understands upfront. this is not going to be me. i want you to answer and give you our views. i would say that you represent probably about half the country. if you our views and the other half represents mine, do you agree? we are kind of divided. >> plus or minus. we are polarized and traumatized. we are in these echo chambers. let's be candid, sean, your folks are watching you and getting to certain perspective and my folks are watching other networks and getting their perspective. >> sean: a lot of democrats watch me. >> including me. i'm here for the reason. to the point, we need that cross polarization it, more of these kind of conversations. not accused of each other of misleading the american people, by then confront each other on the context of providing opportunities to address some of the facts are often omitted in terms of the conversations and topics which we choose to pick up. >> sean: what i see is that i don't how you reconcile some of these differences. your belief and secure borders and law and order, and people coming into our country have to do it legally. i'm a product of that. there are people who want open borders. do you believe and defined, dismantle no bail law like city with new york or he believes law and order, safety and security is a prerequisite for the pursuit of happiness. you want energy independence or you don't want any domestic energy production? >> i don't see those binaries at all. i want border security. democrats want border security. >> sean: you don't want a new wall? >> i want comprehensive immigration reform. and just like ronald reagan did in 1989. with respect, with what you promoted yourself with bipartisan legislation that get 68 votes and the senate only to and the house. it can address this issue which is the issue. >> sean: i had my position and build the wall first. >> i have no problem with the miles we have a new border wall. i come from the state with the largest land port and the western hemisphere. i don't need to be educated on the issue of the border or immigration policies. >> sean: $2.7 billion to the state. >> how many billion are we spending and wasting taxpayer money. >> sean: why is it wrong to just a man. if you came to this country, respect art borders, respect our sovereignty, and come in. we can expedite the application process. >> now you're having conversation. this is when the vast majority of americans. >> sean: and that is why i'm here. >> that was the point of the comprehensive reform. where is congress. you can criticize biden. and i get it. >> sean: and three years he will allow over seven a half half million people illegally enter this country. and you have to see that there is something wrong with that. >> i see there's something right with what he did post title 42, and taking a lot of the core tenets that the previous administration use. he has been sued by the left and not just being applauded, certainly, the right. here is what is missing, and a conversation that you just suggested that we should be having around dealing with asylum-seekers and backlogs and updating and modernizing our visas and addressing a pathway that ronald reagan acknowledged. >> sean: should we have background checks in the middle of the pandemic, health checks can make sure we have means testing so the people who enter this country are not going to be a financial burden on the american people? speak up we prioritize are ready with stem, we prioritize with visas. >> sean: free college education and $2.7 billion of taxpayer dollar and that is for illegal immigrants only speak out we are spending the money already. i know the ones on the right cannot stand century policy. rudy giuliani, by the way, was a proponent of century policy. keep you healthier, safety or, and more educated. it made those arguments when he was mayor of new york. it is the absence and i'm all for comprehensive reform and for addressing border security. i'm addressing a legal pathway. i'm addressing all of these issues and i want to do it in a rational way. >> sean: i have here the exact federal law that prohibits. there are two court decisions that you might be able to cite. one is the trump lawsuit, that was in the ninth circuit. the other is the one opinion that justice to school leah gave. on i'm biggest when you read as it to enter in the country that you have to do so legally. by characterizing the state as sanctuary aren't you thereby violating federal law, the lost are on the books and other on constitution states very unequivocally that in fact you should be following. >> it's and trade policies have been on the books for decades. democrat cities, republican led cities in the past, democratic states, clearly. more modern conception around dealing with reality. the cards that were dealt. you want people who are victims of crime to come forward and report those crimes. that is the purpose of sanctuary. you want kids to be educated regardless of how they got here. he want that kid educated, want god to take care of someone who is an emergency and not have been concerned that they are going to be deported by a nurse. and i stipulate. i'm happy to get rid of those protections by doing the hard work of actually coming together as a nation across our differences and support comprehensive reform and modernize our asylum system, and modernize our immigration system. this issue will only get worse, it is not just border issues. >> sean: seven a half million people under joe