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00:06Welcome to a special edition of Jesse Waters Primetime. I'm Kayleigh McEnany, and for Jesse,
00:11well, we start with the Fox News alert. Tonight, we will show you an exclusive interview with Pima
00:15County Sheriff Chris Danos. He shares key details on the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's
00:21abduction. But first to this, the Democrat auditions for 2028 have commenced. AOC and
00:28Gavin Newsom took their acts to Munich. And not to be outdone, Kamala Harris followed suit.
00:34She hit pause on the book tour, she jumped on a plane, and she flew under for a big speaking
00:39event
00:40in Australia. And let's hope she comes more prepared than AOC, who spent months preparing,
00:47but was still unable to answer a basic foreign policy question for anyone seeking to be
00:52commander-in-chief. Would and should the U.S. actually commit U.S. troops to defend Taiwan
00:59if China were to move? You know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this
01:12is a,
01:12um, this is of course a, uh, a very long-standing, um, policy of the United States.
01:23That did not go unnoticed. Vice President J.D. Vance was quick to respond.
01:27Does anybody really believe that AOC has very thoughtful, uh, ideas about the global world order?
01:35No, this is a person who is mouthing the slogans that somebody else gave her. And it shows how thin
01:40the Democrats' policy actually is on all these very, very important questions.
01:46Now AOC is attempting to clean up her blunder. She's acting like 2028 isn't even on her radar.
01:52She said this to the New York Times, everyone's got this story wrong, that this is about me running
01:57for president. I could give whatever about that, to be honest. But a foreign policy-focused outing
02:05on the world stage for a U.S. Congresswoman strongly suggests a run for president.
02:10She is not fooling anyone, especially Trump.
02:14I watched AOC answering questions in Munich. This was not a good look for the United States.
02:20I watched Gavin Newsom answering questions for, in Munich, and this was a bad look for our country.
02:28This was a bad, these two people are incompetent. And at least Hillary's competent. She's just
02:33Trump deranged. Stephen A. Smith, meanwhile, also widely touted as a 2028 contender,
02:39is striking a much different tone from the rest of the field.
02:42Do you worry about racism if you ran for president? No.
02:45I know it exists. I know that you can't escape it. But I do not believe it is as prevalent
02:51as some on the left would like us to believe. I do believe a vast majority of Americans
02:56judge you on the content of your individual character rather than the color of your skin.
03:01Is Stephen A. running for president? It certainly sounds like it. And unlike AOC,
03:06he's coming with common sense.
03:07The borders needed to be closed. He was right to do that. But only because Biden opened them.
03:15Had Biden followed Barack Obama's method and his plan and what he did in deporting even more
03:21people than Trump did in his first term, you wouldn't hear me saying that. But when you let
03:27anywhere from 12 to 15 million people cross the border illegally, swearing in our face,
03:32spitting in our face while and telling us it's raining, figuratively speaking, by telling us
03:36there was no border crisis when clearly there was. Emergency efforts were necessary.
03:42Trump won in 2024 by promising to close the border, crack down on crime and get the economy
03:48back on track. You can already see the results. Inflation is down to 2 percent with no recession in
03:53sight, despite what the critics said. And Trump posted this on True Social. Our country is bigger,
03:59better and stronger than ever before. Working hard. Enjoy your day. Trump's putting money in
04:05your pocket and Democrats are raiding your pocket. In order to get to this point of closing the gap
04:12on both this fiscal year and the next fiscal year, we are forced to raid the rainy day fund,
04:18the retiree health benefits trust reserve and to increase property taxes across these other years.
04:24Yikes. Now, it doesn't sound like the golden age in New York. Mom Donnie isn't stopping there
04:29either. He is letting criminals raid the streets, too. Over the weekend, a repeat offender allegedly
04:36pushed a woman onto the subway tracks and punched another woman in the face. And this is not the first
04:42time. According to sources, back in 2023, the same man punched a 67-year-old woman on the subway.
04:48New Yorkers are living in fear. And one resident said, quote, he did wrong to those people and he
04:54is not going to stop. He's not going to jail. It's a rotating door. Meanwhile, back in 2019,
05:01listen to this. I couldn't believe it. Mom Donnie's health czar reportedly launched a non-profit
05:06that assisted registering patients in mental hospitals to vote. These are people with schizophrenia,
05:13suicidal thoughts, life-threatening conditions. And a psychiatrist said, quote, oftentimes these
05:20patients do not have the capacity to make a decision early on in an acute hospitalization.
