dogfight top secret and now it's not and now he is getting awarded for it. looking ahead to monday, ben hall will be here with his exclusive interview with secretary of state antony blinken. they will discuss the war in ukraine, china, other hot spots. going to be good. great to have ben back. thanks for inner violating us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced unafraid. "jesse watters primetime" hosted tonight by pete hegseth starts right now. >> i figured i would celebrate you. >> bi, bi bye, bye "special rep" i try, thank you, sir. ♪ >> pete: i'm pete hegseth. welcome to a special edition of "jesse watters primetime." you know, there's nothing like taking your kid to work. it's the one time of year where you get to show off what dad really does, you know, under the hood. and maybe, just maybe, one day your kids will follow in your footsteps or it could just be an

excuse to get yourself out of paying for a babysitter for the day. but sometimes it's your co-workers who end up being the babysitter. >> excuse me, these are expensive collector's items. okay? >> do you have any computer games. >> no, i don't have computer games on my work computer. that would be inappropriate. >> yeah, meredith doesn't have any either. it's so lame here. >> you are calling your mom meredith? that's very disrespectful. >> pete: the white house celebrated take your child to work day. i know what you are thinking. no, joe didn't bring hunter into work today. he did that two weeks ago when the two of them jetted off to ireland for a taxpayer 23 and me trip. and we hear hunter may actually be living at joe's job anyway so hunter doesn't really need a tour of the oval. he know what his dad does, what the big guy does. after all, today is the one day of the year that joe doesn't need help answering questions from hunter.

watch. >> now she is talking my language. what's my favorite ice cream flavor? i may be among the dullest presidents of the world because i'm known two two things my ray ban sunglasses and chocolate chip ice cream. that's my favorite. >> pete: so old. but to be fair, some of them did ask some thought-provoking questions. >> what was the last country you traveled to? >> the last country i traveled -- i'm thinking what was the last one i was in. i have been to 89 -- i met with 89 heads of state so far. so i'm trying to think, where was the last place i was? it's hard to keep track. yeah, you are right. ireland. [laughter] >> that's where it was. how did you know that? >> pete: the kids had to yell. he threatened not to leave. come on, joe, you came back from ireland last week. apparently you do not remember.

hey, maybe answering questions just isn't joe's cup of tea. and even the kids realize that pretty quickly because they started telling joe, joe, it's time to go home. >> mr. president, i heard you have to get back to the oval office. >> what was that? oh, hi, how are you? what did you say? >> i said you have to get back to -- i heard you had to get back to the oval office. >> and, by the way, the one thing i thought when i got to be president, i would get to give orders. but i take more orders than i ever did and you're right. >> pete: maybe the easter bunny whispered that in that kids ear. we don't ear. it doesn't look like he is calling any of the shots. simple tasks like taking questions from reporters have become all hands on deck scenario for the white house. and it doesn't happen often but

when joe does take questions, well, he relies on those trusty note cards for help. >> um, u.h., i'm having trouble reading this reuters. thnatanji. >> pete: reuters. one thing to have a list of approved reporters. yesterday got caught cheat sheet this time it had reporters' questions right smack dab in the middle of it, specific questions. if you can make that out right there probably can't. the "l.a. times" would ask, quote, how are you squaring your desk priorities liar reshoring semiconductors manufacturing with alliance based foreign policy? picture right there of the reporter. this very same "l.a. times" reporter just happened to ask a eerily similar question. >> now we're going to take some questions. first question is from courtney of the "los angeles times."

