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00:00And welcome to Hannity. We begin tonight with this Fox News alert. The manhunt for the Brown University shooter is now heating up and our police now closing in on a suspect. And what, if anything, did the shooter shout before firing his weapon into a classroom full of students? We have a full report tonight straight ahead. Also, new details from the horrific double murder of Rob and Michelle Reiner. They were stabbed to death in their Hollywood home. Their adult son is now in custody.
00:29But was not medically cleared to appear in court. Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert will weigh in and stay tuned for Senator John Fetterman and Senator Ted Cruz. They will appear together for a joint bipartisan interview on the growing horrors of hatred, anti-Semitism and violence in the country.
00:51But we begin tonight in Providence, Rhode Island, where the Brown University shooter is still at large. As of right now, local and university police have given us very little information.
01:01And for the record, they are running lead on this investigation when, frankly, it really should be the FBI. Now, thankfully, the FBI has sent in investigators from all around the country.
01:11And as of now, this hour, we don't even have a picture of the assailants face. Remember, this is a major university. They have an $8 billion endowment. What? They don't seem to have a functioning surveillance system.
01:27How is it possible in this day and age with advancements in AI security cameras that are very affordable for many homeowners around the country that have facial recognition abilities and the ability to track movement of anybody at any time and record every inch of that campus 24-7?
01:45There is zero excuse for that. We will examine that in detail because that is a major security failure.
01:52But at the rich Ivy League, you know, elite Brown University, that's all we have to go with.
01:59Grady footage shot from far away, you know, from the targeted on-campus building. How is that possible?
02:06Meanwhile, authorities won't even tell us what the assailant may or may not have said while storming into that classroom.
02:13According to some reports, he shouted something before opening fire.
02:17Thankfully, I can report tonight the FBI has stepped in in a major way.
02:23They are now assisting in the location of the suspect.
02:26And given the recent track record of the FBI under the helm of Kash Patel, I imagine we will soon have more answers in spite of regular media smears against him.
02:37Just just just as a perspective, take a look at your screen.
02:40This is a bureau now dedicated to solving crime, protecting American citizens without a political agenda.
02:48Now, keep in mind, this is how long it took to find major high profile criminals.
02:53For example, the Boston Marathon bomber five days, United CEO killer five days.
02:59Charlie Kirk's assassin. In that case, it was 33 hours.
03:02It took years to get the Unabomber. But tonight we still have more questions than answers from this awful attack at Brown University here now.
03:11She's in Providence tonight with a full report. Our very own CB Cotton.
03:14CB, I know the area well. I did a lot of work when I was in construction on Benefit Street right across the street.
03:22Well, Sean, you you hit a lot right off there, right there off the top.
03:26I can tell you there are some new visuals. But as you mentioned, none show the face of this person of interest.
03:32Still, we are learning that investigators now believe he was casing out this neighborhood next to Brown as early as 1030 a.m.
03:40the morning of the shooting. Take a look at this. Providence police are calling this new enhanced video of the person of interest.
03:48He's described as someone five, eight with a stocky build.
03:51He's got a dark green and black jacket and he's wearing a mask. So, again, we can't get that clear view of his face.
03:58But officials are still hoping that someone will recognize his gait.
04:02And the Rhode Island attorney general says that's going to be key to making an arrest.
04:07What's really critical first is that we identify who the person is.
04:11You know, once we identify who this person is, I believe we'll be able to locate him.
04:16It's very hard to hide in this country.
04:17Today, the FBI also shared a video timeline of the suspected shooter moving through the neighborhood.
04:25The earliest video shared with us is time stamped around 2 p.m. Eastern.
04:30Most of the home surveillance videos show the man walking leisurely through the neighborhood.
04:34But there are a few clips where he runs or walks, including in the video that's time stamped around 4 p.m.
04:41Once the shooting was over and police start to arrive, people are asking why isn't there more video?
04:47Well, this map of the scene shows the crime happened on the edge of campus, giving the shooter potentially a clear path to dodge most of the campus surveillance cameras.
04:58But, Sean, whether those cameras would have helped is not really clear because a new report says that Brown's cameras were not linked to a center that Providence, Rhode Island police has that allows them to monitor crime in real time.
05:13And you mentioned the talk about whether the shooter yelled something as he walked into the classroom.
05:19Well, it appears local officials are trying to put the rumor mill at rest, telling us today that as of right now, they don't know a motive.
05:29They have no clear motive in this case.
05:30So a lot more unanswered questions.
05:32And we're digging for details.
05:34Back to you.
05:35All right, CB Cotton.
