♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the inspector general's office has issued or has started an investigation into the department of justice. specifically, its fbi director, james comey's conduct prior to the election. this is reopening something that is already been closed, we are joined appropriately by james rosen. what is this, james? >> tucker, going to be with you. many trump supporters, conservatives and legal experts are questioning the timing and particularly the scope of this investigation into the conduct of james comey. that will be carried out by the inspector general.

the chief among these skeptics are the president-elect himself, who tweeted before dawn dawn and i quote, "what are hillary clinton's people complaining about with respect to the f.b.i. based on the information they had she should never have been allowed to run - guilty as hell. they were very nice to her. she lost because she campaigned in the wrong states - no enthusiasm!" investigators will probe comey's statement about the clinton investigations. and the letters that comey sent and the letters that comey sent to congress just days before the election. reopening and then closing the case again. observers from disparate points along the political spectrum today urged comey to resign. >> i think it is hard to be a director of such an important institution when that trust is no longer there. >> i think the fate of the people of the fbi are somewhat shaken in their leadership. the faith of the country and the director of the fbi is somewhat perilous. given all that, he ought to

spend more time with his family. >> the ig probe will notably not include the conduct of attorney general loretta lynch who was forced effectively to recuse herself on the clinton email case when it was disclosed that the attorney general met privately with former president bill clinton. many republicans see the ig probe simply as a attempt to delegitimize mr. trump before he takes office. >> if the scope is limited to the director of the fbi's conduct, i think they have a point. why not look at at the entire circumstances here? why not look at what attorney general lynch did, the meeting she held, or nonrecruits are crucial. i think that's all very important. >> in short, talker, you asked me what this is all about? experts i talked to said director colby's conduct and key decisions he made are precisely the kind of thing, especially in a high-profile case that the

inspector general would investigate. it is the circumscribing of this case, the narrowing that father's conservatives. >> hillary clinton's defeat in november might have popped some soul-searching in the american press. instead, the blame has been placed among other things and alleged plague of fake news. now with one week until the inauguration, lawmakers are trying to use the scourge of fake news, the influence of your kids in school. california assembly in men jimmy gomez introduced a bill that would require schools to teach specific online reasoning, to tell what news is fixed, what is real, and that shape their beliefs accordingly. thank you for coming on. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: you have written this piece of legislation that commands, if passed, will command the schools to do this. to teach, "the ability to judge the credibility and quality of the information found on internet web sites including

social media." how exactly will they do that? to tell fake from real? >> my bill, the "fake news act of 2017" directs the instructional quality commission to develop a curriculum with expert in education on specific online curriculum, civic online reasoning and how to include that in two different courses. civics, history, mathematics and science. it will basically allow them to discern how do you break apart information in the digital age that they consume over the internet as well as social media. they can break it apart and decide for themselves what is credible and what is not. >> tucker: how will they do that? how will you tell a story that is fake from one that is real and what does it mean to be for? >> one of the things i grew up learning is how to use footnotes and citations in order to verify the facts that i was reading. one of the things that we know

is that online sources, we can't really do that. it's very difficult that could do is give them the skills how to research who owns a particular domain name. you know, is it the real fox news twitter handle with a check mark, or it isn't. because a lot of people are having a tough time telling, is this really fox news? or is this some other site? often times, people believe the false site or the false twitter account rather than the real thing. this isn't about telling them what to believe, giving them the skills so that they can actually distinguish for themselves. >> tucker: what that means to be false. does that mean that the content on the site is false if you don't like the domain name? what is false mean? >> no. it means, you know, it's not about false -- sometimes, there are some web sites that give you a little bit of real information, they blur altogether.

