Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance remains unsolved despite FBI breakthroughs, including $50K rewards and Google video footage in Arizona’s foothills, while a ransom demand of 1 Bitcoin raises skepticism. Political scrutiny targets Georgia Democrat John Ossoff for silence on ICE detainers and governors Gavin Newsom (CA) and J.B. Pritzker (IL) for sanctuary policies linked to crime, including a fatal trucking accident by an undocumented worker. Republicans push for voter ID reforms amid Democratic focus on attacks over solutions, questioning election integrity and foreign funding in protests. The episode shifts to Nancy Grace and Bill O’Reilly’s insights, contrasting their relevance with Super Bowl spectacle. [Automatically generated summary]
If you want to be a part of the program, it's 800-941 Sean.
If you want to join us, you know, I'm looking at a list of some of the top stories of today, and it's like the stuff we don't get to on an average day is pretty remarkable.
Like, for example, Charlotte, sheriff, guy by the name of Gary McFadden, not able to name a single branch of government.
I'm like, whoa, 10 people are dead, 25 injured.
A woman wearing a dress open fired on a school in British Columbia, Canada.
You know, we do have good news on the economy that we're going to get to for sure.
You have an American-born Olympic star who competes for China slamming Donald Trump.
Great.
I have no interest in the Olympics.
All these athletes that are woke and they're proud of it and they're making comments.
And I don't want their political commentary.
I'm not interested.
And, you know, the story that I was most interested in was Lindsay Vaughan, and I feel terrible that, you know, she had been skiing so well.
It was such a great comeback.
And I felt awful that, you know, she ended up fracturing her tib after, you know, she had an ACL.
She had injured her ACL and she was still competing.
She said that did not factor into what happened.
I mean, you're on a razor's edge when you're going at that kind of speed.
I mean, it is a very dangerous sport.
Oh, we had Jerry Nadler falling asleep during the A.G. Pambondi opening statement today.
That's not the first time for him.
Michael Moore's back says Jews should stop attacking Palestinians because the real enemy is white Christians.
Okay.
Just a quick synopsis headlines of what is going on on any given day that we don't usually have time to get to.
I don't know.
I mean, I was very hopeful yesterday as it relates to Nancy Guthrie, and it was definitely a big breakthrough.
And I know, and we had FBI Director Kash Patel on TV last night, the FBI has persons of interest, so I'm still hopeful.
Harvey Levin of TMZ received a third letter claiming to know Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper.
And the third letter is not like the first letter.
He said they're saying they know who the kidnapper is, and that this Bitcoin address that they're putting out is real.
One thing on the issue of crime, just so you understand, there's been a massive crime crash in cities with the largest drops in homicide rates.
For example, Orlando is down 58%.
Tampa, Florida is down 52%.
Denver down 47%.
Prince George's County, Maryland, down 40%.
Seattle down 36%.
Honolulu, 34%.
Albuquerque down 34%.
Columbus, Ohio, 33%.
Washington, D.C., got to give Mayor Bowser credit.
She let Donald Trump come in and help, down 32%.
I mean, violent crime is plunging around the country, but if you're in the middle and you're a victim of crime, it doesn't mean much to you, does it?
We will have Nancy Grace.
We're going to get her take on where we are now.
There is some updates in the Guthrie case, and we'll also get to the other news of the day.
FBI is now conducting an extensive search in the foothills near Nancy Guthrie's house.
And the federal agency's Phoenix Bureau said their agents are conducting this external search.
One thing that I'm going to bring, and I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this now.
I think it is worth bringing up later is that, and I know for a fact that local authorities were not that willing to work with the FBI early on in spite of the fact that, I mean, local sheriffs are amazing.
I can tell you where I live, local sheriff, the police department, all these guys are amazing and they're the best of the best.
But, you know, in terms of the latest, most advanced technology, like, for example, all this video that we got yesterday is because of Kash Patel's FBI and their involvement in this case, but their involvement, as far as I'm concerned, was too late.
Who was it in an interview?
It was John Benet Ramsey's father that said they would recommend anybody, if you find yourself, he said he didn't care at all that people were looking at him as a suspect.
He knew he didn't do it and that it was frustrating to him that local law enforcement, that was their sole focus.
And then he said that if you ever find yourself in a situation like this, bring the FBI in immediately.
