February 5, 2026 • 29 mins
Sean Hannity examines rising tensions with Iran as the regime escalates threats against the United States and openly chants “Death to America.” Sean is joined by former Marine Kevin Hermening, who was held hostage for 444 days during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, sharing firsthand accounts of captivity, psychological torture, and resilience under extreme conditions. The conversation exposes Iran’s long-standing role as a state sponsor of terrorism and the brutal reality faced by political dissidents, women, and minorities under the regime. Sean explains why history matters now, and why ignoring Iran’s past guarantees future conflict. This is a powerful reminder of the cost of freedom and the courage of those who have paid it.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thanks to all of you for being with us. Right
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down our toll free telephone number if you want to
be a part of the program. Authorities Pima County, Arizona
continue to investigate the disappearance of eighty four year old
Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC Today co hosts Savannah Guthrie.
They view it as a possible abduction and forced entry,
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and they believe she was taken against her will. They
have not identified any suspects or persons of interest in
this case as of now, urging the public to avoid
spreading unverified information. The President last night tweeting out that
all federal law enforcement resources are going to be made
available to help in capturing the people or the person
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responsible for this. The abduction took place on Saturday last
scene on the evening of January thirty first, after being
dropped off by family members her daughter and son in law.
The alarm was raised the following morning when she failed
to show up for her regular church service, and the
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sheriff says no one has ruled out has been ruled
out as a suspect. I mean, they just don't know,
so they're just saying and I don't think anybody should
read anything into that. People rushed to judgment too quickly.
They Pima County Sheriff reveals the timeline of this disappearance.
At about five point thirty two pm, Nancy traveled to
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a local family home for dinner, playing games with her family, visiting.
At nine forty eight pm, consistent with what they were
told by the family, Nancy was dropped off at home.
We know that we have a garage door open at
that time, approximately that time, and then about Sunday morning,
about one seven am, the doorbell camera disconnected. At two
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twelve A software detected a person on camera, no video available.
They had no subscription. Therefore it would, you know, rewrite
itself in in other words, and anyway, it's just kind
of loops right and covers up. And by the way,
if you do have a home security system, and I
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urge you to have one, you should put it on record,
and I do it annually, to be honest, I don't
change out the hard drive until I do it annually.
I have AI cameras, active guard, outdoor protection, facial recognition,
all of that. Every inch of your property, as far
as I'm concerned, should be under surveillance. But then the
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pacemaker app at two twenty eight shows that it was
a disconnect from the phone and anyway, it was about
noon the next day the family discovered her missing. Sheriff
response to speculation on the Sun in law and they said,
everyone's a suspect. They don't have any one suspect. They
did announce one arrest over an imposter ransom demand in
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the gut Thrie case, which you know is really sick
on some people's parts. No suspects, a person of interest
identified specifically at this time. They said that the home
DNA tests were minimal, but they did. They're waiting for
more lab reports. Uh, but they did have a match.
And they believe she's alive. They believe she's out there,
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but time is of the essence because of her health
issues and her need for medication. And you know, there's
there's just a lot to unpack here, but there's a
there's a bigger issue in play. And I know, and
I said this on TV last night, I don't want
it to be political. I really don't. I mean that sincerely,
but it's you know, it's captured the nation's attention. It's
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an eighty four year old woman of a television anchor,
and I think everybody with a heart, a conscience, and
a soul is praying for her safe, you know, return
to her family. And that's what any good person would want.
And you know, the Pma County Sheriff confirmed that the
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blood on the porch belonged to Nancy Guthrie. We do
know that part one of the ransom notes, by the way,
gave a deadline of five pm today. There's a second
one that has a deadline of five pm on Monday.
The FBI offered a fifty thousand dollars reward for information
on the disappearance. And there's just a lot we just
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don't know at this time. And I don't think they're
telling us everything. But you know, on this program, we
have covered issues involving murder and crime, and you know,
senseless murder. You know, for decades on my TV show
and on this radio program, we have highlighted the number
of people shot and shot and killed in Chicago. Why
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because those lives matter. And I believe that every person
was created by God. It's it's it's I believe we
are endowed by our creator to a phrase, and that
every human soul was created by God and every life
does matter, and it's it's a shame that we, you know,
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we have so much death and so much you know,
there's so much murder and kidnapping and horrible things that
go on. We don't pay a lot of attention to it.
I think in that sense, you know, it shows you
how important one life is. It just shows you. And
that's why, you know, I don't understand why any American
doesn't want law enforcement who seek out known terrorists and
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murderers and rapists and child molesters and other violent criminals
and cartel members and gang members in our country. I don't.
I would think that's something that should not ever be political,
you know. And if you want to know the pain
that every family goes through, I think it's captured very well.
And this is very real, very raw, heart wrenching to hear.
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And again, our prayers are with the Guthrie family for
the safe return of their mother. But it's Savannah, her sister,
and her brother. I'm going to play it in its entirety.
Listen on, behalf of our family.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
We want to thank all of you for the prayers
for our beloved mom Fancy. We feel them, and we
continue to believe that she feels them too. Our mom
is a kind, faithful, loyal, fiercely loving woman of goodness
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and light. She's funny, It's funky and clever. She has
grandchildren that adore her and crowd around her and cover
her with kisses. She loves fun and adventure. She is
a devoted friend. She is full of kindness and knowledge.