i know fox news would never do that. you give them the real facts. just like every news station according to their mission. right? we aren't here to basically say that this is automatically fake news. but we want people to look at every piece of information they are reading online. they should've been doing that for a long time with a critical eye and start asking more questions. is this something i should believe, is it from capital sources? to the fax back of claim? >> tucker: i guess a lot of questions come to mind. why don't they do that themselves? who are you to make a decision? but you keep dodging the core question, which is how do you know what is fake and what is real? that is what is the center of this. it's a fake news bail. what is fake news? i'm not getting it from what you just said. for example, buzz buzzfeed, which is a big web site, just released a 35 page dossier reportedly on

donald trump. reportedly from russia. is that fake or real in your judgment? >> one of the things i try to do is look at every story with a critical eye. and then i try to do more research on it. i don't automatically believe everything i read. but i do want to make sure that we kind of break it apart. i want our students to be prepared. this is a digital age where we get more of our information through online and social media resources than we do from books and newspapers. in the past, we didn't have to question books and newspapers but for some reason, we are in an age just because they read it online, they believe it's real. that is a big problem. because if we can't agree -- >> tucker: can i stop you there? how do you know that people believe -- you seem to have a pretty low standard of intelligence for your constituents. why do you think the people who vote for you, your voters in california, believe everything they read? do you have evidence for that? that they are that dumb? >> carlson, you are putting words in my mouth.

what we are trying to do is prepare our youth for a digital age. there is nothing wrong with it. like when technology was changing and people started using computers, we wanted them to learn how to use a computer so they can become competitive, so they can actually be able to go and get a job, be able to adapt to a changing environment. it's the same thing. we are trying to make sure that our kids have the skills necessary to distinguish information from different sources, to take it, analyze it, and then decide for themselves for themselves what is a real story and what is a story. >> tucker: here is the problem. value judgments, subjective judgments. they play a role in calculating what is real and what is fake. what is true and what is false. i keep asking you to explain the criteria for making that determination. and you are not. either because you don't know it yourself, i ask you about that

, do you believe for example the dossier that buzz feed ran. you wouldn't answer. i see a problem here. >> first, i haven't read it. number two, i am not about to make a claim on something i haven't read and i haven't had a chance to verify. >> tucker: i wouldn't ask you to. but you still haven't enter the key question which is what does it mean to be fake news? your bill is called "the fake news bill" and i'm worried because you have power and you are telling me that some new should be disregarded. why would that not make me nervous? >> i'm not saying that some news should be disregarded because they provide a particular point of view. that's what you are implying. i'm not implying that. what i'm telling you is that people do need to know, is this story that they are reading on facebook or twitter, is this the headline -- is this a headline they actually used from a particular story five months ago that they are just using because it's catchy and it actually gets people's attention? is it actually the fact that they are saying that

tucker carlson went to school in alabama, which i don't know if you did, is that real? is that something they should be able to verify? >> tucker: people under 18 are probably a little more sophisticated about social media more than you and i. they don't know about math and in los angeles, which you represent, almost none of the kids know how to do math. 29% of the students in los angeles unified school district met the math standards last year. among black students, it was 18%. so why would you be spending any time on fake news, what you can even define, when only 80% of african-american students can do back up to u.s. standards? shouldn't you be more worried about that? >> tucker, we provide the curriculum that the districts want to absorb. we are not mandating that they have to incorporate specific online reasoning. it basically says they're going to develop a curriculum with experts with public input, regarding specific online

reasoning and then the school districts have a choice whether they want to include it or not. we are not mandating it. we are giving them the option. >> tucker: have you introduced any bills to improve the math scores in your district? 18% of black kids meet the standards. how many pieces of legislation's have you introduced to improve that number? >> tucker, i think -- i've done different things to make sure we invest more dollars into the classrooms and disadvantaged students so that the money stays there so they do improve their test scores. these are two different things. i believe that you can actually accomplish both at the same time. >> tucker: you aren't -- i just read these test scores, they are going down unfortunately. thank you a lot, assemblyman. we appreciate it. donald trump's imminent inauguration, john lewis said he will not accept trump's presidency as legitimate. lewis said this.

when asked today if he would develop a relationship for the good of the country, lewis said this. >> i believe in forgiveness, i believe in the work that people do. it's going to be hard. it's going to be very difficult. i don't see this president-elect as a legitimate president. i think the russians participated in helping this man get elected. and they helped destroy the candidacy of hillary clinton. >> tucker: because of trump's illegitimacy, lewis says he's going to join five other democrats in boycotting the inauguration next week. donald trump's plan to drain the swamp in washington includes banning all former congressman for lobbying five years after they leave office. speaker of the house paul ryan is not on board. during a town hall, ryan described his proposal as dangerous. will a lobbying ban really imperil this country?

