all right, tonight's breaking news, lori lightweight llost her reelection bid. momes ago, she conceded the race. congratulations, good-bye, don't let the door hit you on the way out. go to hannity.com for details. that's all the time we have left. let's give it up to the great laura ingraham is standing by. we love her. [ applause ] >> well, i can tell i am greyed. this is so great to start on good news, first of all, i am in mourning tonight which is why i am wearing red. >> wait a minute -- did you say you are just in mourning over lori lightweight losing. >> that's why i am wearing red. [ laughter ] >> you may be wearing a different color. >> did you get the joke? >> hopefully, less violence in chicago if so many does their jobs. >> i will tell you what the ap says tonight. the ap's report on

lori light foot was the first black woman to lead a major city lost -- the first gay person to lead the city. >> it is not who presided over crimes on a control. none of that. >> how about she's a failure and deserved the lose and they fired her. that's it. >> no, the people will have their say, hannity, awesome, awesome news. thank you and will see you tomorrow night. >> have a great show, laura. >> i am laura ingraham. the house committee in china wrapped up their first hearing. we are live with chad pilgrim is standing by, a little bipartisanship tonight, chad. >> reporter: absolutely, they talked about putting this

committee together for months and republican's promises and they talked about getting into tiktok and issues with the wuhan leak and they talked about a military conflict over taiwan. listen. >> what xi jinping seize is a fleeing window of opportunity. an opportunity to move while he perceives weakness in the united states. if we think of deterrence as capability times will. our capability are not where it should be and capacity and their perception. i don't think it is right. the part of the perception of our will makes it dangerous, period. >> congress is now looking at ways to combat china, there is legislature to ban tiktok in the u.s. there is a bill to secure national security. china is buying farmland near u.s. military bases. there is concerns of providing taiwan with weapons to fight china if need-be. >> we must act with a sense of urgency. our policies over the

next ten years will set the stage for the next hundred. we can't allow the ccp to prevail. >> lawmakers said both parties underestimated china. they presumed of free trade would lead to democracy and bolster national security. >> instead the opposite happened. as china's economy is growing more than tenfolds since gaining access to the u.s. and world markets. the cdc strengthen their authoritarian control at home. >> now, congress is deeply divided, republicans and democrats. they may be able to come together if they can fight a common fold. that's china. laura? >> chad, thank you so much for being up late tonight for us, we appreciate it. >> all right, the fact that this

china hearing took place at all in primetime no less was a self-victory against greed that drove our china's policy for most of the past 20 years. >> for most of the past half century, we tried to win the ccp over and believing economic engagement and leads to reform in china. the ccp laughed at our naivety while they took advantage of our good faith. that era of wishful thinking was over. >> well, from his lips to god's ear. it is obvious that this administration and we have to be candid tonight, plenty of republicans in the senate think more, not less economic engagement with china is in order. they'll try to sound tough on the ccp for political cover. when push comes to shoved, they'll try to help wall street and let china gets what they want. joe biden does not

see it that way. back in 2001, his first trip of the relations committee to china and th there -- at the time, biden commented the united states welcomes the emergence of a prosperous integrated china on the global stage. well, of course, as usual, biden had no idea what he was talking about. and now america is facing a nightmare. a wildly prosperous china which created a growing military threat to freedom everywhere. so china is entering into the wto was needed a catalyst for democratic reform in beijing nor was it a wealth driver for the american middle class. instead, it sped up of the outsourcing of millions of american jobs. and, to that hundreds of thousands of our citizens dead from the chinese produced fentanyl overdoses and now the 20 million dead

worldwide from covid-19. of course, the truth now about china and all these respects should be cleared to all of us. >> not a polite tennis match. this is an existential struggle of what life will look like and our fundamental freedoms are at stake. >> maybe some agreement on the stuff like tiktok. the globalists will try hard to pretend that tonight's hearing never really took place that china did not lie about the virus and that they are impri impri imprisoning disidents. giving china the benefit of the doubt of the lab leak is of course what they'll do. forging head getting close to china when china is helping funding the war in ukraine, yeah, that's what they were pushing. they were buying russia's agriculture and oil the whole time. yet, we want

to engage on china on any level, you can't make up this stupidity. wait, because china is going to help on climate change? >> we should not joke to ourselves that beijing had any interests in collaborating with united states and others and trying to prevent and mitigate serious problems in the world, whether it is drug abuse or proliferation of weapons and pollutions of our oceans. if our atmosphere is getting ho pandemic, usually when you wait to take the time to study the causes of these problems, the ccp is usually one of the primary contributors to those problems. >> well, i will say. tonight was a good start. let's be clear none of this, none of it would have been possible without the work president trump did to stand up to china's trade cheating. he saw china for what they are. a nationalistic power

