a toughness to them. as things they will learn with engaging in these projects. >> catcher crayfish, count the stars. check them out on weedeater. he's a michael jordan of hunting. steve, thanks so much. >> thank you ma'am. >> i had a great week hanging out with you. thanks for welcoming me in. next week trey gaddy would be entered adjacent chafe and is in for sean. have a good night. [music] >>welcome to the special edition of hannity. i'm jason she fits in n for daniel penny one. tonight trust in our justice system has been shattered. this week the term report revealed serious wrongdoing. according to dreams finance federal officials engaged in political targeting. they shielded democrats from prosecution. the deceived of fisa court and they worked with the clinton

campaign to perpetuate the brush hoax. the daily mail is reporting that in 2016 just as a bureau ramped up crossfire hurricane, the fbi shut down for separate criminal investigations into bill and hillary clinton and the clinton foundation. in response, the clinton foundation laughable he claimed there has never been any evidence of wrongdoing. not only to the fbi and department of justice abuse their power and buying to the public. they seem to be proud of it. there were no apologies after the durum report. no resignations. no admission of wrongdoing whatsoever. as they pointed out an op-ed i wrote for foxnews.com, the justice department cannot and will not police itself. the latest example, the fbi is still refusing to turn over an unclassified record alleging a criminal bribery scheme against joe biden. despite a legally binding subpoena from congress.

today, german comber demanded access to the subpoenaed material. director ray is not budging. of course, this isn't just about biden and trump and hillary. a new report details the fbi's shocking abuses against american citizens. with the "washington post" 20 now, chemical and newly unsealed court document shows the fbi wrongly searched a vast digital database for information about us citizens and others. more than 278,000 times. in 2020 in early 2021. her now with reaction, the author of, trial of the century, foxnews legal analyst greg jarrett. former florida attorney general, pam bondi and fox news

contributor, sarah carter. they get all 3 for joining us tonight on this beautiful friday. greg, i want to go to you. part of the problem here is that there is such distrust by a major, if not majority part of of america. not only the centers of disease control but the department of justice. that's not healthy for our country. >> i agree 100 percent. i read your column with fascination.i read it twice. your thesis is 100 percent correct. who in their right mind trusts the government anymore? trust is earned. the fbi, the doj, prosecutors. they've squandered that trust jason. america is a know it. they're smart and they pay attention. they watched it happen. they witnessed the russia hoax for example. crooked characters at the fbi. targeting trump with bogus evidence. the same fbi censored the laptop story to help biden get elected. 50 1x until myers falsely claimed the laptop was russian disinformation. it wasn't. the justice department is

clearly in my judgment, running a protection racket for the bidens and their influence peddling scandals. 2 dozen whistleblowers report political biased and favoritism and abuse of power and retribution against anybody who dares to tell the truth. the government has been corrupted jason, by corrupt people and it moves in only one direction. that's in favor of democrats and against republicans especially a guy the name of donald trump. >> it truly is amazing. pam bondi, you've been an attorney general of a large estate. you've had to deal with whistleblowers along the way. the story they told us week and we are going to hear from 2 of them shortly again in their own words. i've got to tell you, it is not paint a pretty picture of what's happening at the department of justice . >> no jason, it doesn't. also echoing what greg said. your op-ed was amazing. everyone needs to read that on

fox.com the line, which i think should scare all americans that you said to quote you. not only to the abuse their power and lying to the public but, they also seemed proud of it. that should frighten all americans. this is the ultimate weaponization. now were learning that not only did the fbi have 4, not one, not 2, not 3, 4 investigations against the clintons for alleged dealings with the clinton foundation. once again. president trump is been warning about this the entire time. now we know about that. the alleged dealings with russian government and uranium one. look at the world of which we living now. how frightening is that?but, we know that mccabe, allegedly said, shut it down. the justice department, hostile, cold meat, cease and assist.

