Two years ago, when i became president , there were a very dominant group. They were very dominant. Today they are not so dominant anymore. [cheers and applause] jason on his way back from iraq to my President Trump visited u. S. Soldiers in germany. Well keep you updated on his surprise trip throughout the show. But first, joining us now with the reaction, the author of why we fight, Boxers National security strategist Sebastian Gorka. Former press secretary for Vice President pence and member of the trump 2020 Advisory Board, mark lauder, and from the wall street journal, one of my personal favorites, kimberley strassel. Thank you, all three of you, for joining us, on this beautiful night and this Great Holiday season. I want to start with dr. Gorka. The president is out there, i think, one of the great strings of the president has been his Foreign Policy but there have been some moves. What is the signal and the message that the president is trying to portray arthur to the world . Merry christmas, jason. Its a very simple one. It is the antithesis of the previous eight years under the obama white house. Remember, under that administration, we had concepts such as leading from behind, which is of course an oxymoron, and strategic patience, allowing others to take the initiative, built into the Foreign Policy of the United States. Basically america withdrew from the world and allowed others like putin, like isis, like china, like iran, to take initiative and destabilize blue glow. What you saw today, i spoke with the white house, the president on his way to iraq, what you see is an expression of American Leadership reasserted, whether it is saying in syria, look, we have generally came to do, the caliphate is destroyed. Now others have to pick up the load. Or whether it is spending your christmas as commander in chief with the first lady, the first time ever, the first lady and my understanding is visited iraq since 9 11, taking your christmas celebration, and taking it to the troops, and the amazing moment that Sarah Huckabee sanders is shared with us when one of our servicemen aside to the president , i came back into the Armed Services because of you, mr. President , and his response was, what . I am here now in iraq because of you. That is the make America Great again way and that is donald trump. Jason mark, tell us about the perspective from the international community. We are the worlds preeminent superpower. So what is the message that President Trump is putting out there by being on the ground himself in iraq . I think it sends a strong message that the president has the facts of our soldiers and our airmen and our sailors, no matter where they are stationed in the world, and he showed that, he demonstrated that, and this is a president who is also stood with them by rebuilding the military, and so much emphasis has been placed today on the launch of the Hypersonic Missile over in russia. This is a president now who saw our military decimated under the obama administration. He stood up, hes rebuilding our military, he is putting up in a position where we can defend ourselves and our allies around the world and our enemies know it. Jason kim, theres been a lot of discussion over the last week that the moves in syria or whatnot but this is also just about iran . The proximity cannot get lost. We hear almost nothing being mentioned about iran and the message that this might ascend to the iranians and the europeans and others about our. How do you read into that . That is why that is so important, because, coming on the back of the announcements about syria and afghanistan, the worry was, of course, that the message that was being sent to iran was that we were not certain about our commitment in key areas in that region. And by going there, by making it clear we are not withdrawing from iraq, not stopping the fight against isis, and we are not seating the territory and the regional control to iran, that is a good message for the president. Can i just add something, jason . I think it would be worthwhile, there is all this focus right now on what this means, the president s restaurant week, and the press has been struggling and focusing on that. This is a straightforward story of a president going over to visit the troops, saying hello, which is a customary thing to do, and we should be celebrating it for that in and of itself. Jason marc, do you think we will see a lot of corrections on the front pages of the newspapers and talk to us across the country . Is not going to happen . No, absolutely not. They are already picking apart every word that he said. And to kims point, the only video and the only audio we really need to hear is, are those troops were chanting usa, usa when the president and first lady walked in there, they love their commander in chief and donald trump. Jason dr. Gorka, one of the important messages to the troops is that we as americans, all of us americans, no matter your political stripes, that we stand behind the troops. Is this just a photo op . The criticism is, hey, donald trump didnt go there and then as soon as he goes there, they say it is just for a photo op. What does this mean . What is the message that President Trump is saying to the men and women and their families who put their lives on the line for our United States military and for this country . Jason, it has nothing to do with a photo opportunity. It was leaked from us and all i can discuss it, and a second months of the administration, we had 18 future green berets visiting the eisenhower building next to the white house. Up there, i took them to meet the president. The president took time out of his schedule to meet these young officers, each one was photographed next to the president at that resolute desk, not because those photographs can be used in public, because these are our cutting edge, Army Special Forces guys. This photograph never see the light of day. But he wanted to give something to them, to give back, to show that he still respects Albert Dominic anyone who wears the cloth of the republic or law enforcement, i see it again and again and again. The first thing the president does when he gets off air force one, when there are no cameras there, at that base, he gets off and he goes down and he shakes the hand of every Police Operator to show his respect. This is a man who loves those people and it makes such a change after the obama years. Jason no, it does. The president is on the ground as we speak at the Ramstein Air Force base in germany. The middle of the night. He is there visiting with troops. They are in store air force bae working 24 7 24 7 the presidens there on the ground as we speak. Kim, i want to talk about the other big news that happened today which was the stock market. 