05:36That's actually a very disturbing report.
05:38You know, in this day and age, very inexpensive, you know, the highest quality AI security cameras are readily available with facial recognition and the ability to enhance any image that is recorded 24-7.
05:51I would imagine every inch of that campus should be covered and the perimeter of that campus should be covered.
05:58Apparently not.
05:59And I think they have a lot of explaining to do.
06:02CB, thank you.
06:03All right, this brings us to another attack from over the weekend tonight.
06:07More harrowing stories about the brave men and women who were murdered during that horrific attack, the terrorist attack at that Hanukkah celebration in Australia, including one man who died while throwing bricks at the attackers.
06:20As one daughter of a wounded Holocaust survivor put it, anti-Semitism has been allowed to fester in Australia for a long time.
06:29Take a look.
06:29This was not a surprise to the Jewish community.
06:34We warned the government of this many, many times over.
06:38We've had synagogues that have been graffitied, graffiti everywhere, and we've had synagogues that have been bombed.
06:49This is not a surprise to us.
06:52It's not the fact that those two people had a gun.
06:54It's the fact that those two people have been taught to hate, and it's the fact that hatred has been allowed to fester against the Jewish minority in Australia.
07:10Now, sadly, she's right, but it is not just Australia.
07:14Ever since the slaughter of the Jewish people on October 7th, 2023, radical leftists, radical Islamists teamed up to spread, globalize the Antifada.
07:25Sound familiar?
07:26Now, remember, two days after October 7th, 2023, there was that massive protest.
07:31Look at how huge this crowd is.
07:33That's in Australia.
07:34They were chanting, gas the Jews, F the Jews, and more.
07:39Take a look.
07:40F the Jews!
07:42F the Jews!
07:43F the Jews!
07:44F the Jews!
07:45F the Jews!
07:46F the Jews!
07:47F the Jews!
07:49Where was the prime minister in that moment?
07:51Now, in the coming months and year, radicals have shouted their demands from the streets, demanding, quote, a free Palestine from the river to the sea, which means the obliteration of Israel.
08:02In other words, they have been openly calling on Islamists to wipe Jews off the face of the map in the Middle East and then take their anti-Semitism worldwide with a global fight against the Jewish people, not just the Jewish people.
08:16Death to Israel, death to America.
08:18This is sick, and it has almost certainly contributed to the ongoing rise of radical Islam in Germany.
08:25An Islamist plot to attack a Christmas market was just thwarted.
08:29In Poland, authorities there just stopped a would-be ISIS attack on another Christmas market.
08:35And now, in the U.S., right here in this country, Jewish groups are being urged to step up their security while they are in the middle of celebrating Hanukkah.
08:44The FBI just foiled another terror plot from an anti-Semitic group that was planned for New Year's Eve.
08:50That was in Los Angeles.
08:51This is awful.
08:53And to make matters worse, in Australia, authorities, including their prime minister, they are downplaying the role of anti-Semitism and radical Islam in the most recent attacks while threatening, what, more gun control and openly worrying about far-right extremism?
09:09You can't make the same mistakes here.
09:12We have to be honest about the source that is radical Islamic terrorism and the rise of anti-Semitism.
09:20Halls at Congress, college campuses worldwide, and, frankly, we've got to stand up for liberty, freedom, and against radical terrorists, no matter who gets offended.
09:32Here with more.
09:32Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and Texas Senator Ted Cruz is with us.
09:38First of all, thank you both for coming on together.
09:40This is not something that happens regularly on primetime television.
09:45I think this is a moment where good people of good will come together.
09:50Senator Fetterman, I'll start with you.
09:53I watched the interview that you had with Maria this weekend.
09:56You said a lot of powerful things.
09:58You openly took on your party and virulent anti-Semitism that has been expressed in the last couple of years.
10:04Tell us where you stand on all this.
10:06Oh, well, for me, it's undeniable.
10:11I mean, you know, like, you know, who are we afraid to really criticize?
10:14And that's really kind of like the far-left kinds of individuals that are on the college campuses and creating just terrorizing Jewish students and just trying to try to pander to parts of people in Dearborn and those kinds of places.
10:31You know, for me, for me, my party has to confront that as well.
10:37And now that's why I was proud to stand with Israel, especially after 10-7.
10:42And now you have and allow those kinds of things on social media or these kinds of college campuses.
10:49Now you look at, like, in Australia, in Sydney, they've had 100,000 people kinds of protests going after Israel and the Jewish community.
11:00I mean, that is manifested in that horrific massacre.
11:04You know, they can't even celebrate, you know, one of their holidays without getting gunned down and mowed and targeted.
