and if so, congratulations, beyond our capability. have a great night and now, sean hannity takes over from new york. >> sean: people can make money, goods and services, that's america, called freedom, capitalism and as long as it's honest, right? great show. welcome to "hannity." this is now just breaking just this second, literally a minute ago, nine people were just shot in the city of chicago according to the "chicago tribune," getting the details and we will bring them to you in a moment. nine people just now and the hysteria on the left completely out of control, it's hurting our country. we see it in american cities where hating president trump clearly has become more important to democrats than the safety of innocent men, women, and yes, children. it's repulsive and beyond psychotic madness, also seeing this mania all through washington, d.c., for the swamp,

the media mob rage against the white house. press secretary kayleigh mcenany on a daily basis responds tonight and will join us in a moment. but we also see this far left hysteria in the fight against coronavirus. believe it or not, liberal democrats like schumer hates donald trump so much, doesn't want him updating the american people while people are worried, they want updates, they deserve updates, some are suffering. we want to end the invisible enemy and destroy it. we are well on our way and will have an update tonight. speaker pelosi literally calling the coronavirus the trump virus and using terms like stormtroopers. how sick is this radical group of socialists and how repulsive? also today, fake news cnn as they have done in the past where they don't take any of the president's comments, updates on covid-19, let's try and stump trump portion starts. hoping for a gotcha moment only, not showing viewers all of the

important facts, statistics and updates that are important to american families, and by the way, biden reads a teleprompter, very bizarre today, doesn't take any questions during that short frankly dumb presser. his words are meaningless because biden, schumer, pelosi now have 125 years combined failure and broken promises in the swamp. who knows if biden is even able to really truly answer tough unscripted questions. that has yet to be determined. it is now clear fake news cnn is nothing but a rage filled vindictive trump cult. they hate trump so much they don't even want their own viewers to decide for themselves and hear critical life-saving information, progress surrounding covid-19, new information on therapeutics, advancement with vaccines,

pretty pathetic but also predictable and here are the statistics that fake news cnn viewers didn't get today. fatalities in the u.s. have fallen since april, our covid-19 fatality rate is now lower than the entire e.u. and most other countries in the world. children have a near zero fatality risk, hospital stays have now been cut in half, stockpiles, ppe, medical treatments, medicines are surging. testing capacity is now quadrupled in just the last 60 days alone. the united states has conducted now almost 50 million tests, more than any other country on earth. india, they come in second with 12 million tests and we have now conducted 50% more test per capita than europe, three times more than the rest of the western hemisphere combined. now, there have been zero unfulfilled equipment and supply requests from state governors even in the sun belt, these so-called hot zones are hot spots and to date, all

states and the administration have sufficient hospital capacity. and by the way, now nearly 7,000 national guard, military medical personnel in texas, california, florida, and arizona. the president also sent senior officials to nine states to coordinate the efforts on the ground. you wouldn't know it if you were watching fake news, but last but not least, to go vaccines, not least, two vaccines, actually over 100, but two now, madura and astrazeneca and that oxford study entering the final phase of testing. they start that in four days and that's for vaccines and they have made tremendous progress. used to take years to break down the sequence of a virus. we now did it in six weeks, a record. we'll have a record time for a vaccine as well. therapeutics dramatically improving, thank god. first vaccine that clears the final testing threshold will be made available immediately, president outlined a full

logistical support from the federal government and the u.s. military to get it out to where it needs to be as quickly as possible. why wouldn't fake news cnn want to highlight this impressive progress? that's right, because it exposes them. and it might actually show donald trump is doing his job. everything they've been telling their viewers, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, lies, never ending. by the way, president trump never stopped working. the pandemic is not spiraling out of control as they projected nightly. it is the worst pandemic since 1918, losing one life is way too many. the situation is getting better, not worse and by the way, and of these people on tvs and no democrats supported the travel ban ten days after the first identified case in coronavirus and the subsequent travel bands and the subsequent travel bans on the first quarantine in over 15 years. that alone become a huge decision to save lives. this administration has fulfilled every request from

every state governor. take a look. >> fatalities nationwide have fallen. 75% since mid-april. that's a great number has cases and fatalities rise in certain hard-hit states which you are looking at right now. we are imploring young americans to avoid packed bars and other crowded indoor gatherings, be safe and be smart. we are surging testing capacity to identify and isolate cases. this includes a newly approved testing platform to nursing homes across the south, being very vigilant with respect to nursing homes, ultimately our goal is not merely to manage the pandemic, but the end it. we want to get rid of it as soon as we can. that is why getting a vaccine remains a top priority. >> sean: showing viewers these important facts about america's significant progress in the fight against covid-19, the mob, the media, the fellow democratic socialists would rather ribs as

