with our intelligence community. and i've got to tell you, it does feel as if president trump did the right thing in protecting the united states with amazing precision. >> jason, it's an amazing night. i'm privileged an honored to sit in for laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle." happy new year. from new york. i know a lot is going on and we're doing to bring you up to speed. trump is trouncing democrats inn key swing states. a new poll tells a different tale. scott whereas and john mclaughlin are here to explain what is really going on. a how serious are liberals about eradicating anti-semitism? we will have the hot debate. candice owens is here. joe piscopo on hollywood's bizarre new year's resolutions. don't miss that. a u.s. air strike killing the leader of iran's revolutionary guard that approved the new year's eve attack on the u.s. embassypp in baghdad.

fox news david spunt is live with the latest. >> the u.s. claiming responsibility for this attack. i'm going to read this statement from the pentagon in just a moment. major general suleimani was in charge of iran's qud force and he was killed at the direction of president trump after the air strike hit his convoy. near baghdad international airport. suleimani joined the armed forces in 1979. the year of the iranian revolution. he played a major rule in arming shiite malitias that killed u.s. troops during the iraq war. also killed was the number 2 of iran backed malitias known as the pmf. iraq state tv reporting seven people were killed. i want to read part of the statement from the pentagon. it says?--.

>> raymond, this comes amid tensions between the united states and iran. a new years eve iranian protester stood outside the u.s. embassy in baghdad. things got so out of control, president trump ordered 750 soldiers in the region to deal with the unrest. now just today secretary of defense mark esper said the game has changed and we're prepared to do whatever is necessary to defend our personnel and our interests and our partners inde this region. this comment came before the rocket attacks several hours ago. it is noted also part of this statement i'm looking here right now, it says "the united states

will can't to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world." this coming from the pentagon just about ten minutes ago, raymond. st thank you for the update. joining me now is house minority whip, steve scalise. and fox news national security and foreign affairs analyst, gentlemen, thanks for being with me.an on this incredible night. what can you tell us about this air strike? obviously the u.s. ordered it. what does it mean and tell us about this general. this is a man responsible for 17% of the u.s. deaths in iraq.i go on. fill us in. >> yes, absolutely right, raymond. what happened tonight is stunning, this is a preemptive national security strike by the united states against a network headed by suleimani who is in charge of iran operations in four countries at least w not beyond. who was preparing according to

reports a series of attacks against u.s. military and others and coordinating with the heads of pro iran malitias in iraq, lebanon and other parts as well. so what we have done tonight, what the country has done after the orders of the president and the commanders, was to save american lives and interests and allies in the region from what was prepared by these organizations. >> now, this suleimani, he is a spy master. a coordinator on so many levels. he was designated as a terrorist. so for years?-- here's the question. why did it take so long? i heard the obama administration had blocked any assassination attempts on this general. >> we knew that for eight years, for the obama administration we knew that from 2009 to 2016. there was one goal of u.s. foreign policy.

i'm not building something. it was there. t we saw it. most of the actions against the iranians, most of the actions against the iranians were delained because of the architecture of the iran deal. we were negotiating with iranian leadership. so we're not going to be shooting right and left unless it wasness. -- necessary. now we have a different policy. that policy to make sure that. the iranians and allies are not going to preempt against us and tape out american lives. >> steve scalise, i have to ask you, fox news has confirmed that there was a banner outside the u.s. embassy when it was attacked the other day and it said suleimani is our leader. it was written on the windows by the iran backed malitiamen in baghdad. at the u.s. embassy. does this draw a line, a connection between suleimani and the attack of our embassy? is this the right move?

