the spokesperson for robert mueller's and we declined to comment on a new article at "the washington post" complaining about the summary. more on that tomorrow and have a good night. "tucker carlson tonight" is up next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." wide spread political violence erupted in venezuela today. two factions both claiming to be the legitimate government of the country. the beginnings of what could become a brutal civil war. thousands of miles to the north the foreign policy template pushes for an american intervention. another conflict in a faraway place. sadly that looks entirely possible. much more on this developing story but we want to begin with a assessment on what is happening in venezuela right now. for that we will go to trace gallagher --

i'm correcting that. we are going to go to venezuela. there he is. thank you for joining us. what is happening? >> violence erupted across the capital after a very traumatic morning. he urged venezuelans to take part in operation freedom in the final push to topple nicolas maduro. he said he had the support of the brave soldiers and he calls on the military to help him and nicolas maduro's rule trying to encourage them that they will be on the right side of history if they were to support him. violence followed as people took to the streets, running clashes between opposition supporters and armed military vehicles as protesters threw rocks, they were repelled by tear gas.

one point in armored car drove directly into a crowd and buses were set on fire here. dozens of people have been reported injured across the country. the political situation meanwhile remains incredibly fluid. may 1st, the traditional workers holiday comes tomorrow, schools and offices will be closed and no plans announced by the opposition so far to take to the streets. >> tucker: live from caracas, thank you for that. what you just heard is a lot going on but there is also much we don't know. when we do know is venezuelans current government has done a poor job for providing for its own people, and a spill has the largest oil largest oil reserves yet it remains one of the most dangerous places on the planet. that is beyond dispute. everything else is up for debate. will he make it more stable

country? more to the point would it be good for the united states? lots of people clicked on the answer to that but they don't, they have no idea. if recent history is any guide for nothing will turn out as expected, few things ever do with that has not stopped the genius has an washington or slowed them down. this afternoon, they agreed that the united states to jump immediately into the venezuelan mass, watch as rick scott explains. >> do you think that our presence there would make a difference? >> absolutely. i was down at the border last wednesday and this is pure. he is killing his own citizens. >> is it worth however strongly you feel losing american men and women to do just that? >> here is what will happen. if we don't win today we will have syria and this hemisphere's we can make sure something happens now all we can deal with

this for decades to come. if we care about families, if we care about the human race and our citizens that we have to step up and stop this. >> tucker: i want to make sure that it is clear. if you care about families and the human race, if you want to stop we will send your children to venezuela without even thinking about it. you will just do it assuming you are a good person. if you don't care about families, if you despise human happiness on support then you want to join a saints team and embrace isolationism, the single worst of all worldviews. that is what they're telling you. the message is received. before the bombers take off let's just answer a few quick questions starting with the most obvious, one was the last sample successfully meddled with another country? has it ever worked? how are the democracies we set up in iraq and afghanistan? how would venezuela be

different? please explain. we prepared for the refugees have been asked would produce? a study by the brookings institution found that the collapse of the government could force 8 million people to leave the country. many of them would come here. lawmakers in this country propose giving them temporary protected status that would let even a legal arrivals live and work here and effect permanently has many have before with no fear of deportation. we prepared for that? are we prepared to absorb new migrants all of them great people no question but money with little education or skills were english. how is any of this good for the united states? our sanctions on venezuela have spiked our gas prices that hurts our struggling middle class virtually than anything we could do so which is the point of doing that? sore lawmakers can feel like good people and if they are indeed good people why did they care more about venezuela than this country? they are happy to semimilitary to south america at the first might have chaos by u.s. troops

during own border to send hundreds of thousands uninvited? no way they tell us, that is crazy. what is the thinking here? we are joined by the congressman of florida, thank you for coming on. i can see a lot of ways this would be helpful with factions within within us where love. how would intervening in venezuela help your constituents american citizens? >> you talk about foreign policy, the number one principle has to be the national security interest of the united states. that is above anything and everything else. the question is, does s&s the situation pose a threat? we know that there 25,000 refugees and that there are russian troops in venezuela and that we have ukrainian presence in venezuela and we know that we have chinese presence in venezuela so is that

