congressional districts. results should be coming in this hour. join us. democrat danny o'connor trying to beat the republican troy balderson. the gop has held that for decades. tune in tomorrow night. see you on american newsroom tomorrow morning. >> ♪ >> tucker: hope you had a great weekend. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." i am brian filling in for tucker unless i misread the schedule. antifa demonstrators got violent over the weekend. we have the video. first. it's not just antifa losing its mi mind. liberal officeholders are moving fast to the left. one announced support for a "new york times" supporter in an

anti-racist tweet and wants to it imagine a world where anybody can enter freely from mexico. >> take a second and just imagine no wall. no wall in southern arizona. >> brian: can you imagine that night. in new york cynthia nixon said it's time for the democratic party to push socialism and others on the left seem on board. >> the establishment is terrified of that word. socialism. but if we learned one thing from the obama years, it's that republicans will call us socialists no matter what we do. >> [cheers and applause]. >> so we might as well as give them the real thing. >> brian: this is going to be a big debate in 2020, isn't it? >> i don't think it will be a debate point.

embrace the label and own it or be a player. or you can be like cuomo and be on the sidelines. >> brian: it's like the republican party is getting the gift that keeps on getting. the new york attorney general wants to prosecute ice. >> ice has to be apolished. i say that as somebody running for one of the top law enforcement jobs in the country. as the attorney general i will speak out against ice and prosecute ice for their criminal act. >> brian: i am embarrassed for her. conservative lawmakers and trump supporters continue to face harassment from those heeding the call of congresswoman maxine waters. >> if you see anybody in a restaurant or a department store, at a gasoline station. you get out and you tell them they are not welcome!

>> brian: columnist mark stein here. there are times when you have to split hairs to find the problem. we don't have to split hairs here. socialism, let's just embrace it? >> right, 20 years ago during the clinton era when you watched campaign ads, the democrats all ran as pseudo-conservatives. i am fred smith. i am on tough on crime. you had to wait in the the end to find out if this was a republican or democrat pretending to be tough on crime or the rest. i understand that's frustrating. they want to let their inner leftist out. the last cycle moderate democrats got associated with the clinton campaign. hillary is just someone whose

turn it was and running a phoney balony foundation and getting 7 figure sums from saudi princes from doing nothing. that tainted the dictic party. with cynthia nixon the romance is on the far left. they are moving farther and farther left. >> brian: you have that 28-year-old who upset crowley and she lives in fear of any follow-up question on any topic. >> i can't remember if it was lenin or stallin, the famous line, who, who? what matters is which side you are. are you the approved designated group as that young lady is. in the ice example, they don't like ice because ice detains

illegal immigrants. anyone who has been been through legal immigration is not fond of that authority. >> brian: there are a lot of law enforcement officials and families, you might have a good friend of yours. when you say abolish ice, that hit homes everywhere. in what country is that a good split splitted -- political thing to do. >> 9 out of every 10 arrests through ice are people with criminal records. what is your problem with that? >> the reason the leftists are keen on that is because they don't care about that. you listen to the guy running for governor in arizona. he is saying imagine a world where anybody can enter from mexico. there is a name for that world.

it's mexico. if you let anybody in, the border moves north and then it's at the canadian border and you are all mexicans. >> brian: i thought the debate was between the fence or the wall. now it's for open? >> once we have amnesty and legalize these hard-working people. it's frustrating to have to do that. it's much easier to let your inner open borders side out. they are open borders. they are identity politics. they have had it with the whole clinton thing. i don't want sister-soldiers moments anymore. i think they feel dirty from living with those accommodations and the last time around.

bernie sanders, if had been a free nominating process would have won. that's where the party is. >> brian: 31 trillion dollars for medicare for all. you have this woman from new york who will get the see that crowley had come out and say, we will get rid of the 700-billion dollars to give to the miltary to pay for all of her social programs. >> that's the fascinating thing. if you look at socialist countries, in scandinavia, they pay for their socialism. what you have here is a fantasy socialism where they think -- none of these trillion dollars sums mean anything. let's give more and more trillions to everything. >> brian: mark stein will fill in for tucker on wednesday i will see you in the hall and say hello. it will never be the same. >> let's build the offensive and keep you out.