with serious global ambition. some of us have been saying this for two decades now. trump successfully moved the gop from being a party from wall street to being a party of main street. in turn, this has forced the democrats' hands as well. tonight "axios" is recognizing this even though they don't give trump the credit he deserves. it is set to be defined as an unprecedented focus of the th ththreat th thth iminetting. and now we are going to see just how far this bipartisanship will go. joining me now, indiana congressman jim bangs and

kentucky congressman, andy barr. both members of the select committee on china. congressman banks, this was fantastic to force this hearing in primetime. what will come out of this hearing legislation wise? >> well, laura, it is great to see democrats finally come to the table and talk about the threat that's china. we talked about a wide array of issues and the committee hearing that just wrapped up moments ago. it was great to hear democrats and republicans question the witnesses and talk about everything from the threat of the chinese spy balloon and espionage and human rights abuses and the uighar slaves of china. my hope is to raise awareness, this week, i introduce to build a sanction for china for flowing fentanyl into our country. they are responsible for a hundred

thousand of lives. there are a lot of topics that we covered. it is my hope that the awareness will lead to action and in this new house -- >> well, it has to. >> that's what i expect. >> it has to lead to action, otherwise, it is another show hearing that makes anyone feel good but without legislation coming out of it, again, it is just going to get forgotten. congressman barr, the very important point was raised on the issue of tiktok tonight. >> bigger coup for the chinese communist party if tiktok continues to operate in the united states. it gives the chi chichinese communist party ability to manipulate our social discourse. tiktok is still growing and one of the most powerful companies in history. >> congressman barr, what's taking us so long? every parent

should delete tiktok from their kids' phones. that was three years ago. >> again, just like what congressman banks said, it is nice to see democrats see the threat for what it is. and tiktok is a threat and kudos to secondary pompeo for calling it out years ago when democrats were not on board. this is an all encompassing threat, we have seen for decades now, economic aggression from the chinese communist party whether it is unfair trade practices or human rights violations and the aggressive hostility towards the democracy in taiwan and the ripping up of the international treaty with hong kong. one of the under appreciated dimensions of the aggression from the ccp against the west is economic

war warfare. this select committee is going to take a close look and not just tiktok but also malign investments into the united states by the chinese communist party or entities supporting by them, buy up our farmland to threaten our food security or to buy on our sense of sight. we'll look seriously on wall street, and outbound capital laws where american investors are unwittingly financing the chinese communist party, their military and surveillance and technology companies, we need to align our export control regime with our outbound investments. if there is an export control on a technology that should not be transferred into mainland china. >> congressman, i am not trying to sound like i am doubting thomas here. those are great but is the real answer, congressman bank is decoupling from china.

let me play something from president trump. he launched just a frontal assault against our policy on china. let's watch. >> the biden's agenda taxes america to build up china. china is a big bish share. i will eliminate a reform that -- i will adopt a four-year plans to faze out all the chinese goods. >> do you agree on that? >> i fully agree on president trump. he's the only president who sees china as a threat they are. he has a strong platform to take them on. i support their agenda. >> congressman, thank you both tonight. we appreciate it.

okay, what was the american treasury secretary doing traveling to ukraine? oh yeah, she just announced another billion dollars plus in aid. it is like they just grow on trees. there has to be more. president zelenskyy addressed the national association of manufactures today. >> i will get a new start after these wars. we need to restore hundreds of thousands of industries and infrastructures and social facilities, the whole city and industries and production. this is a colossal task but realistic. >> joining us now is our senator

josh hawley. i know you are calling an inspector general to go through every dollar that we sent to ukraine. is it the case that american taxpayers are going to be on the hook to pay most of the entired ravaged of ukraine post war? >> absolutely. this administration had already said that. they were saying months ago that we better get ready because there is a lot of dollars being spent. you played the clip on janet yellen, i thought it was three seconds ago that she had to take extraordinary measures to make sure the united states did not default on the debt. all of a sudden we had billions to give to ukraine. maybe the measure was her flying over and hand deliver the checks now, straight to biden and to zelenskyy. this is ridiculous. the whole thing is ridiculous. it is affront to

the american people and its got to stop. >> i want everyone to understand what the potential price tag on the cost of rebuilding this country would be. check this out. >> despite that figure being e exexpoteni exexpa expotenexpotentionally rebuilding carries a whole new set of costs which the world bank estimates will total $349 billion. >> $349 billion. she was referencing the hundred billion dollars that was already allocated. could you think of many areas could benefit from that level of investments after we spent trillions to pay people to stay home and not go to work? >> well, gee, maybe rural missouri or east palestine or

