have a great weekend. >> always a pleasure. see you in a week. >> tucker: we'll be back monday at 8:00 p.m., the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think. have the best weekend. sean hannity is next. ♪ welcome to this special edition of "hannity." justice and liberty. i'm jason chaffetz in for sean. attorney general bill barr has the tools he needs to hold the deep state accountable. late last night, president trump directed intelligence intel agencies to cooperate with the attorney general investigation in the seedy origin of the russia probe. that is not all. the president gave barr the power to declassify documents related to his ongoing investigation. this is a major step forward for truth, justice and transparency. have a look. >> president trump: everybody wanted me to declassify. i have done it.

he is a highly respected man. i have documents that we declassified for the purpose of the attorney general who can show them to the public or do whatever he wants to do with them. but you have to get down to what happened. because what happened is a tremendous light on our country. what happened, the investigation, they tried to do a takedown. you can't do that. let me tell you this should never ever happen to another president again. >> jason: he is right about that. as president trump works to hold our government accountable, intel chairman adam schiff is apoplectic. in a twitter rant he called trump's transparency "un-american." meanwhile, obama's c.i.a. chief john brennan is impleasing. he knows the walls are closing

in on him and others. watch this. >> well, i see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of mr. trump. once again, trampling on the statutory authorities so the director of national intelligence and the heads of the independent intelligence agencies. i know my former colleagues in the intelligence agencies are looking upon this with great concern and worry. i implore dan coats, gina haspel and others to stand up to this, i think unprecedented act on the part of mr. trump. but i'm deeply, deeply concerned about what is going on right now. >> jason: i bet he is. joining us now is fox news contributor sarah carter and two of schiff's republican colleagues in the house. intel committee ohio congressman mining turner and -- mike turner. let me start with you on the

intel committee. what is brennan saying here? is he projecting he has something to worry about? >> well, you know, brennan, clapper and comey, all of them believed they were above democracy not responsive to democracy. their undertaking of the investigation threatens democracy. the president's right to give the power to the attorney general to undertake an investigation so it doesn't happen again. can you imagine if right now trump's came pain began the same activities against joe biden that were undertaken against donald trump? this has to stop. it's a threat to democracy. if you turn the tables even the democrats would say it shouldn't happen in democracy. we need to get to the bottom of this and hold people accountable. >> jason: well said. sara, you have covered this as closely as anybody along the way. schiff saying that it is un-american to go back and look at the origins and to reveal the information. what is un-american in schiff's world? >> there is nothing

un-american about transparent. i want clapper, brennan, comey and the rest of the intelligence that thinks the president should not have the authority to actually ask william barr to declassify to remember that they are paid for by the american people. these intelligence agencies are paid for by taxpayers dollars. we have a right, congress has the right to oversight. there is another important issue here. i don't think people are pointing this out. think about this. the majority of the leaks that happened what the "new york times," "washington post," reuters, mcclatchy, leaks about who halper was, leaks regarding the investigation, leaks about the dossier all came from some of these people. there is accusations and there is evidence to suggest that clapper leaked information. possibly brennan leaked information. they don't want to legitimately have the government, the department of

justice investigate, investigate what happened in the 2016 election. why? because maybe they were involved? no. it stops here. the president did the right thing. he did it right way. william bar has an investigation and the american people deserve answers. >> jason: congressman winstrop you serve on the intel committee and the ways and means. we should note to the viewers this memorial day, great service for the united states military. i believe you are the rank of the colonel. maybe i should call you "colonel." break this down for us. you have seen leaks from the intel committee under schiff's leadership and what the democrats have seen. what do you think the president's directive will do and what will it mean for the committee? >> what it means for the committee and the country is a chance to get to the truth and justice. i like the beginning of "superman" as a kid. truth, justice and the american way. i bought in. last week was a microcosm of

everything they are about and how they do it incorrectly. they bring in cohen back in for more interviews but they coach in new york for days before they bring him in. a few weeks afterwards they decide to release the entire transcript. we are like okay but make sure you have it redacted and take out the classified information. adam schiff says i have already done that. trust me, we have taken out what we need to. the national security act of 1947 says it can only be done by the director of national intelligence. so i offered an amendment to make sure that it goes through the process. they voted it down. we moved to a vote to release it. the vote was at 5:30. at:00 it had already been leak and the "washington post" already had a story on the content. this is how they operate. there are n no scruples left on