president. nancy pelosi now actually going this far saying it's not the wuhan virus, as fake news cnn once called it, not the chinese virus, not allowed to say that, she is calling at the trump virus. of course. the dog bites, the bee stings, if you're feeling sad, blame donald trump. you'd cure cancer, they blame donald trump. >> he recognizes this mistakes he has made now embracing mask wearing and the recognition that it's not a hoax, it is a pandemic that has gotten worse before it will get better because of his inaction and clearly, it is the trump virus. >> sean: so where was nancy and chuck and all the democrats on january 31st after the first identified case from january 21st 10 days after what he was putting in place that hysterical xenophobic fearmongering travel ban and the

subsequent travel ban and the quarantine, that's right, they were impeaching them while ignoring quid pro quo joe in ignoring quid pro quo joe and zero experience hunter. in addition to using it as a political weapon, democrats are also engaging in their other favorite past, time conspiracy as of late, favorite hoax president trump will refuse to leave the white house white house. he loses in november emma they >> the first thing we should be doing now is understanding that the president is already doing to the u.s. postal service. he has sent his henchmen over to run it and already getting complaints from people who are saying that they believe the president of the united states is managing the delivery system, slowing it down, interfering with people being able to get their mail. >> we are looking at a trial run for a genuine attempt

to through intimidation and potentially through force to try to steal this election. >> i think it is a fair point to raise as to whether or not if he loses, he is going to go quietly or not. and we have to be ready for that. >> sean: okay. you can imagine, white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany has to deal with this on a daily basis. jonathan karl, abc news tried to ask a gotcha question about the situation in portland, kayleigh mcenany was prepared. let's take a look. >> where in the constitution does the president derive the authority to send federal law enforcement officers to the streets of american cities against the will of elected officials in those cities? >> what you're referring to is portland and 40 u.s. code 1315 gives dhs the ability to deputize officers in any department or agency like as

custom and border patrol and secret service secret service and officers and agents can be deputized for the duty in connection with the protection of property owned or occupied by the federal government and persons on that property and when a federal courthouse is being lit on fire, commercial fireworks get being shot at it, i think that falls pretty well within the limits of that code. >> sean: by the way, we have an update on what just happened breaking literally 10 minutes ago. now 11 people confirmed shots tonight, the "chicago tribune," in the city of chicago. 70 shot this weekend. ten died, one child was ten and another was 11. we will have more on portland, chicago, new york city, and all the liberal run cities for decades in a moment but first we have two more clips on the briefing. one moment it sounded like reporter saying, calling the

press secretary a liar and the b word. i literally did ale all of my staff. we learned that there might be a history of using that word, will give you the benefit of the doubt, will let you decide. >> is there a question about mail by voting? i know you don't want to hear them which is why you talk over me, but i encourage you to read the op-ed. >> the china vaccine research, is that -- >> talk to your colleague. >> sean: as i said, my staff and former for, 50/50 this show is that show that does not rush to judgment. we d never called for anyone's firing. we let people decide. while not totally clear what the reporter uttered under the breath, it's obvious that these briefings are incredibly tense,

combative. one reporter even screaming at the press secretary, kayleigh mcenany, to wear a mask. take a look. >> wear a mask! >> sean: okay. in case you don't know this, anybody around the president is tested every single day. anyone that is around joe biden is tested every single day, which i believe is the right thing to do. the mask by the way, the shaming game is total b.s. just another day for the press secretary, she deals with what's of growing hostile media 105 days away from an election, they get a lot of money paid for heating president trump every second, every minute, every hour of every day. joining us now, white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany. i don't think you can pay me enough money to do that job. you are doing a great job as sarah sanders, others before you. let's start with the environment there. do you have any thoughts on

whether, now have listened to the tape, what i have heard, but members of my staff disagree me on. >> i pulled my staff too and my staff was 50/50. unlike what the media does to me come does to this president, does anyone in the trump administration not just give us the benefit of the doubt but actively take us out of context, distorts the entirety of the message, unlike dishonest brokers i see in the media, i want to do that to a reporter who shown animosity, who was cruel, who was rude, who wasn't seeking answers for the american people. i will say this, i'll give her the benefit of the doubt if she says she didn't say that, something never given to this president as they actively taken out of context on a daily basis. this is egregious. american people deserve better deserve better. >> sean: the mask shaming thing that's happening that, if you are around the president, or joe biden, and joe biden has admitted this, everybody gets covid tested grid that means you

are probably tested every day, my guess. i know people in that room are tested every day. they are all very safe. the president pulled off his mask today, social distancing while wearing, but then see then cnn won't even run him explaining all the updates on this. they only get to the part where they play gotcha with the president, to me it's a dereliction of duty. it's their bias, their culture and cult of hatred, their psychosis about anything donald trump. >> that's exactly right. on march 31st, this president was asked about mask. on march 31st he said if you want to wear a face covering, where one. it does no harm, by all means wear one. instead the cdc came out with guidelines, the president was ahead of the game but guess who was behind the game? the white house press corps. a full month later when i did my

