1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: This is a special edition of the Sean Hannity Show. 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: But your calls coming up eight hundred and nine for 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: one Sean, you want to be a part of the program. 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: One job I don't think anybody would ever want in 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: the White House is being the Press secretary. And we 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: happen to be friends with a number of ex Press secretaries, 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: Ari Fleischer for example, Sarah Sanders, our friend Kaylee mcinanny, 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 1: who is going to join us in a minute. You know, 9 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: look at Jensaki. The difference is if you're representing somebody 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: like President Trump or George Bush, you know you're getting 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: a living crap beat out of you every day. But 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: you know, if you represent a liberal Democrat, somebody like 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, except if you if your name is Peter Doocey, 14 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: You're not going to get a tough question. It's just 15 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: how sycophantic the medium mob is. Verse. They allowed Joe 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: to hiding his basement bunker throughout the entire campaign without 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: asking questions. Joe hid, They helped them hide. And then 18 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: of course now it's the presidential protection program and he 19 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: rarely talks to anybody, and when he does, he mumbles 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: and stumbles and is an incoherent mess and a cognitive 21 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: you know, struggling week for rail president. That's an embarrassment. Anyway, 22 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: here's Jensaki. She has to clean up the mess of 23 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. And she's also told a number of whoppers herself. 24 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: She couldn't get out of the mess last week when 25 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: Peter Doocey said, well, this is what Joe Biden said 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: in the debate. If two and twenty thousand Americans die 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: from COVID, they should no longer be president. Well, since 28 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: Joe's been president, three hundred and fifty five thousand Americans 29 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: have died of COVID. We have more people dead from 30 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: COVID this year twenty twenty one than last year election 31 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: year twenty twenty. It's pretty sad and unbelievable. Of course, 32 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: then she'll lie and she'll say stuff like, oh, we 33 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: don't need to test the illegal immigrants. They get preferential treatment, 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: no vaccine mandates for them because they're not going to 35 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: be here very long. We know that's a lie too, 36 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: and she spins and the media gives her a pass. Anyway, 37 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: here is Jen Saki, and just I mean it's laughable. Listen, 38 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: there certainly is not an open border as individuals. As 39 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: individuals come across the border and they are both assessed 40 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: for whether they have any symptoms. If they have symptoms, 41 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: they are the intention is for them to be quarantined. 42 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: That is our process. They're not intending to stay here 43 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: for a lengthy period of time. I don't think it's 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: the same thing. It's not the same thing. Prod believe 45 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 1: that back better will not add a dime to the 46 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: national days. Correct, it won't go ahead. What if taxes 47 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: that he says you want to get more time in? 48 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: What if the economical stylear lots of things going to happen. 49 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: What are you you're going to tell from their future 50 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: generations not even born yet, that they're not out in 51 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: the hook for this? Is that right? That's right? Okay? 52 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: Following up on something else the President said last night, 53 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: why did President Biden say he has been to the border? Well, Peter, 54 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: as you may have seen, there's been reporting that he 55 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: did drive through the border when he was on the 56 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: campaign trail in two thousand and eight. It was crystal 57 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: fear that things were not improving on the fteen. People 58 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: couldn't get dishwashers and furniture and treadmills delivered on time, 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: not to mention all sorts of other things. So why 60 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: is the tragedy of the short the treadmill that's delayed? 61 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: The tragedy of the treadmill. You know, Santa Claus, Well, 62 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: you should have bought your Christmas gifts by Halloween. If 63 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: you didn't, it's your fault. When your kids are crying 64 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: Christmas morning that their favorite toys not under the tree 65 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: and Santa disappointed them, Blame Santa, Blame the ups, Blame 66 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: fed X, bring the blame the Postal Service, Blame Donald Trump. 67 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: Kaylee mcinanny has a brand new book out today and 68 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: I've gotten an early copy of it and I've read 69 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: it and it's a phenomenal book. It's on Hannity dot com, 70 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: Amazon book dot com and bookstores everywhere. Anyway for such 71 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: a time as this my faith journey through the White 72 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: House and beyond, Kaylee, you had a rough time in 73 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: the White House. I mean think about it. There you 74 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: are at the podium, You're communicating with the American people. 75 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: I know we have the worst pandemic since nineteen seventeen 76 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: and eighteen. Not an easy assignment, No, not an easy assignment. 