pomposity, smugness, and groupthink. don't forget to dvr the show if you haven't set it up already. if you're a fan of rush on the radio, you're in for a treat because the one and only mr. smartly is right here on tonight "hannity." >> he will be here, mark, thank you. our good friend will be here, mark. thank you. good to see you. welcome to "hannity." and tonight, we continue to honor the amazing life, legacy of radioan legend, rush limbaug. yep, you've got it, his longtime producer, call screener. he did his own show behind the show. he will be here tonight. also tonight we will bring you the very latest from the andrew cuomo t nursing home scandal. the governor is now reportedly facing a federal and state investigatione into criminal activity in what might appear to be a massive cover-up.

senator ted cruz under fire today is here to respond to the criticism surrounding his recent flight to cancun to drop off his daughters for a trip with their friends,cr and yes, turn around and come right back home. here is what he told reporters earlier outside of his home. >> the last 24 hours, it has become a new story and a bit of a twitter sensation that i went with my family, traveled yesterday to mexico. i just got back. i flew out late last night. we had spent two days without power and the girls wanted to take a trip with their friends and frankly get somewhere where it was warm and heidi and i agreed. i took them down last night and i just flew back today. >> sean: he actually can be a father and senator at the same time.

senator cruz will join us tonight from texas. protesters are outside his home. first, the hysteria on the left is apparently never ending. president trump now has been out of office for nearly a month. democrats are still obsessed with hating all things donald trump. well, president trump seems to live in their sick brains 24/7 as they cannot give up their drug of choice, which is hatred and rage of all things donald trump and his family. one congresswoman just g introduced, get this, a bill to ban four presidents who have been impeached twice from getting buried at arlington national cemetery. and of course, conviction and the senate, that when it be required. f just the impeachment part. meanwhile, anotheren democrat is sponsoring legislation that would ban president trump from stepping foot in the u.s. capital ever again. okay? and that's not all.

democrats are also seeking a ban that would block donald trump's dname from being used on any federal building, any monument, even park benches. and they are also attempting to block his federal pension, paid staff and office space. now, in the midst of a global pandemic, let me ask all of you, millions of americans are unable to get the covid vaccine, incompetent governors botching the rollout. millions and millions of americans are out of work. high-paying career jobs literally ripped away and destroying the energy sector in this country. and this is what your democratic leaders and lawmakers are focused on. also, those $2,000 checks, you know the ones they promised youd before the election? yeah, they are nowhere to be found. and of course, the mob, the media, they don't seem to care. they are all too busy possibly rage and 24 against donald trump. they just can't seem to quit

him, can they? here is just one small recent example. >> are we done? can we say it again? i never say stuff like this, but can we play it again? there it is. >> i've heard from folks and trump telling me to shut up about it. we should just be quiet and not talk about it anymore. i understand that. everyone wants to move on. i wish we could kind of grow up and just kind of erase them from our memory. but we can't. >> sean: i think i'm going to start a daily count how many times the msdnc and fake new cnn mention donald trump every single a day. anyway, the very liberal tim rosser extended his vitriol to the good people of texas. here they are in the midst of their winter storm power outages of millions.ri and he says well, hey, at least they are now wearing their

masks. take a look. >> let's get a check now speaking of weather on all of this extreme weather slamming more than half the country. it has killed more than 28 people. overloaded. it has left at least 4 million people to face extremely low temperatures without electricity. the onlyop upside here is i asse the cold weather motivates people to wear a mask because it is one extra layer on your face. but how bad is it, morgan? >> it's bad, chuck. >> sean: wow. also, as per usual, washed up actress, singer, bette midler, she took it a step further. she claimed that the winter storm was revenge because "god doesn't seem to love ted cruz or

