going on for the people, you did that. ty and gage, thank you very much. we wish your mom all the best. thanks for being with us. that is "the story" on this tuesday. november 12. we will see you back tomorrow night, tucker carlson takes over an hour from washington, d.c., good night, everyone. ♪ good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." it's hard to think of an ideal, more american than the freedom of for speech. when they say our soldiers die and fight for our values come as what they mean our freedom to say what we think is true, that's our birthright. it's the most important thing we have, that we have ever had. and so for generations, there is bipartisan consensus about this. in fact, liberals were among the most stalwart defenders of the first amendment, and good for them. but then the left took control of this country's institutions. liberals became the establishment. they had once opposed. and suddenly, free-speech seemed like a challenge to the highly

profitable, existing order, the one they were getting so rich from. so our schools began to teach our children the freedom of speech is it. at this point, nearly 60% of young people believed we should change the first amendment to ban speech they don't like. changing amendments is hard, two-thirds of congress would have to approve a change like that. but on campuses, many students aren't waiting for congress to act. they have decided to impose censorship right now. watch, for example, kids at the purportedly impressive northwestern university try to ban jeff sessions from speaking out loud. [crowd chanting] [boos]

>> tucker: yeah, that's northwestern. it's funny, if you're a middle-aged parent and you are at dinner parties with other middle-age parents and they're talking about -- bragging, really -- what school their kids go to. well, cody got into northweste northwestern. and you think, it's probably pretty impressive, right? no, that's actually what it looks like. is not impressive at all! it's pathetic. northwestern, by the way, is home to the prestigious journalism school, and yet the student newspaper their apologize for daring to cover the jeff sessions event. the newspaper did. "nothing is more important than ensuring that our fellow students feel safe -- the reporters explained -- as if that is a threat to sit student safety. meanwhile, at harvard, the single most overrated collection of people on planet earth, passed a statement condemning the student newspaper on campus

because, listen to this, it had dared to ask the federal immigration and customs enforcement agency, i.c.e., to comment on a story. they don't endorsed i.c.e., some just called up and said, hey, i.c.e., can we get a comment. they didn't respond or give reply a comment, but it didn't matter, more than 650 students t harvard -- harvard -- decided to petition condemning the paper for contacting i.c.e. the young democrats i think stamp campus issued a statement, "deliberately choosing to split our students in jeopardy." one campus activist group is not urging a boycott of the newspaper because calling i.c.e. was just that scary. that's pretty funny. on the other hand, it's really kind of ominous, because our meritocracy is essentially fraudulent, and our system is completely rigged for the benefit of a few. a lot of these shallow, neurotic narcissist that we are making fun of tonight will, in the end, wind up running this country.

those people writhing on the floor about how they are so threatened -- yeah, they are going to be in charge. they shouldn't be, but because the system is rigged, they will be. they will be making the decisions that affect your life, and the lives of your children and grandchildren, and these are the people who literally couldn't care less of at the first amendment -- or any amendment. in fact, any document that might limit their power in any way. they consider themselves gods. and i would like you to shut up and obey, and they will use force if they have to. so kind of place will america be when those people take over? jason help out about this, a professor at depaul university, author of the fantastic book "we have overcome postal committee joins us tonight. professors, thanks for coming on. when you see tape like that, or maybe on your own campus, you've seen reactions like the one on display this week in northwestern harvard, what doesn't make you think about our future here? >> well, or late great president

said that the philosophy of the classroom today will be the government of tomorrow. abraham lincoln. and it makes me think we are going to see a kind of bloated totalitarian government -- a socialist government. i want to say a few things. you know, what we are witnessing on these campuses is really something that is very nefarious. we are witnessing decriminalization of facts, of objectivity, of truth, of impartiality, and of fairness. and i have been thing on your show, and i know that you have endorsed this view, that our universities have become national security threats. >> martha: >> tucker: yes.>> they are the n of truth and objectivity is tak. there national security threats because they assault the constitution, the unassailable

principles that secure our inalienable rights. and this deference to the cult -- this cult of deference, because these are children who do not want to have the courage of their convictions. they want to protest, but they want to be protected. and we live in a culture, tucker, where i call it the cult of children, will be deferred to children, we say you can have -- you can take the boundaries by day, but you can protect the borders at night, when your safety -- you feel your safety is protected. >> tucker: so, i wonder how -- so you describe has happened on campuses, i will repeat it again, a national security threat. an actual threat to this nation, and its future. in the world that i live in here in washington, the debates are about, you know, how many more visas we should issue, marginal tax rates -- if i could not even happening. i do think the people in charge

