everybody, for joining us for our special coverage of president trump's estate of the union address. >> bret: we will cover everything, 6:00 p.m. "special report." >> martha: "the story" on 7:00 p.m. stay tuned for coverage on fox news channel. >> bret: good night from washington. ♪ >> sean: this is a fox news alert. welcome to "hannity" from washington, d.c. tonight, we have on the show ted cruz, lindsey graham, eric, lara trump, so many options. tonight we heard from the president of the united states what was one of the most single most inspiring challenges to the country and a list of successes, frankly, unprecedented over a two year period under his leadership. the mainstream media is and was wrong. democrats were wrong. two years into the trump presidency, the state of our great country, getting better every day. the president has governed, as i told you he will come as a

conservative. he's kept his promises, he listed them tonight is upheld the principles that have made this the greatest, freest, most prosperous country on earth as t knew him said he would. for trump, it's not about a republican or democrat, it's about we, the people, the united states of america. take a look. speak with the decision ours to make. we must choose between greatness or gridlock, results of resistance, vision or vengeance, incredible progress or pointless distraction. tonight, i ask you to choose greatness. [cheers and applause] >> the agenda i will lay out this evening is not a republican agenda or a democrat agenda. it's the agenda of the american people.

>> sean: i ask you to choose greatness, and agenda for america, and now, we are all reaping many of the benefits. let's watch this. >> and just over two years, since the election, we have launched an unprecedented economic boom, a boom that has rarely been seen before. there is but nothing like it. we have created 5.4 million new jobs, and importantly, added 600,000 new manufacturing jobs, something which almost everyone said was impossible to do. nearly 5 million americans have been lifted off food stamps. [applause] >> unemployment has reached the lowest rate in over half a century. [applause] >> african-american, hispanic-american, and asian american unemployment have all reached their lowest levels ever

recorded. more people are working now than at any time in history of our country. 157 million people at work. >> sean: 5.3 million new jobs, 600,000 new jobs in the manufacturing sector alone, jobs we were told were never coming back, the economy is breaking records, and hitting on all cylinders. despite a constant stream of what is pure hatred from the hate trump media, their allies in the democratic party. look at this new poll for matt's mission showing the president's approval rating at a strong 48%. it is no accident, halfway through his first term, president trump's pro-growth, conservative, pro-energy, low regulation policies are kicking this country into high gear and writing america's ship after water for eight long disastrous economic years under obama. we saw the lowest labor

participation rate since the 1970s. 95 million americans out of the workforce. the worst recovery since the '40s and stagnant gdp growth. the only president never to hit 3%, that was obama. instead of imposing strict government controls, new government programs like his predecessor, president trump in less than two years now, has given power back to you, the american people, and he's opened up freedom and liberty and unleashed american greatness once again. two short years, the president has signed a record, historic low tax cut. he's ended hundreds of burdensome government regulations, open up oil and natural gas expansion, approved new pipelines. we are now energy independent, and the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas is also negotiated new trade deals that benefited america with mexico, canada, and for the first time in many years,

manufacturing jobs are back with a vengeance. let's not forget the president nominated anti-confirmed two highly qualified originalists, conservative supreme court justices who will uphold our constitutional values for decades to come. dozens of other originalist federal judges have been confirmed. the president designed sweeping new criminal justice legislation into law, little rocket man is no longer firing rockets over the sea of japan, our hostages are home, the remains of our soldiers for me '50s are back. a new summit is now scheduled for february 27 in vietnam. china's economy is feeling the heat with new trade restrictions. russia is being held in check with a series of sanctions. the u.s. embassy in israel has been relocated to jerusalem, something so many other presidents promised and never delivered on, and isis, on the run. needless to say, it has been a very busy and productive two years.