biden illegally enter his country and three years of his presidency. that is unfair to the american people. that is unfair to the states, including your stay. that is unfair to border states like texas. here's where i want to pause for a second and ask you really serious question. i don't think joe biden is mentally, physically capable of being the president of the united states. hang on. i suspect that if i took your phone and i took a look at it. i believe in privacy, i would never do that. i would bet on a daily basis that there are people urging you to run for president. am i wrong on my assumption? speak to my phone has been lighting up with how well he did with the -- my phone lights up with republican friend saying, you know what, despite all of the rhetoric, these bipartisan bills that he keeps passing on infrastructure, chips, science act, bipartisan on gun legislation reform, and makes a field that he has done a better job. >> sean: that's on my question. does your phone light up with, gavin, you have got to get to this primary, he is not able to run. >> everybody has their chatter and everybody is out there rooting for america. i am rooting for president. i have great confidence. >> sean: to his policies are failing. on every measure from the economy, inflation, borders, energy, national security, he is missing in action. >> let's talk about them in order. you said the economy. at 13.1 million jobs he has created. he has opposed covid jobs. >> sean: artificial number. >> let me stipulate this. as an opportunity to engage civilly. >> sean: fair point. >> you are president lost 2.6 million jobs, we created 13.1 million. how about the fact that joe biden has created more jobs six times more jobs than the previous treat republican presidents. are you going to tell me that the average family, we have two-thirds of americans now living paycheck to paycheck. we have 70%. >> sean: a pre-covid we had the lowest unemployment rate for every demographic. >> we are living with the lowest unemployment and our lifetime and, shawna. >> sean: demographic. >> under joe biden. >> sean: has door o and their historic low with donald trump. >> clocked abiding in terms of the job creation. >> sean: it what would you grade joe biden's presence in? >> i'm just doing what the facts. >> sean: how would you grade it? you have got to answer some questions. i am answering it in order. on the economy let's talk about the economy. >> inflation and stubborn around the globe. let's talk about and inflation. that percent and 4.9%. he was with the u.k. prime minister and is that because of biden? >> sean: i think his policies -- >> inflation. france is 5.5%. in inflation we are moving in the right direction. on the issue of the border security -- >> sean: at 1.4% inflation. 40 year high. >> globally. you are making an excuse for trump's dismal job record. inflation, globally. by the way, inflation -- >> sean: all right. let me stop you. are we going to give biden a letter a? here is the problem that joe biden has. you are battling, we can sit there for three hours and have a beer or two in the middle of this and you can keep going. here is the problem. your president cannot have this conversation. he is not capable of it. my question is a serious one. is joe biden up to the job of being president and as a little reminder take a look at your president. >> awful lot of stories that are told and a bunch -- by the way, i met with one of those guys who fly over -- each year for muslim athletes like -- i know him. i'm trying to think with what was the last place i was, it is hard to keep track. ireland. that is where i was. he said you are too much, too much like that guy who led the revolution. the guy who was the prime minister. he says you have got to be less like the military guy. they shot him. god bless you all, and let's go light the world, let's get it done. >> sean: and then you have got joe biden having a hard time standing up. take a look at that one. [cheers and applause] i want you to tell me that you think that he is content to flee strong enough to lead this country against china, russia, iran, north korea, and a new axis evil and that he is the guy that he cannot articulate the economy the way that you just did. >> i don't think that, i know he is capable. i see results. master class results. you don't see the results on a chips act, you don't see the results on infrastructure. infrastructure every week. >> sean: in taiwan that is about to be taken over. >> just here in california with applied materials with semiconductor business back here and the state of california. bipartisan results. real results. jobs, programs. hundreds and billions of dollars in green energy investment and mostly in red states. biggest beneficiary of the ira. he raised taxes -- >> sean: coal, gas, patients, and taxes corporations. corporations do not pay taxes. they pass it on to consumers. that is all they do. you know that. no that. >> on the issue of energy independence it was the second of your list of items. >> sean: it is a cognitively strong enough to be president? >> yes. i've had conversations. i talked to him overseas. i have been an marine one, i've been an dilemma with him. >> sean: how many times are people saying that you need to get into this race because they agreed that he is not up to the job? >> i see where you're going with that. i'm not answering. >> sean: under any circumstances where you get into the primary? >> he's