77 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: Not made any easier by a lying press corps. And 78 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: I don't say that lightheartedly. I went into the job 79 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: wanting to have a good relationship with the press, but 80 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: knowing as any conservative does, that that would likely be impossible, 81 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: and that proved to be the case. I mean, se 82 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: I do a whole chapter called vindication all the stake 83 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: news headlines that have been disproven that, you know, Trump 84 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: ignored bounties on the heads of American troops in Afghanistan. 85 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: That was a lie. Trump gassed and pummel protesters to 86 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: take a photo out of church Saint John's Church, that 87 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: was a lie. The Infectives General found that out. You know, 88 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: Trump saying that COVID might have originated at the Luhan 89 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: Institute of Virology, which now looks likely. But we were 90 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: told that was just an outright life from Trump. It 91 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: was not. It was actually probably where it originated from. 92 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: I mean, narrative after narrative. I would tell reporters this 93 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: isn't through, but they write the story anyway. Sean surprise, surprise. 94 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: You know what some people may not know about you. 95 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: One thing we do have in common is I've had 96 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: twelve years of a Catholic school education, you went to 97 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: a Catholic all girls high school. I went to a 98 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: Catholic all boys high school. One of the big differences. 99 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: You ended up at Harvard Medical School and I ended 100 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: up in front of a microphone. So I'm not sure 101 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: who did better, but I mean it's a very impressive background. 102 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: And you know your book is you know, My Faith 103 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: Journey through the White House and Beyond. One of the 104 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: things I noticed that you would do is you'd go 105 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: into that briefing room every day armed with a binder 106 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: full of facts and on every single topic imaginable. And 107 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: I can only imagine the work that went behind that. Yeah, 108 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: a lot of work. I mean, look, my time at 109 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: Harvard Law and Oxford and Georgetown definitely prepared me to, 110 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 1: you know, have that binder chalkhool where by the way 111 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: reporters there was a camera behind me. The camera would 112 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: take pictures of my binder, and CNN literally put out 113 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: a headline decoding the mysteries amack at any binder, and 114 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: they tried to discern what the cabs were. I wish 115 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: we would have done a headache and made the cabs 116 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: that of like COVID and therapeutics. You know, John Carl 117 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: Caitlin Colin. It would have been a funny headdake for 118 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 1: the press. But look, when I stood at that podium, 119 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: if you saw any sort of peace, serenity, confidence in me, 120 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: it did not come from my preparation at all the universities. 121 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: It came from faith in Christ. We prayed every time 122 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: before I went to the podium. It's the last thing 123 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: I did. And look, it took everything within me not 124 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: to last out at the press at times. And the 125 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: only reason I was able to stand there is because 126 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: a lot of Christians across the country praying. You know, 127 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: it's interesting. I've said this to Aria, I've said it 128 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: to Sarah Sanders, I've said it to you. I could 129 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: not do that job because I can't stand those people. 130 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: In all the years i've been at Fox Now in 131 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: my twenty sixty year believe it or not, and all 132 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: the years i've been on radio thirty three years now, 133 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: I've never been to a White House correspondence dinner. And 134 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: people ask me why haven't you ever gone? I'm like, 135 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: because I don't like them and they don't like me. 136 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: So let you know, let's get rid of all the 137 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: pretense here, and when you're dealing with somebody like President Trump, 138 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: it's a more difficult task. And as much as he's 139 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: not the easiest guy to speak for, because he's so 140 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: outspoken himself and spent more time with the press than 141 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: I think any president in the modern error. Yeah, but 142 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: the one thing with President Trump is he was authentic. 143 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: And I talked about in the book being in a 144 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: meeting where everyone in the meeting, or at least half 145 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: of the folks in there, Kelly Ann included, myself, included 146 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: Bill Barr, included that, mister President, maybe you want to 147 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: get out of this Obamacare lawsuit. It's timed around the election. 148 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: This isn't the best thing to be doing in the 149 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: middle of COVID nineteen. And the President looked at me, 150 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: and I'll never forget him looking straight at me and saying, Kaylee, 151 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: I stand with my base, and I always will, and 152 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: I'll stand by the promises I made on the campaign frail. 153 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: So while yes he was throw a curveball here and there, 154 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: I always knew where he stood and it was right 155 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: exactly where he was on the campaign trail. And I 156 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: think he's one of our first Republican presidents that's really 157 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: been that way so it was an honor to work 158 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: for him. See, I think that's what defined the Trump presidency. 