You know, the technology they have is that advanced.
The relationships that they have, I mean, it was Kash Patel that got in touch with Google and they were able to recover this tape.
Now, if you listen to one of the earlier press conferences, the Pima County Sheriff said there's no recoverable video.
This is what he said.
2.12 a.m. software detects a person on a camera, but there's no video available.
They had no subscription.
That's what our analysis teams have told us.
The tech company that we sent that camera off to, yes, they've said they've run out of ways to recover any video.
FBI didn't miss a beat on that.
And I'm not being critical of law enforcement.
I'm not.
I'm just saying that, you know, when something happens, maybe it's not the time to put your ego in the way and you should get all hands on deck and get the best and brightest.
And from the beginning, President Trump, you know, made available all federal resources to descend in Tucson.
And when the FBI got there, they were able to do things that others were not.
If you want to know why there were multiple searches of the home, it was the FBI going back there and doing their own searches.
But anyway, they're doing an extensive search in the foothills near Nancy Guthrie's house.
The federal agency's Phoenix Bureau, the FBI, said that they're examining all the roadways along the Catalina foothills in Arizona in the search area.
The update comes a day after the FBI released this doorbell video footage and images.
And, you know, Kash Patel signaled that they have persons of interest there, but they're getting there.
I am confident.
I just hope they get there soon enough.
Now, as it relates to this letter that TMZ founder Harvey Levin, you know, found to discuss this third letter they received regarding Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, co-host of the Today Show.
And he pointed out, we got a bizarre letter, an email from somebody who says they know who the kidnapper is, and they've tried reaching Savannah's sister, Annie, and Savannah's brother to no avail.
They said they want one Bitcoin sent to a Bitcoin address.
They confirmed that it is an act of address.
It's a real Bitcoin address.
And as they put it, time is more than relevant.
And he concluded, we have no idea whether this is real or not, but they are making a demand.
They actually give a name and an email address, but whoever sent this is asking for around that amount via Bitcoin for information that says that leads to the direction of the person.
Now, I think the price of a Bitcoin today was around $66,000, and the FBI is offering a $50,000 reward.
I'm not sure why you'd go about it that way if you do have information that would lead to the arrest of an individual or individuals responsible for this abduction.
An Arizona woman says police and the FBI raided her home, believing Nancy Guthrie could be inside.
I'm sure they're working on various tips, but that didn't turn out the way they thought it might.
Pima County police released the man they detained Tuesday night in connection with the kidnapping.
Anyway, this person briefly detained.
Pima County Sheriff said deputies detained an individual during a traffic stop south of Tucson, and the department and the FBI also conducted a court-authorized search of the home in Rio Rico, a community of about 20,000 residents roughly a half hour from Tucson, about 15 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
I've been down there a number of times covering the border for my TV show.
He said later that law enforcement, one of his in-laws, a photo taken of a masked man.
I just got to believe, especially with the reverse AI lighting, you get a much better picture that way.
By the way, ICE bashing Senator John Ossoff of Georgia, a vocal critic of ICE running for reelection in November, facing heat from Georgia Republicans over his lack of public comment on news that ICE lodged a detainer for a Georgia illegal immigrant accused of a heinous crime.
Every American Will Feel It00:05:17
This is going to be a big issue.
And this is why I'm like all in favor of Republicans putting Democrats on record about voter ID, about funding ICE, about defund, dismantle, no bail.
They're already on record voting for the largest tax increase in history, voting against working men and women and seniors.
Put them on record on all of this stuff.
Why would you be against voter ID?
Simple, basic, fundamental.
Anyway, so this is just, it is a mystery, and the mystery keeps getting wider.
We'll get Nancy Grace's take on all of this.
She always has a good analysis on all of it.
We do have some good news on the economy.
Linda, I'm sure you saw this today.
Now, we're monitoring the economy because polls are showing that not every American is feeling it yet.
And I wouldn't expect every American to feel it yet.
There is always a lag period.
You know, for example, the one big beautiful bill, working men and women now have more take-home pay as a result of that bill and lower taxes than they were paying last year.
So you're noticing it in your take-home pay.
You know, to what extent it makes a big difference in people's lives, that will reveal itself over time.
