That president like donald trump has been compromised by russia and that they hold embarrassing personal and Financial Information about him. He addressed it at the press. Take a look. It should have never been written, it should never have been had, it certainly should have never been released. It is all fake news. It is only phony stuff. It was gotten by opponents of hours as you know, because you reported it. So do many of the other people. It was a group of opponents who got together, sick people. I think it was disgraceful. Disgraceful. That the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake. Out. I think it is a disgrace. I say that and i say that. And that is something that nazi germany would have done and did do. I think it is a disgrace that information that was false and fake and it never happened got released to the public. Sean it is a disgrace. Cnn and buzzfeed should be ashamed of themselves. This socalled dossier that was put together as opposition research, that was done by trumps political opponents. It had been out there for months. Responsible Media Outlets stay away from it, but not over at cnn, the clinton news network. Take a look. We have learned that the nations top intelligence officials have reported information last week about claims of russian efforts to compromise the president elect donald trump, it included allegations that russian operatives claim to have compromising personal information about mr. Trump. There produced by a former mi6 operative with great experience in russia and the soviet union. It is something thats being taken very seriously and they will have to get to the bottom of it. Sean cnn cannot get enough of it. But today, he had to correct some of the major allegations about Michael Cohen, who will join us later from the Trump Organization. Take a look. Michael cohen, trumps lawyer, has been out there because in the sun cooperated report, he talks about Michael Cohen, trumps lawyer making a trip to the czech republic. My reporting suggests that people did try to run that down and that they concluded that it was a different Michael Cohen. It was a Michael Cohen with a passport from another country, the same birth year, different birthdate. Sean while makkah, another Michael Cohen in the world. Imagine that. Once again proves my point that journalism in america is dead. Ive been saying it on the air since 2008. When it comes to the alt radical left liberal press, there is a massive double standard. They will push fake news stories about president elect trump, but they never even bothered to ask about or look into president obamas very troubling past. The madia asks barack obama only one single time and i fed the question to George Stephanopoulos about his relationship with the unrepentant bill ayres, even though obama launched his political career in his living room, give speeches him and they didnt care. That was obama and for 20 years, no problem. He attended the church of gd america, americas chickens have come home to roost. He listens to reverend Jeremiah Wright and they turned a blind eye to all of this . Obama embracing the tactics of leftists . This is only a few examples. They didnt do their job in 2007 and 2008. If donald trump had done any of those things and had any of those connections, that would have been on the front page of any newspaper, would be all over tv news for months. Just like cnn tried to attack trump, at the press conference earlier today, you remember any instance when barack obama was treated like this by the leftwing media . Take a look. Since you are attacking us, can you give us a question . Go ahead, go ahead. No, not you, not to you. You are attacking our News Organization. Can you give us a chance to ask a question . Can you state categorically dont be rude. Dont be rude. No, im not going to give you a question. You are fake news. Sean and then he said, thats not right. Youre going to lecture the president elect of the United States . Cnn, they are not always that aggressive. Who now works for the clinton news network, he was drooling over president obama after his first 100 days with these softball questions. During these first 100 days, what has surprised you the most about this office, and chanted you the most about serving, humbling, and it troubled you the most . Let me write this down. What was the first one . Surprised, troubled, and chanted and chanted. And humbled. Sean enchanted, really . Ignore these people if that is how theyre going to treat you, they dont deserve the access they think they deserve. These are the same people, they were caught redhanded openly colluding with the Clinton Campaign to help her win back the white house and to beat you. Were going to put up all the examples on the screen in a minute. The media has proven they are incapable of treating trump or any republican fairly. What we saw from cnn and buzzfeed, it should serve as a dire warning to the Incoming Trump administration. The media desperately wanted clinton to win, and now theyre going to try to destroy the president elect, to be donald trump. President donald trump. Theyre going to be many dishonest takes from this process, joining us now, the author of the New York Times bestseller, former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich. I remember before you get you came speaker, but in the ensuing weeks before you became speaker, before he even did a thing. You are the Newt Gingrich that stole christmas. And they had what, tiny tim with a broken crutch . Didnt they . Yeah, that was time magazine. I was the grinch that