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adf. protecting religious liberty and pretty much what the attorney general talked about when he spoke to them. that is not at all what the press reported. here's the headline from abc news. quote: jeff sessions addressing anti-lbgt hate group. over at nbc news there was this. jeff sessions tells hate group doj will issue religious freedom guidance. you would have thought it was a cross burning which, of course, was the entire point of those headlines to give you the impression that it was. in fact, the alliance defending freedom takes positions that are not so very different from the ones barack obama ran on in 2008 or that bill and hillary clinton publicly espoused throughout the 1990s. how did this get branded a hate group? well by the southern poverty law center, of course a totally discredited but extremely rich left wing organization that for decades has tried to shut down legitimate debate by labeling ideas it disagrees with as hate speech. among the organizations it has designated a hate group,

the american college of pediatricians. hardly the klan. thanks to the southern poverty law center they are now in the same category as the klan in many news stories. deeply dishonest and unfair. but there is a bigger point. at stake here is one of the most basic questions of all: who decides what we get to talk about? what should you be allowed to say in public? what should your kids be allowed to learn in school? which ideas are legitimate and which ideas are so dangerous we must suppress them. well, nbc and the southern poverty law center think they are in charge of that decision. we disagree. which is why are pleased tonight to be joined by somebody who was at the jeff sessions speech. wagner vice president of the organization. thanks for coming on tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: you all argue cases pretty routinely before the supreme court. as a hate group, how do you get inside the supreme court. >> well, we are not a hate group because what we do know is that americans deserve to have ethically sound reporting.

what they got from abc and nbc is journalistic malpractice. alliance defending freedom has actually won seven cases in the last seven years before the supreme court. and none of it had to do with any lbgt issues. in fact, we won a case just two weeks ago involving the right of a church preschool to be treated equally by the state. and we have litigated more cases than any other organization protecting the rights of free speech on campus for students. in fact, over 400 legal victories have been choked up by us. the real question is why is abc and nbc willing to promote propaganda and cut and paste the southern poverty law center press release into its story when the left and the right have discredited this other organization. >> tucker: calling you a hate group for having basically the same position barack obama had when he ran for re-election in 2012, 1912, 2012. and you're a hate group for having a position similar to that. did you complain to abc and nbc over this? >> yes. we are complaining. and fortunately there are

others complaining on our behalf, too. we have demanded an apology and retraction of this story. again, it's nothing more than propaganda. it's concerning that they would use southern poverty law center as a source when they have already said that they will attack anyone that opposes their leftist ideology. i don't know if you noticed, tucker, but they have actually opposed and put on their list veterans. they put on their list catholics. muslims who oppose terrorism and even nuns have made this list. they are about shutting down debate and making millions in a direct mail marketing scam. >> tucker: well, they certainly are and they have been for decades and decades. what's surprising though is after all the stories, the exposes that have run on the southern poverty law center, politico just had one. i wrote one 20 years ago, there is really no question what it is. it's a scam. but they are taken seriously by purportedly serious news organizations still. why is that? >> well, i think, again, it's because americans are losing trust in the media just for this very reason.

the splc has said they are about attacking enemies and shutting down free speech for those that don't agree with them. again, it underscores the fact that these networks would use this as a source instead of using sources that the federal government has said are reliable and that the right and the left rely on. it does bring up. >> tucker: here is what i object to is the name-calling. so obviously the reporters who wrote these stories disagree with your views, fine. but why don't just explain what your views are and allow readers to come to their own conclusions rather than dismissing you or likening you to the klan of all things? >> exactly. i mean, if you look at our record, our record speaks for itself. we have played a role in 52 supreme court victories over the course of our ministry. and we have a case pending right now. and we just won one. these cases are not focused on anything other than protecting the rights of all americans no matter what their faith is. no matter what their walk of life is, all americans to