john cornyn." pretty disgusting even by her repulse lovely lowlife standard that she has. so, chucky card and bette midler, do they know that people died in this storm and texans are suffering and old people are shivering in their homes? have they figured that out yet? people are apparently vilifying familyz today flying hisr to cancun and back. senator cruz dropping off his tldaughters for a trip with ther friends, he is right back in texas. i do have first-hand information on this thatit i will share in a moment. but by the way, where is our commander-in-chief? that new guy. oh, that's right, this morning he decided to take a snow day. the guy ultimately in charge of fema and all of the country's emergency resources and federal agencies. yeah, he took a day off in the middle of this natural disaster. where is the phony selective liberal outrage on this? i guess, you know, to be fair, it's not even really totally

clear that joe even fully understands what's going on in texas. during a town hall, he seemed confused about a lot of things. at one point he said there was no vaccine when he entered office. take a look. >> the biggest thing though, as you remember, i shouldn't say if you remember, but when you and i talked last, it's one thing to have the vaccine, which we didn't have, but vaccinate her. how do you get the vaccine into someone's arms? >> sean: joe, when you took office, there were about a million, not 300, 1 million vaccines under trump's operation warp speed going into the arms of americans every single day. a million a day. 1 million. not 300 over the summer. 1 million. that was happening before he was sworn in.

in fact, that video right there of joe biden. that was before christmas. that was in december. joe, do you remember? here's a friendly reminder. >> you just go ahead any time are ready. >> i'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it is available to take the vaccine. there is nothing to worry about. i am looking forward p to the second shot. so is jill. she's got her shot earlier today. she loves shots, i know. >> sean: you know, the mob, the media, the snowflakes begin to melt. they get oh so outraged. and oh, they can't take it. so frail. they wigged out every time i say, yeah, joe biden looks

pretty frail, weak, and he is obviously cognitively struggling. but his behavior during these rare public appearances are struggling. he struggles with numbers. last week, he laid out a goal promising that they will have vaccinated 300 americans. he didn't say it once. he t said it twice. 300. he also struggles with names, and dates, and times, and even our declaration of independence. doesn't seem to know where hehes at times. this is something he jokingly, okay, he admitted during the town hall. take a look. >> over the years, you have obviously spent a great deal of time. except now you are living there owand you are president. it has been four weeks. what is it like? how is it different? >> i get up in the morning and look at joe and say where the -- are we? [laughter] no. >> sean: no joe, you are at the white house. you are likely asleep. i'm sure you've had your warm

milk after your afternoon nappy. i'm sure you are fast asleep right now but when you wake up in the morning, i hope someone will remind you that you are at the white house and you are the president of the united states of america in name only.the that is what your business card probably says at least. and may be, i don't know, hourly d reminders and the radical far left limit socialists socialists in your party, you know, the ones that are setting your agenda. be very nice to them if they could remind you on a fairly regular basis. of course, this would include policies surrounding immigration. let me predict here and now. joe biden's immigration policies will be a colossal failure. it will harm american workers in a huge way. more people, jobs available, driving wages down dramatically. democratic lawmakers are now working on legislation that would give amnesty to what may have actually been 20 million

illegal immigrants including those who have previously left the country. do you know why? because joe is going to invite them back. now, if biden gets his way, they will all become eligible for an expedited pathway to citizenship with a green card and citizenship even in some cases in three years. democrats are also trying to expand the archaic lottery system and bring that back, which would allow even more immigrants from all over the world into the country based on a random lottery draw. wonder if you are going to make sure that people can provide for themselves when they get l here. will there be any health check? are there going to be background checks to make sure people, i don't care where you come from, make sure anybody from any part in the world doesn't have radical associations? keep in mind that the biden administration has already halted border wall construction. they have reintroduced that policy. you know, the one known as catch

and release where illegal immigrants detained at the border are then released right there into your talents and your cities, many without a covid test and likely not wearing their masks. the radical socialist democrats are now running ouria federal government. i hope you get involved. i hope you get engaged. because it's going to be rocky. the impact will be felt for generations. here with reaction, fox news contributor, and gino fox news correspondent at large geraldo rivera. geraldo, i missed you, my brother. ii missed you. >> long time no see. >> sean: long time no see. >> i miss our drinks.ra >> sean: is it open? will they ever open it again? i miss my friend too. all right. this is amnesty, geraldo. >> joe biden's immigration plan presented by --

