people are stealing hamburgers? we'll let you decide. have the best night despite everything going on in the world. still a great country and the people around you are the best people most likely. the great sean hannity awaits in an indisclosed location to take over. >> sean: i don't know where i am. i don't know. good to see you, tucker. great advice. have a good night with the ones you love. can't go wrong. welcome to "hannity." tonight, democrats are spiking the football because inflation is down a whopping 7.1%. congratulations, joey. inflation is now down from a 42-year high to only a 40-year high. great job. now, of course biden wasn't really focused on the economy today. he had more important things to do like a big celebration featuring the president's -- i never thought i'd record this --

the favorite drag queens and a performance by cindi lauper. first, our attention to the southern border tonight. can someone maybe pretty please with sugar on top let the white house know that a monumental catastrophe is unfolding? it's a national security crisis of epic proportions for two straight years now under the biden administration illegal crossings has now reached an all-time record high on top of last year's record high. this year arrests along the southern border have topped over two million for the first time ever. it's about to get dramatically worse. next week on december 21, title 42 will come to an end. now that's the measure enacted by president trump that enables the federal government to quickly expel illegal immigrants because of public health risks. soon the process of deporting those that break our laws don't respect our borders or sovereignty will be long, it

will be complex and if not impossible in a matter of days, by the way, not only will our border continue to be wide open but the government will be unable to deport illegal immigrants in a timely manner, not that joe biden is doing that anyway. naturally many are worried this will cause a migrant surge unlike anything we've ever seen before. in two years since joe biden has become president, we will have allowed a whopping four to five million illegal immigrants in to this country, zero vetting at all whatsoever and even this year with the little vetting that we do do, we found 100 people on the terrorist watch list. yesterday even far left governor gavin newsome trotted down to the border and declare america's immigration system is about to collapse. interesting. he's complaining that state -- his state facilities are at capacity and said the fact is, what we have right now is not

working. it's about the break in a post 42 world unless we take responsibility and some ownership. well, i think it's way past time for you to take ownership, gavin. mr. presidential want-to-be, mr. sanctuary city. look at this report. it's entitled dangerous california policy leaves three victims in wake of fatal shooting. take a look, gavin. your own newspaper. in this case, a repeat illegal immigrant was shielded from deportation by the lapd and wentz on to murder a woman in the presence of her 3-year-old daughter. there are countless other cases just like this just all across the country and the state of california. yet gavin newsome has never spoken out about his state's sanctuary policies because gavin loves his state and 11 major

sanctuary cities. the message that they're sending to immigrants and fellow democrats, come to california. you're not going to be deported for any reason al all. california hands out cash to illegal immigrants in addition to paying their healthcare and in addition to paying their housing. it's no wonder illegals are flocking across the border and they're going to california in droves. if you're an illegal immigrant, my advice is go straight to california. you'll have everything paid for courtesy of gavin newsome. every week, the crossings are jamming our immigration system and preventing ice from capturing criminals, drug dealers, people bringing heroin, fentanyl, now pouring across the country undetected. tonight one of biden's only counter measures to the border crisis is creating another crisis in the process.

apparently joe is planning to take scores of u.s. air marshalls out of the sky, sent them to the southern border to help process all of this illegal immigrantses coming in. that plan would strip 99% of commercial flights from having any federal protection. no more air marshalls when you're flying so biden is planning to sacrifice your safety in the sky and for what? a couple of thousand u.s. air marshalls that are not going to be preventing two million illegals that he's allowing in the country. what does that tell you for the biden administration to secure the border? how many more drugs will pour across the border? how many people will die from drug overdoses in how much more human trafficking is too much human trafficking for the biden wise house. when title 42 ends, this crisis will spiral more out of control.