joining us now, the cohost of "the five" and one of our. my favorite people, kimberly guilfoyle. i don't want to pile on the speaker of the house. but donald trump was elected in part to clean up washington, which is self-evidently corrupt. voters believe that. i live here. i can tell you they are right. it is a little strange that a common sense provision like banning members of congress from cashing in at the expense of taxpayers would be described by the speaker as "dangerous." >> i think it is a little bit disconcerting. speaker ryan is someone that i admire, i am sure you admire. i think at the best interest of the country at heart. but when you see president-elect donald trump talking about that as part of the drain the swamp movement, he knows what he's talking about. he wants to make sure that there is an ethical, clear line. that you don't have people joining in terms of their public service and civic service in order to profit on the other and

end. you want people to be genuine in spirit and heart. they want to be all in because they want to act in the best interest with the utmost ethics and propriety in terms of the country. so people are doing this only to be able to cash in on deals and get a bigger better deal on the other end, there is a problem on that. isn't there? you have to have to give pause, for a moment for all due respect, when the speaker says this. because i understand where the president-elect is coming from. he is saying let's make it purer, let's make it clean so that we get the best and brightest, the purest of heart to try and invest in the fabric and skin of this country so that we are all the beneficiaries. it is a public service and it is deemed as such for a reason. >> tucker: well, of course. just to be fair, i want to read the speaker's words so our viewers can assess them. what if you want to be an

advocate for the cancer society? what if you want to help your local hospital system and be on their board to support them and go get legislation? we tried to get speaker ryan to respond, i think he's busy trying to feed war orphans and your lupus. with respect, that's ludicrous. i live among lobbyists. nice people. they are there to help the cancer society. they are there to get rich. which is their right, of course. but let's not pretend that this lobbying ban would put them out of the mother teresa business. because it wouldn't. >> no, let's be honest. it may be a little bit of a delay in the game, like a little bit of a temporary radar. but it wouldn't preclude them to future. of course, in a free and democratic society, that is what we want. we want people to be invested in this country. to dedicate themselves, to give up public service. yes, we want them to provide for their families on the other end. but with due measure and to be circumspect in terms of how they proceed on that path. i think that is the intent of what the president-elect is

saying and i think also as a realist, speaker ryan is saying look, people need to put bacon on the plates, tucker. >> tucker: yes, but the effect comes at our expense. that's why all those mandates are in obamacare. yes, that's why everyone but me and you are enjoying some type of esoteric tax break that allows them to buy make a new. >> you are right. there is lack of purity in the process. we shall cleanse. >> tucker: i hope they do. thanks a lot, kimberly. >> always a pleasure. >> tucker: up next, a fear over an alleged russian hacking saying that the kremlin is the america of america. what the two countries could gain through renewed engagement. also, driverless cars coming to the state of arizona. sounds great. it will be for some. what is going to happen to those who drive for a living? what are they going to do when their jobs disappear?

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arizona. you also think it's an interesting transformative technology. i agree with all that. my question is what's going to happen to all the drivers displaced by the technology? there is an awful lot of them. >> tucker, a breakthrough in technology are looking to arizona versus california because we are more business friendly. we have less regulation, better tax environment. we have concern as well for jobs and what is going to happen inside our economy. this sounds like a little bit when uber came the first time. they said it would hurt jobs. it would hurt taxi drivers. what we've seen as more jobs added to the economy. so this is a test right now. they are testing this technolog technology. they are actually hiring people so they can sit in the front seat of the card to pay them $20 an hour so they can run the tasks. this technology is not going to be ready nextt year or this yea, likely the year after. many people who will never get