a potential risk for the national security interest? absolutely. the question is of such is the case and some may disagree that having all those folks there is a problem, i don't. i think it has a national security threat to the united states. what steps should the united states to to protect our national security interest? >> tucker: no one is surprised at the world's bad guys are congregated in a country like venezuela. we have seen similar things happened many times in history. the question is, does intervening help the situation doesn't help united states? that is the simple question. >> that is a very good question and i would tell you that military intervention always has to be the last thing. >> tucker: your senator is saying it should be the first thing. if you care about humanity and want to stop we need to intervene. why is that not crazy? >> i think what rick scott is

aware of in my opinion, there is a huge national security threat to the united states and again -- >> tucker: what exactly is the threat? >> what you have a country that you now have middle eastern's with real legal venezuelan passports that we have found, you have cuba, you have me wrong, he of russia, china. imagine if this regime that is not receiving a lot of pressure survives, as it or is it not potentially a green light, an open door for the russians and for the chinese and for others to increase their activity against our national security interest right here in our hemisphere. >> tucker: no. it just kind of hard to see what you're talking about. are you suggesting they will invade? >> the closest we ever came to nuclear war was because the russians put missiles in cuba.

>> tucker: are you saying the russians will put nuclear missiles and venezuela? >> what i am suggesting is that they are there. >> tucker: why should i care if they are there? >> is a very good question. i think we should care what they are doing in this hemisphere, and our own hemisphere. >> tucker: the chinese have both infrastructure in virtually every country. >> that is a different animal. just be what i don't think it is. we haven't done anything about it. i'm supposed to think it is a threat because why? why should not be worried about 8 million people leaving venezuela? why should we give any of them temporary protective status? >> we clearly showed. the reason that they are fleeing in venezuela, from venezuela. 20 years ago was one of the obvious countries on the planet,

because of this tyrannical regime, with close ties to the worst thugs. >> tucker: i am wondering, our interest is not to have gas prices spike customer >> let me get to your point. the reason venezuelans are leaving is because of that regime. it is the largest refugee crisis this hemisphere is ever seen and we spend a lot of time obviously focusing on the middle east. there are more refugees and left venezuela -- >> tucker: i get it. that is why i am worried about making it worse. >> you do not make it worse helping the people get rid of the regime that is causing that. >> tucker: if you make it here illegally we will let you stay and give you a amnesty which is what you have said. you suggested temporary protected status. why is that not an inducement? >> that is a very good question.

the reason the venezuelans are in columbia and brazil, over 3 million have already left venezuela the forecast are if the regime process you will have 5 million leaving. that is caused by that regime. if all we care about is stopping that from happening yet do what we have. >> tucker: there isn't, there isn't a scene like this. fires and conflict, that is the message. let me ask you quickly. everyone in washington bipartisan and not just you. with a sanctions on venezuela because the government is bad. i agree. those patience have increased the price of gasoline for middle-class americans because why exactly? how did they benefit? i'm confused by that. >> the venezuelan oil company, the proceeds of that money funds go directly to the regime and they use it for not only

repressing their people, anti-american activities. >> tucker: what is more anti-american then rising gas prices? >> look at the production of venezuelan oil which has been dropping dramatically because it is a socialist disaster country. even on the revenue is going down, hundred%, pretty much hundred% of the revenue is used by the regime to do nefarious things. let me tell you, i command thee trump administration because they have done a very responsible job trying to pressure the regime and help the venezuelan people to avoid a catastrophe that that one day it might force them to intervene. >> tucker: i hope that day as far away. thank you for explaining that. he retired u.s. army colonel, a frequent guest on the show and he joins me tonight. this is no way a defensive nicolas maduro team, i would never defend.