here with react, sarah carter, the host of the larry elder show for the epic times, larry elder. sara, you have been an incredible reporter for this show down at the southern border. you have dealt with the cartels, you have dealt with the drug traffickers, you've dealt with the human traffickers. even young girls, you know, that -- not even of teenage years being raped along the path. drug cartels controlling every aspect of this. not one person is crossing the border without having to pay them. with title 42 going away what is next? >> sean, it's president biden is like tripling down on his chaotic border policy. he's going to make it so far worse. not only -- you're right. not only are the children being trafficked and the women and men as well being abused and taken advantage of, being turned into slaves, being used for sex, but

now americans are dying. we can see that with what happens in california. what is happening across the country with counterfeit pills and the poison being supplied by the mexican cartels and the chinese communist party that is sending these chemicals in to mexico that is ending up here with over 107,000 deaths. it's already too late. they need to lock down the border. they need to follow the law and the policy and they need to give our border patrol agents as well as our dea and other federal law enforcement the tools that they need to stop this madness. people are dying on both sides. this is an issue for the whole western hemisphere. now we're under direct threat of being targeted by terrorists because of this chaos, sean. >> it's unfortunate. it's wrong. i don't know where it's going to end up honestly. that was your question. where is this going to end up? it's going to end up in a bad

spot. if president biden and this administration doesn't get together and find a solution quickly. >> sean: so larry, we're going to take air marshalls out of the sky. that means passengers on commercial airlines won't be safe. we're going to send those guys to the border. you have a governor in california and you have cities in california, the state is a sanctuary state, you have sanctuary cities. you give benefits to illegal immigrants that don't respect our laws, our sovereignty and our borders. if i'm an illegal immigrant, i'm headed to where you live. >> yeah. come on down. the fact that people are not marching on washington with pitch forks is a testament to how lit the rest of the country is aware of this. if you learned anything from the twitter files, much of the information that is uncomfortable to the left is being suppressed. i watch bill melugin every morning talking about people

coming across the border, probably five middle el legal aliens, not even the got-aways and cut on cnn or msnbc and they're not even covering it. how much is this costing us in crime, in healthcare, in educational benefits? in housing benefits? when gavin newsome is the voice of reason, that's the apocalypse. he's mr. sanctuary state. he's hired george gascon that just ordered his prosecutors to not to charge illegals with crimes for fear they will be prosecuted. it's madness. >> sean: but it's happening. we're losing 300 people on average a week to fentanyl and opioid overdoses. you have described scenes that really are not marish of young girls being trafficked. girls as young as eight, 9, 10

years old. you have witnessed areas where they have been raped. you heard their stories. you have interviewed some of these people. how bad is it? what part of this is the government missing? >> they're missing the fact that children are suffering. that's what i've been talking about on the dark horse podcast. that podcast is so the american people can understand what is really happening here. these children are literally being tortured day and night. many disappear in the darkness. nobody know what's happens to them. they are killed, left nor dead on the trail, on their way to the americas, on their way in to america. once they get here, i can tell you this. many of the people that claim to be their guardians are not their guardians. these are people that are abusing the children here in the united states. many of these kids are left for dead. we had on your show not long

ago, a human smuggler that admitted some of these children are being used for organ harvesting. this is what the government does not get. they are perpetuating actually this type of horror on these children and on the american people. we're literally the last leg of movement for the drug cartels. they're basically using our government to move these children in to the arms of predators. eventually this has to stop. i mean, the biden administration cannot ignore this forever. because eventually just like larry said, the people will be marching on washington and demanding that this stop. people are losing their children and they're losing their children in america to poisoning. not to overdose. to poisoning. direct poisoning from counterfeit pills. the only people that benefit are the drug cartels and the human traffickers. it has to stop. >> sean: larry, we give you the

last word. >> sean, right after biden got elected, abc interviewed this guy that came across the border. she said would you have done this if donald trump was re-elected? he said no. she was shocked that it was because of biden's election. biden said there was going to be a surge on the borders. that's what he did by reversing the racist donald trump policies. he's gotten what he wants and it was by design. >> sean: larry elder, thank you. sarah carter, thank you. don't forget, joe biden has never been to the southern border. the white house says he doesn't have time and there's more important things to do than to stop heroin and fentanyl from coming in the country, stopping the cartels. he did have time today for a big celebration at the white house after signing the respect for marriage act and to show just how much he respects marriage, biden invited several drag queens to the white house