159 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: Let's go through the issues. He gave us a list 160 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: of Supreme Court justices he'd choose from. He stuck to 161 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: that list. He said he'd cut taxes, he did. He 162 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: said he would eliminate burdensome bureaucracy. He did. He said 163 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: that he would, you know, bring us energy independence. He 164 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: accomplished that, a massive accomplishment. He said he would get 165 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: control of the borders. He built five hundred plus miles 166 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: of border wall. He wanted free or fair or trade deals, 167 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,479 Speaker 1: he got them. He wanted us out of foreign conflicts, 168 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: and he was in the process of doing it safely 169 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: and in a smart way with the threat of obliterating 170 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: the Taliban until Joe Biden botched it. So he really 171 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: did keep his promises. But I don't think there's ever 172 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: been a president in my lifetime that I can think 173 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: of that's been as hated by the media as this one. Yeah, 174 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: because held him accountable. I mean, that's that's with the 175 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: capital a. You know, he wasn't afraid to fight back 176 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: against them. Most Republican presidents them is to go in silent, 177 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: take the hit, to take the jabs, don't fight back. 178 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: This president did fight back. And as you know, Sean, 179 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: you know, you get to swamp e DC and the 180 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: establishment to foreign policy establishment on the academics say you 181 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 1: can't do this. You can't get out of the Paris 182 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: Climate Accord, you can't get out of the Around Nuclear Deal. 183 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: If they did that with President Trump, and every time 184 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: he looked him dead in the eye and said, watched me, 185 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: and he did it. And it's why I think he's 186 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: the most success successful president in my lifetime. We'll see 187 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: what happens in twenty twenty four. You have a good 188 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: feeling sense you know him as well as anybody, that 189 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: he runs again. If I had to guess, I would 190 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: say yes, Sean. You know, he says, you're going to 191 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: be very happy with my decision, and I can't believe 192 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 1: by that he means happy with the decision for him 193 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: not to run. So I think he'll be out there, 194 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: but we'll see coming quick. You know, it really is 195 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: tell us more about your background that gave you the 196 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: strength to go through all of this, and faith is 197 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: obviously a big part of your journey and a big 198 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: part of your life. As I get older, my faith 199 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: is more important than it's ever been. I know that 200 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: there is a God, a creator. You can't look at 201 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 1: the majesty of creation and universes within universes within universes 202 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: in my mind and determine anything other than that there is, 203 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: you know, something far greater, more powerful than us, that 204 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: is a creator of all things. And I believe that. 205 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: I believe in heaven. I believe in hell, and I 206 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: believe you know those things I did learn in Catholic school, 207 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: and they mean more to me today than ever tell 208 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 1: us about. You know you're young, and you've embraced this 209 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: faith from a pretty young age. In other words, I 210 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: got in a lot more trouble and when I was 211 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: younger than you did. I doubt that, John, I'm sure 212 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 1: you were a choirboy. But no, Kaylee, I can promise 213 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: you I was not a choirboy. I don't believe it 214 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: for a second, son, But I'll take you at your word. 215 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: But look, I grew up in a Southern Baptist church, 216 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: as you noted, I went to an overalls Catholic school. 217 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: And you know your parents tell you to believe something 218 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: or want you to believe something but I discovered it 219 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: for myself out in the real world when the going 220 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: got tough. It's funny how Jesus Christ speaks. If you 221 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: speak for him, he will answer you. And for me, 222 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: that was taking a job as press secretary. I was nervous, 223 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: I was petrified, and my dad texted me, maybe you 224 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: were made for such a time as this. That's the 225 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: words from the Book of Esther. And separately, in apart 226 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: from that, a few weeks later, a Democrat commentator by 227 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: the name of Van Jones, who you may know, texted me, Kaylee, 228 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: maybe you were made for such a time as this 229 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: and happened to me oftentimes in life and oftentimes in 230 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: the hardest parts of life, that God will send me 231 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: a message twice through two different ways, through two different people, 232 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: at the exact same message. And I know he's real. 233 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: I know he's out there. I believe more than the 234 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 1: sky is blue and the grass is green, that Jesus 235 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: Christ is Lord and Savior. And if you read this 236 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: book you'll see how He's worked through my life. I'll 237 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: never forget watching you and poor Jeff Lord and another 238 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: friend of the program being tortured that at times nine 239 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: against one on these fake news CNN panels and I 240 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: just couldn't believe it. That's an interesting story though, about 241 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: for such a time as this and the title of 242 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: where it came from and what it means to you. 243 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: These are troubled times, but I sense that, you know, 244 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: Joe Biden in eleven months has proven to the world 245 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: he's not up to this job. And I think I 246 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: never I wrote a book last year warning people, live 247 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: for your die. America in the world on the brink. 