>> thank you, mr. president. your top economic priority has been to build up u.s. domestic manufacturing in competition with china. but your rules against expanding chip manufacturing in china is hurting south korean companies that rely heavily on beijing. are you damaging a key ally in the competition with china to help your domestic politics ahead of the election? >> peter: they were both reading the same white house released question off the paper. now are we just imagining things or did the "l.a. times" give the president of the united states a question ahead of time? can't be? that's not just something a journalist would do, right? well, luckily for us, the "l.a. times" quickly cleared up the record. there right there in black and white saying our reporter did not submit any question in advance of the q&a with president biden. you would have to ask the white house who prepared the document

for the president and why they included that question. well, we did ask the white house, and they did not have much of a response either. >> look, we do not have specific questions in advance. that's not something that we do. and, in fact, i would point out the questions that was asked was different than what was on the card that y'all saw. >> pete: do not believe what's right before your eyes. not specific? oh, so general concepts instead. that sounds like a bit of a stretch there, binder. the question was the same, rephrased slightly to look a little bit different right there on the card. but i guess you will say anything when you have just been caught pretty much literally in bed with the media. the white house knows the president is taking preapproved questions is a big no-no. now they are lying. and the rest of the media is acting like all of this is normal. for that, they can always rely on trusty old cnn. >> we have seen the president in the past carrying around these

note cards with details about the events, we he needs to go. the people that he is meeting with. now, these types of moments are things that republicans have seized on especially as they have tried to highlight president biden's age. >> >> pete: we have seen this in the past just how business is done. >> you know it's bad when they start deflecting like that. now that joe has made 2024 bid. the media is putting back on their kid gloves for him. they are going to try to save him since he can't save himself. they know he won't win if he doesn't answer any questions. what's the solution? just give him the questions ahead of time then lie about it when you get caught. you start doing that with basic q&a's then what's next? is the media going to, i don't know, give his campaign questions ahead of the debates, too? where have we seen that before? we just hope the white house doesn't start asking third graders to submit their questions, too. but i guess at this point, nothing really surprises us.

charlie hurt writes the nuclear option column for "the washington times" and is a fox news contributor. now, charlie, i hope you got the preapproved questions in advance. i hope you got them. they're in your inbox, all right? so question number one. >> come on, i'm flying blind here. i didn't get them. >> pete: in your junk. check them after the segment. how unprecedented is this? they can lie about it and cover about it and deflect. but the idea that a president would know precisely what an outlet and a specific reporter would be asking, there is probably multiple cards there which means there might be other outlets didn't just happen to turn the paper around on them. how unprecedented is this? >> right. no. this is just the one that he got caught on. >> pete: yeah. >> because is he handling it improperly. i guarantee you he had every question. i guarantee you every single member of the white house press corps desperate to get a question in, desperate to get a shot at the microphone, offered

up suggested questions. everybody here is lying right now from the white house, karine jean-pierre is lying about this. the "l.a. times" is lying about this. the question is identical. it's a little truncated but the exact same question. it's written right there for the world to see. and if the "l.a. times" wants to lie about this, which is the most disgusting thing i can imagine that a news organization would do. if the "l.a. times" wants to lie about this and say no, we did not submit questions, so then are you telling us that actually the white house crafted that question and submitted it to your reporter? >> pete: interesting. could have gone the other way. >> and called on your reporter to ask it. >> pete: gone the other way. >> that's the only other plausible explanation. either way, these people are in collusion with each other. this is the beginning of the basement strategy. the basement campaign strategy is going to be easier to run in the basement of the white house. it's also going to be easier to run with the white house press

corps that is willing to operate like this and then lie about it. they have completely abrogated all of their responsibility to ask questions on behalf of the american people of the president and hold them accountable. they have given up any pretense of that. >> pete: where do we go then, charlie? if the press is supposed to exist to check power, they dress up -- the white house correspondents dinner and talk about how important they are to republic they call it a democracy but to our republic, if they are willing to do, this then where do we go get power actually checked? they won't call on peter doocy because is he not going to submit his questions ahead of time and they won't accept it. >> never, right. he's going to ask tough questions and he always does which is why he always makes our evening news reel. >> he doesn't make other's evening news reels the questions are usually embarrassing because they can't be answered. they are lap dogs.

