tucker carlson is up next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the austin bomber is dead after killing himself with one of his own devices. who was he? what inspired him to murder? we will share everything we know ahead. first, a longer-term story and maybe more profound. law and order breaking down in california. the mayor of oakland warned illegal immigrants ahead of a planned federal raid to allow them to flee. a now three of those who did flee, all mexican nationals have been arrested for newly committed crimes, robbery, d.u.i. and spousal abuse. all this could have been avoided

were it not for the mayor of oakland who says she did nothing wrong. watch.h. >> while i am very committed to being a law-abiding citizen, i feel confident sharing this information because i did not receive it through official channels is legal and it's my ethical obligation. residents should know they do not have an obligation to open their door. if an i.c.e. official knocks. >> tucker: joe alioto veronese is an attorney running for san francisco d.a. and he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: two of the guys were wife-beaters. what would you say to their wives? >> two of the guys that were arrested -- one of them had been convicted. >> tucker: that is correct. and another has been charged subsequently for physically abusing his spouse after the mayor of oakland allowed him to flee detention. so his wife was injured according to police. what would you say to her?

>> the bigger question is w this. we are a law of nations, right? if there is a lawful order toaw keep somebody or to hand somebody over to i.c.e. there is no evidence that any santuary city in the world or in the united states rather has not followed through with that lawful order. i.c.e. is following up with the detention orders that are called detainers. the problem is the detainers are voluntary. they are not lawful orders so it's inflammatory to say we are handing the people over. if there were lawful orders, better cooperation between the sheriff's department, then yeah, you're right. >> tucker: you are not describing what actually happened. p what happened is the mayor of oakland warned people affirmatively warned them to evade detention by federal authorities. three of them at least went oned to commit other crimes. during the time they would have been detained. warned by her. one of them beat his wife. so among the questions i have

is would you say to her. she wouldn't have beaten if the mayor had not done that. >> there is no evidence thatt the people received the information that the mayro put out. w there were 800 people they were looking for. 232 were actually arrested. i served on the fugitive recovery team in san francisco with the police department. 30% is really good. i mean, you would ask anybody that is on -- >> tucker: there is no evidences would that be the answer to the wife? there is no evidence theyhe heard what the mayor said? the truth is, the mayor did w warn these people. whether they heard it or not, you're right we don't know. is that the risk we are willing to take? what do you think of that? they committed crimes andin would have been detained if not for the mayor. is that something you are happy to defend? >> no.or i am defending due process. everybody is entitled to due process, the 14th amendment. unfortunately for ice even people that are here unlawfully are entitled to due process. process. separate question. this is the mayor, quite apart

from that question -- >> it's all part of the question. >> tucker: is it really?f she warns them and says flee so you don't get caught. she has no legal or moral obligation to do that. she did it for political reasons and this is the effect. people got away and went ands committed other crimes. it is not about due process. it's about should elected's officials be warning people so they don't get arrested by theeo feds? that is insane most people would say. you don't think it is? >> the better question is should the cities be cooperating with the feds? under certain circumstances, i believe they should be. and when there is a violentbe criminal, yes, there should be better cooperation between the feds. you will find a lot of the police departments including san francisco has police officers that are embedded in the federal task force within the city. we do it for terrorism and other issues. >> tucker: these guyss had priors. >> i get it. i get it. i absolutely get it. >> tucker: so, to be clear. you are not -- >> these people should be arrested.

they should be given their due process. if they are convicted, serve the sentences and sent out of the country. absolutely. i believe that. >> tucker: so maybe democrats in the state shouldn't warn them before the cops come. that is it. we can have debates about federal immigration law. i think we both agree you shouldn't tell criminals to get out of town before you are busted. >> definitely not violent -- violent criminals.uc >> tucker: they were. armed robbery. h one guy had a prior conviction for wife beating. i thought we were on the side of women here. apparently not. every illegal alien working in the state of california working for a company is by definition committing fraud with the i.d. he is using. he's using fake documents. that is a felony. is that not a big deal?ak is it seems like a big deal post-9/11 to me. is that a concern for you running for d.a, a person using fake documents? using fake documents? federal law, the federal -- >> tucker: it's not a