it has zero chance of passing. i just want to back up and remind everybody that during the height of the pandemic, millions of undocumented immigrants have designated essential e workers. they were the ones who were processing our poultry, packing our meat, delivering fruits and veggies, cleaning the restaurants and hospitals. rethey were designated essential workers because they were essential. they contribute in a way that is during this pandemic immeasurable. so, compassion is definitely needed toward this population. biden's plan, he has no chance even when president obama a had0 votes in the united states senate, he couldn't pass immigration reform. i think there are some things that president trump told me that he approved of you know months and months ago. for instance, the dreamer is giving them a pathway to citizenship. you know, going with ice,

telling ice not to arrest, not to report immigrantsou unless ty were violent criminals. there are ways to be compassionate. you won't legalize all of the 11 million undocumented in the country, but there should be a recognition that these generally speaking are hardworking family-oriented -- >> sean: geraldo, we are talking about people that didn't respect our laws, our borders,ng or our sovereignty. dan bongino. now they are going to invite people who have been deported back. we are going to have background checks, health checks. we've got to make sure there is no radical association and ensure that they can make their way and not become a burden on hardworking americans that are

overtaxed already with a country that has more debt than we can handle already. >> yeah, my beef with -- that'slr right. my beef with geraldo on this immigration, which always, yound know, they get spicy here because geraldo does this a lot. he brings an emotional argument with a policy argument. well, the dreamers deserve a pathway to citizenship. you know, geraldo, there is a pathway to citizenship.. you know whates it is called? it's called citizenship. because they insisted on doing it illegally doesn't make that my fault, okay? and secondly, you said something else. it doesn't make me not compassionate when you say these are, well, undocumented workers, meaning they don't have documents, meaning they didn't call to the process, meaning they are here illegally are essential workers that work hard. fair enough. i'm not saying they don't. but you know who else works hard? the american people who actually follow laws and work really hard too and pay taxes. so, i'm really sorry, but the

emotional part that you are trying to bring into this is not a policy argument. it is an emotionaly one. you are free to have compassion, but geraldo, if that is your case, then you are free to take in people who come into the o country illegally and take care of them yourself. that's your fault. but don't put the burden on other people because you want tl have compassion rather than making sensible policyr arguments. and that is not one of them. we have a pathway to citizenship. it's called citizenship. >> dan, these dreamers were brought here as small children through no fault of their own. this is the only country they have ever known. many of them don't even speak spanish or whatever the language of their home country. they were raised as americans. to be hard-nosed about that population is to look at your neighbor, look at your friend and say that for some reason you are not acceptable to us. >> sean: fair enough. >> everything they've done. i didn't make that up.

who do you think were cleaning the toilets in these hospitals? >> i get it. i get it. can i respond? it's a fair enough point that some of these kids were brought here as kids and they didn't have the capacity to make that decision on their own. but again, geraldo, these are really complicated policy decisions that have major implications and i say to you the famous line. okay, and then what? if we keep giving people amnesty because people they were involved with, parents or otherwise, made really poor decisions against our law, then what? r it advises more people to do that. there has to be a policy fix and it is not going to be easy. and introducing emotion into it as a policy fix is not a fix at all. it is an emotional response. i get it. what you are saying is not inaccurate. i get it. n i know. i know. that is what baffles me.e. it is not just a compassionate and passionate argument.

it is a pragmatic argument. these people for decades, for generations before 2001, they came for the harvest. the relationship between central america, mexico, the united states was like this. then everything happened. if you want to put the wall up, if you want to build the wall, that's fine. i'm all for it. as long as it has big gates and allows people and recognizes the special relationship between -- >> but that's not what i'm saying. >> particularly central americans. i am saying that these people are part and parcel of the american dream right now. >> geraldo, soso are americans. >> where would we have been if they weren't in those fields picking the fruits and vegetables during the worst of the pandemic? who do you think was -- >> my guess is americans wouldve be doing it. geraldo, you talk about americans like we are from another planet. we are not willing to do work?

