show that is the sworn enemy of my end, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink.o don't forget to dvr the show if you have not set that up already. head over to our social media pages on parlor, facebook, instagram to watch the rest of that tucker speech. 6 have a great evening. you are up for 60 minutes under the forensic eye of trey gowdy. take it away. >> trey: mark steyn, thank you.y. welcome to the special edition of "hannity." i am in for sean. one week away from senate races in georgia that g will determine the the direction of the countr. that is not hyperbole, that is a fact. control of the united states senate is on the ballot in georgia, democrats seem to be getting nervous. democrats jon ossoff and raphael warnock are now reportedly expressing concerns about their dwindling campaign funds. according to a report from nbc,

minority leader chuck schumer has abandoned his fund-raising efforts because he is "pessimistic" about warnock and ossoff's chance in georgia next week and doesn't want to ruin donor relationships. wait a second, you wasted hundreds of millions of dollars trying to knock off republican senators in november, and now, you are worried about ruining donor relationships? meanwhile, stacey abrams is already complaining about "voter suppression." watch this. >> when we create access to the right to vote for eligible citizens, more people participate, and republicans do not know how to win without voter suppression is one of their tools. that is why we see true the vote in georgia challenging 364,000 voters, nine days -- eight days before the election, because voter suppression is their modus operandi. >> trey: democrats are right to be worried, not about voter suppression, voter education, may be, not voter suppression.

both democratic candidates find themselves mired in scandal. it has come to light raphael warnock was once arrested for obstructing a police investigation and allegations of child abuse at a church camp he organized. one victim is now telling "the washington free beacon" that camp counselors tossed urine on him and forced them to sleep outside. this is in addition to questions warnock was already facing over some bizarre and extreme statements. watch this. >> america, nobody can serve god and the military. you can't serve god and money. we cannot serve god at the same time. >> no matter what happens next month, more than a third of the nation will go along with this is a reason be afraid. america needs to repent for its worship of whiteness. on full display. in other words, i came to

dismantle the value system of the empire.of but here's the problem. the religious folk who should be fighting with me against the empire are in cahoots with the empire. it's religious folk who are trying to steal money from the floor and give it to the rich through this terrible tax deal. >> trey>> there is some jacked p theology coming from americann pulpits. >> trey: you can say that again. we will have more on warnock in a moment, but before we get to our guests, breaking tonight, the trump campaign is taking its election challenge in wisconsin to the united states supreme court. joining us with reaction's former white house chief of staff reince priebus, and georgia congressman doug collins. we are very lucky, the

breaking news is about wisconsin and election law, and we happen to have a wisconsin election law expert with us. that would be you, reince. not you, doug. let's start with you, reince. what should the viewers take from this appeal to the u.s. supreme court? >> well, merry christmas and happy new year to you, trey and doug. what the trump campaign is doing, they are making a claim on two fronts.ar first, in wisconsin, the statee legislature is the only group of people that have a right to choose the manner in which electors are chosen, and without repeating -- other viewers have heard me talk about this case -- the issue there, it was the clerksue in wisconsin that shows to run the election contrary to state law. wisconsin is not an early vote state, so unlike most of you watching, wisconsin does not actually allow early vote, but with -- they said we are going

to recreate our own system of voting and allow people to voten in person, absentee. he created all kinds of problems, and in fact, the trump campaign came to a 4-3 decision in the supreme court, an 80-plus page opinion, which was narrowly lost, so they are going to court on that issue. the second issue is it is a free speech issue, because the mineral loss by the trump campaign was because the supreme court said that you lose on the basisis of something cals latches, and i know you know what that means, basically saying the trump campaign, you should have brought all of these election complaints early before the election. the problem with that, trey, that would require every candidate in america, not just for this race but in future races, to bring every single problem they have at the election laws in the state of wisconsin to the court before running. in other words, if you want to run for state senate or

congress, you better prelitigate all of your problems before you actually run. and that is a free speech issue. those are the two things the trump campaign is bringing forward to the supreme court. >> trey: and of course, reince, if you did it that way, the court would tell you the issueu wasn't right or didn't have standing. >> yeah, you wouldn't have tstanding. you lose either way. 4-3 decision, 81 pages, of course they're going to bring it to the supreme court. >> trey: well, reince, nobody knows wisconsin like you do andt nobody knows your deal like my former colleague doug collins. what is a state of the race in georgia one week out? speak of the state of the race, oneay thing is becoming crystal clear. i may not know wisconsin law but i do know law all across the country. i do know bad theology, and the things raphael warnock has been spewing -- and john assad is an

