>> sean: unfortunately, that is all the time we have left. we thank you for being with us. thank you for making the show possible to set your dvr so you never miss an episode of "hannity." don't forget news, information always up on hannity.com. laura ingraham is next. have a great night. ♪ ♪ >> laura: i'm laura ingraham. from washington tonight, our own raymond arroyo sat down for an exclusive interview with mel gibson and mark wahlberg and we will bring you that in a little bit. but first, do and groom. that is the focus of tonight's angle. if the last two weeks have taught us anything, is that the left is obsessed with teaching children about content and

gender identity. it is being secretly rolled out without. knowledge but the national association of independent schools. here's part of a workshop that just now coming to right. they start some real young. >> with the younger children, we talked about their bodies, about the part that they were born with. about penises and vaginas, and also their feelings. do they feel like a boy or a girl? is there head coach -- their head and their cart antibody match up? >> laura: thanks to breitbart for publishing this. remember what happened when moms and dads across america, by the way, of both political persuasion saw what happened in florida, disney opposed the

bill. the law that didn't find so horrifying merely prohibits sexually exquisite instructions including stuff like this. >> we move on actually sleet about gender identity and we talked about it again in terms of you are having your heart and your buddy parts matching up and does that work for you? what happens if it does not? and the kids drop wonderful self-portraits begin. but dealing with all aspects of their identity including specifically their gender identity. >> laura: gone are the days when they are just teaching about human we production. now by fifth grade, they are talked about sexual questions and more on identity. >> gender expression is what you shared with the world. it is something you can change from day-to-day. sexual orientation is who you are emotionally and physically attracted to. we talk about gender identity specifically with the gender

unicorn. it is a continuing. >> laura: the gender unicorn. by the time the kids get into middle school, they are then bombarded by efforts to undo any semblance of traditional values that their parents may have taught them. teachers and wrist raters often with fun personalities are eager to share their own experiences with sexual and gender identity. like this assistant principal in burlington, vermont. >> students call me [indistinct] since i don't use gendered pronouns. i identify both as gender nonconforming and gender non-binary and that i do not feel just female or male but i feel a mix of that within myself. >> laura: then this complaint about misgendering. >> as a trans person, it does get tiresome when i'm being

missed gendered and i'm carrying the mis- comfort of another adult profitable mistake and sort of have to take the discomfort of that and i think kids do a really reckless job of not doing that. >> i got it. children who don't misgender are reckless because they have not been ruined by the more traditional parents but i understand. remember, these schools are educating the next generation of educators. got to get them on board. got to get got to get the month message. >> going to opened the door for student panelists. >> i definitely think that we should talk about it more outside and, like, more throughout different classes during the day. >> i am in middle school and i have to younger sibling in fourth grade. and i'm not 100% sure what your pronouns are.

>> laura: why are these people so invested in pushing the concept on children of any age? they seem to forget that parents pay the salaries of the teachers and school board members. and now it is up to parents to get informed and speak up. some already are. families across america are swearing off disney. >> they seem to be police and everyone went if they actually spoke to the people -- >> it is the pairs' jobs to teach their children the society of the norms and of the norms of your household. >> i think they need to stay out of politics. >> laura: but they are more afraid of offending radical activists than the families who buy those passes. that is fine. we will see how that works out for disney. marketing sneakers, those mickey mouse ears to the kids. but marketing complicated topics

of sexuality and gender, that is grooming. sorry, joe reed does not like that -- joy reid does not like that mike which. >> these terms indoctrination, grooming, predator, it is all a very specific trigger for a group that is sinking its teeth into our political discourse. >> laura: next metaphors aside, whatever term you want to use, it is having a dramatic effect on our young people. how else do you explain that today, 20% of gen z identifies with lgbtq+ which is double that of millennials five times more than jeanette and 10 times those identify as such among the baby boomers. while we all know what influence peddling it looks like in the political context, we see it.

