>> soccer. >> sean: who is better at soccer, you or your dad? >> daddy. >> sean: daddy?s better? but you are a better dancer, right? it is an honor to meet you. you guys are friends. >> we weremiddle of texas. >> we are into similar things. part of the recovery in that life-changing moment, years to come after that, in history -- that ends up being the easier part. the actual transition is where it becomes difficult. >> sean: people i've found, the deepest and most introspective are people who have been through really difficult challenges. cancer, something like you went through, because they have a greater appreciation than the rest of us. we take a lot of stuff for granted. we are really proud for you. you have the two cutest kids in the world. nice to meet you too, sarah. coming up, we share the story of purple heart recipient and american war hero, retired staff sergeant spencer milo. he is also featured in the president george w. bush's new book, "portraits of courage." book, "pousaa gives meurage." the peace of mind and the security just like the marines did. the p

tune into "hannity," next. >> sean: welcome to "hannity," >> sean: welcome to hannity, we are broadcastingor the full hour. our 43rd president will join us and along with brave members of the military featured in the book called "portraits in courage and joining us now is the cleared book, "portraits of courage." mr. president, how are you? >> good to be back w you. >> sean: i've gone through part of your museum. i am stunned, shocked, i do not know how to describe it. you've only been painting for five years. less than five. how did you pick it up? >> i was a little antsy. when you are the president, your dance card is full. all of a sudden you are not the president. i spent a lot of time here at the bush center with laura, to make a difference in people's lives. i wrote to codebooks. i'm staying fit. i mountain biking. an elliptical. i play a fair amount of golf. but it wasn't enough and so i read winston churchill's essay painting as a pastime. >> sean: you started painting pets. >> i did, i did bob the cat. i was a pet portrait painter. which is kind of hard to say. >> sean: [laughs] y

but, sean, this is exactly what we did in 2015. >> sean: that's a good point. congressman meadows?ew hundred days, it can't just be about obamacare repeal and replace. it's got to be tax reform, strengthening our military. everything we talked about in the first 200 days. if it doesn't get done then, it's not going to get done. >> sean: you guys say they supported, maybe it is just me -- what is this -- >> the last six years, we said we are going to repeal obamacare, million of people like you are going to wake up with a heart attack if we replace obamacare with obamacare light. >> sean: you are worried about that? >> i am. they are going to say, that is not a repeal. >> sean: is it unrealistic for conservatives like me to wish that you guys could move at the speed of trump? is that unrealistic? >> no, we should be moving. what you said is bipartisan. jfk got the tax cuts, 5% real growth. then it's reagan, tax cuts, 5% real growth. >> they got the contract with america done in 100 days. but he actually said tonight that this was a bigger bowler. >> by the way, i believe that. >> it

leadership. >> sean: george w. of his interview. we will see another american hero that he featured in his book, straight ahead. when did mixing food, with not food, become food? thankfully at panera, 100% of our food is 100% clean. no artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors, or colors. panera. food as it should be. with toothpaste or plain water.an their dentures and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. >> sean: welcome back to "hannity," while we were down in texas interviewing president george w. bush for his new book, "portraits of courage" ," we had the chance to sit down and interview some of the brave american h

spoon >> sean: dennis kucinich is right.o confirming that some trump campaign conversations were, in fact, wiretapped. watch this. >> saying there was a wiretapped, that there was a wiretap of russian agents, and that those russian agents were communicate with trump staff. that is why they were picked up. that is with the intelligence community has told us, that is what has been reported widely, those are the facts. >> sean: you, the american people, deserve truthful answers. what did the clinton campaign no? when did they know it? is it was time for president trump to clean house. it has to happen. sean spicer had this to say when asked about all of these obama deep state shadow government holdovers. take a look. >> i think there is no question when you have eight years of one-party in office that there are people who stay in government who are affiliated with who join with and continue to espouse the agenda of the previous administration. i don't think it's come as any surprise that there are people who have burrowed into