unknown man with too many ties to the left. the distinction is clear. georgia matters to the entire country, because you are either going to get david perdue and kelly loeffler, or two radical liberals not connected to any values we can see across our state. thiss is a big-time election and it's got to be carried out. we are seeing turnout, and i am encouraging everyone to vote down here to get out and vote, especially conservatives. you cannot let the democrats out-work you come in cannot leto the ads a few, you have to get out and vote. you have all of the motivation to go out and vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue. >> trey: you mentioned theology, congressmen. i forgot, in addition to being a lawyer, you were a preacher down in georgia, when

you? >> for me to look at my scripture and have someone like tell me that he is a pro-choice pastor, i'm not surere which scripture we are reading. i'm not sure that is a value georgia voters would run with. >> trey: well, i don't know the bible like you and reince do, but i'm pretty sure there is a verse, or maybe it is a lyric in a song, i don't know, but a house divided against itself cannot stand. i think that is in the bible. are republicans -- this is to both of you -- are republicans going to be able to come together in the next week and quit fighting with each other? >> well, they have to, trey. what doug said is 100% true. we've got a referendum on america on the ballot in georgia, and if republicans and all candidates are smart, and they are, they are going to make this a referendum on those two choices. very clearly,ho the two choices

facing america. the supreme court. what trumped it on isis, on taxes, on government health care. what doug said was pretty remarkable, this is not like georgia is choosing between, you know, what we perceive to be what a georgia democrat would look like. warnock and ossoff are the aoc, rradical democrats. that is not what georgia is about. that the first. the second thing, this is going to be a full-blown, you know, ufc fight on the ground. this is a mechanical game. this is where both parties -- i used to say all time, when i was chairing the party. if you get me within a field goal, we will win the game. this is what this race is comino down to, a field goal, and whatever party has a better ground game, the better turnout operation, will win thisr race. it is going to be very detailed, and it's going to be tough. >> yeah. i'm also a little bit sick of

stacey abrams on her claims of voter suppression. g.o.p. only wins with voter suppression. know, the g.o.p. wins because we have better ideas. conservatives have better ideas. it is stacey abrams preaching the doctrine of voter suppression by making claims about suppression here in georgia and people noteo being allowed to vote. let meme go back and remind her that over the past three or four cycles in georgia, since we'veee implemented some of the conditions she claims are wrong of voter i.d. and things like that, the actual minority population have actually increased by double digits in participation. we've had some of our largest turnouts in our election. we havee other issues in our election. i i will be working on the futue concerning how c we do absentee ballot, signatures, verificati verification, what reince talked about, how can you litigate election before it actually happens? make clear laws all across this country to make sure all elections are verifiable and can be contested, but we've got to do that -- but i'm tired of stacey abrams telling us, telling the world but georgia is about voter suppression when the

very counties she sometimes is known to talk about our democrat counties. this has got to be changed. stacey abrams is a pied piper of suppression. she has been leading the suppression effort by telling people it is bad. >> trey: by the way, doug, has she conceded the gubernatorial race yet? i know it has che been a couplef years, democrats like to talk about concessions. has she -- has she conceded that she lost the race yet, or is that still being litigated? >> i think it is still being litigated. she couldn't decide if you needed to run for president because she didn't know if you'd have to step down from her daily duties as governor of the state of georgia -- which by s the way is brian kemp, not stacey abra stacey abrams. >> trey: well, you guys are experts in your respective fields. reince, thank you for your insight on the breaking news. i can't think of it, we are very, very luckyky to have you. thank you both. and merry christmas. now let's turn our attention to the race between david perdue

and democrat jon ossoff. as we reported last night, ossoff is now facing questions over his close ties to china. not only did ossoff take money from the chinese state run media company, but he also once encouraged his twitter fans to follow a notorious chinese propaganda outlet. meanwhile, both ossoff and warnock are facing yet another scandal. after an atlanta rapper who had lined of their campaign events was reportedly caught making light of rape on twitter. joining us now with more is georgia senator david perdue. welcome to you, senator. how are you? >> hey, trey. n you look a little tooni comfortable in that chair tonight. good job. >> trey: oh, i am just keeping it warm for the boss. what is the state of your race? what is going on? we are a week out, what is the state of your race? >> we are winning this thing, trey. i have been around states theer last several weeks like nobody has ever done. we have the largest ground game in history right here on the republican side.

