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00:00Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Ingram. This is the Ingram Angle from Washington tonight.
00:06We have a lot to get to tonight, but first, the year that was and what's next?
00:11That's the focus of tonight's Angle.
00:15In fighting on the right, personalities taking swipes at each other, MAGA Civil War,
00:22divisions emerging. Look, I've been in this movement since like the 1980s and
00:26inter-party fights have always been there. I remember what they did to pitchfork Pat Buchanan,
00:33okay? But while policy differences are hashed out, we need to stay optimistic, people,
00:39because perpetual cynicism and discontent is both unappealing and unwarranted.
00:46Because after 11 months back in office, Donald Trump and his team have put America back on track
00:52and pushed Democrats further to the radical left. Now, to really understand how far we've come,
00:58let's remember where we started on the border.
01:01Another migrant caravan is reportedly on its way to our southern border. AP reports nearly
01:061,000 migrants are recently crossing from Guatemala into Mexico and heading north.
01:1231 states have a population less than the number of people you've let in.
01:16Why did you open up the border? Why did you create this catastrophe?
01:19We did not open up the border. Senator, we enforced the law.
01:24There have been more than 1 million migrant crossings since October 1st,
01:28when the new fiscal year began. We have never hit that milestone this early on.
01:33The CBP revealing Chinese migrants are the fastest growing group,
01:37with nearly 20,000 illegally crossing since October.
01:41So, and how do things look on the border now?
01:45We were here two years ago where migrants used to carry children on their backs to get across this river
01:51and cut through this barbed wire to get to the United States.
01:54They would see hundreds, even thousands a day in this very spot.
01:58But today, it's silent.
02:00Business owner Leo Martinez is a Democrat who voted for Trump,
02:03saying his once eight-hour commute to his factories across the border now takes 20 minutes.
02:09Now, if you look at the border, it's super quiet.
02:12So, whatever the current administration's doing, it's working.
02:16Whatever they're doing, it's working.
02:18Zero illegals crossing.
02:19Drug cartels frustrated.
02:21Less crime.
02:22Fewer women and children.
02:23Democrats are supposed to care so much of them.
02:25Fewer of them are being brutalized.
02:27Because of Donald Trump,
02:28some of the worst criminals who've been protected by Soros DAs and Sanctuary City mayors
02:33have been shipped home.
02:35Like these gems,
02:36Andrew Javier Padron Chacare from Venezuela.
02:40ICE officials said he's a TDA gang member convicted of theft.
02:45Humberto Dislazarita from the Dominican Republic,
02:47convicted of conspiracy to import at least 50 kilos of cocaine.
02:52Just yesterday, we found out that ICE officers lodged a detainer
02:55for Santos Paulina Vasquez Ramirez,
02:58an illegal from Guadalajara,
02:59who crossed the border in 2013 under Obama.
03:03On December 1st,
03:04he strangled a taxi cab driver to death in Brewster, New York.
03:08By the way, that was over a fair dispute.
03:10They found the victim floating in a nearby reservoir six days later.
03:15So, these are the types of people that Democrats allowed into the country.
03:20The types of people that Democrats protected.
03:23Protected, by the way, while they were here living amongst us.
03:27And who the Trump administration is ridding us of.
03:31Now, Trump won in large part last year because he was committed
03:34to removing all illegal aliens from the country.
03:38So, the rule now is leave voluntarily,
03:41and then you'll be able to reapply the right way.
03:44Come back in the right way.
03:45Lead a clean and simple life.
03:47It's easy to follow and understand.
03:49And, by the way, any move now to carve out exceptions
03:52or soften this position because some restaurant owner pushes a sob story
03:57about some sweet, you know, restaurant worker, fry cook,
04:00because some donor loves her illegal nanny,
04:03that would backfire big time.
04:06Headlines would be Trump caves.
04:08Democrats would celebrate.
04:09MAGA would shatter.
04:11Bye-bye midterms.
04:12But beyond the border, let's not forget how Biden cost us thousands of dollars,
04:17each of us, every year in higher gasoline bills.
04:21A new record high, jumping 17 cents in a week, causing sticker shock nationwide.
04:27I'd say it affecting me every day.
04:29I do have to budget a little bit differently just for gas.
04:32There's so much that is beyond any leader in the globe's control.
04:36Gas prices today over $5 a gallon in the United States.
04:39If you were in Canada, you would be paying over $6.20, something like that.
04:44If you were in Germany, you'd be paying $8 a gallon.
04:48And now, what do we have now?
04:50The lowest gas prices in four years.
