WEBVTT - Bill O'Reilly - January 22nd, Hour 2 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:01.440 Right, Thanks Scott. 0:00:01.480 --> 0:00:03.880 You had an hour two Sean Hannity Show eight hundred 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:05.200 and ninety four one Sean, if you want to be 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:08.080 a part of the program, our final show in our 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:10.920 nation's capital. And then I escaped back to the Free State, 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:14.000 the warm, warmer state, not as warm right now. They 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:17.280 had snow in Pensacola and Tallahassee. For crying out loud, 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:21.239 I mean South Carolina has snow, and Georgia I think 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:24.759 had snow, and everybody's getting snow, and guess what, you 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:28.479 can all keep it. And I prefer no snow in 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.320 South Florida, but that's neither here nor there anyway. So 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:35.519 we have our interview with the President in the Oval 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:36.320 Office tonight. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:38.519 It'll air nine Eastern. 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:42.760 Actually we went long, so it'll air tonight and part 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.240 two tomorrow night, which is going to be great. Some 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:50.280 really really reflective moments of the President and things that 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.680 you've never heard before, and I don't want to give answers. 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:55.360 And then I asked a bunch of stuff that I 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:56.240 thought was interesting. 0:00:57.080 --> 0:01:00.400 And you know, you're going to release the JFK files, 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.080 the RFK files, the MLK files, and why you know, 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:07.920 things that you normally don't talk about. And then we 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:10.600 talked about the economy and foreign policy in Putin and 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:14.280 Chi and the Mullahs in Iran and the economy and 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:18.759 energy and all the things that you might expect. We also, 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:20.640 I'm not sure if there's going to er tonight, but 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:27.080 we went into a long, long discussion. He was very relaxed, 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:31.160 very dialed in, very focused, and it was just a 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:32.280 great experience for me. 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:33.839 And I think you. 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.320 Really get to see more of the person that I've 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:38.480 known for thirty years, I think in this interview than 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:42.800 any other interview I've done. And anyway, so part one 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:44.520 of that will air tonight. It will be the full 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.920 hour on Hannity on the Fox News Channel. Let's go 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.320 back out, and we do talk a lot about Los 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:56.040 Angeles and California and forestry and him and Gavin Newsom 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.840 in twenty eighteen, which we played that clip numerous times 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.840 on this program. And I mean, there really is no 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:06.680 excuse for not having the water from northern California flow 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:10.000 down to southern California. There's no well, what's the purpose 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:13.360 of having a hydrant if there's no water in the hydrant? 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.200 What is the purpose of having a reservoir if it's 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:19.880 not full of water. And what is the purpose of 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:21.920 getting a degree in forestry if you're not going to 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:27.160 practice management of areas that are known for wildfires and 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.000 for drought. It's insane and that known for Santa Ana 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:34.720 wins well. This has now resulted in a petition. It's 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:39.640 at change dot org dot petition demanding the resignation of 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:43.040 the La Mayor, Karen Bass. In two days, they got 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.440 one hundred and fifty two thousand signatures. That's how bad 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.680 this has been for people out there. I've never met 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:54.880 anybody that's not true. There are politicians that are that 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.680 bad and that incompetent, and she is one of them. 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:01.920 Here she addresses reporters questions about the impact of the 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:03.959 budget cuts to the LA Fire Department. 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:05.880 And meanwhile, keep in mind, as you. 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:09.799 Hear this, they allocated federal state dollars six hundred and 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:14.560 fifty million dollars to make the Port of La green, 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:18.320 and they advocated even more money if you can believe it, 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:20.680 for wind turbines. 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:23.359 I mean, it's insanity. Ay, Well, here she is. 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:27.240 Can you address the criticism now over the budget issue 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:29.120 and the slashing seventeen million dollars. 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:29.200 No. 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.840 I think if you go back and look at the 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:37.160 reductions that were made, there were no reductions that were 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:40.800 made that would have impacted the situation that we were 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.480 dealing with over the last couple of days. And then 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.200 there was a little bit there was a little bit 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:52.560 of confusion because money was allocated to be distributed later on, 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:56.160 which was actually going to support salaries and other parts 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:59.400 of the fire department that were distributed a little later. 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:03.080 I think it's most important to understand that we were 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:07.480 in tough budgetary times. Everybody knew that, but that the 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:11.600 impact of our budget really did not impact what we've 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:14.880 been going through over the last few days. Again, back 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:21.560 to the unprecedented wind storm when at such verocity that 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:24.320 we haven't seen in years. 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.400 Okay, you want to blame Santa Anna wins. They're predictable. 