much as they like the burger. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful that you spend the evening with us. good night from washington, i am shannon bream. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight"! this story keeps getting bigger. the ongoing backlash against sexual misconduct by the powerful and tonight is consuming, the sitting u.s. senator, model land radio show host leeann tweeden says that on a tour abroad she was kissed and groped against her will by al franken who is now a fairly well-known democratic senator representing the state of minnesota. the trace gallagher has been on the story all day. he joins us with the latest. >> the allegations you mention come from the radio personality saying they're growing me to a movement gave her the courage to fight back against the sitting

u.s. senator. radio news anchor and tweeting is accusing al franken into separate in-state ants that have been in the tour in 2006 when he was a cast member for "saturday night live." including one that happened during a rehearsal for us to get to that tweeden would consider sexual assault. here she is. >> he put his hand on the back of my head and he smashed his face against me. it happened so fast. he smashed his lips against my face, and he stuck his tongue in my mouth so fast. i pushed him off with my hands and said, if you ever do that to me again. i am not going to be so nice about it the second time. >> the second incident is this picture taken on a plane ride home from the tour where she claims that al franken and groped her she was asleep. al franken says that he does not recall the rehearsal incident a way that tweeden does, but he did apologize. i respect women, i do not respect men who don't, and that

fact that my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel ashamed. as for the photograph he says "i don't know what was in my head when i took that picture, and it does not matter. there is no excuse. i look at it now and i feel disgusted with myself." democratic leaders called for a senate ethics committee with chuck schumer saying "sexual harassment is never acceptable and must not be tolerated. i hope and expect that the ethics committee will investigate a troubling incident as they should with any credible allegation of sexual harassment. al franken says that he will fully cooperate with the investigation though politico is reporting that there is already talk among some democrats that because of the pictures shown is so damaging that al franken might be forced to resign. >> tucker: trace gallagher from l.a., thank you a lot. travis moore is a journalist and frequent quest lament guest, he joins us tonight.

i know al franken pretty well, i've known them for a long time, never thought of him as a sexual harasser, i have thought of him a lot as a not very nice person. it is an open secret in washington who mistreats his staff and takes credit for other people's work. he is basically horrible to those beneath him, and all of that. i've seen it has been excused for many years because his politics are mainstream politics. he is a liberal. and i see this as a team. if you have the right politics, you get away with whatever you want. you are excused by the left, am i making that up? >> you certainly are not making that up. that is how it is. look at hollywood, look at everything that is happening now. all of the allegations that are coming down. even just aside from basic hypocrisy, right? we have the everyone on the left especially who is coming after roy moore were coming after rome rome -- roy amore, they don't know what to do. there is something far more sinister on the left when they

built a party platform that says people like women, like gays, and blacks that you were victims and the other side hates you. especially in these allegations, sometimes the women are attacked by the left, joy behar and called bill clinton's accusers "tramps." they do not care about these people in these groups that they purport to be standing up for. they only care about one thing, and that is power. >> tucker: yes, accumulating power. i was taught the root of all was known was knowing how you are and that is a hedge against cell projects minutes, but in the case of al franken, he is the first want to stand up in any hearing and lecture people about how he is better than they are . do you see a connection between outward expression of self-righteousness and people's

secret behavior? am i imagining that? >> i absolutely agree with you. i heard somebody say the other day as soon as you hear a man say he is a feminist you can start the clock on the rape charges. it is absolutely true. though more, you see this a lot with race, and i've noticed is my entire life. you see this with the white to liberal race for two signatures who are talking about black lives matter, yet they are the first person to cross the street if a black man is working towards them late at night. there the first person to be rude to their brown skin nanny or what have you, so it is obvious, there is some sort of cover, when you see someone who is trying so hard to signal that they care for people, these groups of people, maybe you should look at that. you cannot collectivized people like that. >> tucker: i once asked al sharpton if he was a bigot, and he said, the only group that i really do not like, why two liberals, because they patronize me. and i thought, there is