how about our border? this is outrageous, we spent over $100 billion on ukraine. now, the administration wants to spend hundreds of billions dollars more. i guess congress think they just go along with it. american people are sick and tired of it. it is time to put the needs of this country first. it is time to say the europeans, they need to step up and take the lead on ukraine. this is their continent and they should be doing something. we spent spent more on ukraine than all of the europeans combined. there is no end insight with joe biden. this has got to end. we got to get in accounting of every single penny that we have spent on ukraine. >> this china hearing on capitol hill, some democrats and republicans talk tough on china, which is good. you already hear the rumblings of oh, we have to get into the trans-pacific partnership. we have to launch a free trade agreement with

taiwan. what kind of slippery slopes would be falling down if that comes out of these hearings? >> here is what we need to do, we need to revoke china's status. that's the real action here. let's end the special sweetheart deal the chinese government gotten for 20 years now. it was a huge era allowing them into the wto and giving them trade relations. huge mistake. the biggest strategic economic mistake that this country has made under a republican and democrat leadership. george w. bush and bill clinton, biggest mistakes and who knows, huge era. we need to stop it. let's revoke their trade relations. that would be real action. >> senator, thank you so much. and a sixth grader had the courage to expose the pornography materials being offered in the school library. he's near next. we'll reveal the

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i am a sixth grader, i was in the library and this book was on the stand. he's undoing my

belt and i am reaching on his bedside for a condom. we are kissing and again, you can see where it is going. this reminds me so much of the first time we had sex. we were both terrified and the whole thing was terrible because we didn't know what we were doing. but, it was good, too. so good. >> if hearing an 11 years old read that makes you uncomfortable, well, that's the point. the book is available at a middle school in maine. we would not have known about it if he did not have such close relationship with his dad. he checked that book out and he made the decision to stand up to school. joining me now is that boy and his father, adam. knox, first of all, i know you have a snow day tomorrow. what did the

librarian say to you when you check that book out? >> so i rented the book out and the librarian offered more graphic novels saying she got a lot more of these types of books and after that, i told her i was going to tell my dad. her face was bright red and she started stuttering and she could not reply for a good five seconds. >> okay, adam. now, this didn't just start with knox, right? you have an older son who found, perhaps worse content in his high school. i see those older kids, what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, that book was gender-queer, my son checked it out of the high school's library and brought it home and looked through it and extremely graphic con

content, sexually explicit content of -- well, there was content of two boys and one of them was -- sucking -- >> yeah, we get it. >> sorry. >> yeah, we get it. let me ask you this. the left will say even though they are the ones changing books and banning books. oh, you guys are not for kids exploring and learning more of themselves and learning more of the world. you are trying to keep kids shielded, what's your response to that? >> i am not into banning books. i just want the sexually explicit books out of the schools. there is no reason for it especially as a taxpayer in this community, i am paying for these books to be sitting on the shelves. and, it just blows my

mind. i mean this gender queer book had a website that was linked to. it was a pornography website linked to this book. it is extremely frustrating that this the type of stuff that our money is going to in our schools. >> yeah, it has happened to maine. knox, any of your classmates share your concern about this? what was their reaction? >> um - i think when they heard about it, they were a little uncomfortable and i think we all are as 11 year olds or even a sixth grader? just about the same, just very uncomfortable about book being in our school. >> i have a son about your age, maybe he's one year older, they just want to be kids. i think kids just want to be kids. you want to learn and learn this stuff that you need to know and the rest of that stuff gotten

way out of hand. it is being done for a reason. knox and adam, thank you for speaking out tonight. now, it is not just porn or crt. there is a new nefarious under taken that's taken place in our schools. it is called climate justice. activist trying to turn our kids to these little green act in training. a new bill in minnesota requiring all schools in our state implement a climate justice education program by the '25 and '26 school year. the bill describes as a framework that put people first and views the effects of climate change of forms of oppression. zach duckworth is a former school administrator who's opposing this push, senator, the number of k through 12 students in your

state who are meeting grade level standards for reading is just a bit over 50% while less than half are proficient in math and science. so, why the focus then on climate justice? >> well, laurie, you are asking the right question. as a former school board member, some of those statistics are disheartening and i can tell you that parents had a pretty uniformed message when i was on the school board, that was to keep politics out of the classrooms. let's focus on helping our kids to succeed academically, teaching our kids how to read and so they can be successful. this does not help us prioritize that. >> in maine they are learning pornography content in sixth grade and in k through 12, it seems like they're being propaganda to traditionally