>> raymond, this has been building a long time. president trump took incredibly decisiveasn action to take out s head of this organization. irgc has been a bad organization. suleimani is responsible for the deaths of over 600 of our men and women in uniform. this guy has been one of the major terrorists, most brutal terrorists in the world, this is on the same level of, you know, you can go down the line by al-baghdadi, the most recent, even when you look at where this ouranks, this is right up theres one of the major attacks. taking out one of the worst terrorists that has been a threat to the united states clearly as the pentagon has said, this was a defensive action. they were seeing other things getting ready to happen. it wasn't just taking out somebody for what happened at the embassy, but also?-- he was probably getting ready to direct other attacks against americans. so this is a terrorist who has been responsible for the deaths

of 600 plus americans and probably getting ready to try to nddo more. he won't be able to kill anybody else because he's been taken out.e' president trump i think has sent a strong message to iran and any other terrorists around the world, this is serious business. if you come after america we're coming after you with overwhelming strength. >> i want you to explain the connection between hezbollah and iran. this organization was working with american forces a few months ago. to stamp out isis. >> that's the drama. how are you going to explain it? the mother organization is the quds force headed by suleimani. that mother organization has sub organizations and malitias in iraq, lebanon, syria. but in iraq, it has a high density of organizations one of which is hezbollah.

that's true, the pro iranian malitias because they're under the umbrella of the iraqi government, but because of this legality that theygo have, theye been fighting isis but not because of us. not because of the iraqi people, which they have killed the past aumany weeks now. 700 iraqis have been killed by that malitia. not just americans in the past and other arabs but including iraqis. that organization has received orders to target americans. that's aaq red line. >> i'm going to open this up to congressman scalise. we're going to bring in andy biggs. congressman on the house judiciary cann he. is there a concern?-- particularly to the congressman is. there a concern the last few years we have trained fighters in syria this later turned against our forces and seems we're seeing the same thing here. we train this group, they helped us fight isis and then they suddenly turn their guns and training on our troops. are you concerned that we're

moving into that same position again or in that place? i'll start with congressman biggs. >> that's always been a concern. we did the same thing with afghanistan. some worked with osama bin laden against the united states later. this is always part of the context within the mideast, part of the real problem that we have. it'sea so complicated. when dr.ferris starts talking about yes, this group wasig fighting against isis but they weren't fighting for the u.s., that's part of what we see. we see the overlay of different groups. it's impossible to sort it out because of the way they structure it and layer upon this one at theut other. >> one more question. congressman scalise. what can we to at this point?

we spent a trillion dollars in iraq to turn it into iowa so we were told. it's not that. you have the security guard there. that's who allowed these group of protesters to invade our embassy. t it was the iraq he government. any concern that we don't have the hold there that we thought we had after all of this time and blood? >> we have seen that slipping away. you've seen a stronger iranian influence. president trump pushed isis out of the middle east by and large but other actors come. in iran is one of them. they're trying to take away the freedom of iraq. suleimani is one of those people leading attacks against not just americans but anybody that seeks freedom in that region.

and he's gone. >> congressmen, stay put. how do you think the iranians respond and something that pulls us typener the middle east? -- deeper in the middle east? something i know the president doesn't want. >> the iranian regime is in a state of shock. they've seen the decaptation of the strategic leadership againss the americans. what is it that they're going to do later? they have to make a choice between escalating?-- every time they escalate, they see the might of america that has changed bigesca time. or they will see we're doing to seek a cease fire, rethink the issues. both are possible. let me make one point that you asked about. basically in iraq, the malitias are hated by the population. the situation in iraq is better than what we generally think. the majority of the iraqi youth, shiia, the majority of the sunnis almost all of the kurds are against iran. so we are in a much better position especially after the elimination of that threat. >> this is certainly an evil man

responsible for at least 600 servicemen's death and the mastermind of many plots in the middle east. thank you nor being here walid. congressmen, i want to turn to impeachment. it's been more than two weeks. sinceac the house voted to impeh president trump. speaker nancy pelosi still hasn't sent the articles to the senate. there's new questions. is this just a ploy to add to the insanity with more articles of impeachment?is t >> the house has the sole responsibility under the constitution for impeachment to send over the articles. of course, in ensuing weeks, we may have additional evidence out there through investigative reporting and other disclosures that would justify sending it at a later time. >> congressman scalise, what is the backup plan here? let's say pelosi never sends them over. what is the plan? >> she's been on a fishing expedition since the day they began.n.