1,000point again, which is not a typical day. There has been some volatility on the market. How do you read into that . What are the swings attributed to and where should investors look at where are they going . The first thing is, it was good news of the white house came out today and made clear that the fed chief jerome powell, his job is secure. That was some of the uncertainty that we were seeing out there. But look, i think there comes a point at which the market just steps back. Maybe that is what we saw today. It we realized that despite all the talk about the uncertainty that is out there, china, trade deals, shutdown, et cetera, that the fundamentals of the economy remained really strong and we are seeing that come in. Really robust holiday sales. We are going to have gdp come in at a very strong number this year. Unemployment remains low. All of these things that are key indicators of economic strength and manufacturing and other areas. They really are looking good. And hopefully, that is what you are seeing today, is a bit of a correction with regards to the market on the market is not an indicator of the economy. Obviously. But it takes a cue from economic signals and hopefully, this is a return to a little bit of rationality about the future and the prospects for u. S. Growth. Jason marc, one of the things the president also said while he was in iraq is that he plans to visit the southern border. What would you like to see the president due and how does this play into the shut down fight and discussions we have going on on almost an hourly basis right now . I want to see him highlight the great work that customs and Border Patrol does every day, even during the shutdown, to keep out illegal immigration, stop gang members, and drugs from flowing into our country and show the rest of the world what we who know the statistics no, walls work. It is easy to demonstrate that through reallife examples, and so i think the president will highlight that and will set the stage for not only the negotiations with speaker pelosi, but it will set the stage for a very strong state of the union speech that i can almost guarantee you will have a very heavy focus on immigration, reform, broadbased immigration reform, and securing our borders. Jason when the president gets an hour or two to address the nation in the state of the union affair and he gets to talk in front of members of congress, i have been there in the audience to listen eight times to barack obama try to tell me the way the world was, i was it was a fascinating thing. Dr. Gorka, the president is going to the southern border. What is the method you would like to see the president portray . Marc is right, in addition to recognizing the incredible work of cbp and i. C. E. And everyone who wears the uniform and protectors of the border, there is one very simple message the wall will be built and the border is a National Security issue, jason. You know as well as anybody else. This is not about illegals who are turned into a voting base for the democrats. This is about ms13. Its about drug trafficking, its about women who are raped as they walk across the border. This is a National Security issue and this is how the president is going to represent it to all of america, whether Chuck Schumer or nancy like it or not. Jason i think you are absolutely right. Stay tuned with us later in the show, we will talk more about that in depth. Thank you very much during this Holiday Season for joining us here tonight. We do appreciate it. Coming up, Rush Limbaugh breaks down why democrats owned their shutdown. Stay with us. Your Home Improvement todo list still isnt todone. But hey, at least you still have time to get the ford vehicle youve always wanted. Just get to the final days of our holiday sales event. See you sometime between now and january 2nd. So you can end your year on a high note. Ford. Built for the holidays. Its time to get our best offers of the season. Jason welcome back to the special edition of hannity. In spite of opposition from the white house establishment, President Trump is determined to find the wall in our southern border. During todays trip to iraq he said that the Government Shutdown while not end without an agreement on Border Security that includes the wall. Watch this. We are going to have a wall, we are going to have safety. We need safety for our country, even from the standpoint. We have terrorists coming in through the southern border. Folks are saying, can we have some drones . And we have technology . Technologys bells and whistles. You have to have a wall, have to have protection. We have in addition to drugs, in addition to human trafficking, in addition to mass numbers of illegals who are come again, many of whom are criminals, you saw that, 618 so far that we found, in some cases, very serious criminals, in some cases, murderers. We need a wall when you say, how long is it going to take, when are they going to say that we need Border Security . When are the democrats going to say . Dont forget, the democrats all agree that you need a wall on till i wanted it. Once i wanted, they didnt agree. Jason President Trump also told reporters that he would be making a trip to the border in the near future. Joining us now with the very latest is mike emanuel. Mike . Jason, good evening. The senate is due to return tomorrow afternoon but there are no signs of progress at this point. President trump in iraq today was asked how long the partial Government Shutdown would last. Whenever it takes. We are going to have a wall, we are going to have safety. We are going to have safety for our country. We have terrorists coming into the southern part of. It is not clear the democrats want to cut a deal with the president with nancy pelosi facing a critical vote to become speaker on january 3rd, and clearly not wanting to look like she is caving to the president. On christmas eve, the Top Democrats and Congress Went after the president on the partial Government Shutdown. Later nancy pelosi its on the democratic leader Chuck Schumer saying, the president wanted the shutdown but he seems not to get himself out of it. As long as the president is guided by the house ridden caucus, it is hard to see how he can come up with a solution that can pass both the house and senate and end his trump shutdown. Today, he has republicans suggested the president should make his case directly to the American People. This is about the perception of the American People, and the president has to continue to message the American People while hes fighting to secure the border and i know he likes to tweet but lets do a national address, and addressed to the American People from the oval office saying why this is so important, and if he does not come i think he wins the hearts and minds of the people and chuck will roll. With the ball on this and court right now, house leaders say they will give their members 24 hours notice ahead of possible votes. Jason . Jason mike kickham thank you very much. On monday, radio legend Rush Limbaugh urged President Trump to stand firm on his border wall promises. Take a look at rates because the democrats have no incentive, really, whos office and tell her to control the house of representatives on i think january 3rd. But i want the president to hold firm on this. This shutdown is one that the democrats own. This would be very easy to resolve. And they dont want to do it. They dont want to do it even if you look at the media, the Washington Post today, cnn, fox, they have trump gone. They believe that in three months, they will have fractured trump space, i. E. , hugh. Jason what are the ramifications of this political showdown . Joining us now as rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel and fox news political analyst gianno caldwell. Thank you both for joining us here. Ronna, i want to start with you because the messaging from the democrats has been about abolishing i. C. E. , about open borders, about supporting sanctuary cities, not building the wall. How in the world today have a burning message with the American People . They dont, jason. As the American People learned that asylum claims are up 1700 over the past eight years, when they learned that 12,000 kids have come here unaccompanied and they are being held in in the e of hhs because they are coming without their parents to try to get into this country, when they hear all the things that are happening, that there are 800,000 cases right now pending in our courts for these asylum claims, they go, this is a crisis. This is ridiculous. The president is coming to the table with solutions, very reasonable, common sense solutions, and the democrats refused to fix the problem. This is owned by the democrats and the American People, they more they learn about this, are going to recognize that the democrats are not doing right by our country, or by the people trying to come into this country. We need to fix our immigration problem. Jason now gianno, i have never seen a Political Party succeed by being antifederal worker, by attacking the 20,000 plus Border Patrol agents, by saying they want to abolish i. C. E. , they do all these things, what is their method . How do you see this playing out . With Interest Income i was just talking about this on my instagram account. I can tell you, the reason why they do this is because they feel that, hey, the Border Security folks may not be voting for them, they support President Trump. So when you think about the fact that in 2006, barack obama himself said, u. S. Senator, said that we needed secure financing. He voted for the secure fencing act. People like hillary clinton, joe biden, Chuck Schumer, they also part of it. Now they are against it, because President Trump is proposing it. In addition to this, Sebastian Gorka mentioned something in the last segment that was very important. There are a number of criminals that are certainly trying to get in, not all, but certainly there are some. If we look back in 2017, i. C. E. Come out of their most folks they brought in, 74 of those folks had past criminal convictions. This seriousness possessing or selling drugs, these are the hardcore drugs, the, so when you think about these facsimiles irrefutable facts, how could they not want to protect our country . Only because they believe they can correlate some of these votes to protect their party and stay in power. Jason ronna, part of the messaging actually should be, lets do what the Border Patrol wants to do. We have a lot of these political pendants, we have these members of congress who have never turned onto the border, i was in congress for eight years, i went to the border multiple times, chasing guys who had drugs, all these things. Most of these members have never been there. Why havent the republicans that shifted the focus to the Border Patrol, the people who put their lives on the line every day, and focus on what they want . They do want the wall. They are also the experts. They are dealing will buy this every day, on the front lines. If you go to the doctor and they say, you need to take this medicine, we see this all the time, we do that. There is i. C. E. Agents, the cbp, they are coming in comparison, we need help. We have a crisis, we have drugs coming across the border, we have an influx of these caravans