despite this tremendous success, democrats in attendance at tonight's state of the union, they seemed pretty miserable. grimacing, scowling, sitting on their hands, refusing to stand up, applaud the historically strong state of our union. remember, after eight years of obama's economy, oh, we had 13 million more americans on food stamps, 8 million more in poverty, and now we have 5 million fewer people on food stamps, and many millions out of poverty. refusing to give president trump credit for anything. meanwhile, what are the democrats offering you, we come of the people? higher taxes, judicial obstruction, open borders, eliminating i.c.e., they want to keep the disaster of obamacare, endless investigation into the president, an insane quest for impeachment. it is literally part of the party of hate. hate trump every second, every minute, every hour, of every day. and to them, we saw this with immigration, we saw the things that they stood for just a few

short years ago, hating trump is more important than helping the american people and doing their job. for them, that is more important than protecting our citizens with border security, that we so desperately need. watch this. >> this is a moral issue. the lawless state of our southern border is a threat to the safety, security, and financial well-being of all americans. tonight, i am asking you to defend our very dangerous southern border out of love and devotion to our fellow citizens and to our country. wealthy politicians and owners push for open borders while livg their lives behind walls and gates and guards. working-class americans are left to pay the price for brass illegal immigration. tolerance for illegal

immigration is not compassionate. it is actually very cruel. >> sean: think about this. how many in the hate trump media or the democratic party said this is a manufactured crisis? the last two years, i.c.e. officers, they made 266,000 arrests of criminal aliens, including those charged or convicted, nearly 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes, 4,000 murders, homicides, that is why, well, not so long ago, former president obama, he sounded an awful lot like president trump, as did schumer, as did many of the democrats. now they oppose that which they supported just a couple of years ago. you may remember this. >> we do have to have control of our borders. you've got to say to the undocumented workers, you have to say, look, you've broken the law. you did not come here the way you were supposed to. so this is not going to be a

free ride. it's not going to be some instant amnesty. what's going to happen is, you are going to pay significant fine, you are going to learn english, you are going to go to the back of the line so that you don't get ahead of someone who was in mexico city applying legally. >> sean: so president trump -- oh, president obama. they sound alike. what has changed for the democrats? president trump is in office. oh, now they just oppose him with every fiber of their being? i thought they cared about dreamers and daca and furloughed employees. hating trump comes before protecting the security and safety of the american people. it comes before spurring economic growth, finding solutions for their dreamers they talk so much about. it was offered to them. the results are sad. president trump put it perfectly when he tweeted, "democrats are becoming the party of late-term abortion, high taxes, open

borders, and crime." but tonight, the president is vowing to fight back to protect the lives of those who are the most vulnerable. a powerful moment. let's take a look. >> lawmakers in new york cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments from birt birth. these are living, feeling, beautiful babies, who will never get a chance to share their love and their dreams with the world. and then we had the case of the governor of virginia, where he stated he would execute a baby after birth. to defend the dignity of every person, i am asking congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother's womb.

>> sean: powerful moment. the president also made it perfectly clear, america will never become -- and i think about this -- even nancy and chuck had to stand up -- not sure that congressman ocasio-cortez liked it. we will never become a socialist country. watch this. >> here in the united states, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country. america was founded on liberty and independence, and not government coercion, domination, and control. we are born free, and we will stay free. tonight, we renew our resolve that america will never be a socialist country. >> sean: democrats, what were they offering? oh, they want a wealth tax and

more death taxes and maybe a 70% income tax, may be a 90% one. oh, that will bring us right back to what obama gave us, 13 million more americans on food stamps, 8 million more in poverty, the accumulation of more debt than every other president before him combined. for them, it appears just about political requests for power, revenge, government control of energy and health care and every aspect of your life, so they stay in power. but for president trump, this is much more than politics. it's about preserving fundamental, core principles, and keeping the promises he made to protect this country, an oath that he gave, bettering the lives of all americans, getting government off our backs, unleashing american greatness for decades and centuries to come using the principles of freedom and liberty and capitalism. joining us now for a reaction, texas senator ted cruz. senator, great to see you.