04:53A fresh four and a half year low, three and a half year low of $2.95 a gallon as of today.
05:00That is miles away from the all-time high set back in 2022 under former President Biden, above $5 a gallon.
05:10That's an automatic tax cut.
05:12And let's not forget that we're stumbling Joe and Yucco Yellen where they had us on the inflation issue.
05:20We're making considerable progress in bringing inflation down.
05:26The U.S. government reported inflation has hit 8.6 percent, the highest it's been in 40 years.
05:32Are you taking any blame for inflation, Mr. President?
05:35Are you taking any blame for inflation? No.
05:37I get military benefits.
05:38If it wasn't for the benefits that I get, I mean, I don't know how I'd be making it.
05:42Biden left us with an inflation rate of 3.3 percent after hitting a high of 9.1 percent during his administration.
05:51It's just now cooling to 2.7 percent, thank God, and Trump.
05:57And if you took out the inflation rate in the blue states, by the way, it would even be lower.
06:02Consider Dallas, where inflation is running at only 1.1 percent over the year.
06:06The South generally has more muted price increases.
06:10Now, why is that?
06:11The reason for that is because we have better state government, lower taxes in those states, and less red tape in those states.
06:18Makes sense.
06:19And then there's foreign policy.
06:22Here's the way it was.
06:23There's no crisis line with China.
06:26We know that Lloyd Austin, his counterpart, wasn't picking up when the U.S. tried or when Lloyd Austin tried to call.
06:31President Biden says he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw all U.S. troops,
06:36despite Afghanistan's descent into chaos as the Taliban sees full control of the country.
06:44But under Trump, America is back in the driver's seat.
06:48We're going after the narco-terrorists.
06:50We're focusing on securing our hemisphere.
06:52And we're working to pressure China by cutting our addiction to cheap Chinese imports.
06:58Trump's tariffs were hugely important in beginning to reset the global trade balance, too.
07:04Trillions of dollars is coming into our country from other countries and companies.
07:09They're building factories and plants, including auto plants, all over the United States of America.
07:15Without tariffs, they wouldn't be doing anything.
07:17That means rebuilding our industrial capacity, including our military capacity.
07:23And today, the focus was on shipbuilding.
07:27Remember, it is a travesty, but we've fallen far behind other countries, mostly China,
07:32thanks to years of stupid industrial outsourcing.
07:36Trump is the only president to actually get the fact that this is a national priority.
07:42Each one of these will be the largest battleship in the history of our country,
07:48the largest battleship in the history of the world ever built.
07:51So we're talking about 10, but we're going to start with two,
07:54and we're going to quickly morph into 10.
07:56And ultimately, we think it's going to be anywhere from 20 to 25 of these.
08:03Shipbuilding is a priority.
08:06And from war to peace, Trump wants to be known as the peace president.
08:10And he's worked harder to bring adversaries, bitter adversaries, to the table than anyone I can remember in recent memory.
08:17When the Gaza war dragged on, J.D. Vance delivered a message to Netanyahu.
08:22Wrap it up, he said.
08:23And don't think about annexing most of the West Bank, or you'll lose all U.S. support.
08:29Because of this pressure, the peace deal that eluded Biden and Blinken eventually got done.
08:35Of course, the media, though, they're seeing all this, and they're rooting against peace.
08:39They hate giving Trump any credit, so expect headlines like this.
08:45Peace deals unraveling.
08:47Keith Richburg in The Washington Post, guess we're not going to put it up.
08:50But not all dispute resolution will hold.
08:53Gaza will be hard to manage.
08:56But my goodness, Trump deserves major kudos for getting enemies to talk,
09:01for getting enemies to come to the table and hammer things out.
09:04Now, I could go on and on about this year.
09:07Job creation going almost exclusively to native-born Americans.
09:11The end of taxpayer subsidies for trans surgeries.
09:14Mutilating our kids on your dime.
09:16That was insane.
09:18That's over.
09:19The work of Doge to expose the waste in the end of the NGO industrial complex.
09:24His stellar cabinet, especially compared to Biden's showcase of goofballs.
09:28So, in the end, here's the message.
09:33Don't bend to your critics.
09:35This has been a phenomenal year.
09:37Don't let yourselves get buffeted by the same people who were working against you in 2021 and 2022.
09:44They're not your friends.
09:46Focus on the people.
09:48Hardworking Americans.
09:50You do that, and next year is going to be fabulous.
09:54And, no, for all of you out there, of course we didn't get everything we wanted.
09:58The angle didn't.