05:26Does Mom Donnie care more about getting votes than his actual voters? In his city, people are dying
05:32from hypothermia, 19 outside in the cold, seven inside their homes. Well, how did his administration
05:39respond? Quote, people die in their homes all the time. Now, that does not sound like a winning
05:46message. Marco Rubio, by contrast, had a winning message on the world stage. And President Trump
05:52touted his secretary of state's performance.
05:55Mr. President, Marco Rubio received really positive reviews in Munich.
05:59Is there a scenario in which you would support him at the top of the ticket in 2018?
06:04It's something I don't have to worry about now. I've got three years to go. So it's something I
06:09don't have to worry. JD's fantastic and Marco's, they're both fantastic. I think really, and I
06:14think Marco did a great job in Munich. And Vice President Vance had this to say about what a future
06:192028 GOP ticket could look like. Marco is my closest friend in the administration. I think he's doing a
06:25great job for the American people. But most importantly, we all have to continue doing a good job for the
06:30American people, from the president on down. And that's what we're focused on. I think it's so
06:34interesting. The media wants to create this conflict where there just isn't any conflict.
06:39Benny Johnson, the host of the Benny Johnson show, is here. Benny, so you've got Vance, you've got Rubio.
06:46I'm predicting they both run. I think it's going to be a huge field. There's a wealth of talent
06:50in the Republican Party. Your thoughts?
06:54Oh, yes, absolutely. I mean, JD Vance and Marco Rubio would be the dream team. It would be Kobe
07:03Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. It would be Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan. That is for sure. And
07:09who would they be facing exactly? AOC, who has no idea what a Taiwan is. She has no idea where
07:17Venezuela is on a map because they don't teach geography in bartending school. This was one of
07:22the most humiliating displays I have ever seen. She waited for 27 seconds, an excruciating 27 seconds
07:31to answer the question, what is a Taiwan? Precisely. And she's going to be running. So I say, like,
07:37let her keep going. I'm broadcasting right now from Tampa, Florida. I'm proud of where I'm from.
07:43You're also from Tampa, Florida, Kaylee. We're proud of this city. AOC can't even tell you where
07:50she's from. She's not actually from the Bronx. She's from a place called Yorktown Heights, a leafy,
07:55rich suburb in upstate New York. So if she's lying about that, she's dishonest about a lot of things.
08:01But the one thing that she's absolutely being dishonest about is that she's not running in
08:052028. This was a 2028 coming out party for AOC, and it didn't go well. It's been a night
08:13nightmare. Even the New York Times and Politico calling it a nightmare. So keep going, baby.
08:19Keep going. We love it. AOC, keep yapping. Yeah, Florida is the best. I will throw that out to you,
08:26Benny, as you sit there in Tampa, Florida. But as you look at AOC, is she humbled? Because it was
08:32kind
08:32of odd, her comment to the New York Times, almost like, oh, I was never thinking about running for
08:37president. But do you think she has enough hubris to lean back in?
08:42You know, it is remarkable, because if this is the best that the Democrats have, I'm like,
08:50wow. Like, how do I support? Like, how do I make this ticket happen? I know you talked about Kamala
08:57going down to Australia. AOC, I mean, listen, a lot of these Europeans, maybe English isn't their
09:04first language. And so they're told that this sounds great to them, right? Maybe that's what's
09:09going on here. She's practicing this out on non-English speakers. And there's something else
09:13remarkable that she said here, Kaylee, that I just want to note for your audience. She said that white
09:18people don't exist. This is in one of her many comments she made that was totally and completely
09:24nonsensical, but also a little bit dangerous. She said there's no such thing as white people.
09:28There's English people, French people, but there's no such thing as white people. And she'd never
09:32apply that to any other group, right? She would, she marched with Black Lives Matter. She constantly
09:38talks about people of color, but it's white Christians that are allowed to be discriminated
09:43against and encouraged to be discriminated against by the Democrat Party. This is why Don Lemon can get
09:48away with storming a white Christian church. It's the one group of people that is okay to be
09:53oppressive against in this country. And so it's a very, very nefarious ideology. It's communism
09:59with a capital C, and they are trying to create a Mondami style national election. So your monologue
10:08perfectly stated, be wary of what the Democrats are doing. They're telling you what their next move is.