thank you for being with us. >> great to see you, sean. >> sean: just run through the checklist. what i found amazing -- on the economy, energy, foreign policy, promises made, promises kept, and conservative principles work. >> i thought it was a very strong speech. the president started off with just laying out the incredible success as we've seen in the past two years, the economic successes, the lowest unemployment and half a century, the lowest african-american, hispanic unemployment ever recorded, the lowest asian american unemployment, the lowest unemployment for people with disability. it's a staggering record of results. he laid out the record on national security, rebuilding our military, defeating our enemies, defeating isis. that is a testament to policies at work. but i think tonight we also saw just how extreme, just how out of touch the modern democratic party has become. you know, at lunch today with the other republican senators, i

suggested to the newly elected republicans, i said, my favorite game to play during this stage of the union, number one, good calla statics, you'll stand up and down and up and down, you get your aerobics for the day. but number two, spend your time watching the democrats. watching their faces. the agony as they are trying to decide whether to clap, whether to stand. right up to the opening minutes when the president is introduced, half the democrats stayed sitting on their rear ends and wouldn't clap. you know what? every time i was there for barack obama, i stood up and applauded, not because i agreed with his policies, but because i respect the office of the presidency. you saw just about every democrat stay sitting, refuse to clap for the lowest african-american unemployment in history. >> sean: i cannot believe it. i'm glad the president brought up the issue of -- this isn't even about abortion. think about -- think of what the governor of virginia said. >> yes. >> sean: we'll deliver the baby and make sure the baby is

comfortable, then the mother will decide whether or not the baby needs help, we'll resuscitated, and then we'll have a discussion. six states -- this has now become the democratic cost. you were in the senate earlier today. >> it is repulsive for the democrats have gone. northam was talking not even about late-term abortion, he was talking about aborting an infant after it's born. that is staggering. it was sad, when the president talked about ending late-term abortion -- it was not that long ago that bill clinton stood up and said abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. he didn't mean it but that is what he said. tonight, virtually every democrat in the chamber stood stone-faced in support of late-term abortion. that is how radical and extreme they are. wonder two democrats and the entire congress who decided late-term abortion was too much for them. same thing on the border. open borders, virtually every democrat supports open borders,

and anyone watching that can tell that. >> sean: i look at the democratic party now, radical, extreme, and a real socialist party. i've never -- we've never witnessed a party go this far left. >> i think my favorite moment in the speech was when the president said, we will never become a socialist country. and the look of terror. >> sean: [laughs] >> somebody needs to -- to a horror film, to the theme from "halloween." you see the democrats terrified fight about half of them stood and about half didn't. that photograph needs to be remembered for a long time. every democrat who sat has just told their constituents they want america to be a socialist country. many of the other democrats who stood, they wanted also but they will at least pretend for a little while longer. but they sorted the wheat from the chaff, as they say, and they did in front of the whole country. >> sean: the president made a

challenge about protecting our borders, 90% of our heroin, fentanyl, cartels, gang members, homicides, sexual assaults, and violent assaults. that is not a manufactured crisis. you know because you were on a border state. i've been to the new rio granda number of times. my question is, these were things that they supported a couple of years ago. having made a decision as a party to put their feelings toward the president, hatred of the president, ahead of what they themselves advocated for? >> yes. back in 2013, chuck schumer and every single democrat in the senate voted in favor of 350 miles of border wall. just a couple of weeks ago, chuck schumer and every democrat in the senate shut down the federal government to stop 234 miles of border wall. now sean, explained to me how you vote for 350 miles and you force a government shutdown over

234 miles on their position has been not even 1 inch of border wall. >> sean: i'm worried that some of your fellow republicans and your body in the united states senate are not going to support if the president brings in the military -- this is a national security issue. it is, with those numbers on those statistics, a national emergency. are there really republicans that will back away from this? you stood up alone on the issue of repealing and replacing. i watched you that night and i was proud of you that tonight, and i am thinking, if they do this, they lose me. i will never support them. >> 1 of 2 things is going to happen. either the democrats are going to blink and compromise -- by the way, trump has been clear that he would take less than 23n the $5.7 billion number. either the democrats break and compromise, which i don't think they are going to, it's possible, but i don't think they are going to. if they don't, i think it is all

