you think of some uneducated, mother hubbard living in a barn with all her kids. these are women like me, and like you who have made the decision, maybe because they are educated and because they have read widely, and they understand, like, what is actually the meaning of life and what can make you happy. >> i think people are looking for things that are hard, but soul nourishing, and motherhood certainly fits into that category. peachy kienan, thank you for joining us. >> thank you rachel. >> that's all we have for tonight, be sure to tune in to fox and friends we could, saturday and sunday at 6 a.m., hannity is up next. thank you for joining us. >> welcome to this special

edition of hannity. i'm kelly anne conway in for sean. i'd like to express my condolences to the family of former president jimmy carter, a.tonight coming up on the show, we'll check in with president biden who took precious time away from his last taxpayer funded vacation to commemorate the passing of president jimmy carter. we'll play biden's confusing and politically charged remarks straight ahead, but first, big news coming out of washington today, president-elect donald trump gave his complete and total endorsement to house speaker mike johnson, writing on truth social, quote, the american people need immediate relief from all the destructive policies of the last administration. he will do the right thing, and we will continue to win. president trump is putting his trust in mike johnson and looking to avoid a contentious

speaker battle, so the president-elect can hit the ground running on january 20th, with speaker johnson's help. joining us now with more, the man himself, speaker of the house, mike johnson, mr. speaker, thank you for joining us. >> hey kelly anne, happy new year and congrats to sean and ainslie, exciting news. >> to become speaker again, or remain speaker, it's not a matter of biology or chemistry or art, it's math, do you have the votes? >> i really do, kelly anne, i'm honoured and humbled to have president trump's endorsement for speaker again, we have a lot of big things to do, he recognizes what we need right now, my colleagues recognize this as well,ha proven fighter and a true maga conservative, but also someone who can work with every single member of our very diverse house gop so we can get president trump's priorities over the line, that is what is

ahead of us, this could be the most consequential presidency and congress of the modern era, because we have to fix everything and it has to start on day one, so we can't waste time. >> mr. speaker, in 2017, i went to the white house and on day one, i noticed we had a 35 seat majority for republicans in the house of representative, and even with plus 35, you had a handful, it was difficult to replace and repeal obamacare, and there was some resistance in the ranks, so it sounds like you have a handle on unifying a diverse coalition. what do you think are the major priorities for the agenda to pass the house and go to the republican senate majority the first couple weeks. >> we have to do a number of things simultaneously, the budget reconciliation process, is going to be key for the first 100 days, because in order to

fix all the things we have to fix, we have to squeeze a lot of policy changes through that process, and not to get too deep in the weeds, but why that's so valuable is it avoids a 60 vote threshold necessary in the senate, so we can move the america first agenda through reconciliation, because it takes a lot of coordination, planning and executing with precision to get that done, so you'll see a lot of energy on that, we're going to fix the border and get the economy humming again, we're going to restore our stature on the world stage and get our energy policy fixed, and make sure we don't have the largest tax cut in us history imposed on the american people at the end of next year, when the tax cuts from the trump era expire. a lot of big agenda items on the table, and you're right, a lot of work to build a consensus among other republicans to get it done, but i'm convinced we can't. we're going to stay unified and get this job done. >> one of the most ridiculous

things i've heard said about president trump is he wants to surround himself with yes, men and yes, women. i know that's not true. obsequiousness bores him, he makes the final decision, his name on the ballot, sweeping victory, the country looks very red. mr. speaker i think that's an important point moving forward. the loyalty is no to the a party, it's to an agenda. what do you say about the america first agenda to them, that they can glom on to rather than be i think disruptors and interruptors to get a lot of great policy that americans are relying upon. >> the three members you named are all good friends of mine. i spent a lot of time talking with each of them. i spoke with victoria about 45 minutes about an hour and a half ago, i spoke with president

trump about 15 minutes ago, we're in constant conversation about all this. i think those members and all of them want to be a part of these solutions. they made big promises to their constituents, in this campaign cycle and we have to deliver upon them now. it's the media and the left that wants to divide us and distract us, we can't fall into that trap. we have to stay united, if we do, we can bring about this america first agenda, quickly and deliver it for the american people, and deliver results early in the year. we have a lot on our plate but i'm confident we can get it done, and i'm grateful for the support across the spectrum in the house gop and the endorsements coming forward, we'll unite and get this done for the american people. >> and the biggest endorsement in president-elect trump, because this is the way we don't interrupt the momentum that is there, and the policy agenda piece by beats gets implemented, put it on his desk, and he'll sign it and it will become law and many more people will feel the relief.