that side of the alley. >> jason: i believe you signed what was to say he shouldn't be head of the intel committee. why did you sign it? >> this is the full transformation of adam schiff to joe mccarthy. he put out his truth. i google this and there was a house un-american activities committee that investigated americans. not people threatening the country but investigated americans. adam investigated the president. he wants to investigate the president's family. he says un-american and he wants the powers to broaden the investigation instead of work that is important. we should look at china, russia, north korea and iran. he should go back in time and chair the house un-american committee. >> jason: when the committee spends all its time to focus on trump all day every day

instead of the world problems i think you are right. this is a distraction for the committee. heaven forbid something happened. sara, we have a pending i.g. report and we have other things that are in play. what are you hearing and seeing for the timing and the wheels that the attorney general barr is putting in to place? >> well, the attorney general is certainly not going to slow down. what i'm hearing is he is very dedicated, moving things forward quickly. according to the people that work closely with him, this is someone that doesn't care about the media spotlight. he wants to get things done and he wants the country to move forward. more importantly than anything else we wants the truth out. he wants to understand what happened here. so it will never happen again. what we were looking at as far as the gel intense surveillance court warrant, the application taken out by the f.b.i. is significant. because if the information does come out, as i'm hearing from my sources and the others

are hearing that carter page and george papadopoulos both told halper who was basically spying for the f.b.i. that there was no collusion, they had nothing to do with the russians. that was withheld. that was withheld from the fisk court. that will be a problem for them. like i said last night on the show another huge problem and one thing that absolutely must be investigated is going to be the unmasking of americans and why did samantha power have her signature on nearly 300, nearly 300 applications to unmask americans. that is something that will be investigated. >> the other two gentleman on the screen with you have their hands full. congressmen, thank you both. i wish i had more time with you. this is also important this weekend to thank you and the millions of the others that have dedicated the lives to this country to seven the nation. colonel, thank you as well. >> we appreciate all three of you joining us.

at this hour the main street media working overtime to downplay and ignore the investigation in the origins of the russia probe instead of holding the government accountable. many of those in the press are acting as cheerleaders for speaker pelosi in her public feud with president trump. as the washington free beacon pointed out the new favorite talking point is that speaker pelosi is getting under the skin of president trump. take a look. >> good evening. once again the world is learning how easy is it is to get under the skin of the most powerful person on earth. >> pelosi got under the president's skin. >> pelosi conducted a master class today in how to get under trump's skin. >> pelosi for some reason gets under his skin. >> the speaker is really getting under the president's skin. >> she has his number and she gets under his skin. she knows that she is getting under his skin. >> i have a lot of admiration for the way that nancy pelosi led the caucus and the way she has been able to get under trump's skin. >> the charge of the

presidential coverup landed right underneath donald trump's skin. >> pelosi knows how to play this game. this ze a master strategist and she knows this kind of language is likely to get under his skin. >> jason: it seems like a script to me. while the media house from the sidelines and today president trump urged democrats to get over their anger and come to the table. watch this. >> president trump: they were unhappy with the mueller report. no collusion. no obstruction. they are unhappy. they are angry about it. they have to get over the anger. they have to get over their anger and get in the infrastructure, drug prices and things like that. >> jason: joining us now is trump 2020 press secretary kayleigh mcenany. california congressman tom mcclinton and the republican strategist brad blakeman. thank you for being here. kayleigh, i'll start with you. i have to giggle. they think they are getting under the skin of donald

trump. are you kidding me? i think trump relishes in these skirmishes. what is your take on it? >> you are right, jason. it's so funny to watch the record-breaking times that someone could say "under president trump's skin." as if the democratic national committee e-mailed the talking points and they all printed them out and echoed them which is likely what happened. here is the opposite, though. president trump gets under nancy pelosi's skin. he gets under the democrats' skin. mueller got under their skin when he exonerated the president. they are triggered. that is why you hear impeachment. he is at the fastest -- it's faster than ronald reagan and he continues to succeed. he gets under nancy pelosi's skin. incredible to watch. >> jason: brad, look, the democrats are painting themselves in a corner, right? i don't know how they get out