speak freely and to live consistent with their convictions. and that includes people that are with the southern poverty law center. >> tucker: it's one thing if somebody disagreed with you. but to be called a member of hate group is not something i would want on my wikipedia page as lewd -- i don't think i would want that. most people wouldn't want that neighbors look it up and you are called a hate group. there is a personal cost to that, isn't there. >> there is a cost to it. that's why we are fighting back. >> we want to make sure we are engaging in civil discourse and not stepping to the level of splc with name-calling. again, we would challenge the media and anyone else to look at the record of these organizations. we are about representing people of all walks of life. we are a well-respected advocacy organization but for the united states supreme court and they are about putting millions of dollars in an offshore account and attacking anyone that doesn't agree with their leftist ideology. it's wrong, unamerican, and unconstitutional. >> tucker: the fact that nbc

is repeating the propaganda is shameful and i hope they are ashamed of this. kristin, thank you very much for that. >> thank you. thanks for your time. >> tucker: well, as of tonight we will bring you update on russia story. official washington still consumed by the supposed hacking of our election, a charge often repeated, rarely explained. the same election, by the way that brought many of them to washington. today the hysteria continued, indeed accelerated. watch this. >> the attack on the integrity of our elections, the security of our country. the integrity of our democracy is at stake. >> thank you leader pelosi for organizing all of us today who have taken some action in dealing with the trump family criminal enterprise. unveil the criminal activity, the unconstitutional activity of this president and his family. so, i have dubbed them the

criminal klan a long time ago. >> i think what we're learning with the trump jr. meeting is when you meet with any russians, you're meeting with russian intelligence. and, therefore, president putin. >> tucker: when you meet with any russians you are meeting with president putin. that's the level of debate in washington. michael caputo got hauled in front of a congressional committee today. he advised the presidential campaign. he was at closed door house hearing not long ago. he joins us now with an update. michael, thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. tucker, i want to congratulate you on the success of your show. i always admired your affinity for the grateful dead. i'm really happy to be here. >> tucker: thank you. there is a lot i don't know about this story. and i'm sincere in wanting to learn more. so, what did you learn in the event you went to today, the closed door session? >> this is a fishing expedition. >> tucker: okay. >> they told u two hours they

went three and a half hours. they asked me about the same people two and three times. they were looking at each other with quizzical looks on their face. they don't know where they are going. did you know this person. ever spend time with jared kushner. et cetera. all the different things that you would expect. they couldn't hear no enough times. the fact of the matter is i lived in russia 25 years ago, you know. and they are trying to ask me questions about 194. if that's not a fishing expedition, i really don't know what it is. >> tucker: so your wife got brought into this. >> yeah, jackie spear the congresswoman from -- ies use that term loosely, from california mentioned my wife in the midst of a live hearing on the air, you know, in front of millions of people. i was out of town on business. we started getting buried in thrits. >> tucker: what does your wife have to do with that. >> nothing. my wife ironically became a citizen not one month before. within a month she was already being accused of being a traitor. >> tucker: on what grounds was your wife accused of

being a traitor. >> she was born in ukraine. if you and i are both know if you were born in ukraine that doesn't make you a fan of russia. she doesn't know her facts. i want apology. >> tucker: you are working for putin? i thought most ukrainians hate putin. >> they do. of course, there is difficulty going on between the two countries right now. if you drink vodka and have russian dressing in your refrigerator you are game for these people. >> tucker: what happened when they mentioned your wife. >> we started getting terrible threats. i got a message on phone said an tiff if a. we know you are out of town. we are going to burn your house down with your wife and children in it things have changed for my family dramatically. even though i left the trump campaign on june 2nd. i never heard anyone, not the least of which donald trump ever say russia when i was on that campaign. it's a fishing expedition. clearly designed to delay and stop the donald trump agenda. >> tucker: what role do you think russia did play, just as a citizen in the 2016 election?

