and rob. i love, america. [♪] jesse: welcome to. "watters' world." i'm jesse watters. in honor of the academy award our producers thought it would be fun to host our own awards show. let's begin with our first category. best actor in a political drama. here are the nominees. cory booker at the kavanaugh confirmation hearing. >> i'm going to release the email on racial profiling. i understand the penalty comes with potential out offing from the senate. i invited and accept the consequences.

this is probably the closest i'll ever have in my life to an i am part kuls moment. jesse: jess he smollett on gma. he said this is maga country. i want that video found so badly. and i want a little gay boy who might watch this to see that [bleep] fought back and i'm pissed off. it's the truth. >> the trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children home. do we have the graphic of this? no. jesse: the winner is, jussie smollett on gma.

that was a runaway winner. best category. best fight scene. donald trump versus jim acosta. >> that's enough. >> pardon me, ma'am. president trump: cnn should be ashamed of themselves having you working for them. around rude, terrible person. jesse: senator march cove rubio versus radio tv host alex jones. >> don't' touch me. i am asking you not to touch me. i don't want to be touched. >> you will beat me up? jesse: senator lindsey graham versus all the democrats at the kavanaugh hearing. >> what you have done to this guy. this is the most of unethical sham since i have been in politics. and if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell

wouldn't have done what you have done to this guy. this will destroy the ability of good people to come forward because of this crap. jesse: and the winner is -- trump versus jim acosta. an honorable mention for the white house intern who had to get her hands very dirty. next calculate gory. most of politically correct. the university of maryland for creating a support group for white students who feel quote confused before, during or after interactions with minorities. also nominated, northeastern professor, susan a walters, a gender studies professor who wrote that men should quote step away to make room for women

because they have every right to hate you. our final nominee. minnesota university professor who says the virgin mary did not give consent to become pregnant with jesus christ. and the winner is -- minnesota professor sprinkle. that was an easy one. i thought there was an immaculate conception. you need consent for that. new category. best political comedy. here are the nominees. president trump. president trump: they go back home to mommy. they get punished when they get home. a show headed by sleepy eyed chuck todd. he's a sleeping son of a bitch. richard blumenthal. i watched him say we need the truth.

if we don't have -- and here's the guy who was saying people died all around him and he was never there. jesse: cnn's jim acosta at the border. >> here are some of the steel slats the president has been talking about. as a matter of fact it's pretty tranquil down here. jesse: kanye west shocks the press in the oval office. >> let me give this guy a hug. i'm married to a family with not a lot of male energy going on. when i put this hat on, i feel like superman. this our president. he has to be the highest, the flyest planes. you are tasting a fine wine. president trump: i hate to say this, jim, you want to say something? jesse: the winner is -- donald

trump. he wins iter year. it's not fair. jim was a close second. last but not least. the dumbest commit cal commend tear -- the dumbest political commentary. our nominees are beto o'rourke. >> would you take the wall down? >> absolutely. i would take it wall down. ji.jesse: elizabeth warren. >> the president likes to call my mom a liar. what do the facts say? >> you have native american an says have i in your pedigree. >> any len yams and genz and all those people who come after us.

the world is going teenld in 12 years if we don't address climate change and your biggest issue -- your biggest issue is how are we going to pay fo it^ ? this our world war ii. jesse: the world is going to end in how many years? and the winner is -- pocahontas. elizabeth warren who revealed through a dna test that she was not native american even though she claimed she was. that's it for the watters awards. i would like to thank all our winners for their outstanding work this year. for the losers. better luck next time. in her endless quest to take your hard-earned money out of your hand.

alexandria ocasio-cortez is sticking by her 70% tax plan on people who earn over $10 million. >> what's wrong with you. >> if you make more than $10 million in one year, which is a pretty good year. >> that's a damn good year [bleep] >> seriously. if you make more than 10 million in one year your 10 millionth dollar gets taxed under the 70% tax rates. under republicans we had marginal tax rates of 90 person *. isn't 10 million enough? when does it stop? jesse: somebody who knows a thing or two about your dollars and cents. host of "mornings with maria."