violation of california law? hold on. it's not a violation ofot california law to use a fraudulent i.d. for the purposes of getting job or do anything else? that is cool in california? i can do that? not a problem? >> in san francisco, if you are not a u.s. citizen, you can get a california i.d. so you don't have to use fraudulent i.d.s.a >> tucker: oh, yes, you do. yes you do. you need to produce a social security number. if you are here illegally, you can't do that.ha >> you can't produce a social security number that is accurate or reflective -- >> tucker: that is true. you can use a fraudulent one. that is not a problem for you? you feel like hey, hands off. someone is using a stolen i.d., committing identity theft. i like, it's not our business.g is that what you are saying? >> no, identity theftg? is a different suspect. federal immigration enforcement is not the

priority of san francisco. priority of san francisco. i go there a lot. i will call you and find you what laws i can break. not as many as the illegals get to. >> that is not true. i understand you are a local boy from san francisco anyway. >> tucker: i am. >> when does the prodigal son come back home? >> tucker: i don't know if i dare. joe, good to see you. not every leader in the stateon of california is trying to undue or sabotage federal law. dave harrington is the mayor of aliso viejo and wants hisis city to opt out of the new sanctuary state law and he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. so tell us the position it puts you in as the leader of your city when the attorney general of california says it is a crime for you to comply with federal law. where does it leave you? >> it puts me in an untenable position because i'm responsible for 50,000 people in the city. i'm responsible for their safety. that is how i feel. you are telling me ihe cannot enforce the law.

to your prior guest, listen toen the pretzel they have to tie themselves into to justify the sanctuary state. it's ridiculous. i it makes us less safe. that is a problem. we have to start pushing back on this stuff or we will ruin the state completely. >> tucker: so if you cared -- if you are an elected official, by definition, your first job, only job is to look out for your voters, for the citizens who elected you. what does it say about the priorities of the leaders of state of california that they seem to be putting foreign nationals here illegally over and ahead of the safety of california citizens? what does it say about them? >> they are more interested in people that do drugs, illegal aliens and the rest over the interests of law-abidingll tax-paying citizens. that is what it says. >> tucker: how can a government like that continue?ow they have declared war on its own citizens by the behavior.on i don't think it's an overstatement.

>> only the law-abiding citizens. not declaring war on criminals at all.aw they want to let them outar and just roam free. t violent crimes, prop 57 to let violent felons out of prison early act. there is a whole host of crimes that are listed in that particular section that aren't considered violent crimes under the penal code. they are eligible for early parole. it will be 10,000 sex offenders eligible for early parole because of the law. it's an untenable position to be in. >> tucker: how does it --io you sound like from the accent you are from california. looking at your state over the course of your lifetime, how does it make you feel? >> i'm not from california. i'm actually from maine. >> tucker: i couldn't have got that more wrong! your accent sounds like southern california. t >> i have been here since i was 6 but my dad was in naver -- in the navy, so we traveled

around a little bit. i have grown up here since i was 6. and i will tell you the difference is astonishing. we have gone from a law and order kind of state to a free-for-all. if you want to be a criminal, come to california. that is what the state legislature is doing. if you want to be homeless, come to california. we will set you up in a tent city. it's ridiculous. no enforcement of the law here. >> tucker: i'm sorry about that. mr. mayor, good luck.at >> thank you. appreciate it. >> two nights ago we did a short segment on what has happened to a town called hazelton, pennsylvania.n, in 15 years, thanks to mass immigration, it has gone from 2% hispanic to majority hispanic. spanish is now the predominant language. people who grew up in hazelton feel lost when they come home. we learned that from "national geographic" that did a story on demographic change in hazelton. we told you about it because something similar taking place all over the country and one of the reasons that the society has become so volatile.

we got a big reaction to that.ho a lot of people who were raised in hazleton called to thank us. many in the left started yelling and some called for the show to be pulled off the air. dan pfeiffer called the segment equal parts racist, dumb, and accurate. but he didn't say how it was any of those things because it wasn't.. his real gripe was it was true. people like dan pfeiffer hate the fact that the conversations like this are happening. silence is the key to their success but no more. we will keep on the story because we think it is t important.cc we won't be bullied and we will take you again to hazleton later in the week and hope you will watch us then. d.c. is planning for a marchl on guns, on your right to have one. there are some unusual people backing that effort. we will tell you who is behind it next. ♪ come to my window ♪ ohh ♪ crawl inside ♪ wait by the light of the moon ♪ ♪ come to my window

