president trump. mattis resigned in part because he didn't share trump's vision of being an isolationist. by the way -- >> we'll pick it up. david, i got to go. that is the story on wednesday, january 8th, 2020. tucker's up next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the war has been postponed, it turns out. a day after the islamic republic of iran fired a salvo of cruise missiles into u.s. bases in iraq. the president's announced iran's missiles had landed harmlessly. turned out to be a purely symbolic bombing designed to stop rather than start a larger war. as the president explained, at least for now, the hostilities are over. >> our great american forces are prepared for anything.

iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. >> tucker: a very good thing for the world. that's a big claim. but in this case, it is not an overstatement. for the past five days, all of us had had a chance to ruminate on what war with iran would mean for us in the united states. very easily, it could become a catastrophe. we ought to be saying prayers of thanks that it didn't happen. we're still close tonight. thousands of american troops remain stationed in iraq. that's a country that is largely run by iran. think about that. after nearly 17 years of american occupation, iran's most powerful military leader was flying in and out of baghdad's airport like he owned it. that's how comfortable he felt in iraq. a place we supposedly control. now the government of iraq,

needed to be created out of nothing and untold billions propping up more than a decade, is taking iran's side in this dispute and demanding that americans leave the country. so 17 years, trillions of american dollars, more than 35,000 americans killed or wounded, you probably know one, and this is what we get at the end in return. another iranian proxy state that hates us. it's infewur infuriating. it's immoral. the casual recklessness. it's all an insult to the memory of the thousands of americans who died in iraq. it's one of the saddest things america has ever done. there may be an upside to all of this sadness. iraq's democratic elected government has asked us to leave, and we should leave, immediately. remaining in iraq increases the

power of bureaucrats and think tanks in washington. it does do that. that's why they're in favor of it. as the last week has shown, it imperils the lives of americans, and for no good reason. we can't turn iraq into belgium. we tried that. it didn't work. it's never going to work. we don't need their oil anymore. we've got fracking now. it's time to go. oh, but you can't just leave iraq scream the think tankers and tv war planners. it's irresponsible. they miss the irony. but you can't leave. actually, you can. here's how it's done. >> how does the united states get out of this situation? >> how do they get out? they get out. declare victory and leave. i'll tell you, this country is just going to get further bogged down. they're in a civil war over there, wolf. there's nothing we're going to be able to do with a civil war. they are in a major civil war. it's going to go to iran.

it's going to go to other countries. they are in the midst of a major civil war. >> tucker: that was 2007. 13 years ago. it was good advice. we should have taken it. douglas mcgregor, author and frequent guest on the show, he joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on. >> sure. >> tucker: what would be the reason to stay in iraq at this point? >> i can't think of any, to be perfectly blunt with you. none that are any good. there are people who sympathize with those arabs in iraq who would like us to stay as some sort of counterweight to iran. we have no vital strategic interest that compels us to be there. the president is very lucky. these missiles, as you pointed out, were targeted in advance and we were informed in advance of where they were going to land, so we were able to evacuate soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have have no

casualties. the president made the right decision not to respond. he needs to live up to the promises he made to the american people and pull us out of syria and iraq. that war is over. we lost it. iran is a winner at the moment. it won't be a winner for very long. iran has to compete with the turks and the city of islamists for the city of iraq. our interests begin along a line that runs across the top of israel, jordan, saudi arabia, around kuwait and down to the middle of the persian gulf. that's where our interests -- >> tucker: on to the gulf. of course. so you're saying that if we want to impede the growth of iran's influence in the region, hand them iraq and wish them luck. in the same way that the soviets invading afghanistan precipitated the end of the soviet empire. >> he covets northern iraq.

he would like to control all of syria. he is sending troops into libya and tunisia. he is the new problem for us. not iran. iran really is on the ropes. its population is sick to death of the wars being fought in iraq and syria by proxy forces and by iranians. they've taken thousands of casualties. mr. soleimani was popular with many, but very unpopular with others. especially the people that lost sons fighting in those countries. let's get out, leave it alone, let the people there sort it out. and they will. iran's not going to be popular for very long in iraq. >> tucker: is there any hope that that happens? >> well, the president can do it. he has a wonderful opportunity now. he has a new point of departure. he can take the clean sheet and put it on the table and he can sit with the iranians and say, look, what are your interests, tell us, we'll tell you what ours are.