09:59We wanted Congress to end the filibuster to put Trump's policies into law.
10:04We hoped deportations would be swifter and broader.
10:07We wanted another tax cut.
10:09We wanted the Doge spending cuts dropped into the bill.
10:12Big, beautiful bill.
10:13We wanted no technology to China.
10:15We wanted a clear industrial policy, but still, with a thin majority, oh, my goodness, Speaker Mike Johnson, Senator Thune, Trump, they pushed through the big, beautiful bill.
10:26And to this date, no one, and I mean no one, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, has been better on the border, better for American workers.
10:36And in recent years, no one comes close to Donald Trump.
10:39And my message to the White House, keep it going.
10:44Stay on the right path.
10:462026 really is going to be the best that's yet to come, and that's the angle.
10:52Joining us now, and I'm delighted there with us, Alex Marlowe, the great Jason Miller.
10:58Both of you, fabulous Americans.
11:00Couldn't think of anyone I'd rather spend time with at the end of the year.
11:03Alex, we saw a lot of infighting over the weekend, some interesting debates, important issues.
11:10But I think that tends to obscure the huge progress that has been made by Trump in 2025.
11:19Your reaction to what I just said in the angle, disagree with me if you want.
11:24I'm fine with that, too.
11:25Go ahead, Alex.
11:27Yeah, you really laid out a lot there, Laura, that I absolutely loved.
11:30And I think I agree with your take on the infighting.
11:32I think a lot of it's performative.
11:34It's sort of looking like Real Housewives of MAGA all of a sudden.
11:37And it's very strange that that's happening and counterproductive unless you're trying to just grow podcasts and stuff, which I respect.
11:43It's a business, whatever, but it's not essential.
11:45What is essential is that if Donald Trump had not won, what we'd be going through right now,
11:49the lawfare superstructure will have vanquished our biggest chance to save America.
11:54And instead, we'd be looking at more inflationary policies, a bunch of more deficit spending.
11:57Instead of seeing inflation going down, we'd have a border that's open instead of no new crossings.
12:02We would have no most favored nation policy with drug companies, so Big Pharma would continue to run over us that we're seeing.
12:08We would have no bombing of drug boats.
12:10We would have the media still with credibility, which has been totally vanquished.
12:14Donald Trump has accomplished so much.
12:15But just thinking about the border, Laura, you and I were on the front lines 10 years ago.
12:19We've seen the most progress in the last year, as we've seen in the history of this country on that issue.
12:24How about tariffs?
12:24They told us it was all going to be inflationary.
12:27Inflation is coming down.
12:28We've got tens of billions of revenue coming in.
12:30This is all thanks to Donald Trump resetting America in this regard.
12:33It's historic, and it's only going to get better.
12:35We've got a lot of pressure on the White House to moderate, to bend on core issues that he won on in 2016, and he won on again in 2020.
12:53On the issue of immigration especially, how important is it for them to go full steam ahead on the way they've done this, and if anything, pick up the pace?
13:05Well, it's extremely important because that was such a key central issue of the president's campaign in 2024.
13:11And when you look at 2025, they really could sum it up in four words, promises made, promises kept.
13:18And that's what's driving the Democrats so crazy right now.
13:20It's what's causing them to cry in their gluten-free eggnog or deliriously make non-binary snow angels out in the front yard is President Trump has delivered for all Americans, whether they voted for him or not.
13:31You take a look at the receipts that you and Alex pointed out.
13:34The border is secure.
13:36Pride in America is back.
13:38And we went from an economic doom under Joe Biden to an economic boom with President Trump.
13:43You look at that middle-class tax cut bill, it's going to put about an extra $13,000 in the pockets of every family.
13:49We see inflation, which they told us was permanent, being brought down to record lows.
13:53And I think what we're going to see in Q1 and Q2 of next year is going to really take off like a rocket ship and help all Americans.
14:01Alex, when I think about recent years, I mean, no one gets everything they want.
14:07I mean, politics is the art of the deal.
14:09I mean, the art of the deal.
14:09You have to compromise on some things.
14:12But on core beliefs, Trump has been, you know, I can't think of a president who's been better on the core issues that matter to this country than he has.
14:23Is it everything I want?
14:24Absolutely not.
14:25But guess what?
14:25I didn't win the presidency two times.
14:27I didn't come back from attempted assassination, people trying to put him in jail.
14:33And the story of this year, just the fact that he's there and fighting every day, people have got to, like, this is, these are kind of the good times right now.
