>> jesse: motley? not in the christmas spirit? >> bret: that's all right. listen, thank you so much, panel. merry christmas, happy hanukkah. >> thank you, merry christmas. >> merry christmas. ♪ >> bret: special day for a young girl wrote a letter to santa asking him to help her mom instead of bringing toys. according to the nonprofit asked for mom to get a job. spinal disease to go away. bills to be paid off and mom to get a car. the group reported that letter on facebook and donations came pouring in. tomorrow take a look at nihl and first college football playoff. that's it for this "special report." fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" starts now. ♪

>> raymond: i'm raymond arroyo. victims a time when we recall the characters in the nativity. the holy family, the wise men, the shepherds, leave it to joe biden to resurrect the one character none of us asked for. king her rod. today with a stroke of his pen, joe biden embraced the her rod principle. rewarding murderers while ignoring the innocence and their families. he commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 federal criminals on death row. biden says guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, i'm more convinced than ever that we need to stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. inen good conscience i cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that i halted. his deformed conscience moved him to extend mercy to convicted criminal lives over innocent victimized ones why didn't

brian's kick. in i'm not mentioning the abortion pills he stent to all the drug stores across the nation. i want to introduce you to the sterling individuals who biden has such mercy toward and more importantly, their victims. this is thomas sanders whom a jury unanimously found had no remorse for his victims. in 2010, he viciously murdered a mother and her daughter senator erec smith is stunned by the commutation of sanders. >> lexis roberts went on a camping trip with her mother and thomas sanders. thomas sanders on the way back took her mother out and executed her in cold blood in front of lexis. then, slit lexis roberts throat and let her die in the woods. this is someone that joe biden in on the eve of christmas decided to commute his sentence. this is nuts. >> raymond: i will say. and to do it on christmas eve

eve is frankly disgusting. think of the poor families of these victims just before christmas getting this news like the family of laura hobbs and crystal tobias. in 2005, these two little girls were riding their bikes in the chicago neighborhood when jorge tores sex actually assaulted and stabbed the girls to death. this is crystal's brother alberto. >> my mom tells my dad that my sister was found and that she was -- my dad ran upstairs. he was crying. s it what the first time i have ever seen him cry. my brothers woke up. they heard everything and they were sobbing. they were crying loud. >> four years later be amman a go schnell naval officer for which he got the death penalty justifiable by mr. so ricardo sanchez.

also relieved of death sentences today by joe biden. back in 2006, they shot and killed the entire family in cold blood. where is the mercy for these victims. and i haven't even gotten to the murders who killed officers and prison guards. the death penalty is not handed out casually. but, to protect the prison population and society at large from the most hardened criminals. and a court of their peers decide this is their fate. still some used moral arguments to encourage biden's her roddian's mercy. pope francis called on president biden as other criminal justice reform and faith leaders to step aside from federal former president trump directed the execution of quite a few individuals on federal death row. >> raymond: it's called following the law. and as far as the more rattle of the death penalty as the

esteemed theologian avery dulles has pointed out from saint paul to is he combine nasa all down the line, there is a long christian tradition defending the state's rights to executes heinous criminals. the definitive ending point might even be seen as merciful. think of it, it grants criminals, a definite time, a chance to make restitution. a time to make amends to god for their crimes. and maybe save their souls if not their bodies. isn't that an act of mercy where they showed none? today the alleged united healthcare ceo shooter luigi mangione was mugging it up in a new york courtroom he wore matching outfits with his lawyer as if they were attending a couple's christmas party. on "saturday night live," his mere mention got this reaction. >> luigi mangione dropped. [cheers]