11:10Yeah, let me, you know, Senator Cruz, it's not just anti-Semitism because that has been happening.
11:20And I've been watching and listening to you and you have been reminding people that this is extraordinarily dangerous.
11:28But it's also what I believe a pre-9-11 mindset that has kicked back in.
11:34I talked about this last night a little bit.
11:36And that is, what did the 9-11 commission report determine?
11:39They were at war with us.
11:42We were not at war with them.
11:43What part of that did we forget, Senator?
11:47Yeah, look, that is exactly right.
11:50Let me say at the outset, I just want to commend John Fetterman for the courage he's served.
11:57I'm proud to call John a friend.
11:59I'm proud to serve with him.
12:00But he's shown extraordinary courage calling out anti-Semitism in his own party.
12:05And he's done so at considerable cost to himself.
12:08And that courage is powerful.
12:11It's inspiring.
12:12He has stood alongside the state of Israel.
12:16And that is needed.
12:18It's something I really admire that he's been willing to do.
12:21You are right, Sean, that what we are seeing, what we saw on Bondi Beach was the latest manifestation of this evil.
12:32And this evil is spreading, this hatred of Israel, this hatred of Jews, and radical Islamic terrorism.
12:41They are at war with us.
12:43This is their objective.
12:44There's evidence that this father-son duo of murderers were affiliated with ISIS.
12:51We're doing so waging jihad.
12:54And I will tell you, as we watch the horrors of, to date, 15 people murdered in Australia in that mass shooting and over 40 people injured,
13:05you know, we saw some radicals on the left basically sending out thoughts and prayers and saying,
13:11Oh, this is terrible what happened.
13:13And I'll tell you, my response to the radical leftists in America, mostly in the Democrat Party,
13:19is what exactly do you think globalize the Intifada means?
13:24What you have been chanting in the streets, what you have been chanting on college campuses,
13:29this is exactly the result of globalizing the Intifada.
13:33That was the objective, was to murder as many Jews as possible at this Hanukkah celebration.
13:39It is grotesque, it is evil, and it is dangerous, and we need to stand up and confront it.
13:45You know, Senator Fetterman, if you look at this rise of anti-Semitism, it's worldwide,
13:51and fear of standing up to it, add to that the idiocy of illegal immigration and open borders,
14:02where we're allowing people, in the case of the four years under Joe Biden,
14:05and I'm not asking you to criticize Biden or your party, but we had wide open borders.
14:10We had, you know, 10, 12, we don't even know how many million people come into this country.
14:15They came in unvetted.
14:16They came from over 200 countries, including many countries that have terrorist ties.
14:22And the thing to me is it makes zero sense why we would not demand a simple background check
14:30to make sure you don't have radical associations, a health check in a post-COVID world,
14:35and maybe we have to insist that you don't become a financial burden on the American people.
14:40Then go through the process legally.
14:43Welcome to America.
14:44America, you know, welcome, be a part of our family.
14:47Why are people resistant to that?
14:51Yeah, yeah, without a doubt, you know, the Biden administration did, you know,
15:00the border was a disaster, absolutely.
15:03And you look at those graphs, you know, when you have almost 300,000 people showing up at our border,
15:08I mean, that's the size of Pittsburgh, and that's unacceptable, that's unustainable.
15:14How can you possibly maintain those kinds of levels?
15:18And now, you know, we absolutely, we failed on securing our border, and I was proud to support
15:24and was the co-sponsor of the Lakin bill as well.
15:29Now, I mean, we can be very, very pro-immigration, as I am, but we need to have a secure border,
15:35and we have to do it in the appropriate kinds of way.
15:38And it's entirely reasonable to have these kinds of background and those kinds of checks
15:43and make sure who we are admitting into our nation.
15:46And now we have to, it's also reasonable to bring in people that have the kinds of values
15:51that are compatible with our values now, too.
15:55That is not about free speech.
15:57That's about bringing on the people that want to assimilate and they want to build their lives in our country
16:03and not becoming part of a destructive force in our nation.
16:08You know, Senator, you used the word assimilate.
16:11It's a powerful word because I don't think people that buy into an ideology of convert or die,
16:18that their values are compatible with our constitutional republic.
16:23I think that's a good point.
16:24Nobody seems to want to talk about that for fear of probably being called a racist.
16:29Senator Cruz, I want to ask you this, because I think that the President Trump has actually found the perfect balance.
16:37And that is, and I agree with him, no forever wars.
16:39I think he's right.
16:40But that doesn't mean no military action.
16:43That doesn't mean isolationism.