>> brian: thank you very much. figueroa is a former bernie sanders staffer and joins us right now. when it comes to the mania around what is happening. what do you think the democratic party is heading? >> well, clearly they are heading over a cliff. if we watch the left and the center democratic national committee. -- democrats. look at the resume of the candidates that are talking. for 30 years they were in the center. now all of a sudden because sanders is the most popular politician, all of a sudden everybody is a socialist. even bernie sanders back slid and went from saying abolish ice one moment and then don't or we should re-examine ice. it's all over the place. people don't understand what position they take.

even if i disagree because i am not a socialist, i respect people who are consistent. we are seeing inconsistencies across the board. >> brian: against president trump it would have been an interesting match up because they were different in philosophy. this is supposed to be a big wave for democrats. with these 2 policies in particular, they are doing everything to get rid of that wave. do you look from what you see right now, do you look for them to pick up 23 seats to gain the house despite what we just went over? >> well, it might be a way in some primary states. but it could be a flood that could drown everybody out in 2020. people have to pay attention to what works in the primary and in one particular district like courtez's district might not work across the country. if democrats think that

everybody is a socialist or all the way left, then they are misinformed. i worked with bernie sanders, yet i am not a socialist. if they try to box everybody up in one box and not figure out what people really want and pay attention to the pole polls, we will number trouble. >> brian: if you want people to keep money, don't raise health care costs. the party that hundreds health care and delivers quality health care at affordable prices will be in power. to get to the kitchen table in america, it's still health care. >> for me and my daughter it's over $430 to cover insurance for myself. when i had a staffing firm with 300 employees, we went out of business because they forced temporary agency to cover herlth herlth. -- health care. it's not resolved.

we would like to provide good health care for myself. your local news. you are absolutely right. >> brian: two names you hope will be front returns on the left? >> well, because i worked with senator sanders doesn't mean he will get my vote. i will start from scratch. let them line up. get 10 to 12 candidates. i tell people, pick a side or step aside. i look for candidates to be consistent on their message. like today harris said she doesn't believe on identity politics. right now i am confused. i want to see who all will come out. the front liners and people we may not have heard of. not just anybody because they are popular but substance behind

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>> ♪ >> brian: today the president tweeted, he said this:

fake news a fabrication i am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son donald had in trump tower. this was a meeting to get information on an opponent. and: the media responded with a meltdown as they claimed this was a huge break through to the russian collusion story watch. >> president trump reversed course on previous denials. saying the purpose of his son's meeting at trump tower was to get information on hillary. >> an admission of lying. it fits the dictionary of collusion. >> donald trump admits they are all lying. what are the consequences? >> brian: the only problem

president trump said the same exact thing a year ago. >> i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or research into your opponent. >> brian: wait a second? he said it already. byron york told everyone about this at noon yesterday. everyone ran with the story. how do you explain the hysteria? >> it's hard to explain. you heard george stephanopoulos said that was a dramatic new admission. it simply wasn't. you could only argue that people forgot that a year ago the president said the same thing. you played a little sound bite of president trump saying that in july of last year. he was even more succinct in a tweet saying most politicians

would have gone to a meeting like the one don jr. attended to get info on the opponent. precisely what he said this time. >> brian: right. it was in don jr.'s emails that he set up this meeting from his promoter friend in england. these people want to talk to you. he said great. they set it up and it went nowhere. the "washington post" said trump finely admits colluding with russia. >> we should admit, it would have been difficult for the president last year after those emails to come out to deny that the meeting, the proposal for the meeting was about turning over some incriminating information about hillary clinton who was right there in the email. >> brian: i get the sense the president will win out over his legal team and sit down with

mueller. is that what your sources are saying? >> that's still very unclear. he is hearing over and over of the dangers of talking to mueller. on the other hand, you have to remember. donald trump has engaged in a lot of litigation in his career. this is not the first time he's been questioned. this idea that perhaps trump would fall apart if he faced questioning is not an accurate one. >> brian: he had trouble in some depositions in the past. great to sigh. you had the story early and stayed sane. intentional came back with violent demonstrations in berkeley. that ugly story next. welcome! hi there. so, what do you look for in a vehicle? sleek designs. performance. dependability is top on my list.