>> well, you know, i believe that wikileaks -- i have always believed that wikileaks has had some connection to russia. it's not clear if they did this time. we didn't get a chance to look at the server, they wouldn't give the server to the fbi or homeland security. i always thought they were getting their materials in the past from russia. but, as a matter of fact it doesn't take co-for the trumcrumpcampaign to mess with elections. we mess with elections. of the funny thing is i was sent in 1994 to russia by the clinton administration to get involved in their election. >> tucker: seeking what outcome? >> the re-election of boris yeltsin. >> tucker: how did that work for russia the re-election of boris yeltsin. >> not very well. when i met him he was a lion but when he left he was a souse. >> tucker: you think it was likely that they were involved. >> i think it is likely the russian government was trying get involved in the american elections because

they get involved in the elections of all major elections just like we do. we may not hack, we may, i don't know, i can tell you as a fact as someone sent to russia to get involved in their elections, all the major opposition parties in russia were concerned about my work there and said i had to stop meddling in their election he is. that irony is not lost on me. >> tucker: you were sent by the u.s. government? >> by the clinton administration to get involved. i worked for the central election commission there trying to steer their election. and afterwards trying to help candidates. >> tucker: do you think that the russian government preferred candidate trump over candidate hillary clinton? >> i know they did. i mean, first of all, i have been told many times over by many people i know from russia and in russia that hillary was their candidate. the reason why is they didn't like her. they said she was a problem for them but she is predictable, totally predictable. donald trump they thought maybe was a better guy but he was totally unpredictable. it's a russian standard that you go with predictable every single time. >> tucker: of course. it's absolutely a wise

standard. >> and you know that they were going to defeat her on every front because they did it for eight years of obama. >> tucker: your contention -- you don't sound much of a putin fan. >> you know, i have got to tell you this. donald trump wants to have better relations with all nations. he wants to have better relations with russia. i'm not a big fan of putin. i have criticized him in the past. in the wages of "the washington post after my friend was murdered in 2004 on the streets of russia. on the streets of moscow. but donald trump and vladimir putin have an opportunity to change the way that we interact together. and we're ruining it with this bogus russian investigation. >> tucker: your friend was murdered you believe by the russians. putin had a hand in it. you are mad about it. how did you respond then when you saw a sitting member of congress refer to you at putin's image consultant? >> i don't think putin had anything to do with my friend's murder. i think the society there was responsible for it and it was putin's responsibility to stand up for media freedom. that was my point in 2004. when she called me putin's

image consultant, it was very clear to me that she has terrible inturns. she didn't do any searching. all she had to do was look what i said in the media, what i said in the press, i don't make it my business to insult vladimir putin or anybody else around the world. but my position on russia and on the kremlin is very clear. all you had to do was research it. instead, she went after me and my wife on live television and we have been enduring death threats and other threats ever since that was march 20th. >> >> tucker: real quick i want to flush that one second. what was the basis for that charge that you are putin's image. do you know why she said that. >> sound bites. tried to get on television. very important, very rare public appearance. >> tucker: you have never done his hair and makeup ever. >> no. i have done his manicure, of course. and someone has to wax his chest when he rides out horse. >> tucker: now you are getting dirty, my friend. >> jackie spear does not deserve to be in congress if she doesn't come back and apologize to my wife for what she did. she can say whatever she

wants about me. putin's imdamage consultant. maxine waters pedestriany guy. as far as i'm concerned you bring in family members and bring in my wife who became a citizen less than a month before, she owes us an apology. >> tucker: especially as ukrainian. michael, thank you very much for joining us. as you know, many on the left do not like the police, the surge in antipolice violence tone down the rhetoric. probably note. in a moment we are joined by a writer from i salon.com. who do you think is more open-minded religious or

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♪ >> tucker: well, the recent surge in antipolice rhetoric has been matched. maybe not surprisingly with a corresponding surge in antipolice violence. that includes out recent death of nypd officer familia assassinated in her patrol car last month in the bronx. days after the shooting ran a piece entitled america is suffering from a plague of deadly and unaccountable racist police violence. the author of that police joins us tonight. lisa, thanks for coming on. >> hi, tucker, thanks for having me. >> tucker: so, i guess i have a more nuances for you on this. i think that there is behavior by police as there is by, you know, every sector of society that is impossible to excuse and it should be cracked down on. i guess i disapproved of in your piece was the general generalizations that you made that police as a group are racist and violent and i

wonder how you reach that conclusion. >> well, it is my piece. i never actually said that police are racist. what i talk about is police violence and the rate of police officers who kill civilians in recent years. if you look at the numbers, in 2015 and 2016, over 1,000 people have been shot and killed by police officers. those numbers don't lie. and this year over 500 people so far have been killed by police. so what i'm talking about is police violence that kills a lot of people and a lot of those people are unarmed or they don't pose a threat to officers. and those are alarmingly high numbers. so, in my piece, i never say that police are racist, but they can get violent very quickly as we have seen. >> tucker: right. i don't want to contradict you because you seem sincere. i don't know if you can see we have the headline of your piece right up on the screen next to you and i'm quoting america is suffering from a plague of deadly, unaccountable, and racist police violence.