16:45And the President, in his first term, proved it when he dropped the mother of all bombs on Afghanistan,
16:50when he took out the ISIS caliphate, when he took out Soleimani and Baghdadi,
16:56and he really made the world a safer place.
16:59And there were people on our side of the aisle that did not want this president to take the bold move of taking out Iran's nuclear sites
17:08when they were hell-bent on getting them.
17:10And according to all the intelligence officials, sources I have, they were awfully close to getting them.
17:17And I have a hard time understanding why they don't understand the nature of this threat.
17:23Look, you're absolutely right.
17:25The single most important foreign policy decision President Trump has made in the second term
17:30was the decision to bomb the Iranian nuclear facilities.
17:34And there was a major battle within the administration.
17:37There were loud voices within the administration that opposed bombing the Iranian nuclear facilities.
17:43And the President made the right decision.
17:46Why?
17:47Because when the Ayatollah chants,
17:49Death to America, I believe him.
17:52And the President, as Commander-in-Chief,
17:55has an obligation to keep the American people safe
17:57and allowing the Ayatollah to acquire a nuclear weapon
18:01that he could use to murder thousands or even millions of Americans
18:04was an unacceptable risk.
18:06Now, President Trump campaigned and is delivering on not engaging in forever wars,
18:12not invading other countries.
18:14You know, you look, President Trump opposed the Iraq war.
18:17I opposed the Iraq war.
18:18I'm not interested in long extended land wars.
18:21But that doesn't mean you run away from the world.
18:24Donald Trump is not an isolationist.
18:26He is willing to defend this nation.
18:29And when it comes to radical Islamic terrorism,
18:31if we don't defend ourselves, we risk another 9-11.
18:36We're seeing the pattern of what happened in Australia.
18:38Remember, just a few days earlier,
18:40we saw an Afghan jihadist that Joe Biden led into this country,
18:45come to D.C. and murder one National Guardsman and severely wound another.
18:50We've seen radicals and terrorists led into this country who have attacked Jewish people
18:56throughout throughout the country, have attacked ICE agents throughout the country
19:00and standing up to jihadists who want to murder Americans.
19:04That is the central responsibility of the commander in chief.
19:07But it's also a responsibility, I think, that everyone serving in government has an obligation
19:13to protect the safety of their constituents.
19:15Well, the president has, you know, given a lot of his time and energy to bring peace around the globe.
19:23And, you know, we see what's happening in Europe, in the Middle East,
19:26and he's working really hard to create to find permanent solutions in both.
19:30And he's made a lot of progress.
19:31But other places, you know, India and Pakistan, last exit question.
19:37Senator Cruz, I think I know your answer.
19:39I don't think there's going to be one Republican that criticizes you
19:43for coming on this program with Senator Fetterman.
19:47Senator Fetterman, I'm not really so sure that there won't be some Democrats
19:52that don't like the fact that you had a civil conversation about
19:55keeping our nation safe with Ted Cruz on this show.
19:58Am I wrong?
19:59Well, yeah, no, I mean, I absolutely, I consider Senator Cruz a friend as well now, too.
20:06And, no, I also want to, you know, just point out what he said.
20:09I believe I was the only Democrat that was actually calling for it
20:13and fully supported bombing the Iranian nuclear facility as well now, too.
20:17I mean, it's like, absolutely, that was the appropriate thing.
20:21How could we allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon?
20:25Now, look and imagine what that region would be like if Iran was able to acquire that weapon now.
20:31And that's why, as a Democrat, I was proud to stand with Israel through that.
20:35I mean, I know I can read a poll.
20:38And, you know, 8% of the Democrats support the kinds of military actions in Gaza.
20:448%? Well, I am part of that 8% because Israel is in a war for civilization.
20:50And I was proud to stand with Israel through that war.
20:53And now we have possible to have real peace in that region.
20:57Now, I don't care if it comes from a Republican administration or Democrat one.
21:01You know, we have to call it what it is and celebrate that and acknowledging it that,
21:06you know, it was entirely appropriate to back Israel through this.
21:09Yes, Senator Cruz, I don't even think Lindsey Graham will get mad at you.
21:15I'm just guessing.
21:16I'm just just just off the top of my head.
21:20Look, to a person I think Republicans really admire, the courage John has shown.
21:26You may recall when when when John decided to go to Mar-a-Lago and meet with President Trump,
21:31and he got a lot of criticism in his own party and he was asked by reporters,
21:34what are you doing? And he said, well, I want I want him to name me the Pope of Greenland,
21:39which I thought was hysterical. And so I tweeted out an A.I. photo of John Fetterman
21:44as the Pope of Greenland, which which was still makes me laugh to this day.