he can draw that line that i mentioned. that can become the trump line. that's how great powers sort things out. but there's no support in this country to stay in iraq and syria. there is no support in the united states for a war over there. he knows that. so we have two groups of people that know something. the leadership in tehran knows it doesn't want a war with us. we know we don't want a war with them. what a wonderful opportunity to sit down and sort it at. >> tucker: the only impediment is permanent washington. >> yes. >> tucker: thank you so much for that. appreciate it. craig mills is a u.s. army combat veteran. the founder and ceo of packman solutions international. he spent seven years in iraq and joins us very well. >> thank you very having me. >> tucker: you just heard colonel mcgregor say that we don't have any overriding national interest remaining in iraq. why don't we leave? >> i'll be the first to say i

wasn't exactly the biggest advocate for war in iraq. i am not an advocate for war with iran. the president has continued to inherit a bit of a plague from previous administrations and he's trying to unravel those. like an onion, it has many layers to peel back. we do have a certain obligation to the iraqi people. i heard the colonel speak. the reality is, yes, the iranians definitely do not want us in iraq. you see this with the non-binding parliamentarian vote, which is for show. you do see the iraqi people the same day storm in and burn and set fire to the pmf, the popular mobilization forces that are there which are an iranian backed force. one of the things you made mention of, you made a statement, you said there's a lot of bad guys out there and we cannot kill them all. i completely agree with that sentiment in every way. what i would say, when we have

intelligence in any form that does imminently threaten american lives, and having been the recipient of one of the iranian ieds in 2006 that got three out of the five guys in my vehicle, i can tell you we must take action. >> tucker: i don't think you've have any argument with anyone in america. if there's a way to strike preemptively to save american lives, every american would be for that. how long do you stay in a country which doesn't want us in which we have had over 35,000 killed or wounded, as you well know, and in which we spent trillions of dollars? what's the point at which we've done our duty to the iraqi people, we've paid the price we owed them, when can we leave exactly? >> i don't look at it -- >> tucker: when can we leave? >> i think we leave as soon as we have iranian influence which has basically been -- in some abilities have been crippled.

they're able to set up a non-sectarian democracy. [ laughter ] >> tucker: now i have to laugh at you. you're still a believer in the george w. bush vision that people who have nothing in common living in a fake country created by the european powers after world war i are going to come together and overcome their ethnic and religious divisions and just become a country because they're going to base it on an idea. >> i'm not completely bought in. i do think that the eimplemente 2005 constitution must be reformed. we had a large part to play in that. while we influenced that to be a more destabilized nation, we then basically did nothing for eight years under the previous administration which enabled

things to continue to fester. >> tucker: the fascism of saddam was the only thing holding that country together. without saddam forcing them to, they'd probably rather be three countries. why not let them be? >> a lot of people want to talk about the de-ba'athification and how it was uniting. when you watch the 1979 saddam public purge and they were calling out people ten at a time and having them executed, that's not about loyalty. that's about preservationist. the people of iraq are standing up against the iranian regime. they are fighting against the qassem soleimanis. you're going to have millions of iraqis storm the streets and boycott everything the parliament just voted for. this parliament is being

threatened by iran. >> tucker: i wish them all luck. i'd like to wish them luck from thousands of miles away. >> thank you so much for having me, tucker. >> tucker: amid the flurry of events last night, there was also this story. an airliner, ukrainian carrier, crashed shortly after taking off from tehran. all 176 people aboard died unfortunately. why did it crash? early reports were technical problems. that's been revised. now we don't know. trace gallagher is on this story for us tonight. >> reporter: the 737-800 took off at 6:12 in the morning. that's five hours after the iranian missile attack in iraq. the plane's direction, altitude and airspeed were consistent with the same flight in previous days. three and a half minutes into the flight at 8,000 feet, communication was lost. there was no mayday, no emergency signal. whatever happened happened fast. authorities in iran say it was

caused by engine failure. aviation experts say you can't know that without examining the wreckage and the flight boxes. the cockpit voice recorder records conversations and ambient sound inside the cockpit. iranian authorities are refusing to turn over the black boxes to boeing or any u.s. officials, but this was a ukrainian airline, so that decision might be overruled. captured video showing the plane in flames before it hit the ground, which experts say is unusual. watch. >> it would suggest something caused that fire to happen. and that's just not common with a jet engine. so it's a very good chance this was hit by something. >> reporter: other experts say that something could be a missile or some onboard explosion. but these 737s have had engine problems. back in 2018, a southwest jet

suffered an uncontained engine failure that broke apart, shattered a window, and killed a female passenger. though the plane that crashed today was only three years old, had maintenance check just two days ago. and remember, the 737s can easily fly on one engine. tucker? >> tucker: yeah. on the night of an international missile drama. does make you wonder. thanks so much for that. by the way, even as we're running this show live, we watch the competition on the other channel so you don't have to. over there on one of those channels, here's what you missed. here's the graphic on the screen. crisis created by impeached president! behind him it says, trump makes war! [ laughter ] everything, literally everything is about impeachment over there. pretty amusing. hillary clinton spent years promising conflict with iran. iran, they're the greatest threat we face! she told us that for a long

time. now she's saying she didn't. she's the peacemaker. last and also by the way it's the time to bring u.s. troops home from iraq in a place that she served. that's next.