in terms of energy independence, in terms of border security and tax cut and jobs act, if those things don't happen, what do you see for the country in other words, paint a bleak picture, these things don't pass, and people say it doesn't really matter who the president is. why does it matter if we have all three chamber, the house, senate and the white house? >> well, this is a great blessing for america, to have a unified government, when you have republicans in charge of all three levers of power, we can move the agenda. president trump spoke to the american people directly, and what he said resonated with them, because it was common sense. it's restoring america's greatness, things that all of us agreed with, and you know, you saw a demographic shift in the election cycle kelly anne, large number, large groups of people who had not traditionally been with the republican party at least for a long time, because they believe in those ideas and principles, now is our opportunity to do it, if we don't, the country that we know and love, will not long survive.

this truly is kind of an existential moment for the country, people recognize that, in the election cycle and gave president trump 77 million votes. it was a land slide. a mandate, and we have to execute upon that mandate now. now is our time. >> the republican party, the america first movement is growing, and with that comes some growing pains, you mentioned a couple key constituency, the media, maybe they want to break us apart, and divide and conquer, do you see any john if thermans in the house of representatives, senator john fetterman, who is making joyful noises about the america first agenda, giving president trump a chance, recognizing he won pennsylvania handily this time. any democrats you think you can start peeling off to make a difference for their constituents and put partisan politics aside.

>> i hope so, our arms are open to anyone who want to help save the country. these are policies that a lot of people favour, and i think a lot of democrat colleagues see that, particularly in swing districts, and they want to be part of the solutions, when you're in an area of small majority, we have a one or two or three seat majority any time this year, we're open to bipartisan and having democrats come long to help us. i think we will attract some of those, and i think some are wondering if they should switch parties right now. this is a great time for the republican party, not great to be a democratic, total disarray, no leader and no vision going forward, this is a real moment for us, and we'll deliver. >> thank you so much, happy healthy new year to you, i have a feeling i'll be in new orleans for the super bowl, thank you so much mr. speaker, god bless you, and see you on january 3rd.

>> thanks kelly anne. >> as most of you know, former president jimmy carter passed away at the age of 100, that means joe biden is the oldest living current or former us president, and on sunday, biden took time away from his tropical vacation in st. croix to honour the life of jimmy carter. unfortunately, biden's speech was not without some confusion. at one point he seemed to mix up his own father with the late former president. check it out. >> he was like my dad, he thought -- he said joe, jobs are a lot more than a paycheque, about dignity, being able to look a kid in the eye and say everything is going to be okay, he believed as i do, and as you do, that that's possible and within our grasp to do that, it's not that hard. >> self proclaimed uniter, joe biden needlessly inserted politics into his remarks,

lecturing americans about decency. >> jimmy carter, a man of a buy gone era, honesty, character, faith, humility, decency. decency. decency. everybody deserves a shot. anybody. can you imagine jimmy carter walking by someone who needs something and just keeps walking? can you imagine jimmy carter referring to someone by the way they look or the way they talk. i can't. i can't. >> decency. of course, no one truly knows more about decency than the guy who pardoned his own son from a potential 42 year prison sentence. here now with reaction, fox news contributor ari fibre, and mark penn. mark, do you have any polling on the way people look at joe

biden, not just his performance in office on the issues, like the economy, border security, foreign engagements, but these personal attributes. i feel like they've been upside down for him for a while too, do you trust him, does he have the energy and acuity. what will history tell us about the way americans saw joe biden's attributes like the ones on display there. >> i don't know what history will tell us, but i can tell you the american people have really lost all trust, faith and confidence in president biden. it really deteriorated with the pull out in afghanistan, where his whole image of being a kind, decent man, just was destroyed in the way those service men that he's never really fully recognized or talked about, lost their lives, in that, and it went downhill from there, and i think he among lower is viewed as somebody who people see as uncle joe anymore, and of