we know it. that is why the content foundation, all those big conjugations from places like saudi arabia. what happening in our schools is sexual influence peddling and if you want to protect your kids that you have to get up to speed on what your kids are being subjected to at school. >> as a preschool teacher, a dragon king, and eight member of the lgbtq community, how do i feel about the new legislations for the don't say gay bill. the health and safety of my kids. >> laura: first, we love all people, whatever you believe that whatever you are, we love all of humankind. i will say this, the left has gotten itself so tangled up with some radicals, confused elements

of society that they are offering absurdly contorted defenses. >> adopting the slogan "save the children" which of course sounds innocent enough. but is actually become -- has actually become a dog whistle to qanon supporters. republicans are represent -- repurposing old smears as part of a chattering cabal of child sex abusers. >> laura: what we are saying is that children should go to school to learn how to read and write, to learn math and science and wonderful history. and we are saying that their innocence is worth protecting. marinating our kids lessons on gender inclusive the end sexual expression, won't help them succeed in this world we live in. it goes without saying that everyone, and i mean everyone should feel safe in schools. bullying should never be

tolerated. but the belize today are often those who refuse to respect parental entries those who seek to destroy a kid's innocence in the name of tolerance. parents be spoken with have had enough. and they are mobilizing. and to help them, we have created "the ingraham angle" parent portal. it is a place to share what your children are seeing and hearing in the classroom. we will hear the goods and vanessa good. e-mail us at ingraham angle fxr come. send us examples. and be sure to include the school districts the city, the state and keep all comments respectful. call-ins demands that the dignity of all people be respected including the dignity and innocence of our children. and that is the angle. joining me now is missouri senator josh hawley. senator, thanks for being with

us. the left tried to which away the issue of crt in our schools in virginia. and it seems to be is encased here. they are wishing this away, like, this is all exaggerated. this is not really a problem. it is all on the up and up. but doesn't seem like they are depending the indefensible they weren't -- won't turn back. >> senator hawley: actually. this is the official line that child pornography and child exportation is a conspiracy theory. you are exactly right, laura. these are the same people who said if you have concern of what your children are being taught, you are a domestic terrorist. i don't think that set well with voters based on the election returns and i would say that voters this november it will have a similar choice. do you want a party that is soft on crime and a president who

nominates supreme court justices who give child pornographers and child exploiters a slap on the list? >> this is what we are giving parents an opportunity to share their stories about what they are seeing in their schools, even if they are afraid to say it at his board meeting. they will be able to tell us. that is why we set up a report of information. to your point this disturbing exchange between harassment lauren boebert today. watch. >> the belief that a child is capable of making life altering decisions to name themselves? let me just think of you that i don't agree with your premise. but i will say is children know much about themselves. i believed in supporting and protecting transgender youth and i would encourage that politicians like you stay out of

their business. >> laura: this is supporting child abuse. so will you call for his immediate removal just over that line? >> senator hawley: absolutely. i think this idea that parents should be told by bureaucrats how to raise their children, that parents should be told that the government knows best and it can dictate to them what is best for their children. this is really a decision that parents need to make, parents know what is but for their -- best for their children. to hear these people say that parents that you ought to step back. you up to stay out of it. you all to be quiet, i think it is crazy. >> laura: as a mother, i'm watching this entire debate unfold i keep saying to myself, it is this really america? is this really where we are in the country? the debate of whether a five-year-old should be taught the intricacies of gender identity? and by the way, to this point that you are alluding to earlier, everyone has to hear the exchange.

this was dick durbin responding yesterday to your legislation that would toughen sentences for child porn offenses. >> why does this senator bring this to the floor of the united states senate today? these guidelines don't reflect the reality of today. we now live in a world of internet and access to not just tense and hundreds but thousands of images if that is your decision. >> laura: doesn't that make it actually more pressing that this legislation actually be taking up and voted on, that is more acceptable enough that kids can get exploited more easily, more frequently because the internet and turbin is like, that should change now. things are different. >> senator hawley: on the soft on crime liberals would ask why you need to protect children now. it is because child exportation

