. - this week's "new york magazine" reports that trump and the fox news host sean hannity speak on the phone most weeknights. the report also quotes a former white house official who says hannity and fox create a feedback loop that puts trump in a "weird headspace," adding... - okay, okay, you have to admit, it's cute that these two talk before bed every night. yeah, they're like eight-year-old tree house buddies with those cans on strings, you know, gossiping about which girls they secretly paid off. you know, or whether it's "yanni" or "laurel." it's laurel, by the way. but that feedback loop part is really weird for me, right. they're saying that president trump says something outlandish to hannity on the phone. hannity then repeats it on tv and then trump watches that and goes, "you see? exactly! that's what i was saying!" trump is like that gorilla getting riled up on what he's doing in the mirror. he's like, "you see what he did?" and here's my favorite part of this story. white house staff know that the calls happen, thanks to the president entering a room and announcing "i just

i know he considers sean hannity a confident and a friend. the reason i was shaking my head when laura ingram was saying that, it was laura ingram giving her opinion. when sean hannity is saying that, it's a message to the president. they talk. odds are they probably had a conversation. i don't know if you guys agree or not, but i think sean hannity gave him good advice. do not touch anything. do not fire anyone and leave it alone. >> let's step back, like, the president is under criminal investigation. we shouldn't even be here. this is the united states of america, right? his lawyer, his campaign chairman, have pled out to a federal criminal investigator. that's just what we know. >> as well as his had national security adviser and his deputy campaign. >> it's a saturday. >> and whether or not anybody was going to wear a body wire or just do it on their voice memos, an iphone, which is great if anybody is in the white house thinking about that. >> yeah. >> like, why do we have a president who is so incompetent that people feel the need to d

>> brian, i think we're in trouble when sean hannity is the voice of reason. the conspiracy theory at the end of that will about what's behind the story, i think that's pretty farfetched. but i think what you see there is a little bit of panic from someone who knows the president well, that knows how the president is likely to react to a story like this. he's going to be angry. you couldn't engineer a story in a lab more likely to enrage the president when you have suggestions that someone who is in his administration, who he expects to be absolutely loyal broached the idea of wearing a wire in the oval office and number two, broached the idea of trying to remove him from office. that is likely to set the president on fire. remember, the president has been back and forth with rosenstein for a long time. last summer he tweeted out that he couldn't believe he was being investigated for firing the director of the fbi by someone who told him to fire the director of the fbi. a clear reference to rosenstein. there were worries then he was going to fire him. that rel

>> well, you know it is interesting because sean hannity, and we know the president listens to sean hannity, sean hannity on his program friday night basically said to the president don't fall for this, this is a plot to get you to fire rod rosenstein and you shouldn't do it. so going to be interesting to see if the president follows the advice. we know sean hannity is official/unofficial adviser. he goes on fox news and pretty much gives the president, you know, advice, political advice. so it remains to be seen. we know that this president is deeply troubled by his department of justice. so this just may be, you know, the straw that breaks the camel's back. >> and if it does, could that shut down the mueller investigation? i mean, if rosenstein falls, where does that leave the investigation? >> it leaves it in limbo. and the question will be will the president try to replace him with someone who will side with the president and take the position that the special counsel investigation isn't needed and that it should be shut down. we know gop asenator, congressmen, have said that that would

hannity the prime time fox. personality these are his words back in two thousand and three this madman has killed a million and a half people and gas children he has sixty because again just like many of his colleagues sean hannity was wrong about weapons of mass destruction in iraq but it hasn't stopped his career now he's calling for regime change again this time in iraq for me ask you and you have helped organize what's happening today you are in touch with them every day. how do you win a revolution without weapons and then there was phil donahue he was the lone voice on n.b.c. opposing the war he lost his show he was fired now we have a memo explaining why he would be a difficult public face for n.b.c. in a time of war he seems to delight some presenting guests who are anti war and see bush and skeptical of the administration's motives so we're learning from our mistakes right wrong we've still got mainstream media in the united states pushing unproven versions of events without firming up the facts that's