a plague of it. that seems like a generalization now. i would agree with you completely, any shooting is too many shootings. but this is complicated stuff. and so to dismiss it as your piece did as racist, without proving that, seemed unfair and not really like journalism. >> well, if you look at the demographics of the people that are killed by police, disproportionately a number of them are black and brown people. black people are three times more likely to be killed by pocece than white people. and in a lot of cases, 69% of black people shot and killed by police are actually unarmed or they didn't pose a violent threat. so, in my piece, i show that police violent disproportionately effects the black and brown communities more so than other communities. >> tucker: okay. well, there are also much higher -- this is, again, a complex matter and much higher crime rates in those communities for who knows why, but there are. and so that may be a factor in this. but here are some numbers

that i think show just how complicated this. is there was a study a couple years ago of 2700 police shootings between 2013 and 2015. and i'm quoting now. found that the odds of a black suspect being killed by a black officer or consistently greater than the odds of a black suspect being killed by a white officer. it doesn't prove anything, necessarily. but it does maybe show that racism is isn't as simple in this context as you are making it sound. if a black suspect is more likely to be shot by a black cop, then what does that tell us about racism? >> i think what it dels us is we have to look at the system and not the individual police officers that are killing these people. systematically, the way police officers are trained, they're taught to go for violence first and a lot of states they don't tell police officers to resort to other means to subdue a

subject other than shooting and killing them. >> tucker: hold on, right. there are two different things whether nonlethal force ought to be used ought to be a question. white officers statistically less likely than black officers to kill black suspects. if all cops are being taught to be racist, why are black cops more likely to shoot black suspects? that doesn't really make much sense, does it? >> no. you are looking at it individually when it looks to be looked at. >> tucker: i'm just looking at the numbers. >> you have to look at it in as is systemic way when you look at the system that allows these police officers to commit these acts of violence and then they don't get held accountable for it we have seen time and again police officers getting off on killing another person, yanice shot and killed he was acquitted of all charges. >> tucker: i don't want to be mean but you are maybe dodging the point a little bit. some of the issues you are raising are valid issues.

i don't want anybody to commit brutality against anybody else. and i mean that but to charge that racism is at the core of this, without any evidence because you actually don't have any evidence at all, and there is some counter failing evidence makes people more fearful, makes them hate each other. makes our society way less happy and less trusting. so it's a big deal to charge something like that and don't you think you should pull back until you can prove it? i guess that's my point. >> well, i do think i do prove it in my piece because, if you look at the statistics and look at the data, police violence disproportionately affects black and brown bodies. and it always has. >> tucker: why are black cops more likely to shoot suspects than white cops are? how does that fit into your racism package? >> as police officers they are part of the police system in this country that no matter what race you are, you still are taught the same tactics. >> tucker: why are they more likely? again, i just want you to open your mind a little bit.

this isn't college. just like look at the facts and then draw your conclusions from those. and sometimes you know you reach a point i'm not exactly sure what's going on. it's not as simple as my professors told me it was. that's all i'm hoping you conclude. >> i think you are missing a point a little bit about what i was trying to get at in my article and about the seriousness of police violence and why we need to address it in a meaningful way. >> tucker: i'm with you in some ways on that, the race stuff is wrong. thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> tucker: atheists have long believed in their own open-mindedness, you mind call it an article of faith. are they actually tolerant? this question has been studied and we have got the

