great thing about all of this is that merit really rules the day. it's about who can do the best job, it doesn't matter where you come from, what colour your skin, whether man or woman, who is the best of the best? and i think that is what president trump is really encouraging and i think that is what musk and his hiring for spacex has relayed demonstrated. merit rules. >> i think i agree. it is important to understand that these are tough jobs. these are technical jobs that require people to not make mistakes. so you need to have the best possible people doing that work. i hashtag almost every day, never been against elon musk and so far he has proven me right. >> laura: awesome, it's so great to have you on tonight, especially tonight. that's it for us tonight. make sure to follow me on social media. i have some new posts up from this morning, check it out, jesse is up next.

>> jesse: welcome to "jesse watters primetime". tonight... >> what do i mean by pithy? how about this. republicans want to kill your kids. >> jesse: sorry democrats, we are making america normal again. jordan peterson is here. >> i was frustrated by her inability to release a saintly answer questions. people notice that and it's like, answer the [bleep] question. >> jesse: the media taking a long, hard look in the mirror. peggy noonan joins "primetime". >> would you as governor allow state police and national guard to carry out mass deportations? >> that will not happen on my watch. >> jesse: mass deportations are coming. tom is in the house. >> you better start packing now. >> jesse: plus... >> everybody take a breath. ♪ ♪

>> the eagle has landed. we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we're breathing again. >> all step off the land now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> jesse: famous words of neil armstrong, the first man on the moon. we realize watching tv together, the full magnitude of our potential. manifest destiny is not limited to god's green earth. adventuring into space is the natural evolution of the american push into the wilderness. space exploration withered under barack obama but like many things in america, it is making a comeback. trump and musk flew to south texas today. a lawn giving 47 a little aerodynamics 101. the goal has been set. colonize mars. but before that we have to make sure that if we get men to mars, we can get them back.

so this test was about working out the kinks and they let it rip. >> five -- eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] >> jesse: the mission was a success. spacex fulfilled three of the four goals. preignition, splashdown, vertical reentry. they just weren't able to catch the booster and the chopsticks. should have used a fork. a manned mission to mars is not far off and it's coming at a time when americans cultural competence is high. you're still celebrating what happened two weeks ago. in the octagon, in the ring and on the gridiron. and now on the pitch.

>> it's absolutely delightful! from the united states! >> jesse: people are having fun because we are getting back to normal. men are acting like men, women are acting like women, walls are being built and statues are going to stay up. even gavin newsom wants to be a part of a story. but he keeps cold calling trump and can't seem to get through. >> i tried to reach out to them, could not get through. and then we went back and forth. i called the special session. >> i think he really likes you, i think half of this is an act. >> you said you call trump? >> i didn't connect with them. normally we get through but it's a different time and we didn't have that problem in the past the white house is not set up khakis in middle of a transition. i'm not complaining, the last person who thought he would pick up the phone's me. >> maybe gavin should show up at mar-a-lago knock on the door. that is what gavin did with biden. you showed up at the white house and walked white in. we are hearing more about the morning joke mar-a-lago summit. trump just told them he wants to

have better relations with the press. and do some deals with democrats if they want to help the country. sounds reasonable, right? well most of the media branded them and show us traitors who betrayed democracy. probably because most of the media actually believe their own lies. morning joe says it was quote, unquote,, worth it. their pilgrimage to palm beach makes more sense now because this just in, "the wall street journal" is reporting that comcast, the parent company is about to announce it is spinning off msnbc into a separate venture. it will no longer live under the same on bella as nbc news. ratings and profit are down and msnbc is on its own now. biden certainly did not help. they had to cover up for the big guy and it got them nowhere. then it up with no access, no influence and no audience. joe will still not talk to anyone. >> mr. president, happy early birthday! will you talk to us, sir?

will you please talk to us? mr. president! present biden! please, we have not heard from you all trip! mr. president! [laughter] >> jesse: how is the media going to cover the story if the main character is in hiding? they can't. the media wants to be used so badly and biden wouldn't even give them the pleasure. now they are depressed of biden and searching for meaning. talking about from's landslide is no fun so now if they are seeing how far they can go and what they can get away with and wondering aloud into a microphone, can anyone hear me? is anyone listening? >> democrats better get started now. tracking these people, holding these people accountable and making clear to ordinary voters who voted for what and who is responsible for it. you cannot talk broad themes, you have to boil it down to nuts and bolts and you have to be pithy. what we mean by pithy? how about this. republicans want to kill your kids.