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.880 They happen quite often out there, and she was warned 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:36.520 by the fire chief specifically that they had half the 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:40.760 manpower if they ever had a major fire in Los Angeles. 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.720 Joel Pollock, who's going to join us in a minute, 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.120 says he has spoken to the White House Advanced Team 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.960 for Donald Trump on what they need to do to 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:53.560 help the Pacific Palisades. The President did confirm that he's 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:54.800 going to North Carolina. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:56.000 He is going. 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.560 We talked a lot about that, Linda, which is the 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:02.600 right thing to do, And we talked a lot about 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:04.560 the help and whether or not I won't give it 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:08.760 the answer that that help should be contingent on actions 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.919 that are taken. Anyway, Here's what Joel Pollack said. 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.160 Hi, everyone, this is Joel Pollack from Breitbart News. As 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.680 I was driving down Sunset Boulevard today, I noticed a 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:21.560 group of cars parking. I thought it was a local 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.240 or state official, but it turned out to be the 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:27.120 advanced team for the Trump White House, twenty four. 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.240 Hours after he took the oath of office. He is already. 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.359 Planning a visit to Pacific Palisades and other areas that 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:35.480 are affected by the wildfires. 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.640 And I spoke to his advanced team. 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:40.960 You can see them there behind me, and I told 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.280 them what they need to look at when they come 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:47.760 to Pacific Palisades and what the issues are here. The 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.320 lack of water pressure, the lack of leadership from the city, 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.680 the traffic jam that happened on Sunset Boulevard because of 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.480 a lack of traffic officers on scene. We love our police, 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:01.600 we love our fire fighters, but there was a lack 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:05.560 of leadership and coordination by city officials. And I've talked 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.440 about the other issues as well, and I am confident 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:11.880 that when they visit on Friday, they're going to talk. 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:15.279 To those of us who live here. 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:19.240 And who understand the issues, and to understand that much 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:23.880 more could have been done to save the Pacific Palisades. 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.960 All right, Joel Pollock, Senior editor at large at bright 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:32.279 Bart News and also Kiarra Davis, LA, Resident author of 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:37.520 Drawing Lines, Why Conservatives must begin to battle fiercely in 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.760 the arena of ideas. Thank you both both you know 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:42.919 live out there, Joel, let me start with you, based 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.920 on what you saw out there, I mean Donald Trump, 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:49.520 it told me personally he's going out there. I asked 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:53.360 him extensively about the issues involving Gavin. Gavin has been 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:57.680 trying to Trump through California. I think the state legislators 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:01.520 putting aside twenty five to fifty million dollars for lawsuits 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.600 against the federal government, which only costs the taxpayers of 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:08.880 California more money. And you know, all this money spent 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.920 on green energy and they cut back on the fire department, 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.000 they don't practice forestry, they don't have any water. 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:16.400 I mean, it's ridiculous. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:21.040 It is ridiculous, and people are really upset about it. 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.480 There are areas where private property owners were not able 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:29.520 to clear brush on state land or land in the 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:33.880 Santa Monica Conservancy, which is in the mountains here near 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.560 the upper part of the Pacific Palisade. That's where the 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.880 fuel for the fire came. And this city did not 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:45.040 coordinate the emergency response. Again, we have great firefighters and 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:49.920 great police, but there was nobody quarterbacking the emergency effort. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.520 The agencies weren't talking to one another. Rudy Giuliani on 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.840 nine to eleven had a command center. It was hit, 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.360 it was destroyed. You set up another command center. There 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:02.360 was one person in charge, one point contact through which 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.360 everything could go. Somebody knew what to do and how 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.960 to keep everybody talking to each other. And that did 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.600 not happen here. And it's a miracle. More people weren't 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.280 killed because of that traffic jam that you heard me 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.920 talk about in the clip. People had to abandon their 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.840 cars and run for their lives because there was nobody 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:21.960 directing traffic in the evacuation, and that is a failure 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:25.040 of city leadership, and we have yet to hear anybody 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.960 take responsibility. The Ela County fire chief, not the city 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:32.080 fire chief, but the La County fire chief apologized to 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.480 the residents that as far as we've had any kind 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.840 of accountability, but nobody else is. 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:39.600 And in fairness to that fire chief, the fire chief 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:41.600 is the one that said we only have half staff 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.800 to go and fight a wildfire, and that warning was 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:46.560 given well in advance of this fire. 