take a look. >> this comes less than 24 hours after fox news personality sean hannity said this. >> sean: for weeks, we have been warning you about the deep state obama hold over government bureaucrats who are hell-bent on destroying this president. tonight, it is time for the trump administration to begin to purge the saboteurs before it is too late. >> coincidence you think? >> sessions decision to clean house comes one day after trump loyalist sean hannity called for a purge. >> sean: i've got to laugh because i was talking about deep state obama holdovers, i do not think i mentioned u.s. attorneys once but i am glad those of yout in the liberal media are watching because maybe you'll finally learn something for once. by the way, i would love to take credit that our monologue influenced the president. here is a simple truth. during the campaign, i once suggested that he should stop tweeting. he didn't listen then. the propaganda media, they would know that president trump is his own man and makes its own decisions and if they actually cared about the truth, they would tell you that al

this is from 12 years ago, sean. >> sean: it was found in a mailbox.. >> the last 45 years, every president has released their tax returns. >> sean: there is no legal obligation. >> is there anything that could be on the tax return that would make you upset if you found out that he had received -- >> sean: it took us a year to get barack obama's birth certificate. >> did that bother you that it said he was a u.s. citizen? >> now they do not want to talk about the tax returns, this was a n nothing burger. the fact is, he paid 25% effective tax rate and made $153 million. he's really, really rich, now the liberals don't want to talk about it because he's paying more taxes than barack obama or bernie sanders combined almost. >> sean: a mcdonald's. i love a quarter pounder with cheese, french fries and a coke. one of my favorite meals. their twitter account was hacked earlier today. they put out a nasty tweet about president trump. we will get reaction fromke the one and only herman cain and very nasty voice mails today. they got it, they are back, college

. >> sean: welcome to "hannity." we have new information on that the developing story you will not hear from the mainstream destroy trump media. we are going to uncover two shocking pieces of evidence that may show that the unmasked members of the trump team, they've may then surveilled. that is tonight's blockbuster opening monologue. let's go back to march 4th, president trump was ridiculed by the alt left propaganda destroy trump media. he tweeted out that members of his transition team have been wiretapped by the obama administration. tonight there is a piece of tape circulating that could vindicate president trump. this clip we are going to show he is from march 2nd, an msnbc interview with dr. evelyn farkas. she served in the obama administration from 2012 through 2015 as the deputy assistant of defense for russia, ukraine, and eurasia. this clip could prove the obama administration was very much involved in the surveillance of trump transition team members. wow. watch this. >> i was urging my former colleagues

go to facebook.com/sean hannity at sean hannity at twitter.otline. let's see what weigh got tonight. it's always a surprise. >> sean, please let your guests talk. they get right to a point that we want to hear. and it's important stuff that we want to hear from them, and you always butt in. quit it! i would like "hannity" to give a couple lessons to some of the people that are catching the football to throw it back to him. >> sean: that's a big problem, some people can't catch and can't throw. as a matter of fact that might happen in a minute. i try to let people talk. you got limited time in these segments to try to get to the heart of the issue. i will be more patient and i will take your admonition to heart. >> check the number on your screen. you can be mean or nice, it doesn't matter. that's all the time we have left this evening. hope you have a great evening, ir'll see you back on monday. let's see how he does tonight. . make it a great weekend. ♪ >> breaking tonight, the presidency of donald j. trump reaches a benchmark. 50 days after

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sean: no. reporter: leader pelosi said it is a rookie mistake to put a bill this contentious before the republican caucus. what is your response to that? sean: i appreciate that. i think we have a pretty strong record on the republican side of getting bills passed and getting things done. and so i know that they have a pretty strong record of passing things and telling people they can read the bill afterwards. we have done this the right way and we know we have done it with the support that voters told members and the president they wanted. reporter: there are some former white house lawyers who served in the prior administration who say that by tweeting from his official potus a video that was put on social media channels, the president and white house violated the anti-lobbying law because they are using money appropriated by congress. is that something that has been talked about here? sean: that is not applicable to the president, no. so i believe they are referring o 18 u.s. code 1819. jona

