if they do their jobs, do these people get indicted? >> they should certainly, their conduct should be further exposed. i don't think we know everything yet, sean, so i will leave -- >> sean: you have faith and confidence in barr and horowitz? >> i do, i have seen good investigative from my reporting, and bill barr has a tremendous record as a lawyer. i want to mention one thing, a bunch of fbi agents called me after the story came out, and one of them, a very highly decorated, deep in the nsa program, said this, after reading this, there must have been a division in the fbi called leakers, liars, and lawlessness group. >> sean: they're going to be the heroes. >> when powerful forces in government subvert the process

and target and punish people for political and personal reasons, democracy is threatened. i believe, at the end of the day, they will be held accountable. >>t sean: thank you both. big news out of the deep state. when we come back, we debut a new segment on the show, "villain of the day." it will shock your conscience. straight ahead. ♪ shock your conscience. test test ♪ it is such a good time to kiss ♪

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♪ ♪ . >> sean: alright. time to introduce a brand new segment. sometimes it's going to be fun, lighthearted, sometimes it's going to be more serious. villain of the day. we're going to crown a new villain, tonight it's not hard, andrew cuomo. many of you won't believe this. this week the state of new york legalized late term abortions. up to the 9th month ! that would be called in fan at this side. those are children that are viable to live on their own. that makes them the villain of the day and they should be ashamed of themselves.

before we go tonight we want to hear from you. if you have something to tell us that we covered at sean hannity on twitter and of course hannity.com where it says sean. linda, we'll read those on the air, linda -- what do i --. >> laura: wait, what, who? i was racing because of the time. i don't want to be like tucker and steal your time, which i already did. >> laura: wait a second. is this -- is this -- sam? who? what? who are you? that's actually really funny. i got something on you. i got the goods. >> sean: you got me. >> laura: but hannity [ indiscernible ] . >> sean: can you believe the 9th month, though? the 9th month abortion? >> laura: of course you can. this is their religion. it's not roman kath thol la sis many any more, it's abortion. >> sean: those kids could survive on their own.