on these investigations. that's what we are being told. if all that is accurate, it should frighten all americans. >> yeah, give the inspector general issued 2 reports. more than a thousand pages of material including criminal and disciplinary referrals to the department of justice but, no, they don't pursue those. that is one scary about it. they're so cavalier. they're given these awesome police powers to do what nobody else in the country can do. then they abuse it.sarah, all of a sudden we do get these whistleblowers who are telling us, not all their problems directly with donald trump, this report that is out today is really pretty scary. i read a great article about the wall street journal. tell us about that. to abuse their police power more than 278,000 times and even the "washington post" is reporting that should scare all americans. no matter your political persuasion. >> you're absolutely right.

i spoke with a source before coming on here. somebody that is retired from the intelligence community. they reminded me of something very important. this isn't just the fbi. this is across our entire intelligence agencies. we seen it with the nsa. in 2017 john solomon and i broke the very first story on the illegal spying from sticky place under the obama administration. in fact, the obama admin surgeon had to admit to the foreign intelligence surveillance court that it expanded its powers and was collecting upstream data on americans which is the backbone of the internet that's emails, all text messages, phone calls and sweeping them in wholeheartedly. the fbi is doing this as well jason. what they're doing, they're doing it through the physis 702. the conservative database which has externally extensions.

they're not just collecting on foreigners. i want everyone to remember those. they're unmasking americans and collecting huge amounts of data. what is more powerful? then money? it's information we are supposed to be interesting our lives. our constitutional rights. our 4th amendment. to the united states government. that there can uphold these bureaucracies. now they're not doing it. the only thing that our government can do now to really show they mean business. oversee the fbi and the department of justice don't care. it's where congress to ensure that they defund some of these agencies and hurt them hurt them so they understand what's going on here. believe me, this collection of data stock order released all a terrorist attack. we have a target we know with a target is. we can collect that data. that is still available with a warrant.

they need a warrant to do it. it's unconstitutional if they don't have it. >> yeah, look, when i was in congress as chairman of the oversight committee we held hearings. the fbi, despite the law was collecting facial recognition for more than half of americans. unbeknownst to those americans. if these violations of the 4th amendment and this particular case, the report that was reviewed today wasn't just about the january 6 people. it was also about people related to george floyd. again, on both sides of the aisle, price is up for reform. greg, in very short order, go down the line. how do we fix the department of justice and specifically the fbi? >> you made several excellent suggestions. first of all, strengthen the inspector general's. especially the one at the department of justice that doesn't even allow the ig to go after crooked lawyers who do bad things.

defund the fbi that will get their attention. you know, there needs to be an independent way for congress to actually enforce their subpoena. now, it's just a meaningless scrap of paper if it's issued by a republican committee. the department of justice, more than happy to enforce a subpoena if it's a bit a democrat. marit garland has weapon eyes the doj to target conservatives. the fbi does its dirty work. it's so broken and so rotten. it's of deeply embedded that the bureau needs to be dismantled and rebuilt with honest people at the helm. >> yeah, pam, real quickly. my former colleague, trey gaudi, used to say hey, listen. her subpoena is only good as

your ability to enforce it. you can enforce a subpoena on the department of justice that's plain out run out with chairman homer. you have to go to the doj to enforce it. >> right. right. inspector general to clarify for folks. they can only investigate. they can write a report. it's up to the justice and the fbi who was gonna police the police? who's gonna police the fbi? when i was in office, it's a tremendous amount of responsibility. these people are taking is a tremendous amount of power. to use it for corrupt purposes. the ig needs more power, more responsibility to try to fix this. >> right now it's being used as a political bludgeoning tool. great, pam, sarah. thank you for joining us. when i talked to some of those whistleblowers. yesterday, 3 fbi whistleblowers testified before congress. their allegations were damning. here's former fbi special agent, steve friend. have a look. >> in august 2022 i made protective whistleblower is

closer to my immediate supervisor, assistant special agent in charge special agent a chart about my concerns regarding china were 6 investigations assigned to my office. i believed our departures from case management roles established the fbi's investigations and operations guide could undermine potentially righteous prosecutions. i may have been part of an effort to inflate the fbi statistics on domestic extremism. the fbi weapon eyes with security clearance processes to facilitate my removal from active duty within one month of my disclosures. in addition to an indefinite unpaid suspension, the fbi initiated campaigns of humiliation and intimidation to punish and pressure me to resign. in violation of headbutt, individuals of the fbi leaked my private medical information to reporter at the new york times. i pray all members consider the information i am my fellow whistleblowers present. you may think i'm political partisan, you may think i'm a grifter. you may think i'm a conspiracy theorist. it does not matter. simply put, this committee should avoid the temptation to acumen the character of the motivations of the messengers

