IT.
RICK LEVENTHAL, THANKS SO
MUCH.
AINSLEY: YOU CAN SEE THE
FRONT COVER OF THE "NEW YORK
POST."
YOU CAN SEE THE AMERICAN
FLAG, ISRAELI FLAG AND MOST
PART THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
ARE WALKING AROUND.
BRIAN: WALKING AROUND IS
AMAZING.
STEVE: PEOPLE DID WALK ON
THE FLAG PEOPLE ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THEM YELLED AT
THEM SHAME, SHAME ON YOU.
LET'S BRING IN DAN BONGINO.
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER
SECRET SERVICE GUY.
FORMER NEW YORK CITY POLICE
OFFICER JOINS FROM US
FLORIDA WHERE EVERYBODY
SHOULD BE DURING THE WINTER.
DAN, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES SAID YESTERDAY.
HEY, IRAN, TURN YOUR
INTERNET BACK ON AND LET
REPORTERS ROAM FREE.
THE LAST THING THEY WANT TO
DO IS TURN THE INTERNET BACK
ON SO THEY KNOW THE WORLD
REACTION THAT WE ARE ON THE
SIDE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WANT
AGREE DOM.
>> THAT'S THE WAY TYRANNICAL
DESPOTIC REGIMES WORK.
KEEPING THEIR PEOPLE FROM
GETTING THAT OUTSIDE MESSAGE
OF FREEDOM.
RADIO LIBERTY AND ALL THESE
THINGS THAT GO BACK DECADES
WERE EFFORTS BY US AND
OTHERS TO GET THE
INFORMATION NECESSARY.
COMMUNIST REGIMES AND OTHER
REGIMES THAT HAVE BEEN
TYRANNICAL IN THE PRESS THE
WAY THEY SUPPRESS THE
ECONOMY IS THEY CONTROL
EVERYTHING.
THEY CONTROL THE FACTORIES,
THEY CONTROL THE PRODUCTS,
STEVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
HARD TO CONTROL IS AN IDEA.
AND THE IDEA, FREEDOM IS
CLEARLY INFECTIOUS AND
CAUGHT ON IN IRAN.
IT'S REALLY A SHAME, YOU
KNOW, THAT THE MEDIA HASN'T
CAUGHT ON AS WELL.
AND DONE THEIR REAL HOMEWORK
ON IT.
BRIAN: I THINK THE PRESIDENT
IS PLAYING BRILLIANTLY IN
SAYING I'M LOOKING TO
SUPPORT A REGIME CHANGE AND
SUPPORT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
AND SUPPORT THE PROTEST AND
CALLING ON THEM NOT TO KILL
THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
THE REASON WHY SOLEIMANI
WASN'T MOURNED BY 73 MILLION
PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER
HIS ORDERS THAT HE WAS
SHOOTING PROTESTERS IN COLD
BLOOD IN THE STREET.
YESTERDAY, THEY SHOT A
PHOTOGRAPHER AND JOURNALIST
DEAD FOR WHAT THEY DID AND
FOR WHERE THEY WERE.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR HOW THE
MEDIA THOUGH IS PLAYING
SOLEIMANI'S DEATH.
DEATH.
>> HE IS INTELLIGENCE.
THEY ARE OVERSTATING AND
EXAGGERATING WHAT THE
INTELLIGENCE SHOWS.
>> DO YOU THINK THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
STRAIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ABOUT THE REASONS FOR
TAKING OUT GENERAL
SOLEIMANI?
>> I DON'T THINK THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
STRAIGHT WITH THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> IT WAS A VERY VEGAS
EXPLANATIONS THAT WE GOT
FROM VARIOUS OFFICIALS.
>> YES.
I THINK THIS WAS A DRAMATIC
MISTAKE.
>> ON THE NINTH EDGE OF A
LARGER CONFLICT IS HE MORE
INTERESTING IN OWNING THE
LIBS THAN UNITING THE
COUNTRY.
STEVE: THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
ELITE MEDIA'S POINT OF VIEW
IS IT IS ALL ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP.
FORGET THE GENERAL AND HOW
HE KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE,
DONALD TRUMP IS A BAD GUY.
>> YOU KNOW, STEVE,
SOLEIMANI WAS INVOLVED IN
ETHNIC CLEANSING, MASS
MURDER, AND TERRORISM.
I AM BEING CANDID WHEN I
TELL YOU THIS.
I SINCERELY DON'T GET THE
CALCULUS HERE.
SO IF YOU ARE IN A NEWSROOM
OR A DEMOCRAT.
IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME
THING.
THE INFORMATION THAT GOES IN
AND OUT IS IDENTICAL SO IT
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO
JOURNALISM WHICH HAVEN'T
DONE IN YEARS.
ERR ON THE SIDE OF
SOMETHING.
