. >> jeanine: coming up, daniel hoffman and sebastian gorka on president trump's upcoming summit with russian president vladimir putin as this special edition of "hannity" continues. >> jeanine: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." the white house announced yesterday that president trump will hold a one-on-one summit with russian president vladimir putin on july 16, in helsinki, finland. on air force one today, the president told reporters that he will discuss with putin the ongoing situations in syria and ukraine, election meddling and the deescalation of tensions with russia and china. president trump's national security adviser, ambassador john bolton was in moscow earlier this week meeting with putin and their other russian officials to help prepare for the summit. he also addressed critics who believe the meeting shouldn't happen due to the ongoing russia probe taking place here in the united states. take a look. >> well, i think a lot of people have said or implied over time that a meeting between president trump and president putin would somehow prove some nexus b

sebastian gorka and retired seat by a senior intelligence officer, daniel hoffman. i'm proud to announce that both of them will be with this program in singapore. sarah carter will be there as well, as of course the ig report, two days after the singapore summit. lots of ground to cover tonight. let's start with you daniel hoffman. the president showing strength, i will walk away any time. it's right out of the art of the deal, it doesn't surprise me. i believe i know him well enough to know that he would absolutely walk away in four seconds. >> i think he is also doing the right thing by managing expectations, he's dealing with decades of failed policy, from which we have learned a lot. we talked a lot about the sunshine policy which was more like the moonshine policy for north korea at the end of that 10-year period, when they had taken $3 billion from south korea and almost $2 billion from china, increased of the nuclear program significantly, and we hadn't been a colorized or taken many steps to do newco rise the peninsula. the president has taken on board all o

we bring back danielle hoffman, sara carter and dr. gorka. think for me having watched reagan and watched and watching history unfold. reagan was tough on gorbachev and the soviet union. reagan took a tough stabbed. so many similarities and some of the same people that were wrong about reagan are wrong about here. >> right. president reagan's on intelligence to make good. one the first steps he made behind the tweens is to bring back clan destin service officers native korean speaker with extraordinary expertise in the region. and andrew kim who accompanied mike pompeo on that easter weekend trip to pyongyang and he has played a really critical behind the scenes role. i do know him. >> sean: everybody here we have all been meeting and talking with each other. everybody here can verify. this he scares the living daylights out of you. daniel offman and i mean n complementary way. every is, of course, being recorded. when you take a thampsz the chinese and russians. you have been tell me since you got here. i'm sure it's true. not the shower par

sent -- sut i am -- summ summit is on or off. >> sean: and joining us a fox news contributor daniel hoffmane way the president states it. missiles not fired over japan, guam's not in jeopardy, the korean peninsula is more safe and hostages released, trump pulls out they beg, no, no, no, please, please. no down side and we didn't pay cash this time, did we? >> it's quite a contrast from what the obama administration gave up to get bergdahl back from some bad terrorists. what i'd highlight in the meeting between secretary pompeo and the fewer-star general former head of military intelligence and reflects the seriousness with which kim jong-un is approaching the summit. and kim jong-un has been targeted for responsible for killing 46 south korean sailors in 2010 but this is the hand we're dealt with and part of the challenge of dealing with a hermit kingdom and the negotiations that will have to take place with unsavory characters. >> sean: i love the fact that all these big developments have happened. the president has given up nothing. i think the fact that the media doesn't understand and t

daniel hoffman. good to see you both. it's actually true. let's mentality seems to be i have to kiss the ring and bribe dictators. maybe they will like us better. that doesn't work, daniel. >> no. that would have been like the sunshine policy. which for north korea was more like moonshine. it took in $3 billion from south korea and $2 billion from china for a ten-year period while they built out the nuclear program and the icbm capability. that is multiple decades of failed policy the president is trying to correct. it's not easy to do. but i will tell you, the summit is making me nostalgic for the most days. we have the number one best subject matter expert on the korean peninsula andy kim who runs the korea mission center at c.i.a. he has been attached to secretary pompeo for a couple of trips to north korea. and you know in spite of some of the criticism unfounded in my view in the press about the president's preparation or look thereof for the summit he is -- lack thereof for the summit he is getting up a the preparation he needs from th