21:50Oh, thank you both. You know what? We probably need more moments like this.
21:54I appreciate both of you. Thank you for being here.
21:56And up next tonight, the manhunt for the Brown University shooter.
22:00It is ramping up. How's the FBI assisting in this investigation?
22:04We will explain in detail. Also, Rob and Michelle Reiner's son now accused of murdering his parents,
22:10not medically cleared to appear in court today.
22:13We'll have a live report with breaking details and we have an announcement coming up straight ahead.
22:19All right, more breaking news tonight. We have this Fox News alert. The manhunt for the Brown
22:27University shooter is still underway tonight as investigators now release new video of the
22:32person that they believe is is responsible and continue. They are urging the public to submit
22:38any tips or information they might have. But the local police, well, they seem to have a bit of
22:44trouble remembering exactly what evidence they have. And even if they seem baffled by the fact
22:51that there is zero surveillance footage from inside any campus building. Breathtaking to me.
22:58Take a look. So the video that we showed you came from inside the building and that's all we had
23:02at the moment. That was all we have at this moment. It's current. I'm sorry. It's from the outside.
23:08From the outside. So do you have video from inside the engineering?
23:12Yes. Both inside and outside. I'm sorry. Just outside. That's all we have. Not inside. No. I'm
23:17sorry. Just outside. All right. Joining us now, the author of the new book, The Two FBI's,
23:22former FBI special agent, Fox News contributor, Nicole Parker, and retired FBI special agent,
23:28Maureen O'Connell is with us. Nicole, start with you. Okay. I know a lot of people have home
23:35security systems. Most people, it's now very affordable to get AI cameras that are really
23:42sophisticated that record on a 24 hour basis where you can zoom in on anybody at any time.
23:49And they usually have facial recognition. Now, the fact that this university didn't have it
23:54everywhere on campus and around the perimeter to me is unforgivable. It makes no sense. They have
24:00an $8 billion endowment. Can you explain that? I agree with you. 1 million percent. It's absolutely
24:07despicable. And if you think about it, every single image that we have seen came from the
24:12neighborhood. Those came from ring doorbell cameras. Not one image that we've seen came
24:16from inside the building, inside the campus. And the Providence police chief was in this press
24:21conference. Just, you know, yes, we have it inside. We have video from inside. No, we don't. Yes,
24:25we do. The attorney general is basically like, can you please step aside so that we can step in and
24:30give some confidence to the community right now? They have instilled no confidence. But Sean,
24:35what I find quite alarming is that there's something called the Clery Act. It's a law
24:38that universities and colleges have to abide by. And they have to submit annual security reports,
24:44which Brown University did in 2025. And I took it upon myself to look through it and see what it said.
24:49I did a keyword search looking up CCTV. Out of 171 pages, it was mentioned one time. I did other
24:57keyword searches that, you know, would indicate security. I was baffled by the fact that there
25:01wasn't much in there on things that are relevant, particularly to this investigation. But I think
25:06what's even more astonishing is that in January of 2025, Brown was running at a $46 million deficit
25:13and budget deficit. And they were looking for ways to cut costs. And you know what their number one
25:18priority was? How are we going to maintain our DEI initiatives and programs at Brown while we're
25:23trying to cut costs? That was not something that they wanted to cut. They were also deeply concerned
25:27about Trump coming in with these executive orders, you know, slashing DEI. That was a major concern to
25:33them. They were so concerned about making quote unquote safe spaces for their students as far as a DEI
25:38perspective, yet their college was completely dangerous. And now there are two dead students. There was no
25:45video surveillance inside that building. It is entirely inexcusable. And every single college,
25:49university and school needs to review your security systems and your surveillance cameras.
25:54Again, at the end of the day, it is the shooter's fault. He is fully responsible for this. But it is
25:59also the college and university's responsibility to keep your students safe. And they have failed.
26:04All right, Maureen, let me go to you. I know for a fact, talking to my sources in the FBI, that there is a
26:13massive FBI presence in and around Providence, around Brown University. They are there. They're on the ground.