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that's not how it is received to people to whom he is speaking. they think it's news that is made up. folks, it's not. >> dividing good outlets and bad outlets. it's bs. >> brian: tammy bruce joins us. who is right? >> the president is right. here's the issue. gallup did a poll about the importance of the american media. the super majority of americans believe they have an important roll in our democracy. they are spaceed to -- supposed to give us the news and challenge the power. they have thrown their lot in, between the political arena. they decided to help certain things along. that's abandoning the american people. there are a majority of people

who believe there is no unbiassed news they can relie on. there it are other outlets. you see it right there. what is fascinating if trump was a dictator, none of those opinions would be heard on the news. it's turned into a selfish, inward looking entity. like an infant that is not getting what it wants. >> brian: there are so many deranged people out there. i am worried about them targeting people. on c-span a caller said i will shoot brian stealther and that's disturbing. >> it's. the problem with this entire dialogue, the media just reporting to people would take the steam out of what president trump is doing. we know people have been hurt.

it's scalise, attempted murder of 23 other republicans. the attack of rand paul. you have threats and individuals arrested for threatening the president and other republican officeholders. the rhetoric has compelled people to do crazy things. >> brian: now another topic. over the weekend the president tweeted. lebron james was interviewed by the dumbest man on television. he made lebron james look smart which is not easy to do. i like mike. the president was label a racist but he's called other people who are white for years. called mitt romney the dumbest and worst candidate we have ever had. an equal opportunity offender. you are you surprised people saw race in this? >> look lebron announced he

needs to do more than sports. he is engaits. and that is talking about politics. he's in the kitchen now. that transcends complexion. it's a liberal answer to a text and it's a happen. i think lebron james is better than that. i think he knows and everybody knows that donald trump is transparent and saying these things about all kinds of people. donald trump is fair in the nature of who he attacks and praises based on the nature of what they are doing. >> brian: i wish he would not do it. lebron james took shots at him. he is not dumb and don lemon is not dumb. the president played golf this week with lindsey graham. a man he insulted. took his phone number and read it to the whole world. >> our first conversation that we can ease some of this: go

after policy. the personal back and forth from the media and the president is not the most helpful thing. we need policies that the president promotes to succeed because they help our lives. >> brian: our last topic for you. one thing over the weekend. antifa ugly again. demonstrations in portland and berkeley. they got violent. >> [shouting]. >> [bleep]. >> [shouting]. >> [bleep]. [bleep]. >> [shouting].

>> [shouting]. >> brian: conservative activist charlie and candace were harhassed this morning at a philadelphia coffee shop. one man poured a drink on her and others shrieked no white supremacy. she was black. she thanked the cops for stepping in. >> and antifa smashed the windows of a news agency. antifa living in their parent's basement coming out into the light. you are dealing with portland and berkeley which hasn't had a good history of confronting these things.

in portland the police and mayor not acting when antifa blocked the ice office. they seem to prefer these things get out of control. the american people see this. it's not good for liberals or our dialogue. the violence is unacceptable and the police departments have to be more control. >> brian: this will get ugly. when candace owens wants have to have breakfast with charlie in philadelphia where our country was founded and where the liberty bell sits and they have to take this type of abuse. >> the maxine waters message was to confront trump supporters. few people have access to the administration members. but you have access to candace and charlie and your neighbor.

when you have somebody like maxine waters any other representative, leadership needs to step forward. democratic leadership has to say enough is enough. hillary could help stop it. jessie jackson and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, they could come together and say enough is enough if they want it to end. >> brian: right. candace and charlie will be on fox and friends tomorrow. thank you very much. a great job on the "the five." you will be here tomorrow night. >> i will, in that chair. >> brian: tucker is back after the break. to interview a democratic congressman who is already running for president. no matter who rides point, there are over 10,000 allstate agents riding sweep.

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>> brian: the president venezuela was almost assassinated by a drone. he was delivering a speech. medura has no short an of enemy. he is accused of rigging the election last may. the attack gives him a convenient excuse for further crackdowns on country dissidents. the democratic party is descending to chaos. it's becoming more and more extreme on race, immigration and economics. at the same time, they are harassing or physically attacking anybody who disagrees. maybe there is another way, though. congress john delaney is a democratic congressman representing maryland.

he mounted a dark horse presidential campaign and published, a book, "the right answer." . tucker spoke to him. >> tucker: people are in favor of the idea of reuniting the country. it's hard to find a bipartisan consensus. how would you do it? >> i think there are some areas. things like infrastructure and criminal justice reform and the opioids crisis. there are things in our debate we agree with each other on. there are things we disagree with each other on. there is a role for both things. but we never spend any time on the things we agree with each other on. that's part of the problem. it's simple but our job is to do both. >> tucker: i agree with that. absolutely and completely. give us a reassuring list of some of the things we agree completely on? >> that we should invest more in

our infrastructure. it's crumbling. we are behind competitors. we agree we should reform our crimmial sufficient system. -- justice system. the data is unfair for citizens. the opioids crisis is ravaging our country and there are things we need to do there. i think there is a long list of things. we should agree that technology is changing nevering our country. this would be nice if we had a national artificial intelligence sector. we need a new authorization for military force because we are relying on a 17-year-old document to engage in conflicts around the world. these are just some of the things i think there is agreement among the american people. >> tucker: but not in the congress? >> not in the congress. there is reasons for.

