jesse: i am jesse watters along with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., sandra smith and will cain, it s 5:00 in new york city, and this is the five. ron desantis and gavin newsom throwing down in the epic red versus blue state debate on hannity the governor s talking trash for months and finally getting the chance to hammer each other s record face- face-to-face. it s because they taxed too much, they regulate too much, they have a political agenda, they have lost a lot of companies. a 21 state population combined, the fifth largest economy in the world. he had the kids locked out of school because of the teachers union, that s having a generational impact. speak of the last guy you want to talk to on the interview is immigration. lying to migrants promising them jobs and housing, sending them to an island, martha s vineyard prince because this is where they plop the human that are found on the streets of san francisco. jesse: also taking some vicious pe
world. and welcome to hannity. so we had two leading governor e ,two major states who are tworn vastly different ideologies. o they just squared offe on t right here on this show. hannity and last night. explosive and informative, red state, blue state debate between florida governor ron desantis, california governor gavin newsom. it did not disappoint. take a look. gov. thatfornia doek.s freedoms that some people don t. other states don t. have the freedom to in public in california. you have the freedom to pick a tent on sunset boulevard. you have the freedom to create a homeless encampmen tt under a freeway and even light it on fire. i love the rant on freedom. i mean, here s a guy who s criminalizing teachers, criminalizing doctors, criminalizing librarians guy, d and criminalizing women that seek their reproductive care. seek thg it harderbannin to vote. you re banning books. i mean, spare me thig books.s of freedom. you almost have to try to messht california.
and welcome to hannity. and tonight, we are broadcasting live just nortand we ating liv norh of ate in alpharetta, georgia, where in justta, wheret a moment, we g to hear from the republican governor of florid a the democratic governor of the great state of california. what ie s the first ever red state blue state debate right here on the fox newswe wil channel? now, we will do our best to give equal time to each governor. our besequal to eachwe will lw seconds per question. we ll be a littlile as needed. let the debate breathe as needed along with a 32nd time for rebuttal. leh a 32ndt me start by introdug both florida governor ron desantis, governor gavin newsom. governors, thank you both for being here. really appreciate it. great to be on. i knowi know both of you person, i ve known you both for a long time. i know you re very bustime. y. i also know this.t i know that both of yobou loveth individual states. i know you both have a deep and abiding love for our country as i
cities. we have protesters calling for global war and demanding that israel be wiped offem the maandingp or, in the words of congresswoman, to leave from the river to the sea . israel, meanwhile, is vowing to eradicate the terrorist group hamas. but according to a report in the new york times this week, u.s. officials have warned israel that they need more to fight more surgically in gaza. governor newsocallm, 30 secondsr you. we have to cut back on time. i had how can win the waragai against this terrorist groupns using surgical strikes and direction from joe biden? i visited israel. i met with families of hostages. i saw videos of children being killed in front of their i parents, parents being killed in front of their children. ed ii saw a beheading with a gan this is not complicated to me. it s a fight between good andfi beevil. rorist hamas is a terrorist organization and they need to be eliminated, nond they netd the people of israel and jews around the world, but f
[cheers and applause] harris: nashville, tennessee, music city. home of the historic grand ole opry house and we re live at this gorgeous venue ahead of tonight s fifth annual patriot awards. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. a live audience that you just heard will be with me the entire hour and hear from some of you individually. i m so glad you are here. along with our stellar lineup of guests. let s get to the breaking news first. a fox news alert now, violence in our nation s capital. [shouting] an anti-israel protest out of control. these people showed up outside the democratic party headquarters in washington, d.c. last night just steps from congressional buildings. that forced police to lead lawmakers in evacuating from the dnc and put the entire capitol on lockdown. kat cammack posted on x, no getting in or out of our offices. anyone else. notice how violent the so-called cease-fire crowd? a dire posting from a congresswoman and new mother an