a man of decency and character. i'm really proud of the president. >> sean: is a strong enough enough to be president? >> look what he did it to mccarthy. he ran circles. >> sean: i would not have voted for it. >> exactly. got played by the president of the nice days. i'm for results. >> sean: i don't think the the american people benefits. we are at a point where i think that you are far more articulate, far more diverse, far more energetic. after staring at people, i think in your party they think that he is the guy. now i have got a bunch of -- don't want to make this an argument, i want you to explain. my argument is that conservative policies work. i don't care if it is ronald reagan, i don't care if it is newt gingrich contract, donald trump's lawyers, i think policies work. peace through strength, build up the military, building a wall. enforcing law and order, energy independence which biden gave up. >> i'm happy to -- >> sean: it let me show you a list of corporate headquarters that are leaving you are a state. >> and i look forward to having this conversation. >> sean: corporate headquarters. look at san francisco in particular. they're closing down because they cannot keep their product in the store because they are getting robbed. i've got another one for you. seasonally adjusted business applications. you always bring up florida, i can. to florida. you have a higher population if i'm not mistaken. why are they doing better and business? >> it will have to take a look at that. we are looking for it. how many more of these do you have? >> slet's have this conversatio. >> sean: this is a tough question for you. >> let's find out. >> sean: you in the first governor in history that has had a net migration out of the golden state. i lived here five years. i was in santa barbara in the early 80s. i want you to really look at this and explain between the years 2021 and 2022 why florida is taking an nearly a thousand people a day and you are losing 800 people a day. they are leaving. tell me why they are leaving your estate. >> you want to do the whole -- >> s18 states had declined and population. .3% for california. it did not bring up any of the red states. it is an interesting fact and i don't see it on here. interesting and augmented fact. per capita more floridians move to california then californians moving to florida. that assigned your eight slides. let me take another step in the spirit and 2021, 7.8% gdp growth. one of the fastest growing economies anywhere on planet earth. the state continues to be the pole of the u.s. economy. all american jobs of these came from april people $177 in operating surplus. on a wait to be the fourth-largest economy. number one in rnd, more scientists, more researchers. more patents emulating out of the state than any other state in america. with all due respect florida design and close. california continues to be the dominant economic edge and for the american people american people. >> sean: i promised you that you will give a full answer. now i'm going to challenge you. the challenge is that this is the first time in the history of state that you have lost population. the first time. i'm going to give you another sheet. this is about income tax. your state income tax is 13.3%, the highest number. i did more digging. the top 1% of californians pay 50% of that total income tax bill. nearly half. that is redistribution of wealth. >> progressive tax policies. >> sean: what does florida, what does that say? zero. >> factually untrue. top 1% pay. look, you are promoting -- >> sean: is that a lie? >> here is what you're promoting. providing progressive tax policies. we do not believe. you are permitting one component of the tax system, to 1%. with all due respect, we make up the 1%, vast majority of people watching you do not. you pay more taxes in states like texas for the middle class and then states like california. the american people do not notice. we have the highest tax rate 41%, but middle-class families actually pay less then the majority of states in america and california. who are you for? who are you fighting for? >> sean: i'm just wondering because -- in florida. except if you add the millionaire property tax that you are just putting an l.a. county. speech it we do not do that. >> sean: a half a million dollars. the loss of that population it with 18 states. this number here 13.3%. every californian since a de decade. he supported for a decade. speak to the public actually initiated. >> sean: and the is florida has zero. the net growth is almost a thousand people a day and you are losing 800 people a day. this is connected to data? 