we have been moving in direction for a long time, ever since barack obama got elected. and the press began swooning over the rock star that he is. they quit asking questions and then of course along came donald trump after that and they went completely hysterical in the opposite direction peddling every lie, anybody ever floated about him. and so here we are now with a completely, you know, not to, you know, knock on the guy's mental capabilities, but he is gone. it's weekend at bernie's in the white house and you have a press that they are covering for him, they are lying for him. completely in bed with him and, you know, so to answer your question, i think, honestly, we just have to take over all media operations in terms of covering the white house outside of the white house press corps because they cannot be trusted to do their job. >> pete: yeah, it's a herd mentality don't ask a difficult question because you won't be asked. we will shame you over here.

all scripted and formulated for what you will be fed by the media. charlie hurt, thank you. >> exactly. >> pete: appreciate it, man. >> good to see you, buddy. >> pete: good to see you. now to a fox news alert. this is brand new. nashville police are going to release, finally, the manifesto of the trans shooter who shot up a christian school and murdered six people, three children and three adults. nashville p.d. told fox, quote: the investigation has progressed to the point where the covenant shooter's writings are now being reviewed for public release. they haven't told us when they will release the manifesto or if we will ever see the trove of other documents and journals he had at his house and again how much redaction we get that material and what we're really allowed to see remains in question. but it is a development that the police have now confirmed they real lease the trans shooter manifesto and we'll get a sense of the shear evil that motivated that person right there on the

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so if a homeless guy pitches a tent in front of yours house, your kids' school or a local park, you can't do anything about it. the bill gives the homeless, get this, the power to sue you if you tell them to move their tent for up to $1,000. if this guy was in oregon, he would probably get sued. ♪ ♪ [shouting] >> move. move. okay? you going to move? >> pete: maybe hosing down the homeless is uncouth technique with you there also shouldn't be a homeless person living in front of his business scaring away customers. and if the homeless know they can get 1,000 bucks every time someone tells them to move there, will be tents as far as the eye can see. well, there already are. and an army of lawyers will be creeping through the encampments and business card did. someone disturb your privacy?

did someone tell you not to shoot up in front of their kid? did someone tell you to put on clothes? we'll sue them for you. just give us 20%. what will the homeless do with that cash? we don't know but maybe more dope. and we're going to need a bigger tent. an oregon based homeless advocate. kevin. >> i know you have a heart for the homeless. you want to do right by them. >> i do. >> pete: does a bill like this do that? >> no. this is madness. explain to me how this serves any meaningful purpose to end this humanitarian crisis? this is backwards thinking. this is the kind of thinking that got us into this mess in the first place so, no, i'm not okay with this. >> pete: what is the thinking? enable the ease of homelessness as much as possible or drug use so it's a comfortable living? >> you know, that's a piece of it. look, oregon has already decriminalized drugs. that's not really worked out well for us.

now we are decriminalizing homelessness. for one thing it's going to open the flood gates. people come to these more progressive type cities anyway because of these progressive policies. we do this, the portland homeless population is going to explode. and that is not okay. pete what should happen instead. as a homeless advocate who said there's a real problem here. left wing policies have incentivized it and progressives have made it easy. what should be done instead? >> well, it starts with the outreach. it starts with the approach. outreach is virtually nonexistent. the outreach serves two purposes. it builds trust but also deters negative behavior. if you saw established teams out there every day, every encampment engaging with them and building that trust and bringing back hope, you know, they are going to come around and accept the services you are offering. what we do is we simply leave them alone out there and it's become this almost post apocalyptic feeling. >> now you can't leave them

alone. the idea is private citizens are simply saying get off my lawn or how about away from my kid's schooling. now you're the one that would pay a fine? now it's me? >> yeah. exactly. it's -- what that bill specifically says if they feel harassed. well, that's very subjective. for example, what if a homeless person is blocking your store front with your ability to serve your customers? and you ask them to leave politely. if they they feel harassed do. they get to suu? right? you know, where -- you know, where are the rules in this society? the understanding that there's a right and wrong way of doing things? so, that is not okay. you know, harass. anybody can say they are harassed. but like i certainly wouldn't want a homeless person blocking my ability to leave my front door or to open my business or be, honestly, camping under the slide if i have taken my kid to the park. >> pete: yeah. but there is no recourse for you, joe taxpayer of oregon, if you feel harassed by someone who