al green just said that it was before he was elected president that they wanted to take him out. so if you look at where we are now, they had no case, there was no crime committed. but they impeached him anyway. they don't knowmm what to do wih it. they thought public opinion would be with them. they thought they would find crimes. maybe she's hoping something falls out of the sky. this willl have a bad ending for nancy pelosi and for every democrat that voted for impeachment and will have to go back home to the people that said what did you do the last two years, yound spent your time carrying out a political vendetta instead of doing things for the families. >> cnn published a new op-ed. it's the case for letting senators vote secretly on trump's fate.e. the author and professor robert alexander from northwestern university argues a secret ball lot would give the

senate what alexander hamilton described in confidence to preserve uninfluenced the necessary impartiality to render a fair trial. are they so desperate to block transparency on impeachment? is this a possibility? >> it's not a real possibility. you're right, raymond. they're so nervous letting the truth come out. that's why we started off, remember, in theth secret chambs of the house with adam schiff and closed door meetings. so most of us that were ultimately going to vote on this didn't get a chance to hear it. they do not want this to come forward. so i think the alternative will be, i've got to call on my friends in the senate, particularly lindsey graham, that i need to have a few witnesses come in to bring forward some of the evidence that the democrats suppressed, which further undermines their case. >> congressman scalise, i can talk about impeachment another

hours. you have two republicans, susan collins, murkowski saying they want witnesses. at this trial. we'll see what becomes of that. congressmen, i need your reaction to, this elizabeth warren's latest attack on the right to bear arms after that church shooting in texas. watch. >> i don't feel safer going to my church knowing somebody could be sitting next to me with weapons. i don't feel safer going to the mall knowing that some fight that ordinarily might have escalated to a push and shove that everybody whips out weapons. i don't feel any safer. >> congressman scalise, you know this issue better than most. your response. >> my goodness. does she feel unsafe when she sees a law enforcement official patrolling a neighborhood with obviously a firearm e and other things like tasers? this f is the classic fear that liberals have of individuals owning guns. what they don't recognize is that criminals have guns and

will use them against good innocent people. i if you don't have somebody to counter somebody with a gun, it's not going to end well. s in my case, i wouldn't be here if there wasn't somebody to counter that shooter in the case of the shooting at these the church that we saw. it was people multiple times that countered the shoot or with a firearm. people that were trained. they knew what they were doing. you saw that in the texas church. thank goodness t you had heros that had firearms and knew how to use them to defend innocent people. otherwise, there would have been more casualties. >> congressman biggs and scalise, thanks for being here. i'll tell you why trump is a proxy for those lacking a voice and that will help him in 2020. we'll have an amazing debate. stay there. when we started our business

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♪ >> raymond: trump's politically incorrect new year. wait until you hear this message.ar though the impeachment trial is looming for the president, it doesn't seem to have a negative impact on him among voters. i'm going to show you tomorrow night some voters i've spoken with. the numbers seem to be standing firm or growing. >> what the democrats did in the house was a disgrace. what they did, how unfair it was. so i think the impeachment thing, i call it impeachment light. it's a disgrace. nancy pelosi should be ashamed of herself. she's a highly overrated person. i know her well. highly overrated. >> note the political incorrectness. which i will get to win a mome moment. the trump campaign just announced that the president smashed his would-be rivals raising $46 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. though it's a good reflection of not why people

vote for a candidate. i spent the afternoon talking te voters, okay? people support a candidate because they feel economically and personally secure. they vote based on how that candidate makes them feel. as regular viewers you know, in addition to politics, i look at the cultural picture to see what is coming next. given the cultural moment, the president may find himself ideally situated in 2020. stay with me. there's few people in the pop culture or politics willing to hit hard and speak truth to power and do it with a comic and brass knuckles. clearly an appetite for this approach. what you what was the most watched comedy show? dave schapelle's sticks and stones. why.isap >> i'm not for abortion. and ladies, to be fair to us, ladies, i also believe that if you decide to have the baby, a man should nota have to pay.

