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pirro in for sean tonight and we begin with breaking news. moments ago israel approved what prime minister netanyahu was calling a lull. in exchange they will turn in 50 hot tanks. just in reuters is reporting that hamas is supporting the deal. >> this is major news after weeks of trying to strike a deal. israel tonight says it's approved this hostage negotiation deal and what this would do essentially, how long the release of 50 hostages, women and children, in exchange for a four day cease-fire as well as the release of palestinians currently being detained in israel. israel also tonight says if 10 additional hostages are released

every single day that will allow another pause in the fighting. we've heard concern from israeli officials on the ground that any cease-fire would allow hamas to regroup, regame its forces and fight back, but israeli security officials tonight say they support this plan, and that the security and intelligence will be maintained on the ground. families have been protesting day in and day out, calling on the government to strike a deal. prime minister netanyahu thanked joe biden for some of the help in the talks. while this agreed release of 50 people is a great win for people here in israel, it's only freeing up 1/5 of the people that have been taken. israeli prime minister netanyahu says the way this will work is the hostages will likely be released in several groups and what we're expecting to see is that they could be released as soon as within 24 hours. only, of course, if everything from here until then goes according to plan. >> now, prime minister benjamin

netanyahu calls this a lull and not a cease-fire. is there any significant to that? >> i think there is because looking at the strategic effort that we've seen, the military continuing to move forward not only in the north but in the south, there is the real concern that hamas could regroup so there is going to have to be a lot of preparation on the ground to make sure that israel is able to keep its strategic offenses and its ground forces where they are without giving up territory and without giving up any of the gains that they have made in the last several weeks being on the ground. but it is worth noting, of course, back here tonight, this is just a major celebration for the families who are hoping that their loved ones could be a part of those 50 who could be released. >> certainly a happy thanksgiving in any event if it occurs in the next couple of days. alex hogan, thank you so much. what will this mean going forward? here now with more, author of

the brand-new book on "woke." how did it feed cultural marxism in america, senator ted cruz. senator, you're now privy to the news that's been released moments ago. hamas has just agreed to what the cabinet agreed to in israel. what is the significance of this lull for a four-day period, and 50 israeli hostages, we don't know if americans are included in those, for 150 palestinian women and children, and i think we should remember that of the 150 palestinian women and children, they are in jail having been convicted of terrorism in israel. >> let me set at the outset praise god if this news comes through and 50 israeli hostages are returned. that's a wonderful development. i have met with numerous families of hostages taken in israel and it is horrific, the

atrocities that were carried out when hamas invaded southern israel, and to bring even one hostage home is a victory. 50 hostages coming home, that's reason to give thanks this thanksgiving. there are also reasons to be concern. number one, the 150 palestinians who are in prison in israel that are being released, we don't know the identities of those. we're told they are women and children. one of the sad realities is that hamas regularly uses teenagers to be terrorists so there may well be individuals who have committed terrible crimes. my understanding from the israeli government is that they are not going to release any palestinians who have murdered israelis. that's an important line to draw. but there will be negative consequences to people who have committed bad acts in the past who may go forward and commit other bad acts. there are also negative consequences in that giving hamas several days to rebuild is going to make hamas more dangerous and that's why the israeli war parliament debated this. why they considered what is the

right option here, and ultimately, they made a judgment that it was worth it to bring 50 hostages home. that's reason to celebrate, but terrorists getting more dangerous, that's reason to be very concerned. >> you know, when you talk about the israeli war, parliament debating this, the people in israel have made it very clear to the prime minister, netanyahu, that they want those hostages back. there was an incredible outcry in israel, was there not, for that return -- at the very least, the 50 hostages? >> well, listen, there is agony. the families, the communities, who lost loved ones. who have been kidnapped. everyone is praying their wives, daughter, children, will be among those coming home and you can understand that. and listen, this is why terrorists take hostages because they force people into making terrible decisions. it is a bad thing that hamas is going to have four days to regroup that they are going to

have time to refuel. they are going to have time to get stronger, and i think it's very important that even while we're grateful for the return of the hostages, and i think netanyahu quite wisely said he'll continue the pause for additional days if additional hostages are getting released that we not lose sight that israel has laid out two objectives. number one, getting the hostages home so this is making real progress. number two is utterly and completely eliminating hamas. i do worry that as hostilities cease for a short period of time that international pressure and sadly pressure from the biden white house will only get greater, only get more significant, to try to prevent israel from resuming its work to follow through on that commitment, and eliminating hamas, the terrorists, monsters, who committed this horrific attack, that's important for israel's national security and it's important for america's national security. october 7, in addition to being