is rampant. it is because child pornography is rampant. our children are more vulnerable than i were before but you should never have to ask why. the reason is we have a crisis on our hands but by the way, the judge jackson hearings have only made clear. just hasn't against the problem of child exploitation and child pornography really is. congress should expect they should have acted a long time ago but they should act now and this is the tenth to get tough on child pornographers. this is the time to get tough on those who abuse children. people can either have a party that is soft on crime and soft on people who exploit child offenders who are child offenders or you can choose somebody in the republicans i hope, say, listen, we will protect your children. >> laura: senator hawley thank you. we will have an important follow on tomorrow night. thank you, senator. >> senator hawley: thank you. >> i think this is a very

protracted conflict and i think it is at least measured in years. i don't know about a decade, but at least years it for sure. the united states will continue to stand with ukraine and the ukrainian people in the fight for freedom and i want you to know that. sexual here's some questions no one seems willing to answer or even asked. how long and how much are americans expected to sacrifice for this war and what if anything is the administration doing to shorten that window? here now is daniel davis, the senior fellow at defense priorities. i was shocked that more was not made of the common. the guy who cannot commandeer removal of individuals or truths from afghanistan. now is saying it is definite that it is going to be there's not much. definite. what? >> that caught me by surprise. i think when you look at actually the forces and people are already talking about how

russia is being to the end of the full power it like they are going to wonder if they can make into a month and he is talking about years but i don't understand that. what i am even more concerned about is that there does not seem to be a lot of focus on what we need to look out for the primary interest of the united states and our security and prosperity moving forward. that does not include extending the work out. it involves helping that you training people to defend themselves and we have done so much of that but we need to be working to help get this to a result resolution because we are going to continue to pay a price. europe will continue to pay a price. got longer this goes to the sections are good to have look back on us and we don't need that. >> laura: to scope the so-called military expert. how they are framing the environment that ukraine moore. watch. >> we got to thank carefully. this is basically fairly modest support a couple billion dollars in a month at the peak in iraq

if i can remind people that we were spending $9 billion a month. we need to get going. >> laura: i don't even know. they talk about this money like it is literally growing on trees. we. this morning. we borrow it from countries like china who benefit because we have to pay them interest and then they give support to russia, then fertilizes the people of that ukraine. what we're saying is perpetuating this violence because anything we do to support china is going to ultimately help russia here. >> lieutenant colonel davis: i could not agreed with you more. i was talking about that myself given in the months before this happen if that was going to be a risk. it seems like these people are talk about ways to extend this into that make it go, like they are searching for ways to spend more money instead of searching for ways to protect america better and to get the war over quicker. that is not even the conversation which i find problematic. >> former ukrainian president

said very adamantly that the way to shorten this war into bring into a conclusion is of the united states and western allies to send more weapons including more antitank weaponry and more tanks and so forth into ukraine and as fast. he was pleading. do you agreed with that? >> lieutenant colonel davis: not in the least. soltys people talking about these weapons, they don't have a strategy. they can't show you how this is going to succeed. >> laura: they did float russia down. >> lieutenant colonel davis: yea h, they had. they did not push them back. russia told -- chose to move because that is putting the ukraine in more respects can put more weapons in. you will get more people killed. but there's just not enough to turn the tide because ukraine needs a whole new kind of information and they are not going to get it. >> laura: the images and the pictures, it is a heartbreak. thank you.

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♪ ♪ >> laura: six gang members arrested in three days in the rio grande valley. two convicted. >> lieutenant colonel davis: off enders nabbed -- convicted sex offenders nabbed. they are repealing title xlii. pollution -- bill melugin is here. >> greg abbott made an announcement stating that the state of texas will begin buzzing illegal immigrants from washington, dc and dropping them off at the steps of the u.s. capitol and here's part of the

reason why he is doing that. take a look at the figure. he is sick of seeing the federal government mass release illegal immigrants into texas cities. some of them too small to handle. this is brownsville where we went, hundreds of -- witnessed hundreds of illegal immigrants being released into city. they are dropped off and walked across the street to a nearby bus terminal and free to travel wherever they want to across the country and sources are telling me that these illegal immigrants after release are being given that cell phones by the government. i'm told the government is using these phones to try to the tractor migrants and establish a line of communication with them so they can check in with ice. the migrants are supposed to turn themselves into ice and that is why they are getting these phones. take a listen to it like governor abbott said he will be shipping them to washington, dc.