coming, we cannot maintain at the current state, and the democrats have never listened to i. C. E. And cpp. They voted against sanctuary cities, they voted against kates law. Would have the democrats ever supported our men and women serving at the border . It is just shameful and Chuck Schumer owns this 100 , nancy pelosi owns this 100 . Republicans and the president are fixing the problem. Democrats come to the table, do your job, we need to fix our immigration system. Jason now gianno, the democrats, they have said all along, hey, we are for Border Security but have you see them define what they are theyre suppose its a part of Border Security actually is . What actually is that . No. They probably dont know. They wont have an answer because they have no interest in finding an answer. Heres why they realize that by 2045, that there is going to be a minority right folder. So we are talking about there were no longer be 50 right. That is why they have abandoned the white working class, that is why they abandoned the black community a long time ago because they would like to support any one that would support these newer age, new generation hispanic individuals who would be more likely to be democratic voters. And that is what this comes down to. They want to continue to at least assess the power and continue to climb up the ladder. They have no interest in protecting our country. They want to protect their power base amount is what i believe this comes down to. Jason real quickly for each of you, how does this partial shutdown of the government, how does it actually come to an end . Ronna . I think the president is going to hold firm. This is a president who came to washington then and said enough of business as usual. He took on isis, trade deals, hes lowered taxes, he said the immigration problem is a crisis, we are going to solve it, and he is not going to blink and democrats need to come to the table and fix this problem. It is their job in the American People, the more they learn about what is happening in at e border, are going to support the president in this issue. Jason gianno, quickly, the president has finding the establishment, not only in washington, d. C. , but also the media as well. How do you see they shut down . It certainly is going to take democrats coming to the table. Do they have any incentive to come to the table . Like Rush Limbaugh said, not until january 3rd, they have no incentive. They want to make a power play here. But its the individuals that the Coalition Groups continue to put the pressure on the democrats, we continue to make the case, i like what congressman duffy said. A President Trump get in front of the camera sent us an address to the contrary, stating very important, we could see some movement and certainly some changes. Jason ronna and gianno, thank you very much. I think you are right. I think sean duffys comments were spot on and the president needs to talk specifically about what is happening and why it is so important to secure the border. While President Trump remained steadfast on a plan for the southern border wall, the Health Situation there continues to be a serious issue. U. S. Customs and Border Patrol protection will now perform medical checks on every child in his custody after an 8yearold boy from guatemala died in cbp custody. This tragic death came after two separate trips to the hospital for what was initially believed to be a severe cold. Now is the cbp works to address the Critical Health issues faced by those who made the long, arduous journey to the United States, many in the Mainstream Media are busy assigning blame as fast as they can. Instead of learning about the serious risks posed by this type of illegal immigration, watch this. Little children continue to die in the custody of the u. S. Government. And remember, friends, that is our government. That is your government and my government. It is allowing little children to die while they are being incarcerated. This is becoming a major significant problem for this administration after the separation of children from their parents earlier this year, and now there seems to be this sense of disarray within u. S. Customs and Border Protection that they arent protecting the children that are coming across the border. Im curious. We know of two children that have died in the past month. Can you guarantee us that there are not more children that we have not heard about that ive also passed . Jason joining us now the reaction, his former acting i. C. E. Director and Fox News Contributor tom homan. I had the pleasure in congress of interacting with mr. Homan, i appreciate you being here tonight. When you watch these people on television say that our government allowed these kids to die, what runs the armand . Its an insult to the thousands of men and women wearing uniform on the southern border, that these people put their own safety and health at risk every day to defend this nation. I mean, i have been enforcing Immigration Law since 1984, starting a Border Patrol. I have seen dead bodies every year in my career. I found that aliens left on the trail by smugglers because they couldnt finish their journey. So they left them abandoned and died. I was in phoenix arizona when aliens were tortured and killed to pay fees. I was in texas, 19 dead aliens who suffocated to death at the hands of a criminal organization, including a 5yearold little boy that died in his fathers arms. Where was the call for investigations then . You know, the men and women of the board of control, i have been with them, again, i started with them, these men and women of the Border Patrol, they will give their lunch to an illegal alien that has not eaten. When the children and families come in, they bring toys from their own children to help these kids. These are men and women, fathers and mothers and sons and daughters. They are doing the best job they can. Children, women, aliens, have died, the entire 34 years i have been in this business. So no administration owns this problem. And