>> martha: it's 2 a.m. in normandy. back bright and early for coverage of the president's speech. good night from normandy. we will be back in the morning. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> tucker: welcome to tucker carlson tonight. back when he was a star on msnbc, this show was warning america about the creepy porn lawyer. now he could be disbarred. first tonight let's begin with an experiment. what is the republican leadership in washington bothered to learn the lessons of the 2016 election? what this they cared enough to do that? what this they understood and embraced the economic nationalism that was at the heart of donald trump's

presidential campaign? what would the world look like now 2.5 years later? republicans in congress would be saying things like this: "i am deeply grateful for the opportunities america has given me." companies wave the flag but have no loyalty to america. levi's operates only 2% of their company here. pencil production was moved to mexico and china and general electric shutdown a factory in wisconsin and shipped the jobs to canada. the list goes on and on. these american companies show only one real loyalty. to the short term interest of their shareholders, a 3rd of whom are attorney investors.

they ship jobs overseas to save a nickel they will abandon loyal american workers. politicians love to say they care about american jobs, but those same politicians have cited free market principles and refused to intervene for american workers. they protect the interest of multi--national cooperations. millions of good jobs lost overseas and a generation of stagnant wages. if washington wants to put a stop to this, it can. if we want faster growth and more good american jobs, then our government should do what other leading nations do and act aggressively to achieve goals instead of catering to the financial interest of companies that have no allegiance to

america. washington policies are a key driver of the problems american workers face. from trade agreements to tax code we encourage companies to do business overseas and keep wages low. it's easier and easier to shift capital and jobs from one country to another. that's why our country has to care more about defending and creating american jobs and not less. we can navigate the way ahead making american workers our highest priority. let's say you regularly vote republican. ask yourself: what part of the statement you just heard did you disagree with? was there a single word that seemed wrong to you?

probably not. here's the depressing part: nobody you voted for would ever say. that republicans would not promise to protect american industry. it might alienate the lib tireians. a republican did not say that. sadly. instead. the words you just heard are from senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts. it's true. yesterday warren released her plan for economic patriotism. that's what it is. this is not a word about identity politics in the document. no hysterics about gun control or climate change or illegal

immigrants. it's just about preserving good paying american jobs. many of warren's policies make obvious sense. the u.s. government should buy american products and it should. we need more workplace apprenticeship programs. we see american companies take research and use it to manufacture products overseas like apple did with the iphone. she sounds like donald trump at his best. who is this elizabeth warren you ask? well, not the gun grabbing abortion extremist you thought you knew. elizabeth warren is still all of those things too. that's the problem. not just for elizabeth warren but with american politics.

in washington almost nobody speaks for the majority of voters. you are either a libertarian zealot controlled by the banks talking about cutting entitlement. or worse you are a deck trust fund socialist. what there is not is a caucus that represents from most americans are. fairly traditional on the social issues. imagine a politician who wanted to make your health care cheaper but was not excited about partial birth abortion and respected the nuclear family but was willing to take your side against credit card companies bleeding you dry at 35% interest. would you vote for somebody like that? of course you would. who wouldn't? that candidate will be elected in a landslide.

every single time. yet that candidate is the opposite of everyone currently serving in our congress. our leadership class remains libertarian. committed to the rhetoric of markets which it serves them. libertine on questions of culture. republicans will lecture about pay day loan scams. just last week the trump administration announced a new way to protect american workers from the tidal wave of cheap 3rd world labor flooding this country. we will impose tariffs on all mexican goods. that is what you might propose to protect your country.

the democrats opposed. it they don't pretend to care about american people. here's what republicans say. >> you talk to all of our members, we are not fans of tariffs. we hope this can be avoided. >> tucker: we are not fans of terrorists. -- tariffs. imagine a more infuriating response. you can't because there is not one. mitch mcconnell said this might work in practice but we are against it because it doesn't work in theory. that's the republican party 2019. no wonder they keep losing. they deserve it. will they ever change? joining us tonight to assess the future of that party and what it could be is johnny executive director of the american conservative. thanks for coming on tonight. when elizabeth warren -- this is far from an endorsement of elizabeth warren whom i could

not vote for -- but elizabeth warren is clearer about how to make this country -- focus on american jobs than mitch mcconnell, what is happening? >> here's the bottom line, tucker. middle and working class americans of both parties are sick and tired of looking around their country and seeing the once great industrial cities, like detroit, cleveland, and baltimore, lying in complete and utter ruin. in baltimore there are neighborhood where the life expectancy is combarable to that of yemen and worse than north korea. this is a travesty. much of the problem was caused by the neo-conservative and trade policies that devastated the manufacturing basis in these great cities. i find it ironic that the same people advocating war in the