i clean toilets. i cleaned mausoleums. you know how many dirty toilet bowls i cleaned? i cleaned mausoleums in a cemetery. you talk about us like we are from another planet. what about americans? do we not matter? people who are actually here following the law? this is crazy. >> i think that if you just take a deep breath and say to yourself they have been here for cyears. they have been here for decades. these are the ones that are the -- >> still have my family. >> they take their jobs. >> so are we. >> they take the jobs that americans won't take.yo >> how do you know that? >> how do you know that? how do you know any of that? >> in virtually every state throughout the southwest, the southeast, i did a documentary -- ou iundocumented children, migr. >> sean: we are also releasing criminals back into the states.

people that now are entering, we don't send them back to their home country.me joe biden basically sent out a welcome mat for people around the world. now we have a pandemic, no jobs. we have energy sector jobs being destroyed, high paying career jobs. now we are going to have 11 million more, however million more he invites into the country. that drives wages downwnct for americans. i believe america first. take care of americans and if a point we need more labor, then we can consider opening all the doors you want, geraldo. i've got to ask dan, though, a personal question because this came up on my radio show. geraldo, youan know that dan recently finished his lymphoma treatments and -- >> god bless you, dan. i meant to send you my love. >> i know that. i appreciate that. >> sean: dan was on my radio show today and you dropped a bomb on my audience. it. just wanted to get an updat. everyone is thinking about you

and praying for you. >> yeah, you know, i was supposed to text you on line about the results of the mri. we were on the radio show and you said hey, why didn't you text me? botheri didn't want to you on the show, so i just kind of told you on the air. they saw some stuff and some nodules and some spots on my lungs. i don't know what it is. i think we will be okay. there will probably be some more testing involved. i'm just a little obviously down because i just rang two weeks ago and was hoping for a few weeks or maybe a few months or who knows, even a few years. but i was having some breathing issues and they found some stuff there. but it could be nothing. could be some fibrosis. >> sean: we are all praying for you. geraldo is praying for you too. >> no, he's a good man. this isn't personal.o this is policy stuff. we are allowed to have disagreements, right? it's a radio show. >> sean: all right, thanks. we are wishing you a speedy recovery.

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♪ ♪ >> sean: now senator ted cruz tonight is facing the mob, the media, for traveling to cancun mexico with his daughters to drop them off and come home as texas is still addressing the fallout and damage from severe weather. no response, senator cruz did say in retrospect he might have made a mistake adding in a statement, in "part, wanting to be a good dad, i flew with them. i am flying right back thiss afternoon." my staff and i are in constant communication with local leaders to get to the bottom. joining us now is texas senator, ted cruz. i have a piece of the story that nobody knows that you know to be true and governor abbott knows to be true. and that is i got contacted very

early in the week from the official meteorologist on my radio show, joe bastardi, frequent guest on this program and he sent a note to both of you, to you and governor abbott. in that note he said this is going to be far worse than i think others are predicting. you got in touch with him. the governor got in touch with him. you took it seriously and do work hand-in-hand with the governor in the lead up to this knowing this was all a big possibility and this is days before that happened and you were fully and completely engaged. i know that from my own reporting on my own conversations with you and governor abbott and with joe bastardi. you went and you took your daughters to cancun and you came back. i think you can be a father and be the senator of texas all at a the same time and make a round-trip quick drop off quick trip and come home. >> well,l, sean, that's right. and starting with what you opened with, you connected me

with joe early on before the storms actually even hit the state of texas. and i've got to say, i called him that evening and spend significantt time on the phone with him talking through what he saw coming. he was predicting not one, but two major winter storms, the combination of which he believed would have an impact on texas that would exceed anything we had seen in the states since 1899. i thought it was very impressive. he sent me charts and data on what was coming. you reached out and i reached out to governor abbott and said listen, this guy knows his ttstuff. we helped connect them. at the same time, governor abbott had already declared an emergency in all 254 counties all across texas. and so, urging joe biden to declare a federal disaster to mirror the governor's request, which to his credit he did. that was early on right before the storms came, we know they