for those politicians who want to call out Border Patrol, they need to look in the mirror, because they had an opportunity to close the loop was that because these families to come by the settlement agreement, abolishes i. C. E. , come to california, the sanctuary state, well give you a drivers license and instate tuition. The enticing people to make the dangerous journey. They want to blame somebody . Look in the mirror first. Jason last week i was on the network and i sent a message to the families who are thinking about coming north is dont do it because you might die. It is a treacherous or, my gosh by the people on the left just went nuts that i had said some immoral thing. But talk about that journey, and what these families go through and what these individuals sometimes these kids are left to go by themselves. This is human trafficking, is that not . Putting them into the drug cartels and the other coyotes that bring these people north, is it not . When you enticing people to come to the country illegally, most of the time, that is alien smuggling. Who in turn have to pay the drug cartels and work through their area of control. So when you do not push back on illegal immigration, you are bankrolling the very criminal organizations that smuggle drugs, smuggle guns, and have killed Border Patrol agents, that killed the i. C. E. Agents. You are bankrolling criminal organizations. And i have said many times, this tom homan guy, he wants to arrest everybody, hes all about law enforcement. Every speech i have ever given come at the end i say, lets look at the flip side of the coin. Its not just about enforcing laws, its about saving lives by the more you entice people to go to this country, the more people will die. Jason we do bring people in legal and lawfully. I have thought for a long time, part of what suffers here are the people that have tried to do it legally and lawfully because we dont take care of them as much as we do somebody who is trying to come across. They are all human beings. They will be as humane as we possibly can. But i think part of the message out to be, and that is with the president said, come to the ports of entry, dont try to cross the border illegally. Its dangerous. Thats a great point. First of all, i agree 100 . We are the most given country in the world. We accept more refugees into the United States and any other country in the world combined. Now President Trump tried to do the right thing, he tried to say, if you enter the country illegally, you want to be able to claim asylum, you need to go to a port of entry where you are safe, surrounded by federal agents coming out of the hands organizations, and the aclu is quick to sue, like every time the president does something. A judge in San Francisco says, yeah, the aclu is right, you have the right to enter illegally and claim asylum. Do they understand what they did . They took the people out of the safety and security of the port of entry and put them back in the hands of criminal organizations who dont care about them, just giving you examples of criminal organizations that killed and died, so they took him out of the safety of the port of entry and put them back in the hands of criminals. Not a good move. Jason the rapes and the just exploitation of these people that are coming here, i dont know who to tell, i dont know how you and others who have served the nation protecting the borders, how you tell the good ones from the bad ones. But is not just human trafficking, right . Lets talk about all the other things that are coming to the border that we say we are in opposition to, right . From drugs dash go through what you are also there to help protect the border. Why do we do this. Nancy pelosi said the president was making things up about criminology the border. Terrorists coming across a broader, diseases coming across the border and i was shocked. I know with the data says because ive been is for a long time. I. C. E. Arrested 138,000 criminals, people with criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, in the country this year. They did not just appear in this country, they came illegally in this country to the border. There is your example of criminality coming across the border. The most recent caravan come over six and the criminals, based on solid data, i cant share with you how we know that but solid data. As far as disease, i have seen as this be a director, every alien has to go through tb test, tuberculosis, is common and many of these countries. There was a case two years ago where my doctor came up to me, they had a case where a man had a strain of tb they could not fix. It was drug resistance. We kept him locked up, they worked with the cdc, trying to figure out how to treat this tb. Finally after months, i figured it out but can you imagine if it he was released into American Society . The Family Centers were shut down for lice, measles, chicken pox. I mean, this stuff happens. As far as the diseases, the crime is there, all nancy pelosi has to do is look at the data that is available to her and she will see with the need for that wall is. Jason a couple of stats that are stunning to me, when i went out to the party, i visited the Detention Center in arizona. There were people from more than 150 different countries. This is not just about people in mexico or guatemala or honduras coming north. This is the easy way into the United States, is it not . When i was to be a director, we remove people from 140 different countries. People said you were antiimmigrant and antilatino. I like to think i was an equal opportunity deployer. If you are the United States illegally, you will be deported. Again, its the left pushing this inaccurate message. Lets go to the other question about drugs. This past year, you look at the stats from the Border Patrol, the seizures of fentanyl have doubled. 