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.760 That's correct, and all that we've seen from everybody else 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:52.760 is patting themselves on the back for what a great 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.520 effort they've done. And that's why Trump needs to come 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:59.719 here and he needs to intervene and tell California to 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.480 get it act together because this is not acceptable, not 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.319 just to those of us who live here, this is 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:06.839 becoming a drag on the nation. We're going to ask 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.160 the nation to bail us out. Then we have to 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.679 make sure that we take measures to stop this from 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:15.440 happening again, because it cannot happen over and over again. 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:18.719 Florida has a snowstorm coming. Ron De Santis is out 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.600 there with all the emergency vehicles you need, with all 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.880 the power teams, power companies, whatever. He's got everything in place. 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.200 Gavin Newsom, where is he? 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:27.760 You know? 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:29.520 I did a story about that. Today. I got an 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.160 email from Newsom's office. They want me to correct the 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.800 story because they say, well, we did send sixty five 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.280 engines throughout southern California. Yeah, maybe you sent sixty five 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:40.880 engines for one of the most extreme wind events in 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.240 local memory. But there were none here and this town 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.760 burnt down. So I'm not correcting my article. And that's 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:49.600 the thing. They want to look good. They don't want 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:50.280 to do the right thing. 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.920 I think it raised a lot of great points and 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.360 I don't think there's any excuse on anybody's part. And 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.880 the one guy that took responsibility, frankly, was the one 0:09:59.880 --> 0:10:02.440 that I was warning about what would happen and how 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:03.480 unprepared they were. 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.719 Kiera Davis, your reaction. 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:10.760 To this, well, I want to point out that everything 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:15.559 we learn moving forward makes the situation worse. I reported 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.360 a story over my sub sect this week. I got 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.720 a tip from a friend in Arizona who said their 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:25.960 neighbor worked for LAFD but lives in Arizona. So I 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.160 did a little poking around and it turns out that 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:32.120 even as resably as twenty twenty, the La Times reported 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:36.400 that La City is missing up to three percent of 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.960 their fire force. They live in other states and they 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:43.280 commute in for work, So there were a lot and 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.600 on the night of the firestorms that Joel was talking 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:51.800 about so passionately, every off duty LAFD officer. 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:52.839 Was called to duty. 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:56.080 How many of those people weren't even living in the 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:59.560 state to get here. I'm not blaming anyone for taking 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.520 advantage of these loopholes, because this is a difficult state 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.720 to live in and thrive in. I'm blaming the government, 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.920 Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass, and the supermajority in Sacramento for 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.440 making it impossible for people to live and thrive here, 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:17.280 especially the people who serve our citizens. And as Joels, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.000 I just want to echo with Joel said, because being 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:24.000 here and having to watch these idiots give their stupid 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.520 press conferences every day, they never give information. All they 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:31.200 do is congratulate each other and what a great job 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:32.040 they're doing. 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:34.160 Well. I mean it, it is amazing. 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:38.560 Actually, it's sort of like and this actually came up 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.720 in my conversation with Donald Trump at Alire tonight. You know, 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:46.000 the two assassins would be assassins. You know what did 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.640 the what did the Secret Service say, Oh, that was 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:49.559 a slope roof. 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.880 No, it was not a slope roof. That was a lie. 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:56.120 So we put them inside the building. What you can't 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.960 see anything inside the building. You needed people surrounding the 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.640 perimeter of the build bilding so nobody can get on 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.480 the roof of the building one hundred and thirty yards 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:09.520 with a scope AR fifteen and nearly assassinate a former 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:11.640 president and top presidential candidate. 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:14.840 But they allowed that to happen. They made that excuse. 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:19.160 Then Trump International, the same story occurs a known area 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:23.000 where paparazzi hang out, a treat area surrounding Trump International. 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:26.960 They never swept the area, and if it were not 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:32.400 for one eagle eyed, sharp shooting Secret Service agent, Donald 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.440 Trump would have been killed. Then he got within three 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:38.960 hundred yards of the president with an AK forty seven 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.960 and a scope on it. I mean, you can't miss 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:45.840 that shot. I mean we're just lucky it didn't happen. Now, Joel, 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:49.400 they're saying that these fires are continuing to burn. As 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:53.480 you know, Santa Ana wins have returned to strength and 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:55.959 fuel fires near San Diego this point. 