[cheers] >> definitely wu. i wonder if they would cheer if he had gunned down their husband and father in cold blood. he denies the claims. but the federal government is pursuing the death penalty. do you know what that means? biden still have 27 days to grant mangione a commutation. i'm sure he is looking at that in the new year. herrod pursuing the christ child and holy family reveals the dark side of christmas. even amid great light. evil continues to move. >> today, joe biden reminded us of the dark side of christmas. and that innocent families still await true justice and mercy. joining us now, andrew cherkasky, former federal prosecutor and paul mauro attorney former nypd detective and fox news contributor. thank you both for being here. is there any legal justification for niece commutations or is this purely joe biden's ideology

or pressure from certain groups in his base. >> this is soft on crime joe biden. it has been that way from the beginning of his administration to the very end. you know, i'm most curious who is behind, this because, remember, joe biden isn't competent enough to stand trial, according to the doj. but is he competent enough to commute these sentences of the country's most heinous murderers and killers out there. i find that to be outrageous. time to know who is really behind the hem here. when donald trump takes over in just a few weeks. i think we need to look back at this and make sure that everything was done according to the procedure that is put in place to review these types of cases. now, the president has great authority to pardon and commute, so i think this falls technically within his authority. but i have serious questions about his competence to be looking at these individual cases and making decisions that

have such grave consequences. especially to the victims out there. >> raymond: paul, the biden white house said today in a statement: this historic clemency action builds on the president's record of criminal justice reform. the president's criminal justice record has transformed individual lives and positively impacted communities, especially historically marginalized community. paul, who is being positively benefited by this? exactly? >> yeah, tren de aragua. yeah, exactly. let's ask if the family of laken riley feels like they have been positively impacted by this administration's criminal justice policies. look, the entire thing is just an opportunity to go down virtue signaling right down to the wire. if this is such a matter of conscience, if this is one of these things where you can just not live with the death penalty with state sanctioned killing of a human being, then how is he

making the dits continuation between 37 and the other three? is the execution of the family not heinous enough? how is it possible that he can draw those distinctions? and realistically what this comes down to is joe biden just doesn't seem to understand. one of the uses of the death penalty and i'm going to go an example that you used, which is for penal who already incarcerated. >> what deterrent if you are doing life, not to kill a prisoner or prison guard? he doesn't seem to understand the concept of walls. there is a reason we have walls. there is a reason we have to thin the herbert and keep certain people away from the rest of us. whether it's the southern border or prison walls. somehow or another that seems to rock his conscience. >> raymond: that's a wonderful point. i wonder if he has been to death row. i have to tell you when you see the hopelessness in those guys eyes. parted of that hopelessness is they aren't sure when this is

going to end. when if they had that definite time, when they knew this in two years i'm gone, it focuses the conscience and might allow them to make restitution and maybe change and transform their lives in prison. in the meantime we are exposing the prison guards to even more heinous crimes and a lot of these people. a lot of crimes commuted today, these death penalties related to attacking our officers in the prison sentence. i'm going to play this for you, ayanna pressley praised biden's actions today watch. this state substantial sanctioned murder is not justice. it's not a deterrent for crime. it does not -- it does not support healing. it is not compassionate. and today what president biden did demonstrated moral leadership, compassionate leadership informed by his own faith. >> raymond: andrew, she posted a statement earlier today where he

described the death penalty as racist. your reaction? >> you know, the death penalty is something that is to be reserved for very serious cases. there is why it is part of our system. some people have issues with the death penalty. that's to be handled democratically and ledges a listenly. what joe biden did today and you see it in his statement is he removed that law, basically, the idea that we have democratically put this in place and he has decided he doesn't believe in the death penalty. he mass not left that to the law is he doing that to make sure donald trump doesn't follow the law when he is in office i find that to be particularly outrageous if we want to have questions about the death penalty who should and shouldn't imeted it do it in the halls of congress and when people have voting. to take that away from donald trump who would have been within

the legal to do that that's the real problem here. >> raymond: andrew and paul, thank you for your insight. you definitely hit an angle that people are missing here. this is a political movement as well as, you know, criminal -- part of his criminal justice reform. thank you both. we will check n the days ahead. merry christmas, gentlemen. now to a disturbing story out of new york city. a guatemalan illegal immigrant charged with murder and arson today after allegedly setting fire to a woman on a new york city subway burning her alive i want to warn families this video is a little graphic. 32 sebastin zapeta is accused using a liar to ignite a woman's clothing according to police. it became fully engulfed within seconds. in a truly chilling move, video appears to show the suspect sitting sitting on a bench watching the victim burn.