will also be joined by sebastian gorka, daniel hoffman.y are here straight ahead next from singapore. coppertone sport. proven to protect street skaters and freestylers. stops up to 97% uv. lasts through heat. through sweat. coppertone. proven to protect. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. jushis local miracle ear t at helped andrew hear more of the joy in her voice. just o hearing test is all it took for him to hear more of her laugh... and less of the background noise around him. for helen, just one visit to her local miracle-ear is all it took to learn how she can share more moments with her daughter. just one free hearing test could help you hear more... laughter...music...lif call now for your free hearing test from an industry leader: miracle-ear. ♪ sean: here with more reaction to all the news out of singapore, where former deputy assistant to president trump, fox news nationa

daniel hoffman. good to see you both. it's actually true.et's mentality seems to be i have to kiss the ring and bribe dictators. maybe they will like us better. that doesn't work, daniel. >> no. that would have been like the sunshine policy. which for north korea was more like moonshine. it took in $3 billion from south korea and $2 billion from china for a ten-year period while they built out the nuclear program and the icbm capability. that is multiple decades of failed policy the president is trying to correct. it's not easy to do. but i will tell you, the summit is making me nostalgic for the most days. we have the number one best subject matter expert on the korean peninsula andy kim who runs the korea mission center at c.i.a. he has been attached to secretary pompeo for a couple of trips to north korea. and you know in spite of some of the criticism unfounded in my view in the press about the president's preparation or look thereof for the summit he is -- lack thereof for the summit he is getting up a the preparation he needs from the

we will also be joined by sebastian gorka, daniel hoffman.xt from singapore. ♪ they are here straight ahead next from singapore. just one free hearing test at his local miracle ear helped andrew hear more of the joy in her voice. juto hear more of her laugh...t took for him and less of the background noise around him. for helen, just one visit to her local miracle-ear is all it took to learn how she can share more moments with her daughter. just one free hearing test could help you hear more... lcall now for your free hearing test from an industry leader: miracle-ear. ♪ ♪ >> sean: here with more reaction to all the news out of singapore, former deputy assistant to president trump, fox news national securityre strategist, sebastian gorka. mpretired cia officer, fox news contributor daniel hoffman. i will start with dr. gorka. i listen to the press and you would literally think they don't want any success. from my perspective, i don't think it could have been any better especially the lead up to this which made it worthwhile to take a shot. >>

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station chief daniel hoffman says yes if the president takes a page from reagan's playbook. >> did you anybody from that cabinet and the crowd? >> maxine waters led the charge against the trump administration, women's large organizers taking it to the next level. and the left planning to unleash unrest today. ♪ heather: fox news alert. justice anthony kennedy sending democrats into a tailspin announcing his retirement from the supreme court. poised to make a second pick for the bench as the left mouse to obstruct. heather: >> i'm honored he chose to do it during my term in office because he felt confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy. heather: the news of justice kennedy's retirement not sitting well with democrats. this is how they sounded on the committee conference call. listen to this. >> oh my god. >> versus -- heather: that was the call. in the final months of the obama administration the republican-controlled senate, blocked the nomination of merrick garland after the death of antonin scalia. that seat was killed by donald trump's pick, neil gorsu

sebastien gorker, senior intelligence officer, daniel hoffman. it's amazing to me that the president pulls out seconds -- within 24 hours, oh, no, no, we didn't mean what we said. we got a missile-launching site being dismantled, first time in 18 years the high ranking officials in the united states, we got the hostages released and no missiles being fired over japan or no threats to the world at this moment, dr. gorka, and he didn't pay a dime. it's remarkable. >> yes. let alone billions of dollars. imagine if this had happened anytime in the last 25 years, whether it was republican administration, or democrat one, if a summit had been canceled, the normal diplomatic protocols would have meant that it maybe would have happened a year from now. or 18 months from now. >> sean: good point. >> the president cancels it. te has a very hard letter, he plays hard ball, but he leaves the last paragraph open saying this is so important to both of our countries. if you want to go ahead with it, send me a letter, give me a call. what happens, within hours,