course, biden, pardoning his son, and 37 murderers of course on the way out, only act sent yated the fact that people -- accentuated, his rates are not even in the 40s, really in the 30s in most polls. >> amazing. you were charged with either issuing or writing statements like the one that came from president trump last night. it was a remarkable statement, it's the man i know being gracious and magnanimous about the passing of president carter, expressing on behalf of him and mrs. trump their condolences, and joe biden lecturing us about decency. when you're a press secretary, talking about these very incredible important moments to reflect upon the death of an american president, very rare, what kind of tone what, kind of content are you going for, who made the mark and who missed it

last night? >> this is one of those rare moments where all americans are unified, no matter what you thought of a former president, this is not the time to express their negative sentimentses and this is not the time to use the death of a president to take a ricochet shot against somebody else in political life, this is a time to celebrate america, because our presidents are so rare, which is what donald trump said in his gracious statement. i just got to say this about what president biden said. kelly anne, i can barely understand him. you know, the microphones the white house have are some of the most sophisticated best microphones available to technology, and you can not understand his dix anymore, you have to lean in, he almost needs captions and he's the president of the united states, and i just hope, i think joe biden owes it to the world to have a departure news conference, people need to see what he's really like before he goes. we need to know how the white house lied to us, pulled the

wool over our eyes and said he was healthy when he isn't, and people need to see it in a spontaneous real news conference, which is a presidential tradition, if he wants to focus on decency and tradition, that's something joe biden should do on the way out. >> i don't want to miss the moment of president carter's passing, but focusing on biden, mark, and ari, you worked close with the presidents of the united states as have i, what would you have done if you had seen the lack of acuity, they're saying this is the undercover story of 2024, and saying also 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, and would you have walked away or been part of the cover up, mark and then ari? >> that's always a tough question, and you're an advisor, working for the president of the united states. i think any realistic advisor

would have had to tell him that a second term wasn't realistic. it wasn't going to happen because his ratings were so low, it wasn't going to happen because it wasn't really fit enough to go another four years, and he wasn't the only person who could possibly have defeated donald trump, in an election, the democrats would have had a fair chance but the real thing that held the democrats back was he had such low ratings and people were so upset about the issues, i think i would have been realistic with him, on all count, running for a second term, just wouldn't have made any sense. >> ari, it's 2004, you feel the same way about president george w. bush. what would you have done? >> kelly anne, the way it works is it there's a small cadre, two or three people immediately close to the president, and then the rest very close to the president, but it always falls on that two or three to tell the president what the president

needs to hear, unvarnished truth and that's where you have to ally, the three of you, the president's spouse, and vice-president potentially, you have to get together and say it's no longer about the country, or the person we serve, what's the right thing to do. he was terribly ill advised to run for re-election, the best thing that could have happened would be an open primary. joe biden deprived them of it, thank goodness, could you imagine him trying to serve between 82 and 86 years old, when we see him the way he is today. can you imagine what he will be like tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. our country literally dodged two bullets this year, one was the one that almost hit donald trump, and the other is if joe biden had won, and a president that age with that lack of acumen would represent us all. we dodged two bullets. joe biden was one of them in that sense. >> the way you both describe it, it sounds indecent to coin a

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[ ♪♪ ] >> welcome back to this special edition of hannity. donald trump will be president again in less than one month and all across america, corporate and elected leaders are preparing for his return. in washington, two men from brooklyn, hakeem jeffreys, and chuck schumar will be minority leaders in the house and senate, the highest ranking democrats in dc, but without much power at all. instead, it will be up to the few remaining blue state governors to take a lead role in the resistance against trump. gavin knew system of california, and two others all seem ready for a fight, as they each eye potential 2028 runs. but don't expect the same kind of push back from the corporate world, not this time. companies like meta, amazon and ford and others that have previously been the subject of