is performing lewd acts or shooting up drugs right in front of you. completely reversed. >> there certainly isn't in this state, in oregon. >> pete: amazing. >> other states a little bit better. it's quite frustrating. we have a lot of citizens frustrated where are our rights? the homeless in our community in many ways treated like a protected class. >> pete: yes. >> yes, i have a heart for the homeless. i want to end this crisis if i do it will benefit them and the entire community. we have got to work together and solve this. this is backwards thinking. that's how we got into this mess. >> pete: maybe they don't want to solve it and that's the scary part. kevin dahlgren, thank you so much. appreciate you. >> thankender queer, they want it out of their kids' library. ones getting sued over it. plus, hundreds of college professors just saidthe declarae is indoctrination. you'll never guess where. ♪

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>> pete: welcome back. right now the battle for our children's future is not being fought in china or in the middle east. it's happening inside their minds and inside our classrooms. our kids are being inundated with leftist propaganda every time they open their textbooks or go to the library where shelves are teeming with he inappropriate book. and in new jersey one set of parents, they couldn't take it anymore. at roxbury high school, sitting in the library was a series of sexually explicit books, including such titles as gender queer. this book is gay, and fun home, oh sounds fun. and now this isn't unique to the garden state. we know that graphic novels like these are found in a number of schools a across the country. if you flip through the pages you will be astonished what you

find inside. if your kid checks out gender queer and they will read this and you might want to cover ears here. the more i had to interact with my genitals the less likely i was able to reach point of satisfaction. the best fantasy is one that didn't require physical touch at all. that was edited from earlier. with content like this it's no surprise that parents were upset. two parents in new jersey found a copy of gender queer in their kid's library and they decided to speak up and a number of other books like it. they went to the school board and demanded it be pulled from the library immediately. equating the book to hard core pornography. but leave it to left wing new jersey to shut them down. so their efforts failed. the book was staying on the shelves with no restrictions according to the school. and that's not even the worst part. now the librarian of the school is suing two of the parents for defamation. the librarian says she was labeled as a, quote: child predator and was accused of

luring children with pornography. is this what it's had to come to? parents can now get sued over pointing out inappropriate books in their kids' schools. kristin and christina are two of the concerned parents at the center of the lawsuit and they join me now. kristin and christina, thanks for being here, kristin, let me start with you. you find out about these inappropriate books. kids as young as 13 check them out right front and center in the library. you raise it to the appropriate people inside the school. you bring it to the school board. obviously librarian is a part of providing this material and what happens next? >> right. so we went straight to the administrators, to the school board. weave spoke out month after month. first time we brought to their attention was in august of 2022. i can tell you today all those books still remain in the library. >> pete: they. do not just that, but, christina, you're now being sued by the librarian of the school for simply pointing

out that the books in her library are inappropriate? >> absolutely. well, what we did was contact the board of ed and let them know and make other parents aware of what was in there and then we spoke at it board of ed meeting in march. and then a couple weeks later we were served with a lawsuit. >> pete: a defamation lawsuit was that what it was simply saying this is what is in your library. >> yes. >> basically questioning -- go ahead, pete. sorry. >> pete: no, fill in the blanks. >> so, basically what we're arguing is we're in the fight for against the sexualization of our children in america and especially in new jersey. and we feel that this content should not be made available to minor children. especially in the school district where our children are quickly rising. and that's what we spoke to. we spoke to the fact that these are our children. nobody else's. and we have the right to direct the upbringing and those books do not match the morals and values that i teacher in my

