>> and welcome to hannity. and we are broadcasting tonight live fro g lim our nation's capital right here in the swamp, in the sewer of washington, d.c here >> welcome, everybody. thank you all for being here. now, today's the end of a busy day for lawmakers with a flurrye of votes, including one to possibly censures in anti-semitic congresswoman to leave a measure that was killed by democrats. and coming up, we'll talk joewly elected speaker, mike johnson. majority leader steve scalishnsa many other gop lawmakers. make no mistake,ke with just 369 days until the 2024 election, house republicans and i'm saying to all of you in this room and all of you that are watching at homeng at, you willk to see succeed together or you will fail together. >> ther there won't be some winnerh and some lunar losers. the only people that wile only e if you lose are the american people. there's too slim majority forlim a divisive infighting. and y messagmaritye to lawmakers and we'll discuss this throughout the hour is pleasl de aside personal grudges, individual agendas. it is time. the american people need leadership. thesn lee are consequential tims and they need all of you in thisd alou room with me tonight to deliver big on issues that will improve this country and increase our border security, increase our energy independence. we got to bring fiscal to thistc city. we need law and ordeity.r and safety and security for every american in every town and every city we needf to uphold the rule of law. >> we need moral clarity in this time of terrorism. house republicans, they can't control what happenss cannot ine the u.s. senate, and they certainly can't force joe biden to sign anainly ca y bill into law. but this is what they can do. they can stop joe biden's unitcal agenda if they remain united. they can investigate his corruption and they ca estigaten a bright light on the federal government's gross abusepowe of power. >> again, if they stay united, y they can also force democrats to show their true colors and a series , very important votes, put them on the record. >> they can get appropriations done in a timely manner that are als o beneficial to the american people. we've got to stop robbing from future generationse got to. eras keep it simple. i if house republicans get lost in the weedst simpepublica if td down with petty disagreements, if their egos get in the way, voters, i predict, would punish them. all of you in thise voters wil r 2024, again, they will succeed or they will fail together. and by the way, the stakes are very high for every single a american and frankly, for the world at large at thiskly f unfortunately, we don't know. we. how bad things can get under biden. and one party democratic rul bie is pretty bad now. record breaking inflation, record higad nowh debt, record d gas prices, record breaking illegal immigration, including record numbers of special interestillegal ing aliens. oh, let's see.ntries from countries like iran, iran, syria, other countries in theeat middle east, of course, china, russia, america's enemiesica's around the world. >> they are emboldenedens arouno of what the world is now, you know, looking likef headed. towards war. >> there is a better way forward. and ththere better e house hasy critical role to play. and they are the last line defense against the most radical agenda in the histormos our country. and they are a powerful checkrep owon the weaponization of ourt l government. >> so what will happen the next few weeks? e what does it look like for the house gop? here with a sneak peak, we begire is n tonight with the spa of the house. >> let's give a warm welcome to your new speaker, mike johnsonm welc. well i certainly know my place in the people's house because you got a much better reception >> t. i did.t that's not true if they had seen it. but where you began. you're ais n rock star here.. >> and welcome back to the house. thank you for having us back and having having ushaving us b. i think this is important for all the reasons i mentioneimpor' before we get to that, let's go to the news that the evening the censuring of congresswoman swomanto leave the expulsion of george santos, those two things did not happen tonighingst. 't >> they didn't. it was resolved on the floor. and we allow the members it. ant foeir conscience that. it's -- it's important for us to beat the democrats o beon policy. f there's a lot of issues that are before us right now. but, you know, there a view here that if you go down that road and you begin a to censure one another, you kind of open a pandora's box. a lot of members open , congresy a lot of really foolish things, a lot of talk show host. >> there is wellsh thing, too. that too. not you, of course. but -- but liste n we we have very serious business, very serious matters in front of us. >> i wouldn'very sert change a d of your opening there. you're exactly right on all those agenda items. e right here is a i unified team. we are ready to get to work, . i hopegethera un i hope the cameras will pan this audience to see the faces of all the leaders here. >> they're ready to work for the american people. let me ask you and we can we dow have the ability to pance. the audience and please raise your hands if you if you want to answeaise your. >> is it possible on these issues that we're talking about border security or israel, or if we're talking about energy independence or law and order? i mean can you all uniteyou all together? >> do you all agreunite toe thal will succeed together or fail together? >> yes. yes, yes, yes. we all agree. goin with a slim majority, that is going to be a really difficult challenge. it is. but we're building this on teamwork and trust. and that's what this ork an group hast in common here. they're ready to get to work. i tell you what, we all went home for the weekendk. week the w while, i didn't. but some day they get to go home for the weekend to to be in their districtene in the s and ifou talk you talk to people individually, they'll tell you there's a real sense of excitemen t in.people the base people are believing again. they're hopeful about the future are believing. and the people in this room are we believe america's best days are ahead of use ahea. bide we're going to get through these biden years and we're going to turn this country around. and that work beginsn right now. >> we're ready to do. mr. speaker, let me go tot the fbi director wray yesterday and a very dire warning n about national security and threats to our homeland. secuhreatsy that tape. >> the ongoing war in the>> middle east has raised the o