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prevent gun violence, planned parenthood, and moveon.org. the march for lives action fund is a 501(c)4 that does not have to disclose donors but it's already revealed that oprah winfrey, george clooney, steven spielberg, and gucci each $500,000.elberg, and gucci each others are asked to donate anonymously.l some of the money goes to family of the parkland school shooting and some will pay for the march. other projects won't be known for months. the group could be involved in the political activity if it's not the primary focus says the law. former president and mrs. obama sent a handwritten letter of support calling them an inspiration and their resilienc resilience. >> tucker: thank you, trace. appreciate it. ryan cleckner is a former army special operations sniper. he's a firearms attorney and a columnist at "the federalist," and he joins us tonight. ryan, thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me on, tucker. >> tucker: so i think a lot of

the people who are coming to the march this weekend are just upset about school shootings ana maybe haven't thought about the agenda that undergirds the march. but people who are organizing it have a pretty clear legislative agenda. t they would like to do a lot of different things, and i want to run a couple of those things by you and get your quick responses as to whether you think that they would work. so the primary one is to ban the ar-15, or basically the whole category of semi-automatic rifles. would that have stopped the school shootings we've seen? >> no. criminals don't obey laws. the definition of a criminal is someone who doesn't obey a law. banning an inanimate object will not solve these problems.y for example, the maryland shooting yesterday didn't involve an ar-15. virginia tech, he usedn' pistols. the fort hood massacre, he used pistols. 9/11, they used boxcutters. the tool is not the problem. you want to talk about tools, look at the austin bombings that we just solved today. bombs are already illegal. it didn't stop the bombings from happening. >> tucker: but we know, because i saw it on cnn all week, that high-capacity magazines are

the core problem. when we ban those, this will end, right?az >> of course. of course. because during the assault weapons ban that started in 1994 and sunsetted in 2004, it did nothing to stop violent crime. in fact, today's level of violent crime are 50% lower than they were at the peak in 1997 right in the middle of the same ban that banned those so-called dangerous high-capacity magazines. >> tucker: well, that doesn't make sense because i know that places with strict gun control laws are much safer.w i keep hearing that. >> [laughs] >> [laughs] about our federalist system is that we can look at, you know, societies, little cities or states and experiment with laws or ways of doing things. i think before we have serious gun control legislative we should look at chicago and see how it is working there. >> tucker: how is it working? has it stopped? they banned shootings there so there are no more shootings? >> solved the problem, right? no. it's the worst place we have going on right now in our country for shootings. we have not only just shootings

but violent crime. you know what, tucker? that is another problem. i don't know why we focus on shootings so much. yes, they are horrible. they are bad. but we should worry about violent crime. and when i talk to -- i am trying to debate with an anti-gunner, one of the first things i'll ask them is, are you trying to stop gun violence or are you trying to stop all violence? if they answer gun violence, okay, i get it. they are just trying to ban guns. but if they are trying to stop all violence, okay, let's have a serious discussion because just getting rid of guns, yes, maybe, maybe the use of the guns will go down if you ban them. but just like australia, your violent crime, is either going to stay the same or go up because you have a bunch of unarmed victims. >> tucker: what about, one idea that seems to be gaining traction among even some republicans is the idea of banning gun purchases under the age of 21. that doubtless would solve the problem. >> you are either an adult at 18 or you're not. we need to make the distinctiont first before we get to guns. i get it democrats want

younger voters because as people grow up, they tend to stop voting democrat. >> tucker: right. b >> if you can be tried as an adult in a criminal case at 18, if you can join military at 18, if you can enter into legal contracts at 18, then you are an adult and you should be able to buy a firearm. but let's just pretend we will raise it to 21 and raise all the ages for those things ire jt mentioned to 21 years old, it still would not have stopped 29 of the top 30 mass shootings that we have had in this country. >> tucker: i'm beginning to think maybe there is another agenda here. and it's not just about stopping school shootings. ryan, thank you for injecting some reason into this. y it's been sorely lacking, so i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> tucker: well, somethingom called cambridge analytica sparked mass panic on twitter today.