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Talk to her and you'll see.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
The light is missing from our lives. Nancy is our mother.
We are her children. She is our beacon. She holds
fast to joy in all of life's circumstances. She chooses
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joy day after day, despite having already passed through great trials.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
Of pain and grief.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
We are always going to be merely human, just normal
human people who need our mom. Mama, Mama, if you're listening,
we need you to come home.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
We miss you. Our mom is our heart and our home.
She is eighty four years old. Her health, her heart,
is special. She lives in constant pain. She is without
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any medicine. She needs it to survive, she needs it
not to suffer. We too, have heard the reports about
a ransom letter in the media. As a family, we
are doing everything that we can. We are ready to
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talk However, we live in a world where voices and
images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a
doubt that she is alive and that you have her.
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We want to hear from you, and we are ready
to listen. Please reach out to us, Mommy, if you
are hearing this, you are a strong woman. You are
God's precious daughter, Nancy. We believe and know that even
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in this valley, He's with you. Everyone is looking for you, Mommy, everywhere.
We will not rest, Your children will not rest until
we are together again. We speak to you every moment,
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and we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance
for the day that we hold you in our arms again.
We love your mom.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
We love your mom.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Stay strong.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
You can't listen to that and not be touched by that.
That is every family of every that has a loved
one that has been a victim of crime, whether it's
lost a loved one or that they're looking for a
loved one or a loved one has gone missing. It
has all the indications that they at least believe it's
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a possibility that this is a kidnap ransom. And you
know the TMZ, another media outlet also, you know, indicates
that this is real. They're trying to engage in this.
We're ready to talk. They apparently were not contacted directly,
as indicated by the Savannah statement, We too have heard
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reports about a ransom letter in the media, and we're
doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk.
And she's basically asking for proof of life because we
live in a world where voices, images are easily manipulated.
We need to know without a doubt she's alive and
that you have her and that being an opening, you know,
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to begin a dialogue with people. I mean, we had
Nancy Grace on this program yesterday and I asked her.
She had lost her fiance many years ago because of
a heinous crime, and it it I mean the level
that you could hear the pain all of these years later.
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She never got married, She never she didn't get married
till nineteen years later because of that horror, that trauma.
It changed the entire trajectory of her life. And you
could hear the pain in her voice. And this is
what is universal here. And this is why I'm saying
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that this is not a political point. It's not a
cheap political point here. It is that every life matters.
That's why when you hear about shootings in city every weekend,
and nobody knows the name of anybody shot, nobody knows
the name of anybody shot and killed. This is why
I'm aghast that people couldn't stand for the family of
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Lake and Riley, they couldn't stand for the family of
little Joscely and Hungary. That to me should not be political.
And then get just as evidence that some people don't
have a heart or conscience and a soul because those
families are devastated and they will never ever be the
same again. And that's why you know, we don't need
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defund dismantle, no bail, reimagine the police. We need law
and order, We need safety and security. I've said so
many times it is a prerequisite if you want to
pursue happiness. We don't have that in many American towns
and cities because of this insanity. We're now at a
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point where you have a political party that wants to
defund ice. This is madness to me, considering they're risking
their lives and they're capturing known terrorists, murderers, rapists, child molesters,
other violent criminals cartel members, gang members, drug dealers. We
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can't have that because each you know, every person they impact,
they're creating a situation like now the Guthries, sadly are
having to go through. And our prayers are with all
of these families. And it's not cliche to say that
every life does matter. It does matter. That's why we
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should all be an agreement. In my view, it should
be universal that we respect life, protect life, want to
save lives, and that we respect those people that are
willing to put their lives on the line for us
to do such, and not have organized mobs whipped into
a frenzy by you know, power hungry politicians, you know,
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trying to come up with a political strategy to get power.
And uh, and again it's just a moment to reflect
on the on the broader issue here, we just come
we have come to accept too much of this and
I'm saying it has to stop everywhere. And we pray
for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie. And that is
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since that is very sincere. You just see pain and
agony you can hear in this family, and suffering and
uncertainty and just sadness eight hundred ninety four one, Shawn,
our number will continue. I know that there are many
of you. I'm getting some panicoles Hannity, I'm worried about
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the MENTI I'm worried about this point. I'm worried about
I'm worried. I'm worried to work. Okay, it's ten a second.
I will get to this in a second. Uh. I'm
telling you right now it's too early to start worrying.
Pay attention to it, focus on it. But just I
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want you to understand something where we're starting ten months
out of this midterm election. Now, I will caution you
that this is by far the most important midterm election
I think in our lifetime. If Democrats win, all progress
on the economy and national security, well probably not national security,
but maybe. I mean, if Democrats have their way, Donald
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Trump would have to get permission from five hundred and
thirty five members of the House and Senate to engage
in his constitutionally protected authority as commander in chief. But
I'm just telling you, if you pay attention to what
Democrats are doing, seventy one percent of Democrats support voter
id laws. Seventy one percent of Democrats, it's eighty three
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percent nationwide. You know, you know, about seventy to eighty
percent for both African Americans Hispanic Americans. And it is simple.