>> sean: maybe vladimir putin did it.e flew into america in the dark of night and put it in the. >> that seems unlikely. more likely that it came with someone from the administration, because they do not want to talk about health care and wiretapping claims. >> what we have heard tonight is the only conspiracy theories that are important are the ones that are fed twice by the democrats in mainstream media. the conspiracy that trump brings up, those are not legitimate. those are cuckoo and whack. but if the democrats bring something up, we must investigate it to the fullest and must not do anything else. >> sean: they let hillary commit multiple felonies. >> no one let hillary commit any felonies.y tomi, i would love to hear about what you think of mass voter fraud. >> an important question of the day is straightahead.tudent] oh. [waitress] yeah ok [student] i can just quit school and get a job. [ex student] its okay daddy's here. [wife] daddy [wife] hi [dad] hey buddy [son] hey dad [wife] i think we can do this. [dad] rea

>> sean: adults pay $50 per person.hat includes unlimited health care, right? unlimited doctor visits, they can go to the simple things. if they need stitches cake and go to the office and get stitches, correct? >> for free. a spoon if they need antibiotics, they can get antibiotics. >> for pennies on the bill. a >> sean: if they break a bone, what happens? >> then we could get x-rays for 20 $2240 typically. that includes radiology, something they could easily be over $100 anywhere else, or 502,000 at the e.r. >> sean: all for 50 bucks a month? you pay a little bit extra for the mri reading, but you pay considerably less. and the average person might have a catastrophic insurance plan on top of it if they have a heart attack or get cancer or have a bad accident, right? >> absolutely. those plans would be drastically cheaper per month, more affordable so more people would have health insurance and if the companies have worked with us the longest like allied national out of kansas city show better profit margins in this p

. >> sean: thank you, tucker. welcome to "hannity." a rare appearance, mark levin, it is time to cut through all the clutter and bring down what we know about wiretapping and the obama administration. that is tonight's opening monologue. over the weekend, president donald trump set off a firestorm and tweeted the following quote? unpredictably, the left democrats and the alt left propaganda cronies went into full on meltdown mode and declared the president to be a liar once again. there has also been some pushback. for weeks on this program, on my radio show, i've been discussing what i call obama's shadow government and the career bureaucrats who are working against president trump from inside the government. many of these are people that are president obama hold overs and i've been telling you about we, the people, there are people in the intelligence community purposely leaking information to try to damage and destroy president trump and the advisors that surround him. one by won, they've been slandered and besmirched. even his chil

. ♪ >> sean: welcome to "hannity" ."irst, the old left propaganda media and at the democratic party, they are going all in on their massive russian can conspiracy theory. there once. again launching a massive sphere campaign to try and it damaged a trump administration official, and that is tonight's opening monologue. monolog a political hit piece response or political hippies in "the washington post" and the onslaught of attacks followed. attorney general sessions is now recusing himself from all russian election investigations. let's take a look. >> let me be clear. i never had a meeting with thear russian or russian nntermediaries about the trump campaign. and the idea that i was part of a "continuing exchange of information" during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government is totally false. i asked for their candid and honest opinion about what i should do about investigations. my staff recommended recusal. since i had involvement in the campaign, i should not be s involved

patrick's day, se sean. there's a lot of posturing going on right now, but i think in the end, cooler heads will prevail. is there anyone who thinks donald trump is not serious about building this wall? stealing sealing that border for real -- sealing that border for real to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into this country? the drugs, the weapons, so on and so forth, the criminal gangs the cartels. he's going to get this done. i know he is. i'm going to help him do it as it relates to milwaukee which is why i sent a letter of intent last week to the acting director of ice asking to be certified to participate in the 287g program which will give after training and other certification will give my deputies and corrections officers in the jail the authority after their deputized as u.s. marshals, the authority to enforce immigration. what we're talking about here -- and i want to make this clear -- and is it sounds like my good friend geraldo is starting to soften a little bit on this -- and that's a good