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>> tucker: well, facebook's entire business model is built on harvesting your personal information.ke and yet somehow blue check twitter just learned this today and freaked out when they found out. cambridge analytica, a u.k. data firm hired by the trump campaign, is mired in scandal campaign, is mired in scandal

the company misled facebook users in order to collect their personal data. well, that sounds very spooky and it was kind of spooky, actually. weirdly, it wasn't that spooky six years ago in 2012. the obama administration found itself being congratulated by the media for how it gatheredat facebook data in order to marshal votes. one obama adviser says facebook let them break the company rules because, "theyma were on our side." beverly hallberg is presidentt of district media group and she joins us tonight. beverly, thanks for coming on. the core story here is shocking or no? >> not as shocking as liberals want it to sound. we really have liberals going after the story, saying there is something here, this is the trump campaign who figured out a way to mine data they shouldn't have. what the trump campaign did is exactly what the obama campaign did, what the hillary campaign did. what this is about is facebook who was the poor actor. this is all before 2014 where

facebook, with a privacy policy we all sign up on, where we say sure, you can have my data. that is all legal. but what they did at that point is they not only said to a third party hey, with this app, you have the person's data who agreed to it, but they also took the data of their friends. that is where the issue is. it's the privacy not just of you but also the privacy of those you are connected with. that is the heart of the issue. what we find from campaigns, they are just using data that's out there. and when you even think about campaigns these days, people are on social media. this is where you need to have the campaign ads. so it's not a data issue, as far as the campaigns go,o, but what facebook did at that point when it comes to your privacy. >> tucker: so facebook collects all kind of data that you are not aware it is collecting.eb when you visit a store, facebook knows that. they can make assumptions about your net worth and your personal life. it sells the data to companies, correct? >> we willing give it. whether it's a fit bit that you're putting information in. i use ways to navigate traffic. i think about that and what is

used with the data. we willingly give it. especially when you have children who are giving their information to apps, giving information to facebook and the other social media platforms. you have to realize all of that is available to companies to sell. t where it comes down to is the free market solving it. you had a movement called delete facebook. i think that's why mark zuckerberg even came out today. >> tucker: right. >> five days after the scandal to talk about what really took place, because i think the free market is going to solve this.to their stock dropped $50 billion. i think the free market will say hey, i'm not going to use your platform if you are going to be selling my privacy in this way. >> tucker: finally liberals are waking up to it. as a political matter,n "morning joe" has spent the last year and a half trying to figure out how trump got elected and figure out, it must haveor been something nefarious.. it couldn't -- have nothing to do with the idea that his ideas were popular with americans. do you think cambridge analytica will be a satisfactory answer for them? will they say this is how it

happened? >> it won't be a true satisfactory answer but they may want to use it. hillary clinton is still on the tour trying to figure out what happened. here's the thing. this is not your answer either, but this is what liberals are trying to do to try to prove he is not the actual candidate. the "impeach trump" camp is still moving on this. but this is really nothing, because facebook already changed their policies. >> tucker: facebook is bad apart and aside from the trump campaign. okay, fair enough. beverly, great to see you. >> thank you. >> tucker: well, the austin bomber is dead. who was he? what might have motivated him? that is next. then our men in america series the third installment tonight. fatherhood, it matters and it's dying. that is just ahead.

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>> tucker: this is a fox news alert. the alleged perpetrator of the austin bombings is dead.

his name is mark anthony conditt. he died this morning after blowing up one of his own bombs as police closed in. his death hopefully means the end of a spree that killed two, injured six and terrified the rest of the country. what do we know so far about this man? so far, not very much. he was apparently homeschooled. reports that he considered himself conservative as a teenager. anyway. he worked as a computer repair specialists. police say he left a 25-minute long recording where he never mentioned political views or terrorism or anything related to that. it was described as an "outcry of a very challenged young man," whatever that means. we don't know what it means. when we found out, we will tell you immediately. well, in 2015, two islamic extremists attacked a muhammad cartoon contest in garland, texas. they were both killed by the police before they killed anyone else, but it could have been a massacre and it would have been thanks, believe it or not, to the f.b.i. an undercover agent egged on the attackers and traveled with