Americans understand that you need integrity in our voting system
so every American can have confidence in the results. Oh,
Democrats and Republicans have claimed that the system is rigged
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or the systems corrupt, Hillary Clinton among them, election denier
Stacy Abrams, election denier the Democrat's favorite term. So even
though it just makes all the sense in the world
to have voter ID signature verification, chain of custody controls
from mail in ballots. That means that once a ballot
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arrives at a polling place, it's put in a room
with a camera available to the public twenty four to
seven so that nobody can go in there and tamper
with those ballots. That means updated voter rolls for every election.
You can't have illegals counted in the census or voting.
That means, you know, again, chain of custody. You need
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partisan observers watching the vote counting all day and the
I'm sorry, the voting all day, the vote counting all night.
Not complicated. Democrats position Jim Crow two point zero. That's
what they are saying. You have footage of Joe Biden
showing his ID to vote in the twenty twenty two midterms.
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You have Barack Obama in twenty twelve presenting his ID
to vote. You know, Democrats never had a problem with this,
and now we have Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal saying ensuring
only US citizens can vote is totalitarian, an authoritarian, I mean,
this is what they want. So this is your modern liberal,
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leftist Democratic party. They want to defund ice and I'll
get into that in a minute. They have very specific
demands that are insane. They want to defund dismantle, no
bail laws, reimagine the police. That's insane. They let us
have open borders for four years, unvetted, twelve million plus illegals,
including terrorists, murderers, rapists, kyle molesters, other violent criminals, cartel members,
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gang members, drug dealers, and now that we're trying to
get him out, then you know, oh, this is Donald Trump.
This is terrible. It's not I mean, so if they're
going to be that party, the party the votes for
the largest tax increase in history, voted against tax breaks
for working men and women, with no tax on tips
in overtime worked against seniors from removing tax on social security.
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The party that believes in climate alarmism. It's the cost
of democracy, as Kamala famously said, to pay higher gas
prices if this is their party and what they're going
to run on, a lot of this will make it
into the consciousness of the American people. You know, the
hypocrisy of the left knows no ends. Bernie Sanders spent
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over five hundred and fifty thousand dollars in twenty twenty
five campaign funds on his private jets. You know, he's
out there doing the fight the oligarchy tour. I'm sure
that the same thing probably would hold true for AOC
unless Bernie paid her way. And you know, we we're
now at a point we have tape of Joe Scarborough
two thousand and three worrying the California may start issuing
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driver's licenses to illegals. And he'll go on air and
he'll claim I've never changed. I'm still conservative. No, you're not,
nor is anybody on that network conservative. You know, he
worried the California would issue driver's licenses to illegals. By
giving these criminals the most accepted form of identification. This
plan seems to legitimize illegal immigration once and for all,
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and it's dangerous. What happened to that guy? Where did
he go? I want to talk about a corrupt media.
Apple News editors personally select each story they publish. Okay,
they the top stories from left leaning outlets six hundred
and twenty. The number of stories they selected from any
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right leaning outlet zero of. I'm telling you it's all good.
We'll show you the picture of Obama showing his ID
in twenty twelve. We'll show you the statements that both
Barack Obama Bill Clinton made about illegal immigration. We'll do
that too. That's insane. Over at msdn C, Nicole Wallace,
political violence is only committed by the right and people
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who consume conservative media. Huh okay, So I need to
do it, and I need to run the whole list
because it's insane. Linda, did you see the cringeworthy post
of Kamala Harris welcome to Headquarters the new gen Z
led progressive content hub that she's involved in. Jesus Madam
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n President.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
What's going on with Kamala HQ?
Speaker 5 (20:40):
Well, I'm so glad you asked I have good news.
So Kamala HQ is turning into headquarters and it's where
you can go online to get basically the latest of
what's going on, and also to meet and revisit with
some of our great courageous leaders, be they elected leaders,
community leaders, civic leaders, faith leaders, young leaders. I'm really
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excited about it. So stay engaged and I'll see you
out there.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Thank you engaged. I'll see you out there now. This
is again, I know that some people want to panic.
The only thing you have to do if you're listening
to this program, and I'll say this every day, and
some people will write Hennedy repeats himself, yep, I design
because if I say it once, not all of you
are going to hear it or remember it. The only
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thing you have to commit yourself to your heart, mind
and soul is voting in this midterm so our country
can continue to progress with common sense. Is really that
basic and simple. If everybody that voted for Donald Trump
will show up for the midterms and not be lazy,
then we'll in the great progress we're making as a
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country domestically and on the world stage will continue. It's
that simple, you know, It's It's very interesting if you
if you watch what the Democrats are doing publicly and
what's really going on behind closed doors. Axios had an
interesting report on this today, Because they're talking a big
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game on ICE publicly, behind closed doors, they are scared
to death. They don't want this fight over immigration. They
don't want this fight over the Save Act to fight
for the right of illegals to vote and not have
voter ID. They don't want Lindsey Graham's bill that will
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outright bans sanctuary cities and states with real penalties. They
don't want discussions about funding the Department of Homeland Security,
which is why I think ultimately they're going to capitulate.
I mean, why would they Democrats with all the increase
in violence vehicular violence against against ICE agents of eighteen
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hundred percent, assaults against ICE agents up thirteen hundred percent,
right levels up eight thousand percent, these guys that have
been docksed, why would they want no mask?