we are winning on the ground. we are making 125 stop bus to her right now.w. i think we are up to 86 from -- i think tomorrow night we actually will get to our 100 bus stop in north georgia. we know what is at stake. we are the last line of defense here, trey. most people in georgia are beginning to realize that. i am optimistic we will have a big turnout in. the next two days, including election day, but what's at stake here, trey, is very draconian. we have never had a race like this, and we know the eyes of the state on kelly loeffler and me ine terms of holding the lie here against this leftist, radical, socialist agenda that the democrats seem to be bent on. you just have to go back to the presidential election to see what they are committed to. chuck schumer will get the authority, if he gets these cargo seats, to do what they have been talking about, and that is defund the police, open our borders, illegal immigrants

will be given the right to vote, they want to socialized medicine, cut our militaryy agan just like biden and obama did in their administration. they want the green new deal, and really, they want to undo all the things we've done the last four years that created the greatest economic turnaround after the eight years of the lowest economic output in u.s. history that the democrats gave us in obama and biden's term. so, the people of georgia are beginning to realize this is the last line of defense, and we won't get another shot at this in two years or four years. if they get this majority, they will maintain -- preclude us the opportunity to come back and change us back anytime soon. >> trey: you know, senator, there is t hyperbole, and our le of work from time to time, but the reality is -- it is not hyperbolic at all. control of the united states senate is on the ballot in a week in georgia. it comes down to one state, whether schumer or mcconnell is the majority leader.

you are on important committee, who chairs thoseta committees, folks who are like-minded with you, as visions for the future is the same as yours, what can they do today and in the week leading up to november if they want to see you return to the u.s. senate? >> trey, every generation has a moment of truth. my dad was in world war iii and korea. every generation has a moment. the eyes of america, and i think the eyes of every future generation, are on us right now in georgia, and our responsibility is to not let them down. if you believe in ethos that created america, that has served us so well over the last 230 years, economic opportunity for everybody -- look, this turnaround helps 6.5 million people pull themselves out of poverty in the last four years, right? limit government, freedom. with the democrats want is a central government that controls the individual. they believe central government is more important than

individual. republicans believe individual choice is what we r have been about in america for 230 years, and so people need to get out of here with a sale the time, look i do to help? well, vote. most people are voting. they need to close the loop, call their friends and their associates and church members, call people they don't like this is our last opportunity. kelly loeffler and i are doing it all right now. i think the people in georgia, trey, know that. we will see a record run off january 5th. >> trey: senator, anytime you've got to get elected, there is a political component to the job, but once you get elected, there is a service component of the job. what about your service as a united states senator should voters who are trying to make ug their minds in georgia, what part of your service would you like to highlightht for them?

>>he boy, that is a tough question, trey. as an outsider, i never ran for office before i ran for the senate it '14. i felt like the country was headed in the wrong direction. i felt like i could make a difference. and i believe we have. but the most gratifying thing may have just happened today, as a matter of fact. in the bus tour, you see people all over the state. we are going to small towns all over the state, and unlike my opponent, who is hanging around atlanta, we are going all over the state. over 125 stops. just today, i had six people individually, six men, step up toal me quietly, after the event was over, and these events have anywhere from 50, you know, we had almost 4,000 people in one last week with ivanka. they told me before i got on the bus, you know, six times this happened, i just want to tell you, i'm a vietnam veteran, and i never got anybody to help me with my problems until your staff helped me this year, last year, whatever. each one of the six people made those comments to me today. and later in the afternoon, one

of our last one, jennifer hayes, who runs our constituent services in agusta, who worked, you know, the prior senator here, so i just want to thank her, but also, this is what is so gratifying. when you go into a job like this, where you represent 11 million people in georgia, i don'teo know republicans are democrats -- i assume because our event they are republicans -- but i've had democrats tell me that. where you make a difference for the people of georgia, that the only reason you should want to be r in this job. my opponent has wanted to be a career politician since he was in high school. he ran for the house and lost. he's running now. i think he's losing. and his name is being called the incinerator because he knows how to burn through political cash is well-founded. overov $100 million he has raisd in his own campaign this time, most of it from outside the state of georgia. but i'm gratified by the fact that some people in georgia are grateful for what this office has been able to do for them.