10:14Indeed. Now I want to show you the best story of the day, because I love covering good news stories.
10:18And this is clearly one of those. This is a real clear investigation.
10:23Surprising revival. Gen Z men and highly educated lead return to religion. Research suggests that
10:29most Gen Z teens are interested in learning more about Jesus with younger cohorts leading the way
10:36to growth of new commitments. Benny, young people turning to Christ. That's an encouraging development.
10:44In a world, Kaylee, where all of the systems are telling you that there's no such thing as biological
10:50sex, there's no such thing as good and evil, darkness and light, young people are going to naturally
10:58gravitate toward the truth in an upside down and crooked world. They're going to seek out, as they have
11:05always searched for, actual divine knowledge, wisdom, and truth. And that is in the scriptures.
11:12And it is a remarkable thing to see. A miracle is occurring right now, Kaylee, that I just want
11:17your viewers to see. And that is that for the first time in any recorded generation, young people are
11:24attending church at a higher rate than their parents. There is a national revival that is happening
11:29right now. I think it's the one thing that truly can save America. You talk about Rubio and Vance,
11:34that's awesome. They are both vessels, quite frankly. And Rubio talked about this in his speech
11:39for Christendom and for their beliefs in Christ. But it's truly, quite frankly, God who shed his grace
11:46on thee. In God we trust. That's the true salvation of the country. It's a beautiful thing that young
11:52people are returning to the faith. And again, Kaylee, I'm sorry to rub it in that I'm in Tampa.
11:57Rub it in. And Benny Johnson, congratulations on your fifth miracle in your family. I know that
12:04Nurse Kate is pregnant with another beautiful little baby. So congratulations.
12:09Yes, more Americans and more Christians. I love it. Benny, thanks so much. Enjoy Florida.
12:14Well, another Floridian to rub it in. John Morgan, a former major Democrat mega donor. John,
12:21thanks for being here. You're a Democrat that often makes a lot of sense. I heard some comments
12:25you made yesterday about Governor Gavin Newsom. And one of the problems you believe that he has to
12:31deal with is the wokeness that he has brought to the state of California. You also mentioned his
12:35record. And I want to pull that up. This was in the New York Times. Brett Stevens wrote this.
12:39His record, least affordable state in the nation, highest income tax, nearly one in 200 Californians
12:45homeless, tied for the highest supplemental poverty rate. A Californian leaves his state every minute
12:52in 44 seconds. John Morgan, can he overcome this record or is he dead in the water?
12:59I think he's dead in the water because it's hard to walk back that kind of woke. Don't don't forget
13:07one of his platforms was to give every African American $350,000 in reparations. He was the big
13:16proponent of transgender swimmers. He is so far to the left when he was running in California,
13:23it's going to be almost impossible to do what Mitt Romney used to talk about, which was the
13:29etch-a-sketch. I think this is a etch-a-sketch that's broken and unable to be reconstituted.
13:37John, when you look at the real clear politics polling for the Democratic Party,
13:40what's interesting is at the very top, you see Kamala Harris there at 30.5% above Gavin Newsom by
13:47nine points. I know this is early, but the reason I bring this up to you, do you think Kamala
13:52Harris
13:52runs? Because I think someone like Kamala looks at a poll like that and says,
13:56no way I'm sitting out. Give me round two.
14:00Right, because she doesn't understand it's all about name ID and not about her. When she ran for
14:05president, she got less than 8% in California in the primaries. Kamala is dead. She just doesn't
14:13know that. Nobody's told her that. And that whole list of people you just put up there would be a
14:18dream for the Republican Party, with the one exception of Shapiro. He is a possibility. The
14:26people that they should have there that would be the greatest danger to the Republican Party would be
14:32Andy Beshear from Kentucky, a Democrat who won twice or three times in a red, red, red state,
14:40my home state of Kentucky, or a Rahm Emanuel, who is the straightest talking guy in the Democratic Party,
14:47or even Pritzker. But the Democrats are always hell bent on nominating someone who has the least
14:55chance of winning and not the best chance. So I believe she'll do it because she's got nowhere else to
15:02go. She got beat worse than anybody ever other than McGovern. And she doesn't understand. We want
15:09her to go away forever. Yeah, well, maybe she'll realize that maybe she won't. It's interesting,
15:16all those folks you named, who are more reasonably minded Democrats, they're all pulling under 5%. And
15:21I told the team pull anyone over 5%. They were underneath that. I'm curious, AOC, do you see a
15:27future for her? Or do you think this world tour of hers was so bad that she's just she's out
15:31of here?