>> jesse: republicans want to kill your kids. that is from a "washington post" reporter who sounds like she is trying to get fired by jeff bezos. maybe jennifer rubin wants to get fired and now she's alive. better than getting ignored. and the rest of the press is so lost that they are covering the first transgender congressperson. i guess they were born a man and a claim they are a woman? this person wants to use the women's restroom on capitol hill. and abc news decided to take sides. you can guess whose side they took. >> here she goes, years congresswoman. can i school question as you walk here? the question is, with your piece of legislation about banning women from -- >> 100% yes. it does not go far enough. i'm not going to allow biological men into women's private spaces. i will stand that way and anyone on the radical left who thinks it is okay for a man to be in women's bathroom or changing room, no. i will not stand for it and the

speaker said it would be in the house rules package. if it's not i will be ready with a motion to force a vote on this. this is not okay. i'm a survivor of sexual abuse and i'm not going to allow any man in any female private space. end of story. >> jesse: so after democrats got eat in the battlegrounds with child sex change surgery, abc wants to pick a fight with a woman who does not want to share a bathroom with the man. they are treating the trans story like it's watergate. >> the notion that this incoming small house republican conference majority is beginning to transition to the new congress by bullying a member of congress, this is what we are doing? >> jesse: there is one transgender member of congress out of 435 and the top democrat is siding with they them instead of view. this is the biggest story in washington all day.

where this transgender mender -- members going to the bathroom. it's like they learned nothing from the last election. just go in the men's room. or go in the gender-neutral bathroom. now they have those they are? they have them everywhere else. biden should just build one this point khakis trying to get all the money spent before he's gone, why not? i can't believe we are even talking about this. >> let me be clear, a man is a man and a woman is a woman. a man cannot become a woman. >> jesse: so why do hundreds of women have to feel uncomfortable so one man can feel included? this is what may democrats change parties. their party was not listening to them. >> so what changed? >> my level of thinking. me not thinking that the police are above me and white men are above me. and i'm all good about like, we can learn about history and all that stuff but don't tell me -- don't try to put it in a way that is like our country is racist. our kids are important and if we are not teaching them well, if

we are not teaching them about credit, not teaching them how to get a home eventually, and all were talking about is racism and trends and gaze which, like i said, i'm all good. you do what you do, just don't force it on people. >> jesse: so behind a closed door, democrats had a meeting today. the incoming michigan senator tried to some cold water on their faces. quote, it is not rocket science. but those issues plainly, not from the faculty lounge but from the assembly line is, i think, a very important message. so the country is starting from scratch. we have a blank slate, we can write our own story. this last crazy chapter is over. the new american century of the golden age returns to what america has always been. a land of opportunity for the american citizen vision and grit can shoot for the moon or even mars and make it there. trump and musk are watching rockets shoot into space and the

left is saying republicans want to kill your kids and bully men out of women's bathrooms. as you can see, this is going to be a struggle for some people to find their place in the world. but if you look to the past, it will tell you where it needs to go. fame psychologist and author of we who wrestled with god, dr. jordan peterson joins me now. dr. peterson, we love this book, we love all of your books. this one was a bit meatier than some of the ones i've been reading recently. but you have observed this cultural shift in this country throughout the world. people are struggling to find out, is that their identity, their mission, their meaning in life. what are you observing right now? >> i think you can attribute the fact of the culture war that is occurring everywhere in the west , very intensely in the united states but also throughout europe, australia, new zealand, canada.

to confusion about the nature of this story. and the academics, the postmodern types of put forward, really, the notion that life is about hedonistic pleasure or about power and the problem with that is that both of those stories are self-defeating. you don't want to be around anybody who is primarily motivated by power and you don't want to be around anybody who is primarily motivated by their own pleasure seeking self interest. you need a different pattern of orientation in the world to make you desirable, to make you able to have functional relationships and in order to stabilize the future and give your life meaning. and for better or worse, the story that the free countries of the world are found under the stories of the biblical library. so we now know enough, i think about human psychology, to make a case for the validity of those stories in a manner that is compelling and scientifically credible. we have tried to do that in this

book. >> jesse: there's a lot of people out there not very attached to the bible or to the christian faith. why is it so important to go back all of these years and listen to these stories? why is it important for people to do that now, especially? >> it does appear to be the case that we see the world through a story. i would say that there is converging evidence from multiple lines of scientific inquiry that that is the case. in fact,, a description of the structure through which we see the world is a story. the next question then is in the face of widespread confusion about identity, that is what identity politics is, is confusion about the story that orients us in the world. we have to look somewhere to ground ourselves and the age-old historical traditions of mankind are the orientation poles that have guided us forever and there is no reason to assume that we have superseded that. anymore than we have actually superseded the necessity for stories. everyone wants a great movie, a