trump's ire, are now greeting his second term with million dollar donations to his graduation committee, visits to mar a lago, and a recognition that it's time for a fresh new start. joining us now is the next white house press secretary, caroline levitt, and she will be the youngest person in united states history to assume that role. caroline, i cannot see behind that podium without a big stuffed binder of nonsense. what do you make of this, it's so fascinating, you saw it happening a little during the campaign but an awful lot since president trump won, so many people are ripping out their dei programs, taking down reference to january 6 on their websites and saying we want to help, the public sector president trump and his team through the private sector to get things done for the country. >> that's right kelly anne, thank you for having me, great to be with you. we're witnessing president trump build the greatest political

movement in history, the gop is no longer a political party, it's a movement, a pro america movement, with americans of all democratics, we saw president trump win the election on november 5 with a resounding mandate, and picked up support, from historically democrat demographics across the board, and 70 million forgotten men and women in this country made their vote and their voices heard and that gave the courage of billionaires in silicon valley and wall street to finally express their open and public support for president trump. and as president trump has said everybody wants to be his friend right now, and he's okay with that, he's building a team of people, from wall street to main street who want to make this country great again and help him deliver on the promises he made to the american people on the campaign trail. common sense solutions to fix problems in their lives, cutting taxes, ending inflation, securing the southern border,

deporting illegal criminals, rapists and murderers from our american communities, and using peace through strength to end the wars and chaos that we've seen the harris biden administration cause abroad. it's a unifying message, and as president trump has repeatedly stated, this country will be unified through success, and success is donald trump's number 1 goal. >> it's very obvious, caroline, that president trump has a lot of faith and trust in you to do this job of white house press secretary, even though he communicates directly with the american people, he relies on the people around him to do the same. let's picture you behind the podium for a moment, and you see the white house press corps. in front of you, will it look roughly the same in the rows, and the whole media landscape is changing now, president trump was able to leverage tik tok instead of ban it, he got on it and it helped him to disseminate his message to connect with young people, i think, a plus 23% margin from before, and also all these new podcasts, so

legacy media is trying to figure out, its next move, and survive, all these changes, how do you see the white house press core rows looking when you're peering out at them? >> three weeks from today, president trump will be inaugurated and i look forward to getting behind that podium. he's put together a team of exally qualified individuals to serve in his cabinet and the white house. and i'm excited to work with my colleagues and country to make it country great again. we're exploring ways to make sure how that room reflects the media habits of the american people in 2024, not in 91980s, and if this election proved anything, it proved that the american people are no longer listening to the mainstream bias, anti-trump legacy media, the ratings of many networks, not this one but others are in the tank, and americans are

consuming news from podcasters, social influencers, and yes, tik tok as president trump so exceptionally used on the campaign trail, as to we will use effectively communicate his message through all mediums so all americans are hearing the facts from the white house directly, not through the lens of the ever biased anti-trump legacy media. >> and i think president trump is going to bring back the democratization of information, where everyone, the stay at home mom, and the welder on his phone, the billionaire who has people looking over his shoulder, everyone who receives a presidential communication instantly and free of charge. we miss that transparency. caroline levitt, a new mom, and youngest white house press secretary in american history, thank you so much, we contact wait to see you behind the podium next month. happy new year to you. >> thank you kelly anne. happy new year.

>> it's almost 2025 but this may be one of the most unbelievable things you heard all year. according to the washington post, joe biden believes he could have beaten donald trump if he had stayed in the race, apparently biden is how even less in touch with reality than we thought. but dropping out is not his only big regret. joe also apparently wishes he had not appointed maryk garland as attorney general. biden reportedly believes garland was not aggressive enough in prosecuting donald trump before the election. in other words, he admits, it was all politics. and a gross abuse of our justice system. here now with reaction, is tennessee senator marshal blackburn, also a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator blackburn, of all the things to say about joe biden's regrets, he doesn't regret pardoning his son who was convicted of crimes, he doesn't regret afghanistan, doesn't regret 10 million people coming here illegally, doesn't regret

