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Laken Hope Riley was found dead along a jogging path on campus after she never returned home from Iran. The suspected killer Jose Antonio Ibarra is in jail without bond and is facing a long list of charges like felony murder, kidnapping, and hindering a 911 call. The suspect in Laken Riley's murder, his name is Jose Ibarra, apparently has ties to a notorious Venezuela gang. The murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley casting a shadow over Vice President Kamala Harris as she campaigns in the state today. Riley was killed by an illegal immigrant who crossed into the U.S. under policies from the Biden-Harris administration. Now Harris is trying to flip the script by promising a tougher approach to secure the border. But can voters trust her? Let's bring in former Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem. Chris, you always give us who is exactly how you see it. So she's now running on policies that would indicate she believes that we should get tougher at her southern border. It's a bit of a different tune she's singing than what we've seen from her as Vice President Harris. Yeah, we're seeing more flip-flopping from her than we did in John Kerry in 2004 when he was in favor of the war against the war. I mean, you go back to when she was Attorney General, when she was Senator, when she's been Vice President, everything she has done has been to diminish and put up barriers against law enforcement that are trying to do their job, not barriers on the border, but actually just inhibiting our ability to do our job. And these examples, they're not fun to talk about, but they're the reality of what has happened when you defund ICE, when you reduce detention capacity, when you do not authorize criminal prosecutions for those that cross illegally, then these type of situations happen. And we see them play out, whether it's Lakin or Jocelyn or Rachel Morin or all the ones that have gone before her and continue to commit crimes across the country. It's just unbelievable. And I don't think it's going to work. I think the American people are going to see that she is not serious about this border security. Yeah, to be clear, this is where she has stood in the past with some of her perceived far left border policies. Watch and listen. You're confident this border is secure. We have a secure border. Raise your hand if you think it should be a civil offense rather than a crime to cross a border without documentation. Can we keep the hands up so we could see them? I think there's no question that we've got to critically re-examine ICE. I am in favor of saying that we're not going to treat people who are undocumented and cross the border as criminals. All right. So you're not a criminal. You're not here illegally if you cross illegally. Let's re-examine ICE, she said in a previous interview. Go back to 2022 where she insisted our border is secure. Well, tell that to Lake and Riley's family, who over that period of time, this man who was able to walk over the border, entered the country to then murder their daughter, their loved one. And then we learned that he had ties to this dangerous, brutal gang that is now popping up in American cities, Tren de Aragua. We had a councilwoman outside of Denver yesterday talking about how brutal it is getting for residents there. Here's that councilwoman on America Reports yesterday. This gang, they are marking their territory. They are putting up their gang related graffiti on the blocks, on the areas that they have taken over. One time I stepped out of my vehicle and an alert whistle. This is how they're communicating by whistling. An alert whistle happened and I very quickly had to get back in my car. They had people posted all around different properties, up and down different blocks. So to your point, Harris can now promise and vow to be tougher on the border considering all that has happened, but all that has happened has happened under her and Biden's watch. So will the American public, the voter, buy it, Chris? Well, I sure hope not because everything they're doing is just a complete gas line and misrepresentation of the facts on the ground. The TDA that said Venezuelan gang is not just localized to one area of the country. They are making their presence known all around America and that is a threat to all Americans. That's why I continue to say border security is national security and public safety for these reasons. We have an immigration issue we've got to deal with, but we cannot conflate those and that's what Harris has been doing and they're trying to spin everything to a softer tone about immigration as opposed to being really tough on the border security apparatus. Not only do the victims' families go talk to them, go talk to the border communities that had to deal with this on the front end. Yuma, Arizona, El Paso, El Eagle Pass, now San Diego, Rio Grande, all of these communities all across the south of the border have been hit with this with a large amount of people, the tax burden, the amount of money we were spending to handle this problem that could have been fixed on day one if it had just left things alone and built off of what we had started and listened to the men and women of the Border Patrol and ICE as opposed to demonizing them. So she's run away from ever having been the border czar, but in all those interviews she never refuted that claim and it wasn't until now when she's running for president. We'll see how this question, hopefully questions, come up on the border in this sit-down interview that is now highly anticipated. Chris, thank you.