middle east for the same ones devising the economic strategies that turned our great cities into places that look like the middle east. >> tucker: it's simple. look at the polling. most people want a party that is not socialist but cares about their economic will being and puts that first. also is not radical and crazy on social issues and doesn't think 3rd term abortion is liberation. why is that so hard? >> that's the republican party of lincoln. the famous lincoln quote said give us a protective tariff and i will make us the greatest nation on earth. the united states was the greatest nation on earth. we had a manufacturing base that was the best in the entire

world. over the past 20 years we have handed that over to china. we done from donald trump's election, many voters fell in that camp. they were moderate to conservative. the republicans in congress are stuck in the 1980s. they are bent on the reagan policy prescription but we are in a different era 30 years later. it's time to get to the program. it's not the party of mitch mcconnell. it's the party of abraham lincoln. it's time to put forward an agenda that puts american citizens, families, and workers first. then they can build a majority that would last a generation. a few republicans in congress are taking the hint on.

domestic issues senator rubo is taking a plan to counter china's plans and others are taking on other issues like the problems caused by big tech. i applaud them and rand paul the same on the foreign policy america first issue. we can't afford to have three senators who are in line in the president. we need 30. we need 50. we are not getting it. >> tucker: yes. voters want it. they can win. that's the program that puts them in the office. great to see you tonight. thank you. well, republicans fuss about economics and worry about tariffs, the u.s. border is getting closer and closer to utter collapse. last may the border patrol apprehended the highest number of border crossers in 13 years. this has massive conquences.

tammy bruce is thinking about that. we are happy to have her on tonight. thanks for joining us. walk us through the more obvious ramifications of the border collapse. >> we know about the problems people face on the migrant trail with sex trafficking and the coyotes and sexual assault and the problems children face. what happens when people are here in the country, the kate steinly situation. protected in sanctuary city. criminal illegal aliens. the health crisis is an element no one is discussed. the team at independent women's voice that i am president of determined that our own government when we are talking about infectious diseases like measles. 1,000 cases in 26 states.

typhus is moving through los angeles. we have now out breaking news of ebola. and what is not being dealt with here is the fact you have 144,000 moving across this border. none of whom have been vaccinated. we hear about the importance of vaccinations. but what we also determined is that the cdc only requires proof of vaccination for people applying for migrant visas legally. if you are using a temporary visa to visit, you are not required to show proof of vaccination. that's an interesting ball dropped at the federal level. the border, the chaos is worried about the american families and their health. the people at the front line are

the migrants themselves. the border patrol captured 161 people from africa. conga and etc., the congrecongog with more ebola. with these groups merging and families coming up from el salvador. what they are facing in the caravan and then placed in communal areas or end up homeless in cities where infrastructure collapsed. this is our news today: something has to happen. we launched a petition. telling the white house that we much redouble the effort for border security. beyond all of the other political issues on this issue. this transcends that. this is about every human being caught up in this chaos.

thank you, sir. >> tucker: the democratic presidential candidates are pushing for violent felons to get voting rights back. we will talk to a politician from washington, d.c. who would like prisoners to be able to vote from their cells. that's ahead.

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have the vote. today beto o'rourke released a plan to let all felons vote after leaving prison. bernie sanders called for them to vote behind bars. robert whites a city councilman in washington, d.c. and introduced a measure to let convicted felons vote throughout their sentence. congressman white was kind enough to join us. so, when people commit felonies, they lose their rights. the constitution is clear about that. voting is one of the rights they lose. what is the idea behind restoring that? >> well, the constitution isn't clear about that. when people commit a crime and are convicted of felonies, they don't lose their citizenship. they don't lose their civil liberties. in fact they don't lose their right to counsel.

what i would argue is in the democracy, the right to vote is a much more fundamental right than the right to counsel. >> tucker: they don't lose their civil liberties. people of convicted of felonies are locked in a cage often until they die. of course they lose their civil liberties. the 13th amendment is clear that involuntary servitude is banned except for service as a crime. why would we lock a person in a cage and not allow them to have normal relations but he can still vote? i am confused. >> you don't lose all or most of your civil liberties. the right to vote is a basic right of democracy. you have a conversation with a gentleman advocating for