starting with you daniel hoffman. the president showing streak. walk out any time and it doesn't surprise me. i know him well enough to know that he would walk away if four seconds. he's doing the right thing by managing expectation and dealing with failed policy. we talked about the sunshine policy. and that was like moon shine policy in the end of the ten year period. they have taken 3 billion from south core sxoer and increased their nuclear program significantly and we have not taken much step to denuclearize the pence peps. the president is taking on board all of the lessons in the past and prepared to deputy forward with the chemical we face. the challenge will be dealing with the other countries hike russia and china who are meddling and not always helpful on the part of russia to solve a crisis. >> sean: the world would be better off iffy woo tonight have kim jong-un and the korean pence not threatened. and that seems to be a good idea and good for the world and we have conif i recalled that the kim jong-un will talk about complete denucle

sebastien gorker, senior intelligence officer, daniel hoffman.t's amazing to me that the president pulls out seconds -- within 24 hours, oh, no, no, we didn't mean what we said. we got a missile-launching site being dismantled, first time in 18 years the high ranking officials in the united states, we got the hostages released and no missiles being fired over japan or no threats to the world at this moment, dr. gorka, and he didn't pay a dime. it's remarkable. >> yes. let alone billions of dollars. imagine if this had happened anytime in the last 25 years, whether it was republican administration, or democrat one, if a summit had been canceled, the normal diplomatic protocols would have meant that it maybe would have happened a year from now. or 18 months from now. >> sean: good point. >> the president cancels it. te has a very hard letter, he plays hard ball, but he leaves the last paragraph open saying this is so important to both of our countries. if you want to go ahead with it, send me a letter, give me a call. what happens, within hours, a

so has the credibility of the mueller probe been compromised, here now to weigh in former cia, daniel hoffmanpleasure, good to see you. heather: you worked for 30 years to u.s. government. taking a look at this, is this how the intel community is supposed to operate. everything that you've heard over the past couple of days from the her wits -- horowitz hearings. >> i've worked for the fbi for 30 years and i have lots of friends who are serving there. they are important as institution telephoning national security from state actors like russia, china and terrorists and criminals and we need the fbi to operate with highest level of professionalism. i read the report with great interest, 586 pages, they interviewed over 100 witnesses, very comprehensive report and what's disconcerting, it casts a shadow, degree of concern over the issue of political bias which should never enter into any investigation even the appearance of political bias. and that's really where the concern begins and that's something that i think there's a lot of follow-up, debate and discussion about that justifiably so. hea

seasoner intelligence officer daniel hoffman.hat the president pulls out seconds. within 24 hours, no, we didn't mean what we said. we got a missile- launching site being dismantle would and kim crossing the dmz. and first time in 18 years the high ranking official in the united states. and we have dr. gorka, he didn't pay a dime. it's remarkable. >> yes let alone billions of dollars. if this imagine if this had happened any time in the last 25 years whether it was a republican administration or democrat one fa summit had been cancelled, the normal diplomatic protocols would have meant that it may be happened a year from now or 18 months from now. >> sean: good point. >> the president cancelled it he has a very hard letter and he plays hard ball, but leaves the last photograph open saying that this is so important to both of our country, if you want to go ahead with it. send mean a letter or give me's call. what happens? within hours a couple of days later, that letter is hand delivered to the oval office. is it is a different wa

