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00:00Welcome to Hannity and tonight we do have a lot of news to cover including a shocking new detail
00:05from the Nancy Guthrie case involving an internet search of her and Savannah Guthrie. Plus the clock
00:12is now ticking for the mullahs of Iran as the U.S. now continues their historic military buildup in
00:18the region. We're also tracking a horrific and deadly avalanche that's near Lake Tahoe and we'll
00:24bring you a message from a woman who lost her grandson to violence in Washington D.C. Here's a
00:30preview. If you do a hush crime you do hush time just that simple and then we need National Guard
00:39and which we did years ago. And coming up we'll contrast Trump's leadership in office with the
00:46crime the chaos defund dismantle no bail and downright disgusting conditions that plague so
00:52many blue cities and blue states all across the country. But tonight we begin with the very latest
00:57from Arizona with our very own Jonathan Hunt. He's still on the case. Jonathan very interesting as
01:03relates to a search engine that looked not only at Nancy Guthrie's home location but Savannah Guthrie's
01:10also the salary she's paid. Yeah and you can be sure that investigators are looking into that
01:20at this point following every lead as they continue to do. But having hit a something of a DNA dead
01:26end
01:27in terms of finding a match on the FBI's database they're now also looking at genetic genealogy testing
01:34turning to companies like Offram which is a Woodlands Texas based company. Interestingly that company was
01:41very critical in helping track down the Idaho student killer Brian Koberger and the illegal immigrant
01:49killer of Rachel Morin. We spoke to the CEO today and he told us how they can help when the
01:55FBI hits that
01:57CODIS database dead end. Listen here. Anyone on earth that has DNA could be the suspect. And then as soon
02:05as you
02:05start doing additional DNA testing you may learn the biological sex of the person. You may learn their
02:10biogeographical origins you know are they are they likely to be from the states or are they likely to
02:16be international and then you can continue to narrow in you know do they belong to a major family group
02:21can you find a relative. And as we come to the end of day 18 in this investigation Sean I
02:31talked to
02:32Sheriff Chris Nanos about when he believes this could realistically be solved. Here's his answer.
02:38In your gut on your decades of law enforcement how long is this going to take?
02:43I have no clue. I know this. I know that I have a team that every minute of the day
02:51is out there
02:53working hard. What I do know is we won't quit. We're going to keep keep after you. We will find
03:01you
03:01and we'll finance you. We can also tell you Sean that there was polygraph testing being carried out
03:10here at the sheriff's department today. We made some inquiries about that. The sheriff's office
03:15released a statement saying they would not confirm or release any details about the utilization
03:22or otherwise of polygraph testing in this investigation. Sean. All right Jonathan Hunt in
03:29Tucson for us tonight. Thank you. We'll have much more with Nancy Grace that's coming up later in the
03:33show but now we do have breaking news from the Middle East. The mullahs should be very worried
03:38tonight. Now the message from the U.S. State Department to all Americans in the region leave Iran now.
03:45According to reports a strike could happen as early as this weekend as negotiations have stalled and of
03:51course the saber rattling of the mullahs. Now tonight America's massive military presence near Iran
03:57continues to grow with an almost unprecedented number of warplanes to carrier strike groups
04:04and that's likely just the tip of the iceberg. This is the largest accumulation of American firepower
04:09in the Middle East since the start of the Iraq war. And I do have a little advice for the
04:15radical
04:15leaders in Iran. You may want to get on that plane to Russia sooner than you think. Sooner than later.
04:22Now would be a good time. Now closer to home Cuba might be the next domino to fall. Now this
04:28through negotiations Secretary of State Marco Rubio now reportedly having secret talks with the
04:33grandson of and caretaker of Cuba's aging dictator. Here now with the full report from the White House
04:39our very own Kevin Cork is with us tonight. Kevin. Evening Sean. The U.S. may be a lot closer
04:45to a
04:45major war in the Middle East than a lot of Americans realize and it could begin very soon. And there
04:50are
04:51those tonight who believe a U.S. military operation in Iran would likely be a massive weeks-long campaign
04:57and not like that pinpoint operation we saw in Venezuela. As you point out we have a massive number
05:03of U.S. assets in the region at the ready and a regime in Tehran which while willing to negotiate
05:10may just be stalling for time because simultaneously they're talking about making a deal while
05:15threatening strikes on U.S. interests and holding joint naval drills with Russia. One senior advisor
05:21to the president morning tonight there's a 90 percent chance of military action against Iran in the next
05:28few weeks if diplomatic efforts continue to falter. Quoting Axios now, the boss is getting fed up.
