stuart: joining me now, marc thiessen.som if protects the smelt, the i mayor, karen bass, cuts the firefighters' budget $17 million. surely, there's going to be some change to the california's politics. what do you say? >> yeah. president trump is 100 right and, look, it reminds me of new york mayor ed koch when he lost his primary to to david dinkens. he was asked if he would ever run again, and he said, no, the people is have spoken, and they must be punished. california is paying the price for the incompetent leaders they've elected. mayor bass cut $17 million from the fire-fighting budget in order to pay for the homeless crisis that she helped unleash. governor gavin newsom, he's put all of his effort into banning gas-powered cars in california so he can fight global warming rather than filling the less reservoirs -- reservoirs and killing the brush to fight the fires that he blames on global warming. his job is not to stop global warming, it's to mitigate its effects on his citizens. if you believe global warming is i

marc thiessen, meghan hays, josh kraushaar, thank you so much. finally tonight, a "special report" salute. >> i want to thank our first responders and most importantly, i want to thank the two new orleans police officers who not only laid their life on the line but were able to eliminate the threat this morning. >> trace: we wanted to take a moment to honor the efforts and courage of all the first responders in new orleans yesterday during the terrorist attack on bourbon street. video footage earth cam officers nearby who did not hesitate to run towards harm's way. the two police officers that were shot during the incident are in stable condition. we hope for the speedy recovery of all of those who were injured. that is a noble effort. tomorrow on "special report." the race for house speaker as we told you will take you to capitol hill. as speaker johnson fights to keep the gavel. remember, if you can't catch us live, set your dvr 6:00 p.m. eastern, 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. that's it for "special report." i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. p

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. >> brian: new op-ed general jack keane and marc thiessen lay out how the u.s.ukraine without using american taxpayer dollars. just take some time and read. this it's brilliant. retired four star general, fox news senior strategic analyst general jack keane. general, we have given $183 billion in aid, and it's not charity, it's to help ukraine win how can we move forward thoughtfully using russian assets to finance ukraine's fight? >> let me give credit to my colleague marc thiessen a brilliant journalist as we all know and outstanding fox news contributor. of the 183 billion, the vast majority of that money has not gone directly to ukraine. it's gone to the defense industry to build back storage the weapons that are in storage that we are giving to ukraine and then they build those weapons back the modern version of it and provide that to whatever service provided those weapons out of the united states arsenals. what we are proposing i think has a little bit imagination to it in the sense let's take the whole issue off the table in terms of taxpayers funding co

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fox news contributor marc thiessen is here to explain. marc, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you know, and we did hear joe biden yesterday essentially take credit for the deal. all the credit for the deal three times. donald trump's team. steve witkoff in particular has been on the ground and he is really the guy who instilled in both sides when donald trump comes in, he means business. get it wrapped up now. >> exactly. look, everything that this president touches turns to gahanna know. he had address scheduled and wanted to take credit and burnish his legacy in final moments afound in a deal that isn't fully cooked yet. it's just peak. he said that he negotiated it based on his plan that he outlined 8 months ago and the new administration would implement it. what changed from 8 months ago? what changed is that donald trump said if they don't release the hostages by the time he takes office all hell will break loose in the middle east. and iranians and hamas are more afraid of that than they are of joe biden. that's why we are ev

. >> bill: we want to bring in marc thiessen, former speech writer for george w. as always. president biden has repeatedly said he believes white supremacy is a bigger threat to americans than isis. take a listen. >> president biden: stand up against the poison of white supremacy as i did in my inaugural address to single out as the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland is white supremacy. >> bill: yesterday lucas tomlinson asked president biden to his face does he still stand by those comments and he wouldn't answer the question. your thoughts. >> the problem isn't white supremacy, it is islamic radicalism and has been since 9/11 and we may have gotten tired of fighting the war on terror, the terrorists haven't gotten tired of fighting us. we have a growing islamic radical threat over the last four years. home grown terrorists, terrorists infiltrating across our southern border and terrorists establishing new sanctuaries all over the world. just take syria for example. the terrorist's geography was take control of a nation state and get control of weapo

marc thiessen, fox news contributor and "washington post" columnist joined up with general jack keaneve a piece today saying america must continue to arm ukraine without u.s. taxpayer dollars. one of the suggestions would be to let ukraine use frozen russian assets to buy u.s. weapons. is that on the table? >> well, that is a discussion piece. you have all these options and you want to present the president of the united states with multiple options so he can pick which one he wants to go with. we've always talked about this repeatedly of using russian frozen assets to do that, to buy u.s. arms. that's one piece of the puzzle that needs to be discussed and will be on the table with the president to talk about. but it is not the piece that will solve this. it is an interesting point and worth discussing, dana. >> dana: i'm sure you aren't short of people recommending their own ideas and i'm sure you have your own. please come back and visit us. we appreciate you having time for us this morning. >> thanks, dana, thanks for having me. bret >> bret: president trump lashing out at big bank

not enough on radicalization by the savages of isis, marc thiessen. >> they may have gotten tired ofr on tear orex, terrorists aren't tired of fight us. we have home grown terrorists, terrorists infiltrating across our southern border. this administration has been an absolute disaster when it comes to counter terrorism. >> harris: president biden made a promise yesterday. >> president biden: we will continue to relentlessly pursue isis and other terrorists organizations where they are and they will find so safe harbor here. >> harris: i didn't catch that last part. but customs and border protection numbers show terror watch listen counters are up 36% under biden compared with president-elect donald trump's first term in office. lucas tomlinson is at the white house. a little mumbling at the end for biden. we got the gift. >> white house announced president biden and first lady will head to new orleans on monday and he talked about the terrorist attack there yesterday. >> we have no information that anyone else was involved in the attack. they have established the attacker was the sam