something to this. i do not fully understand the syndrome here, because i am not a shrink, but it is related. people who have thoughts they are ashamed of ten to attack other people and accuse them of having those thoughts. >> absolutely, i completely agree with you. and that spans the gamut with people who are little bit puritanical and people have the nastiest secrets under their closets as well. >> tucker: i would say that al franken is in that category. thank you. that was insightful. the accusations against senator franken overshadow what could be a bigger story. congress has known about sexual misconduct and other types of misconduct by its members for years, doled out your money, taxpayer cash to keep it quiet. a group called the office of compliance has handed out $50 million to settle 260 alleged cases of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and other wrongdoing by congress. jason chaffetz was dumb -- a part of the committee that

monitors this. thank you for coming on. >> yes, well, thank you for having me on, disgusting topic, but i'm glad you're covering it. >> tucker: i do not want to fall into assuming people are guilty or self-righteousness, which i think is a natural byproduct of discussing things like this, but one thing that we can all agree on is that congress should not be using taxpayer money to settle cases like this. and keep it from public view, why is this the arrangement up there? >> no, we need to maximize the transparency so that people can see what is happening. and i just believe that people should be held accountable. if you are breaking the law by engaging in sexual harassment, why should the people of kansas or utah or florida have to reach in their pocket to pay off a settlement for something that you did? that member should be responsible for. >> tucker: that's exactly it, not everybody accused is guilty,

we should always remember that. on the other hand if you are accused of one of your staff of mistreatment, that is between you and your staff members, congress is not a company. why don't the members pay the settlement? >> look, you also have -- in large part to washington, d.c., the offices are run by a bunch of 20-year-olds. we have so many interns and people fresh out of college, what you want to send your son or daughter into an office where they had to settle a case for sexual harassment? in the house of representatives you have six or seven people working in there. this is not a very big place in the individual office. i think that they needed to maximize that transparency, which they can do if they choose to. i believe in the principle of restitution, they should have to pay for themselves. if they committed something against the law, and then they should give some exposure to new employees coming in so that they are not stepping into a bad

situation. >> tucker: how has this been able to persist for so long? we have had sexual assault scandals on the hill where they show the page school down because they were molesting them before you got there, but 30 years ago why has this been able to dip into taxpayer money to settle this? >> i have no good excuse for this. i have not had a whole lot of visibility. we have had things happen, we have had members. the eight and a half years that i was there, we had one member on the side of the aisle that was shooting selfies with his shirt off. about the moment john benard heard about it, the guy resigned in a couple of hours. we have on the democratic side of the aisle, they were having a tickle fight with their staff members and it went on for a couple of weeks. >> tucker: policy related tickle fights or nonpolicy related tickle fights? >> it is just disgusting. i cannot explain it. i cannot. >> tucker: thank you for that

perspective. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> tucker: the fed rounded up close to 200 ms-13 gang members in the united states illegally. why are mayors and a bunch of cities across the land still fighting against enforcement of american immigration laws? we'll talk to one of the mayors nexthe. ♪ because the volcanic soil is amazing. so we give farmers like win more plants. to grow more delicious coffee. which helps provide for win's family. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. green mountain coffee roasters. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember.

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>> tucker: the administration announced another advance in its >> tucker: the administration announced another advance in the war against ms-13 in raging bull, running up 267 elected

ms-13 members in the u.s. and in el salvador. 198 of the alleged gang members were foreigners, 193 were here illegally. 193 out of 198. 64 of those illegal immigrants arrived as unaccompanied minors which current law blocks of the removal ofed even when they are caught at the border. those were sonorous ought to be proven not tied to illegal immigrant crime is a an issue. ask anybody who lives in an immigrant community and suffers from it.hi byby the federal government as having a hard time getting law enforcement to help them fight it. the department of justice sent letters to 29 cities and counties and states to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement or lose access to grants. the mayor of albany, new york, 29 jurisdictions, she joins us tonight. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker:nk if the overwhelming almost every single ms-13 member, almost caught in this country is here illegally, and