People are paying a lot less for gasoline, which is a massive tax cut for anybody that drives a car, unless you have an electric vehicle, which is not good, by the way.
It was announced that Ford Motor Company, they said yesterday, they announced that they lost nearly $27,000 on every electric vehicle they sold last year.
They didn't want to make them.
They were forced to make them.
So we now have interest rates that have come down rather significantly.
We have inflation that is in check and down significantly.
And those interest rates now, I can imagine with the new Fed share and different monetary policy will be down even more significantly.
I'd love to see a 30-year fixed rate mortgage at 4% or less.
That will jumpstart sale of pre-existing homes and new home construction in the country.
The Labor Department didn't have good news today that they had the official job numbers for January that they put out this morning, and they created a whopping 130,000 jobs.
And what's more is the official 130,000 new job figure includes a decline of 42,000 government jobs.
If you take the government jobs decline out of the equation, the private sector jobs was actually a gain of 172,000 jobs.
Now, when the trillions in committed manufacturing monies make it into the economy, which is now happening because that one big, beautiful bill that most people didn't really read or pay attention to, in it, they have what's known as 100% depreciation in year one.
Now, that doesn't mean a lot to a lot of people, but let me tell you what it means for manufacturers.
It means that they can deduct the cost of building out their new facilities, make that total tax deduction in the first year, which is a massive incentive.
It's like an accelerant in a fire.
And so that means that all the committed monies for pharmaceutical manufacturing and automobile manufacturing and semiconductor chip manufacturing and mining of rare earths, et cetera.
I mean, it's going to get very, very, you're going to see exponential growth.
And, you know, and this new jobs number is a sign that this is beginning now to turn into what those of us that are supply sires have believed for a long time.
Now, president actually thinks that we can get to 15% growth.
That's kind of optimistic, but, you know, the Atlanta Fed was predicting 5.4% growth.
You averaged next to nothing for a lot of quarters under Joe Biden.
I mean, it was just awful and not helping the American people in any way, shape, matter, or form.
So with this, you know, the unemployment rate and new jobs creation and new manufacturing and tax cuts and a tax reduction with energy costs being significantly lower, that impacts everything you buy at every store you go to.
It just is, it is now going to filter into the bloodstream of the economy and every American is going to feel it.
And we want that.
We want Americans to prosper.
Never mind that all this manufacturing, all the trillions for manufacturing is going to create high-paying career jobs for the American people.
All right, 25 now to the top of the hour, 800-941 Sean, our number.
You want to be a part of the program?
Nancy Grace with the latest on the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie coming up at the top of the hour.
Later on, we'll check in with all things simple man Bill O'Reilly.
Did you notice, Linda, Mr. O'Reilly was hobnobbing with the rich and famous out in San Francisco?
Apparently, he's doing some expose on how bad that city has deteriorated.
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Not so simple after all, huh?
Well, he's hobnobbing with the, you know, I'm sure he's going to claim it was work-related.
I'm only out here doing investigative work, Hannity.
Listen, Mr. O'Reilly is always working.
He's always working.
And, you know, look, I've been to Super Bowls, so I really guess I can't say anything.
But that used to be my Christmas present for my son every year.
And I'd say, all right, I'd give him a choice.
I can buy you a bunch of stuff.
Or if you want to go to the, because he loves football, I'd say, or if you want to go to the Super Bowl, I'll take you to the Super Bowl game.
And I'd take my kids.
My daughter never loved it.
And she would choose the gifts over the Super Bowl.
Smart girl.
It's not fun to go to.
It just isn't.
I agree with you.
Yeah.
I know that probably once in your life, if you get a chance, you should go.
Tickets are too expensive.
It's too crowded.
The traffic is insane.
Security is insane.
And I don't know.
I mean, the times are different.
I mean, I don't even think it's kind of like for me be like when I'm in New York and I go walk in a restaurant.
I was getting those looks.
I mean, you were there at times, you know.
I thought they just liked my shoes.
And I was like, I get it.
You're jealous.
I have good shoes.
I understand.
No, you just intimidate people by staring them down.
You've got a problem?
I have RBF.
There's no question.
What's RBF?
Resting B-face.
It's 3.30, so I'm not going to say it.
Oh, good grief.
That's all right.
That works well on the subway, my friend.
I mean, you, whatever.
I can't help you.
