tonight. we will be back monday. >> sean: welcome to this breaking news addition of hannity. we begin with a fox news alert. tonight the world are safer as one of the most ruthless evil war criminals on earth has been brought to justice. qassem soleimani was evil personified he was a terrorist and a murderer with american blood on his hands. as the leader of the reigning codes force, their elite military unit, no man was more responsible for the death of ou american treasure and civilian deaths in the middle east then him. thanks to president trump, thanks to the greatest fighting force on the face of this earth our amazing military, thanks to the best intelligence community

99 percent in the world, we and our allies in the region coming finally been giving exactly wha he desired for his bloodshed, his atrocities, his terror, his funding of terror, his fighting of proxy wars and attacks on u.s. sovereignty. american lives we can confirm tonight we're in fact in jeopardy. the president will quickly, decisively, to protect american lives and interest abroad. or during the strike the impact that they took him out just day after the attack on the u.s. embassy in the iran backed militia. look at your screen. it is his name that these radical writers actually wrote on our embassy. look at that. soeimani was our leader. now why was soeimani in the iraqi in the first place? you think may be to lead the efforts against our embassy and kill americans? by the way, that would be why the president responded once that american contractor was in

fact killed, military personnel were wounded, that just happene a week ago. it was soeimani who was responsible for over 600 deaths of american soldiers many other injured, orchestrating attacks on coalition bases all over ira and beyond he has done this for years. our own state department, 17 percent of all deaths of u.s. personnel in iraq from 2003 des 2011, were orchestrated by soeimani. it was soeimani who reportedly helped plan the benghazi attack that killed four americans. soeimani has been fueling proxy contacts in a reign of terror against the u.s. and their allies for decades. of course backing intime americ militias in iraq, directing syria's assad and his genocide and don't forget in the 1980s he was backing militias that took over lebanon as has bilal. he directed resources to hamas and places in places like the palestinian territories.

he was the point man for the largest exporter or state-sponsored terror in the world. the president's decisive action cannot be overstated tonight although you'll never hear it from democrats or the media mob. as secretary of state mike pompeo explained, he was planning even more terror attacks on u.s. troops and military officials and u.s. diplomats all over the world. take a look. >> hundreds of american lives and blood on his hands. what was sitting before us was his travels throughout the region, his efforts to make a significant strike against americans that many muslims and iraqis killed in other countrie is well. it was a strike aimed at both disrupting that plot, to turn further aggression we hope sending the conditions for de-escalation as well. >> secretary pompeo will be wit us exclusively tonight. tonight the message from president trump could not be an

more clear, there will be no benghazi on his watch. in the failed policy of bribing dictators, appeasement by the obama, biden, and the rest of them benghazi democrats is over dead, done, and finished. >> he made the death of innocen people his sick passion. contributing to terrorist plots as far away as new delhi and london. today we remember and honor the victims of soeimani's many atrocities in week take comfort in knowing his reign of terror is over. with the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago. we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. >> guess what, unlike the benghazi democrats there will b no lies about a video, there will be no ignore calls for help , there will be no appeasement and bribery. i told you this would happen

back in july right here on this show. i talked directly and warned th irani and molars after they seized those british tankers, i said you keep pushing this button come at this president will act and he will act quickl and decisively and smartly. tonight, i have an even stronge message. mister death to america, death to israel radicals, your reign of terror, and murder needs to come to an end. you now to dare to threaten the united states of america again? you have zero territorial integrity in the country of iraq . soeimani is responsible for the deaths of thousands including our fellow americans. you're the leader of the number one terrorist state in the world , you are a mass murderer just like soeimani. you're responsible for killing tens of thousands of innocent people including our fellow

americans. you have blood on your hands. i dare you to publicly stand with the people in your country working in your refineries is you retaliate against america and threaten america. of course you won't, because like all terrorist, really you are gutless, your entire life has been one of death, destruction and the poverty of your own people. there is a special place in tha awaits you. make no mistake, the president made the right call, our braved on forces and our brave intelligence community took out an evil monster, tonight becaus of their heroic actions, the world is a safer place. i want to be very clear, i don' want, and we see this after vietnam, our troops, our national treasure going door-to-door i don't want our treasure, are members of our u.s. forces, to fight and die i iran or any other country that

for that matter especially in the lessons learned in the past confluence. this swamp in washington, these have these kids to fight wars and then they put handcuffs on them rules of engagement, and then they politicize the war an later say nevermind. that has to stop. if you had to fight a war, when the war, we can no longer tolerate the failed policies of the past. we can't send these kids to fight, we can't handcuff the military with the obama biden rules of engagement. bribing dictators like the ones in iran didn't work. pallets of cash and other currency as they shout death to america. it is why i have been sadie and i will reiterate tonight it is important is this country moves forward, for our safety and our security, we need as a country to build the next generation of weaponry. no nationbuilding, no boots on the ground except for intelligence gathering. if other countries need our help , they will get it, but they have to send their brave men and women to go door-to-door