home. >> pete: unfortunately they seem to match the values of new jersey which is pushing radical gender theories into kindergartens now into elementary schools as well. >> right. >> pete: christina, is this an intimidation attempt? try us and if we do we will put you on your heel? >> oh, absolutely. there's no doubt in my mind that that's what this is. it's just to, in my opinion, scare not only us but from other parents speaking up and probably just to hit us with as many legal fees as possible. >> pete: kristin, what's your message to other parents who might see this and they are scared to speak up because they will be targeted? what's your message to them tonight? >> my message is we have one chance to get this right with our children and we are their last line of defense against this agenda. and i say speak out. who cares what they call you. you know your truth. you are on the right side of history. and, again, we are the last ones. we have parents, grandparents, teachers reaching out to us

saying thank you. we have watched this go on in roxbury for years. and we're disgusted and thank you for speaking out. so speak your truth and don't be -- don't let anybody silence you. this is about the kids. >> pete: it's all about the kids, right. you are the only line of defense. thank you for speaking up and fighting back. you will find a lot of friends and allies come alongside you once one person speaks up they will join you. thank you for keeping us posted on this lawsuit. >> thank you so much, pete. >> pete: we appreciate you. >> thank you. >> pete: we will stay on the issue of education, when you think of the university of north carolina. not the university of berkeley, north carolina, a few things come to mind, maybe the fact that it's one of the public ivies, maybe think of their epicturesque high school or youg michael jordan wearing baby blue and launching his legacy as the goat? it's always been a notable school. but never thought of it as thoroughly unpatriotic until

today. a group of nearly 700 of the university's employees and professors, 700 recently signed a letter warning against new legislation in the north carolina state house, including a bill mandating that all students -- this is the mandate, all students at the university of north carolina take one course in american history. not a bad idea, right? well, don't tell that to these professors in their ivory towers. they think learning about america is and this is their words, indoctrination. in the letter of these 700, they say, quote: if enacted we believe that these measures will further damage the reputation of unc and the state of north carolina. so we are damaging the reputation of the state for learning about american history. by the way, i'm sure they teach the 1619 version anyway. so what is the required reading for the course that they're taking such issue with? well, you're not going to believe it.

by their standards, college kids should not be learning about the u.s. constitution and the declaration of independence. maybe if the legislature suggested that those documents be read allowed by a drag queen then maybe these 700 would be on board with that. or what about the emancipation proclamation or federalist papers? they're required reading for the course as well. never mind that the document quite literally freed the slaves. it might upset some purple hair, glutton free gender study majors. unc says no, got to go. crying out loud even mlk's birmingham letter from the jail and gettysburg address are being protested because they might, quote: trigger the students. the left loves to say republicans don't want to teach history, ban books. but democrats don't want your kids learning about this? >> k kingpins now celebrated fox

news alert birmingham jail defending the resistance of african-americans. in solitary confinement he writes injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. the letter becomes a touch stone for the civil rights movement. >> pete: they don't even want us teaching martin luther king jr. to the students of u.n.c. is this where we're at? let's turn to 2024 g.o.p. candidate vivek ramaswamy. vivek, thank you very much for being here. i'll ask you that question. is this where we're at? i mean, the employees protest if u.s. history is simply required. >> pete, this is part of a broader assault on american identity itself. our problem isn't that we have civic education. it's that we don't have enough of it. and here's an interesting fact, all right? if you are an immigrant and you want to become a citizen of this country, you actually have to pass a test. among the questions included in that test include things like how many amendments are there in the u.s. constitution?

