We talk about that in the special among many other things. Trump as youve never seen him tuesday on my fox broadcast special Megyn Kelly Presents over on big fox, fox broadcasting, American Idol fox, empire fox. Check your local listings. See you tomorrow. Welcome to hannity. Tonight, 2016 presumptive gop nominee, donald trump is getting ready to meet behind closed doors with speaker of the house paul ryan tomorrow. Heres what trump said earlier today about that meeting. I think im doing very fine with paul ryan. I have a lot of respect for paul ryan. Were going to have a meeting tomorrow. If we make a deal, that will be great. If we dont, ill trudge forward like ive been doing and winning, you know, all the time. Earlier today speaker ryan said this at a press conference an tomorrows highly anticipated sitdown. I think these are conversations were going to fact we have chance to meet with him. Id rather have a conversation in person than through the media, no offense. This is a big ten party. Theres plenty of room for digit policy disputes in this party. We come from different wings of the party. The goal here is to unify the various wings of the party around common principles so we can go toward and unify. Can and will the Republican Party unify . Joining us now, author of the bestselling book duplicity former speaker of the house, Fox News Contributor, newt gingrich. Good to see you, sir. Good to be with you. You were on this program last week and said it was a mistake paul ryan did. He said something there that caught my interest, he said we dont need to have this discussion in the media. Now, hes a speaker that doesnt do a lot of interviews. He knew when he went on cnn last week he would be asked this question. He did it by design. It seems to be a power play from my perspective. So is this a game that hes playing . New yoo, i dont think its game. Look, i think probably paul discovered that that comment had a lot more resonance to it than he expected at the time. And i think he was trying to be very sincere as he was in the
interview you just showed. I was talking to a reporter earlier today who wases mm billionaire real estate, you know, aparnumber on guy, a guy from wisconsin, a cheese head who likes to go fishing but really cares about policy. Thats how big this party is. Very diverse, tomorrows meeting just in terms of where these two guys have come from in their lives will be very diverse and i think its important that what ryan said today is real. Theyve got to get to know each other. They got to spend time talking to each other. I thcink he could have gotten t exactly the same place with a little less noise. The speaker of the house have enormous underlying power because he has the total power to schedule. So the president is going to ultimately have to deal with him under any circumstance and i think trump understands that and trump plans to deal with him. So it will be an interesting meeting tomorrow. You know, from the very
beginning, you seem to be the one guy that had been in power that understood this phenomenon that was going on. It reminded me a little bit of what happened join came to power. Republic cab cans for the first in 1994 reminded me a little bit of 2010. The reagan revolution maybe if you want to go back further. You were kind of a lone voice out there. Explain what you think has happened here and how the establishment in d. C. Is so out of touch where you got it and they never got it. Well, let me start by saying that clearly to anybody whos watched, you know, i endorse donald trump. Im going to work very hard for the crepublican nominee. I didnt get involved at that level prior. I have very good friends. John kasich is a great personal friend of mine. Ted cruz ran a great campaign. I tried to be an objective observer. Heres what i think makes the difference. My background as a historian
teaches me to let the facts tell me whats going on. My first real break point, candidly, was the night he was on with megyn kelly, the first debate in august and everybody in the elite said he lost that debate, it was terrible. Frank luntz did this focus group where everybody said he lost. Then as i watched the numbers that night on facebook, on google, and on twitter, by 65 to 70 , people said trump won. And so im sitting there just as an observer saying, wait a second, something very profound is going on. If he is sending a signal that nobody in the elite gets, but 2 3 of the Republican Voters get, and so from that point on, i began trying to understand what does he do, how does he do it . Its on a very simple principle. If i watch Aaron Rodgers as a quarterback, i figure its my job to understand him. He doesnt need to ask me about being quarterback. If i watch tiger woods as a
golfer, its my job to watch him. Its not his job to ask me about golf. Well here youve got a guy who, as he said with his usual immodest style, he will have he will have more votes than any republican in history in the primaries. Now, at some level you got to stop and say, gosh, hes something right. But then why theres this mysterious youre right. I would think the Republican Party that has been wringing their hands for years saying they got to bring more people in, well, theyre getting more working class voters, getting more people interested, enthusiasm through the roof. You think thered be happiness and there is this lack of unity and anger out there. Its almost inexplicable. They got what they said they wanted then they dont want it. These are the wrong people. Explain that. I mean, well, theyre all strangers. I mean, somebody wasnonce said e