a horrific attack on israel, remains one of the worst terrorist attacks in american history. 31 americans were murdered that day. roughly a dozen taken hostage. we hope there may be some americans among these 50 but we have no indication that's the case. >> and during this lull, and i guess using the term cease-fire suggests that maybe the war is stopping, will israel be able to have unmanned drones to at least see what's going on, what hamas is doing, whether they are reling, whether they are moving things? i mean, will we have any idea? will israel know what hamas is doing? >> well, sure, i have absolute certainty that israel will continue surveillance, continue monitoring and one of the most significant elements of this agreement is that it will allow roughly 308 trucks to come from egypt into gaza including fuel trucks. the consequences of that are significant because hamas uses

that fuel, many of the hamas terrorists are in tunnels underground, and for hamas to be able to refuel enables them to continue and maintain those tunnels. that makes them more dangerous going forward. >> and the truth is, i mean, they do have fuel themselves, to be demanding fuel from israel, and i understand the trucks are going in but it's also humanitarian, it's food and medicine, in addition to fuel, correct? >> well, that's right. and, listen, there are real humanitarian disasters unfolding in gaza. what's happening to thecy civil arians there is terrible and that's inflicted by hamas. hamas deliberately uses civilians as human shields. it uses palestinian women and children. it bases its headquarters in the basement of hospitals. it locates missiles in kindergartens, because it wants

palestinian civilians to be casualties. israel goes to greater lengths to avoid civilian casualties than any military force on the face of the planet, but nonetheless, there are inevitably civilian casualties because hamas puts palestinian civilians in harm's way, and also, as a consequence of that, there is real suffering among palestinian civilians. so some of that aid is necessary but the challenge is, hamas takes much of that aid and uses it for the terrorists first, so that's a trade-off the israeli government considered and they made the judgment that bringing 50 hostages home was worth the negative consequences of hamas terrorists getting more dangerous and more difficult to eliminate in future days. >> the problem, however, is there are four times that number still held hostage including americans. >> yes. yes. >> senator ted cruz, thanks so much for being with us tonight. and despite the temporary cease-fire in gaza, there is a

growing risk of terror right here at home. especially in new york. cbs news reports the new york state intelligence center currently believes the threat of an attack in the states is increasing as the war rages on. apparently, would be attackers are focused on so-called soft targets like protests and large public events. here now with reaction, former fbi 13esh8 agent parker and idf special operations veteran erin cohen. nicole, i'll start with you, given this cbs report, we're inching right on to thanksgiving. there will be a number of people in new york city, and, of course, as we go into the holidays as well. but starting on thursday, with, i believe it's the macy's thanksgiving day parade and the thongs of people that come into new york city what do you say to new yorkers based upon this report? >> you know, i say it to new

yorkers and to anyone who might be visiting new york. now is the time to be extremely vigilant, on high alert, and to keep your head on a swivel. as an american i am a big proponent of not living in fear. the terrorists won't win but we need to be extremely vigilant and aware. with the macy's thanksgiving day parade coming, tree lighting, ball dropping on new year's eve, there will be a plethora of events. and there is nothing more that terrorists would like than to cause case os, violence, destruction and death. these celebrations frankly celebrate religious freedom in the united states, whether you're christian, jewish, or whatever your religion might be. this is what this time is. new york city is the epicenter of many of these celebrations. >> to erin, this deal for the hostages, a quarter of them, 50 of them, in exchange for criminals jailed and convicted in israel, and the children that they are talking about, apparently children who were born in the jails, in israel,

why do you think hamas agreed to this? >> judge pirro, let me say it's good to see you again. >> thank you. >> as far as the cease-fire goes here's where i am at with this right now. this cease-fire was initiated by hamas. he's feeling the noose getting tighter around his neck. a couple of brigades left of hamas militants, they have been completely surrounded, israel has been brilliantly unfolding a pressure cooker campaign using a high degree of selectively like senator cruz said. very careful with the city civilians. a lot of special ops forces on the ground moving house-to-house. the tunnels are almost completely mapped out at this point. the dog unit, the archangel gels of those tunnel operations, unmapping everything that we've seen under the medical center. getting desperate. the leaders in qatar sitting in those six star hotels are