that's fair. if you can kill the [bleep], i can at least abandon them. [laughter] my money, my choice. >> there's a cultural rebellion against the politically correct. enormous audience of americans lookingri for something differe. something that was once common place in american culture. something like we had in the 1980s. as a "saturday night live" favorite reminded us at the end of 2019. >> what are you doing here? >> what am i doing here? the question is, how the hell are you going to put on a show and not have me in the show until now? i saved this dam show from the it gutteder. and it's thanks to me.er this is the thanks i get. shame on you, lauren michael and nbc. >> eddy murphy's hilarious return to snl and screamingly funny and divisive. the miles per hour people tell h

you. with joan rivers and don rickles gone, they're yearning for someone to take on the establishment and call out the offenders with humors. people are looking for a voice. trump may once again be that voice. >> the same maniacs are pushing the deranged impeachment. think of this. impeachment. they're pushing that impeachment, witch hunt and a lot of bad things are happening to them. because you see what is happening in the polls? everybody said that's really [bleep]. >> raymond: meanwhile, the democratic frontrunner joe biden may be lagging in fund-raising and lacking in fire but he's desperately trying toag be all things to all people.

he recently suggested that he might choose a republican running made. >> our 21-year-old son said the other night, i wonder if joeea biden would consider choosing a republican as a running mate. >> the answer is i would, but i can't think of one now. >> raymond: what about an african american running mate? >> incredible number of qualified women. the former a assistant attorney general got fired. the leader of the woman that should have been the governor of georgia, an african american woman. >> on the campaign trail he's keeps letting the gaffes fly. >> how old are you, honey? 11 years old. talk to me before we leave, okay? after it's over, come up and talk to me for a minute, okay? promise? anybody under 15 you get something special today. >> the far left and the democratic party are pinning

their hopes on elizabeth warren. they moved past biden. not for what she's advocating but what she represents. >> she represents the next phase of the democratic party. you can argue that buttigieg and biden represent the old guard. >> raymond: wait a minute. i wasn't hillary clinton supposed to be the first female president, the glad ceiling breaker? the truth is warren is on a downward slope. she has as much chance of being the female candidate as julian castro has a chance. none of them reflect where the american people are at this cultural moment. a they feel too studied or too outside the mainstream to work. when you put them against trump, will any of these voices cut through in the politically

incorrect moment that we find ourselves in? i rather doubt it. joining me now is caylee mcanany, the trump 2020 national secretary and chris hahn from the progressive podcast. chris, do you believe any of thesee democratic contenders can match trump rhetorically emotionally or substantively, really? >> here's the point you're missing. donald trump is not an entertainer. he's not a comedian. he's the president of the united states. >> raymond: right. he's delivered on all of the things he promised. >> hold on, ray. his words matter more than anybody else's words. when he uses hateful and harmful language, he incites people sometimes or he could. he needs to be careful what he says. it can move markets and move people. comedians should have absolute free reign to be politically incorrect. i feel that comedians shouldn't

be called out for saying things?-- >> raymond: that's not what we're talking about. >> the american people want a president of the united states that they can put their children in front of a television set and say emulate that man. >> raymond: i don't think?-- chris, you have to take a breath. you have to take a breath. you can't keep yelling. let me in for a minute. just one second. this is important. i use the comedians as a cultural touch stone to show you where the american people are. what they're paying for. what they're willing to turn in for.r. caylee, doesn't that tell us that donald trump is capable cutting through and delivering on the goods that he promised and delivering on the economy and safety and security? >> raymond, you're right. president trump brought us something that no politician in modern history had brought. that's authenticity. he wasn't a studied mannequin politician in the mold of hillary clinton who focused group tested her words. he was authentic and cut through what was the distrust of politicians.

what chris is missing, funny you just entirelyy deflect from the great accomplishments ofun president trump, the greatest foreign policy accomplishment of the decade if not our lifetime killing of suleimani, the message that if you mess with americans, you'll pay a price as a terrorist. >> appropriate start of war. >> the for gotten man and woman is no longer. wages growing at the fast it's pace in a decade. twice as fast for low and middle americans. i understand you don't want to talk about that is why you deflect from it. >> raymond: a few hours ago, joe biden made this claim about the economy. listen. >> the national debt?-- excuse me.>> the economy is hurting the middle class and working class badly. >> raymond: so wait a minute. the trump economy is hurting the middle class?nd median household income surpassed 63,000. all-time record. middle class and lower income earnings are growing faster than