184 . That killed 72,000 americans this year. They doubled the seizure of fentanyl on the border. They have doubled the arrests of ms13 members come up almost 200 . There is your criminals, your gangs, your drugs, and crime. Mr. Losey, what have you got now . Jason in november, there were more than 60,000 people that were apprehended trying to come across the border. Its a simple equation. I look across it and say, does a warming it more or less safe and secure . Every place it says build the wall. San diego, el paso, every place they built a barrier or a wall, a walllike barrier, the results have been decreasing illegal immigration from a decrease in drug supply. Again, the data is there. Democrats say the wall wont work. They are ignoring the data. Every place it has been put up, and has worked 100 of the time. If this works, what price are you putting in the National Security and Public Safety . I talked to the president today a couple of hours ago, here was a man i dont think is going or pretty much said the same thing rush dead, stick to your guns, fight the good fight, you are doing the good thing, you are protecting misanthropy of this country, that is your job is the president had also Nancy Pelosis job but rather than doing that, she would rather jason i think included the democrats of the issue but i dont think it resonates to the American People. I think they know that this president is fighting to secure the border. Last question. You spent decades in the service, you understand the Border Patrol, you understand customs and immigration immigrations and customs enforcement. What do you think they would say to the president and the members of the congress and the house and senate that have to go to mess . To the order they not want a wall . They want a wall. The men and women on the border, i wore that green uniform, they are asking for the governments help. You go to the national law enforcement, they have given their lives for this country, log i. C. E. Agents. The wall works, they know it, they are on the border, give them what they need. Jason there is nothing more frustrating than a i. C. E. Agents i know, they were committed to part them, and then they come right back in and they are back doing the evil things they were doing. A lot are good people that want to come north by the message it should be, work for your embassy, work through the consulate, come in legally and lawfully, dont break the law coming into this country. When you get here, dont break the law. Ive said it many times, we are the greatest country on earth, i cant blame anyone for wanting to be part of this but you cant want to be a part of this and not respect the laws. You cant have it both ways. Jason thank you for your service. Merry christmas and god bless you. The men and women who serve in our front lines. They do and amazing job. Next, Michelle Malkin and larry elder join us to discuss the absurd way democrats are finding religion in their opposition to the border wall. Well be right back. Oh oh ozempic® vo people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of onceweekly ozempic®. In a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. Oh under seven . vo and you may lose weight. In the same oneyear study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. 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Some side effects can lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. I discovered the potential with ozempic®. Oh oh oh ozempic® vo ask your Healthcare Provider if ozempic® is right for you. Jason welcome back to the special edition of hannity. During the Holiday Season, americas left suddenly found religion, but instead of tidings of comfort and joy, they used faith to bash the Trump Administration of our plans for a border wall. Democratic wunderkind alexandria ocasiocortez tweeted, merry christmas, everyone. Heres to a holiday filled with happiness, family, and love for all people. Including refugee babies in mangers and their parents. Of course a religious theme to antitrump criticism continued on television. Watch this. Jesus christ who had to flee for his life with mary and joseph, thank god there wasnt a wall that stopped him from seeking refuge in egypt. Thank god there wasnt an Administration Like this or he would have, too, have perished. What would jesus do . That is where jesus would be. That would be the issue, if you read the new testament, if you read the gospels, that is exactly what jesus would be concerned about. You told them about king solomon, he was to become king of this be 23. He prayed to god, and said, how can i ever follow king david . King david, king of the jews, great understanding and wisdom. As he prayed and prayed and prayed, god came to him and said, solomon, because he did not ask great wealth for vengeance against your enemies, i will give you more wisdom than anyone has ever had. Jason joining us now a syndicated columnist and author Michelle Malkin and nationally syndicated radio host larry elder. Thank you both for joining us here. Larry, somehow i find these democrats i find it to be convenient that they somehow decide to lean on faith to bash the Trump Administration in a season that is supposed to be filled with joy. How do you read it . How do you see it . I call them bornagain evangelists, jason. Where were these people when the dnc booed god where they try to include god in the dnc platform . Where were these bornagain evangelists when people like joy behar called mike pence somebody guilty of having a Mental Illness because he spoke to god . Where were these people . It is amazing. The only reason they are invoking god because they feel that that would be an argument they can use. They are even using the race card. One pundit called the wall racist. Once you call the wall on godlike and racist, where do you go . Its amazing to me, and a 4 trillion budget, they can find 5 billion . How much did the stimulus package that obama put together did not stimulate . Cash for clunkers . Cars for congress . All these wasteful programs . The money we spent in the department of education, that could fund two basel alone. Its ridiculous how much the government waste, and they can come up with 5 billion for a down payment on apartment wall. When they say trump doesnt compromise, he is already compromised. 