including this person named britta filter, that once performed in front of children at a school in new york city. another drug queen named marti cummings that performed for young kids on multiple occasions and on twitter and a recently deleted tweeted, cummings pro claimed the kids are out to sing and suck and -- anyway, to top it off, cummings hates the police. frequently tweeting anti-cop slogans like f the police and all cops are bastards. i'm not sure how these two honored gets at the biden white house have anything to do with the respect for marriage act. also i'm not exactly sure why we're forced to endure a live performance from cindi lauper. take a look. ♪ i've seen your true colors ♪ ♪ that's why i love you ♪

♪ so don't be afraid ♪ >> sean: talk about a husband. joe biden is dedicated now for some of his time for listening to that performance, he should get credit for that part. why did he choose that over the southern border? think about that. here's joe concha, kellyanne conway. i don't really care what adults, if they want to be drag queens, that's their business. if they -- if the biden white house wants to invite them, that's their base. i don't care. i think he has more important things to do. that's fine. the problem is we're dealing now with issues all across the country as it relates to kids and indoctrination and age appropriate education for these kids and this idea that the left thinks that they -- their values should supersede the values parents are trying to instill in

their kids at home. both of these people had performed before children. my question is what makes the left think that that is okay? >> well, they shouldn't, this is also the administration whose justice department, sean, referred to parents as domestic terrorists. what exactly were the parents doing to be called? they showed up at school board meetings, concerned about lockdowns. they're involved parents that care about the education and the morality of their children. sean, parents with not some demographic group to be studied. we're parents. that's a 24/7 role. i think that when you work in a white house has i did, i want to say a couple things. the one thing you feel like you're going to run out on the time. the needs in this country are so great. the people are suffering are so many. you have an opportunity in a white house, the people's house, to showcase the best and the

brightest people, people that feel they're going to do better and be better because of something that has just happened. so for example, inviting the angel moms and angel dads. moms and pops that have closed shop because of some regulation or some tax. when you pass tax cut jobs, you invite families. what are you going to do. healthcare transparency. the list goes on and on. if joe biden cared about respect for marriage, he would have showed a more dignified ceremony today. instead, they made it a spectacle. who do you think the press and all the photographers wanted to cover today? a same sex couple that was there? we don't see them. we see the drag queens who in the case of these two drag queens, you're absolutely right. they have controversies already followed them. you're supposed to be vetted before you go to the white house. one of the drag queens performed in a church. people were uncomfortable with that. let me just also conclude with

this. joe biden was against same sex marriage for 7/8s of his life. barack obama was against it for 5/6s of his life. it's a new thing for them. there's a supreme court decision in 2015 upholding the right to marriage. this was a reaction to dobbs. this was a complete reaction. so joe biden, i want everybody to know, that's what he did today. he spent 174 days in delaware. zero days at the southern border. >> sean: if joe biden wants to invite drag queens there, that's fine. these drag queens have performed before kids in schools. i know i'm a little old fashioned. maybe i think values should be instilled by parents and maybe i'm really old fashioned because i think when kids go to school, maybe before they get the drag queen lesson, they should learn to read, write, do math, science and history and computers.

i don't know. maybe i'm not hip in to the new way of learning. >> you're not old school, sean. you're pragmatic. it's common sense. we're 25th in the world in terms of math, science, reading. china is number 1. >> sean: joe, one fact. we are number 1 in terms of what we pay per capita per student on education on an annual basis. we pay more for horrible results. >> return on investment. right, sean? here you have -- the hubris of this president by inviting a drag queen who called for defunding the police, said f the police, to defund ice he said in another instance. shows you this administration and what their priorities are. to talk about protecting gay marriage, to kellyanne's point, yeah, the defense of marriage act was passed eight years ago, this is all a distraction.