the foreign wars, he regrets his attorney general pick because they didn't prosecute donald trump. what did you think when you saw this interview. >> when you know kelly anne, you can't make these things up. i didn't weaponize the doj enough, i should have had them more aggressively go after donald trump, and. >> after my political enemies, and i think the american people watched this, and listened to it, and said, hey, wait a minute, this is exactly what we thought you were doing, and now you are admitting it. maryk garland didn't go after them enough, and you know, when you look at how maryk garland has conducted himself, thank goodness he's not a lifetime appointment on the us supreme court, and we thank mitch

mcconnell that he didn't put him there. >> absolutely, and the irony here is that from all the reports, it was incoming chief of staff ron maclean who recommended gar land as attorney general to his boss, joe biden, saying he was going to clean up the politics and division that donald trump left behind but we got more of it. maryk garland famously referred to public school parents as domestic terrorists and one thing i haven't said often publicly, i think the january 6 congressional committee got in way of the department ofjuste, y project, all but one or two or gone, forced to resign or lost in their primary in the general election, what do you think we learned from the january 6 committee and this investigation as we look at the 4th january fifth since 2021, and so many of these corporations are removing references to january 6 off

their website. >> kelly anne, what we're seeing is it people have figured this out. and what they're saying is we want to get rid of this politicized doj, you and i know, you can depend on pam bondy, and you can depend on cash vitel at the fbi to clean this up. because that is what the american people are wanting to see. it's as if -- when you think about that hans christian anderson story, the emperor has no clothes, what you've seen is all of this has been stripped away and i will tell you, i think the media is complicit in this. they need to be held to account for how they covered up for joe biden, and how they covered up for what was happening at the doj. >> that's true, and senator blackburn, anything that is on your mind as the new term starts. you get sworn in this week and president trump a couple weeks

after that, what can we expect from the senate, do you think things will sail through the house, the senate and on to the president's desk, what are you excited about. >> kelly anne, we're so excited to be moving forward and president trump has a good, aggressive agenda. the american people are impatient for progress. i saw the interview earlier with speaker johnson. the house is it going to have to work quickly to send bills to the senate that we can take action on, and that we can take to the floor, and get closure, that 60 vote throed, and move these forward, because the make america great again, safe again, healthy again agenda is something we should aggressively work on and make certain that in two years we're holding the house and the senate. >> it's a positive optimistic looking agenda.

hopefully you're right and we can get things moving with a certain alacrity. thank you for joining us. and happy new year. >> and happy one to you as well. thank you. >> here is the host of tommy lauren, plus fox news contributor, jason and david. thank you for joining us. david, you stirred up a hornet's nest by talking about how president trump got a mandate for change and that's what he's doing and take a look at everyone and live with it and you're taking some shots at biden and the people around him for holding him to account. give us the top three or four highlights in 2024 that we should think about moving into 2025. >> the leader of doj. and one of the most important stories is elon musk buying twitter. he had a social, cultural, and business and political effect,

not just in the country, in the world, look how that factored into donald trump's evolution as a candidate when elon stepped on the stage with him. add those together and then look at the younger people in america that are not getting attention, and especially in minority communities, returning on the democrats and their failures, a lot of stories, great stories and successes. with you the election rejection of the left, not just of joe biden or kamala harris, but the rejection of a failed potential future over the potential for success, when they see young, successful, millennials like swami, when when you look at the wide breadth of the younger republicans in congress, a lot of people saw them and said you know what, that can be me in some form of success, and i think these are the stories that got donald trump that massive

swing with black males, with hispanics, and women, they want to break it out in raw numbers, but the shift in percentages kelly anne, you did this for years successfully, you know what these shifts mean and what they look like. >> they feel they're going to be permanent, and tommy, you know this well also, because you're a big part of it, and i think what david is actually reminding us is the message didn't really change, the messenger didn't change, but the delivery system did, we need to deliver that message where you live. to what do you attribute donald trump's success among younger voters this time, both male and female, but particularly male? >> well, i think there was a big rejection of identity politics as well. i think all of this hit its high in 2021, when everyone wanted to be an activist, and post a black square for george floyd and they wanted to wear their masks in the shower and the car, this was the time of peak hysteria, and i