this is -- i think everyone would agree one of the most dangerous gangs in the country, one of thetr biggest threats to immigrant communities, isn't this all the proof that we need that our immigration policy has a direct effect on crime? >> while, i think that it is great when you have federal law enforcement step in and assist localities in ensuring that federal immigration laws are enforced, and so when you look at that as an example -- that is an example where there was cooperation and public safety is paramount to every mayor across the city. that is what we are looking for in our municipality. >> tucker: but a sanctuary city by definition offers sanctuary to people who are here illegally making it of course much more likely you will have a lot of people living there who are not allowed to be here. why doesn't that help groups like ms-13? >> well, yes, it is because that

term sanctuary city mean so many different things to different people. time thatple all the it does not mean that we are hiding undocumented immigrants in the basement of city hall. it is interesting that when john f. kelly was heading homeland security and was asked by a police chief in san diego what the definition of sanctuary city was come i think his response the hell knows, but in the city of albany we are going to do our job. we expect the federal government to do their job. >> tucker: do have the same policy for bank robbery and knkidnapping? >> you know, this is, we are not called upon to enforce federal immigration law. and i will give you an example -- >> tucker: wait a minute, do you have the same policy for other federal crimes? he would have no problem i'm assuming assisting the feds in apprehending a bank robber, why is this different? >> simply being in this country

without documentation is not a crime. the u.s. supreme court has said that. what we have to look at and what wewe look at in our policy is hw do we keep our city safe? i have a police chief who i believe is doing an outstanding job in community engagement and policing in the city. one of the challenges that we have is that there is an underreporting of crime by immigrants who are here. mee documented or undocumented. we have a very large -- >> tucker: canoe back up for a second. you just said that being here illegally is not illegal? i am not aware of that supreme court decision, how is that true? >> and arizona versus the united states, the supreme court said that simply being here undocumented is not a crime. there are civil violations, and then there are criminal violations. >> tucker: it is not a crime, so in other words the u.s.

government has no right to deport people or to put people in -- because they -- >> tucker: if it is not a crime, what are they doing? >> it can be a civil violation, they absolutely have a right. so this is about keeping a city safe, and secondly upholding the constitution, which i swore to uphold when i was sworn and -- >> tucker: i'm trying to be respectful, but you know that you are not telling the truth. if somebody is here illegally and working, he is using forged federal documents command that is a crime, they passed a series of laws after 9/11, because all hijackers had fake documents i made that a pretty serious crime. so your city is 40% foreign-born, probably a ton of people there illegally.pr they are using forged federal documents and you're not doing anything about it. you do not think that it is a threat to the safety of people in other parts of the country? >> that is not local municipality or law enforcement job to enforce. so we have a thing called the

tenth amendment and that says that -- what is in the constitution that is the power of the federal government is a power of the federal government, and everything else is to the state. >> tucker: this is political, it's hard to take a lecture about you for the constitution when you know politically well that this is boring to you and other mayors that is making you ignore federal law on this subject, but not on others. >> but this is why the provision in in the brady handgun law that's required local municipality to do background checks was found to be unconstitutional. because the federal government cannot force municipality, state or local government to do things that they are not within their power. wee are not over ice here. we are here to -- >> tucker: if the fed said we are trying to find somebody that weim think is a criminal alien d you have them in custody, will

you hold on another day until we get there? under your policy is the answer would be no? >> we have always cooperated, and our policy is to cooperate. we follow section 13-73 that there has been a lot of talk about, we work with federal and state officials in the law enforcement action alln the tim. what we are talking about when we talk about sanctuary is that it is not our police officers job to ask a person what their legal status is. >> tucker: if the fed asked or told someone, what do you? >> we are not going to ask them to tell us whether or not, or to show us their papers. that w is what -- >> tucker: that is not what they are asking. they are saying, look, we know for an example, the federal task force believes that this is a member of ms-13, can you hold him for us? he would say "no?"

