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>> sean: welcome to hannity and tonight three contentious hearing with three qualified trump nominees who democrats they say are desperate for a scalp and melodramatic behaviour and selective moral outrage is getting old we will hear the latest hysteria and hypocrisy from the hearings. part two as well with my interview with j.d. vance here's a preview we have nominees going out to the senate and rfk jr., tulsa gabbard and cash patel. three excellent choices by the president but i have every expectation the democrats are going to be vicious. now we have small majorities in the house and in the senate. do you believe they will get across the finish line and how do you help them? >> i do believe they will get across the finish line but we will have to fight for each one

and make sure that republicans. we are different from democrats and in some ways i admire how senate republicans are more freethinking and more independent. on the other hand the president made his selections and the advice and consent power of the senate shouldn't be used to block people because you have a policy disagreement on one issue. you don't get to make those decisions, trump does any ready has. more of my interview with the vice president tonight but first difficult moves from d.c. and the nation's capital. no survivors from the mid air collision between in an army black hawk helicopter and a regional passenger jet near reagan national airport all told 67 people lost their lives including 64 passengers and crew on american airlines flight 5342 all placeholders aboard the black hawk helicopter are lost. tonight we are praying for the victims and their families.

no words truly encapsulate the skill of the tragedy and americans are searching for answers as they should. how does a blackhawk army helicopter crash into a passenger jet landing at reagan international. at this hour i wish i had the answers i can't tell you how or why this happened. but we are gleaning information which is quite alarming as according to a report last night's mid air collision was preceded by months and years of near misses and safety warnings. in 2023 there were 19 near misses at airports across the country that is one of the largest totals in many years. and in 2024 it was more of the same including at reagan national were multiple collisions were narrowly avoided. look at the headline from may o.

federal officials investigated another close call between planes at reagan national airport. and an expert report sent to the faa underbite and warned directly america traffic control system is suffering from quality control issues and staffing shortages putting safety at risk. they were warned repeatedly. and "the new york times" tonight reported control towers staffing at reagan national airport was not normal during last night's deadly crash. according to cbs news when air traffic control worker was managing helicopters and planes a job normally done by two people. the ceo of united airlines warned that an ongoing air traffic controller shortage has been a major problem. but the last administration had other priorities. pothole mayor pete the biden

transportation secretary was preoccupied you might remember he launched a billion-dollar pilot project to build equity in american roads and bridges and focus on climate change and dei programs it's no secret that across the entire biden administration that dei was prioritized over mayor. but it didn't start with biden under obama the faa launched a national outreach program for diversity and inclusion including a push to hire workers with severe intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problem's. it makes no sense. at 2024 lawsuit also alleges the faa turned away a thousand air control applicants based on a race as by "the washington times". and faa document raised the issue in stark's terms asking much of a change in job

performance is successful to achieve diversity goals. for years democrats played awoke politics with our lives and apparently the faa included these dei directors on their website until just a few days ago when donald trump signed an executive order demand -- banning it across government agencies. now we don't know how last night's crash occurred. we are clear about that but one thing is clear sirens have been blaring the last number of years and under biden and pothole peach and kamala harris every warning sign was clearly ignored. that's in all areas of government where meritocracy must return throughout the land in every regard and with last night's horrific crash we have an attorney with us as well as a former black hawk helicopter pioneer -- pilot. and the colonel let's start with

you. you know a lot about these blackhawks. so tell us how it's even possible. >> good evening sean and of course we recognized this is still taking place on the ground and what i see frequently as i've been watching this and analysing things for the last two days and last 48 hours since this happened was two major things. first i do believe that there is a procedural error or problem here where somebody violated rules and procedures ran d.c. international airspace. for example like a black hawk helicopter. it could have broken the altitude restrictions of air corridors and they did hear reports was around 400 feet or