don't acknowledge what is happening on campuses? >> university ministry does? >> tucker: know, i mean the people in charge of our country, neither party -- i mean, you're pointing out that what happens -- you are quoting lincoln to say the attitudes on campus will be the dominant attitudes of our ruling class in this coming generation, so this really matters. and nobody in d.c. -- in either party -- seems even aware of what is happening, they don't seem to care. >> i can speak to some experience, i did lobbying on capitol hill this summer, i had the privilege for a particular think tank. i've the privilege of meeting democrat and republican congressmen, and their staffers. and i was shocked, tucker, at the degree of ignorance. >> tucker: yes. >> that was displayed. these individuals in our government have no idea what is going on on college campuses. when i told them, for example, what i had experienced on my own campus for defending israel, they were shocked.

and it sort of a bifurcated wa world, the world of congress, the world of our government, and this kind of stalinist, totalitarian, oppressive system in our universities. these bastions of anti-free speech, that is the norm in the educational system that is taking place, and the two worlds are not in communication, no, they are not. >> tucker: and i can promise you, your average upper income parent sees college purely as a bestower of prestige. my kid goes to williams or middlebury, isn't that impressive? and there's no sense of what is actually happening on the campuses, which is there destroying our kids. and they are bankrupting the country. >> you know, i think, tucker, too, parents have a naive trust in institutions. >> tucker: that's for sure. >> a lot of them are very concerned with their students, and in good faith, entrusted of

their children to the universities, and don't realize how corrupt -- what a corrupting influence they are. parents need to become more involved in their children's -- in their student's lives, and their children's lives. >> tucker: if i had a billion-dollar foundation, i would yank you out of that school and send you on the road, you know, to meet every potential parent of a college-age kid, to tell them that, because i think that message, more than any other, needs to get out. professor hill, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: great to see you. obviously, college is not the only place where speeches threaten. the 2020 field of democratic candidates is openly hostile, listen to kemal harris of california. >> we will hold social media platforms accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms, because they have a

responsibility to help threat tr democracy. and if you profit off of hate, if you act as a megaphone for misinformation or cyber warfare, if you don't police your platforms, we are going to hold you accountable as a community. >> tucker: uh-huh. if you say something i don't like, says the politician, i will crush you. that's what she's saying. in fact, she tried to get her other democrats to join her. in censoring. watch. >> senator warren, i want to say i was surprised to hear you did not agree with me on this subject of what should be the rules around corporate responsibility for these big tech companies, when i called on twitter to suspend donald trump's account, that you did not agree, and i would urge you to join me. >> i don't want to push

donald trump off twitter come i want to push them out of the white house. that's our job. >> join me in saying twitter should be shut down. >> >> no? >> tucker: that's the point where you stand up and say, no, we don't censor people because censorship is wrong, like book burning is wrong. they would make in the case for many years from the left, the former president of the aclu joined us tonight. are you worried -- i guess that is a rhetorical question -- but it suddenly seems nobody is defending speech. >> tucker, i certainly agree with all of your criticism of the censorship incidents that you documented, which are all coming from the left, but there are many that are coming from the right, which you did not allude to. >> tucker: really? i would be interested in hearing that. >> you talked about book burning. there was recently an incident of book burning on campus, at georgia state university, where conservative students, self-described conservative students, burned a book by an

immigrant author, she was latina, and they said it was too politically correct, and it was too sensitive -- >> tucker: the students burn the books. >> the students burn the books. >> tucker: i mean people in charge of something? >> can i give you another example? >> tucker: yeah, someone in charge of something committing an act of censorship from the right, i would love to see it. >> donald trump jr. was recently disrupted when he tried to speak come along with your former colleague at fox news, his girlfriend, they were speaking about his new book -- or trying to -- at ucla, and they were disrupted by conservatives, who were upset that apparently his views are not conservative enough. so i think we have to be -- those of us who are truly committed to free speech after criticize disruption and censorship wherever it comes. >> tucker: i mean, look, let me be totally clear: people should be allowed to speak in every -- i mean, whether you agree with them or not. and i'm consistent about that, i don't know precisely what you