inflation is still five times higher than when this president took office. it was 1.4% when donald trump left office. it's still above 7% now. yet you have an administration that is twerking, doing an end zone dance over 7 percent inflation. crime is rampant. in philadelphia, they set another homicide record. even portland just set another all-time report for homicides. we don't hear much about that. fentanyl kills 300 people per day. untold numbers of illegals coming in. close to five million coming in during the first two years of this administration alone. the priorities here and the media that serves at the pleasure of this party is a whole bowl of wrong. it's intentional. that's the scary part, sean. >> sean: kellyanne, give you the last word. >> i also think that this president, they do things for i

think social media purposes. so for example, his chief of staff, ron klain, is a tweeter, not a leader. he lives on twitter. if you look at who they invite to the rose garden and south lawn ceremonies, it's people that follow him on twitter. in this case, they missed an opportunity to showcase if they really failed. donald trump is the first president to come to office already in favor of gay marriage. mrs. trump, melania trump was honored at madison square garden by the log cabin republicans. i think somehow the republicans -- democrats think they have a monopoly on this. what they have a monopoly on is inviting drag queens to the people's house as a representation of their values. parents, you have every right to speak up, show up and stand up. don't give up. the kids are the most precious resource. nobody can tell you otherwise. >> sean: unbelievable. thanks, kellyanne and joe concha. you're not going to believe what democratic congressman ted lu

said about adam schiff. we'll show you that. what did hunter biden said to kevin mccarthy at the state dinner and will kevin mccarthy be able to stop follow republican senators from doing an omnibus bill in this lame duck session. that's ahead.

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>> sean: now with republicans set to take control of the house of representatives, in january, democrats, they're as desperate as ever to down play the revelations surrounding hunter biden, his father, the biden shady dealings. never mind "the washington post" reporting that biden allies are

planning on intimidating witnesses, investigators and anyone in the media that dares to report on any and all of this. here's ted lu earlier today. take a look. >> recently he put out a statement on social media saying what he's going to focus on is hunter biden's laptop. it's more relevant than that. he's concerned what twitter was saying about hunter biden's laptop. he also went on media and talked about how he wants to kickoff members like adam schiff. is a focus on revenge, a focus on irrelevant committees and a focus on irrelevant investigations does not help the american family. so we urge that he doesn't go down the stupid dark paths. >> sean: they're the party of investigation. by the way, you forgot the commitments to america which is a positive agenda to clean up joe biden and your mess. anyway, that's pretty rich

coming from the democratic cabal that went out on the steele dossier, the phony russian hoax. they did everything in their power to distract you with one baseless conspiracy theory after the other. joe and hunter biden are not supposed to be above the law but we have one justice system for democrats and another one for republicans. team biden and their support of minions are now playing to slander anybody that tears to shine a light on their nefarious dealings including against john paul mack isaac and people like tony bobulinski. hunter biden has been showing his face around the white house and reportedly chatting with kevin mccarthy during a recent state dinner. on capitol hill, democrats are reportedly now still trying to figure out a way to pass a massive and reckless omnibus spending spree ahead of friday's

deadline. as republican senator mike lee and rick scott have noted, congress has now changed hands five times since 1954. not one time when they changed hands have they ever passed an omnibus spending bill before a new house majority was to take power. now the question is, what are mitch mcconnell and senate republicans looking to help democrats with their massive spending spree when all they should be agreeing to is a short term continuing resolution to fund the government so the new gop-controlled house will have a say and my advice is to call up every republican senator and say no to any omnibus spending bill that helps schumer and the socialist democrats. why any republican would go along with that is madness. joining me now, gop leader kevin mccarthy. before i get to the omnibus part, how did that go?

>> didn't come to me. came up to my 82-year-old mother. a little hard of hearing. recently recovering from cancer. he shook her hand and said something. i didn't understand what they said. >> sean: let me go to this omnibus spending bill. we've had since 1954 five changes in terms of power control in the house of representatives. not one time have we ever passed an omnibus spending bill in the interim before the new congress was sworn in. why would a republican senator, especially in light of the fact we just hit $31 trillion in debt. why would they go with chuck schumer and this reckless spending of the democratic socialist party and not wait until you can be a check and a balance to any money that is spent? why would that do that? why would republican senators go along with that? >> i hope they would not. for all of your viewers, what does an omnibus means? the domestic spending that you

