FULL SHOW: Hilton Hotel controversy; Will the USA obtain Greenland?

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🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Was the Hilton Hotel involved in housing ICE Victims in its hotels throughout the country without ICE agents being aware? Mark explains. The CBS Evening News is facing criticism from left-wing critics right now, under CEO Bari Weiss, for allegedly making the structure of the newscasts more centrist, rather than being too far left or too far right. Mark interviews Steve Forbes, Chairman of Forbes Media. Steve discusses why rolling back regulations on electric vehicles (EVs) will greatly benefit car companies. He also shares his picks for who should serve on the Federal Reserve Board as Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s term comes to an end this year. If President Trump succeeds in securing oil from Latin America and possibly Greenland, the USA could see very low gas prices. Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of January 6th. Mark explains why he believes Democrats are wrong to be angry about that day, arguing that the violence could not have been prevented and questioning its characterization as an insurrection. Meanwhile,18 million people tuned in to Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve last week! Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is not planning to leave his job, despite reports that he would not seek reelection. Mark interviews author Ann Coulter. Mark and Ann discuss the ongoing financial fraud controversy in Minnesota, examining how financial matters have been mishandled in the state both historically and in recent years. Is Governor Tim Walz to blame? Ann also shares her concerns about New York City, especially as the new Mayor Mamdani’s administration gets underway. She notes that Mayor Mamdani has appointed longtime housing activist Cea Weaver as the new director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, signaling a strong focus on tenant protections in his agenda.

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0:00.0	Only about 200, 300 more weeks of him to get through and then you'll be fine.
0:06.4	I keep clearing my throat.
0:07.8	I'm not sick.
0:09.5	I just, my nose has been stuffed up for a week and a half.
0:12.0	It's just this ridiculously cold weather.
0:14.1	It's going to be in the 40s today, 50s later this week.
0:18.4	In Alaska, remember a couple weeks where we had all that
0:22.7	snow on a Friday? Remember, bridgeport, seven inches, Long Island, seven inches. It was horrible.
0:30.1	Seven inches. Look at this weather. Alaska, this is just the past couple days. Seven feet of snow. Seven feet of snow. You know, here if you get an inch, there's already school closings immediately. Alaska, you've got to get to about 10 feet before they close the schools there. So we'll get to Venezuela. We'll get to Greenland. We'll get to Tim Walts. We'll get to CBS News. They're getting a lot of flack. They've been cleaning up the evening news trying to make it less corrupt, and they're getting a lot of flack for it. Hey, we'll get to that crazy George Conway, who's running for Congress. We'll get to Mom Donnie. Hey, speaking of getting a lot of flack, this Hilton story did not get a lot of coverage, but, you know, there's Hilton
1:12.4	is a great hotel chain. You got Hilton hotels all over the place. And there's one in Minnesota
1:18.0	where, you know, ice, when they go into these cities, you don't realize all the logistics
1:23.7	that are required. Forget arresting the criminals, the criminal illegals. Just the logistics
1:30.8	of getting them all there. If you want to send 100 ICE agents there, you got to move them there,
1:36.6	all their equipment, everything, their vehicles, everything has to be moved there. And then you
1:40.5	got to find a hotel for them to stay in. So in every city, they have to book 100 hotel rooms, although, well, government likes to waste money,
1:49.7	but although it might be, you know, they double up, so it's 50 hotel rooms, two in a room, whatever.
1:55.1	But in Minneapolis, they used, there it is again, in Minneapolis they used a Hilton Hotel to have the ice agents stay.
2:05.0	Well, the local Hilton Hotel employees, you know, it's Minnesota, and they were crazy, left-wing,
2:12.0	childish Democrats, woke Democrats, so they found out these were ICE people coming to stay in the hotel.
2:18.5	So they canceled the reservation and informed ICE that they were not welcome to stay in this
2:23.8	Hilton Hotel.
2:26.4	Well, you can't do that.
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