Speaker 3 (23:04):
You know?
Speaker 1 (23:05):
Why why do they put the burden of of you know,
proof on the agents you know, require ID, but they
don't want ID for illegal immigrants. It's insane. They want
to protect sensitive locations. Oh okay, you can't you can't
go to a medical facility really, or a polling place.
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Why not? Law enforcement shouldn't be inhibited where they can
and cannot go. They already have use of force standards.
We know, they're built into the system. It's you know,
I'm all in favor. Let them go crazy, the crazier
they go. But it's interesting they're taking one they like
the Iranians. The Iranians take one posture publicly, in a
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very different posture behind the scenes. Biden, let you know
all these he said, eleven eight hundred eighty eight illegal
alien murderers into the country. I think the numbers higher.
We don't even know the number of All I know
is ICE is already arrested and deported seven hundred thousand people.
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Then we have, you know, I think it was a
very smart play for them to offer people to self deport,
give them a plane ticket, money in their pocket, and
an opportunity to apply to come in legally. I think
that's actually really good. By the way, there's pro ICE
billboards calling out liberal hypocrisy, let them do their jobs,
billboards expressing support for ICE, you know, now springing up
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in several Swing states. ICE officers are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins,
and friends. Reads one of them. Let them do their jobs,
reads another one of them. Another billboard reminds the public
that interfering with federal law enforcement operations as a crime,
and you can go to jail. One you know, directly
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quotes former President Barack Obama. You know, when he said
that Americans are right to demand better border security and
better enforcement of the immigration laws in this country. Bill
Clinton said the same thing. You know, there's such hypocrisy
on all of this by the radical left. And that's
why I actually was glad that the Grammys happened and
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that all these idiots spoke out. You know, even Julian Epstein,
but we used to have him on regularly during the
Clinton impeachment. He's the headline is Dems are demented in
their ice demands. He knows it's political suicide. Seven hundred thousand.
You know, illegals that had criminal records are gone. And
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then states like California now Gavin swears, oh no, we cooperate.
They don't cooperate. Not according to law enforcement sources I
have there, They tell me just the opposite. And you know,
America right now. We need to always be thinking geopolitically.
Why do you think President's Trump wants Greenland? You think
he wants, you know, a big sheet of ice. No,
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he knows that it's of the utmost geopolitical security for
both America and our allies in Europe. And he understands
that China and Russia understand that. And that's why he's
smart to go after it. Anyway, By the way, even
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I we'll play it later in the program. Our friend
Steve and I and Bill Maher, they're both saying the
same thing. No id for voting is ridiculous and stupid.
Do we have any of Scott Bessant and is thrown
down yesterday and today, Linda, Let's play some of that.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
This should be an easy one, mister Secretary. Can you
commit right here and now that Trump's FED nominee Kevin
Warsh will not be sued, will not be investigated by
the Department of Justice if he doesn't cut interest rates
exactly the way that Donald Trump wants.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
I I that that is up to the president.
Speaker 7 (27:05):
Can you commit that you will? Can you commit that
you will not hold the.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
Whole upyn you just interest Can you won't be criminally
investigated the president.
Speaker 6 (27:17):
Also about you that I'll repeat Senator will He said
he had reservation if this was a joke, why not
just say so it was a joke, And he made
a joke about to Sinator Warrens got a lot of laughs,
got a lot of laughs.
Speaker 7 (27:33):
Yeah, so I don't know if you want to respect.
I don't want you to. Mister highly quality, why don't
you Why don't you tell the nation?
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Greg Meeks, let's play them. This is from yesterday. Actually,
I mean just going absolutely bonkers against UH Secretary best
and who was on Hannity tonight. Listen.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
He had six seconds left to try to answer your question,
and it was a.
Speaker 7 (28:02):
Yes and no. It was a yes and no as
I asked him, will you, gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Yes or no?
Speaker 7 (28:07):
Regular dependemic called the president? Yeah, well, stop being his flunky, okay,
And gentlemen, gentlemen, you're just talking to me. I'm responding
trip to Venezuela. The President.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Don't be a fucking work for the American reader.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
Will you be the boss?
Speaker 3 (28:27):
You see? Will you be the boys? Will you be
the boss? Will you be the boss?
Speaker 7 (28:32):
And will you be the boss? Study of study.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
Reclaiming my time, reclaiming my time, reclaiming.
Speaker 7 (28:38):
All that time was a mass immigrants to chair, you know,
and Tom does to hell is a woman on California
ten and twenty million immigrants.
Speaker 6 (28:50):
Can you shot a housing housing stock of working Americans?
Speaker 1 (28:55):
And can you can't make this up? By the way,
not only is California won the five percent well tame
and that's chasing out all the rich people in California.
Now they want to hit drivers with a new mileage
tax against the highest gas taxes, the highest sales taxes,
and highest income taxes aren't enough. Unbelievable. By the way,
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one California law firm helped offering to help a Native
American tribe of vic Billy eilish from the land she
says she stole from them. I want to follow up
on that.
Thanks to all of you for being with us. Right
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down our toll free telephone number if you want to
be a part of the program. Authorities Pima County, Arizona
continue to investigate the disappearance of eighty four year old
Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC Today co hosts Savannah Guthrie.
