Before it happened. He was on the inside. And the u. S. Government currently has a 7 million bounty on his head. Our chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Harris reports on the late breaking news. Homeland security contact is telling us tonight that the bulletin warns of retaliation for the air strikes. Like the Boston Marathon bombings are hard to pick up so the Law Enforcement to be vigilant in the days ahead. The bulletin also says the strikes diminish the likelihood of a successful plot to bring down a jet using explosives but does not eliminate it. Fox noose has also learned that relocated to syria with the intent to develop new plots targeting aircraft bound for europe and the United States. Theyre known simply as the c a Khorasan Group. The leader is osama bin ladens third cousin and the man who ran the network in iran before moving to syria in 2013. The state department is offering up to 7 million for information that leads to his kill or capture. Fadhli was sent to syria to execute these operations. Intelligence official confirms the Khorasan Group had gone Operational Testing components that they hoped to carry on to jets. The decision to go ahead with strikes was made in the last week and based in part on updated Location Information about the groups seen your leadership. Catherine herridge, thank you. What are we to make of this threat and the decision to launch this attack . Andrew mccarthy was the lead prosecutor of the terrorists known as the blind sheikh. Hes now a National Review contributing editor. Al qaeda, first of all, is apparently alive and well and very focused on attacking us, so much so that we just bombed one of its factions in syria alongside isis as we bombed them, which is not exactly what weve been led to believe by the administration but put it in perspective for us. Well, the Khorasan Group is something that seems obscure because its not a name weve seen before. But this fadhli guy the guy they told us about knew about 9 11 before it happened. And was sent to syria both to conduct attacks against the United States and to try to broker some kind of settlement between the al qaeda outfit there and isis, somebody who is very much trusted by al zawahiri and hes a bad news character. And he wasnt able to broker that deal apparently because they say isis and al qaeda this particular Khorasan Group is very much at war. The stakes are who can bomb western targets in particular the United States of america the worst and the soonest. Yeah. And thats something for us to bear in mind as we assess the threat. The competition between the two is who can attack the United States the fastest and the worst and the reason that the competition between them is because their sense accurately is that that will get them a lot of support among young muslims who theyre trying to recruit. There is a briefing by senior obama officials today on this group khorasan. This al qaeda faction that we also bombed next to isis in syria last night. And they talked about how these are al qaeda operatives taking advantage of the conflict in syria that has provided has left a void and provided a safe haven for them to advance attacks against western interests. Theres no question that what we did or didnt do in syria is playing a role here on the need to go bomb syria, whether its isis or khorasan in first place. Well, one thing thats for certain, we know from experience we cant allow al qaeda or any of its spinoffs and affiliates like isis to have safe haven anyplace. When they have safe haven, they attack the United States. To my mind, both al qaeda and isis are in a stronger position than al qaeda was in on september 10th, 2001. Why . Well, because they have more territory. They have more resources. They have better training. Theyre more familiar with our military tactics, which they hadnt really dealt with prior to 9 11, and they continue to have streams of overseas funding. On every metric, when you add in the lack of Immigration Enforcement in the United States, in every important metric for anticipating an attack, theyre in better shape today than they were 14 years ago. This report now is that this Khorasan Group was involved a bomb made of a nonmetallic detonator, toothpaste and clo e clothes dipped in explosive material. They have a connection to the ultimate of bombmakers apparently who has a bunch of little disciples running around out there who also want to bomb us. How concerned should we be about this . The guy who came very close to bringing down two western airliners with the underwear bomber and the other time is still trying to make bombs that are not detectable by american aircraft and the Security System around them. Now hes got some group that filled the vacuum in syria thats devoting all its efforts to this plot. We have to be extraordinarily concerned because the place theyre operating now in syria, iraq, this no mans land but especially syria is a place we have appallingly little intense. On the domestic side, what has gone on is weve been moving away from this Preventive Intelligence based counterintelligence where instead what obama wants to do is partner with our partners in the Islamic Community to be our eyes and ears out there rather than have the police would it argue that it worked here, we bombed them, they were becoming operational and guess what, theyre no longer. Except that we dont have a good read now on whos in the country. They had to come out and say there could be lone wolf attacks, there could be small cells that we dont know about. A lot of times we dont know about those things until after they attack. I think if you look at the total