first breaking after the cdc recommendations, i looked around the room? no one was wearing masks. it's very interesting to see the politically convenient white house press corps saying the president was against masks while that was never the case but he's always been for it. it was the white house press corps the ignored cdc recommendations an entire month they were issued. >> sean: breaking news as we come off the air, last week and 70 shot in chicago including a 10-year-old and 11 year old. we saw a 1-year-old diet in brooklyn, 8-year-old in atlanta, 7-year-old in chicago. you saw the chop/chaz autonomous zone, injuries of others. the president is calling a war zone. 11 people shot as of now just tonight in chicago. you've got a lot of questions. "what is the president's authority to literally have the authority to protect these cities that are war zones?" i would argue and i think the attorney general has, bill barr and many other attorneys, i

think the insurrection act is clear, i would warn the president against doing it unless it's absolutely necessary, but these governors and mayors seem to hate the president more and they want to yell at him rather than to protect their own citizens at this point. i don't understand that. >> that is exactly right. mayor lori lightfoot of chicago has lost control of her city. mayor bill de blasio of new york city has lost control of his city. these democrat governors have lost control of their streets and, guess what, there are human costs and we need to know their names, sean. the cora lost his life out in kansas city, and at least in missouri you had a governor who came to the president and said, hey, i want federal help, whatever i can do to make sure what happens never happens again. that's what he responsible governor does. instead you have derelict mayors in democrat streets and children dying and it's an acceptable, and these they'll make this president will always stand up

for these children and that's what i love about president trump. >> sean: couldn't pay me to do your job but you are doing it well. horrible news in the city of chicago again. reports, 11 people shot near a funeral home in the city's south side. so far this year, more than 1900 americans have been shot, more than 370 have been shot and killed in chicago. there were 82 murders in the month of july alone. you have an incompetent mare and, again, what do all the cities we talk about having common? decades of democratic rule. you have mayor lightfoot saying she doesn't want any more help. and in portland? get out of our city but first clean up the graffiti! for two months chaos hasn't sued with violent riots nearly every single night. cops are injured daily. businesses, property destroyed daily. innocent people are not safe. allowing anarchists to wreak

havoc on the city's downtown districts. oregon's governor, kate brown, portland's dumb mayor ken wheeler working together to prevent police from dispersing violent crowds, even using tear gas, the method to disperse crowds. as buildings were lit on fire and vandalized, city officials prevented law enforcement from protecting life and property and getting injured in the process. even federal buildings have come under attack. dhs secretary chad wolf noted the administration has a duty to protect these important structures when local leaders failed to do their job and maintain peace and safety and security and law and order. take a look. >> we support and we will protect those who want to peacefully protest. unfortunately, what we are seeing in portland every night roughly from midnight to 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. is the complete opposite. these individuals congregate in the same area night after night. we see them planning their

attacks. and yet the city of portland takes little or no action to stop or disperse this crowd. the law is clear in what our authority entails. specifically federal statutes state that the secretary of homeland security and, i'm quoting, "shall protect buildings, grounds, and property that are owned, occupied, and secured by the federal government." we went democratic politicians in oregon, all these liberal cities and states outraged the federal government is trying to protect federal property and courthouses, oregon's governor calling federal law enforcement secret police, floating in's and conspiracy theories that they are objecting people. meanwhile, portland's mayor saying that they are un-american. let's take a look. >> this is just crazy. we were coming at the end of our nightly demonstrations, the park where people were vandalizing things, certain scattered acts of violence. but we saw the energy coming out of that, we thought it would be

done in the couple of days, and the tactics they are using are very un-american. >> sean: wow. guys who risk their lives to protect and serve. of course we see a similar level of insane rhetoric at a national level. nancy pelosi calling officers stormtroopers? hungers me clyburn comparing to nazi gestapo? incredible. >> this attorney general seems to be doing everything they can to impose gestapo activities in local activities, and that is what i have been warning about for a long time. >> sean: let's get this straight. democrats in portland allowed violent riots to fester for two months. it's the law enforcement officers trying to stop building from burning, protecting federal property, that is their job, they are the villains? absolute total insanity and

frankly psychotic madness. these democrats have no desire clearly to protect innocent men, women, children in their cities and towns. they have abandoned what is their number one responsibility, that is to protect people. they are more interested in bashing president trump and excepting help when they desperately need it? playing politics in people's lives? pathetic, repulsive, sick, disgusting, america deserves better. the mayor they are, chicago, 11 people shot now. announcing federal officers will not be welcome into her city. this, as one alderman's home, an officer, both were vandalized in recent weeks. here with reaction, dan bongino, geraldo rivera, and the alderman we mentioned, raymond lopez. can you mention what happened to you? >> good evening, sean, good evening, everyone. official reports, approximately 17 people have been shot -- >> sean: 17 people?