>> tucker: take away small town park benches with quotes on them. want god in trust off the currency. atheists believe they are more tolerant than you are. according to new research. atheists think of themselves as open-minded and inclusive. the reality of the study they are actually less tolerant than religion people. ledge just people. thanks for come on. >> thanks for having me, tucker. >> tucker: are you allowed to disagree with a study in i mean, this is science. don't you have to kind of nod. >> certainly i'm allowed to disagree if i think it's a

fundamental approach flawed. i think there is one question that can show you what's wrong with the fundamental approach to this study, and it's this. are you closed minded if you refuse to seriously entertain or to spread fake news? and by that i mean a media-driven narrative for which nobody has provided any evidence? i would say no and, yet, the notion of closed mindedness at the foundation of this study is essentially the same as that. >> tucker: interesting. flesh that out a little bit. how do you think this study is flawed on its most basic level? >> so, one of the things that the study classifies as close mindedness is a reluctance to come up with arguments against your particular position. so, they ask you to take a position on three different questions. they are really kind of odd questions that have to deal with whether you think homes should be painted a light color. whether you think that it benefits society to have

homosexuals, you know, adopt children, and the third one was whether you think that the meaning of life is a personal question. so, a bunch of random questions. but they ask you to take a position and then they say come up with a bunch of arguments against the position that you took and then they say that they want you to tell them whether they find that persuasive, whether you find that persuasive. so, in order to be not closed-minded, according to this study, you have to come up with a bunch of arguments against your view and you need to say that you find those arguments persuasive. it's not a situation in which you are presented for evidence against your view and have you refused to consider that evidence and then, therefore, you are closed minded. it's asking you to come up with the argument. >> tucker: thank you for explaining that. that's really interesting. i think the study is more valid than i did before. >> okay, why? >> tucker: that is the acid test. that's the position of empathy. can you put yourself in the

position of someone though ho disagrees with you and can you mount a valid or reasonable argument against yourself and see its strength? and if you can't do that the question is why. that is because you can't imagine that decent people disagree with you. >> in the study, tucker, they would deem you closed minded if you continued to find the arguments for your side more persuasive than the arguments for the other side. so, i agree that it's very valuable in society and, in fact, i think one of the reasons that a lot of the violence is breaking out on campus, for example, is the inability of people to understand arguments against their own views. >> tucker: exactly. i agree with that. >> right? and there are studies that say they don't teach critical thinking. critical thinking the ability to think about arguments against your view is good. but then to be asked to evaluate those as persuasive and so say if you don't think those arguments against your view are persuasive makes you closed

minded. i don't think that's valid. >> tucker: i disagree with you but i think you are making a smart point. but, how about just the reality that we see every day? i don't notice christian groups suing to shut down atheist groups because they don't. but i do see a lot of your group trying to -- >> i'm not saying, you know, that there are not militant atheists, right? there are militant atheists. i don't happen to be one of them. we can talk about why atheists become militant more in the united states than europe the focus of this study. here in the united states the atheists are rebelling against their parents, so to speak. i think they are more militant but, you know, in this particular study, they are saying that you are closed minded if you, having taken a certain position, having found the most persuasive position don't find pervasive being the view. there is one other aspect of the study. >> tucker: may i ask you a

broader question? >> sure. >> tucker: if you are a sincere christian and most don't live up to this. if this is the ideal, you are commanded to love those who persecute you. not just the ones that disagree with you, the ones trying to hurt you. there is no such requirement, of course, in atheism. who is a more open-minded person, the person actively seeking to love someone who late them or someone who is not? >> sure. but then the question is sort of that open minded ines esm value as well. two critiques of this study is that it defines that atheists are going to automatically come out as closed minded. it's because of the issue we just talked about having to come up with arguments against your view when you don't believe there is evidence against your view. there is that the second issue is that it evaluates you according to your willingness to entertain

contradictions. contradictions into our own thinking. the refusal to interdict contradictions into your own thinking is parts of logic. from that standpoint i would say yes, atheists are probably more likely to follow the amiable of logic. >> tucker: i don't believe that i have to admit you seem like a pretty logical atheist. >> i am. i have been a lifelong atheists. >> tucker: i hope you switch. it's did depressing in the end. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: sarsour. called on to assimilate. the democratic party line nices her. she is a hoe. she is the most reasonable muslim they can find? come on now. more on that next. new feature on tonight's show news quiz. we have the questions. will our anchors peter doocy and elizabeth pla

tuck tucker one of the big winners in this brave new political environment is linda sarsour. she is a left wing activist. she is now the face of muslim identity politics in america. of course, the democratic party loves her. but what does she actually believe? assess it for yourself. >> i will respect the presidency but i will not respect this president. >> our number one top priority is to protect and defend our communities. it is not to assimilate and to please any other people in authority. >> i hope that we, when we stand up to those who oppress our communities, that assess from us as a form of jihad that we are struggling against tyrants and rulers, not only abroad and middle east and other side of the world but here in these united states of america where have you fascists and white supremacists and islamophobes reigning in the white house.