of the cul-de-sacs that they are putting themselves in but how are the democrats going to play this? >> they will overplay it just like with the robert mueller. they asked for the special counsel. they got one. then they said we believe in mueller and we will accept the findings. they don't. now they are continuing on the delusion to create the atmosphere to take the president down. not enough to be against trump. you have to beat him at the polls. you can't because you are not running on a record. donald trump has a record. it frustrates them to no end. it's not them getting under the skin of donald trump. they are consumed by the fact that trump has been successful in spite of the efforts to get rid of him. >> tom and i served in the congress together. we were elected at the same time. you are braver than i am to continue to sit there in the face of it. you are a congressman from california so you are familiar with nancy pelosi.

what is your read on what is she doing and how is she taking positions that she is? >> i love the term "under his skin." he is the most thick skinned politician i have ever met. he has the skin of an armadillo. they flatter themselves if they think they are getting under his skin. either this is vintage trump dealsmanship. this reminds me of the scene from "paton." he is ranting and raving and they pull him aside and said general, sometimes they don't know when you are acting. george c. scott says, "it's not important that the men know. it's important that i know." that might be what is going on. or it's human nature. you can't apoliticably cooperate with someone trying to destroy you at the same time. if that is the case then nancy pelosi has a simple choice. she can have a policy victory

by getting together on something like infrastructure. or she can keep nursing her political grievances but she can't do both. >> that is right. >> this is the problem. nancy pelosi has a meeting about impeachment. impromptu meeting. then goes out and accuses the president of violating the law and then expects to sit down with him in the next hour? human nature to do what trump did. >> there is no doubt about it. this was a charade. someone who wants to in earnest negotiate and engage in bipartisanship does not do any of the things that you just named. likewise, if she wanted to move forward with infrastructure there was supposed to be another meeting where the democrats laid out exactly what they wanted and how they wanted to spend the money. nancy pelosi canceled it. we have seen it on every issue. immigration, when president trump proposed a daca fix in exchange for the wall. they dismissed it. we see it time after time. they are not earnest about this. it's politics.

they want impeachment and they want to disenfranchise the american people. >> jason: brad, i got to tell you. it seems like trump should be winning awards for his openness in the transparency. the democrats are claiming there is a cover-up. when trump does something they claim the opposite. it's so absurd their position to say he is covering something up when he is as observe as he could be in allowing all the access to the special prosecutor. correct? >> he instructed barr to go through the document to have further transparency on how it start and the democrats are beside themselves. they never thought the president would respond the way he did. now we'll find out what was behind the dossier, how it was gathered, the information and including more information about the treachery that was happening at the senior leadership of the f.b.i.

be careful what you wish for. >> jason: adam schiff saying what the president did is un-american. what is your read on it? >> it's absolutely american. louie brandi said it best. sunlight is the best of disinfectants. it's becoming clear we had the embryo of a police state growing in our intelligence agencies. in our law enforcement agencies and at the i.r.s. i.r.s. prayin preying on the ory americans because of the political beliefs and department of justice at the highest levels misusing their powers. first, to intervene in our national election. when they failed to do that to undermind constitutionally elected president of the united states. >> congressman, one of the great people serving our

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>> jason: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." "justice and liberty." tonight nancy pelosi is losing her grip on her caucus as house democrats continue to rach uramp up the impeachment hysteria across capitol hill. even taking aim at the speaker herself. take a look. >> you said 90% of democrats on the house judiciary committee are for opening an impeachment inquiry right now. if that number is accurate, is

nancy pelosi going too soft on the president right now? is she not listening to the majority of the members of her caucus? >> the judiciary committee members are more tune to the issue. the majority of the caucus is not there yet. nancy has a good perspective on the caucus and a good mother hen. she is wrong in her strategy. >> jason: called her a "mother hen"? wow! this hate and harassment gives the president a clearer path to victory in 2020. just listen to how lindsey graham earlier today framed it. >> he is doing a really good job. if you want a strong military, you got one. humming economy, you got one. if you want to take on the enemy differently than obama did; that is what we are doing. the democrats will get him re-elected. i don't believe you can become the nominee of the democratic party without embracing impeachment. if you're a house member of the democratic caucus you will