05:34That warning comes as the Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds secret talks with the grandson of Cuba's
05:40Raul Castro. Axios says Rubio and Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro are bypassing official Cuban channels
05:48with sources characterizing the talks as quote discussions about the future. And that's an important
05:54thing to know about what's happening down there in Havana and elsewhere, Sean.
05:59All right, Kevin Cork, thank you for that. Here now with more on Iran and Cuba and America's
06:04dominance on the world stage under Trump, Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Senator, how can you describe
06:10this other than freedom is on the march around the world? I think that's exactly right. We are at an
06:19extraordinary moment in history. It is entirely possible, Sean, that in the next six months we
06:24will see the regimes fall in Iran, in Venezuela, and in Cuba. And we could also see governments
06:33replace them that want to be friends with the United States of America. Now, let me be clear. I'm not
06:39being Pollyannish about this. There are a thousand things that can go wrong. But if that happens, this
06:46would be the most consequential geopolitical shift since the fall of the Berlin Wall, since America
06:52won the Cold War without firing a shot. I spoke with President Trump the day before yesterday,
06:58and we talked in particular about Iran. And I said, this moment, the regime is teetering. The Ayatollah
07:06is in his last days. And I said, do not let this opportunity pass. We have an opportunity. The
07:13Ayatollah routinely chants death to America. This is a regime that is the leading state sponsor of
07:20terrorism on the face of the planet. It is responsible for murdering hundreds of American
07:25servicemen and women. The Iranian regime has provided over 90 percent of the funding for Hamas
07:31and for Hezbollah. To see the mullahs toppled would be a tremendous advance for the people of Iran. It
07:38would be a tremendous advance for the Middle East. But most critically, it would be a massive
07:43improvement in the national security of the United States. I believe President Trump is providing
07:48the leadership that is necessary, and it's making our country a lot safer.
07:52You know, we keep hearing the president would prefer a deal, and I believe that about President
07:57Trump. The president was very clear. He gave him 50 days to give up their nuclear program. They
08:02wouldn't do it. They've never, ever, ever agreed to any place, anywhere, anytime inspections by the U.S.
08:10They're not going to agree to that now. So it seems to me the only negotiation is,
08:15do you want to leave on your own, you know, after you plunder the country and fill your planes full
08:20of gold, silver, and whatever currency you might have? Or will we have to do it for you? In other
08:26words, will there be regime change? And the president said for the first time, he thinks the time has come
08:33for that. Sean, I think you're exactly right. In terms of a deal, there, I believe there is no deal
08:39to be had in terms of the nuclear program. The Ayatollah has shown that he's a liar. He's willing
08:44to lie. He wants to delay. His regime is in tatters. He wants time to rebuild. I don't think
08:50President Trump is going to fall for that. I think the only deal the Ayatollah can make
08:55is to say, I'm out of here. Let me leave. Let me go to Russia. Let me go to somewhere
08:59else other
09:00than here. That one deal is available to say, all right, we're done. And I'll point to an historical
09:06example. Sean, you and I both know Chuck Cooper, a dear friend of mine. He was a senior lawyer in
09:11the Reagan justice department. When he was a young lawyer in his thirties, he was sent down to Panama
09:17to negotiate with Manuel Noriega. Manuel Noriega was the dictator in Panama. And Chuck, on behalf of the
09:24Reagan administration, had an offer. He said, you can leave Panama. You can go and live out in a
09:29mansion. You can live the rest of your life in opulence, but you must leave. And Chuck describes
09:35he was he was in his thirties. He said, I was young enough that I went down and thought this
09:38is a good
09:39idea to go make this offer. He said Noriega showed up with a caravan of SUVs, soldiers with machine guns.
09:45And Noriega said, I will not leave under any circumstances. I'm not leaving. And Chuck ended that
09:52conversation by saying, Mr. President, I need you to hear me now. I'm going to leave. I'm going to get
09:58on a plane. I'm going to fly back to Washington, DC. But after I leave, other men are going to
10:03come
10:04behind me. And those men are not going to take no for an answer. Noriega didn't say yes. And of
10:12course,
10:12we went down there. We arrested him on January 3rd. We arrested him. We prosecuted him for being a drug
10:18trafficker. And he was sentenced to over 30 years in prison. He died in prison. Donald Trump gave the
10:24exact same offer to Maduro. You can leave. You can live a life of wealth and opulence away from power.