in an autonomous vehicle. we think this is good technology, it also helps the disabled, the blind, elderly people that can't drive. there are a lot of conveniences that are possible here. but they haven't come to yet.ion >> tucker: there's a lot that's good about it. but on the other hand, they are not going to be people paying td drive a driverless car. the whole point is to lower operating costs. 29 out of 50, the single most common job is driving for a living.. i believe this country is the single most common job for those with a high school diploma. this is millions and millions of people who are going to be out ofnd work at to make if technologically proceeds. why should government be making this easier to make people unemployed? >> i don't think that its i government that's making it easier. what we are doing in arizona is simply getting out of the way. this is technology that hasn't been proven out yet. you can either embrace this technology at the state or you can try to shut it down and in

arizona, we are going to be welcoming to new ideas. >> tucker: the obama administration has been subsidizing this. they have every reason to pretend there is no downside. and yet a white house report from last month acknowledged that a lot of this country, its most vulnerable employees will o be out of work. it will increase income inequality. that's their position. even they are admitting that. shouldn't the company is benefiting from this do something -- i'm not sure what -- to alleviate the social dislocation this technology is going to cause? >> the best thing to do in this type of situation is have an economy where jobs are beinghe created and in arizona, we've created over 1,000 new jobs over the last two years. we are doing something to write, we are doing some things right, we have openings in the service economy asvi well. in terms of what government should be doing to punish companies for new technologies,v i don't know that that is something i am in favor of.

i want to see an economy that is creating new jobs and opportunities so people have options as we have these conveniences and innovations come to us. >> tucker: but not all new a technologies produce more jobs than they destroy. in fact, the last 20 years we've seen net job loss because of technology. i'm not against technology.au it's cool, it increases efficiency. but it doesn't increase jobs or pay. those service industry jobs you mentioned. they pay less than on average. the people who make less are more dependent upon government subsidies.s. you know this as a governor.bs more housing vouchers. more unemployment insurance. more disability. flat out welfare. the public bears those costs. >> we want to put people to work, we have an economy that is creating jobs here. this is something worth testing, we are going to continue to test it and t we are going to continue to attract jobs to our economy. i mean, you are going to see some turnover if this is successful. but i think you will see other opportunities to maintain these

vehicles. you will see continual peoplepo driving other people. i am hopeful as to what is possible here. but at the same time, this is a technology that is moving forward. >> tucker: you are absolutely right on all of that. you are optimistic. which i appreciate. let me ask you a question i've been asking a lot of people recently, not just on tv. who is thinking about what happens to all these people. not the drivers displaced by driverless vehicles, but the line workers displaced by robotics, physicians displaced by supercomputers. all the people whose jobs are going away because of technology. what are they going to do and who is thinking about that? >> i am thinking about arizonans every day.hoy what is best for them, how i can create more jobs for kids who graduate high school and college.t so this going to be in a unique and innovative economy, these opportunities are going to be there. there's going to be some change. we need to be thinking ahead about how we get people working and employed. >> tucker: poor california. you are already stealing their

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>> tucker: no matter how may times they get ridiculed for it, hollywood celebs keep making excruciating videos telling americans what to think.

particularly about donald trump. self-awareness is not their strong suit. this time, the celebrity justice league gather to sing the song "i will survive," so their continued defiance for the incoming administration. here is a clip if you can standn it. >> ♪ did you think i'd crumple ♪ ♪ >> as long as i know how to love ♪ ♪ i know i will stay alive ♪ ♪ >> ♪ i've got all my life to live close ♪ ♪ >> and i will survive ♪ >> ♪ i will survive >> ♪ i will survive >> tucker: so good. ii never want that to end. oddly, "i will survive" of course is about a woman escaping an ex-boyfriend. i think this video was made about the wrong president. we will ask. the washington establishment and

its media lackeys remain obsessed with russiann hacking and the election. some are even pushing unverified documents, a dossier, claiming trump has been called her my spot russian intelligence. russia is the biggest bogeyman in years, but people have been actually talking about its thinking. what are russia's motives, if any? do they gain or lose anything by working with the trump administration? nobody knows anything about russia. stephen goingg does. he is a professor emeritus of russian studies at nyu. he joins us now. professor, thank you for coming on. >> what could possibly be on your mind tonight? whether or not we are going to actually survive? >> tucker: there was this amazing moment and i'm sure you saw it during the rex tillerson hearings in the senate when marco rubio essentially demanded that taylor denounce him as a war criminal. i don't know much about vladimir putin's war record. in fact, he is a war criminal.