248 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: We're now on the brink. I wish we weren't, but 249 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: we are. We are on the brink on every single front. 250 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: It's terrifying. And you know, we don't have to talk 251 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: about foreign policy, but when you look at Russia on 252 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: the border of Ukraine and China and researching, investing in 253 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: hypersonic missiles in North Korea, all of a sudden firing 254 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: off rockets themselves, I mean, we're in a very dangerous, 255 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: very scary place. And what's the Biden ministration doing? You 256 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: President Biden's going to get accolades, that Kennedy Center a 257 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: standing ovation. He's going to a billionaire friend's house for 258 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving as the world is crumbling. I mean, it's totally 259 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: sick in the head, and his keep of staff is 260 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: sitting there complaining, saying that Donald Trump got better media 261 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: coverage then we did. What a joke, What a farce, 262 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 1: What an absolutely pathetic way to be, particularly as Americans 263 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: can't even afford gas many Americans and Christmas presents for 264 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: their kids, and they're out there partying, it seemed, and 265 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: totally ignoring the plight of the American people. A couple 266 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: of unknown facts about Kaylee mckinna any one is you 267 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 1: once interned to the Fox News Channel and you worked 268 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: on a particular program there known as Hannity. I did. 269 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: That was my first internship at Fox. I remember you 270 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: were so nice to me, Sean, you even threw me 271 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: a little party before I left. I'll never forget that. 272 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: I was just besmerized by you and Alan Combs at 273 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: the kind of Hannity now, of course just Hannity, but yeah, 274 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: it was my first internship and you even signed a 275 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,599 Speaker 1: coffee muck for me on my way out. I have 276 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: it displayed here at my house in a curio case. 277 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I can't believe that's still in existence. 278 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: Another unknown fact is your husband's a professional baseball player. 279 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: That's right. And President Trump loved that. He would always 280 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: bring it up to me, and one time he told me, 281 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: as we were landing on Marine one on the White 282 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: House lawn, he said, go into my private dining room 283 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: in my oval office and go watch her husband's pitch. 284 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: And by the way, never miss another one of his 285 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: baseball games. So that's exactly right. My husband pitched with 286 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: the Mets in the World Series and had a great career, 287 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: and it's been awesome to be a part of amazing. 288 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: The book is phenomenal as well, and for such a 289 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: time as this and at this time of the year 290 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: in particular, it makes a great gift and also gives 291 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: great wisdom my faith journey through the White House and 292 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: beyond Now at Hannity dot com, Amazon dot com, bookstores everywhere. Hayley, 293 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: We're proud to have you at Fox. We wish all 294 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: the best with the book, and we love having you 295 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: on the show as often as you come. And we'll 296 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: be talking hopefully after the new year, and have a 297 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: merry Christmas and a great new year. Thanks so much 298 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: for our support. John eight hundred nine for one Sean. 299 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: If you want to be a part of the program. 300 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: So The Chosen is like the hottest series on television 301 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: and you know, most streamed actually in the entire country 302 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: right now. And if you haven't found it, especially if 303 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: you believe in faith and God and the things that 304 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: really matter in life, even more than politics, way more. 305 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: Everybody's flocking to it. The amazing thing is Hollywood has 306 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: always played to the lowest common denominator. They've always played 307 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: to violence and sex and you know, just or just 308 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: mindless entertainment. And whenever a good product comes out, it 309 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: is amazing how people find it. They share it with 310 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: their friends and they flock to it and anyway, so 311 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: it has become a big hit. Now for the second 312 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: time now they have coming out with Christmas with The Chosen, 313 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: and it's about a well, let me just play the trailer. 314 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: Do you know what Luke is? I didn't tell him everything. Yeah, 315 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: it on my Joseph, I can't keep looking, pleas coming, 316 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: Oh my hands, are you seeing this? It's time my 317 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: soul magnifies the world and my spirit rejoices and caught 318 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: my savior. And remember what your messenger said the first thing. 