think this country suffered during those years, and i think a lot of it was about covid, but blm, unrest, the social justice movement, and i think people got tired of it, got tired of the identity politic and tired of woke, got tired of being told that men belong in women's locker rooms and women's sport, and a complete rejection of all that, but incredible resilience on the part of donald trump, but i think that assassination attempt, although horrific, showed this man is willing to stand up and fight for you and for me, he's willing to put his life on the line. he doesn't have to do this, he's a billionaire, several home, a plane, a beautiful wife and family he can be out enjoying himself, but he's willing to take a bullet for the american people. that to me was a big change when they saw donald trump's fight fight fight, and they felt like it was time to stacked up and

show conservatism and support for donald trump, all those things together made for an incredible 2024 we will never forget. >> jason, you've had the gaffe develop in your hand -- gavel in your hand, and you've talked about the weaponization of this particular administration, i wanted to reflect on what senator blackburn and i were talking about, the idea that maryk garland should have prosecuted trump more and earlier, seems to fly in the face of what people rejected, what do you think 2024 and 2023 meant to the weization of our justice system, and are you hoping the people around president trump will do the same or hoping it gets back to the just department doing what it's meant to do and what is that. >> i think this company is begging for the department of justice to operate equally with that blind fold on lady justice. there's a huge opportunity with donald trump, and i know he understands this, because the

opportunity to expose the deep state within the bureaucracy is so ripe. now, when you have the house, the senate and the presidency, you don't pull off the pedal of going after the deep state, you put that pedal down to the metal, and you go and expose it. so it's not just at the department of justice, and i know cash patel, and i know pam bondy will get after it there, but every department and agency have their own select people that think they're there as activists and don't understand they work for the american people. and what donald trump is it going to do with people like alina hobba and others, they'll understand that the weaponization is real, take it down, expose it, and fire those people. you have to deif you can the beast, starve that beast if you want to get after it, and do what government is supposed to do, protect the borders, protect us overseas, and make sure we can enforce contracts in this country. all this other superfluous

stuff, that's not what the government is there to do, so right-sizing the government, getting it focused on what they're supposed to do, that is what america is begging for, i know that's what donald trump will deliver on and that's why he got elected overwhelmingly, it wasn't even close, it had nothing to do with joe biden, nobody was going to beat donald trump, end of story. you couldn't beat this guy. i don't care how good or bad you are, and biden was one of the worst presidents ever to be in the white house, but you were never going to beat donald trump. >> the issue has remained the same all along, people talked about inflation and migration, exactly what we're discussing, fairness over wokeness, and strength over weakness and you've mentioned a bunch of names that will help run this next government, gayle slater, in the anti-trust division, and people who want to get the government back to what it's supposed to be, the relationship with the citizenry, where they work for us, and they don't just run around trying to find innocent americans to prosecute

and make miserable. so on that very positive note, i'd like to thank the panel for joining me, and wish each of you a very happy new year. >> happy new year. >> the media has an epiphany on joe biden's cognitive decline. wow, with the president set to leave office in a matter of weeks, morgan, doug, and harris, join us with reaction next on this special edition of hannity. ahh. it's a good day to cough. oh no. bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing at the movies!? hashtag still not coughing?! ahh! mucinex dm 12 hour doesn't just quiet coughs, it treats coughs caused by excess mucus at the source and controls them for 12 hours. it's comeback season. stubborn chest congestion? try mucinex 12 hour.

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[ ♪♪ ] >> welcome back to the this special edition of hannity. over the last four year, joe biden has been hard to watch. the confusion, the weird comment, the shaking hands with the air, the bouts of anger, it was obvious from the start that the president was not doing well. but now that his time in the oval office is coming to an end, the media is suddenly shocked to learn about the true extent of joe biden's cognitive decline. watch. >> it was very disturbing to learn late in the year about just how bad -- how poor his health has become, and like many, i did not realize it had gotten to that point.