sebastin zapeta arrested after three high schoolers tipped off. joe, thank you for being here, this illegal immigrant was already deported back in 2018 under the trump administration, but he came back. what's happening to your city? walking past this poor woman while she sen golfed in flames. >> donald trump and tom homan can't come soon enough and rescue new york city from the failings of the democratic party. let me tell you what the democratic party did. they placed a bet bet all of our public safety. bet us on sanctuary city policy. bet us on eliminating consequences for people who behave erratically and dangerously in the subways. passed laws to protect criminals through bail reform and raised the age laws. and the net consequence is we have people like this were

apprehended by law enforcement previously. light this woman on fire. heinous. i can't wait for the trump administration to come in and start deporting people who are here and committing violent incredible acts. >> raymond: these people would should be allowed to keep reentering and reentering. it's outrageous. the day before this happened. governor kathy hochul of new york bragged how safe the subway is due to her. >> on the subway train heading out to center. i have a lot of not quite last minute but i have holiday shopping to do. i can take the subway where i need to go. i want all new yorkers to feel safe. which why is we have added 250 more people to make sure that your ride is safe. >> raymond: joe, she doubled down yesterday on x the day of this arson where this poor woman was burned and also yesterday two stabbings on the same new

york city subway. >> yeah, this crime only happens to be the one that gets the headlines but two people were stabbed, one fatally in queens. but this is a woman who is just disconnected from reality. you can't have both things. you can't have safe subways and at the same time need to call in the national guard the people who come to serious emergencies and place them on every subway train and platform. they aren't the same thing. they can't exist together. the picture she is trying to paint is not the ones that ignore face. get on the subway late at night, early in the morning. go by yourself and see how you feel. you will geico like regular new yorkers. know the unease they get when they find somebody mumbling on the is subway platform. i want to kathy hochul to tell us that the safer. it's not.

>> raymond: horrible. do you think the rest sense on the part of the by standers and the top did the daniel penny situation have anything to do with this? they watched this poor man get dragged through the legal system. maybe that he why they kept walking as as the died. >> prone to sit idlely by because of the case alvin bragg bought. he routinely lets out hardened criminals and throws the book at people whether it's donald trump for political crimes or daniel penny for derchtedding federal subway leaders. this is a guy who has perverse sense. he has a primary to face and no one really challenging him. >> our heart break for poor women and those sand and all that will help tonight. >> thank you. >> raymond: local officials take responsibility and not just wait

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golden age of america is upon us. it's going to be a golden age. >> raymond: with less than a month until donald trump is sworn into office, he is already offering a preview of what awaits in his administration. on my first day in the oval office sign historic slate of to close our border to illegal aliens and stop the invasion of our country. >> and after he cleans up the border, is he going to get to work protecting female athletes and women. >> with a stroke of my pen on day one, we are going to stop the transgender lunacy. [cheers] >> under the trump administration, it will be the official policy of the united states government that there are only two genders, male and

female. [cheers] >> raymond: when it comes to dei, it's about be doa. >> i will end all of the marxist diversity, equity and inclusion policies across the entire federal government immediately. in america we believe in the merit system. the merit system. >> raymond: and trump also has the military on his reform menu. >> i will restore the proud and historic names of our great military bases like fort bragg. and woke has to stop because along with everything else, it's destroying our country. we're going to stop woke. woke, woke is bull [bleep] [cheers and applause] >> raymond: the president-elect seemed positively you fork about what is ahead during this speech. >> the people have given us their trust and in return we are going to give them the best day

one, the biggest first week and the most extraordinary first 100 days of any president in american history nobody sells it. optimism according to cbs news poll. 57% of americans are feeling hopeful, heading into 2025. that's a 10 point jump from the this time last year joining us now victor davis hanson fellow at the hoover institution. victor, thank you for being with us. trump is calling this a common sense revolution. whens what the last time we saw what is in essence a unity administration. made up of former political rivals in some cases. and how do you think this is going to pan up. >> we haven't seen it in our lifetime similar where the reagan exuberance. he has all of the levers of