, not our sons and daughters. we want to change the minds of these evil and hostile regimes, the president hen showed that wars can be one without using traditional mean-spirited look at how they were destroyed in iraq and syria, the next generation of weaponry will bot offenses and defensive needs to be produced in this country. so future conflicts, future wars , weaken state to guys pushing buttons in tampa or nevada, from a distance, safely. unfortunately the hate trump media mob doesn't care about an of this. they'd rather work overtime for their partners in the democrati party fueling more lies, smears best marchman, 24's seven conspiracy theories. it doesn't matter how important it is for our safety and security, our country, our kids our future, how many times have i sit on said on this program, if donald trump.

cancer, they would want to impeach him for it. they keep doubling down on stupid. anything negative toward president trump. we have the video evidence. >> officials need to be concerned that they could be targeted. >> this one off action can have unbelievably horrific consequences. to keep many of soeimani's enemies admitted he was a military genius. >> it is tough to say how much he is revered for it. >> i was trying to think of somebody i was thinking of degaulle. >> lets assume he was at the baghdad airport and deserve this , okay, let's just stipulate that, let's just say maybe it was the right decision to take him out, but in that case the right decision, wrong commander-in-chief. >> that would be the one the american people elected. this same corrupt mod in the media, that covered for hillary and obama during benghazi, they

are targeting the president for protecting americans and american interest in being toug on terror. you know better than to fall further and he trump rage, thei psychosis. three years of this. you know the president is delivering on all fronts, he took out held bag daddy in has now brought one of the worst wa criminals to justice.

>> he is part of the heart of darkness he is evil. he was 64 years old when he was killed the night before last an he was working is a member of the radical regime that took over in tehran as a youngster. he has a young 20 some odd audi rolled when all that was coming down in 1979. he was radicalized by that. he used the opportunity to make sure he could join the guard corps, which he did and then in 1998, he helped organize the kurds force. for sprayed one of his mentors had been who became the head of hezbollah in lebanon. the nurturing that he got from the worst of the worst is the kind of thing that built him into being the kind of person h is today. number two, this was a target o opportunity that was extraordinary. that's a consequence of just what you've been talking about in terms of good intelligence gathering. number three, it's important that we have bases in the regio from which you can launch remotely piloted aircraft. so-called drones. that is because they trike this guy taking off in syria or

lebanon, we don't know the fact yet. they knew he landed at the airport in baghdad. they knew that he was getting into that two car convoy in the middle of the night. that is obviously a high-value target. then the clearance came from th president of the united states fire, and they did. i know there are people that sa the cars we're blown up from inside the israelis did it, the bottom line is you can look at those vehicles. they weren't blown apart, they were blown in. probably hellfire missiles. i would like to have more answers about some things, but this was a target of opportunit you weren't going to get again for months or years. number for come of the world is a far better place without him because of all the things that he has been doing with his four since 1998, get this, he built the hezbollah eight operations up long beyond what the imagine when he was the head of it in lebanon he duplicated it in

syria and iraq some of those that died in those cars with hi where the guys that headed that has bola type of organizations that they had been setting up. lebanon, syria, iraq, and of course we've all forgotten yeme and the attacks you mentioned a few moments ago, the attacks on tankers coming from the straits of hormuz. what they've been able to do an lift the burden off the america people and the people all over europe, the price of oil has gone up. imagine what would happen if on of those tankers attacked by th force and they are not occult elements, every single one of those tankers going down would drive the price of oil up through the roof. at the end of the day the world is a better place because of decisions made by the president acting on the kinds of information that we know they had to be putting together with time enough to get on station remotely piloted aircraft. my guess is looking at the pictures, probably for hellfire