them to attack site and fled when the attack began. no effort was made by the f.b.i. to stop terrorists. and no warning given to local police. bruce joiner was a security guard on the scene and was shot in the attack. not surprisingly, he is suing the f.b.i. he joins us tonight with his attorney, trenton samuels. thank you for both for joining us. bruce joiner, first to you. this story is so incredible. it's so hard to believe that the f.b.i. would have participated in something like that. i want to make sure i'm not misstating the facts in the open. is that correct? an f.b.i. agent accompanied these guys to the scene of the shooting? >> yes, he was in a vehicle behind their vehicle. >> tucker, we also know that he was taking a picture at the exact spot of the shooting, in fact, of bruce joiner seconds before the shooting broke out. >> tucker: so what could possibly -- again, the story has been around for several years, but this hasn't penetrated i don't think to the extent it should in the public consciousness. what would possibly be the

reason for the fbi knowing a terrorist attack was going to take place and allowing it to happen anyway? >> what is interesting about it is, the f.b.i. in their court filings, have said this wasn't a rogue agent. this wasn't someone that went off of policies. he acted exactly according to their directions from the top down. this is troubling because from the top down, we have seen problems with this story. jim comey, shortly after the attack, said they were like needles in a haystack and they were not on the radar of the f.b.i. in fact, one of the two shooters had been followed and been monitored for years by the f.b.i. hundreds of thousands of dollars had been spent investigating the individual who later carried on the attack like the one they thought would take place. it's odd for sure.

>> tucker: it sure does seem that way. what is the identity of this f.b.i. agent who was at the scene? >> so they went through painstaking efforts to keep his identity secret. in fact, he just recently testified in a related trial in cleveland. they cleared the courtroom. they took an unusual step in not allowing even any witnesses to watch him testify. you had to listen in via audio from the next room over. he is their guy. they have owned him from start to finish. from our perspective, this is a problem that the same guy told terrorists who tore up texas days before the attack. he is then seemingly escorting them and holding their hand all the way to the attack. he is taking a picture when the attack takes place. he tries to flee. it's a very strange backstory. >> tucker: the whole point is to prevent terror attacks and

now we are in the presence of a man shot in a terror attack, an american. bruce, you were shot. what is your reaction to this? does it seem like the country you grew up in? >> no. former law enforcement, and this is not how you run undercover anything. you have to have control of the situation to make sure that no innocent people are harmed. so this is not normal. >> tucker: wait, let me ask the obvious question that i should have started with. have they apologized to you since you were shot in the operation? >> no. >> no way have they apologized. >> no. >> tucker: that is disgusting. gentlemen, i'm sure there is a lot to this i don't understand but to the extent i do i wish you luck in the lawsuit. i think all of us deserve to know what happened. godspeed. thank you. >> thank you, tucker.

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>> tucker: well, there are a lot of reasons that men are falling behind in this country. a look at the numbers reveals one statistic that tracks the decline of american men almost precisely over time. the disappearance of fathers from the home. between 1960 and 2016, the proportion of kids living with both parents decreased by almost 20%.

the percentage of children d living with only their mothersrs nearly tripled. in demographic terms, this is stunning. changes to family structure this abrupt and profound typically are only seen in wartime. yet if anything, the numbers understate the reality of the fatherlessness in america. in high-end neighborhoods where journalists and policymakerspo tend to live, not a lot has changed. most kids grew up there with fathers and mothers. but in the rest of the country, intact families are disappearin disappearing. according to a 2014 study by researchers at johns hopkins university, among younger parents without college degrees 74% of the mothers had at least one child outside of marriage. out-of-wedlock births are now the rule across the country, not the exception. increasingly, having a father at home is a sign of affluence but also a cause of affluence, especially for boys. boys who grow up with a father at home earn much more as adults.

boys who grow up alone with their mothers tend to earn less. they also have more disciplinary problems in schoole they read less and less well and are less likely to graduate from high school or go to college. they are more likely to be unemployed and live in poverty. they get married less often. when they do, they divorce more. they are more likely to bere obese and have asthma. they are far more likely tond abuse alcohol and drugs, exhibit antisocial behavior and commit acts of violence. as adults, they are twice as likely to go to prison. this numbers aren't the results of numerous studies across generations that hold true across ethnic groups. white and black, urban and rura rural. boys raised without theirr fathers is a terrible risk. there is not much debate about that, if any. nationwide breakup of the a families is a disaster. not just a moral disaster but a practical one. it may be the largest public health crisis we face. so what is driving it? there are many factors.