15:33There's a future for her because look, the Democratic Party is two parties. It's socialist
15:37and Bill Clinton Democrats like me. I'm a Bill Clinton Democrat. I'm the opposite of a socialist. But
15:45here's what's going on. 40% of Americans don't have $400 in the bank. 60% of Americans live paycheck
15:53to paycheck. They want something. The best word in advertising in the whole world is the word free
16:00buy one, get one free. She's selling free. Sometimes I buy stuff in the grocery store says buy one,
16:09get one free. I buy it and I didn't even want it. But I bought it because it was free.
16:14And or
16:15supposedly, I think what they do is they mark it up higher and you're basically paying twice.
16:19But she's selling that clip from her will be used over and over and over again. It looks like in
16:26that clip to me that she went to the Kamala word salad school for the Trump deranged because at some
16:34point, if you don't know where Taiwan is, I used to tell people about Benghazi. I said, let me if
16:41you
16:41ask 100 Americans where Benghazi is, maybe five. No, you should know where Taiwan is. I can understand
16:48Benghazi. But when you don't know the answer to something, remember in law school when people be
16:53called on and they just start giving this la la la and everybody's looking at them like, what are you
16:58talking about? You just have to say, I'm not sure. And we would respect that other than what she did.
17:06She gave a clip forever and ever. That clip will be used forever and ever and ever titled
17:13word salad. The Kamala word salad school for the Trump deranged. I'm going to remember that.
17:19That is very well said. Do you like that? I do. I like that a lot. I like that a
17:22lot.
17:23John Morgan. Thanks so much for bringing some common sense. And I hope the Democrats don't
17:27start listening to you. Thank you very much. All right. Well, did the DNA found on the glove have
17:33any connection to the Guthrie crime? We will tell you the answer to that next.
17:40Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealing major developments in the Nancy Guthrie investigation.
17:45Chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt got the exclusive.
17:50Jonathan. Hey, Kaylee. The wide ranging conversation with Sheriff Nanos didn't yield much
17:58good news for the Guthrie family or for the progress of this investigation. For instance,
18:05I asked him about this much vaunted glove that had been found and the DNA testing carried out on it.
18:11Here's the sheriff. The DNA on the glove that was found two miles away was submitted for CODIS.
18:19And I just heard that CODIS had no hits. No hits on the DNA found in the glove. Correct.
18:25So you are no closer to a suspect as a result of the DNA test, at least. As a result
18:31of CODIS.
18:34I also asked the sheriff about comparisons between that DNA found on the glove and DNA found at Nancy
18:42Guthrie's home. Here he is again. Is there a match on the DNA in the glove to the DNA,
18:51the unknown DNA that you found in the house? There's no match to the DNA at the house.
18:56So entirely separate DNA? Correct. Is there a CODIS match from the DNA in the house? No.
19:04Now, you've probably also heard the reports that the FBI has been going around gun stores
19:10here and may have a list of some 40 people that they're trying to match with gun purchases.
19:15Here's the sheriff on that. It was very interesting. Listen. Tell me this, if you can, sheriff.
19:21Is everybody in Tucson still a suspect or have you narrowed it down to, say, a few dozen people?
19:27We've heard, for instance, the FBI is asking about 40 people at gun stores.
19:31That's not true.
19:32OK. So have you narrowed it down to a few dozen or are we still...
19:36We haven't narrowed it down to anything other than we have certain pieces of evidence that
19:42we're looking at to try to find this individual, whether it be DNA, whether it be that ring camera
19:47video, whether it be evidence at a Walmart that might lead us to somebody.
19:54So my takeaway from the interview overall, Kayleigh, it might be harsh to say that this investigation
20:00is back at square one, but I think you could certainly count the number of squares they've
20:06moved forward in the low single digits. Kayleigh?
20:10Yeah, I think that's a fair takeaway. Jonathan, thank you.
20:12Well, Donna Rattuno is a criminal defense attorney and host of the Fox News True Crime podcast,
20:18Crime and Justice, which debuts this week.