missiles. >> colonel north, thank you. as always,. the failed policies of obama an biden and the appeasing democrats got us to this point. obama and biden loosened sanctions. who would ever gift the mullahs in iran, bring cargo planes ful of trash and other currencies paired in exchange they got a promise from tehran that they'r not going to build nuclear weapons for ten years, but you don't have any anyplace anytime inspections either. and continued exporting their terror all over the world bread they had a path to a nuclear weapon, thanks to obama and biden they even had more of you money to burn. it changed when donald h trump was sworn in as president. it provided little checks on

iran, little enforcement mechanisms, basically known for us and put our national securit at risk. president trump reimpose the sanctions, the economy went int a collapse in tailspin, so all of those failed mink in gazi democrats that are lecturing us and mola appeasing leftists who are feeling the need to time an aunt lecture everybody on how t do their job, maybe they can si this one out because it was you disastrous policies that helped get us here. it was your poor judgment that emboldened iran resulting in escalating tensions throughout the region paired civil wars in syria, proxy wars in yemen, complete human catastrophe, rockets on the gaza strip instead of confronting iran's maligned activity in cancerous actions, and number one state sponsor of terrorism, you tried to appease it and bribe it into liking us instead of crippling them with sanctions, you gave them billions in cash and other currency on that tarmac.

the contrast could not be any clearer. a closing message to iran, you want to climb up the ladder of escalation? you want to walk off that cliff there will be more consequences because this president has stated clearly that he is prepared to act even further. i have known this man for over two decades. he's not backing down as i warned you in the past. he is taking specific targeted action. they're will be no more appeasement. the president is not going to get goaded into another boots o the ground endless conflict because the next time for the next generation of weaponry is being built now. so we don't have to send our national treasure door-to-door like we did in iraq. lives are at stake, the free world is at stake, the path to safety, stability in the middle east is at stake. we have a lot to fight for and defend. joining us now, secretariat of state mike pompeo. i said this last night and my

reporting and it has been confirmed. our intelligence community working with the best military on the face of the earth. her state department and the president made this decision very quickly in response to wha was a real threat. what can you tell us? >> it's. >> it's great to be with you. it was in fact and all of government effort directed and led by president trump paired w identified the risk the president talked about today that soeimani was a terrorist and was engaged in active plotting. there was an attack that was imminent that could have killed hundreds of americans prayed we found an opportunity and we delivered. we brought all of america's bes and brightest together and took an opportunity to take this guy as you describe pretty accurately is one of the worst terrorist ever walked the face of the plano. we took them off him off the battlefield and we were successful.

>> sean: the president said earlier today that soeimani was plotting imminent sinister attacks on american diplomats and military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him paired we know the u.s. special representative hook also confirmed that. i was listening closely to your comment yesterday and i felt yo were saying the same thing. how bad was this potential? >> we cottam and we stopped in. it's a good thing for the world. he was traveling the region whe he landed in baghdad that travels before that put him in places all around the region which were him solely at billin out with they were referring to as the big attack. they were aiming to take down significant amounts of american that would've undoubtedly kille a local to. people that all throughout the region this is a fact it would've been on some scale. we can't talk much about the

details but suffice it to say the american people can know that the decision that presiden trump made to take him down saved american lives. >> i said for years on this program that prime minister net yahoo of israel was kind of the lone voice of moral clarity identifying the threats. i wouldn't have imagined five years ago, i would've said impossible probably that we would now have a situation as w do today, you're partly responsible for this where the u.s. has aligned with israel, the jordanians, the emirates, and the saudi's against irani and. and from what i understand my sources tell me intelligent sharing it's all hands on deck against iran paired. >> that's absolutely true. one of the things i heard today from somebody who criticized president trump, but the criticism has been there's no strategy. that's willful blameless. there's been a deep strategy

that the president laid down, we've been delivering against that strategy into your point, center part of that is building our coalition. all of the partners in the gulf all our partners working together that they realize that the republic of iran is the problem in the region out the others. we're not going to appease any longer, we're going to take on the challenge. while the president made it clear, we don't want war, that wasn't the aim where the goal o the strike we took for the strike we took in response to the death of american contracto on december 27th. the goal was not to start a war indeed it was to stop it prayed president trump has made equall clear when american lives are a risk he will act decisively he will act to disrupt and he will hopefully lead to deterrence as well. knowing you as well as i did an knowing the time differences with that part of the world, i would imagine you didn't go to sleep last night, you probably spent a lot of time on the phone .

