Good to see you all. How are you . [cheers and applause] sean weve got a great crowd tonight. Welcome back to hannity welcome to our Live Audience and all you at home. We have a ton of Breaking News all across the country and the world tonight. Trace gallagher will join us from israel. We have a breaking new update about the hostages who were kidnapped by the Terrorist Group Hamas and we are also tracking a developing story out of maine where now at this hour a manhunt is underway for an active shooter. Also, tonight, according to a bombshell report, and this is a bombshell, from foxnews. Com, the fbi was contacted by over 40 confidential Human Sources over the years, all with criminal allegations against joe biden, hunter biden, and james biden, all dating back to joes term and time as vicepresident. So the question is, how did the fbi respond . They did nothing. And, by the way, Charles Grassley sent the fbi director and the Attorney General a long letter today demanding answers. Chairman jim jordan, whos also been investigating this from the House Judiciary Committee will join us with a lot more. By the way, did you all hear we have a new speaker today . Yeah [cheers and applause] sean well get to that too. Also ive interviewed governor gavin newsom is going to debate Governor Ron DesantisRed Versus Blue State versus state on this program. He has now paid a visit to his comrades in Communist China including a surprise meeting with president xi. Nikki haley is here well see how shell react to that former u n ambassador. Full report on the pro hamas bigots now being churned out at American Universities Whiches is repulsive but first after weeks ever infighting the peoples house is back in business. After today republicans unanimously elected a speaker, the 56th speaker of the house, louisiana congressman mike johnson. Well, lets listen to him in his own words from earlier today. Country, its the beauty of america that allows a Fire Fighters kid like me to come here and serve in this Sacred Chamber where great men and women have served before all of us and stride together and preserve what lincoln referred to as the last best hope of man on earth. We stand at a very dangerous time, we all know that, im stating the obvious, the world is in turmoil. But a Strong America is good for the entire world. [cheers and applause]. I believe that each one of us has a huge responsibility today, to use the gifts god has given us to serve the Extraordinary People of this great country, and they deserve it. And to ensure that our republic remains standing as the Great By Con Of Light and hope and freedom in a world that desperately needs it. [cheers and applause]. When our people are losing their faith in government, when theyre losing sight of the principles that made us the greatest nation in the history of the world, i think weve got to be mindful of that. Were going to fight. Were going to fight vigorously over our Core Principles, because theyre at odds a lot of times now in this modern era. We have to sacrifice sometimes our preferences because thats whats necessary in a legislative body but we will defend our Core Principles to tend. We want our allies around the world to know that this body of lawmakers is reporting again to our duty stations. Let the Enemies Of Freedom Around The World hear us loud and clear. The peoples house is back in business. [cheers and applause] sean all right, back to work. Now, we do have a big announcement. Were going to be broadcasting live from capitol hill tomorrow where the house speaker, mike johnson, will join us for his First Television interview right here on this show. Now, johnson is a constitutional attorney. He is relatively new to the swamp in washington. I view that as a plus. But has developed a strong conservative track record. 92 rating from the american conservative union. 92 rating from the nra, backed by former president donald trump. Johnson is a huge proponent of decentralizing our federal government, protecting your children from woke predators, securing our southern border, strengthening americas immigration laws, vowing to make this a top priority. But his very first act as speaker was a Resolution Backing israel and condemning Terrorist Group Hamas. [cheers and applause] sean now, nine democrats voted against measure including all of what i call the hamas caucus led by Terrorist Sympathizer congresswoman talib. Socialist jamaal bowman, remember him, voted it. Today bowman was charged with a misdemeanor for pulling the fire alarm at the capitol complex. Oh, i didnt know it was a fire alarm. Said fire alarm as he pulled it. Anyway that happened a few weeks ago in what was an apparent attempt to delay an important vote. Now, i tell you this, if he were a republican or a trump supporter or his last name were trump, he would likely be facing 20 years to life rise now for multiple felonies but in bidens Weaponized Doj Heavy handed punishment is reserved only for joes political opponents. Tonight without a doubt there are a lot of very serious challenges that Speaker Mike Johnson will need to address. This caucus needs to learn a lesson. They will win together or they will lose together. Theres not going to be some winners and some losers in the