i'm not sold on the idea that i should feel afraid of the venezuelan government. >> keep in mind we have the washington war lobby which is bipartisan and has decided we should intervene. that is something we should be concerned about. our interest they are not so crystal-clear. first of all we don't need to control the venezuelan oil market which is on the minds of many people right now inside the beltway. we are a net exporter of oil so we don't need to reinsert our dominance in that market which we were dominant and for many decades. the second thing is it's a lose-lose proposition for us. we are puppet master. we want to replace the communist with the socialist. he will inherit all of the problems that brought shoppers to. they expect to be cared for it. yes to do that and if we are going to put them into power and keep them in to power we have to

spend billions of dollars to keep him there so we turned venezuela into the 51st state effectively pouring resources into keeping him there. over time our history is a disaster. we will incur the hostility of the population and they will want us to leave and if he is viewed as a puppet he will have trouble lasting. >> tucker: i have done 50 interviews on the subject of immigration and they say why should the united states absorbed a third of the population of el salvador? if you push them far enough they will say because the united states interfered and so we have a moral obligation to accept the population. why is that not going to happen in 20 years from now with venezuela? >> we don't know what will happen except venezuela will look a lot like it does today contrary to popular belief. here's what is important because the congressman brought this ou out. all the threats he discussed are in mexico. they are actually in greater

numbers and terrorist organizations connected to the middle east and africa. they are greater and stronger in mexico than they are in venezuela. the venezuelan army friendships drugs. >> tucker: you're not allowed to criticize mexico. >> we are doing it. they work with the mexican cartel to ship those drugs in the united states, whether he is in charge, the venezuelan army will continue to do that because it is a lucrative trade at that is how the generals enrich themselves. >> tucker: the world is not as simple as what stephen says it is. i'm taking notes. great to see you. the democratic party is now completely woke. your moral worth with your actions and how you look, why is joe biden leading the presidential race as a democrat? it is a puzzle and we have the answer after the break. ♪ the latest innovation from xfinity

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right now joe biden says has motto is different than that of the sitting president. listen. >> the president has a model, make america great again. do you have one? >> make america moral again. return to the essence of who we are, the dignity of the country and people treating our people with dignity. >> tucker: make america moral again. [laughs] that ought to make you nervous. whenever politicians of all people lecture you about morality, i am a good person, be like me. you should be nervous. just last week joe biden, he was praising antifa, violent lunatics and black face masks are more moral than you are. what exactly is his plan to make america more moral? silly question, he doesn't have a plan. last month he was attacking due process as a tool of white male supremacy. he is the guy who will say

anything if he thinks it is useful. he probably doesn't understand half of what he says but he is winning anyway that raises a very interesting question about the democratic party and nothing to do with joe biden. if there's one thing that unites democrats it is attacking people for their sex and their skin color. they explained that even impoverished white men are in fact privileged, way more privileged than oprah and must therefore be punished. >> we have a problem and the country sometimes with white guys who don't have that, they are struggling and they don't see themselves with having white privilege so that is where the conversation needs to go with people like that. even though you are having a hard time you still have a privilege if you are white. even if you are poor. >> tucker: even as you are dying with a fat noll o.d.,

collecting disability and sitting in your trailer, you should know according to joy behar that you are privileged. white male privilege is ubiquitous. even white men with no privilege to have that privilege. all democrats agree with that but here's the funny thing, democrats keep telling pollsters that they prefer wit roach man for president, the most privileged white men. today it is joe biden, tomorrow bernie sanders or pete buttigieg. it probably won't ever be stacy abrams or al sharpton, ever in a million years it will not be them. what is going on here? could it be that once again the left is projecting? they see white privilege everywhere but in fact it only exists inside the democratic party. when james is the founder of collective back and dig rentals tonight. thank you for joining us.