non-citizens to vote. you said citizenship is the right to influence democracy. i agree with. that you can't say the right to vote is a right in some arguments and then in other arguments you say it's a privilege of democracy. i want us to be consistent. throughout the history of this country we expanded the right to vote. 100 years ago women got the right to vote and 150 years ago african-americans got the right to vote. >> tucker: hold on. the right to vote is not mentioned in the constitution that i am aware of. the right to own a gun, to bear arms is mentioned. you are not trying to restore that right to prison inmates are you, or just one that might help you? >> do they have a militia in

prison? >> tucker: i don't know. the second amendment refers and protects individual gun ownership. that's what the constitution says. but you are not trying to restore that right. only trying to restore the one not mentioned in the constitution that could help you? maybe there is self-interest involved here. >> i am not sure why there would be self-interest. people are incarcerated of all political parties? i am not sure this is a partisan issue. >> tucker: they are mostly democrats as you well know. would you campaign in prison? >> i probably would if it were necessary. certainly i want to make sure that everybody is able to vote has access to my message as a candidate. any candidate would. we have to incorporate people into our democrats.

the most fundamental right in the democracy is the right to vote. >> tucker: wait. >> the majority of rights they don't lose. >> tucker: can i ask you a question? the crime rate in d.c. is out of control. particularly the murder rate. higher than mexico i think. why wouldn't you spend more time convincing people in d.c. not to commit so many crimes? >> we can do multiple things at once. >> tucker: no one ever says that. d.c. people, stop committing so many crimes. >> we do say don't commit crimes. we try to make sure we have the resources that people who commit crimes need so when they come back to our city, they don't find themselves in the same state. they find themselves with opportunities. that means they need access to o our democracy. >> tucker: not sure i follow the

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> i am trace gallagher in los angeles. president trump spending the night at his golf resort in ireland during his first visit to the country as president and insists brexit won't be a problem. early tomorrow the president heads to normandy, france to take part in ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of d-day. back in d.c., mr. trump facing a possible revolt within his own party. republicans in congress don't want tariffs on mexican goods fearing americans will pay the

price. the president demand a tariffa all products from mexico unless that country stops migrants heading to our border. the plan will take effect in 5 days. i am trace gallagher. back to tucker carlson. >> tucker: it was just a year ago that the creepy porn lawyer appeared to be on top of the world. ruling the air waves on msnbc and cnn. the "view" hyped him as a presidential candidate. he was exposed as a fraud who robbed his own clients to enrich him. >> mr. avanati allegedly embezzled million dollars from clients that he was not entitled. the money was used to fuel a wild lifestyle with no contest

limits. including purchasing a private plane. >> tucker: we called it from day one. you profited from stormy daniels and she is working in strip clubs. you are exploiting her. why don't you pay her some of what you are making? >> this is absurd. >> tucker: you are shameless and the other chance let you get away with. you are exploit a woman and you should be ashamed of it. this is an attorney working for one of creepy porn lawyer's former clients. thanks for coming on. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: can you tell us what about his behavior in your view warrants disbarment? >> well, my view shaped by 30 years as a lawyer in the state of california. i have been a judge and a prosecutor. over the last 10 years in private practice. the legal profession means the

world to me. at the core of the legal profession is honesty, trust, and accountability to our clients. to someone to do what mr. avanati is accused of doing by the state bar of california and two u.s. attorney offices threatens the rule of law. >> tucker: it threatens to shape the public's view of your profacs. -- profession. why hasn't he been disbarred already? >> our justice system depends on the process. mr. avanati hasn't been convicted. he hasn't been found guilty. but this week the state bar of california filed papers seeking to have him moved to an involuntary inactive status. they can only do that when they have clear and convincing

evidence he is a threat to the public and his clients. they believe they will be successful and that will lead to disbarment. it's an unusual step to take. it's working through the process. our rule of law is people are innocent until proven guilty. we are confident that will happen but we need to away the process. >> tucker: has he ever had any defense? >> none. we have not seen anything come forward. he's had the opportunity to do so. we brought an arbitration proceeding and wanted to have the arbitration. it required him to pay the arbitration fees which he refused to do. we are planing to dismiss that and move forward in the state court which is our right to do. he is doing everything he can to delay this. it's within his rights but we are convinced that justice will

prevail. >> tucker: you seem like a man of integrity and been a prosecutor and judge and private practice attorney. most people don't like lawyers not because of people like you but because of people like him. there are a lot of sleazy lawyers and almost none ever get disbarred. do state bar associations, why don't they do something to improve the guilt of lawyers? maybe that would help all lawyers. >> well, there no question we as lawyers regulate ourselves to a large extent. we are a self-regulating profess. ion. we need to do a better job. the vast majority of lawyers are committed to the rule of law. with you given the sensitivity of the position and the importance of the position of lawyers, a few bad apples can wreak havoc in the system. >> tucker: that's true.