falling male wages certainly play a role. studies show when men make less than women, women consider them less attractive marriage partners. some government policies also discourage marriage. women on welfare who marry often see food and housing subsidiaries cut dramatically. a recent report found almost one-third of americans know someone who hasn't married for fear of losing benefits. broader changes in the american culture also had an effect on marriage and the family formation. dramatic decline in religious and church attendance is one of these. there are probably other i reasons, too. fatherless problems is complex. but it is a problem. a massive one. and what is remarkable how rarely it is acknowledged in public. when was the last time you heard a democratic office holder decry the out of wedlock birthrate? if you cared about reducing

poverty, you would talk aboutar it a lot. but they don't. why is that? exit polling answers that question. unmarried mothers are a critical part of the democratic coalition. in 2008, barack obama won 74% of single mothers who voted.k in 2012, he won 75%.of alienating the voters is risky for democrats so they ignore the problem entirely. over time the left has become openly hostile to the institution of marriage. once again, voting patterns explain why. it's been more than 20 years since the democrat running for president won the majority of married women in america. unmarried women by contrast vote overwhelmingly for democrats. in 2012 and 2016 the democratic party platform never mentioned the importance of marriage except when advocating for gay marriage. in 2013, as she was preparing to run for president, hillaryli clinton shot a video tribute to single mothers. "single moms are the real

heroines. they need more help that parents, uncle, grandparents and good friends can provide." the one group she didn't mention: biological fathers. democrats who stray from the script tend to get attack. barack obama spoke regularly and eloquently often about the importance of fatherhood yet consistent with the party orthodoxy, he said almostod nothing about men marrying the mothers of their children. that distinction is critical. studies show married fathers are by far most involved the children's lives. you often hear leaders refer to caring parents or grand parents or care-givers or aar similar combination as if ther presence of any involved adult is enough for kids. but that is not true. at least for boys, the presence at least for boys, the presence house makes all the difference. on one occasion obama suggested he understood this. in a 2003 speech about gun

violence he gave in chicago, obama noted that, "we should do more to promote marriage." almost immediately, he was attacked from the left. an article in "ebony" magazine suggested that the remarks were racist. msnbc attacked him and so on. he went back to platitudes. hillary clinton was right about one thing. being a single mother was difficult and a lot of single mothers work incredibly hard and they should be admired for that. but it doesn't mean single motherhood is a good idea for society. it's not. it's a tragedy, especially for boys, and the rest of us shouldo stop lying about that. dr. warren farrell looked into this subject closely and authored "the boy crisis." he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on.n. we know pretty conclusively that men in america and other developed countries are falling behind women in a lot of different measures. to what extent is fatherlessness driving that,re do you think? >> a great extent. they are falling behind women in all 63 leading nations,

developed nations. and in developed nations, there is the permission for divorcens that there isn't in the non-developed, the less developed nations. also in developed nations there's the permission for women to marry, to have children without being married. that creates a huge division between boys who are with the fathers doing quite well, boys who are not with their fathers do terribly on more than 70 different measures. like postponed gratification. whether or not they are depressed or drinking. whether or not they have drugs. the opioid crisis. even people involved with the isis recruits all over the world are almost completely fatherless boys.ll the ones that are girls are also fatherless. so everything you have been saying for the series is on target with the importance of

having children be involved with both fathers. mothers are doing a huge amount of wonderful, hard work, loving and caring for their children. >> tucker: yes. >> that is why they deserve the biological father to be involved. and when we tell the biological father not only are you important but the way that you father is important, thee way that you enforce boundaries and the way you encourage exploration and encourage kids to get up and try again.n. the way you encourage adventure and risk-taking. the way that we can play together to create bonds, these are the things that mothers need to communicate. because when fathers are askeded for and valued they come back in the picture. when they are not, they drop out. >> tucker: so it doesn't sound like anybody wins from fatherlessness. so the trend is fewer families are forming more childrennd growing up without the fathers at home. nobody benefits from that. why aren't we sounding the

alarm about that, do you think? >> we put so much focus, especially in the democratic party, on freedom for women. and freedom for women is a wonderful thing.en i was on the board of directors for the national organization of women in new york city for many years, as you know. but freedom for women stops when they make the free choice to have children. and then a different question has to emerge, which is what is best for the children? we see evidence of beyond what i thought doing research for "boy crisis." children do best when there is not just a father, but the biological father and the biological father is far less likely to drop out of the process when there is marriage. 40% of even men and women who live together who don't get40 married and have children, 40% of those fathers never see the children after two years.