>> tucker: last night as america really did for a moment seem on the brink of war with iran, some on twitter voiced their displeasure by tweeting the hash tag "i voted for hillary." hillary clinton herself had to join in.

the message of course is that president hillary would not be starting a war with iran. is that true? the single most likely person in the history of america to start a war with iran. how'd that work? they're now selling slaves in downtown tripoli. watch. >> that is the land of unconfirmed videos. we came, we saw, we died. [ laughter ] >> didn't have anything to do with you, did it? >> i'm sure it did. >> tucker: [ laughter ] we killed them. it was hilarious. that country falls apart and slave markets open. if anything, hillary clinton's intentions toward iran were even more blood thirsty. the first time she was running for president she warned that iran better be ready. >> if iran were to launch a nuclear attack on israel, what would the response be.

if i'm the president, we will attack iran. whatever stage of development they might be in their nuclear weapons program in the next ten years during which they might consider foolishly launching an attack on israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them. >> tucker: just in case you didn't remember that hillary clinton was the erneocon. one person you will remember is tulsi gabbard. thanks so much for coming. i think she's capable in certain ways. i don't think everything is about her is bad. >> you're not imagining it. i think everybody knows and understands that she is a warmonger. it is her record. >> tucker: you're totally right. i love that phrase. >> you showed the clip about libya. >> tucker: yep. >> looked to her influence on going to launch regime change over in syria.

libya, you looked throughout obviously her support for the war in iraq. throughout her history. her track record is well-known. i think this is why a lot of people back in 2016 in the general election decided that they would vote for trump because of what he was saying on the campaign trail about ending stupid wars and bringing our troops home. the problem now, though, is -- and i'm out on the campaign trail and hearing from a lot of people who had voted for trump largely because of this issue and their concern about how rather than ending stupid wars and bringing our troops home, what they're seeing is more of our troops being deployed to the middle east. now us, our country, at war with iran. they're coming and saying, hey, tulsi, we're confident that you as president, commander in chief, will actually end these long-standing -- >> tucker: what should we -- i think you make a fair point. so what should we do going forward? we opened the show with a call for complete withdrawal from

iran. you served there in the u.s. army. >> i'm the only candidate running for president who served in uniform in iraq. understand very clearly the situation there. for days now i've been calling for our troops from iraq and syria to come home. and here's why. when we deploy our troops downrage, when they're in harm's way, there has to be a very clear mission that's achievable. where they know exactly what they're doing there and why, and that that mission actually serves our country's national security interests. but that's not what's happening right now. in iraq especially. we see how our troops are there. they were supposed to be there to prevent a resurgent of isis and al qaeda. that's not what's happening now. the u.s. commander in iraq announcing our u.s. troops will no longer be putting any efforts towards preventing al qaeda and isis from mounting a resurgence because they will have to dedicate all of their resources

and efforts to mounting a defensive poster against iranian forces -- >> tucker: i'm not endorsing iran, obviously. >> of course not. >> tucker: just a point of fact, even in 2020, wasn't iran one of the forces that overcame isis? am i imagining? >> yes. and in iraq, there was this -- this kind of long-standing uneasy alliance between u.s. forces. >> tucker: yes. >> iraqi government forces. iranian and iranian-backed shia militias and the kurds there all coming together to defeat and prevent a resurgence of isis and al qaeda. and this is where, unfortunately, president trump's actions are actually undermining our national security in two important ways. because our troops are no longer able to focus on that mission of -- of preventing isis from getting a resurgence, it's creating an open for isis and al qaeda to reconstitute themselves

and to pose a threat to our forces, to our country and our people in the region. secondly, iran has now said they're no longer complying with restrictions in the iranian agreement, speeding towards developing their own nuclear weapons capability which puts us at greater risk and puts our partners and allies in the world -- >> tucker: i get it. getting out of -- >> this is why it's important. getting our troops out of iraq and syria is essential. the longer that they are there, the more likely it is that they are at risk and that we will end up in this endless tit for tat back and forth quagmire of a war with people wondering what is it all for. >> tucker: and our troops are hostages and we owe them more than that. >> thank you. >> tucker: congressman, thank you. good to see you. some of the highest taxes in the country, now to protect their neighborhoods from imploding,

many people who live there are paying for their own police. why are they doing that? part three of our exclusive american utopia series next. the epson ecotank. no more buying cartridges. look at all this ink it comes with. big ink tanks. lots of ink. no more cartridges. incredible amount of ink. the epson ecotank. just fill and chill.