. >> lisa: joining me now is alex marlow, breitbart editor and chief, and marc thiessen "the washington and fox news contributor. thank you both for joining us tonight. alex, let's start with you. how did joe biden get everything so wrong? >> it's all pander with joe biden. all trying to motivate coalition. this is how he has operated since he became a politician. it's always worked for him. he tried to speak to groups of people, blocks of people. he thought this law that white supremacy is actually the greatest threat to our homeland would motivate certain groups, minority voters in particular. it didn't work this time, thank god. a lot of those voters ended up moving towards donald trump because it's so condescending and such a pander. for years and years, decades even biden talking this way had worked for him. thankfully, thanks to alternative media, et cetera, not working this time around but all of cynical politics where it starts and ends with joe biden marc as he concocts fake terrorism he has ignored the real threat happening. since he has taken president isis-k and suicide bomb

. >> john: let's get back to this other deal at favorite topic of hours and talking to marc thiessen. how does trump convince denmark to give control of greenland too the united states? >> today is a historic day. we will look back at donald trump jr. going to greenland as really the opening salvo in the first time since the eisenhower years where the united states might actually grow and enlarge. this is a huge deal. i think president trump has the ability to save greenland. look, greenland nurse will get independence whether denmark wants it or not, this is the opportunity if we don't want the chinese and the russians to be waiting for greenland on the other and when they get independence. let the u.s. did the deal of this entry let donald trump do what he does best, let him negotiate a deal to make it possible for greenland to have some sort of affiliation with the united states to protect mineral resources, protects the united states national security interest. led us to what he does best. >> john: it would do similar simulations. >> he has a lot of options. we have a lot of hist

american enterprise institute senior fellow marc thiessen and axios political reporter stef kight.al days, about the actions, about the oil and gas, natural gas stuff off the coast. about a lot of things here. what else the assessment from political watchers? >> well, it's giving the democratic party a lot of the headaches as there are parting shots at biden's own party. democrats are trying to figure out how to moderate their message. how to work with donald trump in some cases. you have the pardon of hunter biden. you have ending the commutation of the death penalty for some of the most hardened violent criminals on death row. the presidential medal of freedom to george soros. this past week. he is -- and also the energy policy both limiting offshore drilling and raising the price of gas stoves as part of some of these executive orders. this is a gift for republicans that are now trump has some ways to roll these executive orders back and really hit the democratic party pretty hard on political emmys. >> bret: that is what has people scratching their head. you have an election. p

. >> dana: a happy birthday to you, marc thiessen.appy birthday. >> thank you. >> bill: well done. back to our top story now. what will change in the california for cast? we're watching it now. strengthening winds again in southern california. large fires leaving a trail of destruction. the images take your breath away. also the wife of an american detained by the taliban hoping to meet donald trump saying president biden gave her the cold shoulder for two years. more on ryan corbett's fight for freedom today. >> what i heard him say he is not bringing ryan home. it was devastating. there is a deal on the table. a way to bring ryan home and it is not being taken. it is incredibly crushing to our family. they get it. they know how it works. and most importantly, it works for them. i don't have any anxiety about money anymore. i don't have to worry about a mortgage payment every month. it allowed me to live in my home and not have to make payments. if you're 62 or older and own your home, you could access a portion of your equity to imp

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and we were talking to marc thiessen a little while ago about how for the most part joe biden is taking all the credit. but, people in the white house, in the national security apparatus are actually giving donald trump's team credit for helping move the ball. >> and we kind of had whiplash yesterday because over at the state department, the spokesperson there who was getting into the nitty gritty details about what exactly changed and what happened for this deal to get done the spokesman at the biden state department says the trump team deserves credit. then we come over to the white house and the president's spokesperson was talking about this state spokesman matt miller like she had no idea who he was and why he would be saying this. literally she said i don't know who this person is. >> ainsley: oh my god. >> peter: i heard trey very astutely pointing out last hour, president biden wants to let the whole world know that what was agreed to yesterday is the same framework that he put out last may. that's great. it's been sitting there since last may. what changed? there are reports li

. >> joining me now is alex marlow, breitbart editor in chief, and marc thiessen, washington post columnistnd fox news contributor. you know, thank you both for joining us tonight. you know, alex, let's start with you. how did joe biden get everything so wrong? >> so it's all a pander with joe biden. >> it's all trying to motivate coalitions. this has been how he's operated ever since he became a politician, and it's always worked for him, is that he tried to speak to groups of people, blocs of people. and he thought this lie that white supremacy is actually the greatest threat to our homeland, would motivate certain groups, minority voters in particular. well, it didn't work this time. thank god. a lot of those voters ended up moving towards donald trump because it's so condescending. it's such a pander. but for years and years, decades, even biden talking this way had worked for him. so thankfully, thanks to alternative media. et cetera. it's not working this time around. but all of it is cynical politics. that's where it starts and ends with joe biden, you know? >> but mark, as he concoc