i don't know. i was so struck by rubio's insistence that rex tillerson concedes that he was. would america gain something for an incoming head of state calling the russian head of state a war criminal? >> no, because it would end what president-elect trump says he wants to do. that's create a new policy toward russia. cooperation. we've got a very simple decision in front of us. perhaps the worst relationship with russia in our time, perils everywhere from the baltics to ukraine to syria as you when i talk tonight, tucker, terrorist looking for radioactive material to make bombs that if they set them off, we won't be able to inhabit those places for a generation. trump seems to understand this. he seems to understand that we can't deal with these problems without russian cooperation. meanwhile, you get in this country, already, a bloodied war against trump.

partly because he wants to do this. i hear representative lewis saying on your broadcast a few mins ago that he doesn't recognize trump as a legitimate president? >> tucker: that's right. >> if that's the case, what about the leaders of the state that trump has to deal with around the world? are they supposed to regard trump as an illegitimate president? >> tucker: trump will have control of our nuclear arsenal because i think they will take t them seriously because they have no choice. i'm wondering about the motive here.en obviously some of it is to tarnish trump before he takes office. but it seems real from a lot of but the antipathy seems real. i think senator rubio is one of them. i am trying to understand it. why? why arery they so anti-russia? with all the threats we face, why russia? >> in a word, let me take the political fifth amendment, i am not a partisan of trump or putin. i'm a partisan of american national security. they say these things because they do not know what they are talking about. they don't know the dangers, they don't know putin's real role, he is far from the

greatest threat to america. think back. you probably weren't born then but you know the history. remember what ronald reagan did. he had called, risen to power, embraced the idea that the soviet union was an evil empire. then in 1985, for reasons -- good reasons of his own --dash he decided he wanted to do a he decided he wanted to do a grant to taunt with the new soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. the republican party savaged him, said he was betraying the cause -- >> tucker: i remember. >> they would not try to attack his character as they do trump. but can you imagine if reagan had been so slurred in the american press? i think reagan is actually the model for trump. at that time, it with the evilga empire. today, putin is the darth vader of the east. it isn't true. the threat that putin representd to the united states, i would rank probably wouldn't make the

top five. but they are testifying in congress that is number one. this is a threat to our own national security. >> tucker: it seems that way. i am sorry, we are out of time. but i want to our firm as nonrussia expert, what you say comports the common sense. >> we are in danger as a result. >> tucker: it seems that way. professor colin, thank you so much for joining us. good to see you. y up next, two men are trying to restore the vote to 1.7 million. ex-felons in the state of florida. if they succeed, it could cause a seismic shift in national politics. they're joining us in a minute to explain why we need to do it. stay tuned. scomfort in minutes !! so we can all sleep easier tonight.

>> tucker: inauguration day is a week away, and the secret service is working phonetically to make it one of the more secure events in

history. for more on the security session, we are joined by fox news security correspondent catherine herridge. how worried are they? >> tucker, the article main differences between this inauguration anyone four years ago. i put it in this way. they are very focused on the lone wolf factor and what you will see along the inauguration root and the sacred perimeter or large dump trucks with cement or sand. kind of what we saw in time squared for new year's eve and also the macy's thanksgiving day parade. that's to prevent these isis inspired terrorists from using trucks as weapons to mow down civilians. the second change is drones. they have an ability to deliver a payload. we went to the secret service a site at maryland where they were doing training this week. what you can see there ont the screen is they use a uav in this case, a mock up to do the delivery of a chemical agent. that's the kind of scenario.