get a primary if you vote against impeachment. the people two want to impeach the president have lost their mind and they are driving the democratic party over an edge. >> jason: lindsey graham is one of the smartest political minds out there. what he says we should take heed. joining me is larry elder and the republican congressman andy biggs of arizona. congressman, i want to start with you. i served with you in the congress. what in the world are the democrats doing? they are calling witnesses that can't attend and subpoenaing documents they know can't be released. do they think that the american people are stupid and obvious to this fact? >> a little is that. the other part is they are trying to inflame their base. you served on the committee with me so you know how some of the people are that we faced on a regular basis. they are trying to conduct an impeachment investigation without getting to impeachment. steve cohen is right. the democrats are ready to

rock and roll. and pelosi is doing everything she can to pull back on the horses and keep them in check. i think we are heading down an impeachment road they will hit on. i don't think she can hold them back much longer. >> jason: the democrats can't win on policy. so they reached a conclusion they have to get rid of trump. the only way they can do this is through impeachment, is it not? >> what they are doing is impeachmentish. they want a bunch of bad headlines, dragging this this out. hoping that the polls will turn. right now the only people who want trump impeached are democrats. independents don't and republicans do not. pelosi hopes to drag it out and have investigation after investigation eventually the polls will turn and then maybe they can talk about impeachment. she has gone to school on what happened with bill clinton. as you know, bill clinton's popularity, the approval ratings went up. his numbers for

trustworthiness and honesty went down but people were able to separate the man, the character from the job he was doing and nancy pelosi fears the same thing will happen with trump if they go the impeachment route right now. >> jason: earlier in the week, speaker pelosi said donald trump wants there to be an impeachment. what president would ever think that oh, i want impeachment and go through that process? where does she come up with this? >> i don't know. donald trump didn't want impeachment proceeding. nobody does. really. if you are president of the united states you want to enact your policies. they are doing everything they can to put the speed sticks down. she put gas on the fire using the term "cover-up. " those were the key phrases of the nixon impeachment and bill clinton's impeachment. she has to be so careful. she is trying to placate her base in her conference and in her party. she like larry says the only people that want this are the basically the democrat base.

she has to make sure she doesn't walk out there and lose the election. and lose the house as a speaker twice to lose the majority of the house to republicans twice as speaker. >> jason: larry, the way i see it, the democrats keep going down the cul-de-sacs where they can't possibly achieve what they say they will achieve when they promise collusion seeing evidence for two years and they came up with nothing. lindsey graham cams them "the crazy dems." are they just flat-out stupid? what is going on here? >> well, congressman, when you lose bill maher you have lost the game. he had adam schiff on the show and said this is our big guy, the goods on him. we don't have them. it just looks like you are stalking trump. when you have lost bill maher, you have lost the argument. >> jason: good point. adam schiff says it is un-american, congressman. how do you react to that?

for what the president did when he said he was going to open up, be more open, more transparent. why in the world does adam schiff say it's un-american? >> adam schiff is un-american i guess. because the reality is everybody in the world said we want a more transparent presidency after the last administration. you know what you got? you have the most transparent president in american history. whether it's documents, his tweets. you know what president trump is thinking on virtually every issue. it turns out the democrats don't like that as much as they their they would. >> jason: where is the sunlight foundation? they should be giving trump awards for how open and transparent. you won't see anyone in the washington, d.c., class giving him credit for how open and transparent he is. and talking to the media every time he goes to the helicopter. congressman "the big story," larry, thank you for joining us tonight. up next we will go one-on-one with alice marie johnson. that a great story. you don't want to miss this. the model prisoner whose life