>> we have to have a legitimate reason again -- >> tucker: that is not a legitimate reason? he is breaking the law. >> the constitution says that you have to have probable cause. if they providepr probable caus, then absolutely. >> tucker: the probable cause is that we know that he is in the country illegally violating federal immigration law, hold him on those grounds because we think he is ms-13? would you do that? >> if a warrant is issued, we can hold people. we have to follow the constitution. that is what we are doing. the file thing is this -- >> tucker: make it quick, we are out of time. >> we are a city that has a growing immigrant population, and it is good for our economy. when we look at northeastern cities and aging population, if we want to continue to have a vibrant community, we have to be welcoming to everybody. >> tucker: as an economic matter, you know what, i can say, there is no evidence to support that, actually. this is something that i probably know as much about as

you, i do not think that there is evidence that t that is all economic upside.up but we w are going to have to agree to disagree, i guess. that's. enough. thank you. president trump ran promises to protect america's shrinking middle class with the tax plan, will that do that? we have a member from congress on next to explain. ♪

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>> tucker: over the several months you probably heard politicians and business executives argued that congress needs to cut the corporateed tax rate in order to make american companies globally competitive. it is not a crazy idea, the corporate tax rates are among the highest in the world. even if relatively full companies pay full freight. is the whole truth about competitiveness in american companies? jeff email ran general electric, retire last summer. during his time at the helm of the company, g.e. stock plunged by almost 30%. whilst about $150 billion of its book value. g.e. stock was the single worst performer on the dow during that period. here is a remarkable thing, when he retired from g.e., he received a severance package that could be worth more than $210 million. almost a quarter of a billion dollars. that is of10 course in additiono the salary and bonuses that he received during the five year career at that company.

after he announced hisnc retirement, jack brennan, the ceo of m guard and to lead member of the g.e. board said that he had positioned the company incredibly well for the future. if thatun all sounds bizarre to you, you clearly have not been paying attention to the way they bake american companies are run this days. consider the case of marissa mayer, longtime google executive, she spent five years running thee tech giant to yaho, during that time she became one of the most famous business leaders in america and definitely one of the riches. how did yahoo do? under her leadership of the business model collapsed completely. the company shed half of its employees. meanwhile, yahoo neglected its most basic duties to its customers, you and me. allowing privacy breaches that exposed a user's personal data to hackers. in the face of all of this, she's had for an endless series of gaudy media profiles. including a spread in the"v

fashion magazine "vogue" she threw a "wizard of oz" theme photo shoot with executives that cost 70 grand. in the end i think that all would agree that mayer's tenure was a disaster. a selling yahoo for less than $5 billion, a $95 billion discount from what it was once worth. and yet somehow in return for presiding over yahoo's destruction marissa mayer became richer than ever. she collected a total of $239 million in compensation from that company, that is $900,000 for every week that she spent mismanaging it. in an earlier age this will be called looting. the media would have attacked ms. domingo marissa mayer as a living symbol of incompetence and greed. angry yahoo employees might have picketed her house. that is not what happen. liberals celebrated marissabe mayer as a feminist hero. she is on the board of walmart. ever -- all is well for her.

remember this when somebody tells you that corporations need a bigger tax cut then you do. there are many reasons that american companies may not be competitive in world markets. tax rates are one of them. myy kelly is a republican, representing pennsylvania, thank you for coming on. i was talking to some of my neighbors yesterday, and a dentist who voted for trump, conservative, he said under this tax plan i would get a tax increase as a dentist, and all of these left-wing companies like apple and yahoo were to get tax decreases, why would i support this? i thought that was a fair question. >> it is a fair question. i do not know the details with a dentist, but i do know this, we have seen that everybody in america is going to get a tax advantage. they will pay lower taxes, so i would like to talk to the dentist and figure out how he figured it out. >> tucker: he did the deductions, he is not a rich guy, he is a dentist, but above