but inevitable that the president acts unilaterally because i think the democrats are forcing them to you. >> sean: if republicans don't support them, they are useless. >> i think it is important, there are a number of different stature to yuri bases he can use but it needs to be grounded in law. it is important that every president, republican or democrat, be bound by the constitution and law. the administration will do this, but how they do this will matter, but how they set a slippery slope for a democrat president to abuse their power. we have to secure the border. >> sean: senator, thank you. senator cruz, border state, he knows brady earlier tonight, during the stage of the union address, the president announced a second meeting with north korean leader kim jong one. it will be and kim jong un it will be in vietnam. take a look. >> we continue our push for peace on the korean peninsula.

our hostages have come home. nuclear testing has stopped. and there has never been a missile launch in more than 15 months. if i had not been elected president of the united states, we would right now, in my opinion, be in the major war with north korea. much work remains to be done, but my relationship with kim jong un is a good one. chairman kim and i will meet again on february 27th and 28th in vietnam. >> sean: joining us now with more, south carolina senator lindsey graham. i was at the first summit in singapore. 15 months, no rockets fired, there were millions of americans from the '50s are returned, hostages have been returns, that president has given nothing, and we are talking about the

denuclearization of the entire korean peninsula. sounds pretty promising to me and hopeful. >> to those people that are criticizing the president, how well did you do with rocket man? yeah, i'm very hopeful that this new meeting will lead to a breaker. >> sean: all right, over all -- >> he met with trump and he did not meet with anyone else. >> sean: maybe believes he is serious. >> i think he's scared he's scared. >> sean: go on. >> if you want to get this guy's attention, he is not like iran, iran is on a religious message. if they ever get nukes, they'll use them. this guy is trying to have an insurance policy to keep them off mafia state going. but if trump gives them an alternative between life without nuclear weapons that is safe and secure, he'll take it. if the other alternative is to lose your life. >> sean: the thing that stood out the most, more than anything, that i am so happy about -- >> the taliban at the table. >> sean: a great point. tell us why.

>> i like interviewing me. >> sean: [laughs] >> i've been there 52 times. why are they talking with us now? the first day he got in office, he told the military to kick their ass. we from breaking their back in pakistan. for the very first time in a decade, they are beginning to help us on their side of the border, because trump has really unleashed the military. they are at the table now because of the change in the rules of engagement after he got -- obama left, trump came it the table. we may be able to win this war if pakistan will help us, and i predict that the prime minister of pakistan and president trump all get along very well very well. >> sean: al qaeda, afghanistan, iraq, syria, north korea, china, we are making -- >> of the caliphate could be destroyed and another 18 months. >> sean: another great question. >> he unleashed the military. >> obama made it possible to win. trump made it possible to win.

and we are winning. >> sean: you hit on something profound. national security. that is, if they believe you, you will do it. that is -- >> trump gave them a choice. you can help me read and this iranian regime, or you will not have access to our economy. guess what, they picked our economy over the ayatollah the ayatollah. >> sean: at all this foreign policy success. you talk to the president a lot, you disagree with him at times, but you make your case, you told me that you have persuaded him -- >> unlike obama, he will adjust his policies where it makes sense. he's unleashed the military on our enemies as paying dividends. he's gotten out of a bad deal, and i think he is or placing it with a better deal, we are more respected, safer today than we were two years ago, and it's because of this president. >> sean: let me go to the economy. so impressive.

in 2016, for me, the election was about the forgotten men and women. i bought the original painting of this guy, john mcnaughton, "the forgotten men and women of this country." the americans on food stamps, worst recovery since the approach of the 40s homeownership rate and 51 years, lowest labor participation rate. 5.3 million new jobs and sees elected. >> how did all that happened, sean? >> sean: becomes conservative economic policies, free-market capitalism, limited bureaucracys government intervention, incentivizing businesses to invest in factories, manufacturing center to centers. it's worked for reagan, kennedy, and trump, and bush. >> he did everything he did with obama to suppress economic growth and replaced it. he took the signing with the one hand behind your back with terror and unleash the military.