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>> president trump: last year i heard through friends the story of alice johnson. i was deeply moved. in 1997, alice was sentenced to life in prison as a first-time nonviolent drug offender. over the next 22 years, she became a prison minister, inspiring others to choose a better path. in june, i commuted alice's sentence. when i saw alice's beautiful

family, greet her at the prison gates, hugs, crying, laughing, i nuve i did something right. >> that was president trump at the "state of the union" address to tell the inspiring story of alice johnson who wrote a piece for foxnews.com titled, "i was sentenced to life in prison. here is why i never lost hope." she served 20 years in prison on drug-related charges until the sentence was commuted by the president in june of 2018. compare it to the prison time served for the american tall ban, john walker lindh who was recently released on probation after serving only 17 years of a 20-year sentence. it shows there is a double standard in the meaning of justice sometime in this country. but things are changing now. thanks to president trump. and in this particular case, kim kardashian west advocacy. and brave people like alice marie johnson who joins us tonight.

her new book "after life: my journey from incarceration to freedom" was released this week. i look forward to reading it. thank you for joining us. you have had to learn tough lessons in life. what did you learn in the time in prison? >> i learned that people can change. this country is the country of second chances. i'm so blessed to have been given that second chance. people who pose no risk to society and have already paid their dues, why are we still keeping them in prison? >> jason: you bring up a good point. i believe in redemption and you have to go through this process. you have gone through that. as you look at the justice system now, what is your encouragement for those that are going through tough times or have somebody who is incarcerated? >> tell them to continue to hold on to their hope. continue to look at the

candidates who are running for office. know what their agendas are. keep your family members encouraged. i would tell the people who have returning citizens coming in to their communities. to welcome them home. give them the second chance. they need your support, too. >> jason: 95% of the people who actually go to prison, they are coming back out. >> yes. >> jason: we can either make them harden criminals or we can -- hardened criminals or work with them to make them better more productive citizens. you were given a second chance. why did you write the book and what is the main thesis in communication you trying to put across? >> my book is a book of hope. not only for people who are incarcerated, but i think for people in this nation, people who have found themselves in hard places and don't know what to do. my memoir is a story of faith, perseverance and given a second chance. but it magnifies the need to

reform a criminal justice system. some of those steps have already begun. i'm so thankful to have been a part of that. but there are more steps that need to take place. >> jason: look. i was the original sponsor of the criminal justice reform that help people like you so it's satisfying to see what has happened. you got so some help from unusul places. kim kardashian. i don't know how you communicated with her. how did it come about to get your help to solicit the president's help? >> i did a video op-ed that went viral. someone who kim follows tweeted it out to her. she said she had not been on her phone for a while. when she turned the phone on, my face popped up. she heard my story. she tweeted out this is so unfair. she called her personal attorney. they assembled a dream team. she reached out to ivanka trump.

she became a member of team alice, too. and she communicated my case to her husband jared kushner who also got on team alice. so they all were on a mission, a rescue mission for me. >> jason: god bless you. >> thank you. >> wish you the best in your life. we thank you for joining us tonight. good luck with the book. i look forward to reading it. >> thank you. thank you, jason. >> jason: major update in the jussie smollett case. plus, harvey weinstein may owe millions of dollars to the victims. we'll be right back. at carvana, we have only one standard

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>> jason: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." "justice and liberty." i'm jason chaffetz in for sean. many perceive there to be a two-tiered justice system in the country. one for the rich and famous

and one for everyone else. but tonight the tide seems to turn on the elite who tend to get a pass. fox news correspondent trace gallagher is joining us live with the latest on the jussie smollett saga and the ongoing legal hurdles facing the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, plus justice in the jayme closs case. trace? >> the initial 250 pages of documents released in the jussie smollett case don't have the bombshell revelations. they mostly talk about the bickering over whether the files should be released in the first place. we learned part of the bail that smollett was told not to have communications with the brothers he allegedly paid to help him commit the hate crime hoax. chicago police will release their files in the case on tuesday and the state attorney files will come out on june 3. that is when we expect more information about the attack, the alleged coverup and why the state attorney kim foxx abruptly dropped the counts against smollett.