sean is next. don't miss it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: welcome to hannity, former speaker of the house herman cain will join us today. the g.o.p. health care bill was pulled before a vote could take place in the house of representatives. there is a lot of anger, frustration, in washington around the country and tonight we will examine how we got here and how we can make sure this never happens again. and that is tonight's opening monologue. ♪ ♪ all right, so the republican healthcare bill has officially, at least for the time being, hit a dead end. last night on this program, we told you that the reason republicans are in this position without a vote to repeal and replace obamacare is because this legislative process has been way too contentious, unorganized and disjointed. now, on a positive side, it's actually a bigger tent party, the republican party, than anyone really imagined. but the fact is after seven long years of republicans promising to repeal, replace obamacare, not getting the job done is unac

>> sean: welcome to "hannity." in a few minutes, we'll check in with newt gingrich, monica crowley and ainsley earhardt. house intelligence committee continues its ongoing investigation into whether russia metled in our presidential election. earlier president trump called out the clintons for their alleged ties to russia. it's the story that the all left radical anti-trump propaganda media will not be covering but we will. that's tonight's opening monologue. last night, president trump took to twitter and he wrote "why isn't the house intelligence committee looking into the bill and hillary deal that allowed big uranium to go to russia? russian speech money, the bill, the hillary russian reset, praise of russia by hillary or podesta, russian and company. trump/russia story is a hoax. put america great again." the hillary clinton tried and failed to enact a secretary of state. that's irrelevant right the now. tonight i want to focus directly on what could be the single most damning connection between the clintons a

>> sean: [laughs] not exactly. >> i was around for the link lincoln's second inaugural. >> sean: fore lincoln's second inaugural? you have been around a little bit? >> you pick out two or three liberals and you make us all that way. it is just unfair, uncouth. and sad. a good idea if i can give you a little bit of advice. if i were you, i would be a little careful about generalizing about people. >> sean: i'm looking at bob, the tape. it is interesting -- tomi, what is interesting is the democrats that sat on their hands, talking about jobs last night, doing things that everyone should agree on, i think they are responding and reacting to the loudest voice in their party, they are afraid of those people. they owned those people in the chamber last night on the democratic side. >> it scared the hill out of me. >> what they are doing is they are reminding those democrats that voted for donald trump that were kind of in between, did not know which way to go, they are reminding them exactly why they cast their vote for donald trump and sitting on their hands while talking about american

>> sean: thank you so much, tucker. fox news alert, president trump just wrapped up his rally in louisville, kellyanne conway, speaker of the house paul ryan will join us in a few minutes but first here are some of the highlights of that speech.h. >> thursday is our chance to end obamacare and the obamacare catastrophe. and begin delivering the reforms are people deserve. i am confident that if we empower the american people, we will accomplish incredible things for our country. not just on health care. but all across our government. our struggling industries are going to be revitalized and ouro dying factories will come roaring back to life. >> sean: also tonight, fbi director comey testified before the house intelligence committee, earlier today. democrats, they all left propaganda destroyed trump media continued to ignore facts and t what is clearly now become a political witch hunt. that is tonight's opening monologue. after eight long months of pushing conspiracy theories one after another, liberals still refused t

sean hannity is standing by tonight. see you tomorrow. >> sean: thank you, tucker. we will be watching tomorrow night. this is a fox news alert. obama's deep state shadow government hold over saboteurs, they are breaking laws all in an effort to undermine and delegitimize the newly elected president. nbc news in particular is on a political she g hot against trp and his administration. we have hit a new low in terms of privacy as we know it here in our country. it should deeply concern all of you, the american people. just a short time ago, one of the trump hating hosts over at msnbc news, got her hands on president trump's two pages of his 2005 tax return. in many ways this should be troublesome to everybody but also there are many, many legal questions we will get into tonight. according to 26 u.s. code, it shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the united states or any person described in section one oh three or any former officer or e willfully to dispose any person except as authorized in this title any return or return information. that is a felony.