are talking about it, but i can promise you that i am for that. >> good, and i hope your show producers will get the information and you will cover it. >> tucker: having been charted on myself. but i notice that you can't name a single example of conservatives in power punishing people -- getting them fired, for example, in the past couple of years -- for saying something that they didn't like. where is there literally countless examples of people getting fired, d platform, crushed, they can't make a living, they have to go into hiding because they said something the left didn't like. that has happened. >> there is a prominent conservative who happens to be the commander in chief and president of united states was used his bully pulpit to stir a lot of retaliatory pressure against football players who were exercising their right to protest, and suggesting that they should not be allowed to do that anymore. >> tucker: was a single -- so this is the point. on college campuses,

incorporations, if you stand up and say, for example, pick a big corporation, nike, i think theye or two genders, it's on my biology teacher taught, you would be fired for that. if you could find one, i would announce it. >> well, but what we are talking about, by the way, are exercises of free speech rights. people have the right to criticize and protest what other people are saying. >> tucker: i agree. >> and peer pressure. but when we go beyond that and we are calling for government censorship, as kamala harris did, and i'm happy to see, elizabeth warren did not agree with her -- >> tucker: wait, hold on. the united states congress, congressman lewis from georgia, got up and said we should pull the tax exempt status of any organization that says something he doe disagrees with. >> and believe me, there have been -- >> tucker: i know he is a hero and everything, but are before that? >> there is a principle that

government should not use its power to punish -- and punishment would include taking away a benefit that you would otherwise be entitled to -- because of disagreement with the idea, absolutely. and donald trump has threatened to take away, you know, postal rates threatened to take away other benefits, and legal protections from speakers that he disagrees with. >> tucker: [laughs] the only person i've ever seen punished by the trump administration for exercising his freedom of speech was a speechwriter at the white house who was fired, by the trump administration, because the left complained. i've never seen anything -- >> they take away press passes from journalists who were critical of trump's policies. >> tucker: the one case i'm aware of, caitlin collins of c cnn, we took her side, for whatever it's worth. >> and that's very important, and i commend you for that. thank you so much. >> tucker: well, new evidence california is turning its back on the victims of recent

wildfires. tonight, a couple from california will join us from the home they lost, and it will tell you who is to blame for that, because someone is to blame for that. it wasn't an act of god. also, the president back to his former press secretary 's run on "dancing with the stars." that braun has come to an end. shawn spicer joins us tonight. by the way, has anyone ever gone on dancing in the stars with the backing of the ads its president? probably not. sean spicer. ♪

♪ >> tucker: millions of californians have spent weeks

living without electricity. the states electrical utility companies have failed to maintain their infrastructure -- that's an understatement. now having to shut down power to prevent wildfires. for example, last year, 99-year-old electrical tower owned by the company pg andy ignited a fire that killed people. supposed to be run and made it, but they never did come of the measures haven't stopped wildfires, by the way, which recently are elected across the state from one country to san francisco, napa, brentwood oon the west side of l.a. the fire response is so unreliable that many rich californians -- this is a metaphor for the whole state now -- higher private fire departments to protect their homes. if you are not rich, it can get really ugly, really fast. two weeks ago, it did. the fire north of los angeles burned more than 4500 acres and forced evacuation of thousands

of people. they cut power to the area, and i met people who lived there couldn't pump water to fight the flames. amy and david lemond lost their home to the fire, and that it could have been saved if they had electricity. they join us tonight directly from their home in santa clarita, california. amy and david, first of all, i'm so sorry about what happened to your home. glad you are alive. for our viewers at home who aren't familiar with the fire, hoping our camera can pull back and give some perspective of where you are, i think you are in front of your home. >> yes, in front of our garage. >> tucker: it's gone, leveled? >> it's a total loss. speak with a total loss, yes. >> tucker: and you believe -- oh, there. you believe the fact the utility cut power made it impossible to fight the fire, is that correct?

