brought into the gymnasium, and because of the danger, they were shackled hand and foot around the waist. they were baptized, each in the same water paired they are all heroes are stepping forward. most watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent the evening with us. good night from washington. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." back when he was a star on msnbc, and cnn was touting his presidential candidacy, this show is warning people about the creepy porn lawyer. now his crimes have been disposed that he could be disbarred. the lawyer that was pushing that effort will join us with those details. but first tonight, let's begin with a thought experiment. t what if the republican leadership in washington had bothered to learn the lessons of the 2016 election? what if they cared enough to do that? what if they had understood anda 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? for starters, republican in congress would regularly be saying things like this: "i am deeply grateful for the opportunity america has given me, but the giant american corporations who control our f economy don't seem to feel the same way. they certainly don't act like that. sure, the company's wave the have no loyalty or allegiance to america. levis is an iconic american brand, but only operates 2% of its factories here. dixon ticonderoga, maker of the pencil, moved all of its production to mexico. general electric shut down 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 i investors.

foreign 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 samey politicians have cited free market principles and refused to intervene for american workers. of course, they ignore those same suppose at principles and intervene regularly to protect the interest of multinational corporations and international capital. the result? millions of good jobs lost overseas at a generation of stagnant wages. growing inequality, and sluggish economic growth. if washington wants to put a stop to this, it can. if we want faster growth and more good american jobs,s, then our government should do what other leading nations do and act aggressively to achieve those goals instead of catering to the financial interest of companies that have no allegiance to america.

the truth is that washington policies are a key driver of the problems american workers face. from trade agreements to tax code, we have encouraged companies to do business overseas and keep wages low. all in the interest of serving multinational companies and international capital with no particular loyalty to the united states. it's becoming easier and easier toto shift capital and jobs from one country to another. that is why our government has to care more about defending and creating american jobs than ever before. not less. we can navigate the changes ahead if we embrace economic patriotism and make american workers our highest priority. rather than continuing to cater to the interest of companies and people with no allegiance to america. 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 said that or would ever say that. republicans would not promise to protect american industry.cast it might make the koch brothers mad. it might alienate the libertarian ideologues, who to this day fund most republican campaigns. so no, a republican did not say that, sadly. instead, the words you just heard from, , and brace yourself here, senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts. it's true. yesterday, warren released what she calls her plan for economic patriotism. amazingly, that is what it is, economic patriotism. there's not a word about identity politics in the document. noys hysterics about gun control or climate change, no plight of transgender illegal immigrants, just pure, old-fashioned economics, how to preserve good

paying americanim jobs. even more remarkable, many of warren's policy prescriptions make obvious sense. she says the u.s. government should buy american products when it can come and of course it should. he says we need more workplace apprenticeship programs, because for your college degrees aren't right for everyone. well, that's true. she said that taxpayers ought to benefit from the research and development that they pay for. and yet she writes "we often see american companies take that research and use it to manufacture projects overseas, like apple did with the iphone." iphone" the companies get rich, and american taxpayers have subsidized the creation of low wage, foreign jobs."ip she sounds like donald trump at his best. so who is this elizabeth warren, you asked? well, not the race hustling, gun grabbing, abortion extremist you thought you knew. unfortunately, elizabeth warren is still all of those things, too. and that's exactly the problem. not just for elizabeth warren, but with american politics. in washington, almost nobody

speaks for the majority of voters. you are either libertarian zealot controlledit by the bank, yammering on about entrepreneurship and how we need to cut entitlements, that's one aisle. the or worse, you are some decadent trust fund socialist who wants to ban passenger cars and give medicaid to illegal aliens. that's the other side. what there isn't is a caucus that represents where most americans actually are: nationalist on economics, fairly traditional on the social issues. imagine a politician who wanted to make your health care cheaper, but wasn't foolishly excited about partial-birth w abortion. imagine somebody who genuinely respected the nuclear family, sympathized with the culture of rural america, but at the same time, was willing to take your side against rapacious credit card companies bleeding your dry at 35% interest. would you vote for someone like that? my gosh, of course you would. who wouldn't? that candidate would be elected