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remember that nothing worth doing is ever easy. You'll have bad moments. You gotta love what you're doing. And if you don't, just do something else. Keep standing up always for your values. Keep loving your country. And one of the most important things, never, ever quit. Never quit. Then ask yourself what imprint will you leave in the sands of history. What will future Americans say we did in our brief time right here on earth? Did we take risks? Did we dare to defy expectations? Did we challenge accepted wisdom and take on established systems? In my short time in Washington, I've seen firsthand how the system is broken. A small group of failed voices who think they know everything and understand everyone. Want to tell everybody else how to live and what to do and how to think. But you aren't going to let other people tell you what you believe, especially when you know that you're right. I know that each of you will be a warrior for the truth, will be a warrior for our country and for your family. I know that each of you will do what is right, not what is the easier way. And that you will be true to yourself and your country and your beliefs. Remember this, nothing worth doing ever, ever, ever came easy. Following your convictions means you must be willing to face criticism from those who lack courage or the guts or the stamina to take it and to do it. It's called the road less traveled. (upbeat music)

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I joined the Democratic Party over 20 years ago. I was 21 years old in Hawaii and at that time I did welcome people from all different backgrounds, different views, celebrated free speech and actually defended those whose speech was being attacked even if they disagreed with their views. It was a party that stood up for the little guy and represented our values of freedom and liberty in America. I left the Democrat Party because now it stands for the exact opposite of all of those things. Free speech is not an absolute. Social media sites, they aren't speaking to millions of people without oversight or regulation and that has to stop. I never would have imagined as an American and as a soldier that we would live in a country in my lifetime where we would feel like we have to self-censor what we say, that we couldn't criticize our own government for fear of them labeling us as a domestic terrorist. We are closer to the brink of World War III and nuclear war today than we ever have been before, directly because of the Harris-Biden administration's foreign policy. Too many Americans are struggling just to afford the basic necessities of life. No matter how many times we've heard Kamala Harris and Joe Biden over these last four years tout and celebrate how Bidenomics has been great for America, America's economy is strong. Polls consistently show that a majority of the American people disapprove of the President's handling of the economy. Guess what? It's working. Over half of Americans earning a six-figure salary report that they're actually living paycheck to paycheck. Bidenomics is working. It is actually working. The number of homeless people on the streets and in shelters across the U.S. increased significantly this year. Bidenomics is working. It's almost as though they're speaking from an ivory tower saying how great they are and patting themselves on the back while people are struggling for crumbs on the streets. This election really isn't about the left versus the right. It's about choosing. We the people choosing our government and the choice between freedom versus tyranny. The Department of Defense under Biden's authority quietly codified its right to deploy lethal force against its own citizens on American soil. I'm proud to endorse Donald Trump in this election because he is our best pope. Specifically because of the leadership that President Trump has brought to transform the Republican Party and bring it back to the party of the people, the party of equality, the party that was founded to fight against and end slavery in this country. It is the party of common sense and the party that is led by a president who has the courage and strength to fight for peace. Mr. Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to ever set foot inside North Korea yesterday. And this is why they will do everything possible to try to destroy him. Because this man has the courage to take them on and root out the deep rot of corruption in Washington. My message to my fellow Americans, regardless of your political affiliation, now is the time for us to stand together to save our country. A vote for President Trump is a vote for a big open tent party that welcomes people from all backgrounds and all walks of life. A vote for President Trump is a vote to express our deep love for our country and our appreciation for our God given rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution. A vote for President Trump is a vote for secure borders and safe communities, and a vote for President Trump is a vote for peace here in America and around the world. Thank you so much. Pay for it by Maha Alliance and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

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But we can't let up in person early voting in your state ends tomorrow, so get out and vote. But the main thing is you gotta vote. You gotta get that Tuesday is a very special day. It's a big day and we can close this thing out. We're leading for the first time, I think, ever, right? We're leading in early voting for the first time ever. That's right. Never happened.

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And welcome to Hannity, and we are in beautiful Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hi, Iowa. How are you? We have a crowd of thousands, many, by the way, started lining up yesterday, and we're outside. How many of you slept outside overnight? Thank you for coming. We appreciate it. To get a spot inside today.

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A law-enforcement wanted/booking-style poster on a dark blue background, headed "MEMPHIS SAFE TASK FORCE" with a U.S. Department of Justice seal on the left and a U.S. Marshals star badge on the right. Below the header is a mugshot-style photo of a Black man with long dreadlocks (some tips dyed blue/gray), a beard, a nose piercing, and a small tattoo near his left eye/cheek. Under the photo is his name in large bold text, followed by a list of charges against him.

Text in image: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (seal, partially legible: "...JUSTICE INTEGRITY...UNITED STATES MARSHAL") UNITED STATES MARSHAL (star badge) MEMPHIS SAFE TASK FORCE ARSENIO DAVIS CHARGES: • FIRST DEGREE MURDER • SECOND DEGREE MURDER • POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING THE COMMISSION OF A DANGEROUS FELONY • CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN

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Inflation is a disaster. Kamala's inflation nightmare continues to cost the average American family every single month. Low bread cost 50% more today. Ground beef is up almost 50%.

