[applause] [cheering] good evening, everyone. For those i had the chance to meet, i have the honor of being executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation. [applause] in honor of our men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, please join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I will start with marks wife julie and his son chase. [applause] marks motherinlaw. [applause] i wouldnt be at the library if they didnt recognize olsson and his wife. [applause] before the great one takes the stage, i want him to know how grateful all of us are that once again he has taken three days out of this incredibly busy life to travel all the way to california and back. [applause] by visiting us, i mean not only this crowd that is in this packed house before me, but also the hundreds of fans live watching this nextdoor, welcome to all of you [applause] mark has been here a time or two with his family but this is his sixth official visit. A tradition he generously started way back in 2010 when he was here with his number one New York Times bestselling book liberty and tyranny. Did i mention that his newest book on the freedom of the press, the one in each of you are holding in your hand as this week number one New York Times bestseller . [applause] it has been one of the greatest honors of my life to count him as a friend. I bet each one of you feels the same kind of kinship with mark as well. Listening to him on the radio each day or watching on television or getting the chance to shake his hand is a big deal. And comforting to know his voice and intellect reaches millions of people each day. Gratifying to know his point of view and our point of view. Amidst all the noise and chatt chatter. [applause] mark has achieved so much since he was with us two years ago. Its grown by leaps and bounds and on top of that he now dominates tv ratings on fo alonx news each sunday with this show, life, liberty and the marco van. [applause] the radio show on the air for 17 years now attracts over 7 million listeners each day. [applause] it is no wonder we all took such great pride when he was inducted into the National Radio hall of fame a few months ago. [applause] since we were last together with him but just like you and me, hes human. Hes faced the sadnes sadness ae challenges this past year. He and julie lost his dad and mom in the span of just a few months. There is a modest wooden bench located just outside the auditorium in honor of him that bears their names. [applause] it overlooks the Beautiful Valley below that faces the pacific. The same view shared by president reagans own gravesite. Hes taken on a lot of work. Its a superhuman effort to produce and perform as much as he does and as well as he does every day. He does it for us, for his country that he loves so much. [applause] its no secret that we here in california have been busy. [applause] while you were writing your bestselling books and producing brandnew shows, we were busy in the great state of california in the same state that twice made of Ronald Reagan and its governor and 40th president becoming number one in so many things as well. [applause] since they were last with us, think of what we have achieved while you have been on. In that time, california has raised its state income tax to the highest in the nation. Here in la or state sales tax and local sales tax combined are the highest in the country. Sanctuary cities across this great land have nothing on us. We have the distinction of being a sanctuary state. No wonder then we harbor more illegal aliens im sorry, undocumented immigrants. [laughter] laughter than any other state in america. Since you last visited, we have succeeded in attracting the largest Homeless Population of any state in the nation. Finally, we hold the record entitling more lawsuits 52 to be exact against any other state. Thats right, i said it. [applause] please been busy. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in getting a warm welcome to mark levin. [applause] how are you holding up . Three hours every day and hour of tv every night and now an hour on fox each sunday. This is the busiest that you have ever been. This is home to me. Three words is not enough. [applause] i remember when Ronald Reagan was governor and i remember when pete wilson was governor. I remember the great days of the golden state. Now you can see what the oneparty rule that takes the most magnificent state in the country and puts it number one or number 50 or number 50 where it ought to be number one. Its a disgrace and they are so proud of themselves. When you look at the people running right now, i speak for myself, when you look at the people running on the democrats side, they are insane. [applause] to answer your question, whatever time i am putting in isnt enough. I will use the microphone and td camera to advance the cause. [applause] this is easy if the 18 to 19 and 20yearold20 year olds are doir the country. Its easy compared to what the Border Patrol is doing. Its easy compared to our Law Enforcement and what they are doing. Its nothing compared to what the heroes are doing in this country. They are the ones who deserve our gratitude. [applause] theres something about this book. It flew off the shelf to be number one very fast. I know liberty and tyranny was number one also, there seems to be Something Special about the book at this time. Are you able to explain it . I am. The press is out of control. Cnn is not a free press and msnbc is not a free press. The New York Times is not a free press. Washington post is not a free press. Free press isnt pushing into your logical agenda, it isnt in the back pocket of one party or another party. It isnt pushing social activism whether it is Climate