in a landslide. every single time. and yet, that candidate is the opposite of prettyy much everyoe currently serving in our congress. our leadership class remains resolutely l libertarian. committed to the rhetoric of markets when it serves them, utterly libertine on questions of culture. republicans will lecture you about how payday loan scams are a critical part of our market economy. then they will work to make it easier for your kids to smoke weed because hey, freedom. democrats will not in total agreement. they are on the same page. just last week, the trump administration announced an innovative new way to protecton american workers from the ever cascading title wave of cheap, third world labor flooding this country. until the mexican government stops pushing illegal aliens north over our border, we will impose tariffs on all mexican goods that we employed. now that is a kind of thing you might propose to protect your country, if you cared about youe people. the democrats, of course, opposed it. they don't even pretend to care

about the american people anymore. here's here's what republican s. >> it's safe to say you have talked to all of our members, were not fans of tariffs. we are still hoping that this can be avoided. >> tucker: "we are not fans of tariffs." imagine a more supercilious or out of touch, more infuriating response. you can't, because there isn't one. in other words, says mitch mcconnell, the idea might work in practice, but we are against it because it doesn't work in theory. that's the republican party eight, 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 his johnny birthday, executive director of the american conservative. thank you very much for coming out tonight. >> thank you so much. >> tucker: when elizabeth warren -- i just want to restate here, this is far from anm endorsement of elizabeth warren, whom i couldn't vote for because she is so far out of the social

issues it would be wrong to vote for her, in my view. but what elizabeth warren is clear about how to make this country -- how to focus on american jobs, clear on economic nationalism and mitch mcconnell, where are we? what is happening? >> here's the bottom line, tucker. middle and working class americans of both parties are sick and tired off looking around their country and seeing the once great industrial cities, places like detroit, cleveland, and baltimore, lying in complete and utter ruin. tucker, did you know that in the city of baltimore, there are neighborhoods where the life expectancy is comparable to that of yemen, and even worse than syria and north korea? this is a travesty, tucker. on much of the problem was caused by the neoconservative and neoliberal trade policies that devastated the manufacturing bases in these once great cities. i find itis highly ironic that e same people who are advocating

endless war in the middle east for the past 20 years are the same ones devising the economict strategies that have turned our great cities into places that look like the middle east. >> tucker: so, it's really simple. look at the polling. most people want what i just described in the opening script. which is a party that isn't socialist, but that cares about their economic well-being and puts that first, and the country's economic well-being first. but that also isn't radical and crazy on social issues, but doesn't think third term abortion is liberation. why couldn't you have a party that is economically nationalist and socially conservative? why is that so hard? >> well, that the republican party of abraham lincoln, talker. you might your member the famous link" when he was out on the campaign trail, saying that, give us a protective tariff, and i will make us the greatest nation on earth. tucker, the united states was the greatest nation on earth, and we had a manufacturing base that was the best in the entire

world, and over the past 20 years, we have simply handed that over to our greatest geopolitical rival, china. and we know from donald trump's reelection that many of his voters fell in that exact camp. they were economically nationalized, andon socially moderate to m conservative. and i think there is a huge opportunity there, but it seems like the republicans in congress are stuck in the 1980s. they are bent on the rag and policy prescription, which was right for its time, but we are in a different era, 30 years later, and it is time for them to get with the program. it's not the party of mitch mcconnell. it's the party off abraham lincoln. so it's time to embrace economic patriotism, and it is time to put forward an agenda that puts american cities, citizens, families, and workers first. if they do that, they can build a majority that will last a generation. now, there are a few republicans in congress that seemed to be taking the hit. hint. domestic issues senator rubio

is taking a plan to counter china's plans and others are taking on other issues like the problems caused by big tech. i applied both of them, and rand paul, same on the foreigny policy, america first issues. but we don't -- we can't afford to have three senators who are in line with the president on these issues. we need 30. we need 50. and we are not getting it. >> tucker: yes. voters want it. they can win. that's the program that puts them in the office. i agree with you. great to see you tonight. thank you. >> thanks for having me, tucker. >> tucker: well, republicans fuss about economics and worry about tariffs, the u.s. border is getting closer and closer to utter collapse. that is not hyperbole. last may, the border patrol apprehended the highest number of border crossers in 13 years. this has massive consequences. for the country that we're not talking about. tammy bruce is thinking about