stole christmas on newsweek. I was sean and you have even taken office. I think there are a couple of big lessons here that i think sean spicer is going to look at very carefully. In baseball, hockey, basketball, if certain players behave inappropriately, you kick them out of the game. In hockey, it is fairly common to bench them for a certain amount of time. I think the way acosta behaved for cnn, have him suspended for 60 days. Send someone else. To all the other reporters, they are going to be real limits. When you get beyond those limits, you aint going to be there. They shouldnt put up with this. Its bad for the country. I also think that dan coates, the dude who nominated the director of national outsidersnce will go in and and really dig through how politicized, how intellectually corrupt and dishonest the senioe Intelligence Community have become. I mean, in my lifetime, i cant remember as a Public Document that the Intelligence Community produced. Not some lakes, but they are giving the next president of the United States pure garbage. Sean we watched the president , barack obama, last night give this revisionism in history about his record last night. I came on the air with facts and figures. But i was the only media outlet to do that. And told the American People the truth. Nobody vetted him in 2007 and 2008 as i did. Its like im doing their job. Nobody tells her the truth about all the broken promises and any of this record. Do we have an informational crisis and how should donald trump deal with it . Part of it is you have a news media today which the intellectual idiot. Why would you expect people who dont know any history to be able to report on history . Why would you expect people who are shallow and report only todays exciting story to have any sense of depth or any sense of background . I think part of this is a real crisis of our Education System and what has happened in general to our media. But in addition, the White House Press has this selfimportance that the trump team have better figure out how to break up. There are 500 some members of the White House Press corps. They dont have the five, six, seven people dominate every sigel day. They can rotate them. They can also expended privileges to reporters from out of town. They would be a lot more courteous, they will be a lot more responsible, they wouldnt have this adversarial, i mean, what kind of reporter believes that they are the equal of the president of the United States and they get to yell at him and lecture the way we saw in todays press conference . It is absurd. Is going to keep going on until steps are taken to remind people that there is one person who won the presidency. That is donald j. Trump. There are a lot of people who are voyeurs who are watching the one person who won the president. They are not equals. Weve got to go back to understanding they aint equals. Sean while we were talking about the truth of what really happened, which will be wiped out in pretty short order, let me give didnt do the of the foreign coverage. I would argue it didnt even go away for eight years. Take a look. He was played off stage tonight by the Bruce Springsteen song, land of hope and dreams. That largely summarized most of his speech tonight. He was soaring, it was as good a speech as this. But of course that was before, it is after. Its harder to do it after. I think his whole speech was poignant in a way and very graceful for a president of United States to exit. Sean add to that, wikileaks and all of these major News Organizations colluding with Hillary Clinton. These are significant problems and a truth has now been exposed. Journalism is dead. Did donald trump bury them toda today . He didnt bury them today but i think he certainly began to draw the line for the fight that is coming. You dont have to think of the New York Times or cnn or any of these people as more News Organizations, they are mostly propaganda organizations. They are going to be have to trump everything will day of his presidency. He needs to understand that that is the case. So does sean spicer in speaking for him. They simply need to go out there and understand they have it in their power. To set the terms of this dialogue. They can close down the elite press, they can create totally new venues for employing the American People. They can go to facebook and to youtube and to skype and they can have average citizens asking questions. You youd have a much richer dialogue if you broke up the monopoly of the elite news media ants this kind of just added to that they have that they have the right to yell at the president of the United States. As you point out, they never did to obama. Because after all, he was there sean he was enchanted. That scene is hysterical. That could be in a bad movie. Sean [laughs] a bad movie. And i get criticized. Unbelievable. Mr. Speaker, thanks for joining us. Tonight, right here on hannity. Michael cohen of the Trump Organization was in prague . It turned out to be of different Michael Cohen. It is a disgrace what took place, it is a disgrace and i think they ought to apologize to start with. Sean will the real micah please stand up . Michael cohen is owned at owned an apology. Much more as we continue straight ahead americans 83 try to eat healthy. Yet up 90 fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. Lets do more. Add one a day 50 a complete multivitamin with 100 daily value of more than 15 key nutrients. One a day 50 . Imy bargain detergentgh a couldnt keep up. Isaster. So, i switched to tide pods. Theyre super concentrated, so