picture, were in much worse shape than we were. Many people were caught by surprise today to hear wait, we bombed someone other than isis . Wasnt what isis what the president gave the prime time News Conference for two weeks ago . There was a strategic aspect to it. If they had Real Intelligence on an attack against the United States, president obama was duty bound to attack. It also is helpful to him politically because while theres some question about the Legal Authority for attacking isis, theres no real question about attacking al qaeda affiliates. Thats clear. If its an imminent attack its clear under the constitution. If its an al qaeda attack its clear under the existing authorization for military force. So emphasizing that may be an easier way for him to go in terms of covering himself politically and legally and what were doing in syria. A twofer. Andy mccarthy, good to see you. Thanks, megyn. 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Our arab allies in qatar, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, bahrain and jordan adding more than a dozen fighter jets to the effort. In just the last couple of hours we got new video to add to what the pentagon released earlier. Watch. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin is live at the pentagon with more. Megyn, pentagon Officials Say there are still targets left inside syria. We just learned from centcom that there were two Additional Air strikes carried out this morning at the end of the third wave of air strikes raising the number of targets hit to 24 today. There are u. S. Warplanes and navy ships is standing by in the region ready to fly once given the go order, but right now the pentagon is still carrying out a bomb assessment. Theyre watching to see how the isis fighters try to regroup. Our initial indication that these strikes were very successful. In fact, president Bashar Assads air Defense System remained passive last night posing no threat to allied war planes. The chief of operations for the pentagons joint staff said hes already seen isis fighters adapting. Theyre disappearing into urban areas where it will be difficult to distinguish them from civilians. Twothirds of isis fighters are believed to be in syria. Among the targets hit last night, command and control headquarters, a Financial Center used to transfer money and a compound on the border with iraq used to process foreign fighters, a logistics hub. I would think of it in terms of that, yes. I can tell you that last nights strikes were only the beginning. The problem is, megyn, it looks like theyre already running out of targets. So far it has been quiet in the skies above Northern Syria tonight. Last nights operations were designed to disrupt isis. Even the pentagon concedes it will take a long time for them to be destroyed. Jennifer griffin, thank you. Joining me now colonel olive north author of the book counterfeit lies. Theyre saying this is just the beginning. This may take years. Years were going to be doing air strikes only for years . Well, its hard to figure what else theyre going to be able to do. Of course the talk all today has been about how this is putting an arab face on the campaign against isis or the ke capitation strike against khoras khorasan. This has to be more than that. You consider what they did before this attack. The United States notified tehran and damascus and promised that we wouldnt attack any Bashar Al Assad forces or facilities. Think what that means to the Free Syrian Army that were now trying to recruit and expecting go after assad. Look, the coalition is one of selfinterest. Saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan, bahrain, even qatar didnt drop any ordnance. All have their own problems with radical islam. Theyre sunni ruled but bahrain is predominantly shiite. The dynasty in qatar supports radical islamists, al qaeda, al nusra. And where is our nato ally turkey . No one seems to be asking or at least answering those kinds of questions. Im sure theyre being asked by good people like jennifer. The problem is that everybody is saying this will be a long campaign. But a sustained air campaign over syria is going to require another Carrier Strike group at least in the region in the persian gulf or the mediterranean. As of a few hours ago, not one of them is deployed. Air strikes are going to disrut and damage and distract isis but it cannot destroy isis because air power has never freed terrain, released a hostage, i requires boots on the ground and there are none today. The administration is suggesting the element of surprise was never important to us. That wasnt what this was about, so there was no down side to th we were going to bomb them and actually bombing them when it comes to isis. Do you buy that . Because there already have been reports that these guys infiltrated the civilian population. Sure. I dont buy that at all. In fact we saw things starting to move coming out of iraq and going to ground, if you will, inside syria. And, of course, all of that because, look, last nights strikes were great. I love air power. But as they say, air power doesnt do it alone. This was a pinprick. The number of aircraft we had, the targets we could identify. And obviously, you dont want to be hitting things that dont know where its going because well be accused of killing civilians. We have to be prepared for the unintended consequences of this happening. Just as this attack was taking place, you had hezbollah launching an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle attack against, oops, al nusra. Why . Because the ayatollahs knew it was coming and they notified their good friends