so and that can cause serious problem when you fixed wing commercial airliners that are counting on you being 200 feet lower than you might actually be. second of all is communications. clarity and standard control goes back to the stuff you listed. hiring practices and personnel shortages. some of the communications i've heard in those recordings led me to the conclusion of significant community at kasia and challenges where i believe that helicopter believed it would be able to go behind the aircraft it told them to and in fact did not see the aircraft the atc wanted them to go behind because there are two aircraft in the video. i think they confused the aircraft. >> sean: let me ask you is john solomon reported last night that the midair collision was preceded by months of near misses and safety warnings with 202319 near misses one of the

largest totals the same happened the last including at reagan international. federal officials investigated with "the new york times" with control staffing at reagan national and when air traffic control worker managing the helicopters and a job for two people can you explain that to me how is that possible? >> it shouldn't be possible and going off of the list right now and what were talking about for the last three or four years we don't have enough air-traffic controllers without a pilot shortage with all these things piling up on you. there is no instant fix. you can't throw a switch and have another 2000 air-traffic controllers. it takes multiple years to train those guys and gals to the point

where they can actually run a camp at an airport and if the reports are true that we heard with the staff at dca especially where you have helicopter traffic and fixed wing traffic and it's difficult on a good day and horrible at night and that is what made this result so tragic. >> sean: let me go back to you with the shortage and number toyota going back to it which was taken down two days into the trump administration. at the faa to hire workers with severe intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problem's at the faa and people he lost their loved ones and that's across the

country right now and it's a hundred percent correct there and there's a pilot shortage but it just takes just as much training to get an air traffic controller operating and no air traffic controller no matter how good they are can handle the d.c. traffic by themselves. that's why the communication issue sticks out to me and were playing with fire and that airspace for quite some time. the people of them wanting to warn about this but most have been forced to be silent. >> sean: i also friends of mine who were pilots and they've told me for the longest times that flying into jersey and new york airports have been difficult and the president described it today they fly

around in circles because they are not ready to receive those planes because they are not prepared. it has been going on for some time has in it. so we want to prevent it from ever happening again. >> when you talk about go arounds and mist approaches that occurred over the last few days that means there was too much traffic in a certain area that they couldn't get them into the airport. i fly almost exclusively in the northeast and when i'm flying here it's the biggest area to fly anytime. you're counting on air-traffic controllers to do their job. also on fellow pilots to do their job is with your being careful. any of the shortages that we've seen over the years we have to get them down because it takes three or four more years to catch up. >> sean: we appreciate it.

joining us know the white house deputy chief of staff of policy is stephen miller let's get your reaction. two people doing one job in all the warnings and old the near misses. it sounds frightening to me and i know it doesn't bring comfort to the families but it is certainly something we need to learn from fast if we want to prevent it from happening again. >> it's heartbreaking and devastating even more so because it's so preventable. is president trump said today over the past four years the faa and air-traffic control under joe biden have dedicated to mission not a public safety and not of safe aviation but of diversity, equity, and inclusion

and blame people who are not common it for the job instead of spending four years to saul systemic problem's and near misses all the intellectual capital at the agency is to meet these programs and fulfilling quotas preventing the agency from developing systems, closing the weaknesses and establishing protocols to prevent a tragedy like this from occurring. it's white president trump on his second day in office issued an order to reimplement his previous standards and declare all dei is ending and it shows competence and qualification above all consideration. that is the rule going forward. over 1000 near misses under the biden administration and jeopardize public security in a way unthinkable and tragic.