>> trey: well, senator, you are on a number of committees including the budget committee. people like contrast. what happens a weekon from today will determine whether bernie sanders or lindsey graham chairs of the budget committee, and having just on a christmas gift exchange with lindsay, i can tell you how cheap he is. i think people would prefer lindsey graham over gbernie sanders. thank you. good luck to you. merry christmas, happy new year to you and your family. straight ahead, lindsey graham on what is happening in washington this weekend what he thinks about the all-important runoff races in georgia. later, legendary football coachh lou holtz on why sports are so important, even in the midst of this pandemic. stay with us. ♪

♪ >> trey: earlier today, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked efforts by senate democrats when they tried to bring a house built of the senate floor. that house bill moves to direct $2,000 payments to certain americans in need. while majority leader mcconnell says he will bring the president's request for more aid and focus, president trump had strong words for republicans in the upper chamber earlier today. the president tweeted, and i quote, "unless republicans have a death wish and it is also the right thing to do, they must approve $2,000 payments asap. $600 is not enough. also get rid of section 230. don't let big tech steal our country, don't let the democrats of the election. get tough." that is what the president thinks. one u.s. senator known for his support of the military is vowing not to override the president's veto of the nda without substantial reforms to section 230 of the

communications decency act. that section of the act allows big tech to escape liability for what happens on their media platforms. joining me now to explain more, senator lindsey graham from the great state of south carolina. merry christmas. happy new year. how are you? >> thank you. i hope your wife enjoyed that new lawn mower you bought her. >> trey: [laughs] >> so, i'm doing great. [laughs] >> trey: there are a couple of things i asked you. you served 25 years in the military. i went to your retirement ceremony from the air force. is there a better vehicle for wanting to reform 230 then the ndaa, or is this strategically what has to be done? >> well, there's carico things. number one, i'm not going to

override the president's veto. he has been a hell of a commander in chief. as you said, about 30 years in the air force, and jim and top is a good friend of mine. there is a provision of the defense bill that basically locks down spectrum, takes it and gives it to the military. what does that mean? if you want to enact the 5g race and have high-speed internet to be developed by america, not china, if you want to compete in that space, we need to free up spectrums of the private sector can develop 5g. this bill locks a lot of it down, and my view, and fairly. you want to survive as a conservative, you better deal of big tech and you better deal with them now. they have the ability to censor what you and i say, to tag our tweets and shut us out of the conversation, and if we do not give a section 230 now, and shame on us. and with the president. the best vehicle to deal with section 230 is the one in front of you, and that is the defense bill. so if you are a conservative,

you need to get behind the president and his desire to rein in big tech before we lose the movement. >> trey: is there any way to deal with 230 while also dealing with a $2,000 direct payments? at the senate takes that outcome is that a potential vehicle, or my just a house member that doesn't understand? >> no, you understand it very well, trey. i played golf with the president christmas day. he won, as usual. he wants to do a couple of things. a few thousand dollars payment to people making under $75,000, $400 billion to the debt. but we live in unusual times. it's expensive. it's not the most efficient way to get aid to people who are suffering, but $600 is not enough. the president has dug in. he wants to vote on a $2,000 payment. i support that. he wants to repeal section 230 to keep big tech from running

the country and censuring conservatives. i support both of those, and i think we are going to get a vote in the senate if we control the senate. if we lose georgia, we are never going to get a vote on repealing section 230. they are going to send another bill over that's going to make this bill look cheap. biden will send another stimulus package. it will have every wish list for liberals in it. it will be two or three times bigger than what we had before us, so if you want to control spending, make sure that the republicans win the senate. if you want a conservative supreme court, make sure that republicans control the senate and we would not georgia. if you don't want illegal immigrants to get free health care and go to open borders, make sure republicans control the senate. we can't run the government from the senate, but we sure are a stop socialism if we have control of the senate. that's why everyone needs to get out and vote in georgia. >> trey: you know, senator, there is hyperbole from time to time in politics, but quite

literally, quite literally, control of the united states senate -- >> literally. >> trey: hangs in the balance a week from today in georgia. now, they spent -- hollywood and others spent $100 million in south carolina, all for the right to lose to you. so you know what it is like to have a lot of money pumped into a race, and he won by about ten points regardless. what do you think is happening in georgia? what needs to happen in the next week? >> well, number one, we've got carico great candidates. david perdue is a businessman. he has never been and politics until he ran for the senate. he sends business all over the world and understands the world economy. kelly loeffler is just a role model for every woman in america. she is a very successful businesswoman. we need them as individuals, but we need to stop stacking the court. you have been a lawyer all your adult life. you are a great lawyer, trey. if we lose the united states