that. gerrymandering is a big problem. it creates district that don't represent the american people. congress is broken in many ways and our democracy is broken. not does the person with the most votes win? that still works. representatives in washington don't go there with the spirit to find unity and common purpose. they go there and they might. they put their only political parties ahead of the country. as a result we don't do anything. i think there say huge cost associated with not doing anything. i think we paid a price for a long time as americans. >> tucker: yes. i don't think there is a question about. a final person question. have you been in congress a couple of terms and you are leaveing to run for president? >> i am. >> tucker: if you could do it over again, would you do? did you like it?

how awful was it? >> i think it was terrific. it's the great privilege of my life to serve in the congress of the united states. i think this is a magnificent country. i think we have the best country in the world. i learned a lot and met terrific colleagues. i have a clear perspective on the type of leadership we need not only as president, but there is something deeper we need in this country. that's for the american people to have some responsibility associated with fixing our broken democracy and bringing us together. i would never had that perspective had i not served in the congress of the united states. >> tucker: you are an optmist. thank you. >> brian: on line and in print the right is being censored. why racism on the left being excused? we will analyze next. some cash back cards

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> brian: clearly she should not reacted the way she did. however it's a normal human reaction to respond when under threat. she was being attacked. >> i agree. >> that was california radio talk show host on this show last friday definding the "new york times" firing of sarah. he uploaded video of that segment. it was deleted and instagram said this was moved in error and we are sorry. it's been reinstated. ethan joins us now.

why do you think that happened? you were just retweeting something and defining the "new york times" writer. >> not only that, brian, tucker and i did actually quote sarah's tweet. we were having a conversation about it. the only thing i can come up on social media we are so divide. people are so angry about things. we are unable to have conversations. somebody on the left or the right at this point was very angry that we were even having the conversation. people are petty and somebody flagged it and instagram reviewed what was post ed, but lacks that system, so they removed it. i found it upsetting. >> brian: you are not the first one. someone not a conservative talk show host, for someone to take that down because you were talking about a topic that many conservatives found offensive

and americans found offensive. that was her prior tweets and statements. what does that tell you about where we are heading? >> again, i think it's problematic that we can't have a conversation or that people are upset even having a conversation. look are there legitimate concerns when people post hateful things. some of the messages i get about my judiciary background should be taken down and flagged and marked. if you call for violence. there is no place for that. i agree with these platforms preserving their terms of service. just to have the conversation about something, brian, you and i engage in debate regularly. it's important and healthy and we grow. calling for violence not a good thing. and calling for violence, i reserve the right of those platforms to remove those posts.

>> brian: do you think this is boxed? >> i think the platforms have to have algorhythms for moving posts. only when fox news reached out did a human review and say there is nothing wrong with this. they still have a lot of work to do. >> brian: so many times the topics that are conservative get targeted. in this case you talking about something got targeted. sarah's anti-white racism is not a concern for the "new york times." she still hasener job. -- still has her job. another person had her article

removed about costing an actress in a trans-gender role. >> the are we are seeing a double standard on who gets to say what. this woman says i was kidding. it was a sapphire. -- satire. i was responding to trolls. and liberal twitter responds great, no problem. where is that courtesy when you are a conservative? >> brian: it doesn't happen. you write that scarlet can play this role. why is there outrage? she is an actress. she is not doing a documentary. you pointed that out and your employer's reaction was? >> to take the piece down after my colleagues wrote a series of letters expressing outrage at what i said and the way i said it. >> brian: you were hired to give your opinion and you gave it. they said you would have to take

that it down, and they said there will be a committee who decides if your column can be posted in the future. >> they wanted me to meet with the committee any time i wrote on something sensitive to make sure i didn't ruffle the wrong feathers. >> brian: your reaction? >> to resign. >> brian: do you have any regrets? >> it's scary not to know where i am going. i have been freelancing and i have my integrity. >> brian: what has this process showed you from the story we just read, what has this story told you? >> there were two responses. one said she was kidding. others said it doesn't matter if she was kidding. if you are anti-white it's fine. she is asian-american and high