They view it as a possible abduction and forced entry,
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and they believe she was taken against her will. They
have not identified any suspects or persons of interest in
this case as of now, urging the public to avoid
spreading unverified information. The President last night tweeting out that
all federal law enforcement resources are going to be made
available to help in capturing the people or the person
(00:46):
responsible for this. The abduction took place on Saturday last
scene on the evening of January thirty first, after being
dropped off by family members her daughter and son in law.
The alarm was raised the following morning when she failed
to show up for her regular church service, and the
(01:07):
sheriff says no one has ruled out has been ruled
out as a suspect. I mean, they just don't know,
so they're just saying and I don't think anybody should
read anything into that. People rushed to judgment too quickly.
They Pima County Sheriff reveals the timeline of this disappearance.
At about five point thirty two pm, Nancy traveled to
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a local family home for dinner, playing games with her family, visiting.
At nine forty eight pm, consistent with what they were
told by the family, Nancy was dropped off at home.
We know that we have a garage door open at
that time, approximately that time, and then about Sunday morning,
about one seven am, the doorbell camera disconnected. At two
(01:53):
twelve A software detected a person on camera, no video available.
They had no subscription. Therefore it would, you know, rewrite
itself in in other words, and anyway, it's just kind
of loops right and covers up. And by the way,
if you do have a home security system, and I
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urge you to have one, you should put it on record,
and I do it annually, to be honest, I don't
change out the hard drive until I do it annually.
I have AI cameras, active guard, outdoor protection, facial recognition,
all of that. Every inch of your property, as far
as I'm concerned, should be under surveillance. But then the
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pacemaker app at two twenty eight shows that it was
a disconnect from the phone and anyway, it was about
noon the next day the family discovered her missing. Sheriff
response to speculation on the Sun in law and they said,
everyone's a suspect. They don't have any one suspect. They
did announce one arrest over an imposter ransom demand in
(02:59):
the gut Thrie case, which you know is really sick
on some people's parts. No suspects, a person of interest
identified specifically at this time. They said that the home
DNA tests were minimal, but they did. They're waiting for
more lab reports. Uh, but they did have a match.
And they believe she's alive. They believe she's out there,
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but time is of the essence because of her health
issues and her need for medication. And you know, there's
there's just a lot to unpack here, but there's a
there's a bigger issue in play. And I know, and
I said this on TV last night, I don't want
it to be political. I really don't. I mean that sincerely,
but it's you know, it's captured the nation's attention. It's
(03:46):
an eighty four year old woman of a television anchor,
and I think everybody with a heart, a conscience, and
a soul is praying for her safe, you know, return
to her family. And that's what any good person would want.
And you know, the Pma County Sheriff confirmed that the
(04:06):
blood on the porch belonged to Nancy Guthrie. We do
know that part one of the ransom notes, by the way,
gave a deadline of five pm today. There's a second
one that has a deadline of five pm on Monday.
The FBI offered a fifty thousand dollars reward for information
on the disappearance. And there's just a lot we just
(04:27):
don't know at this time. And I don't think they're
telling us everything. But you know, on this program, we
have covered issues involving murder and crime, and you know,
senseless murder. You know, for decades on my TV show
and on this radio program, we have highlighted the number
of people shot and shot and killed in Chicago. Why
(04:50):
because those lives matter. And I believe that every person
was created by God. It's it's it's I believe we
are endowed by our creator to a phrase, and that
every human soul was created by God and every life
does matter, and it's it's a shame that we, you know,
(05:10):
we have so much death and so much you know,
there's so much murder and kidnapping and horrible things that
go on. We don't pay a lot of attention to it.
I think in that sense, you know, it shows you
how important one life is. It just shows you. And
that's why, you know, I don't understand why any American
doesn't want law enforcement who seek out known terrorists and
(05:34):
murderers and rapists and child molesters and other violent criminals
and cartel members and gang members in our country. I don't.
I would think that's something that should not ever be political,
you know. And if you want to know the pain
that every family goes through, I think it's captured very well.
And this is very real, very raw, heart wrenching to hear.
(06:00):
And again, our prayers are with the Guthrie family for
the safe return of their mother. But it's Savannah, her sister,
and her brother. I'm going to play it in its entirety.
Listen on, behalf of our family.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
We want to thank all of you for the prayers
for our beloved mom Fancy. We feel them, and we
continue to believe that she feels them too. Our mom
is a kind, faithful, loyal, fiercely loving woman of goodness
(06:36):
and light. She's funny, It's funky and clever. She has
grandchildren that adore her and crowd around her and cover
her with kisses. She loves fun and adventure. She is
a devoted friend. She is full of kindness and knowledge.
(07:00):
Talk to her and you'll see.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
The light is missing from our lives. Nancy is our mother.
We are her children. She is our beacon. She holds
fast to joy in all of life's circumstances. She chooses
(07:25):
joy day after day, despite having already passed through great trials.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
Of pain and grief.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
We are always going to be merely human, just normal
human people who need our mom. Mama, Mama, if you're listening,
we need you to come home.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
We miss you. Our mom is our heart and our home.