attorneys for the actor argued the file should not be released because it would violate smollett's privacy but the judge said that smollett waived the right to privacy making the numerous public statements about the case. meantime accused sexual offender harvey weinstein has a $44 million deal in the works to settle lawsuits related to his sexual misconduct case. the money reportedly would come from insurance policies and go to his alleged victims. former weinstein employees and the creditors. dozens of women accused weinstein of sexual misconduct. he denies all allegation of non-consensual sex. his trial on criminal charges in new york is set to begin in september. today, 21-year-old jake patterson the man who kidnapped 13-year-old jayme closs after killing her parents was given two life sentences plus 40 years. in a statement, jayme closs said patterson took a lot of the things she loves and, "it makes me the most sad that he took away my mom and dad."

patterson said he would do absolutely anything to bring them back. jason? >> jason: trace, thank you. joining me now with reaction, fox news contributor and attorney emily compano. and attorney and legal analyst royal oaks. thank you for joining us here. emily, let me start with you first. i know you follow the jayme closs case. this is an amazing case. do you think justice was properly served here today? >> in the state of wisconsin, this was the most extreme penalty he could actually receive. there have has been capital punish. since the mid-1800s. wisconsin only executed one person in the entire history. so here, the fact that he received two life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 25 years, plus 15 for the kidnapping, then, yes, i believe short of a capital sentence, which was not possible in wisconsin, the most maximum justice could be served. remember, too, the family, jayme closs and the rest of

her family were spared a trial. the taxpayers were spared the tax burden as well. >> jason: people like jayme who are an inspiration like me. ordinary americans who go through horrific things and overcome them. i hope she can get on with her life and the rest of her loved ones. i need to try to hit some other topics. royal, let me talk to you about harvey weinstein. tell us the significance. he is now evidently reaching a settlement on the civil case. but the criminal case is spending. i believe it comes up in september. you don't always see it happen in that order. what is the significance of him settling this out on the civil side? >> well, the idea that $44 million will be spent to get him off the hook for many dozens of the civil lawsuits, it will bother a lot of people. they don't like the idea of insurance helping out. if we look to recent history, o.j. simpson had his homeowners insurance help him out in lawsuits and bill cosby had the same situation. the real problem for harvey

weinstein as you suggest is he is going to trial september 9 on two counts. rape count and a sexual assault count. so, he is probably thinking to himself yeah, nice to get the civil stuff off the docket. but mainly he is worried about going to prison for years. he has a new dream team. josé baez who was involved in the aaron hern dez case and -- aaron hernandez case and the casey anthony case. he is rolling the dice. >> jason: he may not have a choice. when you get insurance company to make the payout, he had a bizarre contract if you recall. but emily, as you look at the case from afar, granted you haven't been through all the case files but if you look at it from afar, harvey weinstein facing the allegations, it's tough to prove these. are they not? how serious is his jeopardy as he goes into this trial in september? >> i think he is actually in incredibly jeopardy here given the final and the overwhelming

wealth of evidence we have heard of thus far. obviously, like you said, we haven't heard the case files and we don't know exactly what will be presented but from what we know thus far there is an incredible volume and a large amount of incriminating evidence in his part, e. in his communications. a point about the civil settlement as well, the advisers for the weinstein coast have to approve it. if they do it settles the new york attorney general civil suit against the company for violating civil rights of the employees. right? they are supposed to be protected by him. so that is an interesting additional element as well here. >> jason: so let's go on to the jussie smollett case. this is also a fascinating case. the judge evidently, or there was an order for smollett not to contact the brothers. royal, what was the significance of that? why would it have happened in this particular case? >> it is common prosecutors don't want people to be talking to witnesses. they don't want any tainting

or tampering. i think the main issue here, jason, sunlight really is the best disinfectant as you talked about armie about earlier show. we are entitled to see why prosecutors dropped charges. illinois has a special law that says if someone is found not guilty or charges are dropped often times you can keep it sealed. that is to protect people who want a chance to go get a new job. but that is irrelevant in this situation. as the judge pointed out jussie smollett went on national tv many times talking about the case so he waived his right to privacy. so things always work better if you have them out in the open. look, if you have a lawsuit about the nuclear codes or a child, sure. let's seal those records. but we are entitled to see why the charges were dropped. >> jason: emily, do you believe the judge made the right decision here in allowing these files to come out? >> i do. especially for the reasons he articulated which included the fact it was after the case was dropped that jussie smollett still went on the record and in front of the press and had