welcome to. "watters' world." maria: it's great to be here in your world. jesse: i think saying isn't $10 million enough? isn't that un-american? >> what's enough? is ocasio-cortez going to be the judge of what's enough? should i check with her on how much i might want to achieve in my life? i thought the last time we talked this was the american dream, that you could come from nothing and work as hard as you can and make money and as much success you could have. jesse: let's look at some celebrities she believes made enough money. george clooney made $239 mill last year. hell of a year, george. after taxes on that first $10 million, he's only taking home

$70 million as opposed to $239 million. is she going to tell le bron james who made $85 million last year, we are going to cut that in half. i dare her to tell le bron that. maria: they are probably okay making that kind of money. but which you talk about a corporate ceo or billionaire then it becomes a bad word. jesse: the gates foundation has eliminated polio pretty much in the continent of africa because of his generosity and success. is she going to say, we are not going to eliminate polio. maria: you make a good points. these rules and policies where you are punishing the highest earners for earning a lot of money, they have unintended consequences. are we going to see the ken

langone's of the world stop giving out free medical education. jesse: i was just at nyu and it was a beautiful place. she went to harvard and harvard has a huge even downment. we sound like people sucking up to billionaires. that's how democrats are going to run. how does the republican party combat that smear that republicans are just the party of the rich? bar require is un-american like you said. you shouldn't crush people's ability to come from nothing, work hard and make what they can make. but one way the republicans need to hit at this, you have to address the underlying problem the left is bringing up. that is, there is income inequality still. the capitalism lifts people out

of poverty. that's what we have seen seeing. i would say republicans need an education policy. our workers in this country are being attacked. they had a.i. on the right, china on the left. illegals in the middle, and they all want our jobs. and that's just a fact. i think we need to be teaching our students about machine learning, about a.i., about robotics. but then you will face the teachers union. they are not going to like that. but this goes back to education. you know that. jesse: instead of focusing on taking wealth away from the rich people and redistributing it, because that never gets into their hands. it's not like you are taking it from le bron and giving to it a poor person. you are saying americans need to lift each other up with their own skills. maria: so they can get the

skills to work hard and get as much money as they want. jesse: elizabeth warren who is worth close to $10 million or bernie sanders who has three homes. my secret service friends say it's messed up. maria: doesn't nancy pelosi own a vineyard? jesse: do they look like hypocrites saying let's tax the rich when they are sitting pretty. maria: the new talking points is for the people. our promise for the people. i want to know what people want a trillion dollar plus green plan that makes no sense or medicare for all which destroys the insurance industry. jesse: ocasio-cortez was asked about eliminating cow flatulence. >> i'm getting a lot of

references about cow farts. >> we have to address factory farming. maybe we shouldn't be eating hamburger for breakfast, lunch and dinner. but we have to take a look at everything. what we need to realize is that climate change is about every choice we make in our lives. jesse: don't come after the hamburgers. maria: obviously this green plan has been panned and exposed for what it is. let me quote the "wall street journal" on her plan saying she wants the u.s. to be carbon neutral within 10 years. non-carbon sources provide 11% of energy today. she wants all buildings in new york to be redone. it's pie from the sky dreams. jesse: donald trump, the big mac

president will feast on these if they come for the beef. we are debuting a new segment called what did we learn about democrats this week. kamala harris wants to get rid of columbus day. >> would you support to change columbus day to indigenous people's day. >> i applaud your effort and count me in on support. jesse: there goes the italian vote. bernie sanders jumping into the 2020 race. while many socialists are probably thrilled, a video from the past may point to his future plans for america. >> sometimes american journalists talk about how bad a country is because people are lining up for food. that's a good thing. in other countries people don't line up for food. the rich get the food and the

rest starve to death. jesse: here is beto rock out on rhythm guitar wearing onesie and a sheep mask. that's not the tomorrow questionable costume. here he dressed to impressed wearing a dress. but even scarier, fbi statistics revealing minneapolis, minnesota as the top hotbed for terror. 45 somalis have left the city to join isis or al-shabaab. another dozen arrests while trying to leave for isis. ' minnesota's fifth congressional district is reped by ilhan omar. not making any connections, just pointing out the facts. joining me, counselor to the president, kellyanne conway.

