0 that's all right. that's going to do it. that's about it for us here at tucker carlson tonight. but you can check out the show each night, 8:00 p.m. eastern time, because it is the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and groupthink. tucker carlson will be back in this seat tomorrow. coming up now, though, is the great sean hannity with a big, big announcement this evening as we're set to hear from i don't have. >> donald trump. you don't. that's okay. that's not me. all right. i'm running for president . no, i'm not. just kidding. all right. well, thank. >> great job and welcome to hannity. we begin with this fox news alert. it is a busy news night. a lot at stake at this hour. republicans now are officially projected to win the majority in the u.s. house of representatives. now, gop leader kevin mccarthy is expected to be the next speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. she will be handing over the gavel in january . and for the next two years, the biden administration will finally be held in check. now, we're also tracking a scary situation in europe tonight where nato ally poland was hit by what is believed to be russian made missiles, killing two people. tonight, the free world needs to be preparing for an appropriate military response. the question is , is your president , joe biden, up to the job or is nato is nato real? or just a paper tiger? but first, as you can see on your screen, all eyes are on mar-a-lago tonight in palm beach with the forty fifth president of the united states . donald trump is expected to make a huge announcement. earlier tonight, he filed paperwork to officially run for president in 2020 four. we will take you there live as it happens. joining us now with a preview, fox and friends weekend co-host . he's also hosting the patriot awards this week. and i'm honored to be a small part of it. thank you, pete. you did a great job last year. >> glad to be a part of it. also joining us , former arkansas governor and father of the next governor of the great state of arkansas, mike huckabee. you can see the first lady and donald trump coming out. governor huckabee, want to get your take on tonight's announcement. big night for republicans. >> they officially win the house. your initial thoughts? >> well, i'm not surprised donald trump is running. i'm a little surprised that he's doing it before the georgia runoff. and for many of us , the only focus we want is getting that. i'm going to georgia tomorrow to campaign for herschel walker. i hope that once the president gets this announcement out that he goes to georgia are that he uses all of the influence he can to try and make sure we win that senate seat because it's critical for the next two years . it's the most important thing that we need to do, especially for the next three weeks. let's get your take. pete hegseth. >> sean, how many times is donald trump been counted out and how many times has he overcome the naysayers? he is the center of the the america first movement has been since he announced in 2015. >> this is a huge speech for him. he's got to cast a vision for the future. talk about why his leadership is needed in america. more today. provide the contrast with the disaster of joe biden. he's got the biggest of stages and an opportunity to announce yet again. and the republican party, which he remade, is one he wants to lead again and tonight we're going to get a chance to hear him make that case. oh, he's certainly laying down a marker and that he is in. and you whether other people get it or not. pete, i guess it's anybody's guess. i think the republican party, i think it's likely the other people will probably try to go up against them in a primary. but anyway, it looks like he's going to the podium. no, maybe not. he's walking past the podium on . but one thing that i think nobody really seems to understand when you look at anybody that's running for president , we don't know what it's going to be like in 2020 for mike huckabee. and if the economy stinks and the world is on fire , who knows what will happen. >> here's donald trump. right. de well, thank you very much. on behalf of melanie and myself and our entire family, i want to thank you all for being here. tonight's very special occasion at a very special place. you and all of those watching are the heart and soul of this incredible movement and the greatest country in the history. of the world. >> it's very simple. there's never been anything like it. this great movement of ours never been anything like it. and perhaps there will never be anything like it again. there's never been anything to compete with . >> what we have all done. ladies, and gentlemen, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, america's comeback starts right now. >> two years ago, when i left office, the united states stood ready for its golden age. our nation was at the pinnacle of power, prosperity and prestige, towering above all rivals, vanquishing all enemies and striding into the future. confident and so strong. in four short years, everybody was doing great. >> men , women, african-americans, asian-americans, hispanic, americans. everybody was thriving like never before. there was never a time like this. we turn the page on decades of global sellouts and one sided trade deals lifted millions out of poverty. and together we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. when the virus hit our shores, i took decisive action and saved lives. and the us economy. and by october of the same year, america was roaring back with the number one fastest economic recovery ever recorded. >> how about all of the incoming administration and all they had to do was just sit back and watch. inflation was non-existent. our southern border was by far the strongest ever. and because the border was so tight, drugs were coming into our country at the lowest level in many, many years. >> importantly, after decades of rising energy costs, the united states had finally attained the impossible dream of american energy independence, which soon would have turned into energy dominance. >> for the first time in memory, china was reeling back on its heels. you've never seen that before. because the united states was out doing them on every single front and china was paying billions and billions of dollars in taxes and tariffs. the farmers know that because they got 28 billion of it. no president had ever sought or received one dollar for our country from china. until i came along and we were getting hundreds of billions of dollars. many people think that because of this, china played a very active role