5 billion does not 25 billion. Its absurd jason he did start at 25 billion and has backed off of that. Michelle, in the United States of america, any american can worship how they want to worship. They can pray to who they want to pray to. They can practice the religion of their choice. But i see these democrats, people i have been directed within the past, suddenly find p administration. How does the average american, how does this how should this affect them or does it . Yeah, jason, it really is stunning. The montage that you showed. It is very rich. At the same secularists who read war on christmas annually now and broke the baby jesus to support their radical open borders policies. It is not any surprise. It is really just a variation on the same tried and true theme of using children as political kitty shields because they have no rational or logical defense to the policy argument that we should be completely defenseless on our borders. To use faith, i think, is the most cynical ploy of all of the rhetoric that the democrats use. Not to mention biblically and historically and geographically illiterate. The reason why there was no border wall in egypt is because, of course, the roman empire was running things on both the judeo side of the border and the egyptian side of the border. And of course, it ignores the plain reality that this analogy that somehow mary, joseph, and jesus have any identifying characteristics to be economic migrants who are flooding our borders is ridiculous. They had come of course, a legitimate claim to asylum and political persecution prayed in the argument of Immigration Enforcement advocates is of course, that we need to be able to tell the difference among them all, and we are not able to come out when they are all just demographically flooding our borders and leavins defenseless. No church, no responsible church is going to argue that lawlessness is good for religious Liberty Jason we are the most compassionate country out there. We will take care of people. These are human beings. I get all that. The hypocrisy of the democrats and the left, larry, i sat there for eight years on the oversight committee, partly as the chairman, trying to get the democrats to be interested in openness, transparency, and accountability, but suddenly, they now have found religion on that side of it, now that donald trump is the president. How do you see it . They dont consult the bible when it comes to things like samesex marriage, and where were these bornagain evangelists bryn jack phillips, the owner of the cake shop in colorado was forced to bake a cake, they try to force them to bake a cake for a gay wedding. If they are so concerned about the convictions, where were they then . So much hypocrisy. Jason michelle, how do you see it . This is not the only situation where they have done must. Again, accountability is something i have not seen them take on an eight years of barack obama and now they have found it. Yes, they have found all manner of religion. Of course, to add to larrys a great there of hypocrisy, where are they asking what would jesus to about abortion . Who really cares about the welfare of children in this country . And i do have to come of course, call nancy pelosi to the carpet on that especially because she really has been the queen of the beltway, swamp queen of using children as political human shields when it suits their purposes. I want to say something, of course, because it is the day after christmas. Our i. C. E. And Border Patrol agents have been under fire and the unfortunate deaths of children who have been dragged across the border by irresponsible parents, let alone smugglers, enabling the kind of suffering, it is our i. C. E. And Border Patrol agents who have been the one who have been responsible for keeping people safe there. And preventing these kinds of manufactured global migration events in the first place. So god bless them. Jason thank you both. I think you bring up a good point, michelle. The men and women who serve overseas for our nation, weve got to be putting them first and foremost. And the men and women who are the First Response responders, the Border Patrol and i. C. E. , we think of them this Holiday Season as well. Thank you for joining us. Next, more Mueller Probe madness. We all tell you why the democrats impeachment plans may backfire. Well be right back. The greatest wish of all is one that brings us together. The final days of wish list are here. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. Only at your lincoln dealer. Jason welcome back to the special edition of hannity trump versus the establishment. There has been no greater example of weaponized politics in the modern era then the russia collusion witch hunt. Tom fitton, president of judicial watch, appeared on fox friends verse this morning and summed up how the Mueller Probe is fueling the democrats impeachment hopes this coming year. Lets watch. Even if there is an interim report given to the acting attorney general, the attorney general at the time, i think it is just going to be a vehicle, continuing vehicle, for enemies of the president to harass the president. You have internal enemies of the president , the deep state in the Justice Department, the fbi, et cetera, and now youve got to this impeachment effort that is going to be pushed by the house, and mueller, i think, is effectively a vehicle for impeachment fantasies of the house democrats. Jason democrats and their media proponents have told americans time and time again, their biggest hope is to impeach trump. Watch this. Trump would like to redefine the law, the way that he wants to redefine it but hes wrong. And yes, i believe that he should be impeached. I really do believe that. The writing is on the wall, the walls are closing in. This is the beginning of the end for the Trump Administration. It seems to me that the walls are closing in on the