>> governor abbott: the biden administration have been dumping large numbers of migrants and cities up and down the border, leaving the cities to grapple with challenges they don't have the capability of dealing with. they themselves have been putting these migrants on buses to san antonio. instead, i, a better idea. as opposed to buzzing these people to san antonio, continue to ride all the way to washington, dc. >> bill: and i asked texas officials when we can expect this to start. they said they previously used up to 900 buses and disasters before. able use as many as needed and they plan to start this as soon as they can get buses up and running to do so. we will send it back to you. >> thanks, bill. texas always knows what it is doing. 22 -- joining me now, texas senator bill hagerty. that report is so invigorating. teaching all this crap to our

kids. we are buried about the prices of food but we are sending tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, ultimately many mental people all across this country across the border illegally. what are republicans going to do? >> senator hagerty: we will hold the line. that was down at the border. i took a group of eight sheriffs and mayors from tennessee. we are seeing the results of this in our home state every day. deaths by fentanyl. the chinese communist party is back in business with the drug cartels. this is a disaster. the human avalanche that is coming is already underway. >> laura: there's carnage and the ukraine that is horrendous and probably were crimes. this is criminal what is happening on our borders. this is an invasion of the united states and the media and other networks, it is a glancing picture every now and then. this is an issue that republicans can win on because

it is correct and it is bridges and it is proper. you guys have an opportunity to educate the american public. >> senator hagerty: i well, sunday morning to read my newsfeed. i saw a story about an open grave in kyiv. that is a terrible story. but when you look at the deaths from drug overdoses, the same number of people. they will talk about this open grave all day. >> laura: it is horrendous. >> senator hagerty: but no one is talking -- thank you for bringing this to the attention. we got to talk about this more. >> laura: republicans have an opportunity. a lot of hawkish republicans want more money for the pentagon. they all want more money. they can't get that additional money for the pentagon without republican votes. republicans have an opportunity to turn the tide, title xlii for viewers who don't understand, it is the pandemic, allowed during

the pandemic for media -- immediately turned back to the border. no hearing, you go right back. my question for you is we are now extending student loan forgiveness but we are not 11 turn backs the border? >> senator hagerty: it is as if the biden administration wants to have to pull cake and eat it, too. they want to maintain the pandemic. that they want to argue that it is not here and create this avalanche of human beings coming across the border. it will be for more drugs. i know that chinese communist party and the big cartels in mexico are ramping up drug production because may the 23rd is when they got their invitation from joe biden. one of the border patrol agents told me this weekend, these cartels are making films of dollars along with their partners can china. china and the cartels should make joe biden the employee of the year for 2021. >> laura: the fennel crisis at our border -- fentanyl crisis at our border is helping fund

russia. do you want to help deal with the ukraine thing? shut down our southern border and i hope republicans other than you and a few others are going to do that. we will be watching and thank you so much. in moments, our own ramee virilio -- raymond arroyo brings us an exclusive interview with mel gibson and mark wahlberg. you won't want to miss district we will be right back.

♪ ♪ >> laura: mark wahlberg and mo gibson have joined forces to tell the true story of an wreck fighter. our own raymond arroyo interviewed them. >> raymond: it is a faith-based film like no other. walberg, gibson, and the writer/director told me what sets it apart and they give us a glimpse of the chemistry that makes it so powerful.

watch. >> there's a lot of articles. i have written some interviews about him. you were dealing with scanned material. how much liberty did you take and where did you draw that line. >> the basic framework of his life and the trajectory of his spirituality is all true. we did take liberty, especially with regard to tempering. he studied in oregon and he went to france and keep was from all over the place. but you can't do all of that and that was our budget. >> raymond: it does not show. >> it was a no-brainer. it was very stressful. [laughter] >> that is the beauty of it. >> you get the best result. no pun intended, under the gun.

we had but it seems like forever to get to the starting gate. that we have to rush 30 days to shoot the movies. it seemed like a long time and now here we are again. it is one of those things. >> raymond: you have been road testing this. what are they telling you? >> people have been overwhelmed and that movie. everybody has some sort of personal connection, something that is drumming up something that they have experienced in their own life that is very, very touching to them, even the most cynical of people. we were talking to a journalist. this movie will touch you in some way. >> raymond: got journalist, the cynical people. >> not all of them and right away, they come up to me. one guy has to talk to his dad. texted him, they were having lunch the next day. another journalist who suffered a loss and she was -- she thought she was over it.