in hezbollah. Cant keep track of it. Its too much to keep track of. Its basically our enemies fighting and killing our enemies. That old sanskrit and persian pregs, the enemy of my enemy is a friend. Is no longer true. Its nice to have them aboard but this wont finish what we have to do with isis. Colonel north, thank you, sir. My pleasure. Tomorrow president obama will explain to the United Nations why hes launched this war in the middle east or at least responded to it launched by the other side. What he was telling the u. N. At this time last year. Coming up, bill oreilly, the terror war on the revolt of the generals. Hi can i help you . Im looking for a phone plan. It has to be a great one, and i dont compromise. Ok, how about 10 gigs of data to share, unlimited talk and text, and you can choose from 2 to 10 lines. Wow, sounds like a great deal. So im getting exactly what i want, then . Appears so. Now, um, im not too sure what to do with my arms right now cause this is when i usually start throwing things. 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Tomorrow he will return to the United Nations as the u. S. Military returns to the fight in iraq and now syria and separately bombing an al qaeda group. And americans are being warned that al qaedas again a direct and imminent threat to the homeland. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry is here live. Wow. Well, look, it turns out we did not end a decade of war, so the president is looking for ajustification for military action. This Khorasan Group, former al qaeda operative, it might be about to launch terror attacks inside america. So we need to act. Thats why we see the administration putting this together about a terror group we had heard very little about basically until the last few days as they started feeding that out there. Remember how different that is from the president saying during the 2012 campaign, al qaedas on the run and just in january, this is a few months ago saying the al qaeda leftovers, the spinoff groups, the affiliates are basically the jv squad. Now the jv squad is something were going after. The second message today was a bit stronger. We have a broad coalition, five arab nations joining these air strikes. Thats important. That was progress for him. What he left out was the countries not joining us, no nato allies like turkey in the region. Theyve given us intense but not air strikes france, air strikes in iraq but not syria. The president told an audience here in new york city it was American Leadership that brought these five sunni arab nations to the table to fight sunni terrorists. It was American Leadership, he said. What audience was he speaking to . A fundraise are for Senate Democrats here in new york city talking about American Leadership. Ed, thank you. Good to see you. And from 2012 and the campaign trail, you may recall thensenator joe biden now, 2012. 2008. Were talking about 2012 he was Vice President joe biden. Suggesting that a president romney would start a war in syria. He said it was a mistake to end the war in iraq and bring all of our warriors home. He implies by the speech that hes ready to go to war in syria and iran. Marc thiessen the former speech writer to george w. Bush and a fellow at the enterprise institute. Mitt romney would start a war in syria, marc that clip right there sums up why the American People say in polls show if the election were held again today mitt romney would win by nine points. The obama Foreign Policy is an absolute disaster. And in iraq and syria, its a selfinflicted disaster. And precisely for the reason of what joe biden said in those quotes. Our military commanders warned president obama that if you withdraw all of our troops, its going to create a vacuum in iraq that the terrorists will fill. According to leon panetta, the entire National Security team warned him that he needed to train and arm the Syrian Rebels or that would fill a vacuum in syria that jihadists would fill. He listened to joe biden, he withdrew all our troops from iraq, he didnt do anything about syria. But now in syria we have a terrorist safe haven with a group, khorasan was planning an attack on the United States. That safe haven was created on brk bs watch. Is it fair to criticize the president at a time like this . Already you had some of the president s critics come out and say we have to stand with him as he sends our military to war. Can you stand with him on the mission now and yet still hold him to account for creating some of the circumstances that made it necessary . Of course you can. And its important to hold him to account even as you support the mission. I support the bombing in syria and in iraq, and i think he needs to do more than just throw some bombs at them. Its going to take a lot more work. But in order to fix the problem, you have to understand how you got there. You have to understand what caused this problem. Another problem, quite frankly, is that hes planning to do the same thing in afghanistan. If you like the mess in iraq and syria right now, youre going to love it when we withdraw all our troops from afghanistan. How can he possibly still do that when you see that u. N. Soundbite saying i got the troops out of iraq. Theres a longer version of it. We cut it down to size. He said i got the troops the out of iraq and i decimated the core of al qaeda. Now a year later and we had to send the troops back to iraq because he pulled them out too early. We had to bomb syria because of the vacuum he left there. He reiterated in his speech to the nation where he announced hell be taking military action, he reiterated his end of the come bags mission. Theres no sense that hes learning any lessons or admitting any mistakes or changing strategies. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. If we withdraw all of our troop, the same thing will happen. The vacuum will be created, the terrorists will fill it and theyll plot attacks against the United States. Will he listen . Do you think theres still time now as we watch what may be several years long war were getting into in syria, will he listen on afghanistan to the generals who said dont do this . I hope he does and perhaps the experience of conducting this war will chasten him about that because hes going to find that its a lot harder you know, weve had one night of bombings right now. Its great that were doing this. Its important. But its not going to be easy. If he does not listen, before 9 11 we had one country that was a terrorist safe haven. After this well have three. Thats a very dangerous situation. Marc thiessen, thanks for being here. Thank you. The world is focused on syria for the last 24 hours. In moments well show you what this terror army just did in iraq. Wait until you hear this. 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Isis took control of the supply route into the army base leaving iraqi soldiers lowed on food, water and reinforcements. The soldiers called iraqi demanders for help, but it didnt arrive. Later the soldiers claimed they got word via walkietalkie that a rescue mission was under way. So when iraqi tanks rolled up to the front gates they were allowed in. But instead of help the vehicles were driven by suicide bombers. One humvee exploded in the middle of the camp. Others blew up along the perimeters. The rest of the convoy was held back but even then the surviving soldiers said they were hit by additional suicide bombs even a chlorine gas attack that has not yet been identified. The number of soldiers killed, or hiding has not been confirmed. About 30 captured iraqi soldiers were paraded by isis through the street of fallujah. The Iraqi Defense ministry admits it has lost contact with soldiers but did not give a number. The new iraqi Prime Minister said commanders would be interrogated or charged with negligence. The pentagon is working to confirm all this, but considering the u. S. Has spent billions of dollarsquipping the exactly a confidence builder. Former chief spokesman to the coalition in iraq and pentagon adviser. These are the guys who weve been relying on. Who can condemn them when theyre having a color even gas attack thrown at them. But what does this mean . It means you have a very dysfunctional iraqi army. Its highly sectarianized unmaliki. It needs new leadership. Theres a shakeup right now, the new iraqi Prime Minister is conducting. It needs some support from the u. S. Military. Weve got some advisers. Weve got some adviser. We need more. All were doing is air operations. Theres a limit to what you can do with air power. Look at iraq 2003 to 2006. We did a lot of manned and unmanned air operations. But the impact was limited. It wasnt until the combination of all our military activities had an impact because we had ground component. Right now no coordination with the iraqi army. We were talking with Marc Thiessen a couple of moments ago about whether you can support this mission now but still for accountability where we got into this position. We played that sound bite of barack obama at the u. N. A year ago. Hes about to go back there tomorrow. Almost boasting about how he got all the troops out of iraq. First of all, if its constructive, absolutely we can make suggestions, prescriptions about how to move forward in a more constructive way. If you look at 2011, megyn, what was the president adamant about doing . Getting out of iraq. He made it clear he would pull all our forces out of iraq. You play the clip of joe biden saying mitt romney would send forces into iraq. And 2011 was a critical setback year for our Foreign Policy because we opened up that whole iraq syria area, created a huge vacu vacuum. Youre seeing the results of that today. I applaud the president for taking action. What hes done so far is necessary but not sufficient. Its a first step. With you hes making peace with the fact that his presidency wont be just about getting america out of wars but also about leading in that region even if it requires military action. Is there any doubt in your mind that ultimately were going to have to commit Ground Troops . Were going to have to commit troops of some nature. This president will be pushed to the brink where look, let me put this in context. Bill bratton, the meepolice chi the city were in today, the thing theyre most worried about is one of those lone wolf attacks. Thats a reality for the American People today. We have our Homeland Security structure, we spend billions over the years securing this country, really important, but the end of the day, unless were really disrupting and dramatically setting back the terrorist threats from abroad like we see with isis, we wont be actually truly safe. The president will understand that and need all the tools in the tool kit to understand that we have to prevent some type of attack happening here. Good to see you. Good to be with you. Before last nights air strikes we heard from a series of generals who disagree with the president s war plan. Up next, the battle plan, the generals and bill oreilly. How much money do you have in your pocket right now . I have 40, 21. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . I dont think so. Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Hello. 