president. I think the Justice Department needs to reexamine that olc opinion, office of Legal Counsel opinion, that you cannot indict a sitting president. We have learned that there is no evidence that the president of the United States engaged in a felony to obtain the office of president. The constitution could not be any clearer. Impeachment is the appropriate remedy for bribery, for treason, for high crimes and misdemeanors. It speaks for itself. Jason joining us now for reaction, trump 2020 Advisory Board member jeff, and republican strategist. Thank you both for being here. I want to start with you. Democrats, they have this insatiable, insatiable desire to impeach donald trump. It started on election night. They wanted impeachment, but not their searching for a crime somehow, someway. Are they going to be able to resist themselves or is this just too tempting for them . Theyve got to do it . I tell you what, you know, it is really sad, jason. I will tell you who they are doing a big disservice to. They are doing a disservice to the people who elected them in office to Work Together with republicans for immigration, for health care. Focusing on donald trump. This whole thing started with russia collusion and it proved to be a zero but they are not going to stop. They feel like, right now, it is showtime for them. And jason, i feel like they will drive it home but you know it is going to happen . I think in another year or two, we will end up flipping the house back to republican because that is out if that is all they are going to focus on, we want people in office that are actually going to do things with the issues we have at hand. Jason jeff joins me in studio in new york. Jeff, the democrats, they have been talking i have heard the word impeachment since before donald trump was even sworn in. Are they going to be able to resist themselves once they actually have that gavel . Until the selection, they had, lets say, the corrupt collection, the corrupt caucus. All they wanted he was beat up on the president on the more he did to this country, the better it was for their constituents, the more they turned against him and try to distract everyone. Now, after the clueless coalition, the crazy caucus, so between the crazy, clueless, and corrupt, they will try to do it right in the meantime, they have nothing. If there was anything, obviously, we would have reverted before the last election in november. Jason the democrats have already said there are 80 plus investigations that they will dive themselves into. [laughs] i love your visual reaction there. Its already exhausting and it hasnt even started yet. So how do you see this playing out . Everyone i feel like has got mueller fatigue, they have the investigation fatigue, i think everybody is really ready for this to be over and finished with. There is only so much we can take after investigations upon the investigation on the investigation. And i really do, a long time ago, when President Trump started the witch hunt, people were laughing, but it really is true. They really have gone above and beyond looking for something. It really is exhausting. Jason i used to be the chairman of the oversight committee, and you need to have some evidence and then he went after the people. That is not the way this is playing out right now, jeff. The message that it gives to those that are surrounding donald trump is pretty scary. This is all about politics and of the democrats think this is the right thing to do, they will pursue it. Im not sure this is the right thing for them to do. They are creating an atmosphere of resentment and hostility that will eat them alive. It is not just going to hurt america where republicans live. Is not just going to Hurt Congress now, this is a longterm process, they are breaking down the rule of law, breaking down governmental institutions. High crimes and misdemeanors, right . That is what we should be looking for. This is ridiculous jason it has been a witch hunt from day one. We appreciate jeff, noelle, thank you so much for being here. I got to move on. Coming up, outgoing secretary of defense mattis gives one last christmas message to the troops. Stay with us. Jason welcome back to this special edition of hannity, trump versus the establishment. As secretary of defense, james mattis prepares to leave office, he has one last inspiring message for the troops serving overseas during christmas. It take a look. Since washington crossed the delaware in christmas of 1776, american troops have missed holidays at home to defend our experiment in democracy. To all of you lads and glasses holding the line in 2018, on land, at sea, or in the air, thanks for keeping the faith. Merry christmas, and may god hold you safe. Jason and sir, we thank you for your 40 plus years of service to this nation get unfortunately, that is all the time we have left this evening. If you havent already, be sure to check out my book, the deep state, how an army of bureaucrats protected barack obama and is working to destroy this before agenda. As always, thank you for being with us. We appreciate you being here. I will be back in the studio tomorrow night, as well, so be sure to stay tuned and join us tomorrow night, as well. We have lisa boothe up next, filling in for laura ingraham. Lisa hi, congressman. How was your christmas . Jason great. Lisa in your home with your grandbaby. Jason yes. Lisa good to see you, congressman. Jason thank you. Lisa im lisa boothe in for laura ingraham, this is a the ingraham angle live from new york city tonight. Coming up, the left once again politicizing a tragedy, blaming President Trump for the death of a migrant child. We will tell you what really happened and talk to a Border Control agent about the challenges they face with the influx of Illegal Immigrants at our border for the president and first lady making a surprise visit to troops in iraq, affirming his pledge to defeat isis. Why are the media still criticizing his commitment to military success . And, new development igh