Well, let me tell you, with all the money you save, like American Financing keeps talking about all this money you can save if you go to them and you ask them, I wouldn't take any of that money that I saved and use it on the Super Bowl tickets.
I'll tell you that much.
How did this North Carolina Republican state representative, Alan Chesser is his name, taken by surprise when a Democratic sheriff who has long opposed cooperating with ICE could not answer a basic question about how government works?
North Carolina House Oversight Committee hearing there, spurred on by the recent killing of a young Ukrainian woman, this is in Charlotte, North Carolina, took an unexpected turn when he asked the county sheriff, what branch of government do you operate under?
Now, this guy's the top law enforcement officer in the county where this Ukrainian woman was killed.
And prompting the answer, you know, again, he repeated the question, what branch of government do you operate under?
And the sheriff answered, the Constitution of the United States, to which the guy said, well, that is what establishes the branches of government.
I'm asking you what branch you fall under.
Linda, not a tough question.
Executive branch?
Absolutely not.
Legislative branch, judicial branch, unless I don't remember correctly.
I don't need to.
I don't need to.
You know what I saw, Sean?
And I wonder if you agree with this.
So I saw this a few days ago when this happened when the sheriff was giving his testimony.
At first, I thought it was like a Babylon B story.
I didn't know if it was real.
Then I was like, oh, no, God, this is real.
And somebody made the comment like way down in the chain on X, and he said, you know what this sheriff is?
He is a product of our education system.
They are not being taught.
Now, if this guy wasn't taught 30 years ago, imagine what the kids are learning now, a whole lot of nothing.
That's the problem.
They don't learn all the basics about our nation.
I mean, you know, this is not where I was anticipating getting stuck.
You're aware of how many branches of government there are, and the sheriff quickly shot back, no.
Then after a long pause, he says, for the sake of debate, let's say there are three branches of government.
Listen.
If I were to classify your position as the highest law enforcement officer in the county, would that be a fair description?
That's correct.
And as such, you made reference earlier that you're a constitutional office.
My colleague made reference that there are constitutional divisions amongst responsibilities between us and you.
What branch of government do you operate under?
Meckleborough County.
What branch of government do you operate under, Sheriff?
Constitution of the United States.
Correct.
That is what establishes the branches of government.
I'm asking which branch you fall under.
Meckenberg County.
I'm a duly sworn Meckenberg County Sheriff.
We answer to the people of Meckenberg County.
This was not where I was anticipating getting stuck.
Are you aware of how many branches of government there are?
No.
Okay.
For the sake of debate, I will move on and say there are three branches of government, legislative, executive, judicial.
Of those three, which do you believe you fall under?
I believe I fall under the last one.
Would you say it to me?
Judicial.
Okay.
You are incorrect, sir.
You fall under the executive.
Ouch.
Man, that's painful.
That is so painful.
You know, it's sort of like, and we played this yesterday.
I mean, I watched some of the hearings with Pam Bondi today, and it's just not worth the time of day to watch it.
It is just people trying to put on a show.
You know, we saw this yesterday as well.
Todd Lyons, who's the head of CBP, a U.S. Customs Board of Protection.
And he was there with Commissioner Rodney Scott, Director, Joseph Edlow, U.S. Acting Director of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
That's Todd Lyons.
And then you have this woman, LaMonica MacGyver, congresswoman.
Where is she from?
New Joisey.
And now there is a story about her, in case you're interested.
And apparently she's gotten into a little bit of trouble according to this.
Anyway, is she currently under indictment, Linda?
Did I read that correctly?
You sure?
I read that correctly.
Anyway, listen to this exchange.
Let me ask you some questions that you may be able to answer.
Mr. Lyons, do you consider yourself a religious man?
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, yes.
Okay.
Well, how do you think Judgment Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
I'm not going to entertain that question.
Oh, okay, of course not.
Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?
I'm not going to entertain that.
Of course not.
How many government?
Gentlelady will suspend.
I mean, this is this, these are your representatives.
It's so embarrassing.
It really is.
Department of Housing and Urban Development arrested 50 fugitive felons living in taxpayer-funded housing in just one Ohio City.
I mean, it's getting so out of control the amount of money that we are discovering that is being wasted.
I mean, you want to know why California is going bankrupt?