i wanted to play some sound of senator harris talking about reparations in her support of them. >> america has a history of 200 years of slavery. we had jim crow, we had legal segregation in america for a very long time. people aren't starting out on the same base. in terms of their ability to succeed. so we have got to recognize that and give people a lift up. >> so you are for some type of reparation? >> yes, i am. jetion * mor -- jesse: more craziness from the democrats. i don't see why she doesn't sponsor a bill and put it up for a vote. >> experts say this could cost americans billions of dollars. even our first african-american

president wasn't in favor of this. i think kamala harris has been stumbling. smollett as in the guy she called her friend, one of the kindest, gentlest people she knows. now he's the target of investigation. and socialism she says she is for medicare for all. 180 million people would lose their private insurance. also i would say the smoking, her own father came out against her saying how dare you stereotype our jamaican heritage by saying smoking pot is okay. she went shopping for the amazing technicolor jacket. jesse: the reporters were helping her try it on and yucking it up.

you brought up jussie smollett. alleged attack, everybody said. no video evidence. then we had an actual attack. out in berkeley where a turning points usa young conservative student was punched in the face. video evidence. let's watch. jesse: right in the kisser. how do you, kellyanne, reconcile these political hate crimes by i believe -- which i believe those are. we have a guy later in the show who got a gun pulled on him for wearing a maga hat. these shade crimes get very

little attention. it's so unbalanced. another enablers in the mainstream media should concern everyone. people are hired to deliver the news. not what they hope is the truth, but what is the truth. you just saw a man assaulted. a crime committed against him on the videotape. yet when jussie small let gave his account. none of the headlines said jussie smollett says he was attacked. they said he was the victim of a racive homophobic attack by maga. what's happening is the whole first facts truth truth truth crowd invents their own according to who the perpetrator is. but i want that guy found who assaulted him.

he should be exposed and health to account in california. jesse: a. "watters' world" exclusive. we have a trump supporter who had ♪

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>> if i had said it was a muslim or mexican, or someone black, i feel like the doubters would have supported me a lot of more. jesse: race just one of many parts of jussie smollett's story that quickly unraveled and blew up in his face. he was charge was charged with a false police report. here for reaction. dr. he gaftian gorka, the author of the book, why we fight. he's a greedy, lying con artist. and the made was was too stupid to check the story out or they didn't want to check the story

out because it was too big to fail. how do you see it? >> never let facts get in the way of a good left one narrative. that's what we saw with the covington school boys. on the left reality is optional. you know that better than anyone else. this individual who has been caught on ca camera with his accomplices buying this material for the supposed hate crime and uses a check to pay for it. and he pleads not guilty. didn't jerry springer pay a prostitute with a check? you never commit a crime with a check. i think charles barkley mentioned that. america, do not commit crimes

with checks. come on, man. if you are going to break the law, do not right a check. you need to get cash, man. jesse: it's funny, but it's not. he knew the media would buy his hoax. robin roberts at gma went along with it. many across cable went along with it. and many people like you and i were thinking from the get-go, this story doesn't make sense. but we didn't say anything because if we had said something we would have been destroyed as racists and conspiracy theorists just for asking questions. >> i now have a national radio show. i didn't comment on this case until this week because i wanted

the facts. there are two serious things about this. in the weeks since this hoax was perpetrated. 31 people were murdered in chicago. in 26 of those cases they haven't made an arrest. in the meantime 24 detectives were being wasted oning this fraud. secondly, this individual has actually perpetrated a hate crime because he blamed white trump supporters. this is a man who is a minority member and homosexual and is in a tv show, or was until this week. in dozens of countries around the world this person would never have had the opportunities he has had in america. in dozens of countries his sexual preferences would have led to him being a criminal and in many countries in the middle east he would have risked execution. jesse: all the opportunities he

had in this country. i believe he owes every single one of donald trump's supporters and i apology. all 60 million of them. that's who he framed. you mentioned earlier, too. you want to wait until the facts come out. the democrats didn't do it with kavanaugh or covington or jussie smollett. it's innocent until proven guilty if you are on their side and guilty as charged if you are not on their side. and it's totally against what the founding principles of this country are, and it's getting the democrats in a lot of trouble. now the presidential candidates have fallen for hoaxes, and the media, what little credibility they had is shot. give me the last word. >> friday, kamala harris who originally in a tweet called this a modern-day lynching.