>> absolutely, 100%. >> they cut the power about 9:30 in the morning, and we've been telling the southern california edison that when they cut our power, they leave us vulnerable and defenseless because we can't use our well, because our well is powered by electricity, and we can't pump water to our hoses, to our home, and it's been happening, you know, for weeks now, and the one before the fire we were without power over 30 hours. >> tucker: yeah, that's horrifying. the utility cuts power to prevent forest fires. fires happen anyway, and when they do, you can't respond because you have no power. what does this say about how the state of california and the utilities feel about you, as citizens? >> when i called edison, before this fire happen, it's falling on deaf ears. i was trying to explain to them

how it affects us, we can't even use the restroom, can't flush the toilet. we have caric carico different r sources, one for the home and one for our well and water tan tanks. they have to power about the home and water tanks is very di, and we didn't know the power outages were going to be occurring -- i found out about it early october. they had recently upgraded our system. we have all new power lines from here to the main road. all of the hardware on the telephone poles has been replaced. half the telephone poles have been replaced. so we assumed, great, okay, we are getting some attention here in the rural areas, we will have power. we didn't know the plan was for them to also turn off all power, as well. >> tucker: which, yeah. because it is the united states of america, you'd expect, 2019,e

electrical power, right? because this country has electricity now -- right. so what would your message be to the governor of your state, gavin newsom? >> um, you know, he needs to end. most times, i would think they try to keep the power on no matter what, and now they are shutting it off proactively, they say, to keep us safe, and when the fire came through, we couldn't use our hose to fight the fire, or even hose down our house. >> my message would be, people in emergency situations need as much help from as many people as possible, and having that reliable power source is vital in emergency situations, whether it's a situation like ours, where we could have put the fire out when it first got started. people with medical equipment in their homes. people who have to evacuate, i

mean, there is so many variables. that's the reason we are here tonight, is to try to make a difference, to help people in the future, to put in end to this, because our understanding, the long-term pandas these five or six years, that edison pant know my plans on doing this, win southern california. >> tucker: how long can you endure this? how long until you moved to idaho or montana? >> friends of ours have had these discussions about leaving. we love santa clarita valley, where we live. it's so family-friendly. all of the support we've gotten, post-fire, is proof of that. >> and we are trying to raise our kids here. >> two are in high school, the youngest is 11. we don't want to uproot them like that. >> tucker: no, i get it. >> absolutely. >> tucker: i hope you can stay, the state needs people.

godspeed to both come and i'm glad you're okay. you and your kids come and your sheep, who wandered through the shot. a man david, great to see you tonight. >> thank you so much. tucker: the city of san francisco north of santa clarita, couldn't be more different, culturally. the city just elected a man to be the prosecutor. he campaigned on halting prosecutions, kind of weird for a prosecutor to run against his own job, but he said he no longer will enforce laws against public camping -- looting on the sidewalk -- soliciting sex, public urination, blocking sidewalks, and other crimes against the public. hard to believe the leaders could make it worse, but this guy will try. by the way, if you're wondering where he comes from, we never blame people for their parents, but it's interesting that his parents were both members of the weather underground terror group, something he's proud of.

they were arrested for harming police officers, one is still in prison. a public defender never prosecuted a case. he went to yale law school, needless to say, one with every other lunatic in the world come along with cory booker. then he moved to venezuela to serve in the hugo chavez administration. you honestly couldn't make this up! he should have gotten the job, and instead, he is here with us tonight. thanks so much for coming on. this guy -- like every possible stereotype confirmed, but of all of the gigs he could get, why prosecutor? why not put him in something harmless? >> san francisco is undergoing a dangerous social experiment. they passed a law to put me out of the election, that's how far they left in the city has gone, and it's a very dangerous thing, because as you know, it's very important to have that healthy dichotomy between the d.a.'s office and a public defender's

office. how do you go one day from saying this murder suspect -- or robbery suspect -- should be let out of jail, and the next day, say in front of the same jury, that he should be going to jail. that's just not going to happen. people that are really going to be hurt here are the citizens of san francisco. because now it's perfectly legal -- because he came out and said, he will not prosecute certain crimes, including defecating in the streets. he has a problem disseminating between crimes of poverty and crimes committed by people who are poor. there is a difference. crimes committed by people who are poor should be prosecuted. crimes of poverty in the city, you know, there's an understanding that there shouldn't be. now it's perfectly legal to defecate on the front steps of the whole justice. >> tucker: what about everyone else? it's great if you are a homeless, you don't have to find a john, but what if you are, like, a mom. or what if you are working

person? there are still some of them in the city of san francisco. >> there are a lot of us. >> tucker: what about you? nobody cares about you. why is that? >> unfortunately, we are not voted. chesa was elected by minority voters. you see this as he walked on the street, these are guys who could actually -- lululemon, apple, these are guys who can afford a private police force, and so they are actually hiring. you see police officers sitting out. if you drive through the most influential neighborhoods in separate cisco, pacific heightse private officers sitting in front of people's lawns, and these are the neighborhoods where the elected live, right? i'm talking about state and federal elected from san francisco. that's where they live. and you are the ones that really need to pay attention. this is a shot across, because this is the first election i can actually think of where someone who is so far out has actually