YOU WOULD THINK A SANE
RATIONAL PERSON -- AGAIN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WINDOW
SO SANE GOES OUT THE
WINDOW -- IF YOU ARE GOING
TO THE ERR ON THE SIDE OF
JOURNALISM, AT LEAST THE
TIME WE SHOULD AT LEAST GIVE
DONALD TRUMP THE UNITED
STATES, THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT THE BENEFIT OF
THE DOUBT BASED ON THE GOAL
AND END GAME WHICH WAS
KILLING THIS TERRORIST.
BUT I JUST TOOK A QUICK LIST
OF THE TIMES THEY PARROTED
PROPAGANDA FOR THE IRANIANS.
MSNBC PUT OUT THE OTHER DAY
30 DEAD AMERICANS, POSSIBLY,
ACCORDING TO IRANIAN NOTICE
ATTACK THAT WAS IRANIAN
PROPAGANDA.
THEN WE HAD SOLEIMANI WAS A
REVERED FIGURE LIKE ELVIS
AND PRINCE SAYS DI.
NOT A JOKE ON MSNBC.
NOT KIDDING.
HAD CNN GIVING A PLATFORM TO
THE HOSTAGE TAKER WOMAN FROM
1979 IN IRAN.
FINALLY WE HAVE THEM
PARROTING ALMOST WITHOUT
QUESTION THE IRANIAN LINE
THAT THE TAKEDOWN OF THIS
PASSENGER JET WAS AN
ACCIDENT.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE IT WAS
AN ACCIDENT.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT HOW ABOUT
YOU GET BACK TO JOURNALISM
AND TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THE TRUTH.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS REALLY
SHAMEFUL RIGHT NOW.
BRIAN: THE PRESIDENT
SHOULDN'T NEED TO LEGALLY
SAY IT'S A THREAT.
SOLEIMANI JUST THREATENED US
THREE DAYS BEFORE HE WAS
BEHIND THE ATTACK OF OUR
EMBASSY.
WHO WOULD THINK THAT HE IS
GOING TO GIVE UP ATTACKS
AFTER THAT?
HE LANDS IN BAGHDAD.
THE PRESIDENT HAD EVERY
RIGHT TO TAKE HIM OUT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY HE
BROUGHT UP IMMINENT THREAT.
>> BRIAN, IMMINENT THREAT IS
SOLEIMANI HAVING A PULSE.
BRIAN: HIS RESUME.
>> LISTEN, DID I THIS FOR
YEARS.
HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE SECRET
SERVICE DESIGNING SECURITY
PLANS IN SOME OF THE WORLD'S
HOT ZONES.
NOT PATTING MYSELF ON THE
BACK.
THE TAXPAYER PAID FOR IT.
GREAT JOB.
NOT TRYING TO BE ANYBODY'S
HERO.
SUGGESTING HEY, LISTEN, DO
WE DO THIS OR DO THAT IF
THEY ARE GOING TO ATTACK NOW
OR GOD FORBID ATTACK THE
PRESIDENT AND THEIR
OPERATION TOMORROW?
NO.
YOU EVALUATE A THREAT BEING
DANGEROUS BASED ON PAST
HISTORY AND TAKE ACTION.
THIS IS COMMON SENSE.
ONLY A MORON WOULD THINK
OTHERWISE.
AINSLEY: PROTESTERS IN IRAN
SAYING DEATH TO AYATOLLAH.
THEY WANT THE REGIME TO
CHANGE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THAT STORY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FBI.
I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE
REFORMS THERE.
THE DIRECTOR HAS SAID HE
WANTS CHANGES TO THE
SURVEILLANCE AND HOW THEY DO
THAT.
AND HOW THEY OVERSEE
SURVEILLANCE.
THE FISA COURT HAS SELECTED
SOMEONE TO OVERSEE THIS ALL
THE REFORMS.
HIS NAME IS DAVID, A FORMER
OBAMA LAWYER AND LEFT WING
BLOGGER.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM
AND WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?
BRIAN: WHO APPEARS ON THE
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW.
>> EQUIVALENT OF SELECTING
LIKE ADAM SCHIFF TO BE THE
HEAD OF THE RNC.
I MEAN, THIS IS A JOKE.
THIS IS -- THERE IS ONLY
ONE -- THERE IS NO OPTION B
OR C HERE, FOLKS.
LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
THE SELECTION OF DAVID CHRIS
TO DO THIS IS EITHER A STICK
IN THE EYE TO EVERYBODY OUT
THERE WHO KNOWS THIS IS THE
SPY GATE IS THE BIGGEST
POLITICAL SCANDAL OR BIGGER
STICK IN THE EYE.
THERE IS NO OPTION B.
AINSLEY: WHO SELECTED HIM,
DAN?
BRIAN: I DON'T GET IT.
WHO DID THIS?
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT --
AGAIN, THE CALCULUS AND WHO
MADE THE FINAL CALL ON THIS.