what other countries may be telling you after the killing o soleimani? >> these are a couple of long days, but not as long for me as they were for the diplomats on the ground in the region in baghdad and other places they'v done great work along our it's been truly remarkable. any work i was doing paled in comparison to the sacrifices they are making. and spent the last day and a half-2 days talking to the partners in the region what we were doing, why we were doing i and seeking their assistance. they've all been fantastic grea talking to our partners and other places that haven't been as good, the europeans haven't been as helpful is i thought they could be. people need to understand what the americans did save lives in europe as well. qassem soleimani lit assassination campaigns in europe carried this was a good thing for the entire world. we are urging everyone in the world to get behind with the united states is going to do to

get the islamic republic of ira to route behave like a normal nation. >> secretary of state, mike pompeo, great job paired the world a safer today, thank you for being with us tonight. when we come back, no matter what president trump does, then van gazi democrats, the whole, bribery appeasement democrats, they will attack him. i said it all the time, if he cured cancer they would want to impeach impaired what they're saying about the strike that took out this american killing irani and general. lindsey graham is next straight finding dental insurance plans can be confusing,

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now back to hannity. >> the opportunity to kill soleimani to minded and quick and decisive action pair thankfully president trump did

not wait around for permission from the likes of speaker in name only nancy pelosi. pelosi recently complained abou trump's bold action putting out a statement saying the full congress must be immediately briefed on this serious situation and on the next steps under consideration by the ministration including the significant escalation of the deployment of additional troops to the region. they have the compromise, compromised, corrupt, congenita liar adam schiff and people don't want problems with a run. all steps must be taken to protect our troops again paired with reaction to this and more, the great state of south carolina, senator, good to see you. you know a lot about soleimani beer in my research shows you are mentioning him along with john mccain going back many years ago.

>> he signed his own death warrant because he miscalculate donald trump. after the contractor was killed by the militia killed by soleimani, the president made a decision that he would not allo attacks against american interest rate we cut the man red-handed planning another attack. every commander-in-chief has th inherent authority to protect our troops in the field. he needs all the authorization he needs and to congresswoman omar, what would you want the president to do? sit on the sidelines and watch people get killed? >> imagine six months or a year from now, we found out that we had actionable intelligence tha if baghdad's airport soleimani was there and president trump did nothing. they would want to impeach him for that like they'd impeach hi if they cured cancer at this

point. >> they have lost all reason when it comes to president trump , but this wasn't a revenge attack, this wasn't killing him because of what he done in the past, this was stopping him fro planning another attack that wa going to be widespread that kat caused hundreds of americans their lives for it he acted in defensive way and a preemptive way. here is the question, what's next. to the iranian regime, i'm not sure if you watch the show or not, but you probably should, i you come after us again, were coming after you again great if you up the ante, you better be concerned about your oilfields. president trump is going to put you out of the oil business if you continue to try to kill americans and go after our allies to the iraqi parliament, do not let iran goad you into destroying the relationship between the united states. and iraq. >> senator, i have to like your tweet last night. if irani and and i worked at an

refinery, i would think about a new career. i wonder if they might want to show solidarity with the refinery workers of they retaliate. from what i understand there already crippled by the president sanctions there is unrest in the country, and ther are three main, you have more access to information than i do there are three main refineries and if they were taken outcome it would probably result in the collapse completely of the iran and economy, correct? >> soleimani was the military leader, he was the terrorist, not a general, a terrorist thug. their economy depends on oil. if you destroy the refineries you destroy their economy. what i hope they understand whe it comes to attacking americans donald trump is different than obama. if you continue to attack us an

our allies like israel, you're going to be put out of the oil business and worse. >> it's interesting times we live in part i mentioned earlie that nobody would've imagined five years ago jordan, egypt, saudi's, israel, u.s., the emirates, would all be working against iran. its happening and donald trump is our president. let me ask you you know the iranians, you study them, the president is clear that he doesn't want endless wars and neither do i. i don't think we can go door-to-door like we did in ira ever again because washington starts wars and then politicize as them. the president proved something with the caliphate in syria whe he wiped them out. he took off the rules of engagement of obama. can that be done with the ran?