powers. he has the house, he has the white house. he has the senate. evidence has a sympathetic supreme court. popular electoral vote. most importantly, every single message or policy that you articulated had overwhelming public support. they won a counter revolution. they want to go back to a normal america. they think the basics of america are intact. but the operation or the expression of them has gone terribly wrong the last four years. so, there is a lot of goodwill and he brought in everybody. when you saw in mad m madison se garden. never seen people from different ideologies that want this thing to work. i think it will work if they keep disciplined and keep their eye on the ball. i think they can do that. >> raymond: yeah. victor, trump brought up the

panama canal yesterday. listen to this. i want your reaction. >> we are being ripped off at the panama canal like we are being ripped off everywhere else. principles both moral and legal of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed then we will demand that the panama canal be returned to the united states of america. in full, quickly and without question. not going to stand for it. >> raymond: of course, panamanian officials, victor, are saying they are not taking an inch of this. not giving any of it to trump. is he talking about greenland. he had a social media post where he claims that the ownership and control of greenland is absolutely a necessity. victor, why is trump talking about this? what is the game here? >> i think is he trolling, sending a message to people around the world that the status quo is not sufficient so the panama canal was designed to tye

our two coasts. it's he is not going to take it back. he is saying to the panamanians flirting too much in the chinese and interfering in the united states without that canal we built and gave you, we are going to be affected domenicly. we are not going to let that happen. so back off from the chinese and restore your empathy and close relations with us. instead, is he saying to greenland, i think to denmark who owns greenland he is saying this is a vast semi continent and you are a tiny little country. the only reasons and chinese and russians aren't there military. give us some appreciation. and give us thanks once in a while because we control the sea lanes and protect greenland vital to the west, europe and the united states. just don't assume that little denmark in perpetuity keep it safe. >> raymond: i have about 30 seconds.

the national security adviser, sullivan, jake sullivan said today that trump is being handed strong alliances and that our adversaries are weaker than ever before. your reaction, victor davis hanson? >> why would we believe him, raymond? this is the same man just days before october 7th who was sureo assured the world his middle east portfolio so quiet it bordered on boredom. he was wrong then and wrong now. he was architect of the bank ping hoax when he worked for the hillary clinton campaign total fraud. he has no credibility. none. >> raymond: we will leave it there victor, a merry christmas to you. thank you for being with us. we will see you in the new year. >> you, too. >> raymond: left is leaving their families out in the cold this year. i will explain and mary madeleine will join news a rare interview, next. ♪

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>> raymond: welcome back to the ingraham angle. christmas is the ideal time to set aside our differences, come together and spend time with the people we care most about. though not everyone feels that way. >> if you are going to a situation where have you family members, where you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you, it's completely fine to not be around those people and to tell them why. you know, to say i have a problem with the way that you voted. i'm not going to be around you this holiday. i need to take some space for me. >> raymond: that's a yale psychiatrist, ladies and gentlemen. a new survey from the public religion research institute shows democrats are about five times more likely than republicans to ditch their

family members because of their political views, especially during the holidays. joining me now is probably the most qualified person in the united states to talk about this topic. republican strategist aka mrs. james carville, my pal, mary madeleine. mary, give me your thoughts on this. people allowing ideology to intrude ton family unity. >> i can't. i mean, raymond, come on. it's part of the larger problem, which is why i don't do tv anymore and i'm not a republican strategist. i'm never was a strategist. i was a utility player and i may become a republican again i'm so happy with what is being talked about and discussed. we want to see some outcomes and results. politics is not a religion. it's like a cult. at holidays over politics don't have families. and if they do they must be

extremely dysfunctional. we have to get to, listen, i came from a loud family, i married into a loud family. i created a loud family. we have lot of things to shout about. everybody in the family disagrees with me. we don't fight about politics. how did that -- it's people have lost their way. i think they are going to have to figure out the -- their problem is you cannot -- politics is a poor substitute for faith, for belief system for your heart, for your -- for the love that you need to express to your family. >> raymond: for love. >> community and your church. just love. i mean, i don't understand these people. and i don't have to understand them. but i would not be mean to them if they came to my house for holidays. >> raymond: no. you are not. you are gracious to everybody. this is a woman who has hosted bill clinton and everybody in between.