upper income earners. how is that hurting the middle class? >> i think that the economy doing as well as it is, the president should have more than a 34% hard re-elect number. >> raymond: you're not answering the question. it's not how popular he is. how is he hurting the economy?ay >> i'm not going to argue that the economy is not doing well h right now. the president better pray it stays as well or that 34% will be 20%. >> chris?-- >> it's?-- hold on, kayleigh. it's amazing an economy this good that a president is not running away with the election. >> raymond: we may be. we'll get to the polsters in a second. t kay>> leigh. your reaction. >> the talking port of your party is that the economy is not good? w.u can pick up and go home now. guess what? 90% of americans disagree with you according to much polling, cnn polling included. i'm not saying?--

>> histori >> historic unemployment for black americans, hispanic americans. try that argument. it won't work. >> the president's words matterr he can crash the market with a tweet and the americans?-- >> the market is breaking records. >> raymond: chris, i love when biden says this is a big deal. it's not a problem at all. but now we're all puritans and clutching our pearls and buckle shoes. >> i'mnd no puritan. you know that. >> i hope not. you missed your holiday. it was a couple of months ago. he has to be more careful. >> raymond: you're mr.?holiday. it was a couple months ago. check back in with you. newng polling should have democrats worried. trump is trouncing them in key swing states. a new mason-dixon poll has trump clobbering every democratic candidate in florida and virginia except for joe biden. even there biden's lead in florida is 2 points and in virginia four points. joining me is john mclaughlin, trump's campaign pollster and

scott rasmussen at ballotpedia. >> is the trump campaign worried about this. mason-dixon poll biden beating trump in virginia and florida? >> you have the impeachment backfire going on right now. the president is changing washington. as the democrats attacked him, he's gone up. now, the virginia poll is five pointswaas more. we may be ahead of biden. if we have the same turnout. we're ahead with independents and doing better with african americans in virginia and doing better with hispanics in florida. >> scott rasmussen, what is the problem in florida? he's up two. isn't that in the margin of error? >> the reality, it's going to be a close election. if it were today, we would be talking key swing states. the preseason is always had so far. the democrats are about to have their nomination process. as they go through this nomination procession, there's

going to be a civil war. which side wins, how is the nomination handled. can you imagine what it looks t like if bernie sanders is denied the nomination and doesn't feel it's fair? in that case it doesn't matter who the nominee is. does get ahead of yourself. the voters haven't played and they don't play till iowa. >> raymond: i spoke to voters today. you don't get the complete picture. io can we go to this? do we have time to go to this? i hit the streets today in new york city to find out what americans really think. watch. >> if you were to vote today?-- >> trump. >> raymond: hold on. if you were vote today trump or joe bidenmo and why? >> trump. >> why? >> he's done great things for this country. >> trump or biden. >> definitely not biden and not trump. >> i hate trump. trump sucks. sorry. >> i don't like trump.p. >> what about biden impresses you? >> nothing. i don't like either one of them to be honest. >> i'm abstaining this time

around. >> you're not going to vote? >> i don't think so. >> donald trump. >> why? >> he's making america great again. our country is just doing wonderful. the economy is great. the immigration crisis is under control. >> donald trump all the way. >> why? >> because he's what america needs here.tr he is what i felt for so many years and nobody said and he says it for me. >> raymond: what i referenced in the monologue. and i rode it before i went out on the street. there seems to be, scott, this movement among people. they want a proxy voice. how will that affect this 2020 election? >> the same way it affected the 2016 election. spoke for a lot of people that thought nobody in washington cared, nobody cared about them, nobody listened to them, cared about their issues or values. that's about 46% of the country. you have another 46% that says anybody else. >> john, i was stunned at the number of people, a sizable, i asked them?-- they said i don't want to discuss it.