>> you hit them where though they're the weakest paired what would hurt them the most is to take them all the oil business. here is what is important to le them know what will come their way if they continue to come after americans prayed i think the target list let the president is looking at if they continued to escalate is inside of iran itself. i want them to the ayatollah to know if they continue to come after americans, everything is on the table including your oil refineries. the cost of good killing an american has gone up exponentially after killing soleimani. we are safer today and if i was an iraqi, i would use america over the ayatollah. we are a much better friend and a much better bet. >> i would imagine the refineries and the sites that we're deep underneath could be

targets. week keep tweeting like that, you're getting right up there with the president. and appreciate you being with us . and are going to believe how some members of the media mob are almost sounding like they'r coming to the defense of the irani and general taken out by our airstrikes. the man responsible for killing hundreds of americans with bloo on his hands. that is straight ahead. - in the last year, there were three victims

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>> sean: following the president's bold action that killed the irani and commander soleimani, they left aside with what, the washington post at first called the vial terrorist

iranians most revered military leader. after being called out for giving him a complement. the geniuses on fake cable news spent the entire day talking up the regimes talking points. we've got the video evidence of it, take a look. >> the justice of the issue, th question was is it a wise thing to do paired this is a crisis that that president trump has created. >> i'm surprised that the american embassy right now is not being bombarded bombarded day and night credit. >> he was the cardinal. >> sean: joining us with reaction now, senior advisor sean spicer and fox news contributor, karl rove, carl, w have a guy that killed americans , number one state

sponsor of terror, the world is a safer place and they can't muster up even a good word abou the president. really, our intelligence community, our military and our state department working in unison and in quick order to take this guy out when they had the opportunity because he was in baghdad. >> it's a sign of his hubris that he thought has this sort o puppetmaster of all these terro networks throughout iraq, syria lebanon and throughout the middle east and beyond the middle east they are even cells of his organization we believe in the united states, it's a sign of his hubris that he thought he could travel so openly outside of iran and not be threatened. particularly at this moment because think about this to thought experiments, number one brian hood, the special envoy for the ran, very explicit that we were on the cusp of a major

action against u.s. diplomats and u.s. personnel in u.s. it interest throughout the middle east that could've caused hundreds of lives prayed what with those same voices that we heard today be saying about president trump if he had not acted and had not taken out soleimani and the plot was executed? i suspect they would be criticizing him for being weak. the second thought experiment, with these people have said the same thing about the death of a baghdadi or osama bin laden. what about the death of any other major terrorist figure? no. that would've been happening either under the watch of a previous president, or it would have been an opportune moment because it was not at a hot tim during the presidential campaign . a lot of this is about politics and beating trump in the fall o 2020. a lot of it is about getting as

far to the left as they approac iowa which is notoriously on th democratic side, pacifist and the other early contest which may be dominated up to south carolina by very left-wing democrats. >> mst, one of their host is actually saying, this is trump' benghazi, then you have democratic chris murphy out of connecticut, they've got him saying oh, trump has rendered america impotent in the middle east no one fears us, we've bee reduced to huddling america's huddling in safe rooms hoping the bad guys will go away. there is the president acts, takes the guy out, and then com a heat they are still complaining. these are your friends in the media mob? this is your democratic party today. >> i think the funny thing is the analogy they use of they're going to invoke benghazi they might want to remember what happened there. the president took decisive action that prevented the loss

of life not incurred the loss o life. this man is the blood of severa hundred if not thousands of americans is on his hands we no only took him out, which is something that we should all be praising, but he continued to present a threat to the region and to our service members and personnel over there. the idea that we didn't act would've been malpractice, the idea that the president took this action is something we should be cheering. after al baghdadi went down we all came together after osama bin laden was captured paired this continues to make not only the world, but our country a safer place. if we don't act, especially after a week in which he ran killed an american contractor, the we look weak and we don't look decisive. than our word means nothing. this president took action and made it clear that you don't mess with united states of america. >> happy new year to both of you . thank you for being with us. when we come back congresswoman omar saying the president calle

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>> predictably democrats are ma that president trump dared to order deadly strike against soleimani. congresswoman omar saying what if trump wants or knows this leads to war needs the distraction. the real question is, while those with congressional authority step in and stop him. i know i will. 2020 presidential sleepy creepy uncle joe 30330 accused trump o tossing a stick of dynamite int

a tinderbox. the same guy they gave them 150 million not to be outdone. senator chris murphy asking the incendiary question did president trump knowingly set off a potential massive regiona work rate? ar? >> fox and friends waking cohos and a good friend dan bondi no. fox news contributor. this is not the benghazi democrats, you were there. you and your guys and that and next, 1 mile away when american are being attacked, if i recall correctly, you were told to stand down three separate times. we are not letting americans ge killed and we're going to risk her career and our lives to sav