them, though. radio host and president of the women's independent boys, and we're happy to have around tonight by thank you very much for joining us. so walk us through what you think some of the more obvious ramifications of this border collapse might be. >> we already know on the broad sense, and we have had this conversation that for years, about the problems people face onth the migrant trail when it comes to sex trafficking, when it comes to the coyotes, when it comes to sexual assault, et cetera. the problems that children face, as well. and what happens in the aftermath when people are here in the country, the case finally situation. individuals are being protected in sanctuary cities, criminal illegal aliens. the this health crisis is an elt that no one is really discussin discussing. the team at independent women's voice that i am president ofwn has realized that our own government, we are talking about infectious diseases like measles. we eradicated it, we are on track now to the end of this week, probably about 1,000 cases in 26 states.

typhus is moving through los angeles bear the cdc now warning about tuberculosis. we have new outbreaks of ebola. certainly, zeke in congo, -- that is in congo, zeke a in brazil. and what is not being dealt with here is the fact you have 144,000 moving across this border. h none of whom, of course, if they have been vaccinated. we hear about the importance of vaccinations. but what we have also determined is that the cdc only requires proof of vaccination for people applying for migrant visas legally. if you are trying to enter using a nonmigrant visa, temporary visa to visit, you are not required to show proof of vaccination. it is an interesting ball that has been dropped at the federal level, and of course, at the border, the chaos here is certainly worried about american families and their health, but the people at the front line,

who are extremely vulnerable, are the migrants themselves. the border patrol announced last week that they captured about 161 people from africa, congo, angola, et cetera. congo is dealing with another outbreak of ebola. imagine what these kind ofwi groups merging, individuals coming in fromm brazil with his ego, families coming up from el salvador, the mix of what these individuals are facing in the caravan, and then when they are placed in communal areas, or end up homeless in cities where the infrastructure has collapsed because there are so many. we have started a petition, this is our news for today, something has to happen. we launched a position, i wb wb.org, we must redouble the effort for border security. beyond all of the other political issues we have heard about on this issue, this transcends that. this is about every family in every human being caught up in this chaos.

thank you, it's important. thank you, sir. >> tucker: thank you. democratic presidential candidates are pushing for violent felons to get their voting rights back. in a moment, we will talk to a politician from washington, d.c., who would like prisoners to be able to vote from b their cells. that's just ahead. ♪ i have a vision correction number,

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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. he is not alone. robert white is 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. thanks a lot for coming on. >> absolutely, thanks for having me. >> tucker: so, when people commit felonies, they lose their rights, the constitution is pretty clear about that. and voting is one of the rights that they lose. what is the idea behind restoring that? >> well, the constitution isn't clear about that. when people commit a crime, when people are convicted of felonies, they don't lose theire citizenship. they don't lose their civil liberties. in fact, they don't even lose the right to counsel. someone could d commit a crime n front of the police, and they would still have a right to counsel. a

what i would argue is that in a democracy, the right to vote is a much more fundamental right and 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. sometimes they are executed, they are killed. of course, they lose their civil liberties. the 13th amendment that ended slavery is clear, involuntary servitude is banned except for punishment as a crime. i would be like a person in a cage, not allow them to have normal relations with anyone or even go outside, but you can still vote? i am confused. >> certainly you don't lose all or even most of your civil liberties. in fact, i think that the right to vote is a basic right of democracy. in fact, i catch her show it, every once in a while you have a conversation not too long ago with the gentleman advocating as to vote in school school board

collections. you said citizenship is the right to influence democracy. i agree with. 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 have expanded the right to vote. not contracted it. 100 years ago, women got the right to vote, and 150 years ago, african-americans got the right to vote. >> tucker: hold on. >> expanded the right to vote, not contracted it. on to the but hold right to vote is not mentioned in the constitution. you are the lawyer here, but the right to vote is not mentioned in the constitution, that i am aware of for the right to own a gun, to bear arms, is mentioned. but yount are not trying to restore that right, that actual constitutional right, to prison inmates, are you? or just the one that might help you? >> do they have a well regulated militia in prison? >> tucker: i i don't know, i mean, the supreme court has