minded parents on the climate front. is there widespread disagreement on this issue in the public at large there or everybody in minnesota is frozen ahead at this point? >> well, we may be frozen a bit to be honest with you and however what i can say when it comes to the instructions in the classrooms for kids, parents want to prioritize the basic academic standards that kids are taught allowing them to succeed, reading, writing, and math and science. we had so many kids facing disruptions in the last couple of years because they were shut out. we need to be doing the very things prioritizing helping them to catch up and succeed rather than any one's party political agenda. >> governor walsh of a huge disappointment in this. i want to play this from the bill's sponsor. this was from a senate hearing last week. >> this terms of this being political, you know, we still

have some -- climate change if you talk to actual scientists and humans are accelerating of what's going on is as close as you are going to get to scientific consensus out there on any topics. >> if you don't want this taught in school, you are a flat -- >> there is something to be said allowing the school board and the community deciding what kids should be taught. you have no further to look than minnesota's farmers. but, what we should be doing is teaching or pro fessing a lot of these politically motivated aspect of this this bill is proposing. >> zach, thank you so much, great to see you. last night we detailed how democrats are speaking out a little more publicly on a biden 2024

alternative. tonight, we have some details on how team clinton may now get involved. kellyanne conway and randy devine with reaction to that, next. these aren't just shipments. they're promises. promises of all shapes and sizes. each, with a time and a place they've been promised to be. a promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you.

last night we told you the democrats are worried of being stuck of biden ahead of 2024. today in virginia, likely it did not asway any fears. >> she whispers in my ears, i could not understand whether she's leaning down and breathing on me and making sure there is a human connection. >> well, shocking but perhaps not all that surprising how quickly the decision makers and the party hierarchy moved on from his number two, kamala.

enter pothole pete, despite his fai faifailures from the faa of gross management of the train derailment. he continues to be a parting darling somehow. the clinton initiative will be holding a summit at vanderbilt. the guests, you guessed it. leave it to pete. joining me now is kellyanne conway and randy devine, both fox news contributors. miranda, paternity pete defended, by the way, his plane usage by pointing to his frantic schedule so the clinton global initiative now flies private. >> look, i think pete buttigieg is one of those men that have an inflated opinions himself that's way above his talent. i don't think he's the person that

democrats can rely onto rescue them in 2024. for them, they have not very much talents on the ground. as you mention, kamala harris is a joke and gavin newsom, he ruined california. that could be used against him. but, i don't see the democrats as sitting back and accepting defeat easily. it is more than likely that they'll pull a rabbit out of the hat with michelle obama. now, you know the word is in new york that when she was here for her book launch last year, that she was meeting with donors to see just to sort of feel out the interests. she would be a lethal weapon. i am not sure if the republicans could combat that. >> i am not sure if i agree with it. i know that that's what a lot of folks are saying of,

kellyanne conway, do you agree with that with michelle obama, i think she's living with her best life right now, does she want to get down to and dirty with politics, i do not buy that? >> i don't think so. we do have the vice president run and lost twice. i am happy that the clintons are welcoming pete buttigieg. i am not surprised and everything got to be studied and no empathy and accountability. hillary clinton knows how to lose elections so it is good for the rest of us if pete buttigieg is taking advice from her. democrats have a ton of names and no talent. the fact they are talking about governors of illinois in california if the rest of us want to live like that tells you how thin and weak their bench is. also, the fact that democrats keep on talking and leaking of brand new governors many maryland and pennsylvania who got elected two months ago. that tells you how

w wweak their bench is. so, ca you -- does kamala pass your laugh test or pete buttigieg is anything of the younger but no less incompetent version of joe biden? when you look at the democrats, this is how we got joe biden. they had 26 or so people running last time and we ended up with the white, liberal, straight male who have been in washington for 50 years. i still think he's got the best shot of getting the nomination. it is hard to dislodge the sitting president. the democrats are in a rebuilding decade. >> yes. >> we are in a rebuilding decade. >> they are rebuilding in chicago because it looks like the big news there is lightfoot is out. she lost her bid for reelection. she didn't get the required 50% of the vote of the threshold to actually stay in power. miranda, whether it is

her or cantrell, another disaster in new orleans, these democratic mayors have done enormous damage to urban america with their policies. maybe it is their good signs to look like they are out. >> well, kind of but i mean in new york, the vote is for the most conservative democrats on the palette. it was eric adams and crime is just as bad, no improvement until there is some sort of change in the cities that it is not just one party city, i think the exodus of republican voters basically is going to continue and those cities do function will be more and more entrenched. >> how much do they want to suffer? how much suffering is enough suffering for these cities. ladies, good to see both