She is eighty four years old. Her health, her heart,
is special. She lives in constant pain. She is without
(08:15):
any medicine. She needs it to survive, she needs it
not to suffer. We too, have heard the reports about
a ransom letter in the media. As a family, we
are doing everything that we can. We are ready to
(08:36):
talk However, we live in a world where voices and
images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a
doubt that she is alive and that you have her.
(08:58):
We want to hear from you, and we are ready
to listen. Please reach out to us, Mommy, if you
are hearing this, you are a strong woman. You are
God's precious daughter, Nancy. We believe and know that even
(09:25):
in this valley, He's with you. Everyone is looking for you, Mommy, everywhere.
We will not rest, Your children will not rest until
we are together again. We speak to you every moment,
(09:46):
and we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance
for the day that we hold you in our arms again.
We love your mom.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
We love your mom.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Stay strong.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
You can't listen to that and not be touched by that.
That is every family of every that has a loved
one that has been a victim of crime, whether it's
lost a loved one or that they're looking for a
loved one or a loved one has gone missing. It
has all the indications that they at least believe it's
(10:26):
a possibility that this is a kidnap ransom. And you
know the TMZ, another media outlet also, you know, indicates
that this is real. They're trying to engage in this.
We're ready to talk. They apparently were not contacted directly,
as indicated by the Savannah statement, We too have heard
(10:47):
reports about a ransom letter in the media, and we're
doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk.
And she's basically asking for proof of life because we
live in a world where voices, images are easily manipulated.
We need to know without a doubt she's alive and
that you have her and that being an opening, you know,
(11:08):
to begin a dialogue with people. I mean, we had
Nancy Grace on this program yesterday and I asked her.
She had lost her fiance many years ago because of
a heinous crime, and it it I mean the level
that you could hear the pain all of these years later.
(11:28):
She never got married, She never she didn't get married
till nineteen years later because of that horror, that trauma.
It changed the entire trajectory of her life. And you
could hear the pain in her voice. And this is
what is universal here. And this is why I'm saying
(11:49):
that this is not a political point. It's not a
cheap political point here. It is that every life matters.
That's why when you hear about shootings in city every weekend,
and nobody knows the name of anybody shot, nobody knows
the name of anybody shot and killed. This is why
I'm aghast that people couldn't stand for the family of
(12:11):
Lake and Riley, they couldn't stand for the family of
little Joscely and Hungary. That to me should not be political.
And then get just as evidence that some people don't
have a heart or conscience and a soul because those
families are devastated and they will never ever be the
same again. And that's why you know, we don't need
(12:34):
defund dismantle, no bail, reimagine the police. We need law
and order, We need safety and security. I've said so
many times it is a prerequisite if you want to
pursue happiness. We don't have that in many American towns
and cities because of this insanity. We're now at a
(12:54):
point where you have a political party that wants to
defund ice. This is madness to me, considering they're risking
their lives and they're capturing known terrorists, murderers, rapists, child molesters,
other violent criminals cartel members, gang members, drug dealers. We
(13:15):
can't have that because each you know, every person they impact,
they're creating a situation like now the Guthries, sadly are
having to go through. And our prayers are with all
of these families. And it's not cliche to say that
every life does matter. It does matter. That's why we
(13:35):
should all be an agreement. In my view, it should
be universal that we respect life, protect life, want to
save lives, and that we respect those people that are
willing to put their lives on the line for us
to do such, and not have organized mobs whipped into
a frenzy by you know, power hungry politicians, you know,
(13:57):
trying to come up with a political strategy to get power.
And uh, and again it's just a moment to reflect
on the on the broader issue here, we just come
we have come to accept too much of this and
I'm saying it has to stop everywhere. And we pray
for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie. And that is
(14:19):
since that is very sincere. You just see pain and
agony you can hear in this family, and suffering and
uncertainty and just sadness eight hundred ninety four one, Shawn,
our number will continue. I know that there are many
of you. I'm getting some panicoles Hannity, I'm worried about
(14:40):
the MENTI I'm worried about this point. I'm worried about
I'm worried. I'm worried to work. Okay, it's ten a second.
I will get to this in a second. Uh. I'm
telling you right now it's too early to start worrying.
Pay attention to it, focus on it. But just I
(15:00):
want you to understand something where we're starting ten months
out of this midterm election. Now, I will caution you
that this is by far the most important midterm election
I think in our lifetime. If Democrats win, all progress
on the economy and national security, well probably not national security,
but maybe. I mean, if Democrats have their way, Donald
(15:22):
Trump would have to get permission from five hundred and
thirty five members of the House and Senate to engage
in his constitutionally protected authority as commander in chief. But
I'm just telling you, if you pay attention to what
Democrats are doing, seventy one percent of Democrats support voter
id laws. Seventy one percent of Democrats, it's eighty three
(15:45):
percent nationwide. You know, you know, about seventy to eighty
percent for both African Americans Hispanic Americans. And it is simple.
Americans understand that you need integrity in our voting system
so every American can have confidence in the results. Oh,
Democrats and Republicans have claimed that the system is rigged
(16:09):
or the systems corrupt, Hillary Clinton among them, election denier
Stacy Abrams, election denier the Democrat's favorite term. So even
though it just makes all the sense in the world
to have voter ID signature verification, chain of custody controls
from mail in ballots. That means that once a ballot
(16:29):
arrives at a polling place, it's put in a room
with a camera available to the public twenty four to
seven so that nobody can go in there and tamper
with those ballots. That means updated voter rolls for every election.