>> tucker: arguing against assimilation. why can't democrats find a muslim mascot who is not a total extremist who probably could if they tried. heat street joins us tonight for more on this linda sarsour person. thanks for coming on. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: who is she exactly and is it fair to call her extremist. >> no. absolutely. linda sarsour is-makes muslims in the middle east look moderate. she is an extremist if the fact that she believes in sharia law. she recently used the word jihad to explain her personal inner war with the president. she is absolutely an extremist. she has taken a leadership position in the so-called leftist resistance to president trump. and she certainly is outside the mainstream of american ideals and i would even say the average american muslim ideals. >> tucker: is she for sharia

law for sure but that seems like it would set her at odds with mainstream feminism which is at least purports about empowering women. sharia law is a non-western code that really sir couple describes their choices. so how does that work? how are feminists for sharia law? >> absolutely. i mean leftist feminist definitely have a difficult balancing acts to play here. i think they really like having a token minority and when she starts speaking about what sharia law is, they kind of just turn off their ears and, yet, but then they can say well, we have this woman given us access and so grade great. don't actually listen to what means to live in a country that has sharia law. >> tucker: yeah. seems like most feminist would be adamantly against that. is it fair to say that she has ties to mainstream democratic politicians. elected democrats. >> absolutely. not a single mainstream democratic politician has certainly denounced her. she was one of the people at

the front of the so-called women's march after trump was inaugurated. she has taken stage with several different democratic politicians. and she certainly has been edge braced by mainstream democrats. this is not a fringe figure even though they're beliefs are certainly fringe. >> tucker: where is she on israel? >> not a fan. she is a palestinian absolutist. i would be surprise surprised ie believes israel has a right to exist, tucker. >> tucker: does anybody say this in the democratic? it used to be like 18 months ago someone like this would get some push back in the democratic party. does she? >> right, slulg. absolutely. i think everyone that would criticize linda sarsour has been driven out of the democratic party. democrats have a hard time losing elections. what i don't understand and you mentioned earlier there are millions of muslim americans in this country that are good people, tucker. people who have assimilated. people who go to school and have normal jobs, who don't

preach sharia law. and i don't understand why democrats don't talk to one of these people to kind of talk about islam. >> tucker: you would think. >> you would. >> tucker: they have gotten extreme. joe, thanks a lot for that. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: up next, are you smarter than a news reporter? that sounds like a rhetorical question and an obvious one. of course you are. we'll find out in just minutes though for certain. our final exam. that's where fox news peter doocy and elizabeth prann get quizzed on this week's top news story. stay tuned. tech: when you schedule with safelite autoglass,

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>> tucker: time now for final exam. weekly news quiz. first time doing it we are going to ask our contestants

questions about this week's current events torn from the headlines and find out what they know. joining us our very first contestants. save the tape from tonight fox news elizabeth prann and peter doocy. >> bring it on. >> i'm not taking my finger off. >> tucker: thought of in the shower one morning but think it's going to work. >> it's my nightmare. >> if i get one. >> tucker: i think you are going to do great. here are the rules. i'm going to ask the question. >> okay. >> tucker: the first one to buzz in on our specially made police buzzers. if you get it wrong you lose a point. best of five win. are you ready? >> five? >> tucker: best of five. here's the first question. state officials in nevada, sometimes called nevada, this week announced a state of emergency when stores there sold out of, what? [bell] >> tucker: elizabeth? >> pot. >> tucker: marijuana, weed. okay. we are going to go to the tape and see if you are right. >> marijuana dispensaries