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:01.520 Yes, there is a fire burning today at Lake Hughes 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:06.160 and it is moving rapidly in strong winds, and they've 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:09.320 just sent eight helicopters over there to try to deal 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:13.240 with it. It's not as the incident as we expand 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.360 from the seventh of January, so hopefully they can get 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:18.640 those airborne assets up there to dump water on the 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.440 fire and do what's to do. But a lot of 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:24.960 what you're seeing right now in California is shutting the 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.720 stable door after the horses have bolted. So they're all 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.760 coming out with press releases about how they're preparing for 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.040 the next wind event. And this weekend we have rains, 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.559 they're preparing for the rain event because there could be landslides. 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:37.880 So now they want to be seen to be doing 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:40.040 the right thing. But they did not do it before 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:45.560 January seventh. And they were actually having press conferences on 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:49.360 January eighth, three hundred yards away from where I'm standing, 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.280 further down on the beach, while the town was still 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:56.880 burning up above, and people watched their houses burn, while 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:59.040 the governor and the mayor were going to be press conferences, 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:02.360 and they couldn't get fire here, So there needs to 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.199 be accountability, and it's not going to come from California. 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.760 It's got to come from, first of all, the Republicans 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:12.200 in Congress, who need to investigate California's failure and Los Angeles' 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:14.760 failure effect everybody. We're supposed to have the Olympics here 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:16.760 in three years. We can't do that if we have 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.920 this level of incompetence in city management. And then the 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:22.520 Trump administration needs to take charge of the rebuilding effort 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:26.240 and make sure that the agendas of the Democratic Party 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:30.440 to cover itself don't complicate the agendas. This is an 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:32.720 area that is more conservative than other parts of LA. 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.280 They voted for Rick Caruso for mayor in twenty twenty two, 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.640 not Karen Bass, and he managed to save his mall 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:40.400 using private fire fighters. Nobody blames him for that. People 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:42.160 say that to the evidence of what could have been 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.160 done if there were more fire trucks, if there was 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:49.120 more water. But there's also a lot of Democrat agenda 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.840 stuff happening here where the Democratic Party wants to control 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:53.840 the rebuilding. We're going to try to impose all their 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:56.640 own priorities. They want zoning for low income housing, or 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.280 they want environmentally friendly, climate friendly whatever. 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.360 Well, look you know to that, I say this, take 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.280 a look at the skies over La even today and 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.760 tell me how's the air quality out there and how 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:11.800 good is that for the environment. I'm just running out 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.160 of time. I do appreciate both of you, Kira Davis, 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:17.280 Joe Pollock, Thank you both, and to all our friends 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:18.880 that have suffered here. 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.240 Our prayers are with you. But you better change your government. 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:25.960 But unless you want more of the same to our phones, 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.800 we go, Paul, my free state of Florida. I can't 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:32.000 wait to get back. It's very cold in DC. I 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:34.360 hope my state misses me because I miss it. 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:35.320 What's going on? 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:38.800 We miss you terribly too. But it is a little 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.040 cool for us, for a Ridians down here right now. 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:44.520 I've been reading about it. But I'm a little more 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:45.560 south probably than you are. 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:46.040 Where are you? 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.480 About fifty miles south of Jacksonville. 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:54.880 Okay, point of Jacksonville got snow, is my understanding. 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.040 The north side of Jacksonville got a little flurries, yes, sir. 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.880 And so did the panandle I mean Pensacola got snow. 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:03.960 Pensacola got a lot of snow. 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.960 Yeah, crazy John, I wanted to miss mention. 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:12.320 The hypocrisy of the Democrats center in office is chilling me. 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:17.800 Back in twenty twenty, you mentioned mister Trump, President Trump, 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:20.200 you should pardon your family and yourself. They're going to 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:24.240 hunt you. What did they do? And then today here 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:28.080 we are with mister Biden pardoning his family with everything 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:32.800 that crime family has done, and the Democrats act like 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.800 it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. I just don't 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.880 understand it. They have to hear themselves saying these things. 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.200 Look, I could play it for you. I played it yesterday. 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.840 Maybe it's worth playing again. But you know, you have 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:50.800 Chuck Schumer and the media and Democrats and Adam Scheff 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:55.400 will end with Adam Scheff, you know, slamming Trump in 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:59.080 twenty twenty over the issue of preemptive pardons. And now 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:03.160 they sit idly by and silent, and if anything, they 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:06.679 just justify the fact that Joe did it because what 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:11.320 they really fear that they'll never express. They know what 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:15.000 they did to Trump was wrong. They know they weaponized justice. 