in the 2010 election, just saying, just say ,sure, that didn't happen. instead of jobs and factories leaving america for china, they were for the first time ever leaving china for america. >> businesses were pouring back because of our historic tax and regulation cuts, the biggest in both categories in history. bigger even than what ronald reagan was able to produce. >> and he produced a lot. china, russia, iran and north korea were in check and respected. they respected the united states . and quite honestly, they respected me. >> i knew them well. i knew them. >> the vicious isis caliphate, which no president was able to conquer, was decimated by me. and our great warriors. in less than three weeks. >> and al baghdadi, its founder, was hunted down and killed. >> north korea had not launched north korea, had not launched a single long range missile since my summit with chairman kim jong un nearly three years before we developed a relationship. and that's a good thing, not a bad thing. >> it's a good thing. very good thing, actually . it's a look at what's happening today. my opponents made me out to be a warmonger and just a terrible person who would immediately go into war. >> they said during the twenty sixteen campaign that if he becomes president , there will never be a war within weeks. and we will have wars like you've never seen before. it will happen immediately. and yet i've gone decades, decades without a war. the first president to do it for that long a period, the world was at peace, america was prospering and our country was on track for an amazing future because i made big promises to the american people. and unlike other presidents, i kept my promises. >> i kept. thank you very much. >> under our leadership, we were a great and glorious nation, something you haven't heard for quite a long period. of time. we're a strong nation and importantly, we were a free nation. but now we are a nation in decline. we are a failing nation for millions of americans, the past two years under joe biden have been a time of pain, hardship, anxiety and despair. as we speak, inflation is the highest in over 50 years. gas prices have reached the highest levels in history and expect them to go much higher now that the strategic national reserves, which i filled up, have been virtually drained in order to keep gasoline prices lower just prior to the election, joe biden has intentionally surrendered our energy independence. there is no longer even a thought of dominance, and we are now begging for energy help from foreign nations, many of whom find us detestable. >> our southern border has been erased and our country is being invaded by millions and millions of unknown people, many of whom are entering for a very bad and sinister reason . and you know what that reason is ? we will be paying a big price for this invasion into our country for years. to come. hundreds of thousands of pounds of deadly drugs, including very lethal fentanyl, are flooding across the now open and totally porous southern border. the blood soaked streets of our once great cities are cesspools of violent crimes which are being watched all over the world as leadership of other countries. explain that this is what america and democracy is really all about, how sad the united states has been embarrassed, humiliated and weakened for all to see the disasters in afghanistan, perhaps the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country where we lost lives, left americans behind and surrendered. eighty five billion dollars worth of the finest military equipment anywhere in the world. >> and ukraine, which would have never happened if i were your president or something. >> and even the democrats admit that that's something i've seen them admit over and over again. but our enemies are speaking of us with scorn and laughter and derision because of those two events. but there are many more . even just today, a missile was sent in probably by russia to poland, 50 miles into poland. and people are going absolutely wild and crazy and they're not happy. they are very, very angry. now, we have a president who falls asleep at global conferences, was held in contempt by the british parliament over afghanistan, thanks to the words of wisdom. he said thank you to the wrong country for inviting him to a major summit on the environment of all things. they fly for days to get there and then he calls the country a name that was actually a country on another continent. >> and is leading us to the brink of nuclear war. >> a concept unimaginable just two short years ago. you cannot mention the nuclear world to devastating the green new deal and the environment, which they say may affect us in three hundred years. >> is all that is talked about. and yet nuclear weapons, which would destroy the world immediately, are never even discussed as a major threat. can you imagine, they say the ocean will rise one eighth of an inch over the next two to three hundred years. but don't worry about nuclear weapons that can take out entire countries with one shot . something is wrong with their thinking under biden and the radical democrats, america has been mocked, derided and brought to its knees. perhaps like never before. >> but we are here tonight to declare that it does not have to be this way, does not have to be this way. >> two years ago, we were a great nation and soon we will be a great nation again. >> the decline of america is being forced upon us by biden and the radical left lunatic running our government right into the ground. >> this decline is not a fate we must accept when given the choice boldly, clearly and directly. i believe the american people will overwhelmingly reject the left's platform of national ruin, and they will embrace our platform of national greatness and glory to america . >> glory. >> exactly one week ago, our citizens voted in the important midterm elections and despite a ridiculously long and unnecessary period of waiting far longer, in fact, than any third world country. just a short time ago, the republicans won back control of the house of representatives and it was with a great trump endorsed candidate, congressman elect kevin kiley, who is a fantastic person, a fantastic person and a very happy. it was his vote that did it. but we so we now won back . this happened just an hour ago. much criticism is being placed on the fact that the republican party should have done better. and frankly, much of this blame is correct. >> but the citizens of our country have not yet realized the full extent and gravity of the pain our nation is going through and the total effect of the