getting desperate. you've got -- they are sitting there and everybody knows the noose has tightened. all they are doing is trying to show strength. the hostages have always been the key piece for us. we rescue our people. they are a big deal. we did it in 1976, in july, we got back 103 hostages. we're in the hostage business and while we may not have invented it, we perfected it. israel is very good at counterterrorism. we'll take those 50 hostages back but i can assure you, with your previous chat with the senator, israel will have a very high degree of surveillance all over gaza. we've got that whole place on lockdown and the reason why is because israel is a master at intelligence gathering. all the supply lines will be cut off. no one is moving supplies. we want to get those trucks in there for the palestinian people who are trapped in the center of gaza. israel will keep a very tight

eye. our intelligence agencies, and it's okay. we want those hostages back. we'll take them but we'll keep a very close eye on exactly how this unfolds over the next couple of days. and this ain't a cease-fire, judge, this is what i call a little tactical snack of a buzz. that's all it is. >> agree with you. nicole, i'm going to go back to you. with the defunding of police, with the fbi so focused on january 6 for so long, how can americans feel comfortable, even in new york city, the mayor announced yesterday there would be a further cut in the police. americans, as they go forward, i know you talk about them being free and exercising their freedoms, but what should they look for, and what should they -- what should they report if they see something? >> first of all, to your point, i think this is something that we talk about all the time here. there is a decrease in law enforcement because of this defund the police movement, and

all of this nonsense that's been going on for the last several years yet there is an increase in threats. counterterrorism attacks, and, you're right, i was at the fbi. their number one focus for the last 2 1/2 to three years has been january 6 capitol violence and i hope they are dedicating resources to foreign terrorists, what is happening at the southern border, we have no idea who is in our country, that's extremely dangerous, i know an agent who was a counterterrorism agent, he said, will you please move me to the criminal side of the house because until you close the border what's the use of working counterterrorism, you're welcoming it into the country. it's extremely dangerous so for those visiting new york city keep your eyes and ears open. this threat could be a lone offender or a foreign terrorist organization group. something that concerns me drastically and that the doj has warned about starting last year, is a drone attack. drones are extremely dangerous. you have no control. it's difficult to track them down.

and, you know, some people do them for hobbies but yet they can be dangerous. you can drop explosives with drones. keep your eyes and ears open. if you see something call 911 and report it to law enforcement and i sure hope the fbi has their resources dedicated to these threats because this is what americans are most concerned about right now. >> aaron, back to you with the last question. we have 50 hopefully hostages coming back. we've got four times that. another 150 so far as we know over there. how long do you think this offensive will take? and will hamas keep trying to interrupt the flow of israel in its takedown of hamas? >> judge, it's a good question. i don't want to speculate on the idea of the macrooperation in terms of how long it will take. i think israel is starting to put the bow on. they have got to be careful. the tunnels are complex. what we call tubular linear assault. i want to talk to your guest. i think she was on to something.

i've been training in lawful for 20 years teaching israel counterterrorism and i want to speak to every chief and every sheriff out there. start taking your training seriously. i'm a big fan of law enforcement but you want to have an honest look at your swat training. i know teams who get together about once a month. two, alert program, a $130 million program, and what we saw in uvalde may have been a reflection of that training, which, in my opinion is a little outdated. those sheriffs and chiefs, you better start having a good look at your training, make sure it's behavioralial based and make sure you can do point shooting and make sure you've got counterterrorism-based training. this ain't going to look like uvalde or columbine. this could be several dozen, several hundred of these popping up right now and you better get serious with your tactics, and start being very honest about your response capabilities, and i'm not talking about -- i'm talking about every city across this country. there is a lot of them. start getting serious about your

training and have an honest look and ask yourself, patrol officers, resource officers, real first responders, are they capable of responding to those threats under those massive levels of stress, and can you do it in a counteractivism-based platform? >> you hit the nail on the head, aaron. >> just trying to mark my car in the same garage as you. >> you got it. we're in the same garage, nicole parker as well. thank you both. coming up, as u.s. soldiers face more and more attacks in the middle east, joe biden is headed to nantucket. for a luxurious thanksgiving getaway. not a care in the world. we'll have all the details as this special edition of "hannity" continues. with gold bond... you can age on your own terms.