republican party. And the American People win if they win, because conservative values are far superior to the left and their radical new Green Deal Climate Alarmist Cult Agenda of radical socialism. Perhaps none more pressing than the chaos and the violence that is unfolding in the middle east, in large part i would argue part of our problem in the middle east is because of your president , joe biden. Our country is now sleep walking into potentially another major war. This can engulf the entire region and for the past two weeks American Military personnel, they have come under attack all over the region. Dozens are now injured. Ten Americans Still being held hostage by hamas, over 30 americans were killed. Many others murdered less than three weeks ago. That date, october the 7th. And yet joe biden, your commander in chief, doesnt really seem to have a plan or a strategy or even the ant to answer simple questions. It was billed all day. Joe biden Press Conference. It lasted all of nine minutes and he took a whooping three questions. Take a look. I want to thank the israeli and the palestinian excuse me, president of egypt. We have troops in the region since 9 11 to go after isis and to prevent reemergence and both anyway, in that region. Are hostages in jeopardy if there is a Ground Invasion . You want to make a speech . No, look, obviously theyre in jeopardy rather than Anything Else. Oh, ill get to that. Okay. Pbs. We have a request for a calling. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. The Press Conference has now conclude. Thank you, everyone. Sean go home and get the hell out of here. Anyway, that was billed as a Major Press Conference by the white house. Joe took three questions. It lasted nine whole minutes while most news outlets were focused on the election of the new house speaker. And today, well, our brand new speaker, mike johnson, said that the world is a better place with a Strong America. I couldnt agree more, i couldnt be in more agreement. Johnson is right. But, unfortunately, under joe biden there is no strength, there is no leadership, there is no morale clarity. We had World Leaders when he was in the middle east. They said no to a meeting with the president of the United States of america, even countries that we give a billion or more dollars to a year. Instead, what we have is now very transparent to anybody with eyes to see. A mumbling bumbling incoherent, frankly cognitive mess, as our president , trying his best to read talking points from his woke white house staffers. Thats not cutting it. Make no mistake, there is a lot of evil in this world. There are terrorists that revel in the murder of even little innocent babies and the elderly. There are many others who excuse or celebrate what are barbaric acts of terror and there is the Islamic Republic of iran behind all of it. America needs the strongest toughest leader willing and able to punish our enemies, restore peace through strength, and that means America Regaining and retaking its role on The World Stage as the worlds leader. Joe biden is not that guy. He doesnt have the mental aptitude. He doesnt have the morale clarity. He doesnt have the moral courage. He is a creature of the washington swamp. He doesnt even know today is wednesday. You see him decaying right before our very eyes. Our country deserves better and i fear that many troubling days are ahead. The 2024 president ial election, it cant come soon enough. Joining us now with an update whats going on in the middle east on the ground in israel, our very own Trace Gallagher. Trace, i want to get your update. Also, talk about maybe some movement with hostages in terms of negotiation. Why do i suspect, when were dealing with terrorists, that theyre probably trying to buy time and they dont want the Ground Incursion to begin. However, i do hope that there would be progress and these people returned to their families. I think they are trying to buy time sean and thats one of the sticking points here h you have the government of qatar actively negotiating with both hamas and israel and the government qatar believes that they want this to be a big hostage release. Right . They dont want one of the sticking points is they dont want two or four hostages released at a time, because that allows hamas to buy all kinds of time. Theres 220 hostages still being held, which means, if youre releasing them in dribs and drabs, youre talking about maybe delaying for weeks possibly months. So what qatar is working on is a bigger deal. They want dozens released simultaneously, maybe 50, up to 70. There was talk as early as a couple of days ago that this deal would go forward. Now here we are, and it seems to be stuck. And, of course, one of the other big sticking points is delaying the ground war. Theres been a lot of confusion about that, because the Wall Street Journal came out today saying that is reel had agreed to delay the ground war, but it was in an effort to let the u. S. Bring Missile Defense systems into the middle east to protect u. S. Forces, who had been attacked, by the way, 14 times by iranian proxies over the past week, some 24 Service Members have been injured, and some of them suffering traumatic brain injury. But whats happening here with