seated before you. >> turning is not with more the former fbi whistleblower you just heard from, senior fellow at the center for renewing america, steve friend. steve, thank you for your service. thank you for having the guts to step forward testified before congress. having been one that asked the questions, i've gotta tell you it's a refund for somebody to come testify. i'm sure they're probably coming after you trying to impugn her character despite your plea. tell us again from first-hand experience, how political the department of justice has become as opposed to the body that is supposed to have a blindfold on it and treat everybody the same.

>> i think it's very apparent that the way that they are selecting certain prosecutions and missing examples of out with mark hawk in pennsylvania and philadelphia. that was an intermodal setting outside of abortion clinic in enforcing the face act. i think with the latest revelation about the radical traditional catholic memo that was generated from the richmond field office. they were essentially choosing certain viewpoints that are traditional marriage, pro-life, pro-border sovereignty. those are all viewpoints that are problematic and are essentially wrapping them in the label of potential antigovernment extremism that is code for makeup republican. >> to hear it from the demonstration. to hear the president himself hilty whites rmc is the biggest terror threat to the united states of america. being there in the field as a fbi agent, is that true from your vantage point? >> that certainly wasn't the case from white vantage point. i think the callous baby has grown a little bit thick on the skin from people being called and labeled racist if they vote

conservative. try to come up with this new and novel term to essentially categorize them that something that's problematic. that's my seat to the top for our priorities with the national scaredy brush with the fbi or anti-government extremism and racial ethnic extremism which is parenthetically white nationalism. as far as a president is concerned if you go back to speech in independence hall those of the 2 qualities he tried to paint the broad brush of anybody who not just supports president trump but generally replicant in the election. >> my concern is terrorism, foreign terrorism, bio weapons, other types of things, feels like we've taken our eye off the ball that's the concern. real quickly steve, what's the number one thing we could do to help reform the department of justice and specifically the fbi? >> it's not about defunding federal law enforcement. it's about empowering local law enforcement. we should be looking to deputize local detectives and those of the folks that know what's going on. the knocking to be so responsive to what the demands are from k street when you're trying to address these crimes

and bring federal charges forward. >> well said. steve friend, i wish the best to you. thank you for your service and thank you for joining us tonight on hannity. we appreciate it. joining us now with more reaction former fbi special agent, nicole parker. nicole, thank you for joining us. last year there was sort of a chilling effect. remember the attorney general garland, put out a memo putting everybody in the fbi on notice. what did you take when you saw that memo that he put out? >> jason, we all remember this. it was in august 2022. we received several emails in one day which was kind of different. we all remember there was one particular email that discussed reaching out to congress. the restrictions and the directions on fbi employees reaching out directly to congress. i think a lot of us were confused by it. we were wondering why are we

receiving this? you didn't even want to ask. he whooped it up want to go to the legal department to ask without meant that might apply you what a question that a put it target on your back. it is very obvious that a lot of employees were very disturbed by that. he gave a chilling effect. do not speak up. although they say that spot without was for. that's how many people felt. >> right. i tell you someone that was in congress and being involved in oversight. i've gotta tell you it was outrageous that they do that. my personal opinion, the man but one thing was to intimidate people from hooper think about coming forward and say don't you dare. you will hate it and it will ruin your career. nevertheless, look, used to think it was a couple of people at the top of the food chain that were the problem. it seems more pervasive than that. what's your perspective?how pervasive is this politicalization of the department of justice and specifically the fbi? >> i've always believed it does start at the top in washington

d.c.. starts at the top and starts with executive management those on the seventh floor. then it trickles down. the thing with the fbi is it used to be more of a criminal agency. from the difference of post 9/11 deterrent as marvin intel agency. there's a big drive for intelligence. it seems to be the side of the house that tends to have a lot of the issues and concerns. i think it would be best of the fbi got back to fighting crime. so many amazing agents that are fighting crime. we celebrate national police week this week. my dear friend laura was killed on light duty protecting children from a child predator. that's what the fbi should be doing.she's doing not there's people up in dc that are politicizing the fbi. it's completely disrespectful to her and tarnishes her legacy. it's not okay. >> peter struck is in charge of counterintelligence for the 9 states. he sensed 10,000 text message to somebody who's he's having an affair with. he's honestly not focused on