the threshold where the taxes would increase. >> i do not understand that, because all the data that i have looked at, that would not have been, but i'm always interested to talk to people,o what we did today, we had a giant first step when it comes to tax cuts and job creation, it is a first step. we will go on with the senate and the language will be coming out soon. we will go to the conference in the white house. what is left toef be done is stl left to be done. the bill only gets better. >> tucker: this is what i do not understand, if i am a private equity guy, say, i can pay half of the tax rate of somebody who is working for a wage paid to the dentist that i talk to, because the carried interest loophole. but i we reward finance? >> i do not see it quite that way, all of the data that i've looked at it doeses not match up with some of the things that i am hearing what people are saying. having said that, people are going to question and say that this is not matching up. it is not what i thought it was

going to be. we will say, you know what, the bill gets better as each day goes on. >> tucker: am totally forgetting better. but why, here's the thing that makes me nervous was reading, and maybe it is not even true -- but that the corporate tax cuts are permanent, but for the individuals after ten years are nott permanent. that is a weird priority. corporations are doing pretty great. >> i do not think it is a weird priority. we will see the final version that comes out. but we have noticed the erosion in our country of corporate jobs. they are moving overseas. not because they do not like america, but because they are overtaxed and overregulated. we are doing are bringing those jobs back home and preventing jobs from leaving. you and i both know that the key to success is a dynamic and robust economy. an economy that grows. we look at today, we are denying the growth opportunity that is ling to take place as we go forward. >> tucker: one at say, look, we will give you a rate cut,

apple, but we have to be assured that you are going to invest that money here. because there is no mechanism for making them do that, is there? >> the mechanism is a better job to work in businesswise. the people did not leave here because they do not like us. they left because it was such an unfavorable texting situation. i go back to this, if you are going to have an environment of growth, let's really have an environmental growth. somethings are ignored is a growth that the tax policy will bring about. it just follows a path of success. in that as a way that we are going to have to go. we are going to continue, and i said this before, we are going to continue to make the build better a day after day. we will get the language from the senate. we will get the final package and go to the president and hopefully by christmas we will have that, but again, a dynamic and robust economy that lifts everybody's wages to rise, and we would hear the conversations from time to time -- >> tucker: the black market atto an all-time high, but the middle of the country is dying.m i'm not convinced -- i want to

believe, but there is not a direct line between prophets and the company. >> keep in mind that there are a lot of folks that are representing pennsylvania. they are going to get automatically a $2000 less taxes and $2300 more in wages paid wages paid to put that together, that is dynamic. that gives people more take-home pay. and with corporations, stay here in the united states of america as they want to be rather than forced offshore, we win. >> tucker: i hope that works. >> it will happen. >> tucker: inactive iced identified a super weapon that requires a lot more regulation. has been around for 300 years. we'll telle you about the deadly device next. ♪

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yes, muzzle loaders, like the ones that they used at the battle of bunker hill. former congressman gabby giffords group has reported that muzzle loaders could be the next bump stock, because they are unregulated by the government. this is g from just a few years ago when liberals conceded that at least muzzle loaders weremu protected by the second amendment. >> republicans like to pretend that their interpretation of the constitution is based on the original intent of the words. they insisted that what matters is what the authors of those words had in mind. t they think of themselves as mind readers of the founding fathers. well, this is what they had in when they wrote the second amendment. a single shot firearm that takes a bit of work to reload. >> tucker: 's funny williams, a city councilman in new york, possibly next mayor, joining us tonight. thank you for coming on. >> thank you for having me.

thank you for the plug. >> tucker: what is so amazing to me is that when you have a lobby in washington on a subject, lobbying for agriculture, for example, they know a lot about farming, but it is only the antigun lobby, the gun-control people who literally know nothing about the product that they are trying to ban. what could possibly be the justification for banning muzzle loaders. >> unfortunately if you had me on every time there was a mass shooting mib every night, but i'm'm glad to be on here. what you left out is that therep is a company who is trying to jump through a loophole like people do and create a muzzle that can be shot with a silencer that shoots .50-caliber bullets. thatbu can do a lot of damage. let's say that the d.c. sniper thing, using one bullet to kill someone, and what we're doing now is that we are trying to have the conversation before, because every time we bring it up after a shooting you always say, now is not a time, and what it come to