senate, they got the house, they've got the presidency, maybe, if we fall short, if biden becomes president of the united states and we lose control of the senate, america fundamentally changes. the court goes from 9 to 13 to dilute our men conservative majority. illegal immigrants will get free health care, they will run the border, or taxes will go up. never in the history of the country, in my lifetime, has a single state, georgia, had so much they regarding the future of america. we've got great candidates. the question is, do we want it more than they do? they have out raised david and kelly almost 2 to 1 on the internet. never thought i would hear myself say this. go to david perdue.com. go to kelly loeffler.com. we are being outraised almost 2-1 in terms of the candidates comes to help them where you c can. >> trey: senator, you live about as close to georgia as you can get and still be in the state of south carolina. >> right. >> trey: i know democrats from

georgia. they are a little to the left of where we are, but they ain't no where near where ossoff and warnock are. are those the democrats that georgia is wanting to take the senate? they are awfully progressive for the state of georgia, are they? >> if you want to run bernie sanders' 2021 and a and aoc m squad, elect republicans. ossoff and warnock come from the bernie sanders window the party. the aoc wing of the party. let me ask you this question. all those watching, lou is right behind me, has anybody at your church ever thought it was a good idea to invite fidel castro to come speak? what kind of church are you in that invites fidel castro to come to speak? what kind of senator from georgia that does business with china? to the people of georgia, do you

want one of your united states senators to have deep business ties to china? or do you want your senators to stand up to china? do you want your senators to embrace free enterprise? or do you want one of your senators to have been in a church that thought it was a good idea to invite fidel castro. i doubt if any church in spartanburg ever thought, hey, why don't we invite fidel castro to come by and talk to us? these people are nuts. these are the most radical people that ever run in the history of georgia. we've got to win. >> trey: speaking of winning, if republicans win, you are the chairman of the budget committee. if democrats win, bernie sanders is the chairman of the budget committee. having spent a lot of time around you, having done a recent christmas gift exchange with you, and there is not a cheaper person on the face of the earth than lindsey graham, so if you are a fiscal conservative, go vote in georgia. happy new year to you. and your family. i'll see you soon.

>> thank you. >> trey: when we come back, we will try to figure out why the left and the mainstream media cares so little about china. the democrats and the d.c. media were obsessed with russia. some of them are actually still obsessed with russia. but they never seem to want to talk about china. not even when a democrat congressman is dating a chinese five. lucky for us, we found three folks who are willing to talk about china. we will be right back. ♪

♪ >> trey: welcome back to the special edition of "hannity." the left's weak sense on china is once again on full display. new satellite images obtained by buzzfeed show forced slave labor camps for muslims. at some point, hopefully, if i

live long enough, the mainstream media is going to start asking democrats about their tepid position on china. in an interview monday, senator david perdue singled out eric swalwell, hunter biden, and his opponent, john ossoff. senator perdue contends china is courting the young impressionable liberals. meanwhile, "washington post" exchequer lynn kessler's facing backlash for referring to the hunter biden investigation as "laptop stuff" in a tweet attacking president trump. if he reads "the washington post," i'm surprised he even knows about hunter biden's laptop. if only russia had emailed hunter or a russian spy had dated eric swalwell. joining us, gordon chang, front congressman lee zeldin, and fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. welcome to all three of you. >> thanks, trey.

>> thank you. >> trey: let me start with you, congressman. there are come according to my mouth, around 230 democrats in the house.te surely to goodness, nancy pelosi can find one wh who is not datea chinese spy to put on the intelligence committee. can she?he >> oh, absolutely.el this is where you see a double standard at play. i remember about two years ago, there was a house republican who made a comment about white supremacy. house resolution is brought to the floor naming names, unequivocally, forcefully amcondemning white supremacy, tt member is removed from his committees, including small business committee, so the house republicans, as far as consistency goes, there is no doubt how they would be handling this. if this happened with a house republican, that member, not just from a democrat making a call, house republicans would remove that member from the house intelligence committee. but this isn't a very similar double standard to what you saw

a couple years ago with ilhan omar being put on the house foreign affairs committee, making anti-semitic remarks. in that case, you don't see that resolution singularly, emphatically, forcefully condemning anti-semitism in the member removed. it is aem different rule when it is a house democrat who is being accused of something versus a house republican. >> trey: mr. chang, what should americans know about china, and why should americans be concerned about what china has planned for the u.s. over the next decades? >> well, china doesn't merely complete with the u.s. in the international system. china wants to overthrow the u.s. government and actually took steps this year to create violence on american streets, and it wants to overthrow the international system. so, china's challenge against the u.s. is far more malicious than we think, and we've got to remember that this challenge is fundamental. it goes to predatory trade practices, stealing u.s.