NO DOUBT THIS WAS A SLAP IN
THE FACE.
GET A LOAD OF THIS ONE.
REMEMBER THE NUNES MEMO
VINDICATION KATEED BY
CONGRESSMAN NUNES VINDICATED
BY THE IG.
HE SLAMMED THE NUNES MEMO
AND IN A BLOG POST THAT'S
STILL UP.
YOU CAN READ IT.
HE SUGGESTED NUNES, I'M NOT
KIDDING, NUNES COULD BE
PROSECUTED FOR OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE.
THIS IS LIKE A COMEDY ACT.
THIS IS LIKE THE NEW DAVE
CHAPELLE.
BRIAN: PRESIDENT HAS GOT TO
CHANGE IT.
NEXT THING I WANT TO BRING
IT UP IS NANCY PELOSI'S
TERRIBLE INTERVIEW
YESTERDAY.
SHE CANNOT PUT TWO SENTENCES
TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY
DOESN'T POINT THIS OUT.
AGAIN, SHE BRINGS UP
FARCICAL NOTION THAT ALL OF
THIS HAS TO DO WITH PUTIN.
LISTEN.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IS IN COMPLETE
DENIAL ABOUT RUSSIA'S ROLE.
AS I HAVE SAID IN TERMS OF
THIS PRESIDENT ALL ROADS
LEAD TO PUTIN.
EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE,
WHETHER IT'S INN. SYRIA,
VIS-A-VIS THE TURKS, WHETHER
IT'S BEEN UKRAINE IN TERMS
OF WITHHOLDING ASSISTANCE AS
THEY TRY TO FIGHT THE
RUSSIANS.
HIS DENIAL ABOUT THEIR ROLE
IN OUR ELECTION THEN AND
NOW, ALL ROADS LEAD TO
PUTIN.
AND SOMETIMES I WONDER ABOUT
MITCH McCONNELL, TOO,
WHAT'S HE -- WHY IS HE AN
ACCOMPLICE TO ALL OF THAT?
BRIAN: WHAT ABOUT KEVIN
MCCARTHY?
WHY NOT BRING HIM IN?
STEVE: IS SHE SAYING, DAN
BONGINO, THAT MITCH
MCCONNELL IS AN ACCOMPLICE
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OR TO
MR. PUTIN?
>> STEVE, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT
SHE IS SAYING.
BRIAN: I KNOW.
TERRIBLE.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT A
BROKEN PERSON RIGHT HERE.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
SHE COULD ALWAYS FALL BACK
ON THE FACT THAT THE MEDIA
WOULD PROTECT THE FACT THAT
EVEN IF SHE LOST SOMETHING
SHE WOULD BE CALLED A BRILL
CENTS POLITICAL TACTICIAN.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE BEHIND
THE SCENES WHAT I'M HEARING
IS SHE TOOK A MASSIVE FACE
PLANT ON THIS IMPEACHMENT.
BRIAN: NO QUESTION.
>> IT IS HUMILIATING HER IN
FRONT OF EVERYONE.
NOBODY BELIEVES THIS WAS A
SUCCESSFUL MANEUVER ANYMORE.
NOW THE ONLY LINE SHE HAD
GOING THAT SHE IS THIS
BRILLIANT NAPOLEON LIKE
TACTICIAN IS FALLING APART.
WHAT DO THEY DO?
THEY GO BACK TO THEIR SNUGY,
WARM BLANKET.
PUTIN DID IT.
PUTIN IMPEACHED THE
PRESIDENT.
PUTIN DID.
THIS PUTIN INTERFERED IN THE
ELECTION.
SHE IS AN AGENT.
BRIAN IS AN AGENT OF PUTIN.
IT'S LIKE A SONG FOR THEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE.
IT'S THEIR WARM SNUGGIE
BLANKET THEY GO BACK TO.
AINSLEY: JUST WHEN WE FORGOT
ABOUT RUSSIA.
BRIAN: AND SNUGGIES.
>> JUST LIKE THE GODFATHER
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT.
YOU FORGOT ABOUT RUSSIA THEY
PULL IT BACK IN.
THEY JUST CAN'T HELP IT.
IT'S ALL SHE HAS TO SAVE THE
REMNANTS OF HER TATTERED
WRECKED REPUTATION.
NOTHING LEFT.
STEVE: DAN, EXIT QUESTION.
IT LOOKS AS IF IMPEACHMENT
COULD HAPPEN THIS WEEK.
YOUR PREDICTION OF WHAT
HAPPENS?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO
BE A QUICK TRIAL.
DISPOSED OF RAPIDLY.
I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT'S
APPROVAL RATING PROBABLY
GOES UP ANOTHER 1 OR 2
POINTS ONCE THIS ABOMINATION
IS OVER.
BRIAN: SEE HOW MANY