10:32And
10:32Maduro told Trump no. And on January 3rd of this year, we sent the Delta Force down there. We apprehended
10:40him. He's going to be prosecuted. Nicholas Maduro will die in prison. The Ayatollah and the Mullis have a choice.
10:46Do you want to be forcibly removed or do you want to accept the opportunity to leave? I hope
10:51the Ayatollah has more sense than Noriega and Maduro had. What do you say to those that really
10:58don't seem in my mind to understand the Trump doctrine? I agree with them. I agree with the
11:02president. No forever wars, peace through strength. But that does not mean isolationism. And there are
11:09some. Exactly. Republicans that define what American foreign policy to be sounds to me like
11:18isolationism. Yeah. Look, President Trump is not an isolationist, but he's also not an interventionist.
11:24We are not going to see a ground invasion of Iran. We're not going to see hundreds of thousands of
11:28troops on the ground. We're not going to see massive American casualties. But the president
11:31is willing to defend American national security interests. He ordered the B-2s to bomb Iran's
11:38nuclear facilities. That was the single most important national security decision of the first
11:43term. And I got to say, the isolationists are wrong. They keep wanting Donald Trump to be an
11:50isolationist. And that's not who he is. And the world is safer because of it. Listen, our enemies are
11:56terrified of President Trump. I got to say at 3 a.m. on January 3rd of this year, every Latin
12:03American
12:04dictator had to change his shorts because they were terrified. And by the way, Putin and Xi were
12:10also terrified because there's no other military on planet Earth that can carry out what the U.S.
12:16military did in Venezuela. This president is committed to keeping America safe. And we are much safer
12:22because instead of having a president like Joe Biden, who was weak and they weren't afraid of,
12:27they are terrified of the U.S. commander in chief and that the American people are safer as a result.
12:32Here's my prediction. They'll be too stupid to understand what's about to hit them.
12:37Yeah. Senator Cruz. I think that's very likely. It is. It's important to point out that everything
12:43this president does shares one important common goal, improving the lives of you, the American people.
12:48Now, that includes law and order, safety and security from threats abroad and threats right
12:53here at home. And today, one Washington, D.C. grandmother who lost her grandson to violent crime
12:59had this to say about the president's effort in her city to keep her city safe. Take a look.
13:05If you do a hush crime, you do hush time. Just that simple. And if we need National Guard,
13:13which we did years ago, he brought it on. I love him. I don't want to hear nothing you got
13:22to say
13:23about that racist stuff. And don't be looking at me on the news hating on me because I'm standing up
13:28for somebody that deserves to be standing up for. Get off the man's back. Let him do his job.
13:33He's doing the right thing. Back up off of me. And grandma said it.
13:44Now, violent crime, she should have her own podcast, by the way, has now plummeted in our
13:48nation's capital after the president deployed the National Guard. Unfortunately, most blue cities
13:53and states plagued with violent crime will not accept the president's help. In fact, many of these
13:59places are actively working against federal law enforcement in spite of the supremacy clause
14:03after Democrats swept last year's election in Virginia. For example, the Commonwealth
14:07became the latest state to declare sanctuary status. In other words, they refused to cooperate
14:13with ICE. As a result, ICE is now forced to conduct risky operations, including a recent arrest
14:19in Virginia of an Iranian national convicted of rape and sodomy. And according to DHS,
14:25pay close attention. This is for 2025 alone. 5,400 arrests were made by ICE tied to rape and sexual
14:33assault charges or convictions. Again, one year, same year, 2025, 2,100 arrests tied to charged or
14:42convicted murderers. One year. That's what these guys are doing every day. But many blue state governors,
14:48mayors, they don't seem to care. For them, politics is everything. Real life doesn't exist for
14:55them. They have security. Take a look at this historic waste spill in the Potomac. E. coli levels are now
15:01skyrocketing. Have you heard a single word from the, you know, climate alarmist, ecological religious
15:09cult? Any Democrat in D.C., any surrounding state? Senator Mark Warner lives downstream from the spill,
15:16but he's too busy tweeting about ICE in Minnesota, you know, to even notice until about five hours ago.