burgess up against sean hannity. he'll tear him up. i mean, look, is sean hannity suddenly gonna get on air and say i was wrong about this obama guy? no. that's not gonna happen. i think there's a certain segment of hard core sean hannity fans that probably wouldn't want to have a beer with me. there's no doubt about it. if you watch fox news on a regular basis, it is a constant menu. they will find folks who make me mad. i don't know where they find them. this prism of fox news and conservative media. >> sean: he whined the whole time. wanted mr. burgess to tear me up. wow. obama did talk to fox news. here's an example. 2009 the obama white house tried to exclude fox news from a press pool interview with administration officials. 2013 the story broke the obama doj under the leadership of mr. holder they actually spied on one of our reporters at the time, james rosen. they looked through his phone calls and e-mails from 2009 while attempting to find a source for one of rosen's stories. so what you heard from obama today was nothing mor

burgess up against sean hannity. he'll tear him up. i mean, look, is sean hannity suddenly gonna get on air and say i was wrong about this obama guy? no. that's not gonna happen. i think there's a certain segment of hard core sean hannity fans that probably wouldn't want to have a beer with me. there's no doubt about it. if you watch fox news on a regular basis, it is a constant menu. they will find folks who make me mad. i don't know where they find them. this prism of fox news and conservative media. >> sean: he whined the whole time. wanted mr. burgess to tear me up. wow. obama did talk to fox news. here's an example. 2009 the obama white house tried to exclude fox news from a press pool interview with administration officials. 2013 the story broke the obama doj under the leadership of mr. holder they actually spied on one of our reporters at the time, james rosen. they looked through his phone calls and e-mails from 2009 while attempting to find a source for one of rosen's stories. so what you heard from obama today was nothing mor

here is sean hannity. >> why doesn't he do that? >> the president has the power to go through the documents, through the fisa and make it unredacted and let the american people see -- >> i know he will get that on monday. the president absolutely should. for months on this program we have been asking for the unredacted fisa documents to be released and now the president has done it. >> what do you think of the president of the united states, sean hannity, calling for this? >> nuts. >> you are missing my joke. he is the strategist calling for this. but go on. >> strategist? the president is the strategist? when did that happen? >> no, sean hannity is the strategist. >> oh, i missed that. let me be clear of what is going on, because i lived this game. 15 or 16 years ago, republicans and democrats decide i want to give the americans a partial picture of the intelligence and i want to use intelligence as a weapon so i can support my case. if you want to discuss the russia investigation, please give the american people a full picture of

the sourcing and motives and sean hannity, the president's favorite interviewer but at this point aren't they more co-hosts? the death of the white house daily briefing. there really isn't a daily briefing anymore. what's the press core doing to get it back? first, reading from the front page of the "new york times." the facts are still in dispute about a bitter he said, she said case. a supreme court confirmation drama unfolding but lawmakers are being accused of a lack of sensitivity and some prominent politicians are saying hey, what's the rush? we need a little more time to follow up on the accusations and allegations. all of this playing out in washington, a city where men have always made the rules and the senate is an overwhelmingly male club. this case is sending what one expert called an electric current of anger through women and a greater conviction women must be represented in high places in greater numbers. all of that from "the new york times" from the fall of 1991. days before another senate confirmation hearing. the title of the story by the way was my maureen doud. the t

sean hannity covered it. i will tell you, when -- i saw that on sean hannity, i actually called him. believe it or not. i don't speak to him very much. but i respect him. i called him. i said, this is the biggest story, this is a big, big story. he agreed with me. the next day, i picked up the papers, there wasn't one word about it. i watched abc news, jon, i watched nbc, i wcheds, idn't wc i will. watched one sryther than fox. and it's a big story. it's a shame. okay, thank you. thank you. >> is it okay if i give it to "the new york times" mr. president? >> that's enough. good job. >> mr. president, could i ask a question since i am from "the new york times" before this gentleman? >> since you're where? >> i'm actually from "the new york times." she is my former colleague, we miss her. but i was -- >> i don't blame you. i'll let you do it after he does. is that okay? >> that's perfectly well. >> in honor of a paper i once loved. thank you. go ahead. >> mr. president, i'm with tru news. today, you met with bi