Change or what have you when you turn on the tv most of the time today the channels are ground beating you with their propaganda and leftwing agenda, but the leftwing agenda and so forth, that isnt freedom of the press. Its with the news people over the worlallover the world they e pamphleteers. The difference between a moderate media and the media that founded the country as the patriot media, demand with the printing press, the pamphlets from 30 some newspapers, they were trying to fundamentally transform government. They wanted a Representative Government and they didnt want a lot of that. Today the press is trying to fundamentally transform us. Not the government, the Civil Society and the individual. That is diametrically opposed with the press is supposed to be. What is the last time that there was a leak to the New York Times but was hopeful . It never happens. When is the last time there was an expose in the Washington Post that was negative on nancy pelosi its never happens. They beat this president , beat this president and the people who support him every day. They did it before he was elected and having the election. Theyve done it since and they are doing it today. That is not a free press. Thats propaganda. [applause] to answer your question, what this book does present a surface level book. I look at the history of the press and the constitution and i say ive really dug into this issue of the press. Where does it come from and why is it important, we think we know, so i look at that than i look at the evidence and its overwhelming what goes on in the newsrooms toda today theres no diversity in ththere is nodivers all one way. Then i look at how the American People think of the press to take an 80 of republicans dont trust u it, 80 of democrats do. Then i look at the social activism like announcing on meet the press where he says we are not trying to do Climate Change denial anymore. Who is this guy . Is he smart, no. Does he have a particular background in the subject . No. Is he a hack . Yes. Physicists, phd, climatology, meteorology, theres thousands of them that have written extensively about this, so now they are banned from going on meet the press because we are Climate Change deniers. Does anybody here deny that there is Climate Change . What we deny is that theres anythinthere isanything we can. [applause] so i think people are looking for answers and arguments and whats exciting about this book to be in your reactio me and yot is what im trying to generate here. I was part of the reagan revolution, the tea party revolution, the Article Five Convention space revolution. [applause] what we are trying to do now is defend the constitution and those that want to remove a duly elected president of the United States and what this book does is explain who they are because they are political, they are a force and if we are going to get the country back where are we going to get the freedom of the press back, we have to deal with these people and that is who the book is about. [applause] i was thinking when i read your book that if President Trump had been given the opportunity to. I wish that i had thought of it. [laughter] i was listening to your show a few months ago and it became apparent i think you had an opportunity may be quietly and maybe more than once, i dont know, to sit with our president , to talk with our president. Im not asking you to betray any conversations but having met with him and having spoken with him, should we have all the confidence in him that you think we should . I dont meet with him that often. Often. Theres the occasionalthere is l conversation, and i will tell you this is a very smart man come enormously charismatic. He knows whats going on and where he wants to take the country. Its not like anything that he has portrayed in the media. Hes very deep and when you look at him compared to buy them, its like a joke. [laughter] in the republican primary unsupported cruz and then come the general election, i support the President Trump. And im glad i did because a lot of his positions [applause] in one of his positions are so solid, and i dont know that any of those other republicans are on the stage that could have withstood what he is withstanding right now, and i think that we are extremely fortunate that hes there. He stands between us and them and he and his family [applause] key and his family are taking more than any president or family should have to take. Its outrageous what the left gets away with a pelosi and her husband get away with, but the chairman ochairmen of the commit away with. So, ive told my family i will do whatever i have to do whether it is go on fox were to write a book to defend the constitution against the mob is trying to forcibly remove a duly elected president of the United States. [cheering] our new attorney general bill barr. [applause] do you think as you were chief of staff to ed meese attorney general, do you think that the attorney general is going to be successful in getting to the bottom of all that went on behind the scenes in all of the intelligence agencies and the fbi and do you think we are going to find the truth to what actually happened . I couldnt be more proud of bill barr. [applause] he didnt have to take this job, he had an attorney general before come enormously successful. He could have caught the villages like robert mueller. But he didn [laughter] and he is cool that it, cool as a cucumber. He knows what hes doing. They are going to hold him in contempt . Is this a joke . I told them in contempt by the way. [applause] and i dont need a vote to hold him in contempt. Hes a man of the law come he doesnt have any axes to grind, but he sees we have a roa wrotea house of Representatives Committee chairman that