i get a better clean. Tide. Number one rated. Its got to be tide this is a fox news alert. U. S. Director of National Intelligence said he spoke to president elect donald trump tonight about recent media reports regarding last fridays briefing. James clapper said he felt profound dismay, and trump agrees that they are externally corrosive to national security. On the president elect is not a u. S. Intelligence Community Product and he doesnt believe the leaks came from within the Intelligence Community. Earlier today and his first News Conference since july, press the elect trump blasted News Organizations that have published the material last night. Im jack ibanez, now, back to hannity for all of your headlines youre watching the most powerful name in news. Fox news channel. Sean welcome back to hannity. During his press conference today, pressing elect trump took aim at cnn and a buzzfeed for covering and on verified story about mr. Trump and his alleged ties to russia. It claimed that trumps lawyer Michael Cohen met with kremlin representatives in prague in august of 2016. One small little if problem. Michael cohen has never been to prague. Ever. He is with the president elect had to say about this earlier today. As far as buzzfeed, which is a feeling pile of garbage, writing it . I think they are going to suffer the consequences. They already are. As far as cnn going out of their way to build it up . And by the way, we just found out, Michael Cohen, he is a very talented lawyer, he is a good lawyer, my friend. It is just reported that it wasnt this Michael Cohen that we are talking about. So all night long, it is Michael Cohen. I said, i want to see your passport. He brings his passport to my office. I say hey, wait a minute, he didnt leave the country. He wasnt out of the country. They had Michael Cohen of the Trump Organization was in prague. It turned out to be a different Michael Cohen. It is a disgrace what took place. It is a disgrace. I think they ought to apologize to start with, Michael Cohen. Sean earlier today i spoke with him all about this and he said this. Joining us now, executive Vice President and special counsel to donald trump, Michael Cohens with us. In my allowed to look at this . I do want to joke about it because it is serious in your life. This is your passport. Youre watching this unfold. I got a text from a friend of mine. Are you watching cnn . They are going insane. And then this whole thing unfolds. You are dragged through it all through the night last night. You are a private guy. We are friends, i know you. This is not comfortable for you. It is not comfortable but i am okay with it personally because it benefits mr. Trump and i will do anything to protect mr. Trump, his family, now Vice President elect mike pence. I am okay with it personally. The problem is that it affected my family, it affected my wife, my inlaws, and that is not okay. I believe that cnn and buzzfeed and others owe them a serious apology. There is an old expression. Whered you go to get your reputation . You know where you have to go . To be a donald trump press release. Sean that was Pretty Amazing of you. Think you did donald trump for what he did, because without his help, who would have thought that there may have been more than two Michael Cohens in this world . Sean i know you for long time. You got called by mr. Trump and mr. Trump asked you were you ever in prague . And your answer was never. So he said michael, i really need to know. I said mr. Trump, ive never been to prague. He said to me, okay. I said, do you want to see my passport . He said, yeah, do you mind if i see it . I said of course, you are the president elect. Sean i dont mean to laugh but these people, i did an opening monologue just in the last segment about how journalism is dead. It is buried. And fake news, last night, i retweeted your tweet. With the passport. And you know what people were writing . So many people hate me. Sean people are saying so, its not opened. With all due respect to those haters, do you really think i was going to open up the passport and allow them to see my i. D. Number . Next thing i will be trying to leave the country for whatever the reason might be, and what will happen . Someone will have already duplicated it with my i. D. I have spend the subject of personal attacks and the last thing i need is have somebody with my passport number on top of everything else. Sean you and i had a discussion last week. And i said these words to you. I said, the media and the left want to destroy donald trump. What he is doing, if he is able to fulfill his agenda. He is opening up a raw nerve in d. C. That means the immediate establishment, the democratic establishment and even the republican establishment. When he talks about draining the swamp and fundamental core changes to government, this threatens who they are and what they have done and the way they have done it all of these years. Their goal is to malign a very good man who i truly believe will go down in history if they leave him alone as the best president. Sean michael, they are not going to leave him alone. It i will make sure they leave him alone. He is a good man and so is Vice President elect mike pence. They are a great team together. Theyre going to do exactly what they say. They will strengthen the military, secure our borders, create jobs sean if he keeps all of his words, he will go down as a great resident. Let me go back though. You show him the passport. You are in los angeles. I have to give a little insight here. Your son by the way, y