off camera, i'm voting for trump. what is?-- is this 2016 all over again? >> it's on steroids. you realize, 40 years ago, you had a democrat president that the iranians storms our embassy and took hostages. as we did this show, donald trump was stopping the iranians from doing that to our embassy in baghdad. so now americans are looking and saying, we have a president that is doing what we feel and protecting our country and keeping us safe. he will benefit from this because he's keeping us safe. w >> raymond: 20 seconds. if we get pulled into another reaction in iraq, between iran and the united states, does that hurt the president? in theun polling? >> that's an impossible question because it depends on what happens when you get pulled in. i can make the great case to people that rally around the flag or we get stuck. >> raymond: he didn't want another benghazi. he sent 750nd troops in and want

fahd stop it. he did. >> this is the world's leading terrorist.s he wasn't there to deliver roses.. to explainnt needs what happened like ronald reagan would have done. >> raymond: i a green. thanks nor being here. the left is speaking out about the rash of anti-semitic attacks in new?york. why were they silent when their only members flaunted anti-semitic views? candace owens and leo terrel to debate that and more next.

♪ >> we condemn any attacks, any efforts by anyone to try in any way, impede the continuing move toward trying to heal the black and jewish community. >> want to turn any hatred that may exist into hope for better future for each and every single community. >> raymond: al sharpton and hakeem jeffries condemning the

brutal stabbing of five at a hanukkah celebration. last saturday. a rash of anti-semitic attacks in the state. but where were they last year when members of their own party were openly flaunting anti-semitic views? joining meirar to discuss, leo torrell and candice owens.l founder of the movement and the book "blackout." leo, why don't sharpton hold members of their own party when omar was talking about anti-semitic attacks? >> there's been a rise in anti-semitic in the trump administration. there's a rise in anti-semitic in new york, trump's home state. >> raymond: and trump is to blame? >> 72% of jews vote democrat in 2016. we're the party that has a

jewish candidate for vice president joe lieberman and two jewish candidates running for president. you will not find a jew running for president in the republican party. >> raymond: president trump?-- leo, don't grandstand. i have to give candice time. you conveniently omit the man running much of our foreign policy, jared kushner is a jew. if you've been to the hanukkah celebrations, you'd sing a different tail. candice? >> it's so ridiculous, i'm not going to offer a rebuttal. i can no longer pretend that he's being serious. to answer your question, we are seeing a rise in these attacks. to answer your question seriously, it's a big issue.ei you're correct to say that we have not seen the left condemn this anti-semitic on their side when it cam from rasheeda talib or omar ilhan. we can't even make this partisan.

there's a man in the hospital that may never wake up again that was stabbed in his neck. >> 72% of all jews vote democrat, candidate. you won't talk about that. >> we know?-- >> 72%?-- >> raymond: don't talk over her. >> they know they have a president that is in the office standing by their side, know how much he's done, moving the embassy to jerusalem. >> why do the majority vote democrat? >> i'm not here?-- this is serious. >> i'll give you facts. >> this is a serious issue. you are being angry. >> raymond: leo, let her speak. >> i'm coming to the middle to say this is an important issue. i've been speaking all over, to business?--- >> it's not about you. >> to talk about what we can do to lock arms to make sure?-- >> it's not about you, candice. you're promoting yourself. >> raymond: okay, guys?-- >> ray, ray, i'm?--

>> raymond: i'm moving along. >> ladies and gentlemen, let me get in here?-- >> the majority of jews?-- >> raymond: leo?-- >> doesn't matter. we're not talking democrat or republican?-- >> raymond: leo, we cannot hear what you're saying because you're screaming at each other. please, okay? t the fact is?-- >> i going to cut him off. he cuts me off all the time. >> raymond: the fact is al sharpton and hakeem jeffries have a double standard. let's move on. cnn is known for its trump bashing. one contributor took it to the next level. here's what he said that is motivating trump voters in 2020. >> what we saw from 2016 with the election of trump, every study has shown the predominant factor was not economic anxiety but racial anxiety, which is exploited by trump. what we'll see in 2020 is the mainstreaming and further popularization of white

supremacist conspiracisy theoriesf by the republican party. >> raymond: candice, are you attempting to mainstream white supremacy conspiracy theorys? >> they're working on a theory when trip 1s in 2020. they have nothing to beat him. they're holding on impeachment articles that they will never send to the economy. the economy is up. america is doing well. more and t more people are turng to donald trump for solutions. what is the ex-excuse going to be since we can't use russia?-- >> raymond: leo?-- >> white supremacists are comfortable with trump. that's why they endorse him. trump will not win in a landslide. save this tape so candice can apologize. >> leo, you're a joke. >> she's name calling. >> raymond: we'll leave it there. let you debate off air. candice and leo.

up next, joe piscopo breaks down the biggest new year's eve fails and looks behind hollywood's new year's resolutions. we'll be back in a moment. stay there. days and nights out , days and nights out , keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424.