15:21And in Maryland, where the crisis started, the state's incompetent governor, no rush to fix the
15:27problem there either. Take a look. Any of the three local jurisdictions involved, whether that's
15:32the Commonwealth of Virginia, the state of Maryland and Governor Moore, or the District of Columbia to
15:37step forward and to ask the federal government for help and to ask for the Stafford Act to be
15:43implemented here so that the federal government can go and take control of this local infrastructure
15:48that has been abandoned and neglected by Governor Moore in Maryland for far too long. In fact,
15:55it's no secret that Maryland's water and infrastructure have been in dire need of repair.
15:59Their infrastructure has received a nearly failing grade in the 2025 report card from the American
16:05Society of Civil Engineers. This is the same grade they've received five years earlier. There has been
16:11no improvement under the leadership of Governor Moore. He's clearly shown he's incapable of fixing this
16:15problem, which is why President Trump and the federal government are standing by to step in.
16:21And look at New York City, for example. You have a mayor that wants a 10 percent increase in property
16:26taxes. He's demanding that the governor raise taxes even more. New York City has a bigger budget than the
16:32entire free state of Florida. Florida has much better law enforcement. They're ranked one or two in the best
16:39school system in the country. They have better weather, no state income tax, lower sales taxes and lower gas
16:45taxes and better infrastructure. Here's reaction. Fox News contributor Reince Priebus. I guess that kind
16:51of leads us to where we are. Blue state, blue city incompetence and a party now that is standing on
16:59defunding Department of Homeland Security, defunding ICE, defunding the police, dismantling the police,
17:05no bail laws, a party that, you know, seems to have just completely lost its way and lost the plot.
17:13How does that play out by the time we get to November and voting against the biggest tax cut in
17:18history? Yeah, just a few things. By the way, she'd have that grandma on your podcast when you started
17:26in a couple of weeks. She'd be a great guest for you. Yeah. Well, there's no PR strategy strong enough
17:33to outpace raw sewage flying into the river through a six foot pipe that nobody in Maryland or anywhere
17:43seems to be able to fix. So look, here's the problem. I mean, you're talking about mayors like
17:50in Oakland who his car was stolen at City Hall, so he can't even secure his own car at City
17:57Hall.
17:57You have this, you know, pardon to talk about this, but this poop snow fiasco in New York. I'm sure
18:04you've heard of that where they don't know what they're going to do about all of the excrement
18:11all over the screen. You know, yeah, well, I mean, people are like, by the way, on the screen
18:16right now, it's all over. Look at that. I see it now down below me. So new meaning to the
18:24idea of
18:25playing hopscotch in New York. So look, you know, the reality is, is that when you look at one of
18:32the
18:33reasons Donald Trump did so well in 2024, I went back and looked at how did he do in the
18:38top 10
18:39cities in America? You know, he won Dallas. He won Houston. He got 47 percent of the boat in Phoenix.
18:46He got 32 percent in L.A. and in New York. But that was actually about 13 points better than
18:53Mitt
18:54Romney did. He won Hispanic males at 54 percent. He won black males at 30 percent. The biggest mover to
19:01the Republican Party as a demographic in 2024 were black men under 40. And why? Because think about
19:10his message. You hit on it with Ted Cruz. You know, secure the border and protect the American worker.
19:16Get rid of cashless bail. Secure the streets. You know, these are the things that are the basic social
19:24contract that we have with America. And these mayors, they're not doing the basic job. So that's why
19:33in 1958, 73 percent of the American people, when you ask them, do you trust the government?
19:41It was 73 percent. Today, that number is 17. And that sewer pipe is one of the reasons why that
19:50number
19:50is 17. This is why mass migration continues to get worse out of blue cities and blue states and states
19:59like Texas and Florida, Tennessee, the Carolinas. You see that they are seeing massive growth in their
20:06population and it's helping their economy. It's creating jobs. It's lifting wages and property values.
20:13They are just blowing it. This referendum, California. Good luck, Gavin. You know,
20:19good luck with all the every billionaire leaves your state. It's going to make Florida, Texas rich.