26:19They're working 24 seven. However, campus police and local authorities seem to want to maintain control and stay in
26:29the lead on this case. Why would they not hand it over to the people that have a great track record
26:34that have been breaking record after record in terms of arrests, lowering crime statistics around
26:41the country? We've the FBI shattered one record after another in one year of Kash Patel being at the
26:47helm. Why wouldn't they let them take the lead? I think they're afraid to expose exactly some of the
26:54things Nicole was just talking about. For example, my company does security threat assessments to schools of all
27:00sizes. And I've participated even back when I was an FBI agent for major universities in the Los Angeles
27:06areas, who, by the way, all have very comprehensive, very, very, you know, forward leaning security
27:14platforms. However, she's right. There are a lot of schools that I go to where all they're concerned about is
27:21cutting security. It's one of the first things that people like to cut. They always think it's not going
27:27to happen to them. It's not. And I'll say, what's your what are your what are your insurance policies
27:32look like? They seem to have their insurance policies like regular normal ones that you would
27:36have up to date. But they're always trying to cut corners, even when we come in with a master plan
27:41for camera coverage, for zoom tilt cameras, all the high end things that you would want,
27:48communication systems. They're always trying to say, well, can we put it in in a phased approach?
27:54There's just always blowback from not always, but there's oftentimes blowback from a lot of these
28:00schools. And it just blows my mind, to be honest. Is there a process, Nicole, I only have about 20
28:08seconds, 25 seconds where local authorities, campus police have to give the lead to the FBI? Can the FBI
28:15just take over? Because my understanding is they have special agents from all around the country
28:20that have descended in the area around Providence and Brown. Why wouldn't they let the real pros take
28:26over here? OK, that's an excellent question. And the answer is because the FBI does not have
28:31jurisdiction for an active shooter incident. Obama signed a law into act around 2013 that after the
28:39Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, it authorized the FBI and DOJ to provide assistance at the request of
28:44state and local law enforcement after an active shooter, for example. But it does not give them
28:50jurisdiction. Primary jurisdiction for the FBI would be involved if it crossed state lines, if it involves
28:54terrorism or other federal crimes. At this point, there's no indication of a federal crime. Therefore,
28:59the state and the locals do maintain jurisdiction. And the FBI is doing a tremendous amount of work to
29:05help them right now. You would think you want the people that are the best in the business
29:10right there next to you running lead and you helping any way you can. All right. Thank you,
29:16both. Maureen, we appreciate it. Nicole, thank you. Coming up, more details about Nick Reiner,
29:20who has now been charged with murdering his celebrity parents. He was not medically cleared
29:25to appear in court today. Also, new bombshell emails are shining more light on the weaponization
29:32of the Biden DOJ. You're not going to believe what happened during the lead up to the raid at Mar-a-Lago.
29:39Guess what? John Solomon will tell you next and an announcement straight ahead.
29:49All right. Another bombshell revelation today shows just how weaponized the DOJ was under Joe Biden.
29:56Now, shocking new memos turned over to Congress today. Well, revealed that the FBI warned the DOJ
30:02repeatedly they did not have probable cause for that raid at Mar-a-Lago. But under pressure from
30:09Biden's weaponized DOJ, they conducted the raid anyway. Among the shocking revelations, including
30:15one email revealing the FBI field office did not believe and articulated this to the DOJ,
30:22they had, quote, established probable cause for the search warrant for classified records
30:29at Mar-a-Lago. Despite this, another agent wrote, quote, DOJ has opined that they do have probable
30:35cause requesting a wide scope, including residence office storage space. One official even warned
30:42that the information they had was just from a single source, not corroborated, and may have even
30:49been dated earlier today on a post on X. FBI Director Cash Patel did confirm the documents,
30:55writing in part, quote, we just turned over documents to Capitol Hill to be made public,
31:00showing that the FBI told DOJ that they did not have probable cause for raiding President Trump's
31:07home at Mar-a-Lago. But DOJ didn't give a damn. They did it anyway. Here with the very latest,
31:13justthenews.com, founder, editor-in-chief, and chief investigator of reporter John Solomon.
31:18And remember, John, the FBI had access that was given to them by President Trump and his team,
31:27open access to the Mar-a-Lago. After they left, they called and said, by the way,
31:31would you put another lock on one particular storage room? They complied. Nothing would have
31:35prevented them from coming back any time they wanted, but no probable cause?