14:41And if people don't think these are the good times, wait to, wait to if the Democrats win in 2026.
14:46I love the fighting.
14:48I love how he trolls people.
14:49He always baits people with these 97.3 and these 80.20 issues like bombing drug boats.
14:54And he's got the left and the media in knots as always.
14:58And that's such a delight to watch.
14:59We really do need to enjoy it.
15:01But just think about how hard it was that first term when the Republican establishment co-opted some of the administration.
15:05And think about what we'd be looking at now.
15:08We'd be looking at tax hikes coming in next year instead of tax cuts.
15:12We'd be looking at, for our crowd, for you, me, and Jason, debanking, deplatforming, going to jail, perhaps, just for holding our political beliefs.
15:20All that stuff.
15:20Transgender for everyone.
15:22All the things that the Democrats would be focused on right now.
15:24Instead, we've got this ascendant MAGA agenda.
15:27And look at what a mess they are with tampon Timmy Walls and Gavin Newsom and his ridiculous hand gestures.
15:33I mean, they have nothing.
15:34They're completely behind the eight ball now.
15:36They have all these leftist radicals.
15:38Eric Swalwell, who's leading that party?
15:42If Trump bends on any of his key views, they're just going to be doing the Snoopy dance, celebrating.
15:47And be like, if we got him to bend on that, we'll have him over a barrel.
15:51That's why he's not going to do it.
15:53Jason, really quickly, they are doing specific things, too, that are really important, like the scam of the wind farms.
16:00Great news today that they're suspending that vineyard wind project off of the Atlantic.
16:06That is a total outrage and a scam.
16:08I exposed it in unique exclusive video over the summer.
16:12It's mostly foreign companies, foreign interests own these things, destroying our oceans, total national security problem.
16:19And guess what?
16:20They're saying, no, we're not doing this.
16:22I think it's brilliant.
16:23And it goes right to the heart of the green energy scam.
16:27Absolutely.
16:28And you look at the $9 billion or so that Russ Vogt, who runs OMB, was able to go through and surgically remove in certain places.
16:35Of course, the Doge effort that Elon Musk went in and helped President Trump cut out these massive chunks by stopping this reckless spending.
16:42That's one of the biggest things of why we've been able to get inflation under control and go and bring that down,
16:47because we're going right off a cliff with Joe Biden.
16:50But these cuts that we're able to make against these wasteful programs, this has transformed completely American business.
16:57Now businesses are talking about CapEx growth of some 15 percent this year,
17:01which means more investing back in the companies, more jobs, higher paying jobs,
17:04instead of going to these ridiculous things like wind farms.
17:07And think of the poor whales.
17:09Think of the poor birds.
17:10I think that should explain it right there.
17:14I think the best is definitely yet to come.
17:17But, man, considering this thin majority and everything he has to deal with,
17:21this has been an unbelievable year.
17:23People should be in a really good mood.
17:24I think they're going to get in a better mood next year.
17:26Alex, Jason, you've been a huge part of this.
17:28Thank you very much.
17:29Have a great holiday.
17:30We'll see you in the new year.
17:32And it's MAGA versus the makeovers.
17:34What?
17:34Well, again, the Democrats know they really don't have any way to raise people's standard of living.
17:40So what do they do?
17:41Well, they try to revamp their look.
17:43Yeah, J.B. Pritzker, look, he's trying.
17:46He's trying to lose weight, and he's walking five miles a day, looking really good.
17:51How about walking?
17:52Why?
17:53When did you start doing it?
17:54You know, I've been doing it on machines indoors really since last fall, really.
18:02Or, you know, maybe December.
18:04Are you taking also one of the drugs to help lose some weight?
18:09You know, I think I'm not going to answer that question.
18:13I think it's great that he's walking, by the way.
18:15I have no problem with the fact that he's walking.
18:17Good for him.
18:18Now he needs to walk off his policies, okay?
18:20Tim Walsh, he's doing the same thing.
18:22Axios is saying that he's stepping up his running routine and trained for a 10-mile race with his daughter this summer.
18:29Well, it's not going to change the fact that he oversaw the biggest fraud in state history, American history, with what's going on with the ridiculous $8 to now $18 billion stolen from the taxpayers in Minnesota.
18:41And Josh Shapiro is changing up his style.
18:44He's going from kind of an old dated suits to something a little more tailored and modern.
18:49Pete Buttigieg, Chris Murphy, trying to look more rugged, I guess, with their democracy beards.
18:55As if any of this is going to change the fact that they oversee states that pretty much do everything wrong on the economic front, they shield illegals, they waste money on nonsense programs for migrants and recent refugees.