>> 17 people. it's unconfirmed at this point. we'll see more information as the net progresses. >> sean: geraldo, it takes my breath away! they are angry that president trump is protecting federal property. they spend more time lecturing the government than the anarchists that are violent, committing acts of arson, looting -- i'm having a hard time understanding this mind-se. your hatred of donald trump surpasses your desire for these people to protect their men, women, and children. it makes absolutely no sense to me. >> i would love alderman lopez to tell joe biden, nancy pelosi, hillary clinton, and the others in the democratic leadership that it is now up to 17 shot. there, last weekend, 50, 70 -- >> sean: 70. >> 10-12 dead.

how many more will be shot and killed before we recognize that this is a crisis? this is an urban civil war? this is a ghetto circular firing squad? people are dying. men, women, children are being shot and they obsess about nothing! they obsess about theater! they obsess about demonstrators being herded off the street! when they look at what's happening... my goodness, the streets of chicago are running red. these are not just hyperbole. this is a literal truth. 17 shot tonight in the hour or two before this program went on the air. at a certain point you have to recognize that even people who have in their vested ideological interests to ignore a fact cannot ignore the body count, the bodies being piled up. at what point does this become the news, sean? >> sean: dan bongino, we talked about this. we have one commonality, be it

atlanta, new york, chicago, philly, seattle, minneapolis, portland, all cities run by liberal mayors for decades. most of them blue state run for decades. >> that's right. liberalism is a forest fire. burns down every single thing it touches. i read an op-ed in "the wall street journal" by bill mcgurn, i like his work, he said, trump needs to be careful because of the pottery barn theory, you break it, you own it. i can't disagree more. trump didn't break any thing. he's walking into a pottery barn where everything is broken through the cities have volunteered what the alderman is saying, that's confirmed the 17 shootings. if you read the breaking news chyron, 17 people shot in kabul, afghanistan, it would be a big story. this is chicago! this is one of the major

american cities -- it's chicago! 17 people shot? you are worried about president from going in and breaking? what is left to break? he is in their sweeping and cleaning the place up! i applaud the president with a big round of applause and open arms, send those federal agents in there and give the people of those cities the right to public safety. they are american citizens too. they deserve it. >> sean -- >> sean: alderman, let me go to you. >> if i could be clear, first and foremost let me say i am a democrat who also cares about the safety of my residence and the safety of all chicago' chic. it's not a lost cause for the party as a democrat that people should be safe and secure in their neighborhood but what we've seen time and time again is there have been so much pandering over twitter and getting into social media battles that even in my own city, our mayor and the president have gone on for weeks whether or not to have federal

assistance. finally today's she said i'm okay with it now. how many of our children had to die because of that back and forth political posturing. how much of this nonsense had to continue as opposed to saying to the president, look, i know we don't agree, but let's agree to put an end next to the carnage in our city. i don't agree with many of your panelists on a lot of things but i can say with certainty that -- >> sean: alderman, let me ask you a question. are you a republican or democrat? >> i'm a democrat. >> sean: this is not a democrat or republican issue to me. this isn't a liberal or conservative issue to me. this is about men, women, or children, grandma, grandpa, mom or dad, you can't pursue happiness, alderman, if you are living in a city where people are being shot, reports you tell us as many as 17 just in the last hour and a half? that is called a war zone to me, alderman. problem to me is biden and

barack, that's his hometown, they barely mentioned it for eight coat per that's political for me. why didn't they do something? they didn't! the president is offering to help and he's being thrown out. can you explain that politics to me? >> i think when it comes to the politics of calling people out for the bad behavior, you talked about the vandalism to my home and vandalism to my office and often times we have politicians who are afraid to tell their own constituents that it might be our own people the cause of the problem. in my ward, i've called out gangs, i've called out their names, the landlords who turn a blind eye to it and because of the pressure and laws we have on the books, to hold people accountable and responsible for these bad actions -- >> sean: alderman, can i ask you? why are they attacking you? you are a democrat! you are just calling for people to be safe. why are you getting attacked? >> i think it makes for an easy target when i'm alone one doing

it, and i think if we had more individuals willing to say that we are all for peaceful protest, but when you have people dropping off frozen water bottles and sharpen pvc pipes during a demonstration under the cover of being "a peaceful protest" they scope be one there you go , >> sean: there you go, when people go you never support a democrat. i support the safety of your people. there is a political risk here. he has the constitutional right, jonathan karl, you are supposed to be a little more informed than you are, there is the insurrection act, there is no cause additional issue for the president to defend these cities. here's the problem. if he does use federal troops and god forbid now we have federal troops and you have the insane anarchists and they are hell-bent on starting trouble, and god forbid a conflict occurs, and somebody dies, oh, donald trump because that when he is trying to protect

grandmas, grandpas, moms, dads, and, yes, seven year old little children and 10-year-old little children in chicago. geraldo? >> i understand mayor lightfoot who enjoys hitting the president and criticizing the president, that's at the front door. at the back door she just, as i understand it, alderman la paz can correct me if i'm wrong, has agreed to 200 federal fbi, atf, and dea agents, a federal task force, going into chicago right now. hopefully to do what i have long urge, go after these gangs with rico statutes as organized criminals, the organized criminals that they are, they are far more deadly al capone or his cohorts ever did back in the roaring '20s. in terms of the jerks on the west coast, this is the order to them. they are professional agitators, they are provocateurs.