she tweeted out a statement friday. nowhere did she apologize for jumping on the bandwagon and call this a lynching. this is a person who thinks she should be the next president of the united states? jesse: she was a prosecutor. so she should know what to look for when people are perpetrating fraudulent acts. dr. gorka, got to run. listen to dr. gorka's radio show. you won't be disappointed. up next, an expert in this is the all-new chevy silverado. it's beautiful. beefy and mean looking. it's the strongest, most advanced silverado ever. the cab is bigger than the last generation. it's the first truck i've seen make you look small. but that's not all... whoo! oh my... whoa! the silverado has more cargo volume than any competitor. very impressive. now, during the chevy presidents day sales event, get 0% financing for 72 months on this all-new silverado.

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and nicolas maduro's security forces. aid was denied entry after maduro closed the border crossing. jesse: the jussie smollett hate crime hoax just the latest in a string of fake crimes. but hoaxes go way back. ask david axlerod. >> in chicago there was a tradition of throwing a brick through your own campaign office window and calling the press to say you have been attacked. jesse: are joining us, andy no. you posted on your twitter feed

all of these hate crime hoaxes going back -- there are dozen and dozens of them. it really picked up, i think right during the trump election. but that summer, all the death threats at these jewish community centers across the country. everybody blamed trump supporters, the rise of trump, this is what we were going to see. what really happened with those threats? >> the incident you are referring to was perpetrated by a black man who used to be a reporter with a left-wing media outlet the intercept. if you look on his social media history he expressed many, many racial grievances. for whatever reason he made many death threats to jewish institutions across this country and that was used to -- of

course the media used that to blame trump for creating a climate of the anti-semitism. jesse: in the summer of 2016, the media is already starting to foment the beginning of the trump hate crime era. but it was a black journalist, not a trump supporter calling in these threats. then november 2016 right after the election. they really start to percolate. the shade crime hoaxes. south philly neighborhood vandalwise pro trump, anti-black rest imagines. trump rules, black bitch spray paints on to cars and homes. what happened there? >> it was a black man who was responsible for that. that particular incident highlights not only are these hoaxes amoral, they are not good liars.

nobody would say this is maga country or trump rules. jesse: these things don't come out of the mouths of trump supporters. i have dozens and dozens of swastikas being painted. people writing the n word all over things. and in case after case after case, these people are perpetrating hoaxes and these are not trump supporters doing it. we are not saying hate crimes don't exist, they do and they are horrific and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. but hate crimes also need to be prosecuted. in your opinion, you have studied this and seen this. psychologically why do people commit hate crime hoaxes? >> i have not studied this academically. it's my view because i was in university not to go long ago and the prevailing ethos and

culture was that of grievance and victimhood. what we are witnessing now i think the victimhood culture leaked into mainstream culture and politics. we are seeing as a cynical ploy being used particularly by some democratic presidential hopefuls. it's emblematic where we are worshiping victimhood. i think the lesson to be learned is to expect more of this as long as scepticism and caution is demonized and we are told over and over to always believen an alleged victim. victims exist. but case after case as we have in the past. jesse: the culture continuously rewards victims. they can be awarded in academia,

they get fame. and the minute you question that all hell rains down own. andy, thank you so much for your reporting. a man who had a gun pulled on him for being a trump supporter. but first what political slogans and which ones are not? and which ones are not? >> build that wall.'t easy.