19:13None of it changes the basic facts.
19:15The blue states are getting it wrong.
19:17The red states are getting it right, right.
19:19Here with reaction, Rod Blagojevich, former Illinois governor.
19:23Governor, this isn't isolated to the Democrats.
19:26Look, you know, Republicans change up their beard.
19:28It's fine.
19:29It's kind of trying to have a little fun, I guess, at the end of the year.
19:31But the bottom line is superficial changes don't change the bedrock policies that have driven these states into such chaos and economic tumult.
19:43Well, not only superficial changes, but I'm calling out Governor Pritzker, who I knew very well.
19:48I've got to tell you, he's not walking five miles a day.
19:51He's half the man he used to be, and he's proved positive that Ozempic works.
19:55The Pritzker I know, who I've eaten lunch with several times, he's not on a diet, and he certainly isn't exercising.
20:00He has the kind of contempt for exercise that he has with his deranged hatred of President Trump.
20:06But these superficial things and these lies are really what the Democratic Party has become.
20:11It's all like focus group driven, poll driven, and it's never about solving problems.
20:16In fact, they don't want to solve problems because they don't want to lose the issues.
20:20And they're all about just creating havoc and chaos and political issues rather than solving problems
20:25and doing things that actually improve the lives of people like what President Trump has been doing.
20:29The hard and necessary things that are going to ruffle some feathers.
20:33But you know that President Trump is doing what he says he's going to do precisely because he gets the pushback that he gets.
20:39These guys, they just want to talk and they want to posture and pander, but they don't want to solve problems.
20:45Yeah, and don't you agree, Governor, that all these immigration sob stories we're hearing, you know,
20:52the fry cook, the nanny, this is just the rich person's problem, right?
20:57This is the people who go to, you know, these restaurants, they get $30, you know, Caesar salads
21:02and, you know, live in Brentwood and have to hire their legal nanny.
21:06That inconveniences them.
21:08So they want to, you know, pick up the phone and call up President Trump and try to,
21:12well, you can't do this, sir.
21:14But you get the sense that's happening behind closed doors.
21:17He's got to just tune that stuff out and focus on the people.
21:21Well, and I think he mostly always does.
21:23I think he does focus on the people.
21:24And yes, you're right about those examples that you gave.
21:27And it's also fashionable in Democratic circles to claim that they have compassion for certain groups of people.
21:32Yet they're the very ones who caused this humanitarian issue.
21:35They're the ones who invited illegal immigrants to break into our country by creating sanctuary cities
21:39and saying, it's okay, don't worry about our laws.
21:41They don't mean a thing.
21:42They're the ones who want to burden working class and middle class families to make them pay for things
21:47they don't have to necessarily pay if they got better government.
21:50So to me, it's all smoke and mirrors and it's all window dressing.
21:53It's not real.
21:55And these diets and growing beards or shaving their heads or whatever they're trying to do to win elections,
21:59it's not going to work.
22:00The people are smart.
22:01They get it.
22:02And they're going to reelect President Trump's side because they're delivering for the people.
22:08Rod, great to see you as always.
22:10Thank you and have a wonderful holiday.
22:12And coming up, the day of the Brown shooting wasn't the first time the gunman was on campus this month.
22:18We speak to one of his former friends next.
22:20So how did that Brown University gunman go from being a top student in his home country of Portugal
22:31to a cold-blooded killer here in the United States?
22:34Claudio Nevis Valente studied at the prestigious engineering school in Lisbon and reportedly graduated at the top of his class.
22:42The Wall Street Journal talked to a former prof who said the shooter got a near-perfect grade in his quantum field theory class.
22:49But when Nevis Valente moved to the United States and started studying at Brown, he struggled to adjust.
22:56Scott Watson was a grad student at the time and said that he was essentially Nevis Valente's only friend and that the future gunman was often, quote, frustrated.
23:06Scott joins me now.
23:08Scott, thank you for joining us tonight.
23:11This must just be so wild for you to have experienced yourself and watching this unfold over the last week or so.
23:18Tell us more what he was like and why you think he felt isolated or that he didn't have many friends.
23:28Well, so good evening, Laura.
23:30And I would like to start by saying I feel bad for the family of the victims.
23:36And this has been a bit disturbing.
23:39I also would like to point out the facts.
23:42I last talked to him in 2003.
23:44So I can only speak about what he was doing during the years 2000 to 2003.
23:52But what I've recalled by talking to various people, including the FBI, you know, you have to remember these things in retrospect.