were serious. this week has been held for the state of texas. it has been two storms on top of each other. 4 million texans lost power. no power, no lights. many with no water. it has been frustrating. i will tell you, sean, a lot of texans are mad, are -- how could it be that texas, the energy capital of the worldte can't turn our lights on? texans are frustrated. this should not have happened. i will tell you, heidi and me, we lost power for two days. our house was dark. we had no heat. we were all huddled around the fireplace because it was only heat in the house. and after aa couple of days aftr the girls being really cold and being in the teens in the 20s outside, are girls said look, school has been canceled for the week. can we take a trip and go somewhere warm? and heidi and i, as parents, we said okay, sure. and so last night i flew down with them to the beach and then i flew back this afternoon. i had initially planned to stay

through the weekend, but as i h was heading down there, you know, i started to have second nthoughts almost immediately because the crisis here in texas, you need to be here on the ground. as much as you can do by phone and zuma, it's not the same as being here. and so, i returned this afternoon and impure working to make sure that we do everything we can to get the power turned on. but also, fundamentally to ask the questions why did this happen? why was the texas grade, which is regulated at the state level, it is operated at the state level.ha it is a state function. but why was the grid not sufficiently prepared so that 4 million texans lost heat and power? we need to answer that and we need to make sure that it never happens again in the state of texas. >> sean: to what extent, texas is very unique in that there is no federal control or authority

over there, energy grid is separate and apart, which for aw lot of different reasons is very good for texas as you do not have to abide by the burdens and regulations of the federal government. very smart on texas. i think that's brilliant. i'm not really sure. i thought we learned during covid that teleschool, telemedicine, zoom calls come all this other stuff change a te way that we do everything. now, i'm not assuming that the people of texas that you were erergoing to out there with a blowtorch and antifreeze and get the wind turbines going,ll but u raise a good question and that is will do all of the natural resources of texas, why is texas relying on wind turbines, which by the way is use it or lose it? you can't store that energy. and why, in that sense isn't it upgraded to what works now? eventually if it works in texas chooses that, i'm in all of the above guy but for now our main source of energy is -- >> we should use all of the

above. texas is the number one producer of wind energy in the country, more than california. about 25% of our electricity comes from wind and that is a valuable asset. my view is that we ought to be using all p of energy sources bt we shouldn't have mandates. we should let the market decide ands the consumers decide. right now, we don't have clear answers as to why the texas energy grid couldn't handle this urge. likeusly a massive surge this is very unusual in texas. it appears there were a combination of factors. one factor is a substantial number of the wind turbinesis froze and ceased producing

energy. now, elsewhere, other colder climates are able to put treatments and lubricants on wind turbines so they can operate in the cold. but in texas, that wasn't predicted to happen and so that they didn't do that. we also saw substantial drop-off from coal coal, substantial drop-offs from natural gas, substantial drop-offs from solar. what we need to do is have a serious fact-based investigation not based on politics, not based on the green new deal and where you are, and this policy on the other. it needs to be based on the evidence, based on the facts to say what happened.ed why was the grid not there? most of these shutdowns were mandated because there wasn't the power. o and so they just shut whole tneighborhoods down. you know, tuesday night we had a bunch of kids at our house because ouryo house was one of e few houses that had power. a lot of our daughter's friends were over.

right around 6:30, boom, the lights go out and we lose power. and so, we had a candlelit dinner, because if that's all we had. and then the girls all camped out. they got in sleeping bags and wrapped up in comforters and everything.. but it got cold. i mean, it was in the 30s and the house and it got cold. and it stayed with no power for and it stayed with no power for two days. that was because the power generation and the grid couldn't meet the demands and so they took hold streets and whole neighborhoods off-line. that should not happen again. it certainly shouldn't happen in texas. you know, other states, you look at a state like california where they have rolling predictably year after year after year. it is a failure of the system and it is a failure of the government regulators are causing. part of the reason that texans are -- is this shouldn't happen in texas. the state of texas is going to fix it. governor abbott was right when he called on the legislator to investigate why the grid wasn't

ready and to make sure this never happens again in the state of texas. >> sean: yeah, i didn't see much criticism that you could use federal help but there is always that double standard. you made the right call coming back. you also can be a father. there is also something called technology.. i think there is a lot of sanctimony and politics being played in this attack. look, governor perry made me an honorary texan. that is why i made the call to you and governor abbott. i feel a responsibility forf p americans that actually don't hate me like the state i'm living in in new york. anyway, welcomeadl home, senator and all the best to our friends in texas and hopefully we get t this fixed soon. when we come back, new york governor cuomo and his