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president trump: we are building a wall on the southern border. we'll build the wall. build a great wall along the southern border. build that wall! build that wall! build that wall! jesse: build the wall, make america great again. political catch phrase can make

or break a candidate as a powerful rallying cry. here to look at it, pollster frank lutz. when the president says build the wall and he's talking about the wall constantly. is that a good word or another word you would like him to use. >> i don't choose what word he uses. 47 percent of americans want him to build that wall. a majority in the low 50s want a barrier. 70% want a combination of technology and some sort of barrier. jesse: so he should say build that barrier. >> this is more than an applause line. if he wants to go from 40% job approval up to 50%. he's got the right idea. but build the wall appeals to his base. but he could be doing so many better if he expanded the

communication. jesse: also a phrase used constantly by the left and right. collusion. but also the witch hunt which the president likes to say. president trump: this is a pure and simple witch hunt. phoney witch hunt. a russian witch hunt. the witch hunt has been going on forever. no clietion collusion. zero collusion. no collusion at all. jesse: collusion and witch hunt and hoax. what do you make of this? >> i don't think most of americans knew what the word collusion was until a year ago. so this is good for america's vocabulary. the issue is these people are putting politics over people. they are -- if i were advising him on this, i don't have a better word than witch hunt. for what he's trying to communicate i think that works

best because we all understand when something is unfair and something is improper. jesse: the democrats like to say there's going to be a green new deal playing off the old fdr phrase but adding green in front of it. how do you think that's working? >> i know it's working well. we did a survey on it and 80% of americans thought it was a good idea. they have no idea what it is. medicare for all. it has over 0% support. only 25% opposition because the public believes medicare works and they want to share the wealth. in this case the democrats have a very effective labeling of this issue. but when they learn the truth by the and learn the details, i think the public will change its mind. jesse: the devil is in the details. frank, thank you very much.

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jesse: a scary moment for a kentucky couple after a man allegedly pulled a gun on them and threatened their lives simply for wearing their make america great again hats. james phillips was arrested and charged with wanton endangerment. terry pierce joins me now. you are at sam's club with your wife. you have got your maga hat on. what happened next? >> well, we was walking to the check outline. mr. phillips was approaching us. i turned to look at my wife and was talking with her when he flipped us off. his expression changed instantly. she said did her he flip us off -- she said did he flip us off. she said did you flip us off? he turned our and went into an

expletive tirade and said yes, i did because of those hats. that's when i decided to confront him about it. jesse: then it moved out into the parking lot. you were defending your wife's honor. >> actually just it was still inside the stored. i walked around. he was trying to walk away and i went in front of limb and put my finger in his face and said what gives you the right to flip me off because of the hat i wear. he started in again. another altercation occurred and he pulled out a .40 caliber pistol and stuck it in my face with several witnesses around. jesse: what did he say when he pulled the gun out? >> he said this is a good day for you to die. i simplified to him, them pull the trigger. you are either going to pull the

trigger or put the gun down and face me like a man. he started backing up, he said again, this is a good day for to you die. and i warned him. because i kept walking towards him. i said pull the trigger or put the gun down. those are the only two choices you have got. we kept arguing, and as he backed up he took the gun and stuck it in the back of his belt, the back side of his belt. one of the management from sam's club stepped around the corner and said did he pull a gun on you? i said yes, he did and i turned around to go after him and was gone. jes. jesse: i assume haven't been contacted by a lot of mainstream media reporters, if this had bent other way you probably would have been on every single tv show.

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jesse: amazing video out of california where a sheriff's deputy traded gunfire with a suspect earlier this week and it was all caught on her body cam. watch this. >> shots fired, shots fired. authorities confirm the man was in the u.s. illegally and actually had been deported three times prior to 2011. he died at the scene.

immigration officials said the whole thing could have been prevented. but california's laws stopped them from arresting the mexican despite his criminal past. "justice with judge jeanine" is next. remember i'm watters and this is my world. [♪] reporter: breaking tonight, robert mueller slams paul manafort in a sentencing memo made public today. i'm katie pavlich in for judge jeanine pirro. a lot to cover tonight as president trump prepares to head overseas to vietman for his second historic summit with kim jong-un. the crisis in venezuela