that they are also prepared for. the thing that so unique about this event is they really have to be ready from every contingency. from if melania trump sprained her ankle, they know how to do with that. they also have to deal with someone who was a lone wolf or the use of a chemical agent.al >> tucker: so it's possible to prepare for a uav gas attack? >> yes, based on their training. they also do the exercises you were seeing in the video. but they also do what is called tabletop exercises, what it is we are doing right here you talk through different scenarios and it's to make sure everyone is on the same page. reinforcing a table top and then also a drill at a site like we saw in maryland. >> tucker: catherine herridge, who works longer hours than anyone in this building. >> i'm dedicated to you and the news. >> tucker: it's great to see you. well, three u.s. states make it tough to restore felons the

right to vote for the rest of their lives. one of those is florida and there are 1.7 million people disenfranchised prior to felony conviction. florida has been decided by less than 200,000 votes in past eleections, it's a meaningful number. could these loss votes could be having a big effect on upcoming elections? two men who say they should be able to vote again. if they succeed, do votes swing the 23 20 -- it's great to see you both. i've got to say, desmond, the question that always comes immediately to mind with restoring the vote to felons is, america is a country does not trust you to carry a gun. so why would we trust you to choose the next president? >> first of all, good evening, tucker. thank you for having us on the show. >> tucker: of course.ll >> we are really excited about

what'sng going on in florida, because it's a group of ordinars american citizens from all walks of life, from all political persuasions that believe in second chances, believe in a more inclusive democracy, that believes in just fairness. when you talk about america, i am reminded of george bush, george w. bush's when he said that america is a nation of second chances. when that door in prison opens, society should do everything it can to help facilitate is successfully reentry. it's in society's best interest. it helps increase public safety. it attributes to the tax base, and it's only about fairness. >> tucker: i'm totally for second chances. i believe in redemption. and i mean that. but you didn't answer the question. which is, if we don't trust you to have a firearm or to serve on a jury, or to serve in the military, or to serve as a teacher, why would we trust you enough to make a decision as

profound as with the next president is going to be? >> let me take a crack at that, tucker. thanks a lot for having us on. we don't really have an opinion on that. >> tucker: why? >> -- according to the florida parole commission, people involved are three times less likely to reoffend if they have had their voting rights restored. we think that's a huge deal. why is that? is a huge deal because one, it proves that for the restoration helps stop the cycle of crime. which means we could have safer communities in florida. it also shows that the individual who is trying to grapple for that second chance, something we are familiar with, that allows people with better opportunity to restore theirnc families. we think that's a win-win worth focusing on. that's what we are focusing on right now. because we think that will make for a better florida. >> tucker: i think that is great. it doesn't improve it, it suggests it, but i'm willing to believe it. you are not answering the core question. this is not just about the felons, it's about the other

325 million people who live in this country who want the best possible government they can get. i find it a little odd that the democrat party pushes so hard for enfranchisement for felons without ever answering the obvious question which is will it get us wiser, more capital politicalus leadership? >> tucker. here's the deal. when you talk about people that are pushing this, what i see is that when charlie crist was governor of florida and people were ablepl to have their rights restored, he was a republican at thehe time. the first changes in virginia, the governor and the attorney general were republican. the biggest proponent was senator rand paul who has been a champion for this cause for quite a number of years. >> tucker: i will ask him the question, then. this affects my life too. i am going to have to live the president that you choose.

will it make it more likely that we'll get better politicians. that's a fair question, i think? >> that is the goal, right? we want to have a better society. for us, we look at those newly 2 million people, the 2 million voters there were reminded those were 2 million people, those are 2 million families. 2 million stories. if you are a person of faith like me, those are 2 million sons and daughters of god. people with potential. and that potential right now, tucker, is sitting on the sidelines in far too many i instances. we need to help these people get back into the game. >> tucker: you are making me less sympathetic to your case. i'm sympathetic to! i had lunch the other day with a felon. a good friend of mine. ii want them back in society. but i also just wonder why you care more about voting then you again toyour ability serve in the military or serve on a jury or be a teacher or copper fireman? all of these are barred to you. if we are going to restore felons to full citizenship, why is a voting that we are focused

on? >> in the state of florida, they have what they call as the single subject rule. i you can only deal with one thing at a time. and so when you look at the state of florida and where a person can lose the right to vote for burningso r a tire for releasing helium filled balloons in the air, or even driving on a suspended license, and then once that person loses their rights, they t have to wait 5-7 years to get it back. >> tucker: i get it. >> it's more than that,, tucker. after they wait those 55 and seven years, what we see here in florida is that there is an additional 10-year waiting period. >> tucker: okay. >> american citizens wait over 17 years just to have a chance! a lot of those are veterans who have put their lives on on thee for this country. >> tucker: i get it! >> you want to say they can devote? >> tucker: no, but i want to say they should be able to be