great novel. they want to be able to tell a great story about their life. the story is integral to being human and there is a pattern of story that we need to know. and those patterns are encapsulated in our traditions. there's no getting away from that and still being human. we can deviate from it and degenerate into pathology meaningless but there's no getting away from the story. the question is, what is the right story? what is the correct story? >> jesse: and you talk about cain and abel and adam and eve, what locks people into meaning? many people in america right now, their life has no meaning, it is just pleasure, watching tv, eating. why is the desire for meaning so important and how you arrived there? >> there's two ways of thinking about that. we are arranged biologically and spiritually so that we find the deepest meaning in acting out the patterns that are most

productive, psychologically, socially in the long run. that is difference than happiness. that is more akin to the sense of purpose and accomplishment that might flood over you if you accomplish something different and worthwhile. that is a marker from the deepest recesses of your soul, that you are on a path that is going to unite you with other people, it will stabilize you psychologically. it is going to make you a blessing to yourself. that is the terminology from the story of abraham that can help you establish something of long-term permanent significance. it will make you a good father, you will make you a good mother, a good husband. a good citizen, the sort of person that people want to be around voluntarily. all of that is associated with meaning and that is associated in turn with, you might say voluntary responsible conduct and something like that. when that is the right basis for psychological stability and

communities. it's not arbitrary, there's a pattern to it. >> jesse: and you need to have personal responsibility, personal accountability and a little sacrifice. that has been missing in a lot of places these days. >> we have not told the story of responsibility, really, especially to young people. not effectively for about four generations. and the consequence of that is a crisis of meaning. and it is so strange that the antidote to a crisis of meaning is, in fact,, voluntary responsibility. people know this because you know one of the things that, what you would say is of great benefit to everyone is to understand that your efforts have been well received by the people that you are serving. that is something that you can comfort yourself on many a long and dark night. that you have actually been of some genuine utility to some people. people you love, may be even that are your enemies. if you are able to conduct yourself the highest possible level of virtue, there is a very tight relationship between the

voluntary acceptance of high levels of responsibility and the meaning that sustains you even when you are suffering. that is a wonderful thing to know. why work hard, white be of service to other people? because it imbues your life with a significance that enables you to tolerate the difficulties of your existence and without bitterness, with hope. that is all associated with meaning. the stories of the bible are about you. whether you know it or not. obviously, wells would they be about? >> jesse: life is a story and we will get back to those stories. we who wrestle with god, dr. jordan peterson, thank you so much for joining "jesse watters primetime". one of the best dressed guess we ever have onset, thank you so much. >> you bet, things very much for the invitation. >> jesse: of course. sleeper cells and the secret service, a bombshell report straight ahead.

>> jesse: poutine not taking this very likely, he officially just lowered his country's threshold to use nuclear weapons. warning the west that a conventional attack on russian soil by a nuclear nation would be enough to trigger a nuclear response. this election transition the working class and the republicans, that is the kind of transition we can get behind. it has left the democrats alone on the coast, wondering how they let rogan slip through their fingers. president biden has checked out, he is disappearing behind palm trees and wandering into the jungle. where is kamala? she just took doug to hawaii for vacation. her donors will not be able to

find them there, disguised with sunglasses on my thaiss. $2 billion is a lot of money but it is not over yet. a new poll shows kamala is the odds-on favourite to win the democratic nomination for years from now. but that means she will actually have to participate in the primary. not a great track record there. but katie has some advice. >> i think she really did well in so many areas. but i was frustrated by her inability to really sustain clean answer questions at times. people noticed that and it's like enter the god [bleep] question, please. >> jesse: in four years the country could look a lot different. many people are predicting a new brand of american populism that unites the right and the left. meet the trump aoc voter. you would be surprised. people in queens split the ticket and voted for both. >> who did you vote for, if i could ask? >> trump. >> did you over aoc?