counterterrorism. maybe the chinese of the russians what they're actually doing. the trying to go after make sure donald trump doesn't become the president. that's a counterintelligence. let's counter to what he should have been doing as a senior person at the fbi. those are my words. listen, i do appreciate your service to our country and thanks for joining us tonight on hannity. i do appreciate it. >> coming up, debt ceiling negotiations are back on. after a brief pause earlier oday. we will have an up update from capitol hill xt. bus, a confused looking joe biden stumbling through the g7 summit. and, take a look at your screen. sean will be back with a live studio audience next tuesday. the special guests judge janine and senator 10 crews. go to hannity.com to secure your free tickets. stay with us. every day can be extraordinary with rich,

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>> welcome back of the special edition of hannity. with the biden default crisis looming, negotiations between house republicans and the biden advanced ration once again got stalled today. as democrats refuse to rein in the reckless spending. talks to resume this evening. with migrant overseas, kamala harris took the lead on administrations messaging. it went about as well as you'd expect. have a look. >> hello everyone i want to thank you all for joining us today. you can hear i have a bit of frog in my throat please forgive me. i been talking about this issue a lot recently. tax cut that would have 3 and half trillion dollars. >> that was kamala harris. the brand and ministration's leader on artificial intelligence trying to negotiate resume call with a frog in her throat.

meanwhile, the default crisis continues to weigh on the biden demonstration. here's the white house spokesperson moments ago. >> continues to be real difference, differences between the parties on these issues. we've been clear about what the president's priorities are and his belief that we should come together to continue the economic progress. >> our own chat program has the latest live from capitol hill. chad? >> good evening jason. their major hangups. the impasse is over how much democrats want to spend and how much spending the gop wants to eliminate. both sides most absorb a hit. that's because they need a bipartisan vote to pass the bill. >> it is very frustrating if they want to come into the room and think were gonna spend more money next year. then the year we did this year. that's not right and that's not going to happen. we took a pause because of the frustration. this white house will not

acknowledge their spending to much. >> the sides need to show the respective bases. there are fighting for their priorities. the chasm of differences stalled the talks today. >> any progress? >> are you guys done for the day though? >> until we have reasonable conversations about how you can actually move forward and do the right thing, the monogamous in here and talk to ourselves. >> the sides agree to ã conformity. lindsey graham counts that meet the june 1 deadline. he doubts the nation will default. >> i'm not so sure about june 1. if we need a short delay we will get a short delay. were not going to fall under debt. >> finding the precise cocktail of bipartisan votes is tough especially before the market react. jason? >> chad, there was an

advantage in speaker mccarthy being able to pass a bill out of the house of representatives. most people didn't think he could do it. he did. i was outplaying to these negotiations. >> got support for house republicans. kevin mccarthy cannot appear to give up to much to fast. neither can the democrats. the basis of both parties are watching. public spam could help. mccarthy must show he's fighting for the house bill even if it cannot pass the senate. jason? >> john, thank you. >> cheat sheet joe struck again as a photographer captured biden holding another note card with talking points in japan. including a reminder of the top 2 think the host. the embarrassment didn't end there for joe who often times looked confused and lost. despite appearing to be fully focused on the difficult task of walking, he wants against doubled and nearly fell down a set of stairs.

while biden does everything he can to stay upright in japan, more trouble is brewing right here at home. new reporting shows national security advisor, jake sullivan, served on a national security board with hunter biden for 2 years prior to joining joe's 2020 campaign. here with reaction, fox news trigger miranda divine and former white house chief of staff, bryan's previous. thank you both for transparent brenda, i want to start with you. joe biden is bubbling around. seriously, if you go back and you look at the proximity of hunter biden to jake sullivan all the schedules that jake sullivan has been involved with. he gets rewarded with a pretty procedures post. what are we to make of this proximity between hunter biden and jake sullivan? >> look, i think a lot of people in the administration, hunter biden is intimately involved in it. you see even in japan hunter biden's daughter, joe biden's granddaughter is there