20:20Donna, thank you for joining me. So let me get this clear. The glove DNA does not match
20:26the house DNA. The glove, we don't even know if the glove two miles away is connected to
20:32this crime at all. And then the DNA on the glove does not match any DNA in CODIS.
20:38This does not sound very promising.
20:42No, Kayleigh, you're right. And thank you for having me tonight.
20:45The bottom line is, is CODIS is a database that has DNA in it.
20:50So what that normally means is they have your DNA either because you've been convicted of a crime or
20:56your DNA has been collected for a reason through the FBI. The fact that it's not a hit means that
21:02this is not a person that's DNA is in CODIS. It doesn't mean that it at some point won't lead
21:07to
21:08helping find who this is. So we have to realize what that really means. There's also IgG DNA testing.
21:15And what IgG tells us are certain characteristics. It was what helped find Koberger. Certain characteristics
21:21of someone so you can start to narrow down the pool, which is different from the traditional
21:25DNA testing that the sheriff was talking about. So although this is a dead end, this still may be
21:31a circumstance where they do get some type of information from this DNA. But this is not a
21:36dispositive situation here at all tonight. So we really are back to square one here.
21:41And we really do not have any idea of who the law enforcement is looking for right now.
21:46And with Koberger, though, it took 47 days to get to his arrest. They had an idea of who he
21:52was
21:52long before that moment. And to hear Chris Nanos say, we haven't even narrowed this down to a pool
21:58of suspects. And then on top of that, he said this to the New York Times, maybe it's an hour
22:03from now,
22:04maybe it's weeks or months or years from now. But we won't quit. We're going to find Nancy.
22:11I mean, if you're a family member, I know they're doing everything in their power. But to hear
22:15not a pool of suspects and the word years, that's very frustrating.
22:20Well, the other thing that I thought was strange was there's not a pool of suspects,
22:24yet he's saying they're ruling people out. That in itself is a contradiction. So I found that to be
22:29strange, but you're right if you are the family. And remember, this is not a crime that they are
22:34trying to solve in the sense that there is a dead body and they need to solve this at some
22:39point.
22:40There is still a woman missing. There is still someone out there that we do not have any information
22:45as to where she is. Is she alive? Is she not? And so given that there is just more urgency
22:51here
22:52than a situation like Koberger, where you were trying to solve a crime that you already knew
22:57took place and what it was. So this is this is quite different.
23:00So Fox obtained some footage of the back of Nancy's house, and it does not show any sign of
23:06forced entry. Now, I want to go back to a press conference that Nanos had. This was about two
23:10weeks ago. Listen to what he said on that notion of forced entry.
23:14Oh, here's the other thing. Someone had mentioned there was forced entry. I have no clue where that
23:21comes from. We have been very consistent. We are not discussing that at all, whether it's forced
23:27entry or not forced entry. That is something we're just not discussing. So I don't know where
23:32anybody got that information.
23:34I play that because to Jonathan Hunt, he also would not say whether there were signs of struggle.
23:39So at this point, I mean, this kidnapper who came forth in the mask with the gloves could have
23:44been let in voluntarily for all we know. Yeah. And why? Right. These are questions that are
23:51answered in almost every single investigation that we ever hear law enforcement comment on to
23:56the media. Why not answer that question? That piece of information does not tip off a suspect in
24:03any way, shape or form. I can understand not answering certain questions. I can understand not putting things
24:08out if they are, you know, finding someone and they're on the way to go get them. But this is
24:13not a
24:13piece of information that's going to affect what happens in this investigation. So I just find
24:18that very odd. And I think all of the information and the way it's been disseminated here has been
24:23strange. Well, Donna, congratulations on your podcast. It launches tomorrow. Is that right?
24:27Thank you. Yes. Well, we can't wait. I'll be checking it out. Great. Yeah. Great timing. A lot of
24:33interest in this case. Thanks so much, Donna. Well, reports that Iran is shooting protesters in their
24:39hospital beds. That's next.