you've got on the one hand sean hannity making that argument. you have other "fox news" hosts making exactly the opposite argument. this story i think certainly added fuel to the fox heads that have been calling for rod rosenstein's firing. whether that was part of a deliberate campaign by these fox voices along with the president's allies in congress i don't know, but one thing is abundantly clear and that is the trump legal defense team, the president's allies in congress, the gowdys and the meadows as well as the fox sycophant's are hoping to be put in the place to kneecap mueller. i think the firing of rod rosenstein is one step removed and not far removed from the firing of bob mueller and we need to protect that investigation. >> do you believe the whole russia investigation right now, congressman, is in peril as we speak? >> well, i do. i think what probably precipitated all of this, what precipitated the president's order to declassify information that could risk sources and methods with precipitating this effort, this campaign against r

sean hannity has a regular channel into the president. the president respects him. listens to him. i think sean hannity felt, as some of the other fox people did, that it would not be a good job to fire rosenstein right now. wait until after the election. attorney general and rosenstein at the same time. this has kind of come to a head a little bit because of the argument about -- the discussion about whether to wire tap him and whether to invoke the 25th amendment. that's a hard thing to let go. he's very upset about that as you can imagine. rod rosenstein feels like he's been put in a bad position. >> that's the says at the bottom of the deck, isn't it? any time he wants he can fire rosenste rosenstein. he was quoted about having wire tapping and bugging the president and/or discussing as getting him unfit under the constitution. those are certainly problems if i was president. the washington post reported on rosenstein just now that people inside and outside the department of justice clearly increasingly more likely that rosenstein would stay on the job until after november's el

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>> well, i hope that the president takes sean hannity's advice on this occasion. i don't think anything is a setup, but if he wants to believe that, that's fine. as long as he doesn't fire rosenstein. or so pressure him that he feels impelled to resign. >> as the committee with oversight over the justice department, how do you -- how are you made aware if whatever goes down at the white house today, how are you made aware of it? are you expecting -- are you going to be hearing from rod rosenstein yourself? do you bring him to the hill to have a conversation about how this all went down? >> if i were chairman, i would do that. i'm not chairman. the republicans control the committee and the congress, as you know. i would think that rod rosenstein should certainly, if he's no longer in that position, should certainly come in and testify and be subpoenaed if necessary. we have to get to the bottom of what seems to be an ongoing obstruction of justice. >> what's the most important thing you can learn in the next -- it looks like right now, congressman, as we're looking

i think sean hannity's right that the timing is suspicious in the sense that firing him at the wrong time could have more significant political ramifications. this is a president who under this constitution has unilateral executive power. the framers could have done that. they didn't. instead we give the entire power to one person and if that person believes people are working to undermine or not support the policies he's going to enact. >> you know vevl said this makes it easier in some ways avoid thing question of obstruction of justice. we'll see if the president decides to fire rosenstein. one thing we have not talked about is if this came out just a few hour afrz the president tweeted his reversal in declassify thing documents related to the russia investigation, do you expect this reporting lead the president to reconsider that reversal? >> no, no, no and i afwree with a lot of friends of mine in the house of representatives who believe these should be transpaernt, unredacted. this has been almost two years fwoing into the mueller investigation and not one piece of evidence has

. >> sean: welcome to "hannity." we have huge, massive breaking news from the political "wall street journal" just literally seconds ago. we will break it down. we are broadcasting live from the swamp, washington, d.c. this stench by the way has never been worse. tonight, there is no line that democrats in this country, the left in this country, it will not cross when it comes to stopping the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh. all civility, all morality, all decency, all fairness, it it has all been thrown right out the window and right now tonight we are in a trench fight for what are the fundamental rights of all americans. democrats clearly now on a witch hunt, clearly hell-bent on destroying the name, the character, the career and even the family of judge kavanaugh without any due process. zero presumption of innocence or even an added dose of common sense. you have a sleazy attention seeking lawyer by the name of michael avenatti, all leading the way. the number one guest on fake news cnn and msnbc and he alon