sean is next. >> sean: welcome to "hannity." former speaker of the house newt gingrich, herman cain will join us in a feud minutes. the g.o.p. health care was held before a vote could take place in the house of representatives where there is a lot of anger, frustration in washington, around the country, and tonight, we will examine how we got here and how we can make sure this never happens can bring -- the republican health care bill for the time being hit a dead n end. we told you the reason the republicans are in this position without a vote to repeal and replace obamacare is because this legislation legislative ps been too contentious, disorganized, and disjointed. on the positive side, it's been a bigger tent party than anyone really imagined, but the fact is after seven long years of republicans promising to repeal and g replace obamacare, not getting the job done is acceptable. anyway, here's what speaker ryan said earlier today. >> moving from an opposition party to a governing party comes with growing pains. well, we ar

>> hi, sean!ople may not know that you are the sister-in-law of our dear friend alan colmes and my heart goes out to you and your sister, how is she doing? >> she's okay, coping with it, s he was such a gentleman is everybody in his audience knows and he was the kindest, most decent man you will ever meet. treated everyone with thee same respect and kindness whether you are the president of the united states and or the man on the street, he was my friend. >> sean: he was my friend even though i disagreed with everything he said. i was really angry at a couple outlets, we'll deal with that more in the future. you were going to go to the administration, it's steve miller, it's even melania trump, they're going after jared, they're going after ivanka, they went after a 10-year-old kid, they're going after sebastian gorka which is ridiculous. everyone around the president's getting attacked. i wanted to give you a chance. because you hadn't been out there publicly for personal and other reasons to res

. >> sean: welcome to this busy newsnight tonight on "hannity." we are following two blockbuster reports. newt gingrich, laura ingraham and lou dobbs will join us. this a rift in the republican party needs to stop and they need to get their act together and keep their promises. but first, more on the developing story that we told you about last night surrounding former obama official, dr. evelynve farkas and the obaa surveillance of the trump transition team. tonight, brand-new information on the shocking public acknowledgment that she made earlier this month on a tv show that former obama officials are now raising a lot of eyebrows around the country. that is tonight's opening monologue. last night on this program we showed you video where former obama official evelyn farkas said she urged her former colleagues and people on the hill to get as much information and intelligence as they couldgu on the trump team before president obama left office. on march 2nd during an nbc interview, dr. farkas who served in the obama administration from 2012-2015

>> sean: that party did but he had no role in seeking a fisa warrant. it wasn't ordered from the white house. >> let's go back to what he does clearly have a role in. read carefully what it says. they didn't just say you can share secrets, they said you can share information that you don't even believe is true. you have all this rumor, all this gossip which goes from nsa, 216 other agencies, one of whom leaks it to "the new york times" and "washington post," then it becomes a story. it's a total lie a then it becomes a story, than other tv channels pick it up and one with it for three straight days. >> sean: do you remember the day that that story about the dossier broke bo's feed and see in an hysterical breathless coverage of this as though this was the smoking gun? they also say, sara carter and john solomon, they also say that they found no evidence even now that they had the two warrants, none, whatsoever. not one smidgen of evidence that backs up the claims by the media that they been saying. it >> you know of a former director of national intelli