tht of an attack against americans in the united whole states to a whole nother level. we assess that the actions a of hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since isis launched its so-called caliphath we hsince sl years ago. in just the past few weeks, wees multiple foreign terrorist organizations have calle,d for attacks against americans and the west. here in the united states,edia our most immediate concern is that violent extremistste, oa individuals or small groups will draw inspiration. carry the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans goins g their daily lives. wr now, that's the fbi director wray. and then he was asked the questionthen h, if our couny is safer under president biden. >>t biden. we call it in televin and radio. >> dead air. yeah, he didn't for nearly 10 seconds too long period of time. >> i think that was verywhat revealing. >> what do you make of that answer? what he just described therete is completely foreseeable. it's related. exactlly foreseey our border. i mean, it's an abject failure. the biden administration, the most glaringfailur example s failures, the failures of the whole administration of what's theofhappening on the border. and so we've had it open for alm almost three years now. we've had millionsos , millionsof peopl of people come in and also known terrorists. and so it would notif ter be surprising to us if terrorist cells are setting up shop around the countrells areyn we have been everyone in this room has been jumping up and down saying everythingmping can to wear blue in the face. >> secure the border. that's what the american people want. it's athre the b priority of out has not been for the white house. >> well, then let me plahe white y tape. a tape. and this would be joe biden and kamala harris and karine jean-pierreld chairje and circle back, jen psakik and secretartoy mayorkas. they have been telling us forel three long years that the borderling u is secure and the border is closed. >> now, we have an estimated 8 million illegal immigrants that i would argue joe biden , force a not only didn't enforce our law, but he was aiding and abetting but h and allowings all to happen. and anyway, so this is them. >> for the last three years, they've been telling the american the people this sos to most folks like a crisis. >> well, look, it's way downwe now. and we've now gotten control>> precisely that the border is closed. nor could i have been clearer and continue to be so. >> which is the border is closed. the united states will continu.n ,enforce our laws and securelawa our bordernd at the border.der,w wee are working to make the border more secure. you're confident this borderar secure? we have a secure border and that that is a priority fort any nation, including oursng ou in our administration. >> we agree that the borded our is secure. ight. all right. have they been lying to us fory. three years? they have. everyone in the country knows that that's not true. they can everyo see it with their own had two eyes. thankfully, fox has had correspondents down there on that border ence in since all this began. and we've seen it with our own two eyes. all of us in this room have been it with own two to the bor. we've seen it ourselves. the human tragedy that has becomey that border. and i told my caucus when he was in the house judiciary committee, man iy months back, i said, i'm not sure t what you've done at that department other than great depa mean. it's inexcusable what he's done. i believe he's committed impeachable offensesinexcusa. >> but we only have so much time and resources to go after that. all right. you're going to stay us for the full hour. let's invite in your leadership. and that means let's checkor in by the way, with we have steve scalise. >> congressman out, elise stefanik, congressman, as you know and i want to ask all three of you, in light of what we've been talking about, in light of wha we t director said and i think it's really, really important that we we go to what also was said, secretary mayorkas, yesterday. he thisasked a very simple question was asked by senator johnsod byn of wisconsin about w many people have come into this country illegally. >> watch thie has. >> just my let me see. >> i need numbers again. don't feel about me. how many people has this administration let into the country. let me say at the outsetstratiob that our job would be a lot easier if the broken immigration systemt easi in thi sector. >> i want a number. numb you letuntry?vent a into this country? i should also. how? okay, i'll abe yo give you the number. >> it's about 6 million. about 1.7 million. as no one got is now again, wen don't know who these are. we ju we just know that they've comesd to country and they're residing somewhere. king >> we ask you too much. you're the secretarysecuri of homeland security. the director of the fbi is saying we havrector oee thres that are increasing and they don't know how manin dony people they've allowed into the country. >> can you explain that? sean, this is alarming . rming. in fact, if you go under president obama, jeh johnson, when he was homelandou go un sed ,said a thousand people coming across was too mansecretary. we've got millions that have come across. they can't tell you how many cy are on the terrorist watch list. some of the countries you talked about, places t fromg foreign adversaries at a time, adveis is a hen terror is getting on the rise. this is a major concern. that's why we passed h.rn..strog two the strongest border security package. this group here came togethees b passed a strong border security package to fix this problecurit >> joe biden doesn't want to talk about it. but look, this isn't a republican or democrat issue t it.sn'tsssues. . democrat. mayors around the country recognize this is a major demoayors reism. they're calling on president biden to fix this as well. i think the country has come a long way to recognizing this is one of the top issues, a majos r threat to our national security. >> joe biden's the only one mia on this. congresswoman is tn let me giveu the numbers that i think should startle everybody. i'd like to know why wthat sarte 659 iranians at our southern border? >> i'd like to know why we havee 538 syrians. 