sean hannity covered it. when i saw that on sean hannity, i actually called him. i don't speak to him have much. i respect him. i'd called him. i said this is a big, big story. he agreed with me. the next day i picked up the papers. there wasn't one word of that. the next day i watched abc news, nbc, i watched cbs. i didn't watch cnn but next time i will. i watched everything. there wasn't one story other than fox. it's a big story it's a shame. enough, thank you, thank you. president trump: that's enough, good job. >> can i ask a question because i am from the "new york times"? i am actually from the "new york times." president trump: i will let you do it after he does, in honor after paper i once loved. go ahead. >> i'm in true news. you met with bibi netanyahu from israel. can you give us a preview of what this great deal is? president trump: i would love to make a deal with the is railies and palestinians. it's tough. but i think healthcare is tougher. but the whole -- my life i always heard the deal between israel and the palestinians, that's like the toughes

he spoke to sean hannity before the vegas rally. >> why didn't somebody call the fbi 36 years ago? you could say when did this all happen? what is going on? to take a man like this and besmerch. with that said, let her have her say. i don't think you can delay it any longer. >> why didn't she call the fbi 36 years ago. sunday, professor ford said she did not report it 36 years ago out of fear she would be in trouble at a party with alcohol and she would call the police, not the fbi. kavanaugh denied the allegati s allegations. the white house released a letter saying he would be at the planned hearing. phil mattingly on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: after days with no response from the christine blasey ford legal team, democrats and republicans receiving an e-mail saying christine blasey ford was willing to testify and did want to testify in a public hearing, but not on the scheduled date of monday, but only under conditions and if the committee guaranteed her safety. that led to a phone call with interaction with democrats and republicans on the committee. trying to figure

that's what sean hannity will tell him. i think the meeting thursday which may happen at the same time as christine blasey ford's testimony to the senate judiciary committee and it will be a big day thursday. i don't know if you have a split screen, but trump could use it as a way to take away from that. he will do anything to help move that along. >> we will see what happens a long time between now and thursday. thanks so much for joining us. >> time's up. thank you. >> thank you. we are going to have much more coming in on all of this. the president's lawyers by the way demanding a time out in the mueller investigation if rosenstein resigns. you will hear their reasons and the likelihood of a pause in the investigation. new tensions as a new allegation surfaced against the nominee. why brett kavanaugh's nomination is more uncertain by the day. people tell me all the time i have the craziest job, the riskiest job. the consequences underwater can escalate quickly. the next thing i know, she swam off with the camera. it's li

besides trump it turned out there were only two more, fox host sean hannity and a prominent trump doaner. >> elliott brody is a big california financier and it's been reported that michael cohen helped arrange another hush money payment in this case to a "playboy" playmate who said she got pregnant by elliott broadie. >> broadie agreed to pay the woman $1.6 million. >> it's very similar to the mcdougal and daniels cases are, a payment is made to keep embarrassing information out of the public eye. >> keith davidson who is an attorney who represented karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. mcdougal, daniels and bouchard have cases against davidson. saying that he was working in collusion with cohen. weeks after the fbi raid on his home and office, with the legal pressure on michael cohen building, he invoked his fifth amendment right in stormy daniels other lawsuit, the one against trump and michael cohen to invalidate her nda. the president was still defending cohen and himself amid speculation that campaign funds were used to pay off daniels. >> he did absolutely nothing wrong. there were no

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sean hannity is next. ♪ >> sean: welcome to "hannity." this is a fox news alert. judge kavanaugh's nomination did just pass its first hurdle today. it cleared the senate judiciary committee on a party line vote. but tonight everything is literally hanging in the balance. i'm going to explain in detail what is really going on here. there's a lot more than meets the eye. we'll break it all down in the course of this hour. but first, judge kavanaugh's nomination will remain in limbo for the next few days as republican senator jeff flake caved to pressure from the leftt and called for an fbi investigation at the last minute to check professor ford's accusations.ti lisa murkowski and senator susan collins, they all supported this measure. so here we are. one week delay so that the fbi can perform a background check on an allegation without a date, time, location or any corroborating evidence of any kind. this is yet another political stall tactic from the democrats and the left, and the coming week is going to be, i predict, absolute hell. as judge kavanaugh said, the