believe in from the department of agriculture and others what they're doing is, the two people that lead in this approachitions, senator leahy and senator shelby will no longer be here in 21 days. they did not run for re-election. so there's no way that the taxpayer or constituents can hold them accountable. why wouldn't you wait 21 more days? what they're talking about is adding the baseline, where would we start in the next year? they want to increase it between 90 and $130 billion. instead of saving money, instead of cutting back in this world of inflation, why wouldn't we -- if we do nothing in a c.r., we save almost $100 billion. that's the hard earned taxpayer money. are you going to get time to read it? they're trying to jam it before christmas. why would you move forward when there's a change in power in 21 days where republicans would have a stronger hand? that we wouldn't be talking about adding more money.

we would be talking about decreasing. we would be talking about holding people more accountable, getting rid of the waste, the fraud, the abuse. making sure the department of defense has the resources to defends themselves. what committee will see this? who will bring this up? two individuals that are leaving the senate going to write a bill where they had $100 billion more dollars and other individuals will write it? this is thousands of pages. how -- i know why the democrats want to do it. because if they put all of their direction, all of the things that they care most about and we end up where we can't come to an agreement and you end up with a continuing resolution, all the values that they just put in continue going forward. that's why we should wait and not let the democrats add any new thing -- >> sean: to be clear, this has to be stopped in the senate. this has to be -- >> it's not happening in the

house. >> sean: mitch mcconnell leading the way. when the new congress is sworn in, when the new congress is sworn in, you'll have the ability to have a say. you'll be able to cut the waste, the fraud and the abuse, which was part of your commitments to america. that would be your first promise fulfilled, right? >> think about what else we could put in this bill? we could put securing the border. >> sean: irs agent. >> exactly. the democrats have been in power. they've had the house, the senate and the presidency. they didn't do this job. why would republicans help them now to put in the things that they care about? why not wait 21 days and let what the american public just said in the last election, to have a new direction. to take away the 87,000 irs agents. let's parents have a say in education. you know what?

why do it in the middle of christmas. >> sean: every person watching needs to call their senator and say no to the omnibus spending bill. let the new republican house have a say in how much money -- how much of your money that they'll spend here. the senate, doing this, even considering this is reckless beyond any comprehension i have. richard shelby, great career. what he's doing is wrong, full of waste, fraud and abuse. he won't have time to read it and neither will any other senator. let me move on. >> you want to hold those people accountable. the people that vote for this are leaving. if you're going to vote for have much money, let the constituents have a say whether it's right or wrong. wait 21 days. that's all we're asking. >> sean: so "washington post" reports biden supporters will be out there and have a campaign of intimidating witnesses, investigation, investigators or

anybody that dares to challenge all of these business dealings of hunter biden with the knowledge apparently of his father. so the question is, what will republicans do in response to these intimidation tactics? >> we're just going to follow the truth and let the american people see what's out there. there's a number of committees in congress. we're going to do some of everything. we have oversight and accountability and judiciary. we're going to do that work at the same time as we make hourselves energy independent, securing our border. what you have to have here, you have to be fearless in this. why are they intimidate something they're trying to do the same thing that they wanted to do elon musk. the moment he said he was going to buy a company, why do they start attacking him? they knew what he would find. they knew what they were doing. in whole idea of that clip you played earlier, that you had 51 individuals that were in the intel community, the clapper, the brennans, the former cia, to sign a letter to tell us it was

russian collusion again, that it wasn't true when they knew that. but you had twitter, facebook, google. the american public shouldn't be intimidated like this. the social media companies shouldn't have liability protection. adam schiff has destroyed the intel community. he lied to the american public. first about the dossier. then he lied about his staff coordinating with the whistle-blower. he lied about having more than circumstantial evidence. while he was doing all this, tin tell committee wasn't doing their work. afghanistan collapsed. china was spreading a virus around the world. what was happening with russia and ukraine? we're trying to turn the intel committee back to the committee it's supposed to be. adam shift won't be on there or neither eric swalwell. because of the briefing i got from the fbi that the relationship that he had with a chinese spy, there's a lot of democrats that have the ability