20:24Thank you. Reince Priebus. Good to see you, sir. And we'll have you on the podcast. And by the way,
20:29that woman we showed you in the video with Donald Trump, she will be on this program tomorrow. Set
20:34your DVR so you don't miss it. All right. We have disturbing details continue to about that trans
20:39shooter in Rhode Island who killed his ex-wife and son earlier this week. Also tonight,
20:44breaking a major New York hospital. All right. This is a Fox News alert. We're learning more
20:50about the tragic shooting earlier this week, the one that took place on that hockey rink in Rhode
20:54Island, which is just the latest example of an act of mass violence committed by a trans person.
21:01Now, we're going to have a look at more examples in a minute. But first, joining us now with an
21:05update
21:05on the shooting, our very own Alexis McAdams is with us. Alexis, what a tragedy for that town,
21:11that city. I know Rhode Island well. I lived there five years. Yeah, that's right. And as you said
21:16last night, Sean, you know, your thoughts and prayers are with the family because now there
21:19are kids that are left behind without a mom or a dad here. So the shooter's daughter is now speaking
21:23out, though, saying that her dad was very sick and went on a targeted rampage against his own
21:28family. This is who he killed, Rhonda Dorgan and her son, Aiden Dorgan. So they were just sitting
21:33there in the stands at the hockey game when they were gunned down on Monday afternoon. They were
21:38there to support their other sibling who was actually out skating on the ice on high school
21:42senior night when bullets started flying. That's when police say Robert Dorgan was shooting there in
21:48the stands. He's been identified as a transgender, according to his friends, and also shot his in-laws
21:54and another person who were all in critical condition fighting for their lives in the hospital. So
22:01according to police, this 56-year-old also went by the name Roberta. These are his pictures on his
22:07Facebook. So that's what you're seeing there on your screen. He appeared to be wearing women's clothes
22:11at the time of the attack, which witnesses say he did often when he did come around. A bystander
22:16heard the gunshots, saw this gunman firing, and jumped into action. Watch.
22:29And so they were able to stop even more bloodshed, saying Dorgan tried to pull the trigger again,
22:34but his hand was stuck in the gun's chamber. I knew I got hit with something. I recognized this
22:39morning it was a shell case. I got hit on my lip, kind of burnt my lip, right above my
22:44top lip. He was
22:44shooting directly, like in a perpendicular line, straight down the row. I just saw the gun and
22:50leaked and kind of landed on him and landed on the gun all at one time.
22:55If he wouldn't have jumped in, it could have been even worse. So Dorgan had gender reassignment
22:59surgery. He got that back in 2020. And according to court documents, family members say he had a
23:03history of really having disputes over his gender identity. That's kind of what this all was about,
23:09ongoing with the family. And that's what led to his divorce. So we're going to keep a close eye on
23:12this. The family is asking for privacy. But there are questions, Sean, as you said,
23:16is what was going on with the surgery? Was he on medication? And we're going to wait to find out.
23:22All right. Alexis McAdams, thank you. Prayers for that family and that community.
23:26As we mentioned, the shooting is part of a disturbing rise in violence from trans perpetrators.
23:32There are plenty of examples. Trans shooters attacked Catholic schools in both Nashville and
23:37Minneapolis. Another one shot up a school in Canada. That was last week. Even Charlie Kirk's
23:42assassin was dating someone who was, quote, transitioning. The alarm bells are starting to
23:48sound. People are paying attention, even in deep blue New York City, where the hospital connected to
23:54NYU just announced it will no longer be helping children switch genders, citing the, quote,
24:00current regulatory environment. Thank you, President Trump. Another victory for common sense.
24:04Here with Reaction, our chief patient officers at the wellness company, Dr. Drew Pinsky and
24:10Gaines for Girls, the podcast, our friend, our host, Riley Gaines. You know, Riley, I'll start with
24:16you. You were at the forefront of this political battle. You were taking heat. You were going on
24:21college campuses. You still are. Democrats are still pushing for the right of men to play women's
24:27sports and be in women's locker rooms. They still are pushing that agenda. Why?
24:33Yeah, well, that's the million dollar question, Sean. I think a lot of this, honestly,
24:38and answering the question of why, I think a lot of this boils down to money. And the news that
24:42we
24:42saw out of NYU this week, I think really proves that, right? If it were really about the patients,
24:48they would have continued on. But no, they were scared of losing federal money. Therefore,
24:52they stopped. So same thing with the Democratic Party. I think a lot of what is behind their motives
24:57is lobbying dollars. The medicalization side of things, I believe to be very, well, it's known
25:03to be very, very profitable. Think about that. I don't think it will be long before we look back
25:07and call this what it accurately is, which is the biggest medical scandal this world has ever seen
25:12in cutting off the healthy, functioning body parts of children, adults or children, but especially
25:18children. I mean, there are really few things more sinister than that right there. So, Sean, I think
25:24money is what drives a lot of this, and especially the Democratic Party.