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:18.760 They know that they tried to use law fair to 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:22.600 prevent him from ever becoming president. They threw everything they 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:26.600 possibly had at this man, and they failed. And so 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.440 what they fear is, and this is where the preemptive 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.800 pardons come up, is that what they did would be 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.119 done to them. And that's what the origins of this is. 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:37.320 Listen to this montage. 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:42.600 President's reportedly asking his staff whether he can issue preemptive 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:46.639 pardons for himself as family members. Rudy Giuliani, there's a 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:50.919 simple answer. No, No, mister president, that would be a 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:54.280 gross abuse of the presidential pardon authority. 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.959 Do you say thos pardons are appropriate? Do you think 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:57.800 they would be legal? 0:17:57.960 --> 0:17:59.440 I don't think they are appropriate at all. 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.119 This is an administration that came in drifting, and it 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:03.760 appears it's going to lead the same way. 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:10.439 Is there an innocent explanation for someone to seek preemptive pardons. 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:15.200 For family members? Would you do that if you knew you. 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:18.440 Were innocent and just worried about outside forces? 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.639 The answer to that is going to be no. 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.320 And you know, if you haven't done anything wrong, you 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:27.600 sit there and go, what do you need a preemptive 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:32.280 pardon for. It's an effort not only to prospectively pardon 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.639 people for things they have not yet been charged with 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:38.080 and may never be charged with. But also it's the 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:42.600 president's own family, its people that had been covering up 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:45.880 from the president, in addition to his own family, and 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.439 so there is a self interest at play as well, 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:53.000 and I think that makes this quite unique. 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:56.840 Oh what a change in heart. What's your reaction, Paul. 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.040 And then you have, you know, the Rachel Maddows of 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:03.040 the world. Joe Biden said it, Chucky Schumant Schumer said it. 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:06.240 Adam Schiff who got a pardon, a preemptive pardon, he 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:10.240 said it, you know, and these MSDNC, fake news CNN 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:13.680 people said it. And it's just it's pretty amazing to me. 0:19:14.440 --> 0:19:16.600 And then you know, Joe Biden said he wouldn't do it, 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:18.520 and he did it. One thing I'll say about Trump 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.879 a lot of people, and I asked him about this tonight, 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.720 you know, he ran and he said he's going to 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:27.200 get pardons to the people convicted about January sixth. He said, 0:19:27.200 --> 0:19:29.359 they've they've spent enough time in jail and they were 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:31.080 unfairly targeted a lot of them. 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:33.040 And he said, no, I'm sorry. 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:38.040 Yet, people can burn down cities and it's a peaceful protest, 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:42.240 and let's make accounts for him, so we can we 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:43.440 can bail them out of jail. 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:48.560 I mean, exactly five hundred and seventy four riots in 0:19:48.640 --> 0:19:54.280 the summer of twenty twenty. We had dozens of dead Americans, 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:58.080 thousands of injured cops, billions in property damage. We have 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:03.000 videotape evidence. They never prosecuted these people. And remember, Kamalo, 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:05.080 they're not going to stop. We're not going to stop. 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:09.359 They shouldn't stop anyway, my friend, thank you. Eight hundred 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:12.720 nine to four one, Shawn our number of Richard, Massachusetts. Richard, 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:13.840 how are you glad you called? 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:14.080 Sar. 0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:16.679 How are you doing, mister Hannity. 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:19.600 I'm good, sir. What's going on, mister Hannity. 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:22.840 I'm so glad that Trump won. You know, when he lost, 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:25.000 I almost had a het attack. I didn't think I 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:27.000 was going to be able to live through it. And 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:29.679 all the time when he was gone, I was thinking, 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:33.760 why don't you run for like president or something really big. 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:38.040 You're a very intelligent man. You're very honest. When people 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:40.760 are being killed in the world, you always say get 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:45.040 their names, you know, on TV to show how much 0:20:45.080 --> 0:20:49.399 you care about the people. And I personally myself, you 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:51.840 know where you're such a big fan of mister Trump. 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:55.639 I believe that you'd have a lot of followers. I 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:58.080 believe whatever you wanted to run for, I believe you 0:20:58.119 --> 0:20:58.520 would win. 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:01.320 I don't know if if I could win dog Catcher. 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:03.240 I mean, I don't think Linda would ever vote for 0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:04.520 me number one, for anything. 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:07.000 I would vote for you two or three times, like a. 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:12.120 True vote early vote office and vote under many different names. 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:15.159 Forget about voter integrity that we that we fight for 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:19.199 every day. You know, I've just never felt a calling 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:21.119 to run for higher office. 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:21.679 You know. 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:25.160