many, many years ago, Michigan Education association in the mid 60s said to the teachers, go get involved. The teachers who went to the Democratic Party meetings were told, were glad youre here, i hope youll come back, we want you to work. The teachers who went to the republican meetings were told, why havent you been here before . Yeah. Its just a total different attitude. So the old Republican Party, the Republican Party that wants to i talked to somebody this morning who was told you better get on the bush train. This was back eight, nine, ten months ago. Because when the train leaves the station, in achpt ant aint to be jobs for people who arent on the bush train. Those are the people, whether theyre at the weekly standard, whether theyre on talk radio, whether they run a blog, whether theyre socalled experts. Those are the people who are terrify bid donald trump because he represents a new world. Its as though you went to an oldfashioned local hamburger
place and said have you ever heard about mcdonalds or went to an oldfashioned retail place and said have you ever heard about walmart . What you see coming down the road here is a much bigger party with many more people. Right. That is going to be doing things, theyre not all going to work, let me be clear here. Trumps not always going to be successful, and the speed with which he can recognize failure and adjust will be a big determination of whether or not he has a successful presidency. I was accused during this process of being soft not only on trump but all the candidates but i actually had a strategy with all of them when i did the town halls and it was very schi simple. Let them talk. Ask them about the economy. Let them talk. Ask about health care, ask about energy. I went over all of my interviews with mr. Trump. He repeatedly said he would appoint justices like scalia and thomas. Repeatedly. Hes going to give out a list before the election of the types of justices, names of people he would appoint from. Hes going to build the wall. Thats conservative to me. He is very clear that if our
national intelligence director and fbi director says that isis will infiltrate the refugee population, theyre not coming in. He has talked often about balancing the budget. Hes talked about repealing and replacing obamacare with Health Care Savings accounts, to me many times. Energy independence. Education back to the states. He talked about doing the right thing for our veterans and building a military. Youre right when you say hes a populous nationalist, but if he did those things, that would be profound in terms of changing america for the better. Is that not a conservative agenda . Well, i think its a populist conservative jaeagenda. Remember, the people who most object to trump are the establishtarians, the big rich who actually favor the old order. Theyre the people who ideologically believe in fair trade even if we take them to the cleaners. Theyre the folks who think the state departments okay even if its a total disaster. Theyre the people who actually secretly want illegal immigration so they dont want to control the border. Ronald reagan signed the mazzoli act in 1986 precisely to get control of the border. When someone says to me controlling the border is the not conservative, i ask them to read reagan is diary where he writes about how important is it to control the border. Thats a National Security issue. You have to understand, a lot of conservatism in this city is a very big business, very big rich, very internationalist and very establishment viewpoint. So, for example, dont want to talk to me openly about how bad the Federal Reserve is, that wouldnt feel right. Dont want to talk openly about how terrible the state department is. That wouldnt feel right. Along comes trump and one of trumps great strengths is hes like the boy who says the empire has no clothing. When trump sees something stupid, he says its stupid. Thats an enormous shock to many friends whove been told youre supposed to say its lacking in brilliance is the closest you can get to stupid. All right. Well take a break. When we come back, youre likely to be annoyed with me, well continue with newt gingrich. Ill explain when we get back. Also coming up, Bernie Sanders defeated hillary really badly in West Virginia last night, a state she won by a huge margin in 2008. So how worried should the clinton camp be . Newt will explain. Laura ingraham, herman cain weigh in on the 2016 race. Will the Republican Party unify . Later tonight given the impression that islam and the west are incompatible, youre playing into the hands of the extremists. Either placate or what . Anyway, londons new muslim mayor takes a shot at donald trump. That tonight and more on hannity. Audi pilotless vehicles have conquered highways, mountains, and racetracks. And now much of that same advanced technology is found in the new audi a4. With one notable difference. The allnew audi a4, with available traffic jam assist. Man 1 i came as fast as i man 2 this isnt public yet. Man 1 what isnt . Man 2 weve been attacked. Man 1 the network . Man 2 shhhh. Man 1 when did this happen . Man 2 over the last six months. Man 1 how did we miss it . Man 2 we caught it, just not in time. Man 1 who . How . Man 2 not sure, probably offshore, foreign, pros. Man 1 what did they get . Man 2 what didnt they get. Man 1 i need to call mike. Man 2 dont use your phone. Its not just security, its defense. Bae systems. Live from americas news hq, im patricia stark. Isis is having a harder time recruiting in the u. S. According to james comey who says fewer americans are traveling to fight alongside the terror group. Come where, says an average of a half dozen people used to join isis each month but the number is down to one. The storm system that killed two people in oklahoma monday packing another punch today. Baseballsized hail fell in st. Charles county, missouri, and snow plows had to be used to remove hail in parts of nebraska. A fiery blast at a fertilize plant in texas was no accident. The west, texas, blast injured hundreds in 2013. Investigators determined it was a criminal act. So far, theres no suspect. Im patricia stark and now back