5i'd like to know why we have tens of thousands of people from chinands of p and, russia, and also from the middle east. thousands of what call specialen interest illegal immigrants wanting to get in. and could you possibly explain the policy that allows chinese nationals to buy up thousands and thousands of acres of farmland, ranch land and land near military installations? fir >> well, first of all,use of it's because of joe biden's failed border policies. y distri and every district, every state, every community has become a border district. i state i represent a district w york. and we see as the majority leader jusrepresent net said, ce new york city democrat, elected officials who are speaking out en against joe biden's failed border policies. and it's not only a national securityailed bo crisis from a g time, they were first. >> well, they were they weree. very welcoming. and now the shoe is on the other foot because they see the impacte shoe i and that's we republicans are on offense in places that were traditionally blue. ense and but you also asked about not only the national security crisis, but i believe it's an cs humanitarian crisis as well. the 87,000 minors, those underge the age of 18 that have been lost due to human trafficking under joe biden's failed policies. we as republicans will stand up for border security. and i believ for bordere that we of the winning issues moving into 2024 under speaker johnson's leadership and or this united conference. >> i askr speajohnson congress, i think this is really, really important. i want thi to play an exchange.x and this was, again, secretaryoi mayorkas with josh hawley of missouri, and get missouro th your reaction to this exchange. >> this is a paraguay tower, a hamas paraglider depicted here with a machine gun flying into israel. she posted under her online alias with the celebratory free palestine. >> mr. secretary, what's going on here? is this is this typica l of people who work at dhs? this is an asylum and immigration officer wh o is posting these, frankly, pro genocidal sloganosting ts and images on the dayaughte that israelis are being slaughtered in their beds. redswhat have you done about th? four things i'd like to sayik to you. number one, your question to to suggest that that is emblematic of the men and women of the department of homeland security is despicable. omen of i'm sorry, what have you. this person works fors fo the department of homeland security. >> have you fired her? that was one of four answers. have her you fired her? one. have you fired her? don't comee you fi. to this hearing room. when israel has been invaded and jewish studentsraes are barricaded in libraries in this country and cannotin lie be escorted out because they are threatened for their lives. you have employees who arede a celebrating and you are saying it's despicable fo r me to asktion the question, celebrating and the persons not fired.s thig and i guess this goes to the theme of the night is everyn int republican in the house, you have powerhe here. you have the power of the purse. you also would have the powe r to impeach secretary mayorkas. what do you think the besth way forward would be for the republican conference? >> well, first off, i thinkad this team ha ad a lot of succes. in the first ten months. we now have a new speaker,we noh a great leader, the right man at the right time that this whole group has unified. an do we can do some big things yet, sean. and on this issuso big tngs.e, u holding the biden administration accountable. it's about the ongoing investigations that jamie colmer and jim jorda the ongn a. committees are doing. it's about the weaponization of government against your politicalit's abo wea oppo. republicans are doing all that investigation at the same time . you hit on the biggest thing that our speaker is interestedgt in, in taking back, which is the power of the purse. powee had it for years. >> we start doing the appropriations processn and he has set us down the road on and we finish it. guess what? we can tak.ese that power of the purse and we can start to hold this renegade out of control executive branch accountable. a prspeaker, how do you force a president that is picking and choosing what laws he will enforce and laws he will not enforce the laws on immigration in this country are clear. they are unambiguous. we have a constituar tionals. process. we have three branches of government. he does no e three branchest get to dictate this, but he's been allowed to. he is enable dicd, aided and abetted 8 million people to enter our countrabetted,y illegv >> you know, we have watched now, you know, people fromw hostile regimes, our geopolitical walking into wi this country. into. ting allowedng >> i mean, is this not a clear and present danger to america? of course, it and as we go forward, what can we do? well, with our appropriations bills fo>> whar ukraine fundingr example, we're going to marry that with border security. marrthose two things are goingr. to be handled together because we believe it's a top priority e . we can't be expected to takere care of other countries and other conflicts if of oties we can't seal our own border. but the other responsibility we the is the power of the purse ,but also accountability. and that's why our investigations go forward. we're holding thes litye federalcc agencies accountable. they have been weaponized. they're being used againstounta the very people they're designed to protect and serve. and we have to seek and forcebiy accountability. and that way. and our committees have been very, very i busy at that, all the committees of jurisdiction. >> and they'll continue that. ey will fromction ction everybody in the room on the state. the cognitivfrody in thee statee biden. >> the first tape i'm going to plathy. >> you're all laughing. the first tape, i'm going to play was puaytht together byb rnc. y the second tape was joe bidenp recently flying back froe was mr israel and he had a gaggle on air force one. one.k. ay them back to bac >> and then i have a question on the other side. let's roll the taption oe. mother nature, not the political coverage that looks some of the political players and some e of the let me ask rhetorical question. >> no. yway >> anyway, can you talk about the impact of needing the survivors and first responders not so. >> first, i spent an hour and a half, about 17 or 18 was children and somehow i say this virtually every mass shooting, , every circumstance where large number of people have been victimized, the most outspoken part, defensertment department. so it's highly unlikel sit's hii and it wast' really a different footprint in intercept anyway. yes. and so that's why ifdidn't you notice, i didn't say first, i do. i want to make sure i don't you know, and look and i suggested that hamas deliberately didn't either. instead, they got a lot of shoestrings. you know, it's not the first time hamas has launched