will you unravel this mystery of white privilege for me. even people dying are privileged if they are white and male? that is bad. joe biden, bernie sanders, pete buttigieg was literally a road or scholar or the front runners? how does this work? >> i think we are dealing with different things. we are talking about privilege. if you looked in the political system white men have more power than any other group in this country. >> tucker: in the democratic party they do. >> >> and a period of any, of bh parties. when it comes to the democrats choosing the nominee it is early, but joe biden has a clear advantage. he has the most name recognition in the most experience in the field. i know he is leading and that will hold for a while until you start seeing more candidates get

out there. i think right now bernie sanders has the best organization of all the candidates, but when it comes to identity politics people care about issues first and foremost. it is about the issues. joe biden and barack obama -- >> tucker: these guys don't disagree with anything, pete buttigieg whatever his name is the name of south bend, indiana, doesn't have any organization. he came out of nowhere the party fell in love with him because he was a white man. looks like to me, i don't see any explanation. why isn't stacy abrams who had the last election stolen from her according to democrats, who went to yale, why isn't she the front runner? i'm asking a sincere question. i believe in merit with the democrats don't. they believe in rice so why should he not the front runner for these rich white guys are? >> that is ludicrous.

if stacy abrams wants to run for president she will do so and do really well. we have the most diverse pool of candidates we've ever had in history. we have the most diverse congress. we are heading in the right direction with our country but just because joe biden or bernie sanders is leading it doesn't mean democrats don't value diversity. >> tucker: why are the two leading candidates elderly rich white men? i'm using the same standard the democrats use all the time when they look at a picture and there are too many white people and "we hate white people." they are always mad about this. why not live by their own standards? >> joe biden has the most name recognition and experience. he was right there next to the first black president for eight years. we have the most diverse pool of candidates and history and we will see were the primary goes over the next couple of months.

>> tucker: are you bothered? >> i am encouraged. what we are seeing from the party is more ideas, more candidates stepping up and candidates of color running for president. >> tucker: last question. now i'm being sincere. i was yanking your chain a little bit. as an attempt to stop with the racism and white privilege stuff attacking people on the base of their skin color? can we call a truce? >> sincerely i wish we could but what we have been seeing under this president is a rise in white terrorism, a rise in white nationalism. >> tucker: do you have to attack white people? >> it is the opposite. we are seeing that people like dylan are getting more radicalized. be when i wonder why. even if you are poor we hate you because of your skin color. you don't think that radicalized

people? maybe a little bit. >> we need to get more specific and more direct. we are all looking for a more unified country. >> tucker: i agree. thank you so much. the political analyst webs us tonight as someone who is known, the former vice president for many years and leaving aside the dumb questions of identity politics which are irrelevant in my view, will you assess him as a candidate. do you think this is real and has numbers will stay up? >> before i say anything else i can't help but note in passing that the acronym for his slogan make america moral again would be mama. it would have been said in the past the democrats are the mommy party and the republicans are

the daddy party. i suspect that would save meant that idea and the voters minds. i think joe biden will be with us and while auntie has tried this twice before. he is now 76. yes credit with a lot of democrats for being a loyal vice president to president obama whom they all appreciated and he has been around a long time and he has been pretty liberal. he is spot on a side of the left with most issues. for all the energy that is coming from the young wing from the democratic party, alexandria ocasio-cortez and the rest, most democrats are young. they are older. they are comfortable with joe biden. he is able to raise money so he will be with us a while. he has flamed out the other two times he tried it. in 1998 he was found to

plagiarize huge chunks of his beach and that did it for him then. there were also questions about things in his resume and then when he ran into thousand eight he finished fifth in iowa that was the end of him. he has never been a tremendous candidate but he has more experience now. he is also older. we will see how this plays out but he will be with us. >> tucker: it sure seems that way. he has gone up faster that i would have expected given the rhetoric of his party. brit hume, thank you very much for that. the big tech companies have automated everything in american life, cars, homes, millions of jobs and now amazon has a new computer that can fire you. no human gets solved. you are fired by a machine. welcome to america, that is next. ♪