>> sean: senator , -- >> will remember when brett kavanaugh walked down? >> sean: i think you had you had the career moment that saved the nomination. >> how many times have you heard a presidents' day in this age of the union, the virginia governo? >> sean: wow. >> brett kavanaugh walked down, more money in your pocket, the country is stronger than ever, and we are going to win. when you say we are not a socialist country, they couldn't stand up. >> sean: only chuck and nancy did because they didn't know what to do. >> the road to the nomination for the democratic party run through venezuela. >> sean: [laughs] you had to think about that all day. we have to go to immigration, i was asking senator cruz, your colleague moments ago, it looks like the president is going to have to go alone. here is my fear, and you addressed it this week. there might be a number of your colleagues -- i cannot support them. there are too many drugs, too

much death, too many assaults, too many angel moms and dads that i matter my life. will these republicans step up and support securing our border for the safety and security? 's life and death for the the american people. >> here's a question i will ask any republican senator or member of the house. disagree with the president said about this and hate of the border? do you disagree with the drug analysis? the human trafficking problem? the threats coming through the border? if you agree with him, then have the courage to do something. >> sean: will your republican colleagues to do what is right? speak with a well if people like you remind them. >> sean: oh, i'm reminding them. i will put pictures up. >> i love my colleagues but this president, if you get a dollar for the wall from nancy, got to do it himself. after this speech, do you have any doubt that he will do it if he has to along? >> sean: i've known him for 20 some odd years. [laughs] >> to my republican friends, get on the train.

>> sean: 99.99% -- >> after tonight, 102. if you are the president, how do you not secure the border after that speech. he's tenacious, unrelenting, and i know you have become a good friend of his. senator, thank you for stopping by. we appreciate it. you know who was successful? i'm happy. our fellow americans. better jobs, more pay, greater security. >> these stories that were told remind me how great a place we have in america. that was the most powerful thing, the people themselves. >> sean: alice marie johnson. >> all of them. >> sean: special moments. senator, thank you. now during the state of the union earlier tonight, president trump declared a state of our union is strong. let's take a look. >> members of congress, the state of our union is strong. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "usa"]

that sounds so good. our country is vibrant, and our economy is thriving like never before. on friday it was announced that we added another 304,000 jobs last month alone. almost double the number expected. >> sean: joining us now at the reaction to the stage of the union, from the trump organization, the president's son, eric trump, as well as his far superior wife -- >> i agree. >> sean: senior advisor for trump 2020, lara trump is with us. good to see you. you keep showing me pictures of your son and the picture of him sitting in the president's chair in the oval office, it's pretty amazing -- had that picture going out? that's an amazing picture. >> we need to do a new one. he so much bigger now. >> sean: he's a big kid, i know. i watched your dad since the day

he came down the escalator. and with the level of success that he was rattling off, energy, jobs, bureaucracy, foreign policy, i'm thinking, wow. how did democrats oppose this, especially after what we had in the last eight previous years? unprecedented level of success, and i think it made it the best speech i saw him give. >> i was so proud of him. sitting there tonight, everything that we fought through as a family, everything we've gone through as a family, it was his best speech he has ever given tonight. the storytelling was incredible, the accomplishments were incredible. i mean, hey, there were a time when the democrats stood up and were applauding when he's talking about lowest female unemployment rates in history, more women in congress than ever before. >> sean: african-american, asian american, women in the workplace, youth unemployment. >> it was beautiful and it was positive and it was uplifting,

and was talking about how america has always been the greatest country in the world, but we can even be better. we can even be better if we just have some common sense in our government, people come together, and we started working for the american people as opposed to political parties. john, he knocked it out of the park. literally, there were moments -- >> sean: to you why i think it was powerful? he said during the campaign, and he's done it. >> lots of special moments, little grace, st. jude's children's hospital -- >> sean: you raise $20 million without cause. >> to have her in front of me tonight, it really brought tears to my eyes. >> sean: alice marie johnson. i interviewed her. i loved her. >> the s.w.a.t. officer who was shot seven times, literally right behind me, having trouble standing up, so prideful, he saved -- >> sean: criminal justice reform braids because so many things. the best speech my father has ever and give dominic given tonight. >> sean: you are working on