there's 27. who are the authors of the federalist papers? john j., alexander hamilton, james madison. if immigrants actually want to immigrate though this country to become citizens have to know these things there should be no objection to actually teaching it to somebody who is a student at a public university. so don't believe that this is about anything other than an assault on american history itself because there is this anti-american strain pete, you know it well, that wishes to apologize for the existence of a nation founded on our ideals and i refuse to do it and i think we need more people willing to stand up and say that. >> pete: desire to completely erase our history and heritage. sins, warts and all. it's bad from the beginning, throw it out. if you don't teach it and you don't understand it, you fall prey to the complete mischaracterization of it. this is something that will manifest itself in politics later on when these people become voters as well. >> and, pete, that is why i go college campuses when i'm touring this country on the campaign trail. what i see in young people is

they are so hungry for a cause. they are hungry for purpose and the meaning. they are lost. we can give that to them in the form of this american national identity. that's why i'm running. i'm the first millennial ever to run for president as a republican. part of the reason why is i want to reach those college students i think they can come along in the pro-american movement as long as we get professors and managerial class out of the way i'm actually hopeful that their hunger for purpose would lead us back to america. >> pete: if you could do that herculean feat. find purpose and identity in gender identification or in effecting the weather. i don't know how we make that pivot. i mean, maybe part of it is a civics course. >> we're going to do it. it's a starting point. we'll make it happen. >> pete: i have heard you give a speech on this topic before quite poignantly we need more people artic could you a little it. vivek, thank you for your time. appreciate it? >> thank you, pete. appreciate that. >> pete: coming up, would you hire this person to work for your company?

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>> pete: graduation right around the corner, which can be an exciting time for the parent. they don't have to pay for it anymore. kids should be paying for it but that's how it goes. watch your kid grow up before your eyes hand them their diploma and head out to the workforce. it might be exciting. well, for this new generation gen zer's don't seem too happy about it? >> i don't want to go work ♪ because it makes me really sad ♪ i have got to deal with people ♪ and i don't want to deal with that ♪ i hate working! ♪ i hate it ♪ i hate it. i hate it. i hate it. i want to do absolutely freakin' nothing and make money. >> just to keep working to pay the bills to survive! and on retirement day and then i'm just going to die. >> pete: i want to do absolutely nothing to make money. as you can see gen z they might not be model workers.

not many boot straps in there or dirt under the old fingernail. well it turns out employers are not too excited to hire them either. in a recent study from resume builder.com out of 100 managers three quarters of them agree that gen z is harder to work with than other generations. they cite the gen zers have a lack of effort. low motivation. easily distracted. easily offended and just flat out dishonest. also one in eight managers have fired a gen zer less than one week after their start date. being too easily offendside a top reason for being canned next guest sat down with some of those employers and this is what they had to say about gen zers. >> gen z employees come into work wanting to dictate the terms of their employment. so, what that means practically, is they want to kind of dictate often the hours that they work, where they work. definitely the vibe and the setting and the ecstatics of their workplace. >> seem like too many patients

in one day many times they will actually say we have seen too many patients. we can't see anymore. now i have had many of the gen z residents and fellows actually call me by my first name. i was startled by that. many i have had to actually tell them to stop doing that. >> pete: co-author of the canceling of the american mind ricky sloth joins me now. she is also a gen zer. bring me inside this mindset kids showing up saying you work for me now. i once had a gwinn z.er ask me what's the work life balance you're 24. >> silver lining of the pandemic work life balance returned for a lot of people who have been in the workforce. you waltz in and pandemic and zoom in and be in your pajamas the entire time you develop a sense of entitlement if that's your only understanding of the office.

>> pete: it couldn't have been a covid thing educating kids in a certain way trigger warnings. that's what you get. >> college students ruled the town there and if they protested the speaker coming on to campus and the administrators would say okay, cool. well, we won't have them. we will appease you. so there is an attitude that your bosses should act in the same way and, unfortunately, with all the bosses that i spoke to in writing an article for the "new york post" about this, basically everyone said i'm walking on egg shells with these young people i'm not sure what they will say behind my back or on twitter if i say the wrong thing i will be canceled by my employee 22 just showed up here. >> pete: talk to drill instructors in the military like the privates are running the joint. you got to hire young people for certain jobs. is the employer just have to change the way they do business? >> i think there may be some

gwinn zers have and technological skills valuable to employers not all is terrible. what are their expectations of the workplace. if they ask you what is the work life balance. maybe they are not age-appropriate in 20's and your first job. >> pete: not enough moms and dads saying you are going to work hard. you are going to say sir and ma'am. that's how you get ahead. instead you get. this rikki schlott, congrats on the book. >> thank you. >> pete: great stuff. coming up, speaking of the military, they want our military to drive electric tanks. what could possibly go wrong with that? ♪ ♪