319 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: Don't be afraid that Jesus Christ. People must know who 320 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: here's the amazing thing. The TV show That Chosen is 321 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: now it's a new streaming TV drama. I just found 322 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: out about it recently. I'm just starting to watch it 323 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: and it is amazing. And I don't say that about 324 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,959 Speaker 1: many things, especially when it comes to entertainment. It touches 325 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: you in ways you won't even imagine. And get this, 326 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: It's now viewed over three hundred and seventy four million 327 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: times worldwide. That's how viral this has become. Now you 328 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: have the Chosen for Christmas or Christmas with the Chosen 329 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: to be more official. It is now setting Fathom event 330 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: records in the first twelve hours. And anyway, Dallas Jenkins 331 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: is the creator of all of this. He's a genius 332 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: and joins us to tell us about it. How are you, sir? 333 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: So glad to be here to Sean, thanks so much 334 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: for having me. Tell me? Where'd you get this skill 335 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 1: set that you have? That just you have this ability 336 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: to break through where so many do not, and you 337 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: go a whole different path. You don't follow the crowd, 338 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: and it seems to be paying off big time for you. Well, 339 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: I think that applies to every part of this show. 340 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: So the content itself is unique in the fact that 341 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: I happen to be a strong believer. I love the Bible. 342 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: I believe it's God's words, and the story of Jesus 343 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: of course change my life, and I'm passionate about it. 344 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: And yet when it comes to the show and I'm 345 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: capturing the stories of Jesus, I'm trying to do it 346 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: in a way that I haven't seen before, which is 347 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: really explore the humanity of Jesus and the disciples and 348 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: even his enemies. The authenticity of the stories is huge, 349 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: and I think you would probably agree with this. When 350 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: you watch the show, we really try to put you there. 351 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: It feels like you're in the first century, and you 352 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: can identify with their problems and identify with their questions, 353 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: and then hopefully ultimately identify with the solution to those 354 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: questions and problems. When it comes to the release of 355 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 1: the show, this is where we've just done it completely 356 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: outside the system. The show is completely free. You can 357 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: watch it, and you can choose to pay for it 358 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 1: if you want. We are on our own app. We 359 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,719 Speaker 1: are not on a popular streaming platform or on a 360 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 1: broadcast network. We've done this completely outside the system. We're 361 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: completely crowdfunded. We do it ourselves, and that's allowed us 362 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: to keep control of the content and then also keep 363 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: control of how people watch it. Explain that to most people, 364 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: because most people think streaming, they think about Netflix and 365 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: Hulu and Prime Video and et cetera, et cetera. And again, 366 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: three hundred and seventy four million times it's now been 367 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: viewed worldwide. How how do people find it? Because when 368 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: it comes to technology, I'm probably the biggest idiot you've 369 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,439 Speaker 1: ever talked to. I might compete with you on that. 370 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: I'm actually not a big tech guy myself. But we've 371 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: actually made this really easy. So you just go on 372 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: your phone, you look up the chosen and we're easy 373 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: to find. It's We're our own app. Now you might 374 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: be thinking, I don't want to watch a Jesus show 375 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: on my phone. Well, we've made it so that you 376 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: can connect it directly, free and easy to your streaming platform. 377 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: So I could go to your house and if you've 378 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: got a Roku or Apple TV or Firestick, you don't 379 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: even need a subscription, you don't need your email address 380 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: or anything. It casts directly. I'm your phone to this 381 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: streaming device. It's also on a website, the Chosen dot 382 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: TV www dot the Chosen dot TV. You can just 383 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: look it up and you find it. But that's where 384 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: people can actually watch the episodes again, free and easy. 385 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: You don't even have to sign up for anything. We've 386 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: just tried to make this as accessible as possible. I 387 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: believe the gospel is free, so we made the show 388 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: free and people can pay for it if they want, 389 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: and because they're so passionate about it, they are paying 390 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: for it. Some people are people who can't afford it, 391 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: don't have to, but those who are have generated over 392 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: a hundred million dollars in gross revenue this year alone, 393 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: just so that we can continue to do more episodes 394 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 1: in seasons. I mean, it's just an incredible story. And 395 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: you don't hear about this ever in media, movies, entertainment. 