24:01And he was always angry, isolated and overqualified for the program.
24:11So he was brilliant.
24:14So he was a brilliant individual, was he not?
24:17Yes.
24:18He had all the knowledge to complete all the courses before he got to Brown.
24:26Wow.
24:28And his frustration, was it ever manifest in any particular way that you observed or you can remember all these years later?
24:37Yeah.
24:37Yes.
24:39Again, by talking to people and doing interviews, what I forgot about was he, in particular, there was a Brazilian student in our class as well.
24:50And he would refer to him as a slave every time he would come in to the classroom.
24:55And one time they got in a fight and I had to break it up.
25:02Of course, you know, Portugal had a, you know, slave colony in Brazil.
25:09So he would take advantage of that and insult him.
25:12He would insult everybody else.
25:14He would insult the town of Providence.
25:17That's who he was.
25:18The way I got through to him was him and I were both introverts.
25:25And yet I went up to him to try to have a conversation with him.
25:29He, of course, you know, pushed me away.
25:31But the next week he came up and we sort of became friends.
25:34We would go to dinners.
25:36He taught me about Portuguese food.
25:41Scott, when MIT, when the MIT professor Nuno Larrero, who was so esteemed worldwide,
25:48nuclear fusion, physics, just a brilliant individual as well.
25:53When you saw his his picture, I believe you said he looked familiar to you.
25:59Why is that?
26:01I've managed to clarify this a bit since my CNN interview.
26:07He came to give a seminar when he was at Princeton.
26:11And that's why the face looks familiar.
26:13As you know, hopefully, from the CNN interview, I did state that I didn't know anything besides that.
26:20So I think it's a coincidence.
26:22I think the shooting there, I think, is due to the fact that what happened back in Portugal.
26:29But the main thing I think is important is he blames Brown and the MIT professor for the failures in his life.
26:41And the other, I don't know how interesting this is, but the way I know this is him,
26:47the pacing video where he puts his hands behind his back,
26:52he used to do that in the hallways of Brown when he was thinking about something.
26:56Wow.
27:00I mean, well, Scott, you're right to remember the victims.
27:04Ella Cook's funeral was today in Birmingham.
27:10And she was only 18 years of age.
27:13Victims have to be first and foremost in our minds with our prayers and our thoughts.
27:19Scott, thank you for these reflections all these years later.
27:21It is just unreal. I can't even imagine how you're processing this.
27:26Thank you very much.
27:27And now to shocking new details about how much time that gunman spent on campus and who knew about it.
27:34Brown University custodian Derek Lisi says he saw Claudio Neves Valente casing classrooms, including room 166.
27:44He did it twice, once the day before Thanksgiving and then once on December 1st.
27:48At least he told WPRI that he got an eerie feeling when he was seeing that.
27:53It was the way he was browsing in the classrooms.
27:56He was like rolling his eyes one way, rolling his eyes the other way.
27:59And it wasn't just that classroom. It was all the classrooms.
28:02He says he reported it at the time to a third-party security vendor on campus.
28:07He has no idea, though, if any action was taken.
28:09And we look at this and we think, was this just another ball drop during a series of issues with this case?
28:16Here with analysis is Chad Ayers, former SWAT team leader.
28:19Chad, now the vendor told the Boston Globe that it does not investigate reports of suspicious people on campus.
28:27I guess it's there for ID checks at campus events.
28:31But from everything we're hearing here, this just was a disaster from the start, how this security issue in and around this dorm was handled.
28:43No, Laura, you're exactly right.
28:45And here's the frustrating part.
28:47Look, I personally think, look, you have a law background.
28:50I think we're close to teetering on some gross negligence here on the law enforcement and security group.
28:57If someone's coming up and bringing these concerning behaviors.
29:00Look, one of the concerning behaviors or the early warning signs that the FBI has put out for people who commit mass casualties like active shooter events is development of personal grievances.
29:12And your last guest just talked about the personal grievances, totally different than a professional grievance, right?
29:17Professional grievances happen in the workplace every day.
29:19Personal grievances are completely different.
29:22How in the world did this guy have the ability to come on campus multiple times, do his reconnaissance on it, pick out exactly what he wanted to do?
29:32Then we have the custodian report the information and then it just gets apparently brushed under the rug.
29:38This is frustrating and this needs to be looked at immediately.
29:42Yeah, it's I think it's more I agree with you.
29:46It's our banner is incompetence in Providence.
29:49I think it's more than incompetence.