24:47We bring you this Fox News alert. A trans dad opened fire at a Rhode Island ice rink, killing his
24:53ex-wife and his son. Three others are fighting for their lives in the hospital. And senior national
24:58correspondent Kevin Cork has the disturbing details. Kevin. Evening, Kaylee. Court records
25:03showing 56-year-old Robert Dorgan, who also went by Roberta, had been involved in multiple disputes with
25:10relatives in recent years, including allegations that tensions really escalated once he underwent
25:15gender reassignment surgery. And yesterday, he appeared to make good on a social media post from
25:20the day before, quote, he would go berserk. Well, apparently he did just that, opening fire during
25:26a hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, killing two, injuring at least three others. Thankfully, three good
25:32Samaritans were there and able to overpower him once the shooting started. But then he produced a
25:37second firearm and ended his own life. Was there some sort of transgender process happening?
25:45So that really is kind of irrelevant to our investigation at this point. What I can tell
25:50you is the identification was in the name of Robert. And then we also know that the suspect
25:56went by the name Roberta. It appeared that the suspect was in female clothes yesterday.
26:02But again, that's nothing that had swayed the investigation one way or another. We're just
26:08trying to kind of factually put the pieces together and let that lead us on to obviously why this
26:13occurred yesterday. Everybody's looking for answers. Yesterday's attack, just the latest in a string of
26:19high profile mass shootings, allegedly involving transgender individuals dating back to 2018, among
26:25them shootings in Maryland, Colorado, Tennessee, Iowa, Minnesota. Of course, the shooting in B.C.,
26:31British Columbia, and the shooting yesterday in Pawtucket. Now, there are also multiple reports
26:37tonight, Kaylee, that the gunman shot three of his own kids, killing one of them along with his ex-wife
26:42before then turning another gun on himself and deleting himself. Now, there are three victims
26:48who remain hospitalized tonight. Of course, we're continuing to monitor their condition.
26:52If we get more information, I promise to pass it along. But for now, back to you.
26:56Please do. Sad story. Kevin Cork, thank you.
26:58For more breaking news, the U.S. just struck three more drug boats, 11 traffickers killed.
27:04Now, all part of the crackdown on smuggling networks that bankroll cartels and extremist groups.
27:10President Trump's message has been consistent. Pressure first. Diplomacy second. That same
27:17playbook now is shaping his strategy towards Iran. Lead with action. Negotiate from strength.
27:24I will say this morning is, you know, in some ways it went well. They agreed to meet afterwards. But
27:29in other ways, it was very clear that the president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not
27:35yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through. So we're going to keep on working it.
27:39But of course, the president reserves the ability to say when he thinks that diplomacy has reached its
27:45natural end. Diplomacy is still on the table, but only under strict conditions. Number one, an end to
27:51uranium enrichment. Number two, an end to their ballistic missile program. And finally, an end to
27:56support for regional terror proxies. If Tehran wants relief, they have to change the behavior
28:03that got them here in the first place. And Trump says they know the stakes.
28:08It's been typically ran some very tough negotiators. They're good negotiators or bad negotiators. I would
28:13say they're bad negotiators because we could add a deal instead of sending the B2s in to knock out their
28:19nuclear potential. I think they want to make a deal. I don't think they want the consequences of
28:26not making a deal. They want to make a deal. But while negotiators talk abroad, the regime is
28:31tightening control at home. New reports shedding light on what's happening inside Iran. The New York
28:37Times says Iranian authorities have used cell phone location tracking, and that's in order to identify
28:43and warn citizens who attend anti-regime protests. And in some cases, people receive text
28:49messages telling them their presence at illegal gatherings had been recorded. And there are
28:55disturbing allegations also surfacing from an Iranian doctor. Listen to this. He claims that
29:01wounded protesters were executed in their hospital beds. Now, despite all of that, Iran was recently
29:08named vice chair of a UN commission focused on social development. Isn't that nice? Now, that's a body
29:15that addresses issues including democracy and women's rights. It's laughable. Now, the role was
29:21approved. Listen to this without objection. In the absence of any other nominations, may it take it
29:27that the commission wishes to elect by acclamation, Mr. Abbas Tajik of the Islamic Republic of Iran
29:33and Mr. Shahriyar Hajeev of Azerbaijan as vice chairs of the 65th session of the commission for social
29:39development. I hear no objection. It is so decided. Shameful. And the U.S. ambassador to the UN,
29:48Mike Walt, criticizing the move, calling it ridiculous. Back home, the debate over Iran is
29:54splitting parties. Part of the problem with the very anti-Israel part of my my party. So call that
30:02what it is. Why wouldn't you can't just stand? And why would you align yourself for raging anti-Semitic
30:09and very pro-Hamas people like Hassan Piker? And now, why can't you just call it what it is? You
30:17know,
30:17there's a rot in my party standing with pro-Hamas people like that.