intellectual property, deliberately spreading the disease, the coronavirus coming to america. you name it. this is unrestricted warfare with the intent to overthrow our government. >> trey: gregg, the media is a hopelessly infatuated with russia, but i can tell you from first-hand experience, it is possible to have three adversaries at the same time. i'm for dallas, which means i don't like the new york giants, philadelphia eagles, the washington football team. i've got three adversaries all at theat same time. why can't the media't focus on russia and china? by just russia? >> because the media is in partnership with the r democratic party. they have abandoned all semblance of objectivity and neutrality. they are now advocates and protectors of joe biden in the democratic party. their treatment, for example, "the new york times" refuses to even mention the story about eric swalwell, who was such an easy mark for the chinese, he fell for the old honey trap

routine by the chinese spy. there is her picture, fang fang, who helped get him elected to congress, who planted an intern spy in his office, and who knows how much information the chinesg gathered while he sat on the intelligence committee. he should be kicked off that committee. but he is not the lone ranger, trey. i mean, the chinese have a spy as a chauffeur for the better part of 20 years for dianne feinstein. of course, hunter biden, he was the easiest mark of all. a, because he is greedy, and b, because he already had a prodigious influence peddling schemes involving russia, ukraine, romania, and of course, the chinese and sleepwalk him off with $5 million and promiscuous promises of more millions to come, but the media won't report this because it will hurt joe biden, and they are now is a valid protectors.

>> trey: lee, i did a little research this afternoon. there are democrat members that have intelligence backgrounds and military backgrounds, prosecutorial backgrounds like yourself, you also have a military background. why would nancy pelosi put up with the embarrassment that eric swalwell has caused, in which he's got other, more qualified, viable choices. what is her infatuation with swalwell? >> she totally closes ranks when it is an infraction done by her own. she is free to say anything hyperbolic, partisan, when she is going after the opposite party, but not holding her own to theut same standard. secondly, as a member of her state's delegation, a fellow memberw of the california democratic congressional delegation, three, as you look e intelligence committee, which became the house impeachment committee, you have certain bad behaviors that actually was

qualifying people for promotion. people say, how could eadam schiff be the chair of the house intelligence committee when he is constantly lying to the american public? well, adam schiff is the chairman of the house intelligence committee specifically for his ability to lie to the american public. and the other thing, too, what is the most important vote for the speaker of the house? it's the vote to be speaker. it's coming up this coming sunday. nancy pelosi is struggling to put votes together. for her, she would rather just survive her speakers vote on sunday, rather than ruffle any feathers by making moves like thate internally within her conference. that list goes on, but those are four highlights. >> trey: gordon andre gregg, let me ask you this. this year has been the toughest year possible for many of our anfellow americans. what is the proper response, our country, legislatively and otherwise, for a country that withheld information and allowed

this virus to escape its borders and didn't alert the world? gordon, we will start with you and split the time with gregg. what is the proper u.s. response, legislatively and otherwise? >> the proper response is to cut all links with the communistmu regime. that means no trade, no investment, no technology sharing. we closed the four remaining consulates in the u.s. we cut back the embassy staff in washington to just the ambassador. also, we expel the current ambassador because he tried to recruit a scientist in connecticut, along with someone from the new york -- y so he dos not belong in the united states. i know this sounds drastic, but china uses every point of contact with swalwell, with hunter biden, remember, to undermine our government, and we have notdi been able to figure t how to dealbl with this with mid measures, so we really got to do something, because we are not goinghi to have a country unless we do something effective about this penetration of the american political system, and almost

every american institution. >> trey: gregg, we got about 30 seconds. what would you do, gregg? >> sanctions is an alternative to cutting off china completely. the other aspect is you have to stop american businesses from reeking billions and billions of dollars, disney, the nba, bill gates' microsoft has been doing business with the chinese communist government for the better part of two decades. michael bloomberg raised billions of dollars for chinese start-ups. do they not recognize the unconscionable, egregious human rights abuses they are? or they simply so greedy they don't care? put pressure on american businesses and businessmen doing business in china. >> trey: thanked all three of you. happy new year. coming up next on the special edition of "hannity," we will get an update on the christmas day bombing in nashville, tennessee. then i'll go one on one with legendary football coach lou holtz. stay with us.