to serve on there. he will not get a security clearance in the private sector. >> sean: the fbi was meeting with big tech every week before the election, even elon musk said the suppression of conservative dissenting voices was by its very definition election interference. he pointed out that the media was complicit. he pointed out twitter was a propaganda arm of the democratic party. do we need regulation for big tech? >> yes. >> sean: will there be an investigation to why the fbi was manipulating big tech and the lead up to this election? why they helped in the suppression of the hunter biden laptop story? >> we, we'll have that. sean, what we really have to have happen, we can't delay that. we can't have something go wrong on january 3. we have to hit the ground running. repeal the irs agents and have the ability to give the american people and the public all what has gone on.

>> sean: kevin mccarthy, thanks for being with us. when we come back, the white house is trying to spike the football on today's inflation report. we'll tell you why it's another lie. larry kudlow has a lot to say. he reacts next. introducing a revolutionary comfort mat that can be lengthened and even go around corners to perfectly fit your space. because we don't want to be confined to just one area to stay comfortable while working. the comfortmat connect from weathertech. the snaplink system makes it easy to connect end middle, and cornerpieces. for comfort that lasts as long as the day. learn more about the infinite possibilities of the american made comfortmat connect at weathertech.com.

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>> sean: now inflation was at a 41-year high last month. prices up 7.1% from a year ago. that did not stop the democrats and joe biden from taking a huge victory lap earlier today. take a look. >> we learned last month inflation rate came down. down more than experts experted. in a world where inflation is rising at double digits in many major economies around the world, inflation is coming down in america. in fact, this new report is the

fifth month in a row where annual inflation has fallen in the united states. inflation outside from food and energy, a key measure that economists use also fell. most americans can see the progress finding relief at the pump as gas prices fall. >> sean: it's a 40-year high and he's taking a victory lap and spiking the football. it's also biden who artificially reduced the world's supply of energy and draining our strategic petroleum reserves to try to hide his failure. it's biden standing in the way of american energy and independence and american energy dominance and biden's inflation is now causing more and more economic anxiety. for example, one study finding that 14% of our seniors, they have skipped meals because they don't have the money due to biden inflation. 70% of americans are living paycheck to paycheck and

democrats are showing no signs of wanting to slow down on their reckless spending. meanwhile, another big breaking news, disgraced ftx founder sam bankman-fried is now facing wire fraud, money laundering, security fraud charges, following the collapse of his crypto exchange. you might remember he's the one accused of defrauding his customers and investors relating to the co mingling of funds with his hedge fund, alameda research losing billions in customer deposits all along the way. prosecutors also said that sbf gave to democrats. he appeared in court in the bahamas this morning and expected to be extradited to the u.s. at a later date. here's larry kudlow. how do you celebrate and spike the football with a 40-your high

of inflation. can you explain that? >> the numbers came out softer than expected. but you're still running 7.1% year on year. that's a big number as you suggest. the fed's target is 2%. so you're more than three times the far get rate. and i heard president biden mention food prices. food prices are still up, sean, 11%. those are grocery prices. food prices in restaurants are also about the same. so you've got temporary low energy prices, although they're still 10, 12% above where they were a year ago. unfortunately we still have an inflation problem. will take awhile. what you were talking about with kevin mccarthy is so important. you have to stop 1.9 trillion omnibus spending bill done by a couple of aging retiring senators who will re-ignite

inflation all over again if we don't stop this thing. so that's really a key point. we made some progress. unfortunately the economy is going to suffer because the fed is a very blunt instrument and the outlook for recession next year remains probable. for heaven's sakes, can we stop this crazy spending? >> sean: we got to. he just hit a new high of $31 trillion. biden taking on more dealt in one year than any one president that i can think of ever in history. but the thing about inflation is how it disproportionately impacts the poor, the middle class and people on fixed incomes. so my question is, it's not making their life any better to have a 40-year high of inflation, but yet they seem out of touch. they claim a monopoly of compassion for these groups. those are the people being hit the hardest. i don't see any end in sight, to be honest, larry. >> inflation is the cruellest tax of all. you're right. it affects household