>> yes, i did. >> explain yourself. >> she's spanish. i'm spanish to. united states is not ready for a woman in power. >> why do you think someone would over aoc who is as far left as you can get -- >> because people know more about her. that's how it goes. i don't know much about kamala harris. to me, kamala harris is a puppet. >> aoc, the congresswoman? >> yes. [speaking spanish] >> how are you feeling about trump's upcoming presidency? >> i voted for him. >> why did you vote for biden but not for kamala? >> i'm a registered independent, i make up my own mind. >> jesse: the republicans have a mandate to bring in massive change and if they don't deliver, there right back to square one.

democrats have a different mandate. stop lecturing and listen. >> it used to be labor was the backbone of the democratic party. and even the culture of the democratic party changes because they're used to be much more contact between the democrats in the labor movement. the sense that the democratic party is a response to the needs of ordinary common men and women, the working class and they are too caught up in other issues or they are too worried about government regulations and parliamentarian stuff. they are not laser focused on getting stuff done. >> jesse: peggy noonan is a wall street journalist and author of the new book, a certain idea of america. it is a collection of her most powerful columns over the last several years where we have seen just a little bit of news there. and here she is. i got into this book a little more than jordan peterson's, it wasn't just the length of the book, it was more accessible.

but i have been reading your columns and i love this book because it's not all about politics, you do an essay on federman and the dress code, you to a prince harry chapter, bob dylan, trump, covid-19. you have documented all of this crazy stuff that has been happening over the last several years. where do you see this country going after where we have just been? >> i thought we saw a little bit of where we are and where we may be going and the report you just had. in the 2016 presidential cycle i was covering the new hampshire primary and i will never forget the number of voters i went up to and i said, so who are you for 2mak just between us on the day of the election and so many people said donald trump and so many people said i can't decide if it is trump or bernie sanders. and then the sanders people would tell me but i may do trump. so that little split, which is a kind of left right populist feeling is still going on.

>> jesse: what does that mean for the powers that be in this country? if you see a kind of combination of these two factions rise up and seize power, where does that leave people who have been controlling things for very long time? >> as you look at the political landscape right now, it is a jumble. and it is frothing and it is boiling still. i don't think 2024 quite settled things. one of the things i have been talking to people about who say this is a great populist moment, this is the rise of populism and it will never go back, i say a thoughtful populism will be a very powerful thing in this country. the kind of thoughtful populism that knows so much needs to be shaken up but many things also need to be kept a little stable.

things are a little bit fragile. i often think -- there is an old farmer's quote which is that any donkey can knock down a barn. but it takes a man to build one. so i know you are knocking things down but you have to build and we have to refortify. >> jesse: don't just knock it down for the sake of knocking things down. >> thank you. don't just let your political anger come and you start punching people in the knows. study the government, know it and we all know it has grown strange and large and not always effective or efficient or wise or helpful. we all know that. find out the problem areas and go in with a deep shovel. >> jesse: do you feel this sense of a return to normalcy? we were promised a return to normalcy about four years ago

after covid and it never really happened. do you get a sense that we are getting back to kind of what made this country great? merit, rules, a man, a woman,. >> c, that kind of normality, i don't know. it is more my impression that we are going into some, so far undrawn future then we are returning to a golden stability of the past. i'm thinking what the heck are we doing? >> jesse: we're returning to the golden age but we still have to return ourselves and we are in the process of it. >> thank you very much, that was very eloquent. yes, that's what i mean. >> jesse: i picked up some eloquence from reading this book. peggy noonan, a certain idea of america. it is a luxurious read. i feel almost noble after have read some of these columns and

we really appreciate all of your contributions. >> thank you jesse, very much. it was wonderful to be here. >> jesse: and my mom says hello. >> good, i say hello backpack i love your mom. >> jesse: what mass deportations will look like? tom homan is in the house.

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♪ ♪ >> jesse: it's only been two weeks since trump's landslide victory and migrants are deporting themselves. local say the haitians who settled in springfield, ohio, have already started shipping out. i would not be surprised if we see a max exodus after trump confirmed he will use the military to carry out mass deportations. people take trump at his word, he is saying we can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way. the illegals know the is up. if kamala use the same strength we would have a bloodthirsty gang and full trading 13 states in counting. instead, or legacy is going to be supporting sanctuary cities that protect tens of thousands

of criminal illegals from deportation. and letting the cartels man the border. here's a witness from today's house dhs hearing. >> a local resident whose property straddles the border, told me about the screams of women and children he hears. i found discarded clothing, personal belongings and chilling evidence of brutal assaults. all under the control of ruthless cartels. no one passes through without their approval. among the discarded items i found ids, many belonging to children. some real, others forged or burned. one was the passport of a 5-year-old colombian girl. a haunting reminder of the dangers these children face. >> jesse: but democrats on the committee chose to attack the witness rather than fix the