>> you and everybody else. [ music ] >> pray for an easy life. ♪ ♪ >> you can't say i never gave you nothing. >> raymond: this is about a family crisis. "father stu" has a story. it is about the killing of a father-son relationship and a family coming together through pain and suffering. talk to me about that suffering theme and the value and redemptive value of the suffering and i will start with you because you know a little bit about this. >> cinematically and maybe personally. and the holy we release because, i think this is a territory you know it well. >> i thought when things are going great and you are on easy street, that is when you make

mistakes and you can -- you know, your character flaws come to the fore. it is when you are in crisis somehow that you're able to pull the better parts of yourself out to deal with, you know, big problems and, you know, it is about suffering, really. we are all dragging some sort of boulder, some sort of cross and it is like, it is when we are dealing with that stuff, i think that we are our best. that was certainly the case with father stu. >> mark: i think everyone is having a lot of difficulties. when i focused on my faith, i was able to endure and that good things start to happen. it made it easier and it gave me a lot of comfort and people would have those people have been going through a lot and i think that think that people are all expensing is that they are reminded that they need to have

faith and hope and that, you know, level endures. >> raymond: and holy week, it becomes -- it is a moment of reflection for so many people. they are buying out theaters. they want to experience this as one. it rings bells for you. as long as we are ringing bells, you are doing "lethal weapon"? and you are going back to bonneville? how did that happen? >> mel: you are making me feel -- but yeah, okay. [laughs] yeah, i'm going back there. it is great territory. unfortunately, donner is not with us to help that production. he passed away. he kind of passed the torch before he left and as a tribute to him. i love the guy. i'm actually it is an honor for me to take the reins on that

one. >> raymond: what did you all give up for lent? cannot i try to give up complaining but it has not worked so well. i'm trying to be more stimulus in my eating habits. >> raymond: what did you give up for lent? "father stu" i did not give up anything. -- >> rosalind: i cannot give anything up. i'm giving this movie up. >> mel: i'm just trying to do most. >> mark: continued to promote stu's message. >> raymond: what do you want people to focus on this movie? >> mark: everyone is going to be touched by it. we are all dealing with so much and it just remind us that how you handled these things and you handle it with such grace and

dignity. >> it is a powerful film. >> raymond: it really is. "father stu" hits theaters soon. stay tuned for the rest of the interview. >> laura: great interview. i cannot wait to see this film and it sounds like i need it this time of land and lastly, we told you that the democrats on the strategy this midterm was to go -- well, today, they proved us right. that video can't next. -- next. this is iowa. we just haven't been properly introduced. say hello to the place where rolling hills meets low bills. where our fields, inside and out, are always growing. and where the fun is just getting started. this is iowa. so, when are you coming to see us? ♪♪

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♪ ♪ >> this party is crazy town. trump is a threat to our democracy. making democratic base voters scared again. they can't motivate them on the basis of hope or any of these accomplishments. they have to scare the crap out of them. >> laura: even we did not predict how quickly they would act on this. here it was for the democratic party jimmy harrison this morning. >> that is the republican party that we see today. it is built on fraud, fear, and fascism and they don't deserve to be in power.

>> laura: what a way to defend about record. the most likable political figure, hillary clinton retreated the segment adding this about sums it up. i can't imagine why so many voters rejected that women. but harrison was not done, saving his most disturbing vitriol for one senator and particular. >> tom cotton is that lowest of the low. it shows you that little of maggot infested man he is. >> i thought they believed in democracy. joining me is the president of realclearpolitics. you are the go route here. is there any historical evidence that when yours is the party in power, this type of demonization and strategy work?