You can't have illegals counted in the census or voting.
That means, you know, again, chain of custody. You need
(16:50):
partisan observers watching the vote counting all day and the
I'm sorry, the voting all day, the vote counting all night.
Not complicated. Democrats position Jim Crow two point zero. That's
what they are saying. You have footage of Joe Biden
showing his ID to vote in the twenty twenty two midterms.
(17:11):
You have Barack Obama in twenty twelve presenting his ID
to vote. You know, Democrats never had a problem with this,
and now we have Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal saying ensuring
only US citizens can vote is totalitarian, an authoritarian, I mean,
this is what they want. So this is your modern liberal,
(17:34):
leftist Democratic party. They want to defund ice and I'll
get into that in a minute. They have very specific
demands that are insane. They want to defund dismantle, no
bail laws, reimagine the police. That's insane. They let us
have open borders for four years, unvetted, twelve million plus illegals,
including terrorists, murderers, rapists, kyle molesters, other violent criminals, cartel members,
(17:59):
gang members, drug dealers, and now that we're trying to
get him out, then you know, oh, this is Donald Trump.
This is terrible. It's not I mean, so if they're
going to be that party, the party the votes for
the largest tax increase in history, voted against tax breaks
for working men and women, with no tax on tips
in overtime worked against seniors from removing tax on social security.
(18:24):
The party that believes in climate alarmism. It's the cost
of democracy, as Kamala famously said, to pay higher gas
prices if this is their party and what they're going
to run on, a lot of this will make it
into the consciousness of the American people. You know, the
hypocrisy of the left knows no ends. Bernie Sanders spent
(18:46):
over five hundred and fifty thousand dollars in twenty twenty
five campaign funds on his private jets. You know, he's
out there doing the fight the oligarchy tour. I'm sure
that the same thing probably would hold true for AOC
unless Bernie paid her way. And you know, we we're
now at a point we have tape of Joe Scarborough
two thousand and three worrying the California may start issuing
(19:09):
driver's licenses to illegals. And he'll go on air and
he'll claim I've never changed. I'm still conservative. No, you're not,
nor is anybody on that network conservative. You know, he
worried the California would issue driver's licenses to illegals. By
giving these criminals the most accepted form of identification. This
plan seems to legitimize illegal immigration once and for all,
(19:33):
and it's dangerous. What happened to that guy? Where did
he go? I want to talk about a corrupt media.
Apple News editors personally select each story they publish. Okay,
they the top stories from left leaning outlets six hundred
and twenty. The number of stories they selected from any
(19:55):
right leaning outlet zero of. I'm telling you it's all good.
We'll show you the picture of Obama showing his ID
in twenty twelve. We'll show you the statements that both
Barack Obama Bill Clinton made about illegal immigration. We'll do
that too. That's insane. Over at msdn C, Nicole Wallace,
political violence is only committed by the right and people
(20:17):
who consume conservative media. Huh okay, So I need to
do it, and I need to run the whole list
because it's insane. Linda, did you see the cringeworthy post
of Kamala Harris welcome to Headquarters the new gen Z
led progressive content hub that she's involved in. Jesus Madam
(20:38):
n President.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
What's going on with Kamala HQ?
Speaker 5 (20:40):
Well, I'm so glad you asked I have good news.
So Kamala HQ is turning into headquarters and it's where
you can go online to get basically the latest of
what's going on, and also to meet and revisit with
some of our great courageous leaders, be they elected leaders,
community leaders, civic leaders, faith leaders, young leaders. I'm really
(21:01):
excited about it. So stay engaged and I'll see you
out there.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Thank you engaged. I'll see you out there now. This
is again, I know that some people want to panic.
The only thing you have to do if you're listening
to this program, and I'll say this every day, and
some people will write Hennedy repeats himself, yep, I design
because if I say it once, not all of you
are going to hear it or remember it. The only
(21:27):
thing you have to commit yourself to your heart, mind
and soul is voting in this midterm so our country
can continue to progress with common sense. Is really that
basic and simple. If everybody that voted for Donald Trump
will show up for the midterms and not be lazy,
then we'll in the great progress we're making as a
(21:48):
country domestically and on the world stage will continue. It's
that simple, you know, It's It's very interesting if you
if you watch what the Democrats are doing publicly and
what's really going on behind closed doors. Axios had an
interesting report on this today, Because they're talking a big
(22:08):
game on ICE publicly, behind closed doors, they are scared
to death. They don't want this fight over immigration. They
don't want this fight over the Save Act to fight
for the right of illegals to vote and not have
voter ID. They don't want Lindsey Graham's bill that will
(22:29):
outright bans sanctuary cities and states with real penalties. They
don't want discussions about funding the Department of Homeland Security,
which is why I think ultimately they're going to capitulate.
I mean, why would they Democrats with all the increase
in violence vehicular violence against against ICE agents of eighteen
(22:53):
hundred percent, assaults against ICE agents up thirteen hundred percent,
right levels up eight thousand percent, these guys that have
been docksed, why would they want no mask?