nicely put. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you, tucker. >> tucker: the left calls itself the party of science but that seems sarcastic. the issue of abortion, if you cared about science you would find the remarkable advances in ultra-sound technology. we know more about the developing child than we did in 1973 when roe v.wade became law. look at the pre-natal images today. assess them for yourself. is that just another piece of flesh. no, it's a human being obviously. it's far too obvious for the purposes of the left. the abortion lobby doesn't want you to think about the reality behind their slogans. you might be horrified.

they are suppressing science. lawmakers in louisiana passed a bill banning abortion after a fetal heart beat. the "new york times" didn't want you to know that. their propaganda man removed the term fetal heart beat from his story and replaced it with the phrase embryonic pulsing. that is not a scientific term. you won't find it anywhere in medical literature or journalism. it's pure nonsense. he made up the term himself to hide the truth from his readers. that's called fraud. it's also just another day at the "new york times." well, the culture of death extend beyond abortion.

assisted suicide. in the netherlands they euthanise euthanised a girl. she starved herself to death. 8 states have assisted suicide. lawmakers in maine legalized it this week. christian hansen is with the patient rights action fund and knows about this topic and joins us tonight. thanks for coming on. this case in the netherlands is horrifying and getting attention. it's not unique. tell us what you make of it? >> the system failed this young girl in the netherlands. that's a tragedy. we don't need to look to the netherlands to see how laws that

legalize assisted suicide abandon patients who have depression. oregon, 25% of patients in 2006, were clinically depressed with they requested lethal medication and they received it anyway. these laws abandon vulnerable patients. the case in the netherlands shows it's a short distance between justifying and aiding people in killing themselves for a terminal illness to wrath -- rationalizing it in mental illness. >> tucker: we are sending a clear message to the sick and the suffering. you are inconvenient and

expensive. you have a duty to die and get off the stage. >> exactly. these laws send the message that some laws are not worth living. where do you draw that line? these laws are not about terminal illness, pain or suffering. they are saying some lives are not worth living. >> tucker: a huge percentage of all deaths in the netherlands are by assisted suicide. you have to wonder who is profiting from this? why wouldn't health insurance companies be in favor of these laws? they would be, correct? >> these laws are ripe for abuse and mistakes and abuse are common in the united states. cases in oregon and california parents had doctors requesting chemotherapy but were denied the treatments and were offered

assisted suicide. this creates a perverse incentive for the insurance company to offer the cheapest option. death. >> tucker: that's unbelievable. insurance companies have every incentive for you to die. thank for shining a light on that. horrifying. three american tourists died at a single hotel in the dominican republic. why? how did they die? should we be worried about how they died? that story after the break. everyone's got to listen to mom.

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>> tucker: well, there is a mystery surrounding the deaths of americans at a resort in the khashoggi. -- caribbean. several american tourists died. trace gallagher is on the story and joins us tonight. >> tucker, there is no indication the first american woman who died at the hotel knew the american couple who died. but they all checked in on the same day. may 25th. 41-year-old mirranda from pennsylvania was on vacation with her husband celebrating their wedding anniversary. she was happy, smiling and taking pictures. then her family says she got a drink from the mini-bar. watch. >> she had a soda mixed with a small bottle of alcohol. he called out to dan. he came right over. she was unable to breathe.

she collapsed. >> both her husband who is a doctor and paramedics tried and failed to revive her. 5 days later 63-year-old and his fiance were supposed to check out of the hotel. but they were found in bed unresponsive. they died of water on the lungs. it's highly unusual to die of the same thing at the same time. when the other woman's family heard about the death. they called the state department. the state department is investigating. the family thinks there is a league and wonders why the glass she drank out of was never tested. tourism is the primary driver of the dominican republic economy and most visitors are americans. >> tucker: bizarre.