>> especially not in midterm elections because midterm elections are about swing voters in swing district and it is not about additional turnout. if you turn out a few of your base in new york city, it is not going to affect the races. you have to make this election about issues that are affecting people around the kitchen table. >> laura: tom topping -- talking about senator cotton or documented their new favorite is marjorie taylor greene. they drove her name out like they used to throw out halliburton in the early 2,000. that is the boat argument. january 6th. but there's no -- i'm going to make your life better. this is why your life is better now than before we came into power. >> tom: yeah, and the closest parallel i can think of this one impressive one out to say it was that here of the woman, if you remember that. the senator from colorado, he

spent so much time on women's issues and said that scott walker was going to get women the back of his hand and dragged him back. republicans are going to drag them back by the head. that led to 13 more house seats in the house of representatives, maintaining control and nine senate seats republicans, back the senate. of this kind of rhetoric demonstrates more vitriolic i think it demonstrates how weak the party is and how desperate they are. a see the numbers before them and their only avenue is to ratchet it up. to mark's point, it is going to turn swing voters off. >> laura: and basically admitted that we have no hope and change. that is out that window. i want to reveal what i think is a telling poll. look at what has happened to the child tax credit recipients. by 12-point margin, they said they go democratic that number has inverted and majority noting

date vote. democrats can't even pay people to put for them now apparently. >> mark: student loan deferrals are on the way. looked. but i think there has been a pretty big change across the board and that change across the board is due primarily to inflation and if the admission does not do something about it, it loses a lot of voters even those voters that have gotten significant government aid say, hey, it does not buy what it was supposed to bye. >> laura: we have another voice in the media who seems to have gotten the memo, tom cotton on what we need to keep this vitriol up. joy reid. >> joy: the extremism of the republican party, it does that change the outcome here, because republicans are being sold overtly racist anti-woman,

anti-everybody. >> i think the democrats have a fantastic story to tell. >> laura: she also compared the gop to al qaeda and called them pro rape, pro child marriage because none of it surprises me. it was the hope and change party. sorry, tom, talking to mark. but it is the hope and change party going off the rails. >> it is. and the democrats think that i think they hope, the supreme court will rule on roe v. wade and this will change the tide. unfortunately, even if that is the case, it may only help them mostly because up to marc's point, the remorse among democrats is to inflation, economy, jobs and while the at administration thinks they have to good story to tell and they can tell the student numbers, et cetera, what people are living in their everyday lives, they are not seeing that.

they are seeing high prices around across the board and they -- about it. >> laura: and jon stewart has taken on kind of a new role and the slope journalist but he had comments on monday about the american dream which we all still believe and i thought we all still believed in. it is a pretty dark vision. watch. >> jon: the literal interpretation of the american dream is it does not matter where you were born were how you were born poor who you are that this country, you can rise up and go beyond that and it turns out to be a fallacy. there has always been a regis division of power to the white elite. -- redistribution of power to the white elite. >> i guess you don't know the story of barack obama or ben carson or any of the other thousands of incredible stories of people who came back from

adversity. will this work? >> no. they believe either they lived in it or they will live in it. this is not the kind of rhetoric that is going to win this election. i don't think jon stewart or any of these folks are going to be on the front lines of this election which will be fought in that moderate swing districts. >> laura: no. gentlemen, thank you. it is great to see both of you tonight. i guess joe biden -- what does that mean? we will explain it. stay there.

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new parent parttal that we announced at the top of the show that you can send in tips on what your kids are being subjected to in school is already blowing up and filling up. we'll bring you some of those stories tomorrow. we want to share one sentiment from a mother named jackie, thank goodness for a place to finally say something. there's so many of us out there who may not be vocal due to fear of retribution. "gutfeld" next. >> this is a fox news alert. ukraine's president vladimir zelenskyy reacting to the latest rounds of sanctions against russia. in late evening address, zelenskyy says the new punishments against moscow don't go far enough. >> this package sounds good but it's not enough it could hardly be called comparable to the evil the world saw in bucya.