they have one object of which is to try to destroy this president and presidency. The presidency. He had six committees using government to pay fo paid for sg tax dollars that have turned a house of representatives into an Opposition Research organizati organization. Thats why they want his taxes and the bank records. Ive never seen anything like this in my life and he challenges them. Im not going to give it to you. We will go to court. Hes going to sue them and go to court and they say that is obstruction of justice. [cheering] justice [laughter] this is like the dumbest house of representatives. [laughter] [applause] you listen to Jerrold Nadler or maybe not. [laughter] you listen to him, chairman of the committee, he goes on, wont go on my shows that goes on msnbc, cnn, wherever she goes on and on the president has committed crimes, the president obstructed justice wait a minute here, hes a congressman that runs a committee, has committed crimes. Was there a trial that i missed, was there a sentencing that i missed . Just because a prosecutor writes a report doesnt mean that the president has committed anything. And he waves around the constitution. You just violated the fourth amendment, fifth amendment, sixth and 14th and u. Were wavinyou werewaving around the n of the United States. The president of the United States then its almost like a freak show then you have nancy pelosi [laughter] who says she wants him in prison. [laughter] then you have one of them they bring Fried Chicken to the microphone and he wants to arrest the attorney general, handcuff him to the chair and taken to the cafeteria. They call this the prison and a house of representatives here. And im thinking to myself what has happened to the Democratic Party. So, what what was your question again . [laughter] do you think that they will drive this right off the cliff and try to impeach President Trump . I think they want to drive the ratings down to 37 or 35 at which time they will pull the trigger but if they cant get him down that far i think that they are just going to keep going on tv with the Democratic Party press to keep trying to destroy him so he will have a difficult time in the reelecti reelection. So i think the media and the Democratic Party are working hand in glove. They know they can do and say anything. They are jusyoure just going t. So, i think they are trying to drive down his rating and if they can get them down to the mid 30mid30s they will make a e on him. They are looking at the polls right now and its too early that they are looking at them right now and see the president in michigan, wisconsin, some of these other states. Pelosi is sitting there thinking i dont know if i want to mess around right now. They b be we can win the states. What they do not want to awaken is you the millions of americans who are either uninvolved or annoyed but have become very active and she knows that and is concerned about the so thats what you hear some commentators say go ahead, try to impeach him because there are millions like wait a minute you are trying to impeach the president for what . We just had an investigation. So, she is walking a fine line but i think that if she could, she would. She wants to get the numbers down and if they get them down they will try. See how weird this is, we have an election coming up in less than two years so you dont need to impeach anybody particularly since the senate isnt going to remove him so they try to figure out whether they impeach him to make sure he doesnt win the reelection or pretend youre investigating him but not impeaching him to make sure he doesnt end in the meantime, china is on the move, iran, north korea, all these countries are on the move and in the meantime there is a disaster on the border, they dont care, they are not focused on that and i think that is what the republicans need to focus on. [applause] said as he gets reelected . [cheering] [applause] im not nostradamus first of all. [laughter] i think in the end the American People elect him again. I think that he does deserve it. [applause] but i dont think its a sure thing and i dont think that they think that either. Why do you think that theres open borders . Why do you think the red states are becoming purple, why do you think purple states are becoming blue, why do you think Ronald Reagan couldnt get elected dog catcher in the states today or colorado has gone blue or nevada has gone blue, we are running out of states. So i think it is a problem and biography as a footnote, this is why i am annoyed by some of these pseudo constitutional conservatives when the president is trying to secure the border. I take a back seat to nobody when it comes to the constitution. If the act of 1976 but has been used over 50 times. Did you ever hear any of these constitutional conservatives object when any president used it coming didnt even know the law existed as a matter of fact. And the president is using statutory authority, budgetary authority, all the relevant authorities that have been used by other. There are aspects of the law but hes not using the aspects i dont like so we can have a discussion about that. And also, this tariff thing i think china is the enemy so it needs to be addressed economically and militarily. China isnt a joke. China will be the number one superpower if this president is not reelected. I tell you that right now. That said, he may be saying that hes using them on trade with the way that i look at that hes using it for National Security because it keeps stealing our stuff and that is a good enough reason. When you look at mexico, this is a National Security problem. We have millions of people trying to get into this country coming to the communities where you have hundreds of thousands b