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♪ ♪ >> sean: we are also learning tonight that the fbi u.s. attorney's office is reportedly investigating andrew cuomo's intensifying nursing home scandal and his attempts to cover it all up. get this, even far left democrats, they are signaling their dismay with the failed governor's leadership. comrade, bill de blasio later today reacting to his reported threat against the state democrats. take a look. >> yeah, it's a sad thing to say, but that's classic andrew

cuomo. y a lot of people in new york state have received those phone calls. the bullying is nothing new. it's very, very sad. no public servant. no person who is telling the truth should be treated that way. it's the one now those remarks come as governor cuomo is now facing a full on bipartisan result within his party. for example, state democrats released a statement supportingg assemblyman ron camp who cuomo reportedly told him he was going to "destroy." they are demanding that he hand back his enemy. and what about all of the proceeds from that great book on "leadership" during covid? and just breaking this evening, state assembly republicans, they are now moving to former impeachment commission. now, remember, all of this goes well beyond simple mismanagement

or poor execution inside the governor'sis mansion. this looks more and more like obstruction of justice and a whole host of lies. and andrew cuomo's outright refusal to take any responsibility for any of it and blaming everybody but himself. here with reaction, fox news meteorologist, fox & friends host, janice dean is back with us. this is very personal for you, and again, i'm sorry for everything you and your whole family have gone through, janice. there is a lot happening. a lot of moving parts tonight. we know that the biden department of justice has launched a criminal investigation. it looks like 50% of cases were covered up. support growing to impeach andrew cuomo. one new york democrat saying he was threatened. cuomo said he would destroy him if he didn't go along. and a lot going on here. i wanted to get your reaction to all of this. how far will you take this?

>> well, the walls seem to be closing and finally after almost a year of looking at this governor. blaming everyone else for his march 25th order and now covering up the numbers. who knew that andrew cuomo was going to be the person to bring both republicans and democrats together? >> sean: yeah, you know, you look at this.ng what do you think is most important? you are directly impacted here. two members of your family you lost in nursing homes as a result of i believe this executive order. although, he denies. he said at one point, doesn't really matter whether you die here or die there? you are dead. that was kind of cold, i thought. but my question to you is, what would you like to see? someone who has been directly impacted by this, whose family has been impacted? what would you like to see happen? >> i want to see the investigation and i want to see

a court of law. and i want to see the governor and his health department and his administration on the stand to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. i want to know the origin of the march 25th order. where did it come from? it didn't come from science. there are reports that it came from hospital lobbyists and there might be a money trail and a trail of corruption. i believe him. he's a democrat. his uncle died in a nursing home. it's personal for him. he has been bullied and threatened by this governor and he is doing it for far too long and now it is time. i do believe there is bipartisan support to get investigation and perhaps may be even, you know, something criminal down the line. >> sean: one thing i would really like an answer to,nv donald trump billed 3,000 hospitals that remain 80% empty. he manned these hospitals, provided all the masks come of

the gowns, the shields, the gloves come everything that was needed. converted it all to covid-19. even changed the ventilation systems to do it. again, providing everything.id 80% of those beds remain empty. i'm trying to wrap my mind around why. why didn't he use them? why didn't he help? it was there for free and available to him. >> correct. and that's another question that has never been answered and maybe this investigation will prove something. just breaking tonight, i want to tell you some of the reporting from bill hammond from the empire center has shown that putting covid-positive patients in a nursing home has statistically risen those numbers and that would go against what the governor has pibeen saying. and it was the nursing home workersmb that brought the infection in. >> sean: do you believe there will be a massive class action lawsuit here? is it something you and other