29:50At some level, legally, it is it rises to the level of gross negligence or perhaps even recklessness, because maybe there's a concern that, oh, I don't want to be profiling anyone.
30:02I don't want to, he looks different, so I don't want to be criticized for profiling anyone.
30:07I mean, you have no idea what's going through the minds of individuals because of the other more woke emphasis at Brown University.
30:14I mean, they had a homeless guy living in the dorm.
30:17Turns out he was a great guy and thank God he was there.
30:19But still, do parents know that a homeless guy is living in a dorm?
30:24And again, he's a wonderful person and he he he cracked the case open.
30:29But I guess how many other people are living in dorms that we don't know about?
30:32And it looks like they just put a one of their heads of building management on and guys will put up the screen.
30:40And the vice president for public safety and emergency management has been put on administrative leave effectively.
30:49Chad, that seems like a little CYA, a little late in the game for that, does it not?
30:54Well, Laura, we're about a week too late for something like this to take place.
30:58Like we said, we have dead students.
31:02We have a university that's more concerned about putting you in your safe place so your feelings don't get hurt than we do about the safety and security of college students.
31:10This has got to change.
31:12I've said it time and time again.
31:14We do an excellent job for the most part of training elementary, middle and high school students and staff on how to respond to these types of events and how to prepare for them.
31:24We don't do that at the college level.
31:28No, I think that's going to change.
31:29I would assume it's got everyone's going to be doing a security review again at these colleges and universities.
31:36It's really unconscionable.
31:37Chad, thank you very much.
31:39And coming up, Donald Trump turning up the heat on Maduro.
31:43But is America risking getting dragged into another conflict?
31:47Let's hope not.
31:47Next.
31:51You just referenced the lower amount of illegal drugs that are coming by sea.
31:55And you just said that you're going to start that same program on land soon.
31:58Are you just referring to Venezuela or are you referring to other countries in Latin America?
32:03Anywhere drugs are pouring in.
32:05Anywhere.
32:05Not just Venezuela.
32:06But it turns out that the more pressure the Trump administration puts on the narco terrorists, the more upset Democrats become.
32:16There's also the issue of the conduct of the strikes themselves.
32:21I saw the unedited video of that double tap strike is what it's being called in early September.
32:28That killed survivors.
32:28That killed survivors.
32:30And it was gutting to me because there was just no justification for that second strike.
32:36It was just a three-hour tour they were on.
32:40It was like Gilligan's Island.
32:41We were expecting the professor and Marianne to show up on those boats.
32:44Here to respond, Victoria Coates, former Trump deputy national security advisor.
32:48Victoria, the more I hear the Democrats, they're either defending, you know, violent criminal illegal aliens in the United States and they want to keep them here, I guess, keep them, you know, free and able to walk around and terrorize more or they're upset that narco terrorists are getting blown out of the water.
33:07Does this make any sense?
33:09We're going to get to the policy in a moment, but as a political matter, what are they thinking?
33:16Well, I mean, Laura, I don't know.
33:18I mean, quite frankly, this is just bizarre behavior, but in all seriousness, you know what's actually gutting?
33:24What's gutting is the number of Americans who have an empty seat at the Christmas table this year because they lost a loved one to the scourge of drugs or crime, as you just pointed out,
33:34that's come up across our southern border or come up across the seas over the last five years under President Biden.
33:41And the fact that the Democrats are going to get all teary-eyed about the fact that President Trump is too mean to these cartels, too mean to these narco terrorists is, as you say, it's unconscionable.
33:55And I think all the American people know that President Trump is focused on keeping us safe this holiday season, and that's what's important.
34:04And, Victoria, a question, however, about strikes on land is a different matter altogether.
34:11It's obviously an escalation.
34:14Is there a risk of Donald Trump dragging the United States into war with the mission being to get the drugs?
34:23Well, I will say, I mean, President Trump, during the first four years of his term and now the first year of his second term, has done a remarkable job of not dragging the United States into wars.
34:36He actually has not done it once.
34:38He's executed our shortest war, which was in Iran earlier this year, highly successful.
34:43It took about 12 hours.
34:45And that was that.
34:46And he brought an end to the conflict.
34:48So this notion that he's somehow going to be dragged against his will into an extended conflict in Venezuela is defied by his real history and track record in this area.
35:02Victoria, always great to see you.
35:03Thank you very much.
35:05And coming up, the DEI monster is coming for Santa.
35:08Plus, it's time for our annual real versus fake tree debate.
35:12Seen and Unseen with Raymond Arroyo is next.