>> tucker: a prosecutor and chicago allow jussie smollett to beat the chargers for his fate hate crime but the actor's career has been deeply damaged anyway, probably over. they say while he remains under contract with the network they have no plans to bring back his character on the show "empire." they recently signed an open letter calling for his return saying he is filled with integrity and the victim of a racist justice system like so many. we will continue to follow the story and hope that there is justice someday. ♪ amazon is a high-tech company but it comes to employee quality-of-life, they have a lot in common with the ancient egyptians. [laughs] now they have invented a computer that can fire people without any human input at all, fred larson of fox news headlines is on our brave new

show. he joins us now. google comes spy on you at home. >> this is how it starts. google had some ideas on what you should wear an amazon can fire employees without the need for any interaction. we have already heard and seen the stories inside of amazon's warehouse is on the conditions those workers face. as the online shopping behemoth continues to grow it places they need on warehouse workers, forget that you are a cog in the wheel at an amazon factory where they use a system to track your productivity to the point where some workers skip bathroom breaks. there have been reports that amazon's delivery drivers are so pressured to keep up with demands of their job they are not just skipping bathroom breaks are making use of their time behind the wheel to relieve themselves in bottles, they are actually doing that. they're also skipping stop signs. the system decides a worker is

not meeting targets will automatically issue a warning and terminate employment. amazon says his supervisor can override the system. google filed a patent that shows the tech giant wants to do the thinking for you. the patent application describes a home assistant that would keep track of items you have one for future suggestions, i blissed the example of the home assistant telling the user, why not try switching your black shoes for the ten the ten pair you wore on tuesday? if you are wondering who love the dirty dish on the counter, google will know the answer. they left the dish there on april 27th. critics have described the company's business model of surveillance capitalism. we looked deep into effect. the user is the product as they use your data in your everyday behavior to show you increasingly more relevance advertising. maybe with some new roommates that will put their stuff away. >> tucker: i think we are

being manipulated in ways we know nothing about. thank you for shining light on that. the "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition just came out, that still exist barely but still. the smalley american model posed in a big dumb matt burke keeney , immediately the breath cannot and strong seaports but it turns out covering your body is a deeply feminist ideal. "the today show" explained why that is. >> a woman made history as the first "sports illustrated" model to where they had a job, this was in the magazine. that is what makes models models because they have that confidence because they are putting themselves out there and this is her being allowed to be heard. i feel like every year we are trying to push the needle forward. >> a woman who challenges our traditional notion of beauty and to celebrate that on the cover, well done.

>> tucker: president the form of democracy and the author of the book a battle for the soul of islam which is excellent if you haven't read it. thank you for coming on. >> it is great to be with you. unlike many doctors who come on, you are a real doctor, a physician. there's something patronizing about this. you are the expert on this. give us your take on this picture of the reaction. >> i have to tell you this is insanity. as a muslim it is the episode of caudal to "sports illustrated" because, the two perspectives, a muslim perspective. you have a group of muslims who are conservative orthodox that belief and not objectifying women so are they a big subscriber for "sports illustrated"? are they waiting for the swimsuit edition to come out? that doesn't take any sense and

why not please the conservatives among the jewish community or other faiths? it doesn't make sense except they have best bigotry for using muslims for the clicks if you will. look at the left's attitude about this, i thought they were the ones about women's rights and equality and not objectifying women and the need to folks. how is this use with the job address, now somehow today shows think this is a symbol of the quality and expression. it really is irrational no matter which way you look at it. >> tucker: it is so interesting it seems political rather than religious. none of the people i see on television seem to know anything about islam or any religion, they are using this as a political tool. >> it is so true because it dehumanizes muslims into thinking this individual might

believe she is expressing herself through that but at the end of the day you talk to most muslim women who are conservatives and they think that she is being objectified as much as the rest of the magazine is in this issue. it doesn't make any theological sense other than the political use of muslims as a prop to state they defied minorities and somehow absolve themselves of the guilt of whatever it is and ignoring actual issues related to the real civil rights fight at the 21st century which is inside the mosque, and side be wrong and across the world where women are at the back of the mosque and not at the front. >> tucker: is such a smart point. thank you very much. handshakes have been around for all of human history, he probably enjoyed them. real human contact. no companies are banning them to appease the woke generation. tammy bruce joins us after the