♪ >> i was sure that trump was going to get elected the day he announced. it would be like hitler and the mexicans and the jews. that's what he's delivered. >> raymond: happy new year. that i was linda ronstadt. why does trump loom so large in the heads of these hollywood stars? >> i don't know. great job today. your kid, what a great kid. he's got a tenth grader here. he knows who i am. he said who are you, old white guy? he says joe piscopo.

everybody. has to settle down, raymond. the montra on the radio show,?a.m. 970 and my buddies, you have to settle down and they're getting crazy for no reason. o maybe because i've known citizen trump for over 30 years. worked for him. saw him in so many charity affairs with melania. nothing but pleasant. maybe because i know the man, i don't get upset. there's nodo reason for this discourse. >> raymond: so this reaction, coming from people that loom large in ourur lives. musical stars, movie stars. it divides us further and erodes?--s. let people vote. keep politics to the political people. not every?-- >> who decides the divide. >> raymond: there we go. i want to get to new year's eve. this is a fail.

just say it. anderson cooper trying to be a cool kid. bad idea. >> oh, my gosh, what is this? >> like christine. >> wow. >> what is that? who would drink this? >> college students. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so do they play the recording of john legend?-- >> so we do the?-- they're getting loaded and then they want us to take them seriously. >> i like anderson. but he used harsh language and got away with it. >> raymond: when you're drunk, you get away with a lot.

final question. i mentioned it earlier in the monologue. we're in a politically correct moment, i wouldgu argue. it was one that you were a part of in the 80s when you could laugh at everything. everybody was fair game. now it's small what you can laugh at, discuss.s and what is permitted in speech. is donald trump the candidate to fill that moment? >> it's great to see schapelle come up. that was great. so happy to see eddie murphy on "saturday night live." he did velvet jones. oh, my god. he did velvet jones. you?-- nobody could do it except for eddie. it's time to break through that. donald trump, because for eight years before donald trump, no disrespect to up in, we were lectured. the tone. we were bad, racist. so tired of being told what to do.e all the folks following now, they follow on social media, they listen to our radio show. we're all good people. it's all about god, family, country. everybody needs to settle down. >> raymond: i'm waiting for your return to snl.

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♪ >> richard: tonight at this >> tonight with a heavy heart we say goodbye to another 2020 democrat, julian castro, he dropped out of the race today. you probably didn't notice but we did. here is a tribute to his short-lived presidential run. >> i'm in favor of a carbon free america. >> i'm not going to be the typical politician. >> i believe the best thing for the country would be not only impeachment but removal.

>> are you forgetting what you said? are you forgetting already what is two minutes ago? >> a lot of americans are hurting. the idea that america is doing just fine is wrong. >> open borders is a right-wing talking point. i hope your brother is nicer to you than mine is to me. doesn't make you grow a beard. >> this is what we're here for. it is an election. >> i'm confident that i can reassemble the obama coalition. that is the winning formula for democrats in 2020. >> i we show it is joaquin and not julio? whatever it is, that is all-time we have tonight. my series is available at

bookstores everywhere, supernatural thriller for all ages. hope you will give it a read. lovely to sit in with laura ingram. i will be back tomorrow night, tune in tomorrow night and we will have friday follies. now i handed over to shannon bream fox news at night team, they will take it with all the breaking news. shannon: thank you very much. fox news alert, breaking, the leader of iran's revolutionary guard is dead. killed in a us airstrike. top official of the pentagon warning the game has changed. as the media blasts the trump administration's response to the bank that embassy steege, benghazi survivor is live in minutes to tell his version of the story and set the record straight, breaking news coverage throughout the hour and andrew mccabe admits he is lying about immediately, he says he is sorry. the facts of this tonight. we