30:22This is starting to feel a lot like Venezuela. Buildup of forces, negotiation rounds, and now a
30:27critical moment where things could snap in either direction. Diplomacy may still be open, but the
30:34clock is ticking and all signs point to pressure rather than patience as the driving force behind
30:39negotiations. Mike Pompeo is our former Secretary of State. Secretary Pompeo,
30:45So I see the Iranian foreign minister went out after these negotiations today
30:49and told state TV that there was a general agreement and a move towards drafting a potential
30:55agreement. Then I see the vice president of the United States throwing a little bit of cold water
31:00on that and talking about President Trump not being Barack Obama, which I definitively know to
31:05be true. So do you. So where do things stand?
31:10Kelly, it's great to be with you. Look, my sense is that President Trump is trying to give the
31:15Iranians every chance to see that they're going to have to make significant concessions in order
31:19to get any of the economic relief that they so desperately need. President Trump is not President
31:25Obama. He's not going to send pallets of cash. He's not going to release $7.5 billion. He's not going
31:30to save the regime. Indeed, he is going to continue to put pressure on them. We've now seen the massive
31:36buildup of both offensive capabilities from the United States in the region. We've seen the defensive
31:42capabilities expand to the region as well. Look, I can't imagine that there's a deal that President
31:48Trump would take. I've seen the Iranians. We all have experienced this. They're not willing to give
31:53out their ballistic missiles or enrichment. They're not going to stop their terror. This is 47 years of a
31:58resistance regime, a bunch of theocrats who just don't see the world the way we do. I think that
32:04in the end, there can't be a deal that President Trump will find acceptable. And that means President
32:09Trump will make good on his commitment. He told the Iranian people who rose up, he said, help is on
32:12the way. I'm confident that he met exactly what it was that he said. Well, the Iranian theocrats,
32:19they would be wise to remember Fordow. It was not too long ago and a bold action on the part
32:23of
32:23President Trump. I want to ask you about these reports from Iran because I'm just astounded
32:27at what they're doing to these protesters. Apparently, Iran has the most advanced surveillance
32:32capabilities in the world. They have facial recognition that they use against their citizens.
32:37And then these protesters in hospital beds are literally being found, according to the Jerusalem
32:41Post, hooked up to machines to get better, medicine of various sorts, with bullet holes in their
32:47head. Are you surprised?
32:52Kayleigh, I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm not. These are evil people who don't give a rip
32:58about human life. The fact that they're executing their own citizens is not new. The scale of what
33:04they've done in the course of 48 hours, killing 20 to 30,000 of their own people, it's hard to
33:10even
33:10imagine these numbers. We talk about them as if they're just nothing. 20 or 30,000 people killed
33:15by the Iranian besiege trying to enforce peace, trying to get back control of their own country.
33:21They will stop at nothing to do that. That's why I think the likelihood of success in getting a deal
33:26is so low. But the opportunity for the Iranian people to get what they've been chasing for 47
33:31years now is closer than it's ever been.
33:34Yeah, there's a lot of darkness in this country, in that country, a lot of bad from their leaders.
33:39And an amazing good news story is that Christianity is on fire. So where darkness reigns,
33:44the light shines brighter. I know you know that well, Secretary Pompeo.
33:48On to this. Joe Concha in the house. You will not believe a poem that we have
33:55from Eric Swalwell. It's a lot of fun. Next.
34:03When you're young, you don't just get handed trust. You have to earn it by hand.
34:14Then you are young, you have to earn it by hand.
34:21Then you look at me, you are young, but you always love me.
34:55It's time for our headline roundup.
34:57Let's bring in Fox News contributor Joe Concha.
34:59Well, Joe, first up, we have Stephen Colbert.
35:04He's fighting with CBS again, this time over an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Tallarico.
35:10You know who is not one of my guests tonight?
35:13That's Texas State Representative James Tallarico.
35:17He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers,
35:23who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast.
35:28One problem, Joe. CBS says that is not what happened.
35:31They pulled the interview over fears it would violate the FCC's equal time.
35:36And apparently they gave him guidance as to how he could have this interview and provide equal time.
35:42Joe Concha.
35:44Yeah. Well, Stephen Colbert doesn't like having Republicans on his show, Kelly, in any way, shape or form.