25:28Sure. Let me look at this, have you look at it from the medical point of view. I mean,
25:32between puberty blockers, the impact that could have psychologically on people or gender affirming
25:38care. And in a lot of cases, we're talking about young people. They're not old enough to buy a beer
25:45or a bottle of wine or if they smoke a pack of cigarettes, but we're going to let them change
25:53their sex at a young age. And a lot of Democrats are okay with that.
25:58A lot of people are okay with it, yet I think the world at large is coming around to saying
26:03that is
26:03wild and ridiculous. And it's well established that the majority of those children will move
26:10through those symptomatologies with no intervention. Now, if someone is an adult and still wishes
26:16intervention, fine, but what I am so concerned about is my profession. My profession is giving
26:22people dangerous medications, and it appears at minimum they are not doing adequate psychiatric
26:29evaluation, and they are certainly not helping these patients with the hormonal medications they're
26:35giving them. How much worse of an outcome could we possibly have? And Riley pointed at the issue of
26:41money. But look, my profession has been able to perpetrate a lot of unfortunate scandals on the
26:48population of this country. The opioid overprescribing, the misadventions of COVID, psychiatry years ago
26:54used to do ice picks above the eye. I mean, there are many cases, many examples of my profession not
27:02helping patients. And we have to look at what we're doing here with these patients to get the right
27:06treatment for the right patient. Do you make a connection? We have all of these examples. The
27:12one at this hockey rink in Rhode Island. We had the one in British Columbia the week before in Canada.
27:19You have a Catholic church shooting in Minneapolis. You have the Nashville Catholic school shooting,
27:26Colorado Springs, the LGBTQ plus nightclub shooting, you know, the Colorado school shooting in Highlands
27:33Ranch. You had Maryland, you had a shooting there. And I can keep going. Is it an inordinate amount to
27:40you, considering how small the community, we think the community is anyway?
27:46Yes. Look, but like I've been saying, though, if you took any medication in a high dose,
27:52and let's say it caused a series of violent acts, we would be looking at that. And we have to
27:58do that
27:58here, too. Something is going wrong, and something is going on. Well, let me ask you this question.
28:05Is roid rage real? People that take steroids? Yes. Is that real? Of course. Of course. Of course.
28:11Of course. And by the same token. Riley, that kind of answers the question. Right?
28:18Well, Sean, we know roid rage causes, or I guess injecting testosterone or HRT,
28:24it causes short temper, impulsivity, increased in confidence, and risk-taking. And that's,
28:30I think, what we're seeing, especially in this demographic here. We're taking the most delusional,
28:36broken, manipulated, lied to, manipulatable people in the entire country. We're pumping them full of
28:42cross-sex hormones and then telling them life will be perfect. And then we as a society, we're taking a
28:46step back and watching what happens. Really, really harmful, as we've seen. You alluded to
28:51Charlie Kirk. I feel like we would be remiss in this conversation if we did not mention him and
28:55the tragedy that happened to him. He was prematurely taken from this earth. Really
29:00horrible stuff, and it deserves to be investigated. All right. Riley Gaines, Dr. Drew, good to see you
29:05both. Thank you. Coming up, the country is on edge as the desperate search for Nancy Guthrie continues.
29:11We have breaking developments tonight. That's straight ahead. We'll check in with Nancy Gray.
29:16And tonight, the search for Nancy Guthrie continues as authorities now release new
29:21developments. According to data on Google Trends, one internet user appears to have searched
29:27for both Nancy Guthrie's address and Savannah Guthrie's salary in the weeks prior to that
29:33disappearance. Now, meanwhile, genetic genealogy that has been used to catch notorious killers is
29:39now being used to try and track down Nancy Guthrie's suspected kidnappers. And according to new reports,
29:46the FBI has now contacted Mexican authorities regarding the case. And now, following an anonymous
29:52donation, the reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie or her possible kidnapper is now $200,000.