Speaker 3 (23:04):
You know?
Speaker 1 (23:05):
Why why do they put the burden of of you know,
proof on the agents you know, require ID, but they
don't want ID for illegal immigrants. It's insane. They want
to protect sensitive locations. Oh okay, you can't you can't
go to a medical facility really, or a polling place.
(23:28):
Why not? Law enforcement shouldn't be inhibited where they can
and cannot go. They already have use of force standards.
We know, they're built into the system. It's you know,
I'm all in favor. Let them go crazy, the crazier
they go. But it's interesting they're taking one they like
the Iranians. The Iranians take one posture publicly, in a
(23:50):
very different posture behind the scenes. Biden, let you know
all these he said, eleven eight hundred eighty eight illegal
alien murderers into the country. I think the numbers higher.
We don't even know the number of All I know
is ICE is already arrested and deported seven hundred thousand people.
(24:13):
Then we have, you know, I think it was a
very smart play for them to offer people to self deport,
give them a plane ticket, money in their pocket, and
an opportunity to apply to come in legally. I think
that's actually really good. By the way, there's pro ICE
billboards calling out liberal hypocrisy, let them do their jobs,
billboards expressing support for ICE, you know, now springing up
(24:37):
in several Swing states. ICE officers are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins,
and friends. Reads one of them. Let them do their jobs,
reads another one of them. Another billboard reminds the public
that interfering with federal law enforcement operations as a crime,
and you can go to jail. One you know, directly
(24:59):
quotes former President Barack Obama. You know, when he said
that Americans are right to demand better border security and
better enforcement of the immigration laws in this country. Bill
Clinton said the same thing. You know, there's such hypocrisy
on all of this by the radical left. And that's
why I actually was glad that the Grammys happened and
(25:21):
that all these idiots spoke out. You know, even Julian Epstein,
but we used to have him on regularly during the
Clinton impeachment. He's the headline is Dems are demented in
their ice demands. He knows it's political suicide. Seven hundred thousand.
You know, illegals that had criminal records are gone. And
(25:42):
then states like California now Gavin swears, oh no, we cooperate.
They don't cooperate. Not according to law enforcement sources I
have there, They tell me just the opposite. And you know,
America right now. We need to always be thinking geopolitically.
Why do you think President's Trump wants Greenland? You think
he wants, you know, a big sheet of ice. No,
(26:04):
he knows that it's of the utmost geopolitical security for
both America and our allies in Europe. And he understands
that China and Russia understand that. And that's why he's
smart to go after it. Anyway, By the way, even
(26:25):
I we'll play it later in the program. Our friend
Steve and I and Bill Maher, they're both saying the
same thing. No id for voting is ridiculous and stupid.
Do we have any of Scott Bessant and is thrown
down yesterday and today, Linda, Let's play some of that.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
This should be an easy one, mister Secretary. Can you
commit right here and now that Trump's FED nominee Kevin
Warsh will not be sued, will not be investigated by
the Department of Justice if he doesn't cut interest rates
exactly the way that Donald Trump wants.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
I I that that is up to the president.
Speaker 7 (27:05):
Can you commit that you will? Can you commit that
you will not hold the.
Speaker 4 (27:09):
Whole upyn you just interest Can you won't be criminally
investigated the president.
Speaker 6 (27:17):
Also about you that I'll repeat Senator will He said
he had reservation if this was a joke, why not
just say so it was a joke, And he made
a joke about to Sinator Warrens got a lot of laughs,
got a lot of laughs.
Speaker 7 (27:33):
Yeah, so I don't know if you want to respect.
I don't want you to. Mister highly quality, why don't
you Why don't you tell the nation?
Speaker 1 (27:46):
Greg Meeks, let's play them. This is from yesterday. Actually,
I mean just going absolutely bonkers against UH Secretary best
and who was on Hannity tonight. Listen.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
He had six seconds left to try to answer your question,
and it was a.
Speaker 7 (28:02):
Yes and no. It was a yes and no as
I asked him, will you, gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Yes or no?
Speaker 7 (28:07):
Regular dependemic called the president? Yeah, well, stop being his flunky, okay,
And gentlemen, gentlemen, you're just talking to me. I'm responding
trip to Venezuela. The President.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Don't be a fucking work for the American reader.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
Will you be the boss?
Speaker 3 (28:27):
You see? Will you be the boys? Will you be
the boss? Will you be the boss?
Speaker 7 (28:32):
And will you be the boss? Study of study.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
Reclaiming my time, reclaiming my time, reclaiming.
Speaker 7 (28:38):
All that time was a mass immigrants to chair, you know,
and Tom does to hell is a woman on California
ten and twenty million immigrants.
Speaker 6 (28:50):
Can you shot a housing housing stock of working Americans?
Speaker 1 (28:55):
And can you can't make this up? By the way,
not only is California won the five percent well tame
and that's chasing out all the rich people in California.
Now they want to hit drivers with a new mileage
tax against the highest gas taxes, the highest sales taxes,
and highest income taxes aren't enough. Unbelievable. By the way,
(29:15):
one California law firm helped offering to help a Native
American tribe of vic Billy eilish from the land she
says she stole from them. I want to follow up
on that.
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