interpreted it -- in washington, d.c., -- right, the heller decision says the second amendment refers and protects individual gun ownership. that is what the constitution explicitly says. but you are not trying to restore that right, you are only trying to restore the one that is not mentioned in the constitution that could potentially help you? i'm just thinking maybe there is some involved here. sure why there would be any self-interest. people are incarcerated of all political parties, right? i am not sure this is a partisan issue. >> tucker: would you campaign in prison? >> i probably would if it were necessary. certainly, i would want to make sure that everybody who is able to vote has access to my message as a candidate. any candidate would.bl what we have to continue to do is incorporate people into our democracy paired the most

fundamental right in a democracy is the right to vote. you mentioned -- >> tucker: weight. >> the majority of the rights they don't lose. >> tucker: can i ask a question, super quick? the crime rate in d.c. is completely out of control, the murder rate much higher than mexico, i think. why wouldn't you spend more time convincing people in d.c. not to commit so many crimes? and kill so many people? >> we can do multiple things at once. the crime rate -- >> tucker: no one ever says that paired hey, d.c. people, stop committing so many crimes. why does no one ever say that? >> we do say don't commit as many crimes. we also tryo to make sure that people have the resources that people who commit crimes need so that 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 our democracy. >> tucker: [laughs] okay, not try to follow the reasoning, but i appreciate your enthusiasm, and above all, your willingness to come on. thank you very much. >> thank you.

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♪ >> live from america's news headquarters, no agreement so far between the u.s. and mexico on how to stop a terror threat. mexico's foreign minister met at the white house wednesday with vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo. they are set to resume talks on thursday. president trump is threatening to impose a 5% tariff on mexican products entering our country unless mexico stems the flow of illegal migrants into the u.s. amazon says it expects to get drone deliveries off the ground, "within months for packages lighter than 5 pounds." the drones can reach customers within a half hour and fly up to

15 miles from take off. that'll make two day shipping seem ancient. artificial intelligence will prevent the drones from crashing into telephone lines get on top of that, they are electric. now back too 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.rl brian stelter and "the view" were hyping him as a presidential candidate. now the scam has ended spectacularly. the creepy porn lawyer was exposed as a fraud who robbed and exploited his own clients to enrich himself. >> mr.avenatti allegedly embezzled and misappropriated millions of dollars in client settlement proceeds to which he was not entitled. the money was used to fuel a lavish lifestyle that had no limits. including making mortgage payments on a multimillion dollar home in laguna beach and purchasing a private plane.

>> tucker: not to brag, but we called it from day one. you profited from stormy daniels, you've done tens of millions of dollars of freet media on the basis of a relationship with her, and she is working and strip clubs. you are exploiting her. and you know that. why aren't you paying her some of what you are making? >> sir, this is absurd. >> tucker: you pose as a feminist hero because you are shameless on the other channels let you get away with it, but you're an exploiter of the woman and should be ashamed of it. >> tucker: steven larson is an attorney who represents one of creepy porn lawyer's former clients. he is pushing for it cpl to be disbarred. thanks very much for coming on. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: can you tell us what about his behavior in your view warrants disbarment? >> well, my view is shaped by 30 years as a lawyer in the state of california. l i have been a judge, apr prosecutor myself. last ten years in private

practice. the legal profession means the world to me come in at the core of the legal profession is honesty, trust, transparency, and accountability to our clients. for someone to do what mr. avenatti is doing, not just by us, but by the state bar of california and two u.s. attorney offices is beyond the pale, dragon's our justice system, it threatens the rule of law. >> tucker: it certainly threatens to shape the public's view of your profession. which raises the obvious question: why hasn't he been disbarred already? just watching this on television, it was clear the guy was a fraud and a menace. >> well, our justice system depends on the process, and the process has been played out. mr.avenatti 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

are convinced by clear and anvincing evidence that he is threat to the public and his believe and that they will be successful, and that success will lead to disbarment. it's an unusual step for the state bar to take. it's working its way through the process. part of our rule of law is people are innocent until proven guilty. we are confident that that is what the evidence will show and that is what will happen, but we do need to await the process. >> tucker:wa has he offered any sort of defense? >> none. we have not seen anything come forward, and he has had the opportunity to do so. in fact, we brought arbitration proceedings pursuant to our client with him, we wanted to have the arbitration. it required him to pay the arbitration fees, which he has refused to do. we are now planning to dismiss that and move forward in the state courts, which is all right to do. he was doing, from our perspective, everything he can to delay this. again, it is within his rights, but at the end of the day, we are convinced that justice willi prevail. >> tucker: can i ask a broader