families are thinking about? >> we are talking about it. at the very least, it would get the ball rolling on getting some information to us, something that we haven't had an almost a year now. >> sean: i'm sorry to every family that suffered a loss here and the worst pandemic since ye1917-'18. and then to add bad decisions and not own them, how do we learn to do better the next time? he didn't listen to his own health commission that recommended you need 15,783 n ventilators. he got none. just like the city of new york got none. they needed 10,000 more. you know, so many mistakes. i'm sorry. thank you, janice. when we come back, we continue to honor the life, the legacy of the legendary radio host, rush whlimbaugh. longtime producer, call screener. interesting story i will shareio with you.

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think of it this way. you have a franchise quarterback running back. you have a franchise tight end, wide receiver, middle linebacker, and safety and you lose it all in one. your replaceable. it's hard to imagine any major political movement without rush's voice at this time, these troubling times even. and i can say r this. rush's passion with god, family, i would argue his calling in life. what he was born to do. i do know this. i do know that he would want all of to continue this important work. yes, we lost our best player, we lost our franchise, everything. and it does now fall on all of us to up our game and carry the torch, everyone of us, and strive to live with the courage, the compassion, the conviction, the patriotism that rush did every single day behind, yeah, it was really gold, the microphone. first-hand experience throughout all these yearss watching up close and personal, the remarkable life and career of

rush limbaugh. you know him as -- working on the rush limbaugh show for decades. he does have a real name. he has been on the show before it. james golden. we have been friends for many years. i just have to tell this quick anecdote. there was a show going on called the rush limbaugh show. then there was another show in the control room and i would go gin and my studio was adjacent from yours. i would go in and say hi to you guys. you don't know. click. there were two shows going on. true or false. >> that's very true, sean. and yes, we have known each other for many, many years. thank you. you have been so kind, not just to me, but to all of us during

this period of profound grief. and you know, sean, we can't wrap our arms around this. we can't wrap our brains and our hearts around this that our beloved rush has returned his talent to god. and we are so thankful to him. you know, rush is to me a second-generation founding father. this went beyond radio. this wente beyond politics. what rush did for america. one man changed so many trajectories in this country. when rush began his career, there were 1200 radio stations roughly doing the talk radio format. today, there are over 12,000. the number of print conservative publications, very few today. it is a flourishing market. there was no fox tv. there was nowhere on tv that you

could get conservative ideology, that you could get the values that represent what most americans believe until rush, he changed the media. he changed the landscape. rush limbaugh's radio show grew for over 50 years. this is unheard of. and audiences from small children all the way up through the senior of senior citizens. and beyond all of those accomplishments, rush limbaugh was one of the finest human beings that you would ever fwant to meet. a generous, wonderful, beautiful spirit.

humble, a gentleman. never failed to thank people fol the smallest service that they could do. he never looked down on people. it burns me to my soul when people sully his reputation with falsehoods calling him a racist. this man was just an incredible phenomenon and we love you, rush. god bless you and thank you, sean, for having me with you to talk about rush. >> sean: welcome home, faithful servant. he had his personal family, viewers, work-family. james. you know that his bucket list was to be with all of us. more "hannity" next. >> thank you, sean. ♪ ♪ if you have risk factors like heart disease, diabetes and raised triglycerides,... ...vascepa can give you something to celebrate. ♪

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please set your dvr so you never misste an episode. we will always be independent. and we did for the truth. in the meantime, let not your hearts be troubled. laura ingraham straight ahead. laura, it was fun last night. thank you for having me on. >> laura: it was great. i think you were right when you, said on the show, don't even give airtime to all of the nasties and the critics of roche. and even some conservatives i should add -- i guess they are conservatives -- who didn't have the guts -- >> sean: the lincoln project? >> laura: people who don't have the guts to -- if they are going to take on rush limbaugh, take him on while he's still on the microphone. side swiping him and death -- i thought that was kind of stunning. >> one of the great things that has happened in my life is that whatever switch, and i know a lot of people have it, that really cares what people thatth