it's almost their job, they go from seattle to portland, other cities, causing trouble, and they seized on this federal courthouse. now this is the nexus of their passion for now. and i absolutely applaud and agree with the president, using federal -- we can actually have that. it's all constitutional. >> sean: he can help the people and save lives. they are more focused on throwing him and lecturing him and getting him out of there. dan, we talk about -- i know mayor comrade de blasio is about murals and black lives matter, if anyone is out there to paint over it, they are out there for problem is there is a 30% and increase in shootings in york, and it's the same in many cities, in york, is

97, 98, 99, or 100% of shooting victims are minorities. so, do black lives matter? yeah! help the president save them. >> they don't matter to de blasio. he is the modern-day nero. instead of fiddling, he pains while the city burns to the ground. by the way, my hometown, where i was born, and i still love, my heart will always be in new york. one quick comment here, the reason the federal government matters and can help de blasio and others if they start painting and start enforcing the law is that people are scared of the federal system, criminals. i'm one of the few commentators on the network who has been a local police officer with the nypd and a federal agent with the secret service. let me tell you something, having arrested people sent through both systems and andy mccarthy who comments on the network, he commented on this the other day. trust me on this, nobody wants

to go through the federal system. the bail is usually ridiculously high and you are not getting out the next day. you do not want to go to the federal system. >> sean: there is no bail in new york! >> you get right out in new york! you even get a subway pass. >> sean: we have biden saying that the police have now become the enemy -- i have not heard one word out of that dope biden that praises the good police, the 99%. of course, we will reallocate funds, a genius move in all of this, the schiff show. alderman, i probably ruined your career, minting you in all of this. life and death is too important. when you read as many as 17 people shot tonight, those are real american citizens, real families, real lives, real devastation, and it's continuing and the body is fixing it there

they would rather attack the president. we will have more breaking news out of chicago in a minute. senator mitch mcconnell said the senate will release a new coronavirus villa very soon. new proposal noting that it will include liability protections and help with small businesses, schools, and testing. senator ted cruz reportedly has some reservations of the amount of spending in the proposed bill, and the texas senator has been having a heated exchange on twitter that, yes, our old friend dallas mavericks owner mark cuban who insanely supports joe biden that he even admits isn't exactly, well, the most alert person, of course, the issue of national anthem, black lives matter, ties with china all part of that debate. joining us with that is texas senator ted cruz. let me get to the violence first or the president is giving help. you are a constitutional scholar. i do not think there is any

doubt of the constitutionality of the president with the insurrection act, the attorney general said so. but i don't like the idea. they are spending more time attacking the president for offering health and keeping their cities safe. >> what we are seeing now, the democrats have unleashed the craziest scum of the angriest voices in their party and we are seeing extreme radicals, advocating socialism, advocating laws autonomous zones. if i had to come on your show and said the democrats wanted to abolish the police, you would've laughed at me and said, tad, that's a little bit ridiculous. they aren't quite far out there. that's where they are now. it's utterly lawless -- it ain't complicated. >> sean: we are going to hold you if you don't mind. we have a press conference in chicago. >> began firing at attendees in the funeral. attendees at the funeral exchange fire with the black vehicle.

the black vehicle turned northbound down carpenter, going down that continued to fire. at that time the vehicle midway through the block crashed and came to a halt. the occupants of the vehicle exited in multiple directions and fled and we currently have a person of interest being interviewed by detectives in the area. there are 14 victims being treated at five separate area hospitals. conditions are unknown at this time. we currently -- the detectives will be conducting a canvas for the rest of this weekend and early tomorrow. we will be hoping that the community, if you have any video or anybody that knows anything will help the detectives in their canvas and offer any information that'll help help solve this crime. >> how many shots were fired? >> currently right now we have 60 shell casings on the scene. the shooters are unknown at this

time for the exchange between and ten the attendees in the general and those in the vehicle. >> [indistinct question] >> at this point we have no all of them are adults at this moment. >> have these two groups interacted with each other in the past? >> that's currently being invested by detectives. >> [indistinct question] >> can't say at the moment. we have no motive. detectives are looking into that. they are investigating that pa part. >> [indistinct question] >> unknown at this time. all occupants of the vehicle fled in multiple directions. we have one in custody. right now they don't have any injuries so we are still investigating that.

>> the amounts of shots that were fired, the level of violence... [indistinct question] >> right now the shell casings are still being investigated but we'll go further from there. >> is a clear, we have multiple people, those in the black car... [indistinct question] do you have everybody involved in it? >> right now it's not known if anybody is part of the vehicle or part of the funeral. there are 14 victims or if there were any innocent bystanders on the street. there is a car that was assigned for the funeral. >> why was that? >> that was assigned by the district commander just as a precaution because of the size of the funeral. >> could there have been more to prevent it? >> that's being looked at.