>> reported that would be to me joe biden's obvious decline that became undeniable in the televised debate. >> in the presidential debate. >> unquestioned and starting to emerge that his advisors kind of managed his limitations, it's been reported in the wall street journal for four years, and yet he insisted he could still run for president. we should have much more forcefully questioned whether he was fit for office for another four years. >> that's new, here now with reaction, host of the morgan ortega show, morgan ortegas, and horace cooper. doug, you've been in the democratic party, independent, do polls for lots of different equities, i want to know what the american people saw the entire time if anything when the people around joe biden and his enablers in the media pretended they saw something differently. what did america say. >> america said in the polls, and i think they said to all of

us who asked that joe biden was not up to the job. and i think the surprise that you heard in those sound bytes was not at all reflected by ordinary people who said he was too old, and he was too limited. i think it is one of the great unreported stories of our time, but it reflects the media bias, and unwillingness of the mainstream media to face the facts as the american people saw them. >> and morgan, you were a press secretary spokeswoman, for the state department, you know how important it is to be truthful and transparent at the podium when answering significant questions on behalf of the american chief dip blow mat. in this case -- diplomat, what should has been with the officials who saw what they saw with biden and lied to our face for four years putting our nation's safety and security at risk. should this be a disqualifier

for 2028. >> i think we should consider a congressional investigation at a minimum to get to the truth. i'm not saying this as a mitt call person, i'm saying it from a national security perspective. there's a nuclear chain of command that ends with whomever is in office, we know jee-yun ping, and pew tinge, and all these world leaders, spoke with biden, and kamala harris as well and sized them up and decided they could get away with whatever they want to get away with. the ayatollah in iran knew it was open season in taking americans and getting billions in return for them. back to the nuclear chain of command, it's not beyond the realm of the president to have to make these life or death decisions on behalf of the country, and if he wasn't cognitively able to attend meetings or give press conferences, was he able to make those decisions, we need to know who knew about this behaviour and enabled this behaviour,

we're talking about the leader of the free world, in an era, we have two presidents, trump and biden who said we're in geopolitical competition with russia and china, it takes for one little thing to happen in the south china sea or in the philippines, for america to end up at war with china, and who would be at the wheel making those decisions, we don't know. we don't know who would have been in charge making those decisions, that's a sirry place to be from -- scary place to be from a national security perspective. >> one answer is the vice-president would be in charge if the president can't be on a given day week or month, and her name was kamala harris, the vice-president, and i think the media and the handlers also covered up for her in a different way, a different kind of acuity and energy and connective tissue with the american people, so we had a president and a vice-president people watched them and rejected both as their candidates, so do you think it's that or that it's

donald trump's agenda, what accounted for all of these different would be democratic voters coming to vote for president trump, and a little bit down ballot republicans this time. >> kelly anne, i'm going to have to quote from casablanca. i'm shocked, shocked, that there was gambling in this casino, mainstream media covered up for some of the most significant decline in mental competence that we have seen in a critical place. our founders, would be turning over in their graves, because they wanted the first amendment to hold our leaders accountable. instead, they've become cheerleaders. >> from each of you, in the minute that remains, yes or no with a quick reason why. does kamala harris have a future as a presidential candidate. doug. >> no she doesn't, she should wise up and recognize that losing with an expenditure of $2

billion with the campaign she ran would and does qualify her. >> morgan, national security expert, are you afraid of kamala harris running in the future? >> no, i really want her to run against judy in 2028. i'm all for it. go for it kamala. >> and what is her chance on her own and has more than 107 days. i always hear, what would happen on the 108th day. what do you think about the future and kamala harris? >> she's got a super sized l on her head, because she's a two time loser, and if she wants to be a three time loser, i say bring it on, baby. >> wow, i think the american people have a thing or two to say about that, essentially, our own two eyes help to guide us in this election, that's what the media said and that's what is most important. more of this special edition of hannity after the break, thank you my panel. stay with us.

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♪ ♪ >> welcome back to the special edition of "hannity". unfortunately that is all the time we have left for this evening. thank you for being with us. before we go i want to thank each and every one of you for watching. i want to thank shawn for allowing me to guest host and i want to wish everybody a happy, happy new year and a healthy one as well. gutfeld is next have a great night, everyone, and the blessed 2025. ♪ ♪ [applause]