the 2020 campaign. we are launching a new slate of candidates trying to out-socialist each other. 70% tax rate, oh, eliminate -- kamala harris -- eliminate 177 million americans health care choice and medicare for all, $32 trillion, we can't afford it, obviously. and i'm watching this party implode before our eyes, and i'm like, this is a gift. >> i will tell you the thing that i liked, not only from a campaign perspective, but as an american, i have always said, donald trump -- and he has said it himself -- as the president for all people in this country. when he was running in 2015 and 2016, he said i want to be the president for everyone, and that is what you saw tonight in his speech. there were so many moments, a moment where the entire group of people in that room stood up and in unison chanted "usa, usa." i don't think that has ever happened. >> sean: i watched a lot of

the speeches. when you can back it up with a track record, it adds this level of power. that is what i think made the speech for success. but he challenged in the beginning of the speech, not republican, not democrat, they are hoping we will govern not as two parties, but as one nation. and then he went on to say, together we represent the most extraordinary nation and all of history. what will we do with this moment? how will we be remembered? look at the opportunities before us, and i am asking you the members of congress, our most brilliant achievements are still ahead. i'm asking you to choose greatness. >> that is why the people in the audience were so powerful. when he's talking about swarming the beaches of normandy, talking about planting the american flag on the service of the moon, when he's talking about the medical achievements of st. jude, and so many other things, and then you look at some of these other fights, the trivial little nonsense fights that we see each and every day, and it really

emphasizes how much better we can be if we can get rid of that nonsense. how much better we can be if we can put that off to the side. >> sean: let me ask you. we saw that the president, just a few short years ago, he offered everything, dreamers, daca, ending -- helping furloughed employees, they wouldn't even talk for you to they are scared. the guy is winning. you heard it tonight. by the way -- >> sean: not tired of it yet. >> its winning from an economic perspective, military perspective, just about every perspective. we are the greatest nation on earth, by far, better than ever, ever before. we are running and they are petrified that their bubble is gone. >> sean: lara, let me ask you this. we watch during the government shutdown, they would not meet with him, he kept offering them things -- >> would not come to the white house to negotiate with him. >> sean: your father-in-law was standing up for safety,

security, even life and death, especially with drugs and the violence associated with a border. what was nancy and chuck standing for in this fight? what are they standing up for? >> i think they are in a tough spot, actually, after this speech. i think the president masterfully laid out the reasons why we have to secure our border, why we have to fix our broken immigration system, and they are in a tough spot right now. it's on them to make something happen for the american people. anyone who watched that speech understands it and i think will support the president on something on our southern border to protect this country. it has to change. we have to have something happen. >> sean: it's nice to see the country succeeding. i know you guys really ran over very quickly. next time, i will show the baby. this is one cute kid. the hair, i love it. congratulations to both of you. thank you. just getting things started. when we returned, congressman steve scalise, jim jordan, mark

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♪ >> the administration has sent to congress a common sense proposal to end the crisis on the southern border. it includes humanitarian assistance, more law enforcement, drug detection at our ports, closing loopholes that enable child smuggling, and plans for a new physical barrier or wall to secure the vast areas between our ports of entry. in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got

built. i will get it built. >> sean: i will get it built and we will never become a socialist nation. two of the big lines of the president tonight on top of him listing his accomplishments in the state of the union. also renewing his commitment to build the wall, address the nation's growing border crisis. look at this, from "cbs evening news." breaking moments ago. they are poll tonight, 76% of their viewers approving of what they heard in the president's speech, and look at this. 72% agree, they approve of the president's ideas on immigration for safety, security, life, and death. here with reaction from house minority whip, congressman steve scalise, house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows, who dethroned in the freedom caucus jim jordan. let's start with you, overall thoughts. i think it was powerful -- i said it to eric and lara -- the success, their jobs, the