>> was a possibility... [indistinct question] was that a possibility? >> not aware of who would be community activists you are speaking of, but the commander of the district took every precaution he could. right now we are waiting for the results of the hospital but so far it appears that they all sustained some injury as a result of it. >> thank you very much, guys. >> sean: chicago police holding a press conference that will confirm now according to the "chicago tribune," 11 people shot earlier tonight as many as 17 according to the alderman we have on. we continue with senator ted cruz of texas. the president is calling this a war zone. 70 people shot this weekend including a ten and 11 year old. murder this weekend. this is now a war zone.

60 shell casings, that police officer just announced in tonight's shooting alone. we don't have the total number yet. it's a very difficult, what does the president doing is offering help and getting lectured but these governance governors and mayors don't keep their cities safe and secure? >> this is the consequent of the radical and extreme left when you are threatening to abolish the police, when you're threatening to the fund the police, when you are holding them back from doing their jobs. including mass murders like this tonight, we don't know if those in the visual shot will survive or not. our prayers are with them. one of the consequences of the left is going to be more mass shootings in schools. the left is calling for pulling armed officers from schools, the best bet for keeping our kids safe in schools is having them there to protect them. we know there'll be more

physical assaults, sexual assaults, and it isn't complicated. don't commit violent crime, and if you commit by relink climb, you need to be arrested, locked up, put in jail. the democrats facilitating this, they are making a cynical, political judgment in their partisan interests. this week, i'm interestin introg legislation in the reclaim act that anybody who is physically harmed in the lawless autonomous zone, in a riot, or anyone whose business is destroyed or home is damage that they have a right to sue the local officials, the mayor, the local official if they have pulled the police out, if they had willingly seated authority to a lawless zone and refused to provide law enforcement, you are entitled to triple damages agait his lawless democratic officials that are allowing people to be killed and tragically what they are doing, what these democrats are doing is racist because the consequence of this, and you pointed this out earlier in the show, that a lot more black

lives are being lost, a lot more hispanic lives are being lost, a lot more white lives are being lost. murders need to stop. it's the democrats that are creating the environment for this, and it's wrong. >> sean: let me go to the issue of what is going on in terms of, okay, covid relief. the president was very clear. we have all of these 22 countries that have been able to open schools safely around the world. i think you learn from your mistakes and i learned from successes, in terms of masks, testing for kids, that would be a priority for me. those businesses still left behind, we've got to help them out, this final phase as we begin slowly the process of rightly reopening the country and doing it safely. major progress on therapeutics and vaccines. so do you support, for example, art laffer's, you know, he wants the payroll tax for a period of

year month for a period of time. is that a good idea? >> we need to keep the focus on what we want to accomplish. we need to keep people safe but we want to get the economy going again. we've got to be open or states, people back to work, back in their jobs, by providing for their families. we are seeing democrats, democratic politicians who want to shut everything down, from now to election day because they hate donald trump and they want to beat donald trump. today we had the first meeting of senate republicans in a couple of weeks where leaderships rolled out their proposal for yet another spending bill and i've got to tell you i stood up at lunch and i said to my republican colleagues, what in the hell are we doing that we can't just keep shoveling cash at this! we are going broke, we are bankrupting our country. the answer can't be trillions and trillions more money that we keep printing or keep borrowing from china. we don't got it. what we need to be doing is not another relief bill.

we did that in march in the middle of an emergency, middle of a crisis. we need a recovery bill. we need to be pulling back taxes and job killing regulations to help small businesses reopen and create jobs. if we get into a spending more with the democrats, who can be the biggest santa claus, we will always be out of bed. if we spend a trillion, they will spend two. if they do you know what this election is all about in november? if our economy is reopening and people going back to work, they are hopeful, optimistic, see a future they feel better about america, we win, donald trump wins, we keep the senate and we retake the house. if we shut down and 40 million americans are out of work, if people are hopeless and demoralized, that's how we get a president joe biden and a majority leader chuck schumer and that's how we see devastating damage to this country. our focus has to be on reopening the economy and getting people back to work.

>> sean: senator, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. on the phone with mark, wf pd president brittany we heard from the police department, 50 shell casings on the ground. and we had an alderman that there might be as many as 17 people shot. >> [indistinct] 14 people were shot at a funeral home... [indistinct] spewing guys, we are going to have to >> sean: guys, we are going to have to get... not exactly sure where i am going. shelby? what's that? senator dom cotton from the great state of arkansas

senator tom cotton from the great state of arkansas. i want to get your thoughts on the covid relief package being discussed, and the violence, the idea of the president has the authority to help these cities, the outright rejection of any and all help. >> yeah, sean. the violence we've seen in chicago tonight like the violence we've seen in other cities the last few months is heartbreaking. these are our fellow citizens who deserve the local protection of police and sheriffs departments. you see in cities like chicago and portland, you have far left wing mayors essentially in league with these violent anarchists, writers, looters of the mayor of porton who is allowed the federal courthouse and buildings there to be vandalized, to be fired on. of course the federal government has to defend its properties. and at the local mayors won't defend the lives of their citizens, they need to look to the federal government to do that as well.