>> tucker: those are numbers that will offend people but that is what the science tells us. it's obvious all around us. i appreciate that, doctor. thank you for coming on and for your perspective. >> thank you. it has been a pleasure. >> tucker: thank you. even michael moore is fed up with the nonstop coverage of russia.p the most important story ever! even he is sick of it. i wonder why. more on that next. this is a tomato you can track from farm, to pot, to jar, to table.

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they have an amazing victory, the teachers strike in west virginia. >> they had an amazing victory in the teachers strike. i saw nothing on it on the networks that we watch. russia, russia, russia. all the shiny keys to distract us. that is what goes on in the

media. >> tucker: hate to admit it but he's absolutely right. even left-wing standardbearers, michael moore, not a genius, find themselves annoyed by the year-long obsession with russia. maybe something is going on. will it change anything about the way news is covered? i don't know. joe concha writes about the stuff for a living and he joins us to predict. presumably, this guy, he doesn't like the administration, he has every incentive to want to cheer he the endless coverage of russia. but even he is tired of it. is there a limit to how much the press can cover this one story, othis cul-de-sac of a story? >> apparently, no, tucker. there are three different investigations going on. it deserves coverage but there are degrees to everything. bernie sanders was right, and he said on cnn, to anderson cooper's face, when he brought up stormy daniels for instance, and i'm quoting here, there are enormous problems facing our

country. and what are we talking about over again? stormy daniels. you can agree or disagree with bernie sanders but i think his authenticity can be questioned. let me respectfully suggest that i don't think stormy daniels is one of the major issues facing our country. the same thing with russia. this has been going on for 15 months and leaks happen all the time out of this a government, even out of the doj and fbi and we still haven't seen anything substantial. yes, you let the investigation but there are degrees toation everything. let me just add what a national political reporter said, she said so far in these districts, when you talk to people about russia, and that is all we talk about at cnn, a cnn reporter saying this, they say they don't care. it doesn't have effect on our lives. i think that sums it up nicely. >> tucker: this is an international network, viewers all over the world, are we really pretending that russia is the single greatest threat to american national security?

is clearly not even on the top five list. do you think they feel dishonest when they present russia as this imminent threat to america? >> i think you're referring to may be aa bloomberg poll last year that had it down the list in terms of priorities that americans say the media should be talking about. it came in sixth. you are right with that number. whatever the cnn president is deeming an important story, it seems that if it isn't russia, as long as it's negative to the president, that is the direction that theth network and other mea outlets will go in because they feel that they are giving comfort food to their audience, telling them what they want to hear instead of perhaps what they should hear, even if it something boring like the economy, jobs, isis, things that affect people's lives. >> tucker: there are many nights would redo another story that is not russia, russia, all of a sudden, our colleagues "i can't believe you are ignoring the real news," i think they have to believe it. >> may be you are right.

i can't disagree with you. >> tucker: i wanted you to make me feel better. it's great to see you anyway, thank you. >> good to see you. >> tucker: we are out of time. thanks for a great hour. tune in every night at 8:00 to the show that is a sworn enemy of lying,ni pomposity become a groupthink. >> sean: thank you. my opening monologue in a few but first, here's a fox news alert. the serial bomber who terrorized that city in the past three weeks is now dead according to authorities. 23-year-old texas resident mark anthony conditt pictured right there. he blew himself up in hiss vehicle this morning as the s.w.a.t. officers were closing in on his car. authorities are saying theyy discovered a 25-minute recording on a cell phone found on conditt. they are considering it a confession to the bombings. confession to the bombings. >> i would classify this as a confession. this was on a phone we found in his possession early thise