396 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: It just doesn't happen like this. Tell us specifically, why 397 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: you went with a second year Christmas with The Chosen, 398 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: what that means and what people can expect. Yeah, thank 399 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: you for asking that. Yeah, we're in between seasons two 400 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: and three right now, so we just released season two 401 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: a couple of months ago. I'm writing season and three 402 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: with my co writers. Well, the fans are so rabid 403 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: and they're so eager for more, and we thought, you 404 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: know what, in between these seasons, wouldn't it be fun 405 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: to do a brand new episode and tell the story 406 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: of the birth of Christ from the perspective of Mary 407 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 1: and Joseph and really explore this in a way that 408 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: hadn't been done before. There's one image in the episode 409 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 1: that I think stands out to me as we were 410 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: making it was it shows Joseph scooping up a pile 411 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: of manure in the stable to make room for Mary 412 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: to give birth. That image alone really moved me. That 413 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 1: thought of the birth of the Christ job coming in 414 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: the midst of You just would never expect the Messiah 415 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: to come to Earth in this way and in this setting, 416 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: and so that just really was passionate took for me. 417 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: I really wanted to capture that in a way that 418 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: hadn't been done before. And then we've got these extraordinary musicians. 419 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: So you got four King in Country and Phil Wickham 420 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: and Maverick Fitty Music and some of these great musicians 421 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: who did Christmas songs on the set of The Chosen. 422 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: So we gathered a dozen of those artists. We gathered 423 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: the brand new episode and we're leasing in theaters in December. 424 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: But it just felt like a great opportunity for this 425 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: Christmas season to get people out to theaters again, even 426 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: though Hollywood has been really concerned that people wouldn't come 427 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: to theaters unless it was a big Marvel movie or 428 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: a horror film or like, well, let's maybe see if 429 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: we can pull this off. And so it's been shattering 430 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: records and it's been really fun. It shows how hungry 431 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: people are for the right content. It's amazing. That's exactly 432 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 1: the description, hungry for content and good content. And now 433 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 1: you're in one hundred and ninety plus countries. You know, 434 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: There's two things that I do like to do when 435 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: I'm not talking politics. Is my faith is very important 436 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: to me. I'm a non denominational Christian. And by the way, 437 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: I'm one of the Christians that needs the saving kind 438 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: of Christian. I'm not the perfect Christian person. And I 439 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: say that because I think Christians are often misunderstood. You know, 440 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: for example, in pop culture, it seems that if there's 441 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: a prominent Christian, then they fall from grace or have 442 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: some public scandal of some kind. You watch this group 443 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: of people, you know, almost gleeful about it, But that's 444 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: not my understanding of Christianity. And I did go to 445 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: Catholic schools for twelve years of my life. My understanding 446 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: is to be a Christian. It's simple, is that you 447 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: acknowledge you have failed. You have a desire to change 448 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: your heart. The Latin for repentance is to change one's heart, 449 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: and that you seek redemption through Jesus Christ and reconciliation 450 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 1: with God the Father. I think Christians are very misunderstood. 451 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: Am I wrong? You are not wrong? And I think 452 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 1: that's a great way to put it. You know, when 453 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: you said I'm not a perfect Christian, no one is. 454 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: I like to say I'm a bad Christian, which is 455 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: why I'm a Christian. The fact that we need the 456 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: Savior is not something that we learn early on in 457 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: life and then we forget about it. It's a daily thing. 458 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: It's a daily reminder. And that's actually what the Chosen 459 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: I believe does for people. Is Jesus came to Earth 460 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: to remind us of that. And I had both bad 461 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: news and good news. The bad news was you're never 462 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: going to get this right. You're never going to be perfect, 463 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: even those of you you religious leaders. He had the 464 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 1: most to say to them. You religious leaders who think 465 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: that you've got it together because you are religious, You're 466 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 1: just as bad, if not worse than others because you're hypocrites. 467 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: So here's the good news, though, I am perfect, and 468 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 1: I will make you a surrendered and broken person. And 469 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: if you surrender your life to me, you can have 470 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: access to salvation that you wouldn't if you don't. And 471 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: all you have to do is just acknowledge that. And 472 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: so the show is showing you that we were putting you, 473 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: We're putting Jesus into this situation where the people were 474 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: trying so hard to be good, and He's like, don't 475 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: worry about that. You'll do that as a result of 476 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: my salvation. But that's not what's going to get you there. 