sean hannity covered it. tell you when i saw that on sean hannity, i actually called him. believe it or not, i don't speak to him very much. i respect him. i called him. i said this is the biggest story. big, big story. he agreed with me. the next time i picked up the papers, there wasn't one word about it. the next day i watched abc news, john, i watched nbc, i watched cbs. cnn, but the next everything.atched there wasn't one story other than fox. it's a big story. it's a shame. ok, enough, thank you, thank you. > is it ok if i give to the "new york times," mr. president? pres. trump: that's enough, job.se, good job, good >> mr. president, can i ask a question because i am from the i'm actually s," from the "new york times." y former colleague, we miss her. pres. trump: i don't blame you. i'll let you do it after he does it, is that ok. i will do that. >> that's perfectly well. of a paper: in honor i once loved, thank you. >> i'm with true news. today you met with benjamin netanyahu from israel. you brought up that you support two-state solution for the palestinian-israel

he did a pregame interview with sean hannity live on fox news. talked about it yesterday. have you been surprised at the relatively rare on-message control? >> i have been surprised. i was not totally surprised that he could get through 24 hours monday without attacking the accuser, but i'm surprised it's now thursday and he remains on message with this. at the rally he brought up kavanagh, but it was a very sort of mild statement. he talked about how important the supreme court -- >> his education and resume. >> exactly. and the crowd was chanting, kavanaugh, kavanaugh. that's the moment where you could see trump going into, you know, how can you believe her? these are phony allegations. it's not true. but he didn't do that. he restrained himself. it's such a contrast from that quote that stands out in bob woodward's new book where trump is telling a friend his advice on how to handle these sorts of accusations and it's deny, deny, deny, and then retaliate and take on the enemy, take on the women. he's not following his own advice here. >> jeremy, i don't need to remind y

sean hannity covered it. i will tell you, when i saw that on sean hannity, i actually called him. believe it or not, i don't be to him very much, but i respect him. i called him. i said this is a big, big story. he agreed with me. the next day i picked up the papers, there wasn't one word about it. the next day i watched abc news, nbc, cbs. i didn't watch cnn, but next time i'm going to. i watched everything. there wasn't one story other than fox. and it's a big story. and it's a shame. please.'s enough, good job. sinceld i ask a question i am from the new york times? i am actually from the new york times. we miss our former colleague. president trump: i will let you do it after he does. in honor of a paper i once loved . [laughter] with someonemet from yahoo! and you brought up that you supported tuesday's solution for the palestinian crisis there. can you give us any more preview of what this great deal is? >> i would love to make a deal with the palestinians and the israelis. i think health care is probably tougher, if you want to know the truth. but we are to take care of that

besides trump it turned out there were only two more, fox host sean hannity and a prominent trump doaner. >> elliott brody is a big california financier and it's been reported that michael cohen helped arrange another hush money payment in this case to a "playboy" playmate who said she got pregnant by elliott broadie. >> broadie agreed to pay the woman $1.6 million. >> it's very similar to the mcdougal and daniels cases are, a payment is made to keep embarrassing information out of the public eye. >> keith davidson who is an attorney who represented karen mcdougal and stormy daniels. mcdougal, daniels and bouchard have cases against davidson. saying that he was working in collusion with cohen. weeks after the fbi raid on his home and office, with the legal pressure on michael cohen building, he invoked his fifth amendment right in stormy daniels other lawsuit, the one against trump and michael cohen to invalidate her mnda. the president was still defending cohen and himself amid speculation that campaign funds were used to pay off daniels. >> he did absolutely nothing wrong. there were n

does sean hannity know what he's talking about? >> he has the access to the president to be able to make comments. i haven't -- you know, trump likes to put this stuff out there as sort of -- he throws it out there like chum. i don't think he's serious. he has contact with people in the senate. he knows how they feel about this. that is a red line. it would cause a revolt in the senate. that's the path to impeachment. it would be an act of self harm. do i think hannity is working as -- perhaps maybe throwing out stuff trump might want him to throw out there, possibly. >> i want to switch to hurricane maria and this dust-up that the president brought on himself. he's questioning the death toll. what's fascinating to me, tamara, is we have not heard from the president -- we haven't seen him in public since he first came out and questioned the death toll. the white house -- i mean, what's going on here? >> the president is doing the typical sort of trumpian cycle. he says something that has to be fact checked. it gets fact checked. th