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>> well, there are problems with electric cars, as you know, both lithium batteries light up like the fourth of july. once the firing gets going, they're hard to put out. it's obvious there's a lot of kinks that need to be worked out in electric cars, but biden doesn't care about. he's trading in all our gas-powered military equipment, at least the equipment we didn't leave with the taliban, for a fleet of priuses. watch. >> do you support the military adopting that ev fleet by 2030? i do. we can get there.

reducing our reliance on globally-traded fossil fuels, like the war in ukraine, can jack up prices for people back home. it does not contribute to energy security. >> electric cars, hear me clearly here, they don't have a place on the battlefield. hold your fire, we need to charge our tanks. we need to charge our batteries on the electric grid that doesn't exist. oops, our humvee's battery just exploded. is that friendly fire? it will cost billions and make america w weaker, getting amerin boys killed. why are we doing it, joe? >> it's virtue signaling, showing we're trying to fight climate change. let's say we're in a desert or the mountains, where are the charging stations there exactly? solar panels on air force jets

now at this point? you know, i'm pretty sure it's not good for the environment either. the bottom line is, who is jennifer granholm? she was an attorney. then she was governor of michigan, then a cnn pu pundit. he's the hunter biden of this administration. what experience does sheff in energy? do>> of course. or to set the standard in the military. david, i've spent a lot of time in iraq and afghanistan at remote outposts. they don't have reliable energy grids. grew going to power up batteries, you're probably going to use a generator to do so. what is the real reason they're obsessing over batteries? >> they're talking about a $10 million investment in the greatest military force on the planet, the men and women that run our military.

we have to have the most technically advanced military on the planet. >> you want the batteries in the tanks? i do. if china develops a tesla-style tank before us, we're in trouble. >> who says it's better than a diesel tank? >> an electric car on the street now, you can't hear it. its engine is so much cooler. it wouldn't be detected on the battlefield. there's so many positives moving in this direction. >> a tactical advantage, i can ssee it. they're saying 2030, all evs. that's backward. >> i don't think men and women will have to wait at the local mall charging the tank in order to go into the battlefield. it's not that, a this or that the. >> have you seen the problem? >> if we turn our entire military fleet, go the electric route, who supplies the batteries for those cars?

i believe china has cornered the market on that, if it's not south korea and japan a little bit as well. we're outsourcing tthis to the chinese, our big adversary. >> $10 million in our military is a small investment to make that will pay dividends. >> so we're going to charge the tanks when we get back to base? hopefully they charge quick, but we don't have an electric grid, because we're in a third world country. >> i think the concept we're thinking about is today, 2023. we're talking about tomorrow, seven years from now. what will the world look like? with we were talking about the electric car, we didn't think it would be as sleek and first halfs as the electric cars on the market today. it's possible. we need to lead the world in innovation. the military is always having the breakthroughs. >> real quick, the problem is war is not basketball. you can't call a time-out to charge a regular electric car takes five to six hours. these vehicles, infinitely bigger, you can't say, hey,

don't fire, we got to get these charged. >> joe, david, thank you. if it can be done better, we'll do it. we shouldn't obsess over it as the end goal. that's it for tonight. i'll be back tomorrow. jesse will be back on monday. remember, i'm not watters. this is not my world. have a good night, everybody. >> hi, everyone. i'm brian kilmeade. canada has banned the sale of handgunses. none of that mattered to the canadian politicians. within hours, the ban became law. when that happened, we posed a simple question to the canadian prime minister trudeau, is your