now they have to say no to a republican president. >> sean: sean hannity is saying this. cory is right. bring in all of these conservative think tanks, bring in the senate because he had to deal with culture and reconciliation, bring in all of the different factions with the moderates and the tuesday group, the caucus. everyone needs to get locked in a room and don't let them out till they fix it. they owe it to the american people to fulfill that promise and they owe it to the president to do their job. coming up, david clarke and larry elder to weigh in on the trump campaign being surveilled. also tonight... >> the american people are not happy with the results. they know that when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration law, our great nation is less safe. >> sean: calling out cities to enforce immigration law. in other words, sanctuary cities. ann coulter will join us with reaction. still to come tonight, we went down to south padre island, texas. more shocking behavior. is this it dangerous for your children?re spring break. we will check in with ainsley

stay tuned for sean, he is next. >> sean: thank you, tucker, great job tonight. president trump is back on the road, he held a rally in music city, nashville, tennessee. this time in hawaii, putting another hold on trump's travel ban and more, let's look at some of the highlights from tonight. >> moments ago, i learned that a district judge in hawaii -- part of the much overturned ninth circuit court -- and i have to be nice otherwise i will get criticized. a judge has just blocked our executive order on travel and refugees coming into our country from certain countries. some of the fake news said i do not think donald trump wants to build a wall. can you imagine if i said we will not build a wall? fake news. fake, fake news. we will get rid of obamacare and make health care better for you, and for your family. >> sean: we will have reactions of the president's rally, coming up later in the show. nbc's corporate jihad continues. an investigation into a server connected to donald trump being a politically motivated hit job. by the way, that is tonight's opening mo

patrick's day, sean. >> sean: we are all irish today. >> is a lot of posturing going on right now.re any buddy who thinks donald trump is not serious about building this wall? ceiling that border for real, to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into this country, the drugs and weapons, the criminal gangs, and the. he is going to get this done. i will help him do it as it relates to milwaukee. that's why i asked to be certified in the 27g program. it will give the authority after the u.s. marshall says, to enforce immigration. what we are talking about here, it sounds like my good friend geraldo started off on this a little bit. we are talking about criminal illegal aliens. we are not talking about doing home raids and business raids to look for people in the country illegally. we are going to identify people who have been convicted of serious crimes in this country and schedule them for deportation. that is not extreme, that is reasonable. anyone who is not for that is advocating for criminal behavior. sanctuary cities provide a safe haven for criminal activity. >> i totally disagr

>> sean: beyond awful. when the alt left propaganda media is not doing what you just thought, attacking the mental health and integrity of the president, they are running wild with conspiracy theories aboutal the trump campaign colluding with the russians. there is zero -- no evidence whatsoever -- that shows any kind of collusion. that did not stop the leader of the alt left propaganda media, rachel maddow, claiming that in 2005 a russian oligarch new that donald trump was going to be president so he bought a property from him in florida. and he made a huge profit. rachel maddow thinks maybe russia knew in 2005 that he would be elected in 2016.ct that's pretty pathetic and the media should know better but they would rather put their radical left-wing agenda than tell the truth to the american people. that's why they never inventedef obama and colluded with hillary. already debunking this russia story and conspiracy, coming up. last week they reported the fbi has found no evidence of collusion between trump

>> sean: i'm well.e the bill actually came out, you had to members of the freedom caucus, a lot of them. the study group, senators paul, cruz, lee, and marco rubio. afterwards club for growth, americans for prosperity, heritage action. they were all against it. i guess what surprised me about it is why did you get consensus bill to work on the bill that everyone agreed on before you released it, now you're doing it all in the public eye and it seems confusing, people are asking why didn't you guys work this out before? >> we did work it out before if you listen to the freedom caucus in the very beginning of january, they asked us toth make sure we will not repealhe withot the replacing at the time, if you look at the conservative bill we have before you, much of that element is tom price's bill when it was inside the house. a number of the freedom caucus cosponsored that. the challenge is the process we have to do this. because we don't have 60 votes,t that's what puts the fear in me. it's the challenge