sean. >> hannity: not joining us now in south carolina graham. senator, why if the democratic party had this in july, why did they hold it? i agree with senator collins, i thought she was very smart in her comments, it's not fair to anybody here. >> here's what i would say. if i believe the person in front of me had committed a serious offense that would disqualify them from being on the supreme court, i would bring it up to them, i would not let that go unchallenged. so here's what i'm going to do, and it's not that complicated. it's a 36-year-old allegation, serious allegation and everyone needs to be heard but also people need to defend themselves. i'm going to look at what she said about brett kavanaugh in high school and compare that to everything else i know about brett brett kavanaugh including his denial and i will make the decision. and here's what i want your audience to know. if ms. ford never intended to come forward or never planned to come forward, why did she pay for a polygraph in august and why did she hire a lawyer in august if

the sean hannity theory is, someone did this to try to trigger the president to fire rod rosenstein so that then an avalanche of criticism would come down on the president for doing that before the midterms and then help turn out democratic voters for the midterms. >> yeah, how's that for a triple bank shot? >> that's the hannity theory. >> and who's on the other side of the pool cue? the whole thing is completely crazy, of course. but what put in mind at first is just the sense of crisis that pervaded the justice department back in may when we were first sort of getting the exposure to the mad man in the white house. now it's become almost normalized. but in those early days when you were first seeing erratic and anti-constitutional behavior, you were having these serious meetings at the department. i don't believe that rod rosenstein would or did seriously consider himself wearing a wire. but nevertheless you have all the officials around the table broaching the 25th amendment, broaching even in humor wearing a wire. that is just a crazy situation. and yet things have only gotten cra

hannity is live from new york city. >> sean: hannity is next, great big breaking news today. that would be better. tucker, great job. >> sean: cancel your plans! >> sean: everybody is welcome into our house. we love that you are here, thank you for joining us. today did mark the 70th anniversary of the september september 11th 2001 attacks on this country. this morning president trump, he visited shanksville, pennsylvania, where a new monument has been erected for those brave passengers, the crew of flight 93. remember, let's roll? they fought back, ultimately crashing that plane into a remote field and coming up tonight we will show you the president's powerful remarks earlier in pennsylvania and it is the sixth anniversary of what was the horrific benghazi

other than president trump, it turns out there were only two more, fox host sean hannity and prominent trump donor named elliot brady. >> a wealthy financier for the republican party and reported that cohen helped arrange another hush money payment, in this case, to a playboy play mate who said she got pregnant by elliot brady. >> brady agreed to pay that model $1.6 million to stay silent about they're affair. >> it's very similar to the karen and daniels cases in which a payment is being made to keep embarrassing information out of the public eye. >> cohen struck a deal with the attorney, keith davidson. if that name is familiar, it's the same davidson who represented both karen and daniels. karen and daniels and bushard all have pending cases against davidson alleging he was working in collusion with cohen and against their interests. davidson denies those claims. just weeks after the fbi raid on his home and office with the legal pressure on michael cohen building, he invoked the 5th amendment right in daniel's other lawsuit, the one against trump and cohen to invalidate her mda, an

have a great night, and of course, stay tuned for the great sean hannity from new york city. sean?re >> sean: tucker, by the way, thanks. you are not taking my time from me. i have to go through this past because the president is about to take my time. >> tucker: yes you do. >> sean: all right my friend, good show. it is a fox news alert. huge "make america great" rally is about to start in the great state of montana. president trump expected to takt the stage very soon, we will bring you live coverage of a speech in a few minutes. first, we have so much critical breaking news tof cover. we start with our breaking news opening monologue. ♪ a lot of news tonight, i do want to get it in, our top story something that trump will likely confront tonight head-on at his rally. yesterday, an anonymous figure claiming to be a senioril officl in the trump administration daauthoring an op-ed in "the new york times" bashing the president and his agenda andnd telling lies. the deep state, unelected washington bureaucrat, actually thinks he or she knows more than you. they know more about who