30:00Here with more, host of Crime Stories on Fox 1, Nancy Grace. Nancy, okay. An internet user,
30:06to be clear, looking for Nancy Guthrie's home address and Savannah Guthrie's salary. And by the way,
30:15TMZ got another ransom note they described as highly sophisticated, wanting another form of
30:20cryptocurrency payment. Your take on all of this, I think the internet search is kind of blockbuster.
30:28I agree, Sean. And if you look at the dates of the internet searches, they go all the way back
30:34to
30:35June 21, June 28, 2025. And significantly, on January 11, 2026. That's just before the days before her
30:46kidnap. And another thing about that June 11 date, that was also the date a post went out asking for
30:53video, cam video of neighbors that very day. So I'm curious about the connection between Savannah's
31:04salary and where Nancy Guthrie lives. And we believe that at least one of these searches occurred
31:12in the Tucson area. Now, this is what I know. That type of Google trend search was used in a
31:19Colorado
31:19Police Department bombing. And it was searched down to the keywords like you're seeing tonight.
31:26And it was solved through those keywords. And speaking of Google, of course, all that will be
31:33a Google trend. It will be a Google investigation. And speaking of Google right now, they are doing a
31:41process called scratching. And I'm particularly interested, Sean, in that roof cam on Nancy Guthrie's
31:48home. Now, we've heard from the Pima County Sheriff, there's nothing there. There's nothing there. And
31:53bam, Google comes up with the door cam, right? Scratching is like scratching through seven or
32:00eight layers of paint, right? And you want to get down to layer number four. So you better be careful
32:05when you get to layer five, or you might just scratch away layer four. They're looking for video that
32:11may have been taped over. And think, think, if they get that rooftop cam, Sean, they might be able to
32:20get
32:21a vehicle. And if they get the vehicle, it all starts to fall together. See what I mean? That's why
32:30it's
32:30so important that the scratching process take place. Now, onto the DNA. There is word that the DNA found in
32:40Nancy's home, which I think is the most promising. I had hopes just like you, that that glove that was
32:46about a mile and a half away from her home, it resembled the glove the porch guy was wearing.
32:51I hope that would work. But think about it. A random glove, a mile and a half away,
32:56what the likelihood? Low. But the DNA in the home, Sean, much more likely. He was in there 41 minutes
33:03doing what? Touching the doorknobs, touching the light switches. We know those lights were left on in the
33:09front foyer, right? That was not her practice. He turned them on. The doorknobs to her room,
33:15anything moved in the home, maybe even the bathroom, maybe the commode flush. I don't know.
33:21They looked everywhere. Now, if they get it, word is it's going to be sent to Othram Labs. They are
33:28very simply the best. I know Kristen Middleman. She runs it along with her husband, David, and their
33:37specialty is degraded, mixed, or minuscule amounts of DNA. And that's what we're talking about,
33:46genetic genealogy. They were responsible for cracking the Koberger DNA conundrum.
33:52And not only that, the Rachel Morin problem. Remember Rachel Morin, the mom killed on the
33:59mom and pa trail by a guy here from El Salvador. He attacked an underage minor female in LA and
34:07was
34:07running for a murder charge in El Salvador and landed here and murdered Rachel Morin on a trail.
34:13They cracked both of those cases. That's good for the Guthrie family.
34:19The, all right. So if in fact, the internet user is searching for Nancy Guthrie's address
34:26and Savannah Guthrie's salary, that lends itself to the narrative that it's a kidnapper ransom.
34:3241 minutes then in the house really scares me. Thoughts?
34:38Yes, it does. It concerns me about what happened to Nancy Guthrie during those 41 minutes. But
34:45if you want to win this game, you got to keep your eye on the prize. You cannot think about
34:51what
34:51happened to Nancy inside the home. You have to think about trying to find the perk. Remember how
34:56he was touching his fight light and then, and that was on the outside of the gloves and touching the
35:01door handle. He did the same thing on the inside. It's very likely we're getting DNA, touch DNA, Sean.
35:10You know, you gave everybody a great reminder last night and you kind of scolded me on national TV,
35:15but I deserved it. And that is Sean, did you think this was going to be easy? And the answer
35:20to that
35:20question is no, it's not. This is hardcore police work and I have faith and confidence in, in our law
35:28enforcement, especially the FBI in this case. Uh, Nancy Grace, thank you. We appreciate your time
35:33and your analysis as always. And up next tonight. All right, late night lib, the unfunny Steve Colbert
35:40seems to be burning yet another bridge, but this time, uh, it's with his own network. We'll explain.