>> sean: i totally agree. i am concerned that there is now with such a fierce, pathological hatred of the president. when the president helped minneapolis, it worked. when he helped in d.c., it worked. it would work in new york, it would work in portland, it would work in seattle, it would work in chicago. we are the united states of america. we have the ability to protect our citizenry. the president's right, this is a war zone. but when the president goes in, he is hated. the anarchists, they don't get criticism from these democratic mayors or governors. i'm not exactly sure what the call is, to be very blunt. >> it is hard for our federal officers who aren't large in number across the country to go into these cities where the local police had essentially been called to stand down. we've heard that from our trooper's on the front lines, they've been told by the local mayors to stand down and let

this looting and rioting happen. a handful of officers deployed at any given time to one place. it's not a challenge that the numbers match up to. it's why in early june it was essential to call out the national guard. that's what ultimately allowed order to be restored in washington, d.c., and minneapolis and other cities. like you, i think the insurrection act should be used as a last resort, but of course the president has the power under the insurrection act and a duty and responsibility to the constitution to protect the lives and property of american citizens and that means all lives wherever they are. spewing okay. these mayors don't want them, these governors don't want them, senator. they are allowing the anarchists to run wild, we are losing may be as 17 shot tonight in chicago. they reject help in chicago, portland, california, city after city. i know what the result is going

to be. you think a mass exodus out of new york and california has been big up to now after the horrific handling of covid and of course the anarchists? i see people exiting these cities in mass numbers over time probably quicker out of new york, chicago, places like that. >> well, in some cases, it's really essential that the governor steps down. the governor is ultimately responsible for their state as a whole, the power of cities and towns are ultimately derivative from state governments. again, as we saw in early june, that's what helped stop a lot of the rioting and looting, and the anarchy. but when we see dozens of our fellow citizens killed in the streets of chicago and in new york, we ought to have zero tolerance for that. this is what happens whenever you restrain the police, when you condemn the police, when you don't allow them to do their job. >> sean: tom cotton, walk us

through. if federal troops are brought in. the mayors and governors, they are not stopping the anarchists and these chaos on the streets. and the people leading some of these movements, i believe 156 arrested because of the department of justice, and then they have to fire to protect themselves or others, who gets the blame for that? >> ultimately the blame lies with the criminals doing things like firebombing federal buildings or throwing frozen water bottles, sharpening sticks in cities like chicago, or looting and rioting in cities like washington and new york. he was right in early june when he urged governors to call out their national guards not only to stop the crime happening on their streets but from the terror happening in the first place. ultimately the power of cities is directed from the power of

state government. that is why the governors are in charge of their national guards and in places where they can't control crime in the streets, it's the governor's responsibility to step behind and ensure the lives of their citizens are protected. >> sean: stay right there, senator tom cotton. apparently we don't have her on the line. dan bongino is back with us. let me go back to you. we are watching this whole thing unfold and i think this is now... i think the failure -- apparently we are staying with tom cotton now. i think the failure, senator, of these mayors and governors is now paramount. let me go to the covid issue at the president's press conference today. number one, there was so much hope when it relates to therapeutics, so much hope when it relates to a vaccine. we've never broken down the sequence of a virus that

quickly. so much hope in terms of all the governors who have asked for things, got everything they wanted. federal officials on the ground in nine states sent by the president. we are using thousands of troops, national guard troops, california, arizona, texas, and florida, all of that happening. you have the media in this country who hates donald trump so much, they don't even want to report it. >> networks other than this one, sean, i don't think they even picked up the president's remarks until they got to the question and answer portion. there is a lot of good news that the president made today in terms of progress made on treatment regimens and potential vaccines by the end of the year and case rates going up across the country but the death rates and hospital rates aren't going up as fast. why is that? are great scientists and doctors have learned so much about the virus over the last 3-4 months. that's the reason why we wanted

to put our guard up and spread infections over the course of a longer time so we could learn more about the virus and treat better those who have the virus but we could learn what populations are most at risk, like nursing homes and long-term care facilities and what we need to do protect them more effectively. >> sean: stay with us. we now have more, wf lv brittany gardella's in chicago with us. we lost you. what's happening on the ground tonight? >> chicago police say 14 people were shot following a funeral. i'm going to step out of the way so you can take a look. right now we are a at the university of chicago hospital. police say the suspects were driving by in a car and opened fire. they drove away from the scene and later crashed. all suspects ran, one person of interest is in custody. we are told the shooting happened in the 1,000th block of

west 79th street and the victims were taken to five hospitals to make here at the university of chicago, a very active scene. we've been here probably 45 minutes to one hour, a lot of people outside the emergency room, a lot of people driving by, waiting to learn more on the condition of those 14 victims. >> sean: 14 victims. we heard 11. is it possible they talked about 60, i guess, listening to the police presser, shells, casings. is it even potentially higher, brittany? >> right now we've only heard 14 the police are still investigating at this time. >> sean: sad thing is you are a reporter in chicago. what, we had 70 shot last weekend? we had a 10 an 11-year-old shot last weekend. 10-year-old died, is that the number? >> i would have to double check on those. yes, it has been a violent