to hannity. For all your headlines, log on to foxnews. Com. We have now won primaries and caucuses in 19 states. And let me be as clear as i can be, we are in this campaign to win the democratic nomination. All right, that was Bernie Sanders speaking after he scored yet another primary win over Hillary Clinton and while sanders continues to perform well, well, clinton has turned her focus toward Presumptive Republican nominee, donald trump. But after getting trounced last night in West Virginia, shouldnt hillary be a little bit worried first about securing the democratic nomination . Today the New York Post skewered Hillary Clinton with this cover. It reads stop the coronation. Even donald trump slammed clintons inability to wrap up the democratic nomination tweeting, i dont want to hit crazy Bernie Sanders too hard yet because i love watching what hes doing to crooked hillary. His time will come. So is Hillary Clinton taking a victory lap too soon . Back with reaction, former
speaker of the house, Fox News Contributor, newt gingrich. All right. Bernie sanders predicts trump will crush Hillary Clinton. Nearly half of bernies West Virginia voters, democrats, say they will vote for trump. Hillarys own campaign is warning donors she may lose all of the remaining primaries and in 2008, she got 67 of the vote in West Virginia, 240,000 votes. Yesterday, she got less than 85,000. What do you think . Well, i think first of all, if she actually loses california, theyre in a different world. And so if her campaign is right in that warning, they better batten down the hatches. Last night, if you look at is closely, in 2008, she carried 55 counties. Every single county. Last night she lost 55 counties, every single county and in one county she ran third. Sanders came in first and a totally unknown local guy put his name on the ballot, came in second. She ran third in a county inWest Virginia. She is in trouble. Let me tell withdryou the numbe i think could become a big factor in this campaign. That number is 38. 38 is the percentage by which the Clinton Foundation pays men more than women in senior positions. You can actually look this up the daily caller did a great study, America Rising has pointed it out. Im surprised its not become a big national issue. Heres Hillary Clinton campaigning in favor of women while the foundation that she and bill own pays men 38 more than women . And i dont see how if that gets known to the average person how shes going to survive that. Thats huge. Hypocrisy and the dishonesty of saying, oh, im really worried about women getting a fair wage, oh, by the way, not in the place i control. I think its enormous. All right. In the modern political era, the two times that i would say conservatism applied made the
country a stronger, better place for everybody. The reagan era and the early 90s, you did these tapes. I have vhs copies of them called renewing american revolution. Youre laughing. I bought them online a year ago because i lost my copy. Led to republicans taking over the congress. You were the architect of that victory. For the first time in 40 years. You did a contract with america. I would like another contract with some of the items i mentioned. Judicial philosophy. Building the wall. Protecting veterans. Building up our military. Energy independence. Education back to the states. Health care savings accounts. A balanced budget. Is that a good idea . Do you think thats look, its a great idea, and i think what paul ryan said today gives us a step in that direction. He told me nine months ago he was going to do it but it didnt happen. What hes got to do, instead of focusing on what they disagree on, if they can find ten big things they can agree on
by september that you can bring every federal candidate, senate, house and president together, and say, look, you give us the opportunity, here are the ten big changes were going to do by easter of next year. So the first 100 days begins to really take form. And now youre not running a Personality Campaign only. And i think the senators who are running for reelection in tough states, if they had ten big issues that we could win the issue, it makes it easier for them to beat the democrat because it now becomes a question of what kind of america do you want, not just a Personality Campaign. Was my list a good start . Seems pretty simple. Not that hard. I think its i think its a good start. Let me a good start. Of course you have to fix it. I understand. I stand im just a humble talk show host. I know my place in this world. I understand. No, no, no, look, the important thing do trump, mcconnell and ryan think its a good start, not does gingrich think its a good start. Id like to see a team of rivals like Bobby Jindals and rick scotts and john kasichs and Rudy Giulianis and Newt Gingrichs be named ahead of time and show that, hey, hes serious about bringing serious, successful people that have governed well into government which leads me to this, the question youll hate. Youre the last guy that balanced the budget. Last speaker of the house to balance the budget. You brought welfare reform. This was a real transformative speakership that youve had. Your name keeps popping up for v. P. If asked, would you accept it . Well, id certainly talk about it. I wouldnt turn it down automatically. Callista and i are both aware of how the importance of being good citizens. I have to say, it keeps getting brought up because you keep bringing it up. No, no, its not me. I did have a poll on my website, hannity. Com, and you did win the poll. Are you accusing my audience of being bias . No, im accusing you of being bias. Tell me who else is going to
balance the budget . Whos going to who else is going to literally i dont think this is a time for half measures. Im being serious now. No, but take the people you just described. You know, a rick perry would be a very powerful <