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♪ >> tucker: this is a fox news alert. there are new reports that robert mueller was dissatisfied with the attorney general william barr's summary of his report. the other networks are all over it. breaking news! tonight at the doj tells us in part, after they received his letter they called him to discuss it. in a professional conversation the special counsel emphasized that nothing in the attorney general's letter was letter was inaccurate or misleading but he expressed frustration over the lack of context and the resulting media coverage regarding the obstruction analysis. of course the entire report has now been released so if you can summarize it for you, it is from

a russian agent? it turns out he is not. kind of what you need to know. stacy abrams of georgia has announced she is not running for the senate seat open in georgia next year and she has not decided whether she will run for president or not but she has already considered the front runner to be the 2020 vice presidential pick no matter who the nominee is and that is worrisome since stacy abrams seems delusional. we're not being mean. assess for yourself. in a new interview she says that she won her 2018 race against brian camp, she is the government. the funny thing is she lost, she lost by 55,000 votes. it doesn't matter, she believes the right thing. she went to yale so apparently the election must of been stolen. three years ago donald trump

said he wanted to wait until the election to accept the results and that was taken on an attack with democracy and in 2020 admitting defeat will be treason or colluding with russia! things change fast. handshakes for several thousand years since we left have been a sign of good will come they are depicted on pots from 500 bc. now everything is changing, everything is turned upside down and many things will be abolished because the woke generation just won't have them. a survey found that many would like to see a band of all physical contact complete physical contact including handshakes the workplace. this would be done in order to avoid any confusion over what contact is acceptable and what is not acceptable. tammy bruce has been around long enough to know what has been acceptable. the president of women's

independent voice. i would shake your hand, but it makes me nervous all the sudden. should we do away with handshakes? >> the people that responded to that clearly must also not have very exciting lives if they are nervous about any kind of touch. i think about living that way it is like, what do you do? the fact is handshakes are fabulous. it is an important, especially for women in the workplace it is the first for many people impression you get of someone. their sense of themselves, their confidence, a gesture about a greeting, about meeting come a sign that you can be trusted. part of it is is that you are allowing that other person to take away effectively, and a archaic sense of the notion, your weapon hand. you are suddenly, you're not able to reach for a weapon or

would not be handling a weapon because you have been estopped from doing so and you offer that in a friendly fashion. that instinctually is key, but woman especially men have done the handshake and i women enter the workforce and we go into more jobs and have more important positions, that is a genuine gesture that men have enjoyed and i women are in exactly the same position and can deliver that same handshake. i personally have practiced my handshake and i think it is important to make sure it is serious and balance between being strong without hurting someone and secure and it matters. it is the first impression. >> tucker: and for good reason because human contact matters. what happens to babies in orphanages who don't get enough human touch? they wither and die ultimately. >> hospitals have some men and women to go in to just touch the

newborns we don't have somebody to touch them. >> tucker: exactly. what are we to think of any group or movement that would like to make this country more sterile and make it so we can touch each other? >> exactly and this is the problem with the individuals who want to do that. it says there is no solution and that it is a zero-sum game. it is total destruction if you will but it is, it signals it's from a group of people that they don't trust any other human being and that of course, not the people we want making decisions in the workplace. >> tucker: i totally agree. say what you want about the french, they would laugh this down. i give very much. we have an update for you on the enfolding and violent situation in venezuela after the break. ♪