California is going bankrupt because it's a sanctuary state with sanctuary cities that provides taxpayer-funded housing, education, and health care.
Medi-Cal in particular is going bankrupt.
Now, you wouldn't know because you don't really have a governor in California.
I mean, you have your full-time, you know, Tweety bird, Trump stalker, podcaster, author, world traveler, Gavin Newsom, you know, who's not lifting a finger.
Did you notice, by the way, now, let's see, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, one of the co-founders of Google, one of the other co-founders of Google, I forget his name.
He left.
What's his name?
Mark Zuckerberg left.
They're all moving to my free state of Florida.
Ken Griffin, my free state of Florida.
And the same thing is going to happen in New York because they have this referendum out in California that is going to retroactively put a wealth tax on all these Silicon Valley billionaires that are the heart and soul of California's economy.
They lose that money.
Wow, it is going to be a massive hit to California.
And if you think that state's been in decline, it's going to be on steroids and human growth hormone.
Here is the failure of government, though, especially when it comes to the immigration issue.
You know, Governor Pritzker, Governor Pritzker, I bet you he couldn't name five people shot in January when there was, what, over 30 shootings and how many dead?
15 dead, you know, for the month, or maybe 30 dead and more shootings.
It was just an insane number.
And it was on Foxnews.com, and a guy sent a letter to Pritzker, you know, with 11 questions about their sanctuary policies that protected the illegal immigrant that killed this guy's daughter.
The daughter's name is Katie Abraham.
I've lived in Illinois my entire life.
I've met my social contract.
I've done everything properly.
I'm law-abiding, productive.
And if I didn't do these things, I would have been punished.
So I've met my side of the bargain, but I want my governor to know that he hasn't met his side of the bargain.
I sent J.B. Pritzker a letter asking straightforward questions about the sanctuary policies that he champions, policies that protected an illegal alien who went on to kill my daughter.
I asked for a response by January 19th, 2026, the one-year anniversary of Katie's death.
To this day, I have received nothing.
Where is their heart?
What has happened to this?
You know, now they want, they don't want voter ID because I can't think of any rational reason why or proof of citizenship to be able to vote.
Now, both Republicans and Democrats over the years have complained about election integrity.
This would bring more integrity to the election process, and proof of citizenship should be mandatory, and legal ID should be mandatory.
And I don't know why this is so complicated for people.
And I think we should get rid of three months' worth of voting leading up to an election.
Democratic, you know, it's unbelievable, but they're too busy asking questions.
Do you think you're going to hell?
I mean, it's insane.
Georgia Republicans are hammering Senator John Ossoff over silence after ICE detainer in an alleged child rape case.
I mean, I don't understand these people.
Vocal critic of ICE running for reelection, facing heat in Georgia over his lack of public comment on news that ICE lodged a detainer for a Georgia illegal immigrant accused of a heinous crime.
Another horrific tragedy for two innocent children by the hands of a criminal illegal.
This monster should never have been in our country in the first place, Tricia McLaughlin said.
These are the victims President Trump, Secretary Noam, Tom Holman are fighting for in the media and the sanctuary politicians ignore.
It's happening every single day.
You know, we rightly are paying attention to Savannah Guthrie's mom, but nobody knows the names of the people on an average weekend shot and shot and killed in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles.
We don't know their names.
It's just so sad.
Now trucking apparently became a hotspot for illegal labor with lethal results, like in the case of Florida.
I mean, this guy got a license in the state of Washington, got a license in the state of California, but couldn't read English and couldn't read road signs, ended up killing three people.
And we've had numerous instances like this.
One just last week we talked about.
Unbelievable.
But Democrats, one New Jersey Democrat slamming the dangerous questioning of foreign funding behind ICE.
Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey lamenting during a hearing on Capitol Hill that allegations about foreign funding and coordination among anti-ICE agitators are delegitimizing people's justified anger and fear.
Why shouldn't we know who's funding these protests that are endangering the lives of the men and women that are risking their lives and taking away their element of surprise, making their job even harder and more dangerous?
And they're arresting the murderers and the cartel members and gang members and rapists and child molesters and other violent criminals.
And known terrorists in the country.
Anyway, 800-941 Sean is our number if you want to be a part of the program.
Nancy Grace, when we get back, then Bill O'Reilly.