been elected without their support. if you look at cb loftus, appointed by the mayor, she hadf the elected at the state and federal level. this is a real shot across the ballot. nancy pelosi needs to pay attention as to what happened here, because they will not stop at the d.a.'s office. >> tucker: well, yeah! i know she is not a super important job, impeaching the pt maybe consider her own district once in a while, because it's going to go into the ocean. >> it's not just here. she's elected here. she really needs to pay attention. >> tucker: i couldn't agree more. joe, thank you for that. good to see you, and good luck. when you think canadian hockey, you think of the sportscaster don cherry. he's been canceled, though, fired. why? because he said something obvious. don cherry joins us in just a minute. he is refusing to cave into the mob and their nonsense. his message to them, next. ♪

>> tucker: if you live in canada or you love hockey, you know don cherry, legendary sportscaster doesn't quite do it justice. he's also deeply involved in protecting dogs. anyway, don cherry come after a very long career, was fired after this sunday nights broadcast of "hockey night in canada, for saying this. >> i live in mississauga, nobody wears -- very few people were poppy. downtown toronto, forget downtown toronto, nobody wears the poppy. you go to small cities, and you know, you people love -- that come here, whatever it is, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, and at least you could pay a couple of bucks for a poppy or something like that. these guys pay for your way of life that you enjoy in canada. these guys paid the biggest price. >> tucker: so, for some reason, that was considered unbelievably over the line in

canada. by the way, buying poppies under member and stays is a long-standing canadian tradition, a way to honor following know my fallen soldiers. i like him a lot of canadians died in the turk awards, look it up, it's amazing. so far, mr. cherry stands by his comments, and we are proud to have him on tonight. >> he's a big fan of yours, and is all excited, because he's from boston. i had to say right off the start. >> tucker: amen, i'm glad he married an american pick i did come too, it is worth doing. tell us for those of us who aren't canadian, what you said -- unless i am misunderstanding it, you are basically saying we have a day where we honor the men who died fighting for canada, and people who moved to canada -- because it is a great country, and it is, i think, should acknowledge that and join in our tradition, because it is worth her remembeg these guys who dies.

is that what you were saying? >> i thought i did a good thing, he had this book for diabetes, i did for two young lads who died in '15 and '17, that was never mentioned. i did a great thing, i thought, for 1500 troops at a hockey game in branson. they were all forgotten. the one thing that got me was "you people." i suppose, if i had to do it over again, i would have said "everybody." but "you people" are the people they listen to. the silent majority are always silent. the forces are with me. everybody is with me. the firefighters, the whole deal. but it doesn't make any sense, and i was brought in, and i was told that i was fired, after 38 years. you know, i stand by what i said, and i still mean it. >> tucker: so, i think what you were saying -- tell me if this is what you are saying -- people who moved to canada ought to at least not at the

traditions of canada. like, why is that controversial? >> don't ask me. in the big thing is, i should have said, if i had to come through, if i had been smart, and protected myself, i should have said "everybody should be wearing a poppy." fair enough to the whole thing. its two words, "you people." as you know, people are very sensitive like that, and that got me. >> tucker: just to clarify, they're not sensitive at all, they are fascist. they actually have no real feelings. they are faking their outreach. they're trying to you because they want to assert power, because it makes them feel big, when actually inside they are small. just to clarify, did you mean to say something hateful? >> no, i didn't. we are all immigrants come in the whole deal, but i knew -- nothing happened that night, nobody said anything that might come and they ran it that night, and they ran it later, in the whole deal. the funny thing is, i never

heard a thing that night. i heard it the next day. the silent majority, as you know, is always silent, and the other people, whoever they want it to be, they listen to them. after 38 years. but, you know, i have no problem -- 38 years, this saturday will be the first time in 38 years that i've never been on hockey night in canada. >> tucker: how much has canada changed in those 38 years? >> i think they've changed a lot, but when you get to the smaller cities, they haven't changed at all. they have in toronto, and where i live in mississauga. ontario they have changed. but when you get to the smaller cities -- and the united states is the same way. when you get to the smaller cities, they haven't changed at all. >> tucker: know kimiko northern quebec, the people -- it was that way 50 years ag ago. >> it was, and you go to the small cities around ontario, they haven't changed.