suffering is just starting to take hold. they don't quite feel yet, but they will very soon. i have no doubt that by twenty ,twenty four it will sadly be much worse and they will see much more clearly what happened and what is happening to our country. >> and the voting will be much different. >> twenty , twenty four . are you getting ready? and i am too. i am too. >> i do want to point out that in the midterms my endorsement success rate was two hundred and thirty two wins and only twenty two losses. >> you don't hear that from the media. and this is an elegant night and an elegant press place. >> and i'm not going to use the term fake news media. so we're going to keep it very elegant. but you don't hear that from the media. but i think you will because people are starting to see what happened, that some score and in the primaries was ninety eight point six percent. but they were still trying to blame me. >> and the reason for the success and that unprecedented success rate is that the trump administration changed our nation on trade, on securing the border with the strongest, safest border ever in the history of our country, on islamic terrorism. we had practically just about not that i can think of, no islamic attacks, terrorist attacks during the trump administration. and in fact, we got along very well with the various countries ,including coming up with the abraham accords. it's a great thing. >> the abraham, but it's because of cutting taxes and cutting regulations at the highest level ever and on building the greatest economy any time in the history of the world. there's never been an economy like we had just two years ago. despite the outcome in the senate, we cannot lose hope and we must all work very hard for a gentleman and a great person named herschel walker, a fabulous human being who loves our country and will be a great united states senator herschel walker. get out and vote for herschel and he deserves it. he was an incredible athlete. >> he'll be an even better senator , get out and vote for herschel walker. >> we elected a group of incredibly talented america first leaders who will be stars of our party for many years to come in the popular vote . another thing that's not discussed for the house, we must remember that republicans won five million more votes, the largest margin in many, many years. over the democrats, five million more votes. that's a big thing. breaking the radical democrats grip on congress was crucial. so, in other words, because of our great congressmen and all of our great congress, many congresswomen, we have taken over congress. >> nancy pelosi has been fired. is i told them, i said, if you just keep a little bit lower, standard, you're going to have a big victory. they said, let's win by 40 seats. let's win by 50. i said, if you win by two seats, be happy. but she's on her way to another country right now. she's been fired. but we always have known that this was not the end. it was only the beginning of our fight to rescue the american dream. and it's a word you don't use two words. >> i don't want to be, joe . it's two words. american dream now is not good . >> what he did. there are a lot of bad things like going to idaho and saying welcome to the state of florida. >> i really love it in order to make america great and glorious again. i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states . thank you. thank all of you. so many incredible friends and family here tonight. it's such a beautiful thing. it's some people say, how do you speak before so many people all the time when there's love in the room, it's really easy. >> if you want to know the room ,you ought to try it sometime. together, we will be taking on the most corrupt forces and entrenched interests imaginable. our country is in a horrible state. we're in grave trouble. this is not a task for a politician or a conventional candidate. >> this is a task for a great movement that embodies the courage, confidence and the spirit of the american people. this is a movement. this is not for any one individual. there's a job for tens of millions of proud people working together from all across the land and from all walks of life, young and old, black and white, hispanic and asian. many of we have brought together for the very, very first time. if you look at the numbers, if you look at what's happened with hispanic, with african-american, with asian, and just look at what's happening. this is a party that has become much bigger, much stronger, much more powerful, can do much more good for our country. this is a job for grandmothers and construction workers, firefighters, builders, teachers, doctors and farmers who cannot stay quiet any longer. you can't stay quiet any longer. you're angry about what's happening to our country. our country is being destroyed before your very eyes. >> it's a job for every aspiring young person and every hardworking parent. for every entrepreneur and underappreciated police officer who is ready to shout for safety in america. the police are being treated so badly. these are great people. i can straighten out the crime. they're the ones that know how to do it. we have to give them back their respect and their dignity. this will not be my campaign. this will be our campaign all together. >> because the only force strong enough to defeat the massive corruption we are up against is you, the american people. it's true. the american people, the greatest people on earth, we love them all and we love both sides. we're going to bring people together. we're going to unify people. and it was happening in the previous administration previous to the previous and what was bringing them together a success prior to covid coming in. >> the people were calling me that were calling me. you wouldn't believe people that was so far left. i figured they'd never speak to me. and i would never speak to them. but our success was so incredible. like never before. >> and then covid started coming in from china. we call it the china virus. some people call it other things, but it was devastating. and we built it back and did an incredible job. but when people say republicans or democrats or liberals or conservatives, i say we can all get together. and we were doing that. that was happening just prior because the success was greater than this country. has ever had. >> we will leapfrog in china and leapfrog everybody else. and everybody wanted a piece of it. but just as i promised in twenty six , i am your voice. >> i am your voice. the washington establishment wants to silence us , but we will not let them do that. what we have built together o