enough on the totem poll to excuse anything she does. where is that courtesy? the fact she grew up in somalia and was oppressed by muslim. >> brian: she is black and muslim? >> exactly. it's a crazy double standard. who gets to talk and who we defend and who we criticize and who we fire. brian a retiring california congressman said we may have to get regulation. >> we have to clear lines. if you call for violence,ry move it. anything sort of that let the marketplace of ideas clean up that speech. >> brian: you will be fine. straight ahead, first statues

were taken down. now texas activists want to rename the state's capital because it was named after a guy that defended slavery. that story about austin, texas, when we come back. how'd that go? he kept spelling my name with an 'i' but it's bryan with a 'y.' yeah, since birth. that drives me crazy. yes. it's on all your email. yes. they should know this? yeah. the guy was my brother-in-law. that's ridiculous. well, i happen to know some people. do they listen? what? they're amazing listeners. nice. guidance from professionals who take their time to get to know you.

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and! ♪ we'll make heaven a place on earth ♪ yeah! oh, my angels! ♪ ooh, heaven is a place on earth ♪ [ sobs quietly ] ♪ >> brian: get ready for this. you've got a backlash against proslavery historical figures and it has led to schools being renamed and statues being removed or destroyed and we told you that over the last two years. the latest victim could be one of america's largest cities. texas state capitol austin is named for stephen f. austin, the state's founding father. but austin supported slavery, owned slaves himself. now report by austin's cheek so my cheap equity officer, the city should consider renaming itself in an effort to blot out it's memory. john daniel davidson is a senior contributor at the federalist and joins us right now. do you think this should happen? get rid of austin?

>> let's get rid of austin, houston, washington, d.c. let's get rid of them all. if we are going to go down this road, there's no stopping it. >> madison, wisconsin, how about that? >> there you go. jackson, mississippi. this is the problem. when this whole thing started where we had to remove confederate statues and we had to rename schools that were named after confederate generals and jefferson davis. it was really obvious from the beginning that there was no limiting principle to the renaming, that once we start renaming schools and streets in cities and tearing down statues, eventually we are going to have to go after the founding fathers, we are going to have to go after abraham lincoln, we will have to have to go after woodrow wilson. everybody in the past who had opinions that today are unacceptable are going to have to go. >> brian: you can go back even a short time ago. a lot of political figures against same-sex marriage. people of all, people get

better. no one defends slavery but there's a lot to be proud of in our history and we should debate it, talk about it, go over it. have to give credit to george b busch. he's the only political figure i can see right now who stood up, the son of jeb. he said the nephew of the former president -- he says absolutely not, this will not be taken down. there would be no texas if it wasn't for steve austin, who took on the mantle of his father, moses austin who died before texas could become a state. but first it was its own nation. you can't deny that history. >> can't. and we have to take our history, warts and all. one of the things we have to accept about american history is that it's painful, it's complicated and also the way we remember our history is complicated too. the statues, the naming of things after a confederate general and leaders. it's all now a part of our history. rather than tearing it down and trying to eradicate it and erase

it, why don't we try to educate ourselves and our children about it? why don't we add more explanatory plaques next to the statues instead of tearing them down so we understand better where we came from and where we are going instead of trying to erase the past and blot out the unpleasant parts? >> brian: 10-second answer, is it a mission of people to make america -- americans embarrassed about their history, or is this just coincidence? >> this is part of a ploy to use history and public memory as a political weapon. that's exactly what it is. >> brian: john daniel davidson, thank you so much. they do say it's unlikely that it will change, but they are focused on the confederate statue. that is it for us for now, join me again tomorrow morning on "fox & friends" and then of course you can check out my radio show, the brian kilmeade show from nine until noon and i hope you do that every single day. good night from new york and also, sean hannity is next from wherever he chooses to be. >> sean: i got a question.

three hours this morning, then a three hour radio show, then you host "the five." now you are doing the 8:00 show and you are supposed to be back in six hours. if you are late tomorrow i am so busting you on the air tomorrow night. >> brian: i was going to say can i sleep over at your mansion because i don't want to drive all the way home. >> sean: i live further than you do! good job, good to see you. >> brian: good luck. >> sean: good luck, i need it. we've been telling you how the media lies on a daily basis about all things trump and by the way, again, again. her mainstream corrupt, destroy-trump media caught red handed this time pushing for phony moral outrage, again lying to you, the american people. this weekend they actually repackaged an old story, really old, over a year old about donald trump jr.'s 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer in trump tower. they literally this week and try to pass it off a