problem. that is their ammo. falsely claiming that trump is deporting doctors. >> the mass deportations are going to have a negative impact on the u.s. economy. but it is also about lives and family and people who have been contributing to this country for years or decades. these are our neighbours, are friends. some of these people are doctors and nurses. >> jesse: trump is not deporting your dr. unless he is on ms-13. still out of touch blue state politicians are digging in, they promised to protect illegals no matter what. >> the idea of calling up the army into the domestic confines of the united states seems uncalled for and may in fact be unconstitutional and illegal. >> that will not happen on my watch. we will not be participating in misguided efforts that harm our communities and i have been incredibly clear about that. >> we are not cooperating with

those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear and having large-scale economic impact. >> jesse: but aoc thinks protecting illegals does not go far enough. she wants mass amnesty for all of them. >> we agree. being undocumented is a problem. but our solution, instead of turning the military on our own people, is to document them. to document the undocumented. [cheering and applause] pretty simple. >> jesse: incoming trump border leader, tom homan is here. first of all, congratulations. when you hear these democrat governors and people like aoc saying that they are going to block any attempt to deport, what is your reaction? >> they are obviously not very smart because president trump is clear. out of the gate we are taking

public safety threats and national security threats. what politician, whether a mayor or a governor is saying no, i want public safety threats to remain in my community? i mean give me a break. here's the thing, they won't let us in the county jail to arrest a bad guy which means it will release the bad guy back in the community, but the community had a greater risk of crime and forces i.c.e. agents into the community which puts those agents endanger but also puts immigrant communities a danger because when we find the bad guy, and we will, there will be others with him. others that weren't even on our radar. so what they are saying, if they force us into neighbourhoods, we will arrest more illegal aliens than what we originally planned to do. their ideas ridiculous. >> jesse: they will invite more federal strength into those communities and you were just going to wind up grabbing more of them and deporting them. what aoc is saying, the answer is mass amnesty. it would save you a lot of work but what you say to her?

>> it's ridiculous. you're boarding that behaviour. if you reward amnesty, and never fix the border. the country has shown over and over again that if you don't have consequences, they will keep coming. awarding amnesty means people are going to come in and say look, i can cross the border illegally, i can lose my case in front of an immigration judge and i still get to stay. and that's what people don't understand. they see mass deportation is a bad think i know, we decide historic illegal crisis on the border. millions of people across the border illegally. everyone of them committed a crime by crossing the border illegally. if you look at immigration stats, 9 out of 10 of them would get an order removal. they had to be executed because we don't execute those orders, then what are we doing? just shut down immigration court. it doesn't mean anything anymore. throw the border because there's no consequences consequences. the law is clear. we will give you do process, you can have your day in court but when you were ordered removed, you're going on leave and we will make you leave. >> jesse: will you deport doctors? they are saying there's going to

be migrant doctors in the middle of surgery and ice is going to be dragging them out and their scrubs. have you heard of that happening? >> i have never heard of that happening. i heard the other day that we are going to deport u.s. citizens, i heard that one. but look, public safety threats, national security threats, those who had due process at taxpayer expense were ordered removed and went into hiding like fugitives. if you are here illegally, you are not off the table. is not okay to cross this border, it's a crime. every illegal alien across the border committed a crime. and it is not okay if you made it to the country illegally. i don't go 200 miles to save you i don't line my taxes because that's tax evasion. and is not okay to be in this country illegally. soap you are here illegally, you have a problem. >> jesse: we don't what you getting pulled over but if you do, tom, just so you have to be on time for "jesse watters primetime". that might give you a little past. thank you very much and good luck. >> you got it, thank you sir.

>> jesse: fox news alert. the secret service is investigating a antifa sympathizing agent who started parroting major antigovernment and anti-trump talking points online. this agent appeared to call trump supporters and said the president-elect has nazi policies. the agent also said he is disgusted by his coworkers and the incoming trump administration. wow. so according to an investigative journalist, he has reportedly been aside to kamala harris' protective detail before these comments came to light. in a statement to prime time, the secret service says the agents duties have been modified while they conduct a review. and that the comments do not represent the views of the agency. stay with prime time for more on this developing story.