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♪ >> trey: welcome back to this "hannity" special. new details continue to emerge about the alleged nashville bomber i'm anthony quinn warner. according to reports, warner allegedly spoke to police decades ago. joining us now with the latest on thehe ground in nashville is mike covid. miked? >> hi, they are. the tennessean has dropped a report saying 16 months ago, a girlfriend of one or reported to police he was making bombs in the vehicle. police visited his property but did not search the vehicle. we don't have independent confirmation on that. in the meantime, investigators have been going through the blast site with such efficiency they have been able to turn over half the blast site to t city

crews, crews from the department of public works have been going through that site, among other things, they are cleaning up ane structural integrity of the buildings, see if it is safe for people to return. the rv in which the bomb was planted was blown to bits, so investigators of the atf, fbi, and tennessee department of highway, went through all of the rubble and were able to piece enough parts from the vehicle to produce and interact vehicle identification number. that led to the name of anthony warner. o warner had been giving things away before theng blast. hey gave away his home, his car. in that car, investigators found a hat, a glove, and dna material from those items was matched to dna found at the blast site. that's how they made the identification. still escaping is a motive. the fbi has dispatched profilers who have been interviewing people who knew warner to try to answer that ever-evasive question of why this happened. trey, back to you. >> trey: mike, thank you.

now, earlier this month, president trump awarded the presidential medal of freedom to famed college football coach lou holtz. the president recognize not only holtz's contributions to college football, but also his dedication to helping others. joining me now is the legend himself, coach lou holtz. merry christmas, happy new year, coach. how are you? >> i'm all right, trey. always great to beas with you. certainly enjoyed the show tonight. >> trey: well, thank you. i enjoyed watching that ceremony, and i don't want us to get sad, but i want to be honest with you, coach. i really wish your beautiful wife, beth, and i'm sure anyway she was watching, but i wish she could've been there with you, because i know you feel like she earned that award every bit as much if not more than you did. >> we were married 59 years, and i can't say enough about her. trey, i had no chance, but receiving the metal was a great honor. other people may have been more

deserving. i was very proud to receive it from president trump. i think he has done so many great things in four years, despite the democrats and the press and everyone else fighting him along the way. put the medal of freedom does not distinguish who i am or define -- my friends and family and things along that line. as i've often said, life is not the number of breaths you take him with a number of breathtaking moments you experience. the breathtaking moments in the oval office with my family and friends is something i will cherish forever. >> trey: coach, this has been such a difficult year for our fellow americans. sports has this unique way of creating a bright spot. is it appropriate that we are playing sports in the midst of this? do you feel like i do, that it's kind of a bright spot in this otherwise dreary year that we've had? > well, this is a really difficult year, but particularly in college football.

you know, there have been hundreds of games canceled, thousands of players, but i don't know of any player that was hospitalized. there is no doubt it is a very dreadful disease. i was afflicted with it. i managed to overcome it. with just part of life, particularly for youngpa people, you have to move on. but college football today, it's not really -- college football is packed stadiums, tailgating, fans, cheerleaders, excitement, everything. we couldn't have that. but you look at the ncaa, they did one smart thing. what they did do come okay, this year won't count. everybody played this year will not count toward eligibility. anything that happened this year will be a plus. a lot of pluses. >> trey: coach, i want to thank you --t i want to thank yu for everything you have done for college football, coach. god bless you and happy new year. more of this special after the break. ♪

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special edition of the "hannity." unfortunately that's all theoo time he left this evening. my new book, "doesn't hurt to ask" can help you make your case and the new year. thank you for joining us tonight, raymond arroyo is in for a laura ingraham where he has an exclusive interview with a famous mel gibson. >> raymond: it's don't tellas everybody, trey. merry christmas to you, greatt show. this is a special edition of "the ingraham angle" and you will want to stay for the entire hour tonight. what is the president's path forward as the electoral college results are thought to be certified by congress? congressman mo brooks and former acting attorney general matt whitaker break down all the real options. and are we getting the truth about covid? doctors william grayson mark signal explain what we are getting wrong about the asymptomatic