escorting her adult grandfather around the place so it doesn't get lost. i think jake sullivan is just part of this problem that hunter biden is so embedded in every aspect of his father's political life that it's hard to tease them apart. jake sullivan and hunter biden did sit on this board of this national security project. this liberal think tank for 2 years together. they knew each other well. that was of the time hunter biden was getting $83,000 a month from the corrupt ukrainian energy company charisma. i think jake sullivan knows where the parties are. and that's why he's one of joe biden's most loyal factotum's. it's just so reckless of the democrats to have joe biden, who is obviously not well. it would be obvious, if it's

obvious to us just looking at him, it's obvious to everybody around him including his family. i don't understand why they allow him for personal reasons to continue on as president when he is clearly not up to it. it's embarrassing for america on the national stage. it's also dangerous for america. today, he's talking about sending f-16s to ukraine. how could he make those decisions? someone else is making this decision spirit. >> yeah, who those puppeteers are is a big question. the other big question is how do you beat somebody like a joe biden? look, you were the head of the republican national committee. you been chief of staff to a president. you've got that joe biden has trouble walking at this point. i heard peter ducey on special report talking about the fact

that they weren't even allowed to get any of the dialogue or any of the discretion of the g7 because they didn't want to show joe biden in action. how do you beat them? >> well, there's a couple of ways to look at this. the tradition in politics with say, look at the approval rating. one of the things obama, trump and biden have in common is that they all had approval ratings at times around the 40s. the difference was that obama had an approval rating among democrats at 80 percent. trump had an approval rating among republicans about 95 percent. biden has an approval rating at about 50 percent to 60 percent among democrats.you will say well, this guy has a lot of problems. in today's presidential election, we look at the national opinion and try to make these suppositions of what's gonna happen. in the battleground states across the country the

republicans and democrats are divided almost evenly at 40 percent a piece. which means only 4 percent of the american public in the states that matter are actually up for grabs. which means, if you look at 2016 and 2020. in those states only bob 100,000 people made the difference in those 2 elections. even less than that in 2016. what does it mean? it means the democrats don't care about candidates. look at federman, look at jobs in arizona. look at biden. but there are going to do is look take $4 billion. there gonna focus on 100,000 to 300,000 swing voters.

through and talk to them about abortion, there to talk to them about medicare and social security. there gonna talk to them about pot. there gonna talk to them about white supremacy, j6 knots with a deal. but we've got to do is the same thing. we've got to get better at focusing in on this micro-targeting of individuals. this micro elected activity. while there across the country and do it. i know that's where this party is heading. i know that is only way were going to be able to win. very few people, if you look across the country are discarding these elections print is 20,000 people or less and about 5 states across the country. that's where our head needs to be. >> hope republicans are paying attention to the changing rules

of how we felt. if it was up to me, if it was up to me personally it would all vote on the same date with the same information. voter identification and there wouldn't be early voting. there is early voting and there is a vote by mail. we have to deal with it get behind it. otherwise republicans are sitting around waiting until election day try to figure out if the weather is nice and whether or not if they will show up. all of that comes into play. boy, we could go for hours about this. i've got to let both of you go. appreciate you joining us on this beautiful friday night. i do appreciate it. coming up, one democratic congress from his client for congress to address, kamc infirm lawmakers. we will explain as doctors mark siegel and jeanette nishi want joins us with the special addition of hannity w ticontinu. these are the greats: people living with, thriving with — not held back by — disease. they motivate us to fight diabetes and obesity, rare diseases and cardiovascular conditions, for generations to come. so, everyone can meet their moment. because your disease doesn't define you. so, what will? novo nordisk. driving change.