question, i can't resist? l you seem like a man of integrity and a serious person, you've been a prosecutor, a judge, private practice attorney. most people don't like lawyers, not because of people likeec yo, but because of people like cpl. there are a lot of sleazy was on out there, and i of them get disbarred. do state bar associations -- why don't they do something to improve the quality of lawyers? maybe that would help all lawyers. >> well, there is no question that we, as lawyers, we regulate ourselves to a large extent. the r state bar's, we are largey a self-regulating profession. and we need to do a better job of that. the vast majority of lawyers are good people and are committed to the rule of law. our judges, our lawyers, by and large, in my experience, are good people. but given the sensitivity of the position and the importance of the position of lawyers, one bad apple or a few bad apples can wreak havoc on the system. >> tucker: that is totally true.

nicely put. mr. larson, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you, tucker. >> tucker: the left calls itself the party of science bur at this point that seems more like a sarcastic description than anything else. consider the issue of abortion. if you cared about science, he would have been following the remarkable advances in ultrasound technology over the past 40 years. we know incalculably more about the developing child and we didw in 1973 when roe v. wade became law. scientifically, the early 1970s where the dark ages. look at the prenatal images are available today. go ahead. seriously, assess them for yourself. is not just another piece of flesh, like a spleen or in appendix? look at the picture. no, it's not. it's a human being, obviously. and it is far too obvious, actually, 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 if you thought of that. so once again, they are

suppressing science. lawmakers in louisiana passed a bill banning abortion after doctors can detect a fetal heart been. "the new york times" didn't want you to know that. you mightworried agree with it. so the propaganda man remove the term "fetal heartbeat" entirely from the story and replaced it with the phrase "embryonic pulsing." haven't heard that term before? keep in mind, embryonic pulsing iss not a scientific term. you won't find it anywhere in medical literature, it has no place in journalism. it is pure nonsense. he apparently made up the termhe himself in order to hide the truth from his readers. that is called fraud. it also just another day at "the new york times" ." well, the left's culture of death extends far beyond abortion. euthanasia, and assisted suicide, as well, the netherlands has had euthanasia for many years.

recently, doctors there euthanized a 17-year-old girl. she was not terminally ill. she wasn't sick at all, actually. she was depressed due to childhood trauma. for that, doctors let her starve herself to death for refusing to intervene. they let her die. that's euthanasia. despite horrors like that, activists are fighting to bring assisted suicide to the united states. eight states already have it there lawmakers in the state of maine passed a bill to legalize it this week. it awaits the governor's signature. christian hanson is the community relations advocate with the patient's rights fund, knows a lot about this topic, and she joins us tonight. thanks a lot for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: this case in the netherlands is horrifying. it's getting attention. but it's not unique. tell us what you make of it. >> the system failed this young girl in the netherlands. and it's a tragedy. but we don't need to look to the netherlands to see how laws that legalize assistedaw suicide here

in america abandon patients who are vulnerable to depression. if we look at -- >> tucker: know, we don't. >> if we look at oregon, the state that has had this legalize the longest in america, approximately 25% of patients, a study in 2006 showed approximately 25% of patients were clinically depressed when they requested the lethal medication, and several of those patients were able to go on and receive the medication anyway. these laws abandon vulnerable patients, and it shows that the case here in the netherlands shows that it is a short distance between justifying, aiding people in killing themselves for terminal illness, to rationalizing it for mental illness. >> tucker: of course. and the message they are really sending -- we are cloaking all of this in the rhetoric of personal liberation and freedom. your own choice, your own body, your own life. but what is really happening is we're are spending sending a rr message to the sick and the suffering pure you are inconvenient,er are expensive, u

have a duty to die and get off the stage. >> exactly paired when did a right to die become a duty to die? thesehe laws send a message that some lives are not worth living, and where do you logically draw that line? these laws are not about terminal illness, pain, or suffering. it is saying that some lives are not worther living. >> tucker: saw a huge percentage of all deaths now in the netherlands are by suicide, a huge percentage, highest in human history by far. and you have to sort of wonder come at a certain point, who is profiting from this? why wouldn't health insurance companies the all in favor of these laws? of course they would become a correct? >> these laws are ripe for abuse, and mistakes and coercion and abuse are common here in the united states. we have cases in oregon and california and our patients who had doctors requesting chemotherapy drugs for them were denied coverage for those treatments, even though they had curable cancers, and were offered assisted suicide instead.