ask your doctor about cialis. >> sean: look about the "hannity," wikileaks released a >> sean: welcomed a new batch of documents allegedly containing information about tactics the cia uses as part of its surveillance program. joining us now with reaction former intelligence official u.s. national security agency william binney and former cia officer lieutenant colonel tony shaffer. mr. binney, let me start with you, wikileaks, caa uses stolen malware to attribute cyber attacks to nations like russia, what they're implying here is what they would deliberately mimic the hacking protocols of russia to obfuscate their own words, do believe that's true? >> i think that's true as well as i think a lot of the software that they've gotten to do the penetrations came from nsa and the other five eyes and other cooperating countries. they gained additional information once they penetrated into people like the russians and the ukrainians. >> sean: is it legal for them to do that at the cia?a? >> it's not their charter but they certainly are doing it and they have been doing it for many decades. it

>> sean: welcome to "hannity." we will check in with newt gingrich, monica crowley and ainsley earhardt. continuing the ongoing investigation into whether russia meddled in our presidential election. earlier president trump called out the clintons for their alleged ties to russia. the old left radical anti-trump propaganda media will not be covering. but we will. that is tonight's opening monologue. so last night, president trump took to twitter and wrote... putting aside the embarrassing russian reset strategy, the hillary clinton trie to enact a state. that is irrelevant right now. i want to focus directly on what could be the single most connection between the clintons and russia. in other words, the rarely covered scandal. ted koppel probably did not cover it. for weeks, we've been telling you there is zero evidence of this 8-month-old media conspiracy narrative that president trump and his campaign were secretly colluding with putin and the russians. zero evidence. i want to focus on the real scandal that is r

still >> sean: still with us, mr. speaker, i look at this and say well, here it is, the media has been so wrong for so long, they're trying to make a big deal, well, was he actually wiretapped? or was there surveillance? for two weeks on this program, we have been pointing out for the fact that surveillance did take place, now this is confirmed. now the house intelligence committee chair is very disturbed. i think every american should feel the same way, your thought thoughts. >> i hope that both the house and senate intelligence committees are going to dig into this and rip apart the bureaucracies and find out who did it, who authorized it, hmakt the obama community -- presidency made to make it easier to leak? this is really very, very sobering about american civil liberties union oppressive to his party is defeated who then uses the intelligence apparatus of the united states and then changes the rules knowing it will make it easier to leak. this whole thing is sick. i think it is astonishing to have had everybody

. >> sean: and welcome to "hannity." in just a few minutes, laura ingraham, jacek lowe, a lot happening tonight in the news. the repeal and replace though, the gorsuch confirmation hearings, and more fallout from jamesfr comey's test testimony tomorrow. a very important issue that few in the media will ever discuss. if the president remains steadfast in his commandments to fix the illegal immigration crisis in the country whether it's building a border wall, and pending sanctuary cities or the deportation of a violent criminal illegal immigrants. any action to restore law and order must be swift any action to restore law and order must be swift because , because american lives are being lost and are at risk. now it's time to put an end to t america's illegal immigration crisis and it is a crisis and that is tonight's opening monologue. a remember from the very first day that donald trump announced he was running for president, combating violent crime carried out by illegal immigrants has been one of his top concerns. you

♪ >> sean: thanks, welcome to "hannity," this is a fox news alert.ouse intelligence committee chairman, monica crowley, lou dobbs will all be here in just a few minutes. tonight, james rosen is reporting that sources are now telling fox news that there is potentially a smoking gun that proves the obama administration spied on the trump team. but first, a vote to repeal and replace obamacare in the house of representatives has now been postponed until tomorrow, we know there's a lot of anger, a lot of frustration in washington around the country. unless we learn from the past, we are doomed to repeat it. right here on this program, i have promised you that i will hold washington accountable and tonight, we are doing just that. where did this process go so horribly wrong? d that's tonight's opening monologue.d believe it or not, we have to start with a basic fundamental civics lesson as most of you know, our federal government consists of three branches, the executive branch, the legislative branch end of the judicial branch. all three under the consti