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>> just sent senator federman was in the hospital for couple months. we have senators who have had children could we elect more women we might have more. i think we do need to have some policies like every other workplace in america to think about what are you gonna do when someone becomes infirm for the short term of the long-term. >> i don't know that being pregnant is being infirmed maybe we will have to discuss the definitions her comments come admit reports that nancy pelosi is working behind the scenes to keep feinstein around to help her preferred candidate for senate, yup, adam schiff. lucy's office has denied the reports. despite pelosi's daughter being spotted a number of times with feinstein will make her return to the hill. here with reaction, fox news medical contributors doctor mark siegel and doctor janette nesheiwat. thank you both for joining with us. doctor, i want to start with you. literally have a senator

federman that showing up wearing his carhart sweatshirt and, it looks like some obama is out being possible at some hoop in the valley. and then you've got senator feinstein, bless her heart, she does not look well. she just doesn't. i don't know what to do with this. these 2 senators play the pivotal role between the balance of power here. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. jason, as we aged get older our bodies actually break down. it's sad to see senator federman and feinstein struggling. i want to see them get the care that they need and prioritize their health.for example, senator feinstein, she didn't just have shingles. she had the most severe potentially life-threatening complication of shingles. encephalitis.this is inflammation and infection of your brain. swelling of your brain.

you know that leads to? leads to memory loss, confusion, agitation. sometimes the symptoms can be long-term. you need to be physically, medically, mentally and emotionally fit in order to serve your constituents. sadly, we are not seeing that right now. >> yeah, senator federman, everyone which is the breath of health doctor siegel. nobody wants to see somebody suffering like that. here he is showing up at the senate podium. i mean, i don't know how in the world they allow the standards of the senate to devolve into this. i don't think even if you have some complications with your health, you can't put on a coat and tie. if you can't put on the coat and tie don't know what you're doing representing in the united states senate. doctor moynahan is a house physician. when i was in congress he was my physician. he is very competent. he's trying to the united states navy. it begs the question that

doctor siegel, how do you do these assessments and what should be the consequence of this? maybe that's just a big broad policy question but, what do you think should be the role of a doctor who's actually seeing these as patients and these people are in positions of power making decisions. >> jason, i don't think it's a function of age so much even though diane feinstein is 89. in center federman is in his 50s but is have a severe stroke. he was hospitalized for depression for many weeks. as you say, people seem to be writing his lines. i think it's more of an assessment of fitness. which i been saying for a long, long time. as you know, having been in congress, they are atrocious when it comes to this. congress or the senate has never removed anyone. carl monk in 1969 had a stroke and didn't serve for 3 years.

they left him in there. carter glass in the 1940s democratic senator from virginia it was there for 2 years and didn't show up. they don't have a mechanism to do this. they need one desperately. i think an assessment of fitness would be more mental acuity and cognitive testing than physical. as the doctor just said, doctor feinstein had encephalitis. which interferes with thinking and prior to that she had cognitive changes that were cleared to everyone. she shows up and says i never left. actually wonder if she's serious about that. sad but, someone should be assessing out. we have serious business for the united states here. going on in the congress. as you know better than anyone, there has to be voted on very carefully. the debt ceiling, the war in ukraine, the border appeared judges. mckenna people there that are vacant. >> was actually working on a bill before left congress that would have anybody was running for president have to go through a series of cognitive and physical tests. if you can have your finger on the nuclear bomb, we should

know from an independent person like doctor moynahan to go through the assessment and provide for the american people. you will have to open up your komodo and shows everything. also thank you should have to show your tax returns and i thank you should have to show your medical records. from somebody else but by somebody and say the united states military will be objective in doing it. another discussion for another night. doctor janette nesheiwat, doctor siegel, thank you for joining us. i'll write more republican struck the race for 2024. we will tell you who was jumping in and what the latest polls are showing. plus, don't forget to get your free tickets to see hannity next week. sean will be back with an live studio audience show, next tuesday. the special guest judge tuning and senator ted cruz. you don't want to miss it. tsinfi can help you be better prepared for unexpected events. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. >> welcome back to the special

edition of hannity. gop primary field continues to grow. south carolina senator, tim scott has filed with the federal election commission to run for president. this is florida governor, ron desantis, long awaited campaign announcement is expected to come next week. despite the crowded primary race, a new poll still shows trumpet with a commanding lead. desantis 43 points behind. another poll out today asked voters about potential 2024 matchups and showed trump that 7 point lead over biden. when voters were asked about a desantis /biden matchup the 2 tied at 42 percent. here now with reaction pollsters, mark penn, lee carter along with fox news contributor, leo terrel.thank you for joining us tonight.