>> sean: we look at the order from 2013 taken down from the faa website and a push to hire workers at the faa with severe intellectual disabilities i nearly fell on the floor and when it needs to be in the forefront of people's minds as to be in the forefront of po policy. >> it is a betrayal of the american people it that would prioritize the hiring of people with severe intellectual defects to serve at the federal aviation administration. the entity responsible for ensuring every single passenger over american airspace and

safely flies in safely lands and what it does over that to an agency and from developing with a new program and priorities and evolving airline safety. always playing catch-up and clean up. trying to put out fires trying to stop things from falling apart. you cannot build or learn or grow because you aren't hiring based solely on qualification and competence. they have played games with americans public safety and away unconscionable and president trump made clear as he issued an order. he's not just installing the highest standards possible but also sit telling the secretary of transportation to review every hiring decision at the faa over the past four years and where somebody was not hired based on merit or qualification or competence that person needs

to be replaced. >> sean: pothole pete lost his billion-dollar program to build racial equity in americans roads and if there ever was a failure as transportation secretary it would be him. stephen miller we appreciate you. and we come back democrats were unhinged as i predicted at confirmation hearings for three of trump's nominees. highlights from the hearing of cash patel reaction from senator cruz and senator tom cotton as well as talking about toll c and rfk impart two of my interview with a j.d. i had.

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>> sean: in a blockbuster confirmation hearing president trump's nominee faced a predictable meltdown for democrats on the senate judiciary committee but took it all ends stride and handled himself brilliantly it was a master class take a look. >> have you ever been subjected to racism? >> i had to move in that threat i was called a detestable and old make sure i get it right. a detestable. [ bleeps ] >> is that what you said and give you the opportunity in writing but that's my time now mr. cheap chair did he say the headquarter should be shut down i deserve an answer to that question and you know what he did. >> you don't know who that is senator. he's one of the january 6 prison choir. >> you seem to know more about

the 90. >> of the ever made unwanted requests per se actual favours if he had nothing to do with it mr. patel why did you tell steve bannon that you did that's why it says we as you highlighted and you are part of that we when you said we that includes you doesn't? >> not if we don't have a new definition for the word we going to be gross mischaracterization and with the men women at the fbi every theatre of what we have on the ground in any accusations putting political bias before the constitution or anything else was unfair had remind you have been endorsed by 300,000 law enforcement officers let's ask them. and two of my favourite lines

let's have added in here with reaction and senator cruz is with us and i watch that watching him literally talk about this and go about the erosion of trust with the fbi and he made a committed to never weaponized fbi and politicized fbi and it became apparent to me tell me if this is your conclusion as well and democrats stood silent on and aloud it to happen under their watch and they don't want to happening to them. and not one democrat ever spoke out and the unequal use of the justice system and with rating

there and on and on and on. i do think they are afraid and let's take an assessment of what happened in the hearings and watching the democrats ridiculous behaviour in the hearings reminded me of a line from shakespeare's macbeth it was a tale told by an idiot and at the democrats try to put on a circus and screamed and it was none of them made a serious argument he spent decades working on law enforcement is a federal public defender worked in the national security division is the department of justice and a staffer on capitol hill working in the

national security apparatus and the chief of staff at the department of defense and what they are afraid of what they are afraid of is that cash patel do a trump promise they are afraid it's striking as you look at one of the core things he did to this nation as he said he would end politicized asian and weaponization of the department of justice and he would bring integrity back and the democrats are terrified that's what he's going to do and not weaponized against democrats will bring the fbi and bring them back to their mission of stopping bad guys and they are freaking out but here's the good news sean they didn't score a single blow today. he will be confirmed as the next

director of the fbi and win the most dramatic moments is they seem obsessed with january 6 it was turban and talking other two people who point-blank range murder to fbi agents you'd and here are part about that and and sign but violent criminal after violent criminal going after pro-life protesters and you cycling after we never indicted a president even once and yet democratic prosecutors did so

for different times the weaponization every democrat in the senate remained silent they were perfectly fine and said we are going to end this garbage and cash patel was nominated to do that and people who are waving an american flag and trying to foreign joe and with four years of open borders i think he will go after the terrorists and the criminals and put him in jail and he leverage my to get rescued ukraine fired and with energy oil or gas and a

time asked going to his own laptop did that to joe that would call because a legitimate investigation. senator appreciate you. when they come back democrats also unhinged at tall see gabbard and rfk we'll check in with tom cotton and part two of my interview with j.d. vance straight ahead.