35:18It's time for a special Seen and Unseen, where we reveal the stories behind the headlines.
35:27For that, we turn to Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo.
35:31All right, Raymond, I know you have a few Christmas terrorism alerts.
35:34And because the big day is so near, I want to grant you two wishes for Christmas.
35:39Two wishes.
35:40Santa Laura, thank you.
35:41Look, my first wish is that alleged churches like Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins, Colorado, would stop politicizing Christmas.
35:52They hosted a drag Christmas spectacular this week to celebrate queer joy, chosen family, and the power of love acceptance.
36:00I didn't realize those were the three gifts of the magi, but I must.
36:03I think it's taking back the narrative of what Christmas should be.
36:06I laughed, I cried, I was overjoyed.
36:10I wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now.
36:11This play showcases Colorado's finest queer and drag talents and creates a new Christmas tradition made for everyone.
36:19I look forward to the Ramadan drag show, Laura.
36:24You'll remember a few weeks ago, Rosie O'Donnell promised her therapist she would not post about Donald Trump on social media.
36:32Within an hour, she broke her promise.
36:33I wish for Christmas she would keep it.
36:36Oh, and she's no longer using Trump's name, Laura.
36:40It has gone too far.
36:43It is seriously unwell.
36:46I'm Pennywise and Sinclau.
36:49It.
36:51The nameless blob of negative energy.
36:54It.
36:59Maybe it's Pennywise she's afraid of, Laura.
37:05She's an addict.
37:05It's really sad.
37:06It's very sad.
37:07Let it go.
37:08Addict, I should say.
37:09All right, let's get to the hot topic of the night, Raymond.
37:11Real versus fake tree debate.
37:13Raymond, really quickly, I'll let you go first.
37:16Look, Laura, an artificial tree, I mean, you can use it over and over again.
37:22It's economical.
37:23You can use it for a decade.
37:24It doesn't carry mold spores or wildlife.
37:27Snakes, owls, spiders, beetles have been cited.
37:30And don't forget the pine shats that can kill your pets, Laura.
37:34But beyond that, I have a special report that might interest you, Laura Ingram.
37:40I decided to do my own little Ingram angle investigation.
37:44So we came to Laura's Christmas party.
37:47And guess what, ladies and gentlemen?
37:50An artificial tree.
37:52Look, look, plastic.
37:55This is artificial.
37:56Come, come.
37:57Does that look like a real tree to you?
38:00Okay, that's not even my house.
38:04That's not even my house.
38:05That's not my house.
38:06I don't even know what you're talking about.
38:09That's not my...
38:10Okay.
38:10Who let you into my house?
38:12That's my question.
38:13All right.
38:14Well, you know, I sometimes...
38:17Well, Raymond, I should say I have a special message and a rejoinder to your argument.
38:23Because contrary to this false video that you put out there, I love real trees because...
38:30Because my family owns a Christmas tree farm.
38:34What?
38:35Hey, Dad, Raymond doesn't want to have real Christmas trees.
38:39What do you think about that?
38:40I think that Raymond is not going to have a very Merry Christmas with a fake tree.
38:49That's...
38:50You've got to keep it real, Raymond.
38:52Scrooge.
38:53Scrooge, Raymond.
38:54Oh, well, now Scrooge, Ebenezer Ingram joins the crew because she's got fake trees all over
39:01that house.
39:02Family, go check.
39:03You see that?
39:04Ingram Christmas tree farm.
39:07And they're economical.
39:08It'll be...
39:09And pre-lived.
39:09Now...
39:10What's bad about that?
39:11By the way, Raymond...
39:13Raymond, so these are my cousins, okay?
39:16They're great people.
39:17But this is a family business.
39:19It supports families.
39:20Look at that.
39:20It's a community event.
39:22People come with a...
39:23They bring the wagon.
39:24My kids, when they were little, they would go and they would, you know, pick a tree and
39:28all.
39:29It's just incredible, you know, it's been going on for years and years.
39:32Great family tree.
39:33That's not why I'm for it, actually.
39:35But they do have a beautiful...
39:36It's a beautiful sight.
39:37It's a piece of Americana.
39:40Thanks for Uncle Bill and Jimmy.
39:41There's beautiful traditions about dragging the trees in.
39:43I wish them success.
39:44All right.
39:45But in our houses, Ingram, we got nothing but fake trees.
39:48All right.
39:48Let's be real.
39:49Zip it.
39:50Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Raymond.
39:52Coming up, daycare dogs.
39:54Get decked out.
39:55The grind catches up with everyone, even me.
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