31:40Yeah. Well, that's what these emails show. First, they show that the Trump administration or the
31:47Trump team and his lawyer were cooperating. And in fact, the FBI wanted to leverage that
31:52cooperation and create a makeable solution that didn't involve a raid. The Justice Department said
31:58they weren't interested in making accommodations like that. Then the FBI told the Justice Department,
32:04the Biden Justice Department, that it didn't have probable cause, that the information they had was
32:08outdated, single source, couldn't be corroborated. They didn't have true evidence that President
32:14Trump himself may have been the source of a crime. And the Justice Department said,
32:18we disagree. We're going to go ahead with it. The FBI continued to fight vaccine. We don't think
32:23there's probable cause. You certainly can't go to President Trump's office, or you certainly can't
32:27go to his bedroom and do it. And the Justice Department response was, you know what, we're going to
32:31expand the search. What you see here is a potential Fourth Amendment violation of President Trump's
32:38civil liberties. And this is significant, not just from a historical standpoint. A couple weeks ago,
32:43Sean, I interviewed the Assistant Attorney General for civil rights, and that's Harmeet Dillon. And she
32:49said she is looking at the possibility of bringing criminal charges from anyone who tried to deny
32:56President Trump or one of President Trump's supporters their civil rights. That means this
33:01evidence, which, by the way, still in the statute of five years, could potentially be prosecuted
33:06aboard. Certainly go to the question of whether there should be a prosecution separately. And President
33:10Trump has shown he's not afraid to sue. I just asked the BBC who found out that this week. Again,
33:16President Trump might have a very good suit, according to the legal experts I talked, that his civil
33:20liberties were infringed by the Justice Department. So this revelation is not just a historical or
33:26political revelation. It could have legal consequences.
33:29No probable cause. If that's not a dual justice system, considering Hillary and Joe Biden, I don't
33:34know what is. And, you know, I remember reading something and learning something called unreasonable
33:39search and seizure. John Solomon, great reporting. Thank you. All right. Nick Reiner, the son of Rob and
33:46Michelle Reiner, who is being charged with the murders of his parents, was not medically cleared to appear in
33:52court today. According to his attorney, while he may not appear until later this week, this comes as
33:57disturbing new details about the lead up to his arrest are coming to light. According to TMZ, his hotel room
34:04was full of blood right after the murders. Here with the very latest on the ground in Southern California,
34:10our very own Matt Finn. Matt, this is gruesome. This is chilling and frightening.
34:14And today, Sean, officials here in Los Angeles formally announced murder charges against Nick
34:22Reiner. They say he killed his parents here at the Brentwood Mansion. These charges will be two counts
34:29of first degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders. He also faces a special allegation
34:37that he personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, that being a knife.
34:44And today, Fox News saw Nick Reiner's celebrity attorney, Alan Jackson, come to the Brentwood house.
34:50He did not answer any questions. We also saw what looked like detectives going in and out of the
34:57massive corner lot that's surrounded by very tall hedges and a young man and a woman who are believed to
35:03be the Reiner's assistants or family friends. They also went in and out of the property at one point came out
35:09with bags. Nick Reiner is being held on no bail tonight and was scheduled to be in court today, but he was not
35:15medically cleared at the time. Our understanding is that he will be in court tomorrow.
35:21And also, Michelle Obama told Jimmy Kimmel that she and Barack Obama were supposed to meet with the Reiner's on
35:28the day they were killed. Sean?
35:30All right. Matt Finn, sad report. Thank you. Nick Reiner, sadly, had a long history of mental
35:35health issues and drug addiction. And there are reports that he had been in and out of rehab as
35:41many as 17 times, admitted to being homeless numerous times over the years, and that he and his father
35:48made a movie about it together, an experience that Rob has said brought them closer, the two of them
35:54closer. But that bomb was sadly not to last. One neighbor of the Reiner's told Fox News Digital
36:00that Nick used heroin and cocaine so much as a young man that he had to be sent to rehab. And
36:06according to reports, Nick and his father got into a huge fight, apparently at Conan O'Brien's
36:11Christmas party, only hours before the murders. Here with reaction, psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert.
36:16I don't know. I'm not an addiction specialist, but 17 times in and out of rehab, obviously serious
36:24issues here. And if you couple that with mental health problems as well, that's a horrible toxic
36:30combination. Your reaction?
36:32Yeah, absolutely. Sean, first of all, this is a horrific situation and my heart goes out to the
36:37Renner family. And this shows you that it doesn't matter if you're wealthy, poor, somewhere in the
36:43middle, this addiction that affects so many people and it touches so many lives. And we need to really
36:49take this seriously. Also, it's not a left or right issue. It's an American issue.
36:55Well, if you look at every family, you know, I don't think there's anybody watching the show tonight
37:00that doesn't know somebody, you know, that hasn't struggled with addiction. And I what is it? Why
37:09do some people, why are they able to break the hold of addiction and other people can't?