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this special edition of "hannity." the world is on fire and so is joe biden's birthday cake with 81 candles. apparently 81 candles creates quite a flame. almost nothing is going right for joe biden or the country that he serves. tonight according to the pentagon u.s. soldiers have been attacked at least 66 times in the last few weeks. this includes a major strike against u.s. forces at an air base in iraq. take a look at this. >> since i know you will ask u.s. forces have been attacked approximately 66 times since october 17. 32 separate times in iraq, and 34 separate times in syria. u.s. personnel have sustained approximately 62 injuries but this does not include any injuries from last night's attack as they are still being evaluated. >> judge pirro: in response the u.s. has launched a few different air strikes in the region including one against an iran revolutionary guard facility in iraq, but so far,

these countermeasures have to deter attacks. the world is at war. american soldiers abroad are at risk. the economy is a disaster and the 81-year-old president is barely able to form a coherent thought. biden is now down in almost every poll to every possible republican hopeful including donald trump. but joe doesn't seem to have a care in the world. he's headed to nantucket for a luxurious and relaxing vacation with family and friends. joining us is former arkansas governor mike huckabee with tom laron, and fox news contributor joe -- i'm going to start with you, mike huckabee, we've had now they say, 66 times since october 17, that we've been attacked by the proxies in iran from iran, and yet, we're barely fighting back.

why do you think that is when so many of our soldiers have been injured with injuries that are very serious, tbi, traumatic brain injuries, which can be lifelong? >>, just you've got to remember this is an administration that's give an lot of cash awards to the iranians. we've blessed them not just with the $6 billion of unfrozen money but we've turned their oil spigots back on. that's $80 billion they have been able to get from that. so we're not worried about what they do. we make it possible for them to gain nuclear capacity. i just believe with all my heart that if donald trump were still president and i hope he is again, i don't think we'll have this kind of situation because the iranians won't take these chances. instead joe is sitting there with his birthday cake. that thing is flaming up so much, my gosh, i think it increased global temperatures by two degrees nationally. it looks lake a forest fire. i'm expecting smoky bear to rush

in there and put it out and say, only you can prevent fires like this, joe. >> judge pirro: i've got to tell you, tommy, i think that birthday cake with 81 candles on it, as posed to getting eight and one, two candles, it's a metaphor for america that we're in flames, whether it's the economy, crime, border, what's going on in the middle east, what say you? >> yes, it really looks like a dumpster fire and that is the perfect symbol for joe biden's presidency. it's one thing to be off with your family for thanksgiving. most presidents do that. there is nothing wrong with that. the problem is, according to a lot of research by the rnc, he spent about 40% of his presidency on vacation. now, white house sources will say, listen, joe is working while he's on vacation. he's not even working when he's in the oval office. i don't really buy the fact that the man that can't figure out which is the exit or when to leave or when to enter, he can't

call on reporters without a cheat sheet. i highly doubt he's working wherever he wants to go. this president is entirely asleep at the wheel which means somebody is running this country into the ground, and i didn't vote for joe biden, judge, but i certainly didn't vote for whoever is running our government and many and millions of others would sure like to know who that person is. >> judge pirro: the amazing part of all of this, the democratic party, they talk about we're for choice and freedom and all this stuff, 71% of the democrats think joe is too old to do the job. and yet they are insisting that he be the guy to run, you know, he's not engaging in any kind of debates. it's joe biden, when america clearly, i mean, we're tired of the stumbling and the bumbling. what say you? >> i say, judge, if there was a plan b, which i think was supposed to be kamala harris and now she's all the way back to plan z, if there were somebody

viable to put forward that would be one thing but they don't seem to have too many options. regarding this nantucket vacation for six days, one would think somebody named scranton joe would go back to his hometown in pennsylvania but every thanksgiving mr. biden always seems to have friends with homes so big they have their very own zip code they can see from outer space. and this is a problem for the democratic brand in general, they are no longer the party for the working man or woman, but they are the party for elites. for hedge-fund billionaires like the home mr. biden is staying in. the richest 1% of 1%. we're certainly a long way from occupy wall street, that's for sure. as usual, biden looks profoundly tonight deaf to be staying at nantucket estate valued at $34 million while so many families will be struggling to put food on the table. the average cost of a thanksgiving meal this year is the second highest record on ever. it's also 25% higher than it was in 2019 when donald trump was in