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and in addition to cash patel president trump's nominee for director of national intelligence tulsa gabbard also appeared here plenty of fireworks undergoing five fbi

background checks with more is in two hours looking at the latest bring more than 300 pages clean as a whistle. and sadly there are more examples the bottom line is this that it must end and it's an attempt do this weaponization of the intelligence community and those charged with securing the task of a nation they elected trump with a decisive victory and mandate for change what truly unsettles my political opponents as i refuse to be there public and it seems to be

on 702 and edward snowden of all people and asking if you would support a pardon. it didn't seem relevant because that's not authority she would have. and was a good hearing today and she was a democratic congressman and the democrats can't forgive that for support for president trump during the campaign and questions that aren't frankly relevant for the director of national intelligence. it's information produced by a

section 72 but the primary people who approve responsible for testifying to reauthorize those laws is the attorney general and the director of the fbi. they run the program primarily they are the ones who would sure the american people and republicans in congress of the abuses we've seen some of which she spoke about today that are no longer a risk to their civil liberties and issues that should have been discussed but democrats don't want to have any relevant discussions the impact the american people in our life. the biggest of these of it was donald trump and other people's life salute real ruin because of it. all based hillary clinton paid for dossier which is the basis of those warrants use still on donald trump and no democrat really ever spoke out against that i found that pretty

hypocritical and the issue of weaponization and how we politicized the intelligence community is a critical point of discussion today. and the weaponization against president trump going back to last year is an important reason why i think he did so well at his hearing seems to be on the path the confirmation sadly the fbi has fallen to a low state of trust among the american people and republicans in congress we need him to go in there and make a difference and said the fbi can do this work for the american people and do thanks at that i end with secrets that our

president and congress people make decisions but also by following the law and respecting rights of all americans was to be confirmed i think she should be confirmed was able to watch the testimony of everyone else because i was just presiding over tulsa gabbard and it sounds like they both did a good job from what i heard from isis fellow senators used on those committees and i'm looking forward to supporting gabbard's nomination when it comes up.

thank you. rfk jr. also appeared for a second day in a row before the senate health and education for that hearing. and sparred with bernie sanders and picked up a strong endorsement from mark wayne mullin. >> i don't understand what my colleagues say we can't question science. it blows my mind that all of a sudden it is a shame that bobby is sitting hearing questioning science because i guarantee you. if he was owing to be the secretary of health human services under biden former president which i enjoy saying. and ready to support positions on the republican side and how dare they question science. >> the problem of corruption is not just in the federal agencies

it is also in congress. almost all members including yourself except to millions of dollars of pharmaceutical industry. >> no, no, no. i believe that we come up. i ran for president like you did and i got millions and millions of contributions but they didn't come from the executives not a nickel of those money from the pharmaceuticals the game from workers. >> in 2020 you are the single largest receiver of money. >> because it was from workers across the country. not a nickel from corporations. >> the single largest except or a pharmaceutical dollars action to take bobby side on that how many times can the guy say he's not going to take away a vaccine not taken away donald trump's

mcdonald's or coke or pizza. and why is it so wrong to point out that america does have a health crisis. we have an obesity problem and a cancer problem and europe doesn't want to buy our food and ten years longer than us. and bobby is brave enough to stand up and ask these questions. and said in the hearing democrat nominee before president biden they would applaud him for doing this. and with the unhealthiest leading nations in the world and they senate turned a blind eye being met at the guy for those questions about autism why when he was a child one and 10,000 kids had autism and today one in 36 kids are diagnosed with autism and obesity is running

wild and we are eating food and consuming food where it's not allowed to sell any other place in the world. these questions should be answered and it was all hypocritical and the fact is and nothing stan other than their hatred to bobby no many times to provide nonfarm and nonindustry information and making decisions on their health and their welfare and wellness and so on. it didn't matter. all they wanted to do was start a fight and the reason you stated he's a democrat and appointed by donald trump. two big reasons not to like him.