necessities. it affects electricity, which is rising at double digits. it affects gas at the pumps. it's come down. we have decompleted the strategic petroleum reserve. it affects the poorest among us. i agree with that here, too, congress has got to wake up. i think it's a senate issue as much as it is a house issue. i want to say this ftx story, this crypto crash story, this was a criminal enterprise from day one trying to use political money to bribe politicians, not to regulate this crypto exchange. this is a horrible, horrible thing. >> sean: every politics that got money from this guy needs to give it back. larry, good to see you. >> should be paid back. 100%. >> sean: as we approach christmas, the attacks against christianity is getting worse.

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>> sean: all right. a bizarre story out of illinois tonight where a satanic temple installed a display in the illinois capitol next to a nativity scene. they say it representing their satanic values. it's the fourth year this group has installed the display which features a crocheted snake among other satanic imagery. while in boston, a member of the dead human rights commission has

resigned following an unhinged diatribe mocking christians amid a local controversy surrounding christmas at a local library. the woman who has been identified as diane loud wrote in part "is this what you think your magic sky daddy wants? where in the bible was this again? she's not resigned from her position. thankfully most common sense americans appreciate the christmas season and the values that bring us together including importance of prayer and the power of faith. by the way, both are major themes in a brand new book from our very own harris faulkner entitled "faith still mountains". debuting number 1 on "the new york times" list. laterys joins us now. how are you? >> thanks, sean. i'm doing fantastic. as you were telling the stories, all i can think about is the

fact that the mountain that needs to be moved right now is just this idea that christians and jews can be pushed aside by anything that people would do. the woman in massachusetts was really offensive. i don't just hold her accountable getting angry over the fact that the library wanted a christmas tree in her small town, what about the town council? what about the town that put out this statement that said she quit? she said some horrible things about the librarian that had been there 20 years. we miss the christmas tree. the town appointed her to the human rights commission although she attacked this with no humanity in her heart. she went after christians. she called it the magic sky daddy which is an old school term by atheists. you look at this and wonder, is in right on time?

we're supposed to pull together. this is like when satan has to show that jobe is strong and his faith no matter his circumstances. i think we can all do that no matter what these people are doing with their hate. any of it. we can still be strong. it's time to be bold right now with our faith. >> sean: satanism is all about darkness. it's all about evil. your book is the opposite where faith moves mountains and about -- even things as simple as love god with all your heart, mind and soul and your neighbor as yourself. very different messages. but what is their argument, that this is their religion? satanism? evil is their religion? >> you know what is so interesting, when you look at that situation -- i was talking about the christmas tree at the library, which is just plain silliness. because they're going to do it now. with the satanic temple in

illinois, their minister was saying it's not that they're devil worshippers. the word satan in hebrew means adve adversary. it's the opposition to god. they know who they are and what they stand for. they have put up their display next to the symbols of christmas and the menorah for hanukkah coming up. is this an answer back in some sort is the question that you're asking, sean. we don't need an answer back. what we need is for people to lean in to their faith so that there is an automatic spiritual warfare going on there that has an inpenetratable weapon. it's goodness, it's kindness and powerful. >> sean: you said this is the assignment of your life. i recommend "faith still moves

mountains." a number 1 book. thanks, harris. more "hannity" after this.

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♪ . >> sean: all right, unfortunately that is all the time we have left this evening. as always, thank you for being with us. you make this show possible. we can't thank you enough. please set your dvrs so you never, ever, ever miss an episode of hannity. for news all the time anytime all the time foxnews.com, hannity.com. in the meantime not let your heart be troubled. laura what's going on tonight. >> laura: were you at the white house today forthat big celebration? i didn't see you there. no? i saw some other arrangeors there but i didn't see you. >> sean: it took me a second. was there a christmas party i wasn't invited to? >> laura: it was a party all right. >> sean: i was not there for the show. cyndi lauper's better days are behind her. i've never seen a drag queen show. i don't care if people go to them but it's not age