. >> coming up, daniel hoffman an on president comes upcoming summitit with russian president vladimirutin. this special edition of hannity continues. (♪light musical cord) >> jeanine: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." the white house welcome back to the special edition of "hannity" bread whit house announced president doubl one-on-one summit with russian president vladimir putin. on air force one today, they told reporters that he will discuss with putin, the ongoing situations in syria and ukraine election meddling, and the de-escalation of tensions with russia and's china. president trumps national security adviser ambassador joh bolton was in moscow earlier this week meeting with putin an the other russian officials to help her for the summit. he also addressed critics who believe the meeting shouldn't happen due to the ongoing russian probe taking place here in the united states. take a look. take a lot of people have said or implied over time that a meeting between president trump and which is complete nonsense, i don't think that is helpful. the fact is that the

you.k daniel hoffman is now with us. i love the way the president praised it. guam is not in jeopardy. hostages released across the dmz. trump pulls out. they beg. no. no. no. please, please. please. we didn't pay any cash this time, did we?ca >> that's right. it's quite a contrast from what the obama administration gave p to get bergdahl back. what i would highlight about tomorrow's meeting and today's meeting between secretaryig pomo and kim. kim is a four-star general, former head of military intelligence. deep background in nuclear negotiations. absolutely reflects kim jong-un, the seriousness with what kim jong-un is approaching what looks like a summit on june 12th. kim is an unsavory character, unsanctioned for targeting sony pictures with the targeted attack. this is a hand we're dealt with. it's part of the challenge with dealing with the hermit kingdom. these are the kind of negotiations that will have to take place with unsavory characters. >> hannity: i love the fact all of these kind of big developments that happened -- the president has given up n

daniel hoffman, used to be posted to moscow. re the top of the hour the rhetoric on the political left keeps getting more and more dangerous. >> from that cabinet in a restaurant, you get out and you create a crowd. >> we must abolish ice. this is the legislation that we need. steve: dana loesch here to respond to those two sound bites coming up next. plus, abby huntsman is having breakfast with friends in orlando. good morning, abby. >> good morning, steve. i am surrounded by a bunch of wrestlers this morning. these two were coached by this guy at clemson university. quickly, your advice for these two for their first time on tv coming up after the break. >> i feed them well. tell them to shake hands at the beginning of the match and shake hands at the end. civil discourse is the important thing. abby: i love that back a tease after this. ♪ hold her in my arms ♪ steve: well, tonight, here on the fox news channel at 6:30, we're going to have a big debate between the two republican candidates for governor. ainsley: that's right. ab

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. >> sandra: daniel hoffman thank you for looking back at that with us and difficult -- giving us an bill: a quick check of "happening now" john scott takes over. a special day today. >> yes, it is, bill hemmer. moments from now president trump set to meet with president macron for talks on tariffs. we'll have that live and a former top senate aide charged with a leak investigation. does he share information with a reporter and a watchdog report on the former clinton e-mail investigation. a historic "happening now" top of the hour. >> bill: and you're on to a new assignment. i know you could not be happier so congratulations on that. >> and congratulations to you as well. you and sandra. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: watching the president arrive in canada. we'll take you live in a moment. he had a lot of to say on the lawn of the white house before leaving. sandra, in listening to your conversation with that korean expert a moment ago, mike pompeo suggested the idea of denuking and the north korean idea of going without nukes is coming closer and closer together through time. >> sa

daniel hoffman is former chief of station with the c.i.a. and he joins us now. i wonder what your expectations are for that summit. >> there is no shortage of issues. there is comparatively less challenging issues like working together with the russians on counter terrorism and counter proliferation and organized crime. even i think negotiations to extend the starr treaty beyond the february expiration date. those are the easier issues on which we may find some common ground. what's far more difficult, i think are three issues. starting with syria and then north korea and lastly ukraine which will be of great interest to our european allies. in the back drop of this all is russia's espionage operation and interference and meddling in our elections with cyber intrusions. >> sandra: we had a chance to catch up with kellyanne conway on this program. we asked her heading into this what is the president's goal and intentions? >> this president has said from the beginning he is willing to talk to leaders when it is in the best interest of america. if russia and the un