office, and this is why, there are several reasons why, donald trump in poll after poll, as you just showed, beating joe biden not only nationally but in those important swing states, georgia, wisconsin, pennsylvania, nevada, and that's why mr. democrats are publicly saying get out, joe. you simply can't win. the question is who do you put in? mariano rivera is not waiting in the bullpen, that's for sure. >> mike, i'll go back to you. >> judge pirro: they will tell you bidenomics is great but i can't help but agree with joe and what you said earlier, if donald trump were the president right now we wouldn't be in this mess. >> i don't think we would. i find it interesting that careen john pierre would say such things about how great bidenomics is. i wonder if there is one american family who will gather around the table and say at thanksgiving, thank you, god, for bidenomics.

thank you that is our groceries and gasoline cost more. thank you that we can't afford a husband or a car. yes, god, thank you for bidenomics. it makes us all feel what most of the rest of the world has to feel living in poverty. we used to live in real posterity but no longer thanks to bidenomics. >> judge pirro: tommy, in the end what you've got is a party that's pushing joe on us. donald trump, and there are several who are in the presidential primary but donald trump, it seems, more time goes on, it's clear to everyone that he's the guy that we've got to have in there to fight the fight for america, with all of these attacks on our military guys in iraq and syria. i mean, they aren't afraid to hit us. >> if only it were that easy as us wanting donald trump to be in office and if only the polls gave us the full picture. judge, i don't want to be the

grinch this early before christmas but i'll say this. the reason why the democrats are scrambling, they are not in full panic mode because they have the election and ground game down. they have got early voting, mass mail-in ballots, they are ready to go so they can hide joe in the basement. that's how confident they are so i would love to sit here and be cocky but we can't afford to do that. >> judge pirro: last time it was the basement campaign. this time they call it the bubble campaign. mike huckabee and the rest of you, thank you for joining us. house republicans are moving toward the final stage in the biden impeachment inquiry. greg jaret and stephen miller join us next.

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. >> judge pirro: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." overseas business dealings is hitting a critical phase. house republicans have just a few more interviews left to conduct including high stakes testimony from hunter biden before they are ready to decide whether to introduce articles of impeachment against joe next year. while the house claims the impeachment inquiry is baseless the american people disagree. a new harvard harris hol shows that 60% of respondents believe that joe was involved in hunter's business dealings. here now with reaction is fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett and former senior adviser to president trump, stephen miller. gentlemen, good to have you both here. gregg, i'm start with you, is there sufficient evidence? i understand, look, we don't have the fbi, we don't have the doj, the house is doing the investigation, so it's taking a while, but are we there yet? >> oh, yes, i think you are, and

the burisma scheme alone, got the prosecutor to shut down -- at the same time his son was.ing millions of dollars from that company to get his dad to do it. it's actually in an email. under the federal bribery statute, you know that's a crime. to confirm benefit in exchange for money to his family. it doesn't have to go to him, to another person or entity is still a felony and bribery is stated ground for impeachment in the constitution. should republicans impeach? that's a different question. it could easily backfire especially when it's brought in the middle of a presidential election by an opposing party. the public will likely see it as election interference. that's exactly what democrat prosecutors have been doing against trump, and look at the

result. with every indictment, trump support rises because people see it for what it is. an effort to deprive them so i think republicans would be better off continue to gather incriminating evidence and present it to the voters. >> judge pirro: you know, stephen miller, what's happened with this investigation of joe biden, is one shocking thing after another. i won't even get into the classified documents for which donald trump was indicted. this guy didn't even have the right to take classified documents out of the sciff. do you agree with gregg, is this a good idea or bad idea? is it going to backfire? >> i think it's an exceptional idea and a necessary one. i'm strongly in favor of impeachment. the sooner the better. the more article of impeachment,