here is bill maher on exact issue of separating families over politics. watch. >> way back when. a guy who crossed lines politically. oh the first thing you could ever do be friends with a republican? ah call 911. this is what i [bleep] left about the left. just the idea that cut your family off for thanksgiving voted for the wrong guy [bleep] off you [bleep] mary, tell me how do you it. you and james could not be more at odds politically. how do you come together especially at christmas. let's say after an election like this? will this be a topic in the carville household? ramentd you have been to our house. he says hello. he is that guy with the beautiful wife. the beautiful wife. she is flawless. that woman is flawless. because we live in new orleans. we talk about faith and food and football and. music, i mean, that's the last

conversation anybody wants to have. but i tell you we do talk about politics and we are going to be talking a lot about politics in new orleans. i'm a federalist. i think that people work best closest to the ground in this kind of environment this contest you are in. you are going to cover it like white on rice. that's the politics we talk about when we can be productive. this politics perhaps you haven't noticed my husband was a little broke with locate -- broke with woke or whatever. i can't even tell you who wants to talk about that. he is hard enough to talk to anyways. and i say that lovingly. >> raymond: my love to you and all the carvilles. merry christmas we will get together soon. new orleans is the only place you can see mary matlin, romero and donna brazile all at the same table. >> donna is in town this weekend.

you will see her. she is in for the sugar bowl. you will see her for all of this on this holiday. >> raymond: sign me up. okay. coming up, there is an all-out assault on religion this christmas season. and the angle is fighting back. stay for that ♪

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>> raymond: just in time for christmas. faith is increasingly under attack across the culture. if you open your social media feed you might catch this cover of santa baby featuring kim kardashian say has demonic overtures or undertemperatures. >> raymond: and in new hampshire, near the state capitol. the satanic temple is erecting a satanic nativity scene with a statue. the boldness of these attacks seem to be increasing and this could be why. a new survey from life way research shows only 47% of americans say they typically attend church services during the christmas season. joining me now father gerald murray, cannon lawyer and preach

of the archdiocese of new york. father murray, i have to read this to you. days before christmas, the "new york times" featured an interview with princeton university religion professor elaine, it's titled conversation about the virgin birth that maybe wasn't. it focuses on paypal's suggestion that quote jesus might have been fathered by a roman soldier possibly by rape. god help us. your reaction and does this have any historic credibility? >> this was propaganda masquerading as history. having read her comments, she basically infers all kinds of things. she makes judgments about the history of the historical value of the gospels. she claims that roman soldiers were raping women regularly in nazareth area. and they found the name of a roman soldier allegedly this was his crime against the virgin mary. this is all nonsense and garbage. >> this is retread stuff. she has been doing this for many years. she is the author of a book on

the no, sir stick gospels, false gospels created centuries after christ lived and dead and rose. propaganda masquerading as history. the "new york times" sensitivity factory must have been shut down because christianity is coming under assault t the week of christmas. >> raymond: they wouldn't try this with any other faith, father. i read this, i thought whoever died for a fable. these apostles didn't lay down their lives because of the brothers grim. they did it because they saw andens withed this man who they believed was the messiah. they saw him resurrect and they did believe in the virgin birth. this has been attested to for all throughout history. let's talk for a moment about why this matters though, father. i recently interviewed jordan peterson be. he makes an interesting case biblical stories where you believe or not they are foundational to a free society. what would their loss mean and what is the impact of what the "new york times" is doing?

>> yeah, this is an assault on the entire structure of western civilization, which is founded on the belief in one god who revealed himself in his son and that brought to fulfillment the processes of the old testament. so, western history is founded on a good god who is just created man with a purpose. sinful man is redeemed when he acts vitter yuresly and seeks pardon from god. the whole christian order depends on personal responsibility and adherence to the truth. we believe that god is truth and we have access to that truth. all of these historians like pay gels who tried to destroy christian foundations by making it into mythology no they are agents and prop began gist disses. certainly not historians fmghtd and don't display the skepticism of their own thoughts that they want us to display about religion. where are they coming from? >> raymond: father, here's a sign of hope. i have to leave with us a little hope. this is ravens coach john

