welcome to this special edition of hannity . i m jason chaffetz in for sean. we hope you are all having a wonderful christmas season. but we begin with bad news in 2004. during her testimon iy to the 911 commission, condoleezza rice said quote, the terroristso were at war with us, but wrke nt yet at war with them. now, a dark chapter the of american history is repeating itself, thanks in part to presidentis repea jo every week there are morether and more attacks againstr tr our troops abroad. on christmas, three american s members were injur injured, one critically after a dronone cre attack in iraq.dei biden did order a strike t against a terrorist facility,e but so far, the response has been extremely limited. thereha have been more than 100 attacks against u.s. troops carried out by iranian proxies since the beginning of the war in gaza. a conflict started by hamas s barbarica confli october 7th atk against israel and is nowcause ongoing because hamas refu
and we ve got we re celebrating our first responders and heroes this morning too. rachel: absolutely. pete: let s head there right now, head back down to 1 world trade center, the freedom tower, where rick reichmuth is live from the tunnel to towers 104-story tower climb in new york city. rick. [cheers and applause] rick: i m not doing this to the act like i m on tv with this, i literally it s really how old in here, i can barely here you. you recognize abby hornacek? she was really nice to come on with us morning. i was not prepared to go on television this morning. [laughter] rick: we all look like this when we re not prepared to go on television. no, no, not at all. rick: talk about this team and how this experience was. this experience was unlike anything. this organization is one of my favorite organizations. to be here with our amazing coworkers and also amazing people here, there were three cats catastrophically injured veterans who did the stair climb, so ev
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take you around the world to ask the tough questions, tackle the big problems and let history be our guide. here s where we re headed. i m certain that the united states of america will not betray us. nato s secretary general says he s counting on congress to keep funding ukraine and our battle for democracy. ukrainians have been able to inflict heavy losses on the russian forces. then as tough as it gets. biden s top climate adviser, john kerry, on his high stakes deal making at cop 28 and why even a trump comeback couldn t turn back the clock. nobody can stop this now. the economies of the world have made this decision. also ahead. from my archive, a cautionary tale from gaza after the 2009 war. why a summer camp there was more boot camp for the children i met. then, adam driver plays enzo ferrari. he tells me movie making is all about lasting moments. it s a document that s going to last forever. and finally, marina puts her body and life on the line for
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