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-So, Senator Schumer, I couldn't disagree with you anymore. Every day gets better for us. You clearly need to get out of Washington and talk to people outside the wacky left. You're disconnected with real life in America. Every day this goes on doesn't get better for us.

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Welcome back, America. We're here with America's wise man, I call him Victor Davis Hanson. Victor Davis Hanson, I've been interested in your take on this. You see the Democrat Party really moving hard, hard, hard left with Marxists, Islamists, many of the people running for office who are winning their primaries are out of the closet anti-Semites. They denounce America. They denounce American history. And they're using the Democrat Party as the funnel through which to do these things. Has the Democrat Party basically collapsed? And now it's a party of ultra radical extremists of the European variety and the Middle East variety and so forth. What is going on there? Well, I do think it's collapsed because by any classical definition, Mark, they lost the 2024 popular vote, the electoral college vote. They don't have the Congress, they don't have the White House, they don't have the Supreme Court. They're 30, 70 on the 30 side of all these issues from crime, the environment, energy, the border, illegal immigration. And they're frustrated. They're angry because now Donald Trump is doing something they never imagined anybody would do. He's not treating the symptoms of the progressive pathology. He's talking about the sources. So he's going after the institutions that indoctrinate people in the university, NPR, PBS, the elite law firms. And that's setting them on fire because they understand that they always exercise power irrelevant of whether they actually had political power. They had cultural, social influence through these institutions, foundations, the university, K through 12 corporate boardrooms. And now when he went after WOKE and ESG and PBS, it's a whole new counter-revolution and they're melting down. I don't even think there is a Democratic Party right now. It's just an amalgamation of a bunch of different groups, but they're all way to the left. And we shouldn't fool ourselves about New York, Mark. I think it's not going to be, they may win, Mondome may win, but he couldn't win anywhere else, I don't think, other than these blue cities. And that's the minority of the population. So they're going over the cliff and like any addict, they would rather go over the cliff and then quit. A couple of points here. You make a very important point. Donald Trump is going where they are. He's going into the culture, into society, as you point out, because that's the battle. It's superficial just to think about politics. It's important to win elections, but you're talking about the entrenched, the enshrined, something that the radical leftists have wanted to do since Woodrow Wilson and so forth, control the culture, control the society. They've been doing it while Republicans have basically been dancing on the surface of this thing and Trump instinctively understands, I got to get to the roots of this thing, which I think is your point. I'd quibble a little bit. I don't think New York is an exception. Of course, they're not going to win Arkansas and they're not going to win states like that. I got that. But if they win all the major cities, or if they start to win all the major cities and even if these cities or states adopt 50% of what the Marxists and the Islamists are adopting, I would argue that California is already there and they're getting worse. We're going to have a huge problem because they changed the election systems. They changed the borders. We're not going to be in office 100% all the time. And they're radicals. It's the tail wagging the dog. I think this is why, Victor, I'd be curious in your response to this. I think this is why Schumer and Hocking Jeffries, who are supposed to be leaders of the Democrat Party, while they won't endorse this guy, Men Dami, in what they stand for, they won't come out full-throated and denounce it and attack it. The Marxists, the Islamists, the anti-Semites. They won't do it. When we come back, I would like your opinion about that because I think this is bigger than some people are willing to acknowledge. Maybe not with Trump in office because he's fighting it tooth and nail. Government-wide, he's doing those things, but he's not going to be in office forever and we're going to have the usual Republicans back. Perhaps. Perhaps. We'll be right back. Victor Davis Hanson, so what I'd like you to respond to is, isn't it possible that what we're seeing post-Donald Trump, even though I think Trump will have an effect on the party for many decades, he's Donald Trump, that the Democrat Party, on the other hand, this poison, there doesn't seem to be effective pushback. You point out there's really not even a party left. Isn't that how these radical leftists take control in country after country after country? They do. They're always a minority, but there's larger trends. I'm a little bit more optimistic, Mark, because the blue states are losing about four or five million people a year through migration out of these wrecked cities that have pension problems, crime, budget problems, racial tensions. The Republicans are going to pick up in the next census, even if there's not redistricting before, they're going to pick up a lot of House seats. Everybody knows that this red state model works and the blue state model doesn't and they're voting with their feet. They're doubling down on it. They're so frustrated. People are coming to them and saying you've got to change. You've got to