turnaround. >> it's been an amazing two years, regulations cut, taxes cut, justice cavanaugh amazing record. best part of my speech in my judgment was when you had the president of the united states talk about the sanctity of human life, in a way that was so powerful, in light of what has happened the last couple of weeks with new york and virginia, i thought it was a very powerful. all kinds of powerful moments but that was a key moment. when have you ever seen a president of the united states defend their effect on my chris beck for a life like this president did? >> sean: i've known him for weigh over two decades. i know, he lived in new york, donated to democrats and republicans, there were doubts. i remember saying, he will keep his promises. he means what he says. we see what -- you're right, on the pro-life issue. >> it's a gantt infanticide. >> this is against -- he was

standing up against murder is what he was standing for tonight. more than that. he was bold. greater state of the union address i've ever witnessed. i can tell you that not only was he bold but he reminded us of how great we are as a nation. he reminded us, starting with the greatest generation, and bringing it forward to what we can celebrate. now the interesting thing is, that year he got when he says we are not going to be a socialist country. who would have thought that we would have ever have two say that in the house chamber of the united states of america? that is how far the left has gone. >> sean: when he says, i'm asking you to choose greatness, what has made is great? freedom, liberty, capitalism, free markets, limited government. the exact opposite, what failed us the last eight years, congressman? >> a great contrast for what we saw under barack obama, literally no jobs being created, millions of people gave up looking for work, people thought

we could never be that great nation again. there he has in the gallery, three men who stormed the beaches of normandy. talk about an amazing story. so one of these guys who stormed the beaches of normandy, a year later, lem liberates dachau and then sitting near them was someone who is in that concentration camp, dachau, who was liberated by that soldier. the president highlighted those stories. like jim said, when he talks about the sanctity of life, and wagner's file filed a bill today those kinds of -- basically when someone is born alive, whether it is a botched abortion or whatever it is, everybody, i think, everyone agrees that you should not allow that kind of procedure to happen. the president talked about greatness and he challenged us to be the great nation. >> sean: next logical question. okay, we watch the democrats, they wouldn't sit with the president, and he offered everything they want.

everything they say they want. they cared more about hating him then dreamers, then daca. after this speech -- they need to reevaluation as a party? >> think of what they just said, they said that we need to abolish i.c.e., the other presidential candidates as borderless world. stacey abrams there weeks ago said noncitizens should be able to vote. they have taken the most radical positions you should take. yet the president says, let's come together, let's focus on doing what's best for the country. that was the optimism that they were talking about, the greatest drama greatness of our country. >> sean: do you see that happening? i don't. >> i was really encouraged talking to the democratic colleagues that they would compromise. tonight they had superglue in their seats. >> sean: [laughs] >> they would not stand up. >> sean: you are on your game. >> the world war ii veteran and his 90s got to more times to

applaud that a lot of those democrats when he was talking about the greatness of this country, rejecting socialism. that is how far to the left they have moved. our country wants national security, border security, the polling you just showed joe z. that is why we are in this fight. we need to get this done. >> sean: will the republicans in the senate hold the line if he goes on his own? >> they will. i'm convinced they will. listen, no one wants to do a national emergency, but we've got to stand with this president. if there's not enough votes to override a veto, they better -- >> sean: he is the commander-in-chief. 4,000 homicides, drugs, cartels, phones and fentanyl, 90% of the heroin. human trafficking, slavery,, got to stop it. a moral duty. he is tenacious, he's unrelenting, and when he changed strategies, i'm like, you don't know. not done yet. guys, good to see you. i don't know where we would be without the freedom caucus. you guys hold the line, thank

god for those of us that are conservative. that's you, too, congressman. when we come back, fox news contributor, we sent our friend lawrence jones to new york city to get reaction to some democrats inviting illegal immigrants as their guests to the state of the union tonight. that's next, straight ahead from the swamp, d.c. ♪