mark, i want to start with you. at some point, it's early, at some point can't you just get so far out ahead that you can walk at home? >> well, primaries are bedeviling things. we've seen a lot of instances where the front runners, no matter how far out can fall to the challenger candidates who aren't really well-known. who haven't really engaged. no question, trent trump has strengthened as he took on cnn here and ellen bragg. those have strength in him. his primary is not over. it's just beginning. >> lee, how do you see the race right now happening today? i saw the rise and trump coming when he went and visited east palestinian and joe biden didn't. he showed leadership. it reminded everybody that the president was a leader and he showed compassion and it plays well when he does that. >> yeah, i think there's a few things that came together at the same time. i think the visit was very, very well done.

i think was a time for people needed to hear from leadership. then he remembered what he was all about. he went out and visited. he had mcdonald's i think if i remember correctly when he was out the way. people were starting to look at him differently. the other thing that happened is the indictment. you think the indictment work against him. it rallied a lot of people to say they treat president trump unfairly. they gave him another chance. all of these things boosted donald trump. the same time ron desantis makes a big strategic mistakes. instead of running on a florida blueprint and all he had done in florida. he started taking on disney and a lot of these local wars. i told dick that served him well. i think trump's lead is secure at the moment. let's not forget on june 15 in 2015, there was an article in the "washington post" that said here's a 5 reasons why jeb bush will be the next president of the united states.

he didn't even get anywhere close to it. anything and everything can happen. we are a long way away. we know trump is unpredictable. >> yeah, that's a safe bet. he's eating mcdonald's and is unpredictable. i think that's going on on the field. leo, donald trump is showing why people to like him. the lead is massive but, there is the primary and getting the nomination and then there's the general election. what do you think those issues and how are the voters of the republican party going to look at the 2? >> i will tell you right now. first of all, donald trump and jeb bush, not even close. donald trump jason, resonates with the american people. most of these candidates are inside the beltway. donald trump is a guy that could rally a group 40 to 50,000 people on the weekend. donald trump accomplished more jason, and 4 years then some president. biden and obama in 8 years. the sky resonates with american people. they believe he's real.

he's a first republican i ever voted for. why? he puts country first. i will submit to you, i'm looking at these candidates that are running against him. i would love to ask pollsters work at they beat trump in their own state? ãscott is running. he's gonna be trump in south carolina? i like donald trump's chances of south carolina. i like donald trump chances in ¦ i don't see it. >> mark, good question. what is the answer to that? >> i think we are going to have to see what happens in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina. look, these states are gonna shape whether or not these other candidates can get off the ground. tim scott is not known much outside of south carolina. he has a lot of potential. i think he will play well. desantis, obviously has had trouble. he's gotta reset his campaign. trump is writing high. he has certainly been challenged by another republican in the ring.

as i said before, clearly, trump has a lot of weaknesses. can he really went? he could win a republican primary. he's been losing in the republican party has been losing since they have been with trump they want to be winners again. i think were going to have a bill primary care. a real match. a real slugfest. we will see who wins. i don't think it's as projectable as a team spirit. >> lee, it's one thing to get the nomination. to win the general election. the case that desantis is making his look, donald trump comes with trauma. problem trump it will have a hard time with independence and people in the democratic party. the numbers. i did are so weak within the democratic party. there's a huge opening to go grab those people. they will show them there's a reason to believe in them.

how do they play that when they've got to go to the right in order to win the nomination. >> i think it's good to be tough. i don't think ron desantis has an answer that will be satisfactory to the people that will make the decision. right now, the biggest problem the republican party has is with women. 7/10 independents say one of the primary reasons the gonna go and focus for women's rights and abortion. i netted 10 democrats 8 that's what will drive them to the vote. even though the economy is a number one issue that impacts our daily lives. if republicans don't come up with an answer that puts women in the center of the conversation, they will have a big issue. as we know, this election is going to come down, we are neck and neck. where country divided 48 ã48. it will come down to a few points. republicans are going to have a tough fight to slug it out. >> well, it's going to be a fascinating race. i appreciate all 3 of you joining us tonight. where the special edition of hannity coming up right after the tebreak. stay with us. astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can

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