35:47A federal judge also siding with Buffalo wild wings. Boneless wings are here to stay.
35:54We'll tell you about the full announcement straight ahead.
36:01All right, time for other news. Failing late night host, Stephen Colbert is now at war with
36:06his own network. Colbert claiming CBS banned him from airing an interview with Democratic Senate
36:11candidate James Tallarico. Now, well, the network responded with a statement claiming Colbert was
36:16not prohibited from airing the interview, but quote provided legal guidance that the broadcast could
36:22trigger FCC equal time rules and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates could
36:29be fulfilled. That caused a meltdown from Colbert last night. Take a look. Jasmine Crockett weighed in
36:35saying this likely gave her primary opponent a big boost. And as if the situation wasn't awkward
36:41enough, CBS mornings covered the few this morning are here with reaction, political strategist,
36:47Caroline sunshine. I actually love this story because what they're saying here is CBS. If it's
36:54going to be a primary, give more time to Democrats. That's what the net result would have been more of
37:00Stephen Colbert is favorite people. This whole thing. It's ridiculous. Sean, here's the most ridiculous
37:06part. Okay. You have Stephen Colbert accusing CBS and the Trump administration of trying to silence
37:13anti-Trump voices on his show. Okay. Well, since 2022, Stephen Colbert has had 176 left-leaning guests
37:23on his show and exactly one Republican. And you want to know who that one Republican was, Sean?
37:30Liz Cheney. Liz Cheney, the most anti-Trump Republican. She's not even a Republican. She's
37:37a rhino. And Colbert thought he was being cute. He thought he was being really cute. He said,
37:42you know, the president's a toddler who gets too much screen time. If I wanted to watch a toddler
37:49who gets too much screen time, I would turn on Stephen Colbert's show. But like millions of Americans,
37:54I don't. And the reality I think here is that Stephen Colbert, he's afraid to have the president
38:02on his show. And he should be. He has a very unhealthy obsession with President Trump. He
38:08mentions him in almost every monologue multiple times a week. And he has conditioned his audience
38:13to believe that President Trump is this bad, scary, authoritarian figure. And he knows that if he has
38:21President Trump on his show, his audience is going to see the same affable, likable,
38:27funny guy that millions of Americans, even Zoran Mamdani saw in the Oval Office that day,
38:32who President Trump really is. So I personally hope the president makes this interesting. I would
38:37love for the president to offer for himself to go on Stephen's show, offer himself as a guest. He
38:43hasn't been back on since 2015. And I guess based on Colbert's response,
38:49we'll find out who's silencing who, Sean. All right. Now, a federal judge has delivered a humorous,
38:55but, you know, decisive ruling in a food industry lawsuit. A Chicago guy sued Buffalo Wild Wings.
39:03Why? Claiming the chain's boneless wings were misleading because they aren't actually chicken
39:09wings. The judge said the argument had, quote, no meat on its bones, dismissing the false advertising
39:15claim and ruling that boneless wings are a common misunderstood menu term. Thank goodness for
39:22common sense in our courtroom. And by the way, I would highly recommend KFC original recipe. Those
39:29wings are better. But that's my opinion. Sean, I really appreciate you covering this because this
39:35is the existential issue of our time. And I believe that the judge committed a grave miscarriage
39:41of justice in his ruling because boneless chicken wings are not wings. They are not wings. They're not
39:49even from the wing of the chicken. They are frauds pretending to be wings. And that is why we should
39:56change their name to chicken lies. Oh, ouch. The bottom line is everybody knows what they're getting
40:05when you get that. I don't know. When you think about it, if you go and you're boneless chicken
40:14wings, it's basically chicken with like, you know, bread crumbs on it. That's what you're getting. And
40:19you're not getting the best part of the chicken. That's why you should order the turkey, the chicken
40:23breast or chicken wings. You know what you're getting. Get KFC, get original recipe.
40:28We should do a poll. This could be a very divisive issue. This, this could be the house divided issue
40:33with your audience. This is something that could, could separate households, Sean.
40:37It could. Well, I don't care. I'm still choosing what I like. Caroline, thank you. Appreciate your time.
40:43And coming up, it's every parent's worst nightmare, disturbing video from Italy showing the moment
40:48a one-year-old child almost kidnapped while leaving a grocery store with her mother.
40:53We'll show you what happened next.
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