believe is that we do not want to have the conversation at all. >> tucker: t how many crimes in the last hundred of years have been committed with muzzleloaders? >> once the new muzzle is created, we do not know. but you what you do a great job, and itt works for you, not sayig that you should stop, but you focus on the single things -- >> tucker: you mean the facts? >> not facts, but avoiding conversations about guns. you do it very well. >> tucker: i would love to have a conversation about guns, to hear that you have gabby giffords group saying that we need to regulate a rifle, a firearm that they know nothing about, though muzzle loader is loaded from the barrel of the hole. you put in the powder, and then the wadding, and then the round. and to the whole thing takes like a minute -- so it is probably not going to be for a f responsible mass shootings. >> the silencer and the .50-caliber bullet means that one person can die, and we are trying to talk about

preventative. and you don't want to talk about reactionary. but the biggest issue -- >> tucker: i know that you are a gun expert, so you can explain this. why would a silencer what doest that have to do with anything? because they are regulated, by the way. >> perhaps you want to shoot a gunun that no one can hear so tt you can get away. >> tucker: silencers or suppressors do not make a gunshot inaudible. you can still hear it really well. >> i think that it really does help -- >> tucker:do no, they don't. i've shot them in a .50-caliber round, that will still make a lot of noise. >> let's say that i grant you that, but the biggest -- >> tucker: [laughs] okay. >> there is an avoidance of conversation of how the overabundance of guns in this country is correlated to gun violence. >> tucker: and trying to have this conversation in specific terms rather than bumper stickers. you make generalizations and we get away with it, so i would like to bringms it back to the tangible, here's an actual firearm than an actual gun control group is trying t to

regulate and my question is why? they are the least threatening firearm that to you could pick out of the full range of firearms, so that suggests to me that the people making the recommendation literally know nothing, and they just expose themselves to knowing nothing. being holy -- >> the united states owns almost half of the guns in the entire world, but they do know that there is a correlation between countries who have access to guns and gun violence. you are no more likely to be robbed in america then you are in london, but here are exponentially moree to be killed because of the access to guns. >> tucker: well, no, it is a complex question as to why that is. but let's get back -- >> no, the study shows when you look at the population, the number one thing that tells you whether the country is likely to have mass shootings is the access to guns. >> tucker: i don't concede that point, it is silly. but let's get back to the

specific point, no, it is speculative. what is not speculative is that the gun control group is trying to be in a gun that is responsible for responsible for precisely no crimes, no mass shootings, takes almost a full minute to reload one shot. >> not regulated? >> tucker: the goal is not safety, it is disarming the population. >> no, i'm trying to save lives, what are you trying to do? >> tucker:r: how many have been taken by muzzleloaders? >> we are trying to prevent outcome and you don't to do that. >> tucker: there is d no evidence that it has ever happened or that it ever will happen. >> so we should not talk about it after mass shootings or before somebody jumped through the loophole, once we talk about it? >> tucker: describe what a mass shooting by a muzzleloader would look like. >> no, i'm saying that we should not talk about it? >> tucker: what is going to happen with a musket? call me crazy -- >> the biggest thing which is not speculative, you will not even acknowledge that perhaps a country that has 4% of the population and owns half of the

guns in the country. >> tucker: when you bring muskets into it it discredits your side pledged to be fair, because the councilman that we are talking to did not think up the crackpot idea, that was gabby giffords. we are out of time. when you run for mayor, come back and we can debate it again. thank you. get ready for "final exam" of two contestants against one another, which one has been paying attention to the news? you are about to find out. ♪ from capital one. now, i'm earning unlimited 2% cash back on every purchase i make. everything. what's in your wallet?