harbaugh after the game this week. watch. >> i read this to the team in our post game prayer. and it's this: this is mary. she said my soul nag phis the lord and my spirit rejoists in god my savior. rejoice. we ant here on this earth to worry about every little thing. it's a big football welcome, all right? also a big life week week. it's a big spiritual week. >> raymond: father, i love he brings it together. greater signs of renewed religiosity all around us if you take the time to see them. that light blows away the darkness. i will give you the last word recommendation coach harbaugh on great target this is a message for our country and world we celebrated god's intervention of history. if anybody thinks that's not important, wake up and seeing all the people going to turn and thanks and realizes more to life

gainment. there is much more than that salvation. that's what god offers to us. >> raymond: father gary, thank you for being here. we will see you soon. hundred of families just got the christmas trip of a lifetime. we talk to gary sinise who made it happen, next. watch. ♪ shared values, and a shared vision for what we can achieve together. stable and secure, when the world around us isn't. you can rely on ontario for energy to power your growing economy and for the critical minerals crucial to new technologies. ontario is your third-largest trading partner and the number one export destination for 17 states. our long-standing economic partnership keeps millions of americans working. in a changing world,

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disney world each year. it's all paid for. it sets -- such a moment of healing for them. >> this was my husband's badge that he wore. it makes me feel close to him, it's a part of him that's also with us today. wanted to wear it so i felt closer to him. he's a part of this with us as well. it makes me feel close to him. >> joining me now, actor and founder of the foundation. we are showing these beautiful pictures and images of families walking down main street in the magic kingdom. this is your seventh year bringing them here. before the park opens you have something called a walk of gratitude, what is that event in this moment, why is it so important. >> what use are seeing there, thanks for having me. that is our final day of the

snowball express event. we have a walk of gratitude. we get up very early and bring the families to the park. we have it all to ourselves and we have a ceremony right there in front of the train station and then we walked from the train station to the magic castle. so many disney employees get up early and they come out to cheer the families on. they lined the street, pour some snow on them. we do a ceremony at the castle where we send these messages up to heaven to their loved ones, these little scrolls that each one of the families writes on. we send them up in a ceremony, there are fireworks and it's a beautiful ceremony and a reminder, a remembrance of why we are there. we are there to give them hope and healing and fun and enjoy, but also to remember the reason

that we are there and that's because of the loss of a loved one. >> i've been there, it so powerful. the love and the shared experience that these people alone have gone through, losing a loved one in this way. yet they find come rotary, friendship, that really last a lifetime. i year ago you were on this program and we talked about your son and his beautiful work and his compositions. you played a little of that music and it was only six days after that you lost him. tell me about what it means now to be here a year later. he released a second album of his music. tell me about that experience over the last year and what releasing the second album means to you. >> it's hard to believe it's been a year. just a week before he died i was on the program with you and i was talking about the first record that he made.

after he died i discovered all this music that he had written chuck -- and tucked away. i decided this was something i had to do fourmak is to bring that music out and share it. we created resurrection and revival part two. like part one, he wanted all the music from part one to generate support or the foundation. the vinyl record sales, and just like part one, part two, the vinyl also the proceeds will go to the foundation to help our mission. i'm very proud of it. i was so stunned to discover this music that he had written. much of it i had never heard before and it's magnificent. now there's a double album and all the proceeds going to the foundation.

and you can see the videos, some of the videos from part two also on youtube. you showed some of those videos from part one last year just like with part one, those videos are on the youtube. >> i love that after serving others for so long, you've dedicated part of your time in the last year to serving the mission of your son and completing that mission. he wanted this music orchestrated, his friend was an orchestrator who brought it together. together you are continuing that legacy. what has that meant and what the reaction you've been getting and how has that helped you and your family and your loss o canada >> very difficult. he died on january fifth of this year.

the fact that i found all this music gave me a project to work on for him to bring this music to share it. it's been a blessing to be able to do that. i called up oliver when i started listening to this and i said all of her, i think we have another project here. there is so much music here and i want you to be involved within >> you brought it together so beautifully gary. i want to remind everybody go to the website and you can support his activities and get the album. god love you, merry christmas. that's all the time we have. i want to thank the whole team and my album christmas merry and bright will cheer your holidays and i think enrich your merrymaking. i want to think every buddy for me to sit in the chair. jesse watters prime time is next