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I spoke to bill earlier tonight. So general patton, your next target in your latest book. I open with this, this is a quote with which you open the book from him. Well win this war but only by fighting and showing the germans that weve got more guts than they have. We are not going to just shoot the sons of bitches, well rip out their guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. Could that kind of a general work today in our military for this president , would he be allowed to . No. Why not . We certainly need that kind of general right now to look the terroristses in the eye and say were coming for you. But it couldnt happen because now the pentagon is politicized and the commander in chief, barack obama now, president bush during the first areas of the war on terror, they dictate who they want in control. And if they dont like your performance, youre gone. Has there been a softening of the command and control at least . Absolutely. Since vietnam generals have been tamped down, but that being said, patton had a lot of trouble with eisenhower. A lot of trouble. You couldnt manage up. Eisenhower did not like pattons defiance. He liked his audacity because patton saved eisenhowers butt on a number of occasions, but he didnt like the disrespect. He didnt like the fact that patton would sometimes ignore orders. You dont want that. But you want the patton point of view in the war on terror. Again, were coming for you. The guy who cut off the head of the journalists, were coming for you. That fear is absent in the United States government right now. What about you speak of the challenges that he faced in the battle of the bulge. Yes. Which he helped win. But we had heavy casualties during that battle. 18 19,000 americans killed, 89,000 americans wounded you write in the book. Yes. Do you think nonetheless roosevelt forged on. Were starting a war in syria or participating in one that the terrorists started. Do the American People have the stomach for those kind of losses in a battle this big today . No. And thats not going to happen until somebody set off a low level nuke in cleveland and kills 200,000 americans. Then americans would rally. Thats what happened in world war ii. Could that happen . That could absolutely happen if iran develops a nuclear weapon. They could weaponize it so that could happen. If that did happen and the United States would rally as they did after pearl harbor and hitler, okay . But George Patton knew he had to win. It was like u. S. Grant in the civil war. And he was willing to sacrifice the lives of thousands, tens of thousands of his own men. But his own men, they loved him, despite that. Because patton was a leader. He was in the forefront. We opened the book killing patton with the only battle in world war ii that patton didnt win. It was a stalemate. He didnt lose it. The hellacious fighting, handtohand combat. Americans got to know what this is all about. But your question is a good one. Right now the people dmoot have the stomach to do whats necessary to wipe these terrorists off the face of the earth. When i read about him, i didnt know that much about him dur before i read the book. Audacious, rude, no respect for authority. I really like this guy. I was going to say kind of reminds me of someone you know . Is that why you chose him . No, patton is a lot braver than i ever experienced. Hes an extraordinary man. I chose him because he was the best general in world war ii. They said he died from an accident, thats not true. He was supposedly in a car accident and died thereafter. Martin decor and i believe he was murdered. We dont tell you that we know for sure. We present with you the evidence. You can decide, but i do not believe he was killed in an automobile accident. You got millions of dollar, you got the number one show on cable news, why do you continue writing all these books . I like them. Theyre fun. Where do you find the time . I dont sleep much. We have a methodical way to write these books. Dugaard does the research. Hell the real unsung hero here, martin dugaard. You work with this guy every day. He loves me. Are you kidding . You know how much money i made him . Cant manage up, but managing down. Lets talk. Thank you for having me on your fine program. He couldnt even come to my studio. He made me do it in his. See what i have to deal with. Up next, our exclusive interview with Dinesh Dsouza. Will he go to jail for an Unlawful Campaign contribution and is this about justice or unlawful punishment . Here next. Well, hes been an outspoken critic of the obama administration. After an Illegal Campaign donation to his friend, hes now a convicted felon. But does he belong behind bars . Prosecutors argued yes, he does, for up to 16 months. Din esh dezeus zas lawyer argued for probation and the judge ruled this morning. A look back at how we got here. He produced obama 2016. Obama has a dream. A dream from his fathers that the since of colonialism be set right and america be downsized. He began the film america. If you got a business, you didnt build that. Somebody else made that happen. What president obamas really saying is that the wealth and abundance of American Life are not earned, theyre stolen. And then he tried to help his friend, fellow conservative wendy long, get elected to the u. S. Senate. Donating 10,000 of his own money and then having two sets of friends donate another 10,000 each. Reimbursing them after the fact. Thats against the law. Which puts a cap on personal Campaign Donations and dsouza admit hess did it. Even the government admits that, quote, most violations of this type result in civil penalties, meaning fines. But dsouza