this creates a perverse incentive for insurancere companies to offer the cheapest option: death. >> tucker: that's unbelievable. meanwhile, it is all about personal liberation, but what we can't see his insurance companies have every incentive for you to just die. not surprising. thanks very much for shining a light on that. it's horrifying. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: a story that hasn't gotten a lot of attention but is intriguing, three americans tourists have died mysteriously 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. ♪

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mistry tonight nights running the deaths of americans at a resort in the caribbean. several american tourists have died from a bizarre and still unexplained medical ailment. trace gallagher is on this story and joins us tonight. hey, trace. >> hey, tucker. there is no indication the first american woman who died at the hotel knew other american couple who died, but oddly, they all checked in on the same day, may may 25th. 41-year-old maranda from pennsylvania was on vacation with her husband celebrating their wedding anniversary. she was apparently happy, smiling, and taking pictures. and then her family says she got a drink from the minibar. watch. >> she had a soda mixed with a small bottle of whatever alcohol it was. she 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 edward holmes and his fiance were supposed to check out of the hotel. but staff found them in bed unresponsive. they died of water on the lungs. it would be highly unusual for both to die of the same thing at the same time. when miranda's family heard about the death of the american couple, they called the state department. sode far, the state department isn't aware of any connection between the cases appear they are investigating, but the family thinks there is a link and wonders why the glass miranda drank out of was never tested paired we should note, tourism is the primary driver of the dominican economy, and most visitors are americans. tucker?

>> tucker: bizarre story. trace gallagher, thank you for that. so what is causing these mysterious deaths, and what should americans know before traveling to the region? dr. marc siegel is, of course, our trusted medical source, fox medical contributor, and joins us tonight. i guess some of this is unknowable, you haven't seen the autopsy results, but is there a likely cause? >>l, well, tucker, the police ad the dominican dominican republe looking at gas leaks. i think that's highly unlikely. this rapid onset of respiratory failure in the looks, i think about poison. as trace gallagher just pointedu out, they never tested the glass. and i'm not so sure i believe everything coming out of there. here are some poisons that can cause this. botulism is one. arsenic is one. opioids is one. 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. and by the way, the u.s. state department has pointed out to us, fox told us, there has been 105 homicides of americans in the dominican republic since 2002. so this is a cause of death down there, and it is something that you really have to be on the lookout for. >> tucker: 105 since 2002. that's not a very big island. so that would be -- if true, and we don't know, but it is -- that will be something potentially the government of the dominican republic would not be interested in publicizing. >> absolutely not. and there are other, organophosphate's, extracts, these can cause it, as well pair they wouldn't want you to know about it. the rapidity of onset is suspicious for some of the things i mentioned. like botulism, like opioids. yeah, i think it is highly suspicious for that, and they wouldn't want us to know about it. by the way, the other main cause

of death down there, not natural causes, vehicular accidents. as long as i'm advising people what to do down there, watch what you drink and eat, but watch what you drive. you don't know the rules down there, you can easily get into a car accident in a foreign country like that. >> tucker: so, i mean, advice -- other than be careful what car you get into -- advice for people traveling down there? >> well, i think you have to remember you are not in your own country. if you go down there, it looks beautiful, it looks like everything istifu safe. i mean, i'm not going to tell everybody that's down there to watch what is in the minibar, but you know, there is a lot of things out there that can get you ill, and you are not entirely safe. by the way, there's a lot of reasons i don't think this is an infectious disease, because it happened too quickly and they didn't have other symptoms. but reports of that particular hotel is that there are birds all over the place, you can get sick from the birds there. you can get the flu. you can get a lot of diseases that you are not ready for

another countries, you have to be on the lookout for that. it's not being in your own backyard. it is beautiful, enjoy yourself, but be on theen lookout. >> tucker: i'm going to atlantic city. >> hawaii. >> tucker: okay, better. well, elitists the world over looked down on you for not using the metric system, with their kill kilo-meters, or whatever they are called. one writing is making a stand in our defense! in defense of pints, pounds and yards. he is here with his case next. ♪ everyone's got to listen to mom.