sean hannity covered it. there wasn't one story other than fox. >> is it okay if i give it to "the new york times," mr. president? >> that's enough, please. good job, good job. >> can i ask a question since i am from "the new york times" before this gentleman. >> where? >> i'm actually from "the new york times." >> i'll let you do it after he does it. is that okay? >> perfectly well. >> in honor of a paper i once loved. >> "the new york times." >> oh, okay. >> thank you, sir. >> i would have gotten a bad story in "the new york times," but i will anyway, so i guess it doesn't matter. okay, we'll do you after and then we'll call it quits. >> we're kind of thriving, not failing these days. say thank you, mr. trump. >> i still love the paper. go ahead. >> the president on the media. that will bring this hour of media to a close on a wednesday night. a reminder, we're back on the air tomorrow morning for live coverage of the hearing as it's gavelled to order 10:00 a.m. eastern time. for now, for all of us here, th

hannity is live from new york city. >> sean: hannity is next, great big breaking news today. that would be better. tucker, great job. >> sean: cancel your plans! >> sean: everybody is welcome into our house. we love that you are here, thank you for joining us. today did mark the 70th anniversary of the september september 11th 2001 attacks on this country. this morning president trump, he visited shanksville, pennsylvania, where a new monument has been erected for those brave passengers, the crew of flight 93. remember, let's roll? they fought back, ultimately crashing that plane into a remote field and coming up tonight we will show you the president's powerful remarks earlier in pennsylvania and it is the sixth anniversary of what was the horrific benghazi terror attack and obama is trying to say that was a conspiracy, it didn't go down the way we know. he's trying to rewrite history. we have the evidence. in a few minutes we will respond to the former president, a hannity mini monologue. a new law if it's possible for liberal joe scarborough. he used today's somber anniver

fox news is the one that sean hannity is is speaking of saying fire him. is the deep state now inside rockefeller plaza? >> look, prosecutors, fbi types, sometimes they mix humor. sometimes they miss a little bit of the subtext. i tend to believe that rosenstein was probably joking and being sarcastic. what do you want me to do wear a wire. my problem, why was he joking some he should be wearing a wire. they all should be wearing a wire. they're working for a crazy person who lies all the time. everything that trump says should be recorded by people who want to protect themselves. it's a hilarious story from the perspective this is a chaotic time and nobody knows what they're doing, but a sad story in so far as this is another example of official washington, the institutions that are supposed to protect us, being cowardly and being by this president and not knowing what to do. we need heros, not keystone cops talking about like wire taps. >> yeah. and the thing and rachel maddow, watched her, brilliant rachel maddow, she walked through, maya, the timeline

if sean hannity's saying on it television, he's saying it on the phone to donald trump as well. that's going to have probably more impact than almost anything else the president hears. >> it raises a question of whether it's not a conspiracy but a conspiracy of a setup of a fake conspiracy under which there's actually a real conspiracy? that happens sometimes. >> yeah, i followed that. >> katty kay and congresswoman, thank you both. >>> this is very important, what questions would brett kavanaugh, the ken starr prosecutor ask brett kavanaugh? he's in hot water as people are digging through what kavanaugh indicated clinton should face, including graphic questions of a personal nature. ♪ hungry eyes ♪ one look at you and i can't disguise ♪ ♪ i've got hungry eyes applebee's new 3-course meal starting at $11.99. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. i'm a fighter. always have been. when i found out i had age-related macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. my doctor and i came up with a plan. it includes preservision. only preservision areds 2 has the exact n

. >> and her colleague, sean hannity, saying this. >> i have a message for the president tonight. under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody. it is all a setup. >> all a setup. let me turn first to dan goldman. let's talk about how extraordinary this is. our metabolism is all the same. we're watching all of this unfold yesterday. your reaction to what you've read there. leave aside the 25th amendment part for the time being. this notion, be it a joke or not, the deputy attorney general would wear a wire and record his conversations with the president of the united states. >> we have different side. we have people saying he's serious and others saying he's sarcastic. as a former prosecutor, when i hear this comment, it is so far-fetched to be plausible that rod rosenstein would actually seriously consider wiring himself or someone else up, when you're running an investigation in the ordinary course with the fbi, when you wire someone up, it's not like michael cohen just bringing his cell phone into a meeting. there are layers of review. there are authorizations that