are running out of pot. the governor has declared a state of emergency. a surge in sales there has left a lot of shelves empty. >> tucker: somebody watches "special report." i'm telling bret baier. is he going to be flattered. >> interesting. >> i'm not going to tell you what. >> tucker: you think there may have been thin which he -- e this week announced that the city of los angeles would soon host the summer games. when was the last time l.a. hosted the olympics? was it 1980? was it 1984, was it 1988? belle. >> 1984. >> tucker: 1984. >> how do you know that? >> it was before i was born but i feel like i have seen a sweatshirt. >> tucker: we will see if you are right. >> you are definitely right. >> it was the l.a. summer games of '84 that electrified the country. the torch was hit at the l.a. coliseum but it was carl lewis who sat the crowd

on fire. >> tucker: i'm impressed 1984 to you was like the first world war to me. it was like prehistory. >> i feel i hear a lot about is that the one bruce jenner was in? >> i'm not going there. >> last month president trump invited recently retired quarterback to play golf with him. this week that quarterback said that people pressured him not to accept the offer. but he felt like taking a pass on it would be, quote, unamerican. who was that? >> peyton manning. >> tucker: peyton manning says elizabeth plan. >> you know, i have had a chance to play with president bush before. if president obama or president clinton asked me, i would be there in a heart beat. it was just the experience of playing with the office that was pretty cool with me. i think it would have been almost unamerican to have said no. >> only because of the espies is why i knew. >> tucker: i'm impressed elizabeth prann. >> i lowered the bar. i'm good tapping out. >> tucker: this week one of the largest icebergs ever

recorded broke off from the antarctica peninsula. it was enormous, scientists say it weigh as thousand tons. size of what state? maine, island or delaware? >> delaware. >> tucker: delaware? >> one of my joe biden google alerts. >> tucker: aka first tape we see on the tape. >> a massive chunk of ice separating into the ocean said to be the size of delaware. >> tucker: peter doocy, ladies and gentlemen. wins the geography quiz. down to the final question. it's 2 to 2. >> okay. >> tucker: technician working at corpus criminals city bank in texas yesterday had to be rescued by police after he accidently locked himself inside what for two hours? >> the atm machine. >> how did you know that? >> tucker: could be the vault. hear the tape. >> we can hear the voice coming from the machine. never see this again in your

life to have somebody stuck inside the atm machine. >> tucker: unbelievable. >> because that is the craziest story. people were going to the atm and this man was inside sending them notes that just said help, i'm stuck in the atm. let me out. >> tucker: world's smallest repairman. >> what would you think if you got that note. credit card and skim it and leave. >> tucker: i would think it was an inside job. ha! final exam first test 3-2 you know that breaks -- congratulations. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> tucker: so how did you do? we can't hear you, unfortunately. but follow the news closely for next week. we have another final exam coming up friday. after, this republicans have run basically everything in washington for seven months. what have been the results? we have got an update on that coming up.

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> tucker: we didn't get a ton of coverage but the house of representatives continued to fund sexual gender assignments. it's more interesting that the vote took place at all. the congress is controlled by republicans with the biggest majority. in the last election voters sent a clear message about what they wanted. what did the voters get? last night they got a new form of social new jerseying so extremities -- engine earring would have been extreme. the count is waiting on the

border wall and the repeal of obamacare. refugees are coming in the country in large numbers. the swamp is as wet as ever? what happened? is the democrats or the partisan media? who knows. it's amazing whatever the cause. imagine the opposite, a world in which democrats were swept to pour in a shocking victory in november. but before doing anything that their voters voted for them to do they decided to launch an investigation into the clinton foundation. pass a budget that trumps the size of government. that would be the greatest betrayal of a political base in american history. exactly. that's it for us tonight. tune in every night tonight. the sworn enemy of lying.

have a fantastic weekend. friends at "the five" are ready to go live from new york.see yo. >> ♪ >> i am with lisa and meggan mccain. this is "the five." president trump back in the usa after celebrating in france. controversy continues to brew over his son's meeting with a russian lawyer last year. new details on that meeting. there could have been at least 8 people in the room. 3 possible new players. a russian-american lobbyist. a