>> tucker: fox news alert for you, venezuela appears to be moving toward some kind of civil war and the u.s. could be on the brink of some type of intervention in that war. trace gallagher has more on the rapidly evolving situation. >> tucker, the u.s. backed up opposition dubbed operation freedom, and they are protesting clashes under way as we speak in caracas. late today claiming the final phase was under way to oust maduro, but no reports that his supporters have taken control of any military bases and nicolas maduro who has not been seen today is claiming that the military has shown total loyalty adding that he "has nerves of steel and that we will win you." and there were graphic scenes of armored vehicles plowing into opposition protesters. it is unclear if anyone is hurt, but more than 70 people have been hurt in various classes. if the military is standing by maduro that would be a staggering change of events monk

pompeo saying that he was headed to havana saying that he had an airplane on the tarmac and was ready to leave this morning as we understand it. and the russians indicated he should stay. the russians and cubans are maduro's primary supporters and president trump has threatened cuba with a complete embargo and the highest level of sanctions. national security advisor john bolton says what is happening in venezuela is not a q because the u.s. recognizes why doe as a legitimate leader trying to take command of his military. and they say all options are on the table. watch. >> the option to use military force is available if that is what is called for, we hope that it is not, we hope that there can be a peaceful solution and that maduro will leave without violence. >> it remains what it is unclear if the uprising fails, tucker. >> tucker: trace gallagher. at the top of the hour we had an exchange with -- on venezuela.

here is part of it. >> you look at the resume with a lot of pressure surviving, is eight or is it not potentially a green light, an open door for the russians to the chinese, for others to increase their activity against our national security interest right here in our hemisphere? >> yeah, no. it is kind of hard to see what you are talking about. >> tucker: reporter who just spent a month in venezuela reporting from the ground there and she joins us here in studio. thanks very much for coming on. >> thank you so much for inviting me. >> tucker: what do you make of the news coverage? >> your viewers will not be shocked to hear this, but the fake news media is lying about the situation in venezuela. let me put it for you this way, imagine if hillary clinton had refused to admit defeat after losing to president trump in 2016 and banded together a group of 24 u.s. soldiers and attempted to take the white house by force, i don't

think that she would be walking freely on the streets the way that guaido is right now in caracas and i think that the news media will be calling it rightfully a coup. and let me just tell you when it comes to a what is happening on the ground there, i can tell you i was there for a month earlier this year and the opposition has no popular support. guaido proves today once again that he will only write into power on the back of the u.s. tank and once more we hear about a humanitarian crisis they are, tucker but we never hear the intended result of u.s. sanctions which have targeted venezuela since 2015, sanctions which according to to a report released for the economic research has led to the death of 40,000 venezuelans and will lead to the deaths of thousands more if these sanctions are not overturned. president trump if he truly cared about the american -- or the venezuelan and american people for that matter he would end the disastrous policy and the sanctions and he would look

into john bolton's eyes into elliot abrams eyes and mike pompeo's eyes and say, you are fired. if you are leading me down a disastrous path and something that the president said -- >> tucker: you are passionate. >> he said that iraq was a mistake and now he is willing to do it again. >> tucker: it is a bipartisan -- i mean, joe biden came out today and said that he agreed. >> it is a bipartisan issue. >> tucker: it would be interesting to know why that is. i believe in an open debate, and i'm not sure with everything you said, but i'm glad that you could say it here. and you were just there, and i don't think that you would be allowed on any other service. >> no, i really appreciate it. because president trump promised to drain the swamp and he flooded his national security team with that exact swamp. >> tucker: i agree with that, actually. on you, thank you very much for your perspective. we are out of time, we will be back tomorrow at 8:00 p.m., the show that is low sworn and total

since your enemy of lying and there is so much of it, pomposity, smugness, groupthink. we will be back tomorrow, but in the meantime, guess who is next, ladies and gentlemen, we have a surprise for you, sean hannity live from new york city. >> sean: great show as always, welcome to "hannity," this is a fox news breaking news alert, at least two people are dead after gunfire reps at unc and charlotte, we will have full coverage just ahead tonight. also venezuela is at a tipping point in this very hour. a ton of breaking news this hour, opposition leader, duly elected president guaido is calling for a military uprising tonight, thousands have taken to the streets in caracas and the socialist dictator nicolas maduro turned his security forces against his fellow citizens plowing them down with armored trucks. more than 40 40 venezuelans hae been killed in violent street clashes tonight. venezuela as we speak is burning. you're loo