several streaks of weekends in chicago. >> sean: sounds like a war zone in my view. we are really appreciate you being with us. we'll go to -- you know this case of mr. mccluskey. we had him on hannity last night. governor mike parson of missouri, he would pardon the mccluskeys, criminally charged by the radical prosecutor kim gardner. here with the reaction missouri homeowner mark mccluskey. i'm sure that made you feel well. your guns were illegal. you were threatened, you described on this program. i guess the protesters said, i'm going to take that room and your dog gonna die, yet this is how you've been treated and i guess it's going to take a pardon from the governor to get you out of this, your reaction? >> just hearing what's happening

in chicago, st. louis is not a big city but we've had 135 murders in st. louis so far this year. all but 12 of them black victims. the prosecutor chooses to prosecute me for defending myself? not a single person had broke into my neighborhood being charged with anything even though they all admitted criminals being trespassing at a minimum, let alone threatening us and threatening our lives and threatening to burn our house, i am getting prosecuted for that? it's a felony i'm being prosecuted with. you know, the governor is running for reelection, there's no guarantee that governor is going to have power over my fate. i hope he does. but four years in prison, $10,000 fine, nobody else getting charged for any of this stuff? the same prosecutor let out of jail, all the people that burned, pillaged, looted in st. louis, they are prosecuting me? they have taken my gun. if i get convicted of a felony, i can never have one again. this is a penalty for defending

yourself against the mob in the united states of america these days. >> sean: you know, i'm watching your experience in your watching, for example, what's going on in chicago tonight. 14 people now confirmed killed tonight in chicago. 60 shell casings. the death toll might go higher. i pray it does not. 70 shot this weekend, a dozen people died. you see now since this all started, 1300 cups over that now have been injured. rocks and bottles and bricks and molotov cocktails, and knives and guns. yet we have even a presidential candidate talking about, well, the police have now become the enemy, i have not heard one word about joe biden defending the honorable police, the 99% i argue do a great job every day and put their lives on the line for us every single day, the guys on the baseball field when steve scalise was shot and the guys on 9/11/01 going up when everybody was going down. now you are left, they had

warning that this was going to happen in your neighborhood. no police presence whatsoever. threats against you and your family. you are trying to defend yourself with a legal weapon. this was all brought down on y you. what do you make of this effort now with defund the police or what biden called reallocating. >> sean, you hit it on the head earlier. the powers that be, the democrat majority, the liberals, the mob, in combination of inciting violence, supporting the violent mob, and withdrawing the support of the police could only lead to violent confrontation. i really believe that there is an absolute callous disregard on the part of the people in these democratic controlled cities to inflame violence and provoke a federal response, try to create a kent state situation and blame it all on the president. as hard as it is to admit this, i think it's a callous plan,

it's down like they don't care how many have to die in the process. >> sean: i'm sure it's a scary moment for you. i've been trained, a pistol marksman since i was ten. my mom and a prison guard, my dad a probation guard. i've had a license to carry my entire adult life. mixed martial arts students, an hour and a half a day for seven years now. most people don't have that ability. these cities seen moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, 7-year-olds, 18-year-olds, 19-year-old americans, children, or national treasure dying. i'm trying to understand this mysterious reluctance and resistance to do the job of any politician, their first job is to protect innocent people. >> you know, the circuit attorneys for the city of st. louis, she's an elected

official. she works on our tax dollars and taking it upon herself to not protect law-abiding citizens against criminals, but to protect criminals against law-abiding citizens. >> sean: i'm glad you joined us, mr. mccluskey. the final 45 seconds is with dan bongino tonight. dan, you are watching this all unfold. you've done this but what advice do we give the president tonig tonight? >> he's got to answer -- it doesn't matter what they want anymore, sean. they are not actual mayors. they aren't doing anything. there cities are burning. in this 30 seconds we have left, criminals talk. that's why these acts are getting increasingly more brazen. that's why you had 14-17 people shot tonight. we don't even know the number! criminals talk! i did that spirit once they find out they get away with one thing, they do the next thing, they start doing drive-by shootings. they also talk in the other direction too. once you start cracking down, people they warn people not to

do what they are doing right now in chicago and new york. >> sean: i misspoke. 14 killed? 14 shot. we make a mistake. let not your heart be troubled. laura ingraham? >> laura: terrific show. we've got a lot to get through tonight. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. breaking news out of chicago, as sean just said, according to police, 14 people injured, most of them shot near a funeral home iin the community called arba ad said there was some kind of planned ambush outside the funeral home where a memorial service was going on inside for a homicide victim. at the end of last week in chicago, murders were up 51%, shootings were up 44%. 47%, actually. despite those staggering numbers, merit lori lightfoot has presided over a city that ha