better. donald trump has said year after year republicans need to grow a spine. if plunges continue to get beaten up, harassed, harangued, silenced, blacklisted, canceled, prosecuted, driven out of every industry and every profession everywhere, and all they can muster in response is a press release, a statement, an expression of disappointment, republicans are doomed and the country is doomed. as gregg jarrett said they have biden dead to right on bribery and they have him on many other crimes as well not to mention his criminal repeated habitual violation of immigration laws and a conspiracy to commit human trafficking. all impeachable offenses. we need a national debate on joe biden's corruption, we need a trial in the senate and we need republicans to get tough to get smart, and to show the country that they have the same strength, same resolve as the democrats, that they care as

much about saving the country as democrats do about wrecking it. >> judge pirro: what's interesting, gregg, and i'll probably ask the same question of stephen, i think a foreign saboteur, if he wanted to take down this country, could not do as good a job as joe biden has in terms of crime, the economy, the border, we haven't even seen the terrorism that's going to visit us, and, you know, we're worried about impeaching the guy. go ahead. >> you look at the polling data, and americans are pretty smart. they watch this man and they see he's not up for the job. 70% of democrats think he's too old for the job. not equipped. not mentally and intellectually capable of doing it. and then you factor in, you know, his lying about his involvement in his son's overseas deals. the paper trail of visitor logs, photos, emails, texts and other documents show his complicity. joe was aiding and abetting his

son. the father meeting with foreign partners of hunter, communicating with them, archer confirmed, they were selling access to joe and promises of influence. that's the definition of corruption and selling out your country to america's adversaries. >> judge pirro: without a doubt. stephen, do you think they are too slow at this point. do they have it now, stephen? >> they are where they are right now. they have been working as hard as they can. as you said they don't have the fbi. they don't have the doj. they have every scrap of evidence they need. joe bide isn't compromised and sold out to foreign powers. >> judge pirro: i agree. >> if that's not an impeachable crime nothing is. if a phone call is, that sure as heck is. great having you both on. thank you, up next, recruitment woes in the military. wait until you see what the army is doing now. we'll explain as ronnie jackson and monica crowley join us on this special edition of "hannity." kitchen tool? my brain.

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>> judge pirro: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." amid the military's recruitment woes the army sent a letter to soldiers dismissed for refusing the covid vaccine, informing them that they request a change in their military records following the rescission of all covid vaccine requirements and telling them to contact their local recruiter should they wish to return to service. here with reaction, podcast host monica crowley and former white house physician, congressman ronnie jackson. guys, we have the smallest active duty army since 1940. why do you think that is, ronnie jackson? >> you know, judge, the military has been in the midst of a

crisis regarding recruitment and retention for a while. it actually started first day that joe biden game to offers and it coincides with his efforts right off the bat to change the focus of the military from training to fight wars to pushing their racist and woke agenda, and you're talking about nothing but dei and crt and pronounce and things of that nature. that ran a bunch of people off. so we started with the issue then, and then the vaccine came in and they started pushing the vaccine, mandating the vaccine, in fact, and a lot of people left. these are highly trained people that they spent hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars training like navy seals and fighter pilots and things of that nature and they ran these people off because they wouldn't submit to taking this vaccine. and, you know, the secretary had no issue with it whatsoever. we tried our best to talk him into not doing this. we pushed the retention issue over and over. he just would not hear it. we actually had to pass a law in last year's national defense

authorization act to make him, make him get rid of the mandate, which he begrudgingly did, and we had to also pass laws to keep these people from being discharged with hot than honorable discharges which affect that you are lives tremendously. they have trouble getting jobs and stuff. we've had to fight him on every single level and we're continuing to have to fight that fight. it's pathetic but now they real highs what they have done. we tried to warn them and now they are scrambling trying to get these people back and these people aren't going to come back. these people have no interest in coming back right now because the military is not the military that they signed up to serve in and until joe biden leaves it won't be. >> judge pirro: you know, monica, it's an interesting point. the truth is, that this year, they missed recruitment by 15,000, so what do you think is going to be the reaction of someone who was involuntarily discharged, who was required to leave? do they come back? what is the thinking there? >> you know, judge, we've got an all-volunteer force so we should all be deeply grateful for