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any responsibility. here is part two of my interview with governor gavin newsom. let me ask about quality of l life. >> [laughs] i will give you dee's back. >> sean: you can put them around the governor's mansion. listen, it may seem, and you are varied. i appreciate your passion for your state and i appreciative fact that you fight for the things that you believe in and is goes back to the original premise of not only this discussion because this really is a friendly discussion. there's no personal dampness between us. it is just i don't agree with your views. you are very good and given a reason and for losing population and a higher income state tax. i'm going to ask you about the homeless population. you have stores now in san francisco because of smash and grab robberies. they are leaving. target is the other. there is at least three, whole foods is the other. they are leaving san francisco. my question to you is between taxes, bureaucracy, crime, homelessness, and he homeless numbers are not really good for you and your state. >> i will acknowledge that. it is a disgrace with the human homeless issue. >> sean: you have a 10-year plan. i have to tape. >> we believe, fundamentally, that food solves hunger. shelter solve sleep. and housing solves homelessness. we are going to solve the problem of those who are out on the streets. we better solve the housing problem if we are going to have an impact. that is why we established this framework with the 10-year plan to end homelessness in san francisco. >> sean: here we are. >> want to know the results after ten years. >> sean: it you don't like my charts. >> i know these charts so well. after ten years we have reduced history population by 33%. we have established all that we have dead with the bush administration, will for republicans. we did it with a framework by george w. bush and the leaders of establishing a framework of a plan, but delivering with what we have promoted and promised. i agree with you. my point being is that we have to be audacious. in so doing we actually make progress. the state has not made progress in the last two decades because housing costs are too high, art regulatory tickets are two -- they are pushing back against new housing starts and construction. cannot make up for the fact that in 2,005 we have had a historic number of homeless. >> sean: okay. i will compare to florida. 26,000. similar state. i have lived in both. >> dynamics are really different. i'm not here defending this. >> sean: you're going to build 1200 homes this year. >> that is not true. >> sean: 68,000 people off the streets. 68,000. 15.6 -- half a billion dollars. the state of california was not involved in the homeless issue. we got involved. we actually have 15 year high and new housing starts in the state of california. we actually seen programs produce real results. i want accountability. i'm not the mayor of california, i'm the governor. the difference between me and most politicians is that i own this. i take responsibility for this. this is personal. i love to state and i don't like what is happening, i don't like what is happening on the streets, the old bashing of my streets of san francisco. it was a bad location to begin with. they are opening up a new one. >> scertain parts are bad. we own data. i put the national guard down there. you mentioned defined police, do not accuse me of that. >> sean: he did not want to build any more border wall. >> it was sort of farcical. this notion that you're going to have a physical structured as 2,000 miles long. with all due respect, i say here and watch the former president say that he did it and somehow mexico pay for it. it is laughable. >> sean: got a better deal with mexico and canada with nafta. coming up... i ask governor newsom with his feud with florida governor ron desantis and it will dissipate happen. when we continue. ♪ ♪ when our team designed acellus gold, we looked for ways to make it easier than ever for 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[sneeze] (♪) astepro allergy, steroid free allergy relief that starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. with astepro's unbeatably fast allergy relief you can astepro and go! ♪ ♪ >> sean: will come back during our sit down interview i asked governor newsom about his feud with florida governor ron desantis. last week after florida confirmed the state suit migrants to california, which is a century state, california governor gavin newsom posted this tweet threatening florida governor ron desantis with kidnapping charges. they did sign waivers. this despite the fact that the biden administration have been flying illegal immigrants all over the country and often landing and the dead of night. illegal immigrants all willingly made that trip. that asked governor newsom about his feud with governor to santos and whether he would agree to debate one on one with me hosting. here is what he had to say. here's my. maybe i have an idea that you don't agree with. i want to start a series of debates and get some of the best, brightest, leading conservative minds and some of the best, brightest, left wing minds, or liberal minds, put you in that category, and i want to call it like the great debate. the first one i want to do is with you and governor desantis. >> i've been trying to debate him. >> sean: here is how this format will go. i will say, governor newsom, governor desantis. economy. you go. next topic. i will moderate it that way. >> i am all end. i will make it a three hour debate. with one day notice with no notes. i look forward to that. we can talk about his assaults on -- >> sean: kidnapper. >> i said still be investigated. >> sean: the people that you know -- >> what kind of faith and tradition. the goodness of his heart, and he's going around the country to try to help migrants and bring them to states. >> sean: why is it that he sends them to martha's vineyard for one and half million bucks. >> who is the fiscal conservative. >> sean: we went and looked and there is more than doubled the amount of rooms available for every one of the people that landed there that day. all of them signed a waiver, and all of them, by the way -- >> i read the waiver. i cannot even