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all right, don't get too excited that chicago rejected the left-wing insanity from lori lightfoot. in the district of columbia, it seems like they are going further left and right under congress' nose. kevin corke is here with all the details. kevin, what's happening? >> laura, the real question i think tonight is have you had enough in washington, d.c. in 2023? this is the city that's in the midst of a real crime wave that's seeing car thefts and robbery and property crimes all rise by double digits in the last year and some cases triple digit percentages if you can believe it. that city and this city is now a city where foreign nationals can vote in our elections which begs the question, have you had enough? the new law allows qualified

non-citizens to vote as long as they reside in washington for 30 days. i can't believe i am telling you this. this is what it says. we are talking about illegal aliens and foreign diplomats. the battle to reign in what critics are calling absolute insanity, actually is not over yet because congress will look at other ways to break the law. the question remains say critics how can it be that at the seat of power where the rule of law is supposed to reign supreme that a non-american vote ccan cancel out of those amerin citizens. james comber of kentucky introduced a resolution to disapprove the legislation, he called d.c.'s council

reckless and this is an attack of our republic. >> kevin, i think there is a deadline that passed -- that they have to hit by comment period. >> that's right. >> somehow the deadline got moved up. congress funds this. d.c. does not get any money unless congress does the appropriations for d.c they could have gotten involved here but they missed the deadline. >> senate missed the deadline. you are exactly right. >> you can't make it up. we missed you when we saw the capitol dome earlier. good to see you, my friend. >> mind boggling. joining me now is the house oversight committee, congressman, first of all, how does this happen under congress' nose with the illegal aliens being allowed to vote? >> well, a couple of things real quick. the d.c. city council and

bauser, they just lost their minds. you had 42 democrats vote with every house republicans to stop the insanity. look no further than chuck schumer and senate democrats and joe biden who allowed this to happen. when every american is wondering why the massive flow of illegal immigrants across the southern border, one reason look no further than the nation's capital. does senate democrats or joe biden could stop this? chuck schumer decided to do nothing and joe biden did nothing. this is where we are in washington, d.c. >> well, aoc was very upset when she found out that someone in tthe ttgop wanted to stop this bill. >> the d.c. councils have the right to determine for d.c. resresi residents. they can resign their post and run for d.c.'s city

council. they are singling out the residents of district of columbia and expanding in the history of disfranchising that goes all the way back of slavery in inin history. she should havn a conductor in using her hands. they can do what they want within their own lelecelectorat >> this is a joke, we have never allowed any jurisdiction of a non-citizen to vote. you have a situation right now if you are legal here in 30 days, you can vote. if you are a foreign national, you are here from russia or china, you now have the ability to vote in municipal elections? washington and d.c.

this is outrageous. that's a joke. the d.c. city council is -- the senate did not do their job but our appropriations is coming around and this is not over yet. we are going to take a hard look at this because this can't be allowed to continue as it is okay in the united states. nowhere in the country in the world would allow non-citizens to vote in their elections. >> they want this to happen nationally. "the washington post" opinion page, they're against it. they did an editorial saying allowing non-citizens to vote, that's a fundamental right and they opposed that move by the district of columbia. it is not just that. very quickly, they're also lowering penalties for a variety of crimes in the district. this is when you have, carjackings up and robberies up, break-ins up. not only non-citizens voting,

but criminals getting a free pass in some of these crimes as well. >> this is a dangerous situation. one of my colleagues, representative andy barr from kentucky, one of his members of his staff was held up by gunpoint in broad daylight a couple of days ago. this is outrageous that the d.c. council is out of control. this is a federal law enclaved. we are going to get the job done and do everything we can. >> congressman, we'll be following up. thank you. now, we just got the tape of lightfoot's concession speech. yeah, you won't believe what she claims credit for. that's the last byte, next.

>> obviously we didn't win back the election today, but i stand here with my head held high, ana heart full. [applause] i'm grateful we worked together to remove a record number of

guns off our streets, reduced homicides, and started making real progress on public safety. >> is she kidding me? her tenure includes chicago's deadliest year in over a quarter-century. nearly 700 homicides last year. so not quite a reduction. the highest since 1999. but be happy, chicago. have a chance to change. "gutfeld" next. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: happy tuesday! yes! i love you. i love every single one of you. i love every single one of you, even the unattractive ones. i love you even more. you've been through a lot,