477 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: And the show is a great reminder of that. I believe, 478 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: and it's where I'm my heart is. And that's what 479 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: I think people are resonating with. Is Okay, these people 480 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: in first century that we've seen on stained glass windows 481 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: and as statues, um there. You know, we called them saint. 482 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: They were actually just like us. And he actually picked 483 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: people who you wouldn't have otherwise. He picked he picked 484 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: twelve guys that were fishermen, and I don't know. I'm 485 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: just assuming because i'd like to watch Deadliest Catch. I 486 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: don't know if you ever watched that. It's one of 487 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: my favorite shows. And fishermen, I imagine back in Jesus's time, 488 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: probably cursed, probably noticed pretty women. And probably we're not 489 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: perfect either, you know, kind of like when I worked 490 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: in construction, we were construction guys. And I think the biggest, 491 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: untold part of Christianity is that, you know, here we 492 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: have And I love to debate atheists over this, not agnostics, 493 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: atheists and people, and I'll ask them, so, you really 494 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: believe that all of these this energy somehow collided and 495 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: it formed a big bang that created universes within universes 496 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,719 Speaker 1: within universes and the stars and gravity and the and 497 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: the moon and the planets and mankind and the animal kingdom, 498 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: et cetera, et cetera, and that just happened. Because I 499 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: don't believe that that would be a far bigger miracle 500 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: than the idea that there is something much more powerful 501 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: and greater than us, that is a creator and our job. 502 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: I think part of the mystery of life is finding 503 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: that missing part and seeking finding, you know, knocking and 504 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 1: the door getting open. And I think that a lot 505 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: of people don't even see the majestic, the majesty, if 506 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,479 Speaker 1: you will, of creation. Well, that's the beauty of the story, 507 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: is that there is, as you said, the majesty and 508 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 1: beauty and epicness of creation. And yet the creator of 509 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: the universe was one of us. He actually came to earth. 510 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: And that's what the Christmas withth have chosen is about 511 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 1: this story. He came to Earth in a barn and 512 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: to a scared teenager, and all of that piece of it, 513 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: and then the chosen in general, showing that Jesus came 514 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: among a time of oppression. And you mentioned earlier, you 515 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: know he called fisherman. He also actually called a tax collector, 516 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:13,159 Speaker 1: which not only back then was rare, and he was hated, 517 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: as you know, you and I probably hate tax collectors 518 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: as much as anybody. To Jesus actually called and said 519 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: I want to make you one of mine, and that 520 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 1: whole piece of it, the fact that he reached down 521 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 1: and reached to us, that we don't actually have to 522 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: fight to get to him, is the most extraordinary event 523 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: in human history. Well, I wish you all the best 524 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: with this. It's now when does it start. It's run 525 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: in theaters December first. Yeah, so the show is out now, 526 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: of course, but the theatrical piece is December first through 527 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: the tenths in theaters. He just look it up online. 528 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,199 Speaker 1: You look up The Chosen in theaters, you'll find it. 529 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 1: And that we've shot. I mean, we've literally shattered records, 530 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 1: doubled the record for pre sales that we sold out 531 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,959 Speaker 1: in two days, so they added eight more days in 532 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: theaters and are really kind of upsetting the apple cart 533 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: for what people are expecting. So make sure you go 534 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: get the tickets now. I'm not thing that is a 535 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: salesman I'm thinking of. They are literally selling out as 536 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: we speak. It's pretty amazing. It's a great success story, 537 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: and it also shows that when you produce quality, a 538 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: quality product like you have produced with The Chosen, that 539 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: people will flock to it. I mean, it's it's an 540 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: amazing success story, and it's also enlightening, and I think 541 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: it's it's the kind of movie that touches people's souls, 542 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 1: and there's not enough of those movies that do that. 543 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: I'm all for entertaining movies. But I also like movies 544 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: that make me think, touch my soul, move me to 545 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: even wanting to be a better person. It's really nice 546 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: to talk to you, Dallas Jenkins. We'll put a link 547 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: on Hannity dot com and you want to find out. 548 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: It opens in theaters on December first. They've added eight days. 549 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: If you want to be a part of this Fathom event, 550 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 1: you can do it. And thank you, sir, continued success, 551 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us, Thanks so much, appreciate it.