american and in fact, you save dozens of american lives that day. is that not true? >> it is. that's what leadership is about making the hard decisions and doing the right thing. >> you were told, you guys we'r told to stand down how many times? >> they told us to stand down three times. they're in person, and told the tanta and tyrone woods. >> by the way, we lost him. the last guy we lost that day bright i love his family. and i've gotten to know them. pete, here we have a moment wit the president, we've got this mass murderer, number one state sponsor of terror starting prox wars all around the region, we got him at the baghdad airport and we're not supposed to act after he has been leading the attack on our embassy and putting our interest in our fellow citizens at risk? >> of course we are, this is th

complete rejection of the obama doctrine they stalled they stoo up when they were told to stand down. when president trump said as a nation we are standing up i think one of the most emblemati things was the president tweeting out that the american flag afterwards. if you understand what he's saying, it's america is back an we're putting america first. the iraqis wouldn't guard our embassy, they let the iranians come through and protest. we now know it was led by soleimani. we had interest they strategically fought through them if we are putting our nation first, we will have no more american blood on their hands and iraqis will have thei own choice, but no more threats against us without retaliation. >> the end, i noticed that ther was somebody calling this msdn conspiracy theorist host was saying oh, trump's benghazi, i think you called it and i'll ge it right, the dumbest tweet of

the decade. >> that wins, it may be of the millennium, it was possible the dumbest thing of ever read on social media in my life, but that's to be expected. the response to this by the democrats, not all, but sadly most of them. the killing of the savage terrorist who has bathed in american and regional blood is wild. has been nothing short of absolutely horrifying. let me get this straight, the democratic talking . , i know you've all heard it on this panel this was a dangerous escalation by america? wait, what? where were the democrats lecturing these irradiance and iraqis in this terrorist group that decided to attack our embassy, where were they lecturing them about that dangerous escalation. the president has done everything in his power to de-escalate the situation. the irradiance can stop this tomorrow, they have control ove

this. you can act like a civilized nation and the mullahs can stan down and act like normal human beings instead of terrorist savages and they can stop this tomorrow. >> market, i look at your actions in benghazi, to me, wha the president did here was just the opposite of what the democrats did better when they had their moment where their embassy was being attacked on their watch. there was help there and they told the help to stay back. >> somebody asked me early on, two days ago, what are the similarities? the only thing even closely similar was there were bad guys trying to do bad things to americans. the differences the president acted effectively, immediately, and with an aggressive amount o force. he does what he had to do. ascended 100 marines. where was the 100 marines that they could have sent in, where were the fast teams at him

benghazi. >> when we come back senator mitch mcconnell not letting the democrats get

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♪ >> sean: all right, as speaker pelosi continues to obsess over her factory impeachment, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is standing strong, exposing at a all. fox news chief breaking news correspondent trace gallagher joins us tonight, going west coast newsroom with the very latest. trace? >> sean, they might have had good tydings and cheer during the winter recess, but now bothr ground on impeachment for a senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said instead of sending articles of impeachment to the senate, democrats "flinched" and have decided to wait indefinitely while they checked the political winds. watch. >> their turn is over. they've done enough damage. it's the senate's turn now. to render sober judgment as the

framers envisioned. but we can't hold a trial without the articles. >> senate democrats argue they should be allowed to call more witnesses, but senate majority y leader chuck schumer accusing mcconnell of denying them critical evidence. lateearlier today, speaker peloi said leader mcconnell has shown he will "feebly comply with trump's cover up, be accomplished that cover up." mcconnell maintains that if democrats wanted more witnesses, they should have called them in the house. when they have a chance. sean? >> sean: trace gallagher, thank you for that report. that is all the time we have left this evening. as always, thank you for joining us. we hope you will set your dvr. 305 days until you, we, the american people have the final say. please set your dvr. we hope you never miss an episode of "hannity." and let not your heart be troubled, raymond arroyo was sitting in tonight for laura ingraham. have a great evening, and we

will see you back here on monday. ♪ faithful leaders including just a terrific man that i have gotten to know and his wife, i don't know, i think that she may be better -- >> hi, president trump is talking about the killing of the iraqi general in florida. let's get back to the event. >> president trump: a friend of mine who was on television before i knew him, saying that he might not know the bible as well as i do, or frankly as well as a lot of people, but he is a leader and he loves god, and he is a great christian. and he said i love him and i want him to do a terrific job. and i think hopefully i've more than exceeded expectations robert jeffers, i hope i have.