♪ >> sean: tonight believe it or not, they hate trump democrats pulled yet another cheap political stunt. some of them actually invited illegal immigrants to the state of the union. earlier we sent lawrence jones to the streets of new york to get reaction. take a look. >> democrats have said they are going to throw the president by inviting illegals to the state

of the union because of the president's stance on immigration. how do you feel about that? >> that's unfortunate. it seems like the democrats take more the side of the illegals and american citizens. i think trump is going to troll them back during the speech. >> it wastes time, to be honest. there's so many better people to choose. >> it's important for the illegal immigrants to be there because they matter in america just as much as anyone else. >> i feel fine with that. i do not support trump's position on immigration at all. i am pro-immigration. >> the democrats decided they will throw him by inviting illegal immigrants to the state of the union. how do you feel about this? >> well, i want to feel how they would feel if their family was attacked or somehow affected by illegal immigrants coming into this country. >> when it comes to the president and his well, how do you feel about it? >> it's a waste of money. >> the american people feel strongly that we need to enhance border security. >> was a democrats' plan? >> they had different security measures, more cameras, things like that, to update, to

protect -- >> so the cameras will stop people, walking across the border, the camera goes up? >> man, i don't know. [laughs] >> sean: joining us now the reaction, fox news contributor, best-selling author, dan bongino, and lawrence jones, also a fox news contributor. i love when you do these man on the streets. especially level you went to nancy pelosi's district, and what do we see? feces, homelessness, needles. but she has walls around her house, right? >> sean, i'm a libertarian. i believe an immigration reform. until we get that done, we can't have anarchy. i believe that the democrats, by doing this, are aiding and abetting. look at it, sean, the people that are responsible for passing legislation, not abiding by the laws that they passed. what type of example is that for the american people? anarchy.

>> sean: dan, we'll never be a socialist country. when the president stood up against what now are six states, and the senate blocking today a bill that would protect a baby born alive after a botched abortion, they wouldn't even let it come to a vote. what is happening here with the them? >> sean, i was really touched by the speech tonight. granted, i am a conservative, ,i am a trump supporter, that's not a secret. i don't think any liberal would be surprised by me saying that. let's be honest, they are good and bad speeches. tonight's speech was incredible. i sat on the couch tonight at my house, sean, right before coming on the show with you, with my mother-in-law, a legal immigrant who i love to death, who sat there on the couch, and at one point was wiping a tear from her eye, but was actually horrified, sean come at the scene when trump said, legal immigrants are in answer to this country, which they are come at us like my mother in law, but we need you to come here

illegally. my mother-in-law was horrified sat on their collective hands. i mean, are you serious? that's the image you want out to the rest of the country? it was really a disgraceful moment. what was a truly incredible speech. hat tip to president trump are a terrific job. >> sean: the president we did, this is now the party of late-term abortion, which is infanticide. even during the birthing process. not even abortion debate. higher taxes, 70%, tax the wealth after it's already been taxed, tax it again when you die, open borders, eliminate i.c.e., and crime. i don't think that is a winning formula. lawrence? >> this is the party, the energies was the socialist wing of the party. with when the president said ths will never be a socialist look on their country, these guys, the aocs of the world, they want socialism. for the fight and the soul of

this country, and people cannot just stay at home. they got to go out and vote for you >> sean: guys, thank you so much for being with us. lawrence, thank you for being on the street. no villain of the day today. a hard choice. the hero of the day, next. ♪ i hear it in the background and she's watching too, saying [indistinct conversation] [friend] i've never seen that before. ♪

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is bright. actually, i'm proud to know you. and congratulations. this is not a manufactured crisis. at 90% of heroin coming from our southern border. we will be here in d.c. tomorrow night, let not your heart be troubled, we are always not the hate trump media, laura ingraham is right next door. >> laura: hey -- what? >> sean: do not i love? you know why tonight's speech was so powerful to me? you give great analysis. because the president has the success and after eight years of garbage, look at what happened in two short years. >> laura: i think he laid it out perfectly, we are going to analyze that on the show tonight and at such a disconnect. i was checking in on some of the other commentators on the other networks and boy are they not capturing the way -- the way the american people view this. fantastic analysis tonight and we will see you back here tomorrow night. >> laura: before and after,