his conference, right? if he had shut his mouth and disappeared maybe it would have bode more for him to have a right to privacy. but even after the case was dismissed, that is when he continued to run his mouth. which i know is part of kind of the larger public personality we have been seeing as it abuts the justice system. we saw with michael avenatti with the tweets were quoted in the charge documents. matter what they do. it affects the cases. >> jason: up next, inspirational story of faith, courage and embracing jesus christ. that is up next. a special interview done by sean hannity. m all their different hotel brands... like a doubletree for my cousins. a homewood suites for my uncle. a hampton for my sister and her kids. and the waldorf astoria beverly hills for me. can i get a..? thank you. book at hilton.com and get the hilton price match guarantee.

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town in argentina that follows his journey to being one of the influential christian evangelists in history. sean spoke to luis palau and who portrayed palau in the film. >> sean: luis, i like alternative movie. i like that hollywood doesn't have a monopoly anymore and people make independent films that are so powerful. so you lose your father at 10. you are pulled out of a boarding school. you leave the country. even though you are working for your family. you have a mission, this calling in your life. and you just keep jumping through hoops. even though you went from a pretty nice life to a life of kind of poverty. tell us how it all happened? >> one of the great things was when people came down to latin america and they brought us the bible. and they brought us faith, we really learned that there is a

possibility no matter how low you are that with god's help, you can really come out of poverty by working, planning and following good basic principles. so i owe it all to him to be honest. the gentleman said we want to make a movie of your life. i said look, what is there to talk about? he said, "look, we want to encourage young people today to believe they can come from utter poverty having lived well before, not live in poverty but come out of it by dedication, prayer and obeying god's principles and come out of poverty faster than most people imagine." he said, "we want to encourage young people in this generation, in the u.s. and in the rest of the world that it is possible to come out of poverty one step at a time but faster than most people expect." and the second thing is he said, "i want people who have lost faith, who have sort of

become cynical to renew their faith that there is a god. that there is a future, there is a hope to not give up. " those are the two main objectives. i owe it to god. i owe it to my dad and mom who gave us a very good example like you told me on the previous program. your grandfather and your father came to the usa with almost nothing. they were able to by self-effort, by the help of god move upward. >> sean: they gave me that gift. i say i stand on their shoulders. they suffered for me a lot. i would have a better live and more opportunity. i want to turn to you gaston. you learned about luis 14 years ago. you were in the middle of a very heavy addiction. >> yes. saen.cocaine. >> sean: for how many years? >> 15 years. >> sean: you couldn't stop? >> no. alone, no. it's impossible. i think it's impossible. one day after three days being

up, i raised my head for the first time in my life and i said, "please, god, please god, help me." that help came to my life. now i think that i am in the light, you know? it's a gift for me. >> sean: tell us, luis' impact on your life. >> the first time i heard about luis was 16 years ago. when i was working on a tv show. i made a documentary about a festival that he hosted in buenos aires. after that, five years after that, he kaled m called me on te phone and said, "thank you for the program. i hope one day god will bring us the possibility of being together." so -- >> sean: here you are. >> god did it. >> sean: you said in the last day of shooting you lost your voice completely. i have had it happen to me.

i came back -- you prayed and it came back stronger. >> i started to pray. me and the extras. a hundred people praying together. my voice came back in 20 minutes. stronger than ever. >> sean: "palau the movie." inspiring story. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. thank you very much. that's all the time we have left this evening but don't forget to pick up a book it's a good one it's good for summer reading it's called the deep state how an army of bureaucrat protected barack obama and they are working to destroy the trum agenda. to an invert hannity special featuring the best of sean's monologue we want to take a special moment and a meaningful moment and thank all of you tha will be touched by memorial day.

this weekend we remember all of our fallen men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the united states of america. we can never thank you enough. god bless and good night >> sean: a special edition of "the ingraham angle", american crossroads. tonight special is going to address issues in our politics and culture that are dividing america right into. in what we can do to remedy this . we begin tonight with president trump's decision to give attorney general bill barr the two declassified documents related to the 2016 campaign surveillance. first and foremost americans need to understand that their government has their best interest at heart always. and when it became clear that someone in the upper echelon of