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>> jesse: trump's cabinet picks have the country buzzing and the left is lashing out. trump keeps announcing picks on social media like it's the nfl draft. department of agriculture, you're on the clock. just hours ago, trump named his commerce secretary and is suspected to announce linda mcmahon as his education secretary at any moment. yesterday he announced sean duffy will be running the department of transportation, sorry johnny. a moment of silence for rachel who has now lost her work husband and her real husband to the trump administration. while america is getting reacquainted with winning, the media and the deep state have been working overtime to attack anyone who trump picks. you have hackers leaking closed-door testimony against matt gaetz, and entire war room devoted to blocking bobby kennedy from hhs. one democrat lobbyist is comparing him to hannibal lecter. despite the best efforts from the left, most americans support

trump's attempt to build his own coalition. however, he wants. almost every major appointee has positive favourable's, look at that. from has goodwill behind him and a message that is resonating across party lines. that's why most voters are supporting his transition so far. but not every pick is receiving unanimous support. some republican senators are dragging their feet on trump's ag appointment. trump has already been working the phones to personally speak with potential holdouts and j.d. vance is on the hill, leading meetings between some cabinet picks in key republican senators. and moments ago, trump was just asked if he would pull matt gaetz appointment. his answer was simple. >> mr. president, are you reconsidering the nomination of matt gaetz? >> no. >> jesse: if congress does not get on the same page as the rest of the country, america could be forced to deal with a confirmation dog fight in the first week of trump's presidency. trump has made it clear he is ready to use an enormous amount

of political capital to get his picks confirmed. but should he have two? a senior white house correspondent is here. you can already feel the rumblings of these confirmation hearings and we are over a month out. what is going on behind the scenes? >> jesse, the president-elect needs a foil. he is not campaigning ever again , there is no clear leader of the democratic party and while it does seem like a lot of the republicans and democrats on capitol hill get it, that he just one so convincingly that the american people want as much of a mandate you can have, the american people want to give them a chance to get his people through, he needs something and it seems like even with a majority he is willing to pick a fight with these republicans and his party who seem very unconvinced that matt gaetz, who

we have heard, little birdies have told us here in west palm beach that he has been around, probably just dipping into mar-a-lago to make sure everything is okay with the nomination, he will weight and he can weight until they vote him down, if that is what it comes to. >> jesse: do you think trump is picking a fight with republican senators or are republican senators picking a fight with him? i mean he is the president khaki has both chambers, he has a mandate. it's not like he is appointing hannibal lecter himself. we know who these guys are. doesn't he deserve his own cabinet? >> it is an interesting dynamic because donald trump is going to be the president for only four years. some of the senators that were just elected will be there for six years. so there is a thought, may be some of these republicans that don't like the cabinet pick could wait trump out. but if they want anything in the next four years for their

district, if they want a picture of their kid doing a thumbs up thanks to the resolute best with trump, they are going to have to play ball with him. >> jesse: no picture, no christmas party. you're going to get tweeted at all the time. people just have to be careful. it is going to be a dogfight. i think we are all prepared for it. peter working on his town down there and mar-a-lago, the winter white house. have a dip in the pool for us, pete. [laughter] more prime time straight ahead. , it provides 2 shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. i was out on a delivery, when i came across a snake... a rattler. fedex presents tall tales of true deliveries there we were, driver versus reptile.

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>> jesse: little words of wisdom for up and comers, stationary. get your name on it, get a nice little pen. a little personal note to people, makes a big impression for up and comers. trust me. let's do some texts.

karen from connecticut, thank you for sharing that amazing message from dr. jordan peterson. they are getting smarter every day. i feel smarter after having jordan on. mike from california, i had no idea what jordan peterson just said. i missed a couple of things as well. don't feel bad. jamie from wilson, north carolina,, thank you for inviting peggy noonan on your show, she's a legend. we are soaking up the class of intellectualism here. only on tuesdays. billy from south carolina, how do you have time to read all of these books? i don't start work until 5. but i don't read all of them. jeff from port clinton, ohio,, knock it off you made him smile. we need to -- we need him to stay tough and focused. don't mistake that smile for

compassion. his compassion is with justice. matt from florida, that reporter should have yelled free ice cream. that will get his attention. came from springfield, new york,, how did johnny take the sean duffy news? johnny left the building. he's not even here after he heard it. i think he's in morning. skip from georgia, jesse you must get thousands of texts but very few make it. what is the criteria? who picks them? does size matter? size matters in this case. the shorter the better in this case. be provocative, be concise. little flavour. a complement can't hurt, that will gave to the top. the producers pick them, i don't have time. i think they do this to insult me. this is my world