this delay and the Hostage Thing is, you had President Biden today was asked the question if he would support a delay in the ground war, and he said yes, he advises a delay in the ground war to get the hostages out. And the question is, is how much and how long will israel wait . Will they abide by this two or four at a time, or do they want more . We think theres going to be some movement on that, sean, sometime in the next 1224 hours. Thats what appears to be happening. The question now is the number that might be released. Sean and the question, trace, then becomes, well, how do you trust the people responsible for killing innocent men, women and children, extrapolate out the population of israel, 1400 dead. That would be the equivalent of losing 38,000 americans in a single day. How long would you give hamas, which is now the question people have to ask, the people that did kill the innocent people, the people that did take the hostages, how much trust could you ever put in them . I would argue probably none at all. But Anything Else on the ground there tonight were looking at and do we expect this incursion maybe to happen this week, or do you think it otherwise is delayed for other reasons as well . Obviously its becoming a 2front war in the north with lebanon, we have iran Saber Rattling threatening to get in, we have the hooties Firing Missiles, saudi arabia intercepted that were headed to israel and we discussed this Last Night SyriaFiring Missiles into israel. Thats war on a lot of fronts, isnt it . And dont forget they had some hamas fighters that were actually willing to go by sea around the gaza border and then land on a beach. That was their hope to land on a beach in southern israel potentially to conduct more attacks. The question here kind of goes all the way to the top, sean, because one of the big topics we are dealing with tonight is what about these iranian proxies and what about iran . You have had President Biden say today that he told the ayatollah to watch yourself, or there would be consequences. You had Antony Blinken saying yesterday that if iran didnt stop, there would be consequences. They would defend u. S. Service members. And yet there have been 14 attacks, as weve just kind of told you about. And in one week, and we know that iranian proxies are the ones conducting these attacks and there have been no a priceals against iran and that becomes a bigger question is if youre talking about hamas and youre talking about hezbollah, who, at what point, talks about iran and what happens to iran . Does iran just have the ability to willynilly go after our troops in the region, mostly in iraq, sometimes in syria as well . Whats the stopping point. Whats the end point for the Biden Administration to do something, to Say Something so that iran knows, because these threats are apparently leading to that. Remember, its very important to know that joe bidens message, when he went to israel and he told benjamin netanyahu, his message to iran was dont. The problem is, sean, they did. And they keep doing. And that is not being, not being swayed in any direction that iran thinks right now is going to stop them from conducting this Ongoing Campaign against our troops in the middle east. Sean all right, Trace Gallagher, please say stay. Thank you for joining us from israel tonight. Now we turn to more Breaking News out of maine where multiple people have been shot. Our own bill melugin, he is joining us with mofrment bill, im hearing as many as ten to 15 to 16 people could have been shot here. Whats going on. Yeah, sean, this is sounding very significant according to these initial reports. This apparently happened in Lewiston Maine about 35 miles north of portland. The local Sheriffs Office out there posting on facebook that theyre responding to, quote, two active shooter events. We dont know if that means two shooters or two different locations, but they have released photos of one of the gunmen theyre looking for right now. If we can pull that photo up right now, this appears to be taken off Surveillance Footage inside a Bowling Alley, were hearing potentially shootings at multiple locations, a man armed with some kind of a rifle there obviously aiming that rifle. We dont know how many people were shot or potentially injured at this location here. But the Sheriffs Office saying they are actively searching for this man. It is an active manhunt. They are advising local businesses to lock down, close their doors advising people in the area to shelter in place. A local hospital out there, the Central Maine Medical Center posting on social media saying they are responding to a Mass Casualty mass shooter event. They did not specify, however, though, any specifics on how many casualties were talking. Sean, i have seen those reports on social media, significant number of people shot. We dont want to put a number on it yet but, yes, this does appear to be a fairly significant shooting that has taken place in maine, so much so the maine governor has put out a statement saying she is aware of whats happening, has been briefed on it, is urging people to listen to local Law Enforcement, but the headline right now i think is, you have a hospital responding to a, quote, Mass Casualty incid