cops and shoulders and jury foreman also. let's make it bigger than voting. they should be able to go to the shooting range. but we are out of time. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. >> we appreciate it. >> tucker: thank you. president obama gotre the presidential medal of freedom, he gave it to joe biden. he awarded it with distinction. something that's only happened three times in the last 40 years. the other recipients if you remember were colin powell, pope john paul ii, ande ronald reag, roles who liberated all nations from tyranny. but what exactly did he do to deserve an accolade like this? he represented america's second smallest state and he was obama's running mate twice. that award comes a week after ash carter gave obama the department of defense medal for distinguished political service. presumably for his great wartie heroics in defending this nation. obama likely added it to his mighty chest of metals, next to his noble peace prize. we will keep you posted.

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>> tucker: time now for "the friend zone." we invite one of our pals, we are joined by ed henry. >> great to see you. >> tucker: you would think that ed henry is a really good guy, really nice guy. i saw jim acosta started barking at president-elect trump's press conference. i thought, where did i see that? i saw that from ed henry? i remember that! >> i was trying to go through my closet because of the inaugural. i thought i would bring you some props. this is a scully cap that i got

from the '09 inaugural. this is from one saddam hussein was captured, ace in hole. remember, george w. bush had all office?rds in the oval they got him. this is something special to me because it was when i was in the bush white house. it says zip it, henry. there is a story behind it. >> tucker: that is tonyt snow. >> hee was the bush press secretary. a fun story and a sad>> story. what happened was, i was really battling with tony snow. what jim acosta is doing -- did he go far, sure. you've got to push power. >> you do this on your show. at one point, tony snow got so exasperated, he said, "exhibit, henry" ." >> tucker: did you talk to him before? >> i was at cnn. i think there was a little undercurrent that he had been at fox and i was at cnn, he wanted to stick it t to me. i got invited to the palm here in washington.

he'sou sitting there with frien, they surprised me with his teacher. not only do they get you this t-shirt, which makes fun of you. but you stood up to him. we leaked it to a reliable source. we had a huge item on monday how your friends brought this t-shirt because you are battling the white house. that's funny. literally during the lunch, ii got a phone call from one of my bosses at cnn saying, "can you talk, can you walk outside"? sure. "tony snow had a recurrence of cancer" i said, what? had this mixed reaction of and getting emotional thinking about saying, first of all i can't believe tony is sick again. sadly, he died very shortly after that. everyone in the white house press corps was warning it. i've got to go back in my restaurant and told my friends to call "the washington post" and not doing item about how i was celebrating on friday in the palm, my confrontation with tony snow. i don't know. i'm telling you this story in

part because these things can get out of control sometimes. battling and battling. that's one of the other battles in the white house briefing room. a few hours later we were on the north lot of the white house. tony close to me and his assistant at buckley who is in washington, he thought we were fighting. he said, "i've got to separate you two." tony snow said, "you don't understand. got a job to do. i've got a job to do as well. there is nothing personal here? i always think back to tony because he was somebody who gott that, even when he was at the podium being skewered by me or jim acosta or someone else. when you are in power, you will face tough questions. there has got to be class and grace and respect on both sides. >> tucker: it takes decent people to pull itas off. >> not me, but tony still had that. >> tucker: i just checked and was on four ad's ranking. your book is killing it. >> every time you

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how they have improved the area." that's brilliant. i love it. "heal racial divide for all americans." "let california succeed." we will end on that. #kingforaday. we will see you monday at 9:00 >> sean: welcome to "hannity." we will be joined in just a few minutes, but first, the left media is gushing over obama over his final days in the white house while viciously attacking president-elect donald trump as he prepares to take the oath of office and that is tonight's opening monologue. ♪ it's no secret that the alt radical left media has utter disdain for the but we are seeing play out here, president-elect. obama heads for the exits is a disgusting, despicable double standard. take a look at how the press fawned over pr