and sheep he said he would fall the science if the proof there's truth proves me wrong i will met i'm but they have to prove i'm wrong mayor went democrat said we should follow the science and bobby is saying the exact same thing they are saying back then but they are still frustrated about it and they lose credit building is based on the fact there to hatred to bobby and kelsey because they know the democrats have lost touch with the american people in those two are brave enough to join their republicans. >> people you said to america if you got the shot you will never get covid-19 and if you got the shot you won't infect others. are we supposed to believe them senator great job today. and park two of my exclusive interview with vice president j.d. vance straight ahead (cough cough)

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here's more the interview with the vice president j.d. vance and this report is that the average american cannot afford a thousand dollars based on that and prices of gone up dramatically and you've been in office five days how do we get there quickly so they can enjoy that prosperity and the biggest

part of the childhood there and it does suck and it is stressful and said there really disastrous and that trump was elected to ensure and it there free promised as economic program and had a resource that no country in the world as we have access to energy getting it from one place to the grocery store where it is the people are buying the things we have to at least the american energy economy and i

like it we can around bankrupt them at the same time selling it to western europe it is good for national security and being transformational and cutting waste broad and abuse and we want to talk about those being areas with social security and medicare and deporting people that's going to cause a lot of money and a lot cheaper than housing and health care and education and it's scary. china and russia hypersonic's and if fast surpassed us and the pushback on me if you asked and not's was to be on a battlefield

and and did that immediately all that cost money and got 40 trillion in debt. and unleashes incredible economic growth and what worries me about this picture as economic growth and growing this economy itself much more solvable problem and there is smarter economic policies getting back to 4% economic growth around 1% economic growth and north '03% economic growth which is why it was such a positive economic time and talking about defence i do

believe we need to spend obviously more on defence and also spend smarter on defence as it's broken the way we get these weapons are making it harder for nuke groups to develop new technologies and in russia and ukraine elsewhere in the face of the modern battlefield has changed and will keep on changing and america needs to keep pace with that change and it will save money and it's identified cost savings eight days into this thing and the most important thing it will do is making bureaucracy bureaucracy to the effective president. i can tell you stories i've heard we have other things to do

unfortunately i would love to hang out for an hour but if you look at the president issues an executive order saying we won't give grants to organizations that do x, y, and z and they have identified grants that will be made in violation of an executive order to stop them right before the money was wired. we talked about making the people's government government responsive to the people's president doing more to unleash innovation and economic prosperity when you don't have the crushing bureaucracy that answers to nobody sitting on top of the american people. we will make it respond so to economic growth needs and it needs to buy the best weapons for the generation of warfare which is the most profound thing it's going to do as the president is trying to get his cabinet nominees through. they've gone from the denial

stage over to the rage stage and this week we have three nominees going up to the senate and with all these people. with three excellent choices by the president being vicious. we have a small majority in the house in small majority in the senate how do you get these guys do you think they will get across the finish line how do you help with that? >> they'll get across the finish line but we need to fight for each one as republicans are different from democrats in some ways i admire that senate republicans or more freethinking and independent but on the other hand the president made his selections and the advice and consent power the united state senate should not be used to block people because you have a policy to chris agreement on one issue you don't get to make those decisions president trump does and already has.

there is an important coalition dynamic to this that i encourage my fellow republicans to think about. would we win the election with margins we did unless you had tulsa gabbard component coming to our side. the joe rogan types. donald trump got an imposing mandate because he got a different group of people to vote republican then had ever voted republican. and with a lot of traditional republicans in the administration and we also have some new people to bring a fresh perspective and andy's willing to listen to bobby kennedy and tulsa gabbard all part of the family now and can't say you won't get confirmed because we disagree with you on one issue. the president makes these decisions and already has.

>> sean: in fairness to rfk and kelsey they didn't win residencies so they will be implanting his policy more hannity after the break and there it is. interesting times in washington. more hannity ahead.

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