35:50I mean, he has had literally hundreds of Democrats on his show over the past few years.
35:56The only Republican he's ever had, if you want to call this person a Republican, is Liz Cheney.
36:00And that's it.
36:02So, yeah, Colbert is not interested in having both sides.
36:05And I don't want to hear this excuse that Jon Stewart gives all the time.
36:07I'm just a comedian.
36:08We're just doing comedy here.
36:10This show ceased to be comedy many, many years ago.
36:14It's simply a super PAC for all Democrats out there who want to meet the, you know,
36:18or at least talk to the reddest of red meat as far as the far left of their base.
36:22And Colbert is the guy to do that, I guess, for now, because in May he goes bye-bye permanently
36:27off of CBS.
36:28I would just let him go now because, obviously, he's just one big headache who ain't going to listen in
36:32any way, shape or form.
36:32Yeah, I will say Don Lemon's former late-night show was more of comedy.
36:36And that was unintentional on the part of Don Lemon.
36:39You know about my love for Don.
36:40Great point.
36:41Yes.
36:41Well, next up, our favorite former self-deporter might have a homecoming.
36:46It's Rosie O'Donnell, only Rosie O'Donnell, Joe.
36:49Quote, I recently went home for two weeks and I did not really tell anyone.
36:53I wanted to see how hard it would be for me to get in and out of the country.
36:57I wanted to feel what it would have felt like, she said.
37:01Now, Joe, she went to New York and she described it as a very different country when she visited New
37:06York.
37:07She said she hasn't been paying attention to news, but maybe it feels different because, I don't know,
37:11there's a socialist mayor here in New York City?
37:16Yeah, that can certainly be one reason, no doubt about it.
37:20But I see the headlines, Kelly, saying that Rosie quietly slipped back into the U.S.
37:25This may be the first time Rosie has ever quietly slipped back into anywhere or anything.
37:30I mean, let's think about this.
37:31She was exported, I guess.
37:33She exported herself.
37:34And then now she's, I guess, back into the country again.
37:37So it's a reverse export.
37:39I mean, this is the worst, you know, export reverse since the Yugo and probably the worst human reverse export
37:45since,
37:46going back to the U.S. anyway, since Meghan Markle and Justin Bieber.
37:50It's a tie.
37:51But, yeah, Rosie's back, at least for a little bit.
37:52Go figure.
37:53Yeah, I mean, that's a hard one.
37:54Meghan Markle or Rosie O'Donnell.
37:56I'm not sure who I would take, Joe.
37:58So I will ponder that one.
38:01Yeah, exactly.
38:02I'm also going to ponder this one, but not too much because then I might have nightmares.
38:05This is Eric Swalwell talking dirty, not to Fang Fang this time.
38:10So when Swalwell was in college, he wrote this steamy poem for a magazine.
38:15Apparently, he was a poet for The Lyricist.
38:19I did not know this was on Eric Swalwell's resume.
38:22But, Joe, you've been reviewing this poem pretty thoroughly.
38:26Yes, I have.
38:27And there's plenty to go with here as far as Swalwell.
38:31So at one point, he writes,
38:50These are the words, Kelly, of the man they call Smallwell.
38:55Well, excuse me, Swalwell, he once may or may not have dated a Chinese spy twice named Fang,
39:03but the relationship ended with a whimper and not with a bang.
39:08Oh, I see what you did there.
39:11Twice with the Fang and then with the bang.
39:13That's what we call rhyming.
39:15Do you think this guy is going to be the next governor of California?
39:20Probably, if they elected Gavin Newsom and Nancy Pelosi is considered a big leader there
39:25and Adam Schiff is and Alyssa Milano is going to Supreme Court hearings.
39:29Yeah, sure.
39:30Why not?
39:30I guess every Republican that has sanity moved out of the state.
39:34So they probably will vote for Swalwell because if Katie Porter is the only option on the Democratic side,
39:40there you go.
39:41But Steve Hilton, I think, is running an excellent campaign out there.
39:43He'll certainly give Swalwell, I keep doing that, a run for his money, no question about it.
39:48I think that's intentional.
39:50You've got Gavin Newsom or you've got a former poet for the lyricist.
39:54I will take neither.
39:55Joe Concha, but I'll take you.
39:56Thank you so much.
39:58Well, more primetime straight ahead.
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