understand it. and i have a decent education. >> sean: sanctuary liberal enclave cannot handle 50 illegal immigrants -- threw them out in less than 24 hours. >> they were kids, children. why would they do dads. why would you use people as pawns. to treat human being like that to belittle them. >> sean: open sanctuary state. why don't you embrace them. >> i for comprehensive immigration reform. proud of our precedent for putting a strategy out. silence and you have not even discussed even discussed. as we went why don't you embrace and say thank you for sending them. >> we embrace everybody. in a human way. not a century state. being told and false pretense, i don't think this happened. i sat down with these migrants and i talk to every single one of them and their allied to, they were misled. they were told that they had jobs. i told that they were going to get certain court dates changed, and they were dropped off, knocked on the door and they left. what kind of faith tradition allows this. >> sean: and there is a video of the people getting on the plane speed to it they were all lied to and told, you're going to be taken care off, going. >> sean: they landed and u.s. century state you're going to take care of them. they should be happy be happy. >> look, come on, this is california. the fourth largest economy in the world. on a border state. ron desantis is desperate to get into the action. donald trump is going to clean. he will clean his clock. and he set this up months ago by doing and rfp. i have the contract. he's going to send people to california. this is a stunt, it is embarrassing. >> sean: i think he did the right thing. >> just wanted to help people >> sean: he is flying all of these illegal immigrants. >> coordinating man. >> sean: excuse me -- they are landing at 3:30 and at laguardia, not kennedy. they are stinking them and when states are not looking. >> coordinator. a different spirit. different in daylight and darkness. not perfect. there is some humility. >> sean: isn't joe biden dumping people in florida. what is the difference between what joe is doing -- >> manipulation. it's we want more of my exclusive interview with california governor g governor gavin newsom. up next, we will talk about his relationship with president donald trump. straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: here is more of my exclusive interview with california governor g governor gavin newsom. donald trump and i would be negligent if i did not get your reaction to what happened in the news. >> it is sad and i say that as an american. >> sean: are you friendly within? >> i did not have a closed fist, but a open hand. incredible relationship during covid. no politics during covid. i have a lot of critique from the left by saying that. it was a dumb mistake. terrible. not illegal, wrong. violated the spirit of what i was preaching. it was wrong. i own it. from the grace of god, no one else has made a mistake, i guess i did. >> sean: everybody makes mistakes, but that was a dumb one. >> i own edge. >> sean: i don't need to be reminded. look. it was your birthday party. >> 50th birthday party and the rest was a legally open, it was dumb. >> sean: if you have to replace her then you have set a criteria and only an african american woman, why. >> right thing to do. with kamala harris we lost that representation. it is historic. i appointed the first latino and california history. 39% of the state, and i thought that was important. >> sean: she and a criteria bead that it is the best person. just to have a criteria. >> i think that representation does matter. >> sean: a guy recommendation of 1.2 million -- 1.4. i stand corrected. you want to see the full report. can you afford at that? are you going to pay that money? >> it is beyond. it does not have to be in the frame of writing the check. reparations, and many different forms. one cannot be historical facts. and we have to come to grasp. >> sean: how do you justify -- no connection general relation to anything having to do with slavery. how do you justify them having lower standards -- higher standards or paying money for something that they were not responsible for it? you understand that. >> i deeply understand. do the math on a 1.4. you had a group the last two years that is making a series of recommendations. that was one of many recommendations. you guys ran with that over and over. >> sean: support it? >> it did not the recommendations. i put out a statement saying that reparations is more about money. that implies a deeper rationalization of what is achievable. what is reasonable, and what is right, and that is the balance to try to advance. >> sean: it coming up. governor newsom explains how he would handle china's growing aggression as we continue. there are some things that go better... together. burger and fries... soup and salad. thank you! like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. with voya, considering all your financial choices together... can help you make smarter decisions. for a more confident financial future. hey, a tandem bicycle. you can't do that by yourself. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. icap test caption ...returning to upstream... ... we all have obstacles, challenges, at different points in life. i still push myself every single day. the harder i push myself, the more i find myself drawn to wearing oofos. the first time i put on a pair of oofos, it was like someone released the pressure - it was so crazy. when you are recovered, and can do more, that has a compounding effect on all aspects of your life. stepping into a pair of oofos, they're truly one of a kind. there's nothing like them. hi, i'm jill and i've lost 56 pounds on golo. hi, i'm barry and i've lost 42 pounds. jill and i are a team. if she tells me to do something, i usually jump on board. golo was doable, it's realistic, and it's something we can do the rest of our lives. >> sean: i asked governor newsom about how he would handle the growing threat from china and here's what he said. >> sean: let's give you credit. you have entrepreneurs in silicon valley. san francisco in the last two years lost 7.5% of their population. but here's the point. i would argue these companies are leaving, and they are moving their headquarters and they are moving employees and they are going through that expense because regulation, taxation, it is stymieing the incentives to build businesses here. now, i would argue to you that if you lower taxes and lowered your regulation standards, that california would be a net migration state but i know you're not going to agree with that. >> i'm passionate about regulator reform. i've never taken a back seat to anyone. i've done it as it relates to vegetation forest management related to forest fires. i'm not an ideologue for any of this. look at the receipts -- >> sean: talking about lowering it. >> look at the receipts of the last decade in economic growth. we've outperformed most western democracies, state has grown just like our american economy has grown by 4.4 trillion since biden has been in office. our global gdp -- it's doing remarkably better than i think a lot of your viewers believe. >> sean: under no circumstances would you consider running for the democratic nomination? >> no. >> sean: none? >> no. not after this conversation. >> sean: after this conversation. this is worst interviewed you've had -- listen, i want your passion. i'm just telling you joe biden could not do what you're doing, and by the way that ought to tell you something. you know what? >> i couldn't do what he's done. master which is a in the 2 1/2 years. >> sean: i know deep down inside you know it's true but you're a party guy, you're sticking up for your guy and you know he's a cognitive mess. >> i love my president. >> sean: i don't dislike him i just want him out of office. i want someone who can stand up to china, russia, and north korea. >> we've united in nato in ways we've never been united. >> sean: how would you have handled the chinese spy balloon. >> i don't have details or knowledge or the nuances. >> sean: i would have taken that sucker out of the air before it hit the florida airspace. >> you would have put a lot of people's lives at risk. there are reasons they delayed. i think his containment policy -- >> sean: drones -- >> president bide president's policy are not completely dissimilar to what trump was promoting as it relates to transfer of sensitive technology. >> sean: ukraine wasn't intraded under trump. china wasn't saber rattling. >> g-7 has never been stronger. >> sean: they are confronting our navy in the south china sea in the pacific. fighter jets in international airways. they are spying over our country. jones are being taken out by russia. you know what joe did, you know what the consequences were? nothing. would you allow nothing to be a consequence for china and russia if they did that? >> i think his policies against china have been very impressive. >> sean: impressive in what way? >> building on some of trump's policies out of the bluster as it relates to tech transfer, as it relates to building alliances in the pacific. >> sean: their defense secretary rejected our outreach to me with his counterpart. >> these are situational challenges that we've had historically around the globe. >> sean: their navy confronting our navy. >> we talk about -- these guys have less than $300 billion to spend every year on the military. america is at $887 billion. >> sean: they have been building it up for a decade. >> how many military bases around the world does china have. >> sean: the exact number i wouldn't know. >> one. we have 750. >> sean: china has now extended its sphere of influence in africa, in latin america. >> they have one treaty arrangement and that's in north korea. we have 50 around the globe. it's apples and oranges. we spend more than 10 times than the next 10 countries on military spending. our alliances have never been stronger in places like australia. >> sean: the hyper sonic missile threats. if you were president and china wants to fulfill their territorial ambition and take taiwan what would you do? >> i'm not going to get into that. >> sean: why? >> that's for a presidential aspirant to answer. we have a policy that's well articulated. >> sean: i think you'll be convinced to be one but that's my theory. >> we can talk ukraine next time. >> sean: unfortunately that's all the time we have left this evening. as always thank you for being with us. thank you for making this show possible. please set your dvr so you never miss an episode of hannity. hope you had a great labor day and have great night. ♪ ♪ >> happy labor day, everyone. i'm kat. greg is off today so he asked me to check in to see how you were doing. good? that's great. we had some great shows this summer with some amazing guests, it's almost too tough to pick what the best segments were but we'll try anyway