they still wear their poppies. all i was saying -- in toronto, where you're poppy, these soldiers died for our way of lid we should -- exactly, i had an uncle who died, sergeant thomas mckenzie. they died so we could have our way of life. our milk and honey and all that stuff. at least where a poppy in their honor. that's all i was saying. >> tucker: i don't think it's a lock to ask. by the way, for audience, they're interested in learning about you for the foundation he started to help dogs, which is . don cherry, great to have you tonight. thank you so much for coming on our show. >> yeah, and bobby and liz and everybody, it's an honor to be oncoming thanks very much, tucker. >> tucker: thank you very much. well, there's another late entry into the democratic presidential primary. more billionaires. it's hillary clinton, next.

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♪ >> tucker: deval patrick was the governor of massachusetts. didn't improve the state one bit, no one really liked him, so of course, now he's thinking about running for president. that news comes on the heels of michael bloomberg setting up his presidential run. who else is going to run as a democrat? every day, new story. trace gallagher has been following this since day one ond joins us tonight. >> tucker, the odds of filler clinton running for president appear to be improving. here's my. in the fall of 2018, she said she had no idea if she would run, but in march of this year, she flatly ruled it out, saying she is not running. today, she said today that running for president is not part of our plans at the moment,

and then said this. watch. >> as i say, never say never. i will certainly tell you, i'm under enormous pressure from many, many people to think about it. >> the pressure is mounting. curious, because back in march, michael bloomberg also vowed not to run for president, and he too says before needs to be held accountable, so today bloomberg tweeted "officially filed in arkansas to be on the ballot for the democratic primary. we must defeat us before. he has failed us at every turn." and a former new york mayor added this. watch. >> we had to register in alabama and here because, with the time frames, doesn't mean we're going to run, but we can do that to make sure we are on the ballot if we do run. >> former massachusetts governor deval patrick, a friend and ally of former president obama, is also considering a run for the democratic presidential nomination. if you're keeping score, patrick also said that he would not run. finally, lawyers for tulsi gabbard, who is already running for president, are now

calling on hillary clinton to retract her comments saying gabbard is a favorite candidate of the russians, and that they are grooming her as a third-party candidate. gabbert has consistently denied any interest in a third-party run. tucker? >> tucker: gabbard and putin 2020. trace gallagher, good to see you. 's hillary clinton next? and by the way, why wouldn't she jump in? everyone else has. richard goodstein a former advisor to both clinton's, and he joins us tonight. you just heard hillary say it. many, many people are putting very, very intense pressure on hillary clinton to run for president. basically, they are demanding she run. are you one of the people demanding? >> so, i'm just surprised fox news hasn't come up with a poll showing her way ahead. how would that be for the ratings for fox news, that hillary clinton -- >> tucker: this is something we are not manufacturing. >> i agree. >> tucker: i have a preference

for the new and interesting, she falls in either of those categories. i would be happy to never utter the phrase "hillary clinton" again, because i think she is singularly uninteresting and banal. but she is touting herself, that suggests the field, she believes, is inadequate. >> i actually don't think she is touting herself. i put this under the heading of "not impossible," but i would say there's really no evidence, other than not literally ruling it out in this interview that she is going for it. she is not were deval patrick is, and michael bloomberg -- both of whom have a high regard in themselves, not without reason. >> tucker: [laughs] >> i don't think the democrats are yearning for more private equity interests. so i don't think deval patrick -- on the notion that, with all due respect for him, iw there in terms of the job he did, the notion that somehow he is going to unite moderates and liberals, and he's black. well, i think cory booker would say, i've got that lame filled. >> tucker: right, so if you want an obedient servant of

private equity who is african-american, you've artie got cory booker shamelessly do the bidding of the finance community. that's what's so interesting, you hear democrats say -- they look, we need more billionaires in the race. than the other half of the party says "we hate billionaires." this is a collision. >> i think news organizations love stories that say people are worried, rather then, everything is actually okay. because the polls indicate that democratic voters are generally pretty pleased with the field. and we got somebody at the top of the field who beats trump in fox news' own poll. >> tucker: maybe you are right, i don't know, but then why would michael bloomberg get in if everything is great? >> because he is the same age, roughly, as joe biden. he looks at him, frankly unable, consistently, to make as much sense as he would like to make, and he says, oh, i can do better