instead faced criminal charges and a prosecutor determined to put him behind bars. A 53yearold man with no criminal history and a lifetime of academic scholarship. Dsouza contested the charge but not the underlying facts. He acted without corrupt intent. Even the prosecution admitted it was not to curry political favor. It was based on his political views. He also claims the donation caps were unconstitutional. The court would ultimately reject the argument and out of Legal Options dsouza pleaded guilty. Later that night he appeared on the kelly file. So we made a motion before the judge on selective progs kus but in a ruling last week he said you cant bring that in a case. In a sense i was going into a trial with, in a sense, no defense. That appearance would be used against him by the feds who took issue with dsouzas reasons for pleading guilty. Here in their brief in support of a jail sentence. The defendant pled guilty at the last possible moment before trial began, not because he actually accepted responsibility but because he was, in fact, guilty and he had no defense. Dsouzas now asking for Community Service and probation. The government wants him behind bars. Serving time he deserves . Or a victim of political payback . And will justice be served by jailing the nations best known conservative filmmaker in the year leading up to a president ial election . Today dinesh learned his fate. The judge ordered him to serve a fiveyear probationary sentence with Community Service. Joining me now, Dinesh Dsouza and your reaction to the sentence . Well, megyn, ive got a big smile on my face now. I think ive had it for several hours. I cant wipe it off because this was really an effort to put me out of business. The government was trying to lock me up for between 10 and 16 months, and a federal judge said no. A bill clinton appointee to the federal bench. A democratic appointee. For me, i had a wonderful lawyer ben brafman, he made an eloquent statement. Ive been sustained over the past weeks by army of supporters and loyalists and friends who have just prayed for me and sustained me. But today my faith in an independent judiciary is affirmed. My own country tried to get me and put me away and the court said no. When i read the governments brief, they made no bones about it. They thought you should serve a minimum of ten months, but they really wanted you to do the full thing, 16 months in prison because they said you were not remorseful. The only reason you pleaded guilty was because you had run out of options. They likened you to corrupt people who try to curry favor with the politicians by making donations as opposed to trying to help a friend. That was just an allout attempt to might away. Of course, at the beginning i was suspicious of the governments motives, but eventually they filed a sentencing brief and they cited a bunch of cases and they said, look, in all these cases, the guys who made exceeded the Campaign Finance limit got prison time but they left out a whole bunch of facts in which these guys had done it before while they were trying to buy legal appointments or they had corrupt motives or kickbacks. Or charged with other felonies at the time they were doing this particular felony. Let me ask you this, the judge said that your argument that this is a selective prosecution is an effort at spin. Im not sure you get it, said the judge, today to you. And really did not believe this is a case of selective prosecution but nonetheless did not throw the book at you. Your thoughts on that conclusion . I think that meeting the burden of proving a selective prosecution is very high. Im not saying i did it. In fact when i came on your show i simply said when you look around the country at other situations, there seems to be a pattern of this Administration Using the instruments of the law, the irs and so on to go after its critics. And thats happened in a number of other cases quite apart from mine. So i had raised the issue, and my lawyers did. The judge said you havent met the legal standard. And i respect that. So today i think he decided what was the just penalty that fits this offense. Only you dinesh would walk away where you admit you committed a felony, almost served 16 months in jail and this has restored your faith in the legal system and you love this country even more. Its amazing how you view this experience. If i was locked up, i would not be able to make a film in the election year, 2016. Now i can do my work, i can continue to write books and continue to function. Can you . Because you have to go live in a Community Confinement center for eight months. You have to sleep overnight, like a Halfway House . Is that what it is . I dont exactly know. But ill tell aw good part of the sentence and i actually thanked the judge for it. Im going to be teaching english to new immigrants to this country, so ill be helping with an assimilation process. Thats your Community Service. Thats my Community Service and im happy to do it. What will you do in a Community Confinement center, people will be saying, is that the guy that made the movies . Believe me, theyll all be republicans at the end of it. Dinesh dsouza, thanks, stay . Touch. Let me know your thoughts. Hannity coming up at the top of the hour. We hit empty buildings at night. We knocked down antennas, blew out windows. Thats not the way to defeat terrorists who behead americans [ male voice ] im sorry, did you say identity distribution . No. Protection. Identity theft protection. You have selected identity distribution. Your identity will now be shared with everyone. Thank you. 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