anybody who stands up and raises their hand and joins the u.s. armed forces. it's been absolutely disgraceful the way the government, way the top brass in the military, has treated individuals who stood up for their own bodily autonomy during covid and said no, i don't want to take an experimental medication. 8,000 soldiers were kicked out of the u.s. military on the basis of not going along with the vaccine mandate. only 43 soldiers have stood back up and said, yes, i would like to join again. that's an absolutely horrendous number for national security and our armed forces. these people were not treated with any respect. every single individual who came forward and asked for a religious exemption to the vaccine mandate was told absolutely not. get out. so they wouldn't even respect, forget the bodily autonomy argument, they wouldn't respect

people's religious freedoms, that they were trying to assert in the country that they wanted to fight and perhaps even die for. it's been absolutely despicable, but it really shows a giant hole in our national security, because now they are going hot in hand, begging people to come back. they have moved on with their lives and now all of our armed forces are facing a major haul. one quick point, towed, judge, today, u.s. army asked for 114 million dollars to advance their diversity equity and inclusion programs. the country is broke, and the military can't attract talented people to join, but they want to seek that kind of money for dei. this is why people don't want to join because they are more than happy to have these individuals who they hold in great contempt, average americans, they are more than happy to have those people fight and die in their wars but they show zero respect for them.

>> judge pirro: congressman ronny jackson and monica crawlie, thanks for being with us tonight. and coming up, green new deal cult suffered a major set back at the hands of ford. what happened? we'll tell you as this special edition of "hannity" continues.

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>> judge pirro: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." now, more bad news for the green new deal cult. construction -- was halted back in september due to concerns over costs. and today ford announced they are moving forward with the project but with production capabilities put by 40%, and the number of jobs it's projected to create slashed by more than 30%. the announcement comes as sales of electric vehicles have slowed across the country, forcing numerous automakers to scale back operations. ford's announcement is the

latest blow to the biden administration, and further proof the american people aren't buying into this administration's green energy agenda. here now with reaction, hoover institute victor david hanson. americans don't want electric cars. i'll start with that as a premise. tell us what's going on. >> i think we have a lot of utopians, judge, and they are not in tune with market realities so they continue to say, you have to have, in 10 years, all of car sales in california, have to be electric. already a quarter of all sales are electric but it's not market driven. it's driven by bureaucrats, and now people buy them, they don't have the range of a gas car. they tend to be more flammable. they are dangerous when you get into an accident. they are 1/3 heavier so they are sort of like topedos on the road. they are very dangerous, and how

are you going to power them if you aren't going to build hydroelectric nuclear gas or coal, wind and solar won't do it. i think the real subtext of all of this dilemma is they don't want a private car powered by a fossil fuel, and they went to ev as a substitute and the substitute didn't work, and now we're starting to hear that the real agenda is to get us into high speed rail, buses, mass transit, subways, and get away with the private vehicle altogether because the ev is not going to replace what we have now. so they have a different agenda. here in california, electricity prices went up 13%. they are going to go up 13% at the beginning of the year, and that's just one year. four times the rate of inflation. we're talking about, judge, can you believe it, you plug your car in and they want you to power the grid from your battery at night. [laughter] >> judge pirro: the amazing part, when you think about it,

if you look at a street in many city, all these cars are lined up. they don't have individual power stations to power up their cars. so it's almost impossible. but if there is another president who comes in, in 2024, does this all come to an end? can we switch back to fossil fuels? how does this work? >> i think so, because 99% of the emissions from fossil fuel cars are not toxic. the complaint against them is they create heat but if you don't believe necessarily that manmade climate change is that severe, then i think you'll see a return to natural gas or hydrogen or gasoline or diesel. there are all sorts of fuels that they can use and they are all safer, and i think they are more economical than electricity, batteries. >> judge pirro: i never felt like i lived in a totalitarian nation, but when they started talking about taking away my gas stove, i'm a cook, i mean, it

was like, i'll fight them every inch of the way. but it's not what the american people want, and we've spent billions in the infrastructure act, and that really is a sad commentary. on joe biden, his connection to china and those batteries that we're buying from over there that we can't even dispose of properly because of the danger to the environment. >> no. and we need lithium mines and we're trying to stop mining of precious rare metals to power these batteries. and, here in california, it's the future. so gavin newsom wants to do to america what he did to california. >> judge pirro: we're not having it. >> a most frightening idea. >> judge pirro: thanks so much for being with us. unfortunately that's all the time we have tonight. you can catch me week days on the five and i'm going to be here tomorrow night at 9:00. see you then.