than that. my answer to that is joe biden talk like that decades ago. this is not a sign of age. this is just joe biden, who, incidentally, pretty much every democratic voter has voted for twice on the ticket with barack obama. >> tucker: so you are saying -- i mean, bloomberg is doing this because he is doing polling and he's an egomaniac. >> he's always wanted to run for president, thinks he could do a good job, has the money to run an unconventional campaign committee looks at biden and says, i could do better than that guy. we are desperate, desperate, desperate, to beat donald trump. >> tucker: more billionaires! richard goodstein, great to see you. >> short. >> tucker: after eight weeks of competition from a former white house press secretary sean spicer finally left "dancing with the stars." an amazing run. he joins us next. ♪ we believe at newday usa we have a noble purpose. our purpose is not just closing a loan. we want to do whatever's best for the individual service person. we want to be known as america's mortgage

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♪ >> tucker: former press secretary sean spicer was on "dancing with the stars" this season. a lot of people complained about

him being there, but he made it a long time. eight weeks, i think. he received support from the president. here's a look at him dancing last night. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> tucker: sean spicer joins us tonight. you did what you needed to do. you went all in. you are savage. i love that. you lasted about five times as long as anyone predicted that you would. what did you think of the experience? >> honestly, i had a blast. i really, really enjoyed this, it exceeded my expectations. i went into this thinking one, two weeks, may become i'm not really good at this. but i will have fun, i will learn something. i made it to the quarterfinals of this show. >> tucker: it's unbelievable.

>> i had a tremendous amount of support. i think the president of the united states, don jr., so many folks that came out. jesse watters. so many folks that are friends and supporters, and made this journey so much fun, but i love being part of the show. it was a great experience, and i think i'm better for it. >> tucker: tom bergeron is one of the host, growth is kind of, i thought, kind of contemptible complaint, basically about you going on the show. you didn't take offense. you decided not to hold a grudge. you acted like it never happened. you were totally nice. you just kept going and remain positive. have to say, i was impressed by that. was it hard to remain positive while he was sniping at you? >> well, you know, if not the first time that somebody has made negative comments about me. >> tucker: [laughs] good point. >> what i would rather do is lead by and show by example. what i think i demonstrated is that we can bring a diverse

group of people together. i love supporting conservative principles. and being a republican, i'm proud about that. but i think i want us, our side to be better than their side, and come together and show people that we can fight it out on principles and policies, but the good people, come together, and i thought what this show does so well is bring people together, support each other, route for each other, leave all of the rest of that stuff aside, and for two hours once a week, everyone gets to be on everybody's team and cheer for each other. >> tucker: and you did that. i mean, you refused to live down to their expectations of you. you refused to embody their attacks on you. you were relentlessly cheerful to the last minute, no matter what they said or did. and i just thought, that's an inspiration to people. what did trump say when you talked to him last night? >> well, i called him. he has been super supportive of me since i left the white house, and particularly the last nine weeks. i called him to just expressed

to him my appreciation for his continued support. the votes are what kept me in this. my judges scores in my dance moves were not exactly the highest and maccabee score, so i wanted to show how much i appreciated what he and his family did come all of his supporters, for keeping me in te city for nine weeks. >> tucker: unbelievable. i don't know if anyone has ever marshaled the support of the president of the united states. are you finally coming back to washington? even living in a hotel in l.a. for nine months. speak i think god always has a plan. tomorrow is my 15th anniversary to my beautiful wife, rebecca, who was my number one champion. so i get to be home for my anniversary, it means not got to find a gift real quick. >> tucker: you have a great -- i know rebecca, you have a great wife. congratulations. sean spicer, good to see you tonight. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: that's it for us tonight. we will be back tomorrow night. impeachment hearings, everyone is going wall-to-wall. we will bring you the

highlights, for sure. in any case, we will remain the sworn enemy of mine, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink. always. good night from washington. sean hannity takes the reins. >> sean: talker, you did "dancing with the stars" come too, you know. >> tucker: i don't believe you. i did not. >> sean: it's called youtube, go check it out. >> tucker: you are a mean man, sean. >> sean: just honest, we tell the truth here. welcome t to a "hannity." it is impeachment eve. the is coming to town, and we are just now hours away from the corrupt, compromised, coward, congenital liar adam schiff show on capitol hill. brought to you by him and his fellow rating psychotic democrats and their top allies in the media mob. first, though, this. this is important. everything you're going to see the next 22 weeks is rigged. this is a phony show trial.