do what Bill Clinton did, at least feign the idea that you're a moderate. We don't want any more McGovernism or Carterism, so that's what Bill Clinton did. He said he was going to close the border. I don't know if he was genuine or not, but he at least simulated that. That's what they're trying to tell these people, because they're looking at the long-term trends and it's not good. I think Mondami will probably win and he'll turn New York into what Chicago is now, or what Minneapolis is, or what San Francisco is, but the people will leave and they're leaving in droves already in New York. A lot of capital is leaving and that model is going to collapse. In San Francisco, of all places, they got rid of the DA, the Soros DA. They did the same thing in LA. They got a new mayor and there's a lot of people saying we're Democrats, but these people are socialists, communists, extremists. What we're watching is a frustrated elite, bicostal, mostly white and minority elite who are frustrated because they feel that their genius and their morality is not fully appreciated and they don't have power. They lost the middle class and Donald Trump came along and he said, "You know, I'm going to get rid of race as an identifier. I'm going to put class in there and I'm going to appeal to 55% of the Hispanic middle class, 25% of the black class." All of a sudden, the Democrats said, "Oh my gosh, we lost the '24 election because he brought all these minorities over to the working class and he made it a solidarity and we had an open border. We thought we were going to get 10 million people in. He stopped that and even if we did get them in, they might flip to go Republican." I think that longer trends are favorable if we can get over this, endure these socialists in these cities that are going to do some crazy things, but Trump is doing the right thing by going after the universities that are corrupt and going after the DOJ that was corrupt and the FBI and the CIA and, you know, K through 12. That's the source of their power ultimately. Mondami's an expression of that and if you cut the roots out, it'll die on the vine, I'm hoping. Trump is historic and iconic. Most of the rest of them are not. I don't disagree with you. This man is a force. This man is a power. He is historical in every respect. I've never seen anything like it. I don't think you've ever seen anything like it, which is kind of my point. I haven't. You make a great point. People are moving with their feet. That affects the electoral college. That affects the number of congressional seats there are. People don't like to be poor. People don't like to be imposed upon. People don't like to be pushed around, which is what the Islamists and the Marxists are all about. I just don't trust these bastards. I don't think they care about little D democracy, elections, electoral college or anything else. And they're going to be back. They're going to try and take back the bureaucracy, take back more of the courts. I do agree with you. I think this is one of the times where we're really seeing pushback against it. And the Democrat Party is discombobulated, but the radical left is not. They see opportunity. I'll give you a final word. Well, so far they said they were going to get rid of the filibuster, get rid of the electoral college, bring in Puerto Rico, make DC a state. And they haven't been able to do that. And they were five courtrooms, 93 indictments to destroy Trump. It made him stronger. They tried to get him off the ballot and 25 states failed. They raided his home to get 0.001 percent of the files he had. It didn't work. So they have thrown everything. I don't even get into the assassination attempts that they lowered the bar by encouraging that Hitler Trump argument. So every time they've tried something, if you look at the polls, it hurts them because I think the American people are really sick of these people. I just don't think there's ever there's ever been a if we look at Bob Dole, Mitt Romney, John McCain, the Bushes, nobody would have ever done what Trump is doing. He's taking it to them. He's waging a counter revolution. I've never seen anything like it. I could not agree more. I'm looking at post Trump because, you know, the left looks at the long picture of the communist. Look at the long picture. The Islamists look at the long picture. I'm trying to look at the long picture. You're not going to find a lot of Donald Trump's in Congress. You're not going to find a lot of Donald Trump's anywhere. Look, I'm hoping this change is permanent or as permanent as it can be. There's no question in my mind about it. But I just want conservatives, Republicans or anybody who believes in liberty and this republic to understand you need to be on your guard. You need to be resolute because these people don't go away. And I'm not talking about the Schumer's and the hot King Jeffries. I'm talking about the Marxist, the Islamists and those people. They are not going anywhere now. They don't care about polls. They don't care about elections unless they win them. They'll do whatever they have to do for power as far as they're concerned. And you and I agree on this. I'm just saying post. Yes, Trump. We better be very mindful of what we do in this country. Post Trump because we can still lose it. I agree. Last word again. No, I agree. We we only have three and a half half years to get some progress done. He's doing it. But I'm very worried if you can have a mega or a new Republican party without Trump. It's kind of like saying you can have sunlight without the sun. I hope you can. But we'll see. And I want to thank you. You are a great patriot. You're a great scholar. Thank you. We'll be right back.

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