♪ >> tucker: time for "final exam" where we put two of the smartest people we know against one another when they know about this week's news. we are joined by two fox news a guess, associate editor at clear politics, a host of politics, they join us both.

great to see you. another one of you has been on the show. we have no even prediction for who is going to win. >> not at all. >> tucker: may 8th verified to commence. here are theco rules, you put yr hands on the buzzers, i will ask a question, the first one to to answer the question. you have to wait until i finish asking the question in order to buzz in. each correct answer is worth a point, if you get one wrong, you lose a point, like the s.a.t., best-of-five winds, the winner gets the mouth breather mug. >> i wanted so badly. it isic my job, even though i he calmed down -- trying to be added to the ready. it is my job. >> shannon bream has a full dinner service. >> tucker: she is three weeks in a row. >>- she has them mouth breather creamer and sugar holder. >> [laughs] the ramekins. a >> tucker: which tagged billionaire bought an $80 million plot of land in the

state of arizona this week to build what he is calling a high tech smart city? tech billionaire, $80 million piece of property in arizona to build a tech city? >> i am so excited that we are both pausing. >> tucker: mark steyn. >> jeff bezos. >> tucker: good guess, is that the correct answer? >> snapping up 25,000 acres, 25,000 acres in arizona, that is huge, price tag $80 million, 80,000 homes and plenty of room for industry, with high-speed data, self-driving cars, are you ready for this? >> tucker: bill gates, what you want to live there? >> i would not want to live in any community planned by bill gates, because it is like living in windows 97 for the rest of your life. [laughter] >> tucker: i totally agree.

during the 12 day trip to asia, the continent, president trump was serenaded by a world leader, which asian president sang him a love song that included these lyrics. you are the light in my world? >> do territory of the philistines. >> tucker: to the tape. >> at the aussie on dinner, singing a love song with the filipino pop star saying that he dated on orders per president trump. >> for the commander in chief of the united states. >> that is the best since putin did "blueberry hill." >> tucker: that is fantastic. >> i learned about the data through reading, and that was my first time actually hearing it. it was really painful. >> tucker:wo wow. >> i do not want to hear it again. i cannot unhear it.

>> tucker: question entry as three is a multiple-choice question. as soon as ijo give you all thre "people" magazine which still exists just named the 2017 man alive, was it chris hemsworth? two, brad pitt, or three, blake shelton? there was an honorable mention, actually, and that goes to mark steyn, i think we have him on the screen there.xi [laughter] mark steyn, man alive. >> i was going to say mark steyn, but i will go with chris hemsworth. > wrong. it is blake. >> tucker: we will find out. >> tucker: does it confirm mark steyn's gas? >> have you seen this yet, the sexiest man alive addition. >> i don't get the point because i bugged out the lament buzzed

at the wrong time? t let the record show. >> tucker: you know who chris hemsworth is? >> isn't he the might he thor? >> tucker: i've no idea. >> me neither. heard it on the radio show that i had on. >> tucker: my guest was chris cuomo. a painting of jesus sold for nearly half a billion dollars yesterday at new york city, created by which renaissance painter? mark steyn. >> i know this one leonardo -- leonardo da vinci. >> tucker: does the tape can firm? >> the painting which depicts jesus is referred to as the last two da vinci, because it is believed to be the only painting by the artist still in private hands. 90 minutes after the opening gap all the paintings sold for $450 million. thehe highest price ever for a

piece of art. >> tucker: leonardo is right, and not dicaprio. >> and that will retain its value longer than your microsoft stock or amazon or any of that. half a billion, that will pay off -- >> tucker: very impressive, if i'm looking for new investor gas, you are the man. >> buy a leonardo, that's good advice. >> tucker: will see if you can getio back to equilibrium. boston dynamics, a robotics company came out with a rechargeable robotic pet to keep his head people company. the robot is modeled after which kind of animal? mark steyn. >> based on what they have in japan, i think that i'm going to go with w cat. >> tucker: is a robotic cat the answer? >> boston dynamicss has developed -- >> i kind of like it. >> that is a robotic dog.

55 pounds, all electric. 19 minutes on the charge. >> that does not resemble a dog. >> tucker: a kind of was a great to guess, because consider the market there. obviously a cat market, but it looks more like an insect than a dog. >> tucker: if he stuttered, you get the mouth breather mug. >> i know when mark anchors the show, so i do feel badly. >> i am holding out for the shannon bream treatment. i am throwing out to my tucker carlson -- >> tucker: that is this week's "final exam," you can play along next thursday night.

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