trace gallagher, thanks for that. what is causing these mysterious deaths? what should americans know? dr. mark segal joins us. you have not seen the autopsy results. is there a likely cause? >> well, the police in the dehe dominican republic are looking at gas leaks. i think that's unlikely. with rapid on set of respiratory failure is accurate, i think about poison. they never tested the glass. here are some poisons that can cause this. bottulism is one. arsenic. opioids. you could have opioids in a drink like fentanyl and stop breathing. when you see respiratory failure

and fluid in the lungs, you think about poison. that has to be ruled out in this situation. it could be a maniac. the u.s. state department pointed out to us there has been 105 homicides of americans in the dominican republic since 2002. this is a cause of death down there. it's something you have to be on the look out for. >> tucker: 105 since 2002. that's not a big island. if that's true, that would be something that the government of dominican republic would not be interested in publicizing. >> absolutely not. and there are others that can cause it as well. they don't want you to know about it. the rapidity of on set is suspicious for the things i mentioned. it's highly suspicious and they would not want us to know about

it. the other main cause of death is vehicle accidents. watch what you drink and eat and watch what you drive. you don't know the rules down there and could be in an accident. >> tucker: advice for people traveling down there? >> well, you have to remember you are not in your own country. if you go down there, it looks beautiful. it looks like everything is safe. i won't tell everybody down there to watch what is in the mini-bar. there are a lot of things that can get you ill. you are not entirely safe. i don't think this is a disease. it happened too quickly and they didn't have other symptoms. reports of the hotel there are birdies all over the place. you can get sick from the birdies and get a lot of

contagious diseases in other countries. be on the look out for that. it's beautiful. enjoy yourself but be on the look out. >> tucker: i am going to atlantic city. thank you very much. >> hawaii. >> tucker: better! elitists look down on you for not using the metric system. one writing is making a stand in our defense! in defense of pints, pounds and yards. he is here with his case next.

>> tucker: almost every nation on earth has fallen to tierney, the metric system, from beijing, bonus errors, the people have been forced to measure their environment on the grounds, the united states is the only country that is resisted, but we have no reason to be ashamed of

feet and pounds. james pinero, we spoke with him recently. >> i am joining you tonight as an anti-match right. i'm taking a stand against the metric system. the original system of global revolution and new world orders. >> tucker: god bless you, and that's exactly what it is. esperanto died, but the metric system continues, this weird utopian and elegant creepy system that we alone have resisted. how long can we hold out against it? would you say? speak of the united states stands nearly alone in the world in maintaining customary measures. the inch, the pound, the foot, the mile. and we should stand tall on our own 2 feet, i say. because it is customary measures that measured out the revolution and customary measures that took us to the moon. the metric system is the product

of the french revolution. it was imposed at the business end of the guillotine. >> tucker: so why our our leaders so anxious that we join the rest of the world in using robespierre's favorite to standard measurement? i don't understand. >> tucker: it is assumed to be progressive and assume that evee has got behind it. let me take you back through a little bit of history. a 1793, the height of the french revolution and the french terror, the p.a. draw, the foot of the king. the measurement in france. replacing it with the meter, all customary measures use man and his labor as the basis of the measurement, what is an acre? it is the land that an ox and can tell one day. 5,000 paces, a pace of 5,000 feet each, a meter is wha

what? the globe that is not even accurate. >> tucker: it is made up out of nothing. >> and here's something else, even overturning custom has been the meter's imposition of ten. a ten size fits all mentality. the french revolution went all in for ten, they try to impose a ten day week. 100 hours. 100 minutes, 100 seconds. they had a whole revolutionary calendar, the metric system of ten is what remains of the radicalism. that sounds reasonable, counting by ten is pretty good. we have ten fingers, it is good for abstract calculation. but not great for measuring things in the real world. there is a reason why the measurement system has 12, eights and 60s. it comes from ancient knowledge, from the romans, from the babylonians. 60, why? because they divide up evenly into thirds, fourths, habs, and

enables common people to make calculations. and to measure their lives without complex arithmetic. what is the third of a foot? it is 4 inches. what is the third of a meter? 33-point something centimeters. it does not add up. you see the problem right there. >> tucker: i do see the problem, and i have not heard it as eloquently expressed as you just did. you give us heart to keep fighting against a global tyranny of the metric system. and bless you for that. >> thank you. our system is quaint, but it is ours and can access to our ancestors through cups, teaspoons and tablespoons and cooking the recipe is of my grandparents. it is that connection to the past that the french revolution, the revolutionaries have always tried to destroy. >> tucker: i will expect a kilometer when we accepted the euro. never. thank you very much. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: that is it for us tonight, the hour is over. we will be back tomorrow night

at 8:00 p.m., the show that is a sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, and especially groupthink. have the best night, sean hannity is next. ♪ ♪ >> sean: welcome to "hannity" on a busy news night. glad that you are with us tonight as president trump continues the international trip abroad, look at what is happening at home. america's economy has become the envy of the world. firing on all cylinders, and for the first time in 75 years we are energy independent and a net exporter of energy. the unemployment rate is at its lowest point since 1969. we are now seeing record low unemployment for african-americans, hispanic-americans, asian-americans, women in the workforce. youth unemploymen