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see more. do more. essilor >> tucker: almost every nation on earth has fallen to tyranny, the metric system, from beijing, >> tucker: almost every nation on earth has fallen to tierney, to bay knows airings. the people have been forced to measure their environment on the grounds, ther environment on the grounds, the united states is the only united states is the only country that is resisted, but we have no reason to be ashamed off

feet and using feet to pounds. james panero, we spoke with him recently. him recently. >> i am joining you tonight as>t an anti-metrite. i'm taking a stand against theh. metric system. original system l the original system of global revolution and new world ordersw >> tucker: god bless you, and w. that's exactly what it is. >> tucker: god bless you, and that's exactly what it esperanto died, but the metric. esperanto system continues, this weird dit utopian and elegant creepy the c system continues, this weird utopian system that we alone have elegat resisted.reepy system that how long can we hold out againsh it?ave would you say?long can we hold t it? would you say? >> the united states stands speak of the nearly alone in the world inteds stands nearly alone in theaining the inch, the pound, the foot, y measures. the inch, the the mile. foot, and we should stand tall on our. and we should stand tall on own two feet, i say. because it is customary measures that measured out the revolutios and customary measures that took that measured out the revolution us to the moon. took us to the moon. the metric system is the product

of the french revolution.s prodt of the french revolution it was imposed at the businessss it was imposed end of the guillotine. at the bs end of the guillotine. >> tucker: so why our >> turner: our leaders so anxious that we join the rest of the wor >> tucker: so why our our leaders so anxious that we joinn the rest of the world in using g robespierre's favorite to robespierre's f standard measurement? i don't understand.ite to standardde >> it is assumed to be to be progressive and assume that everyone has got behind it.ryone has let me take you back through a . ough a little bit of history. litt a 1793, the height of thele bite french french revolution and the frencd terror, the pied du roi, the foot of the king.. draw, the the measurement in france. foot of the king. the replacing it with the meter, al. replacing it with the customary measures use man and , his labor as the basis of the al measurement, what is an acre?? customary measures it is the land that an oxen cane measurement, what is an acre? it is the land that an ox and can tell one 46r till in one day. a mile comes from 5,000 paces, a pace of 5,000 feet each, a meter is what

5,000 feet each, a meter isswha? what? the globe that is not even not n accurate. >> tucker: it is made up out. of nothing. >> tucker: it is made up out of nothing. >> it. >> it totally made up. and something else. even overturning custom has been the meters imposition of ten. a ten size fits all mentality. the french revolution went all in for ten, they try to impose . the french revolution ten day week. all in for ten, they try to impose 100 hours. a ten day week. 100 minutes, 100 seconds. 100 h they had a whole revolutionary calendar, the metric system ofof 100 minutes, 100 seconds. they had a whole revolutionary calendar, the ten is what remains of the metrc radicalism. system of ten is what remains of the radicalism. that sounds reasonable, cou that sounds reasonable, counting by ten is pretty good. we have ten fingers, it is goodn for abstract calculation. finged for abstract calculation. but not great for but not great for measuring things in the real world. measug things in the real world. there is a there is a reason why the measurement system has 12, 12, eights it comes from ancient knowledge, from the it comes from ancient knowledge, from the romans, from the babylonians.

60, why? because they divide up evenly into thirds, fourths, halves, and enables common people to make calculations. and to measure their livesescal. without complex arithmetic. and what is the third of a foot?out. what it is 4 inches. is the third of? what is the third of a meter? it is 4 inches. what is the third of 33-point something centimeters.? it does not add up. you see the problem right there. it does not add up. >> tucker: i do see the you see problem, and i have not heard ie problem, as eloquently expressed as you t as just did. you just you give us heart to keep you give fighting against a global keep fighting against tyranny of the metric system. al tyrann and bless you for that. >> thank you. our system is quaint, but it is. ours and can access to our than. our system is quaint, but it is ours and can access to and it connects us to our ancestors through cups, teas teaspoons and tablespoons and cooking the recipe is of my grandparents. it is that connection to thean past that the french revolution, the revolutionaries have alwayse pa tried to destroy. >> tucker: i will expect a 46. >> i will accept the kilometer when we accept the euro -- never. thank you very much. >> thank you, tucker. hour is >> 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 sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, and especially groupthink., have the best night, smugness, and especially ha 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 unemployment.