37:14Well, Sean, it's a, it's a very, very difficult disease to break. And certainly having family
37:20support is helpful, uh, as we saw with, with Reiner, but it doesn't always help. There needs to be
37:26really strong motivation, a great support system in place and a will to persevere and really make
37:33changes in, in one's life. Uh, even with all the resources in the world and the most elite
37:40therapists, it doesn't always work. Yeah. All right. We appreciate your expertise, doctor. Thank
37:46you. Coming up next tonight on, thank you. And up next tonight on Hannity, I want all everybody that
37:52worked for ice. I want them in jail. I just want a reckoning. I want a reckoning.
37:57Uh, there's MSDNC for you. Former SNL star, Leslie Jones wants to throw ice agents in jail.
38:06Ah, Tommy Lahren. She's fearless. She'll react. And our announcement coming out.
38:16All right. Time now for our other news of the day. Take a look at your screen.
38:21Oh, I love this. Mexican lawmakers of rival parties. They got into a nice heated fight
38:26on the floor of Congress in Mexico city. Oh, look at that. Here you go. Uh-oh. Fight time.
38:32Anyway, it turned into chaos. Lawmakers began shouting and pushing and pulling each other's
38:36hair, ending in an all out brawl between both parties, uh, condemn the violence after the
38:43incident, but blame the opposing party for starting it. Anyway, here to sort that out,
38:47the host of the hit show, the big weekend show, our friend, she's fearless co-host, Tommy Lahren.
38:52All right. I actually wouldn't mind, you know, occasionally if that happened in our Congress,
38:59but there's a really dark side of me that's saying that I admit it.
39:04Well, Sean, be careful what you wish for, because I think that Jasmine Crockett and Marjorie Taylor
39:09Green have come close more than once. So I guess maybe it's a good thing that Marjorie Taylor
39:14Green is stepping down shortly because I know that those two have come to verbal blows. Let's
39:19hope it never gets to physical blows, but you know, leave it to at least another country to make
39:24us look a little bit better. We can certainly use it. Congress in some ways, shapes and forms is a
39:29little disappointing to most Americans, but at least we haven't descended into that chaos,
39:33at least not yet. All right. I just, I know this is terrible, but I grew up, I played hockey.
39:40We fought every single day. Then we'd go back playing, then we'd fight again, then we'd play again.
39:44I mean, I don't know. I don't get all worked up over a fight. All right. Former Saturday,
39:49Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones appeared on Nicole Wallace's podcast this week where she
39:55railed against the Trump administration and suggested Democrats should weaponize our DOJ again
40:02if they win the midterms and put every ICE agent in jail. Okay. Talk about, uh, end of democracy.
40:09Take a look. How do you think it ends? How do you think the era ends? Girl, this is, I'm hoping,
40:15this is what I'm hoping, that midterms people come out and vote like crazy to switch it over.
40:20And then the reckoning comes. That's what I want. All everybody that worked for ICE, I want them in
40:26jail. I just want a reckoning. I want a reckoning. Y'all know y'all did wrong stuff. You know,
40:33some of the stuff you did was so wrong. I need a reckoning because that's, to me,
40:39that's the only thing that's going to make it right. Actually, I think Donald Trump winning
40:44was the reckoning. What do you think? Sean, that's exactly what I was going to say.
40:49The reckoning came last November and we're living that on a daily basis and we love it.
40:54We love the reckoning. Uh, she also listed all the things that she said people were doing wrong,
40:59but she didn't actually name the things that people were doing wrong. I also did a little
41:03research. I believe Ms. Jones has a gated property in Beverly Hills. I believe she also has a fancy
41:09condo in Manhattan. I would assume that has a doorman. So when she talks about, she wants to
41:14throw ICE agents in jail or abolish the police. It's always people that don't have to worry about
41:19the ramifications of all of that, that are able to go on podcasts and pontificate about how they want
41:25everybody to be released. And they want the law enforcement behind bars. I would also say,
41:29Sean, in the world we're living in now, whether it's Australia, it's Brown university. It's just
41:33what's happening on a day-to-day basis in the streets. The Macy's for goodness sake in New York
41:38city, where a woman is stabbed while she's changing her baby in the bathroom. I think what we need now
41:43more than ever is more police and more law enforcement, not less. Ms. Jones.
41:47How did liberal Joe, well, how was he the, the Republican conservative from the panhandle
41:55and Nicole Wallace ran John McCain and Sarah Palin's campaign? I got about 15 seconds.
42:03You know, I think that Trump derangement syndrome certainly turned some people's heads upside down.
42:08I think it literally fried some people's brains and I hope that they recover soon. Liberalism is a
42:13disease. And I certainly hope 2026 brings some resolve for them. All right. We appreciate it.
42:20Tommy Lahren, when we come back, our announcement straight ahead.
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