>> tucker: this week, california governor gavin newsome is

expected to ask for $1.4 billion to fight homelessness. it would do nothing to reduce the incidence of homelessness. nothing they've tried in that state has. they're unwilling to fix the core problem. in san francisco, police in action against crime and vagrancy has become so bad that locals are turning to private police. >> yeah, hi, can i help you? >> meet toby clemmons. he isn't an ordinary cop. in fact, he's not a cop at all. >> we are paid for by private businesses and merchants. >> we spent two hours riding along with clemmons as he fielded call after call, mostly about drug addicts lining the neighborhood sidewalks. >> i talked him and encouraged him to move.

>> outside the library which they use as a day shelter, he was accosted by this man. >> protesting here if i wanted to, right? >> do you think -- [ inaudible ] >> tucker: the castro district is rich. >> the residents that live on these streets, they pay for our service. >> the area's richest residents voted to create a benefit district, that's bureaucratic jargon for a private government. >> some of the most common calls i get from residents, somebody's setting up a tent in front of our house. >> tucker: the benefit district pays people to patrol the streets, pick up trash, and remove graffiti. >> most cities they would. >> tucker: not san francisco, where property owners are forced to pay mandatory fees to finance services the city fails to

provide. >> it's the worst i've every seen. >> tucker: john runs a hotel near union square. his neighborhood has gotten so bad that he repeatedly deals with horrified hotel guests. >> they are troubled by the cleanliness. the fact that they at times don't feel safe. seeing people who are sleeping on the sidewalks. they're baffled. >> tucker: not all in san francisco are privileged enough to afford private policing. since the city's prosecutors are unwilling to enforce the law, there's not much patrol specialists can do. >> they go to the next corner, and then you have to move them again. >> it does get frustrating. you offer them services, they don't want services. a lot of them choose to be on the street because it's a life style they like. >> tucker: this series continues this entire week with things as bad as they are there. you might think housing in san

francisco might get a little cheaper, but somehow it's gotten more expensive. ordinary people with jobs are trying desperate measures. those who want to stay close to town live in boats in some cases. tomorrow, 8:00 p.m. eastern on this show. in a nation divided badly over politics and culture, just about everything, mike rowe spends his time trying to remind all of us that great human beings still live in this country, a lot of them. he's host one of the top shows on facebook. the fourth season debuts next week. >> announcer: a tv host and his crew began traveling the country. >> come here. >> you ready for this? >> announcer: giving back to american do-gooders. if you change lives... >> one of the cancer treatments is isolation. >> announcer: -- if you help others -- >> i knew there were good people

locked up. >> announcer: -- then one man wants to return the favor. "returning the favor" january 13th only on facebook watch. >> tucker: a bright spot in a dull landscape. mike rowe joined us recently to talk about what he's doing on the show. >> congrats on the new season. sounds like your job is to locate great people and shine a light on them. >> that's really what it's come down to them. 20 years ago, locate 20 people. try my hand at whatever they do to earn an honest living. returning the favor optically has nothing in common with "dirty jobs," but in fact it's really the same show. we just changed the title, cleaned it up a little bit. rather than celebrating work on its face -- if "dirty jobs" was

a resuumination on work, this i rumination on kindness. i don't want the cello music. i don't want manufactured tears. i don't want a full-on prime time feel-good show. this is the making of a feel-good show with a good-natured band of tv people all seeking redemption on account of the time they spent doing "real housewives." >> tucker: that's the part that fascinates me. having been in tv for 20 years, it does tend to make you cynical. >> oh, god. >> tucker: you and your producers are spending your whole lives focused on virtue for once. has it changed you? >> yes and no. it's very kind, but it's not so much that we're focused on virtue. we're focused on something like transparency. so "dirty jobs" changed fundamentally when the discovery channel allowed me not to go behind the scenes, but to

literally document the show in terms of we had a cameraman filming us making the show. so anytime we stopped because a plane flew over or something went wrong, we didn't really stop. we just kept filming. what the viewer saw was the making of a non-fiction show. and that, if there's a secret sauce, you know, it's not so much looking for the virtue. it's always there. the trick nowadays, in my view, when everybody talks about authenticity being for sale, you can't really fake it. in a warts and all way, let the viewer see what it looks like to make a show. if you really commit to being a fly on the wall, showing the sausage getting made, then anything you do, i think, is going to immediately become elevated in the transparency category. >> tucker: i think that's right. >> i think that's what people are looking for. >> tucker: the people i know who

are highest on america, the deepest reservoir of affection for americans are the ones who spend the most time with him. >> every four years we'll see who's running attempt to prove it by sitting down at a bar in eerie pennsylvania. maybe it's a single mom over here in akron. the candidates get elected by their ability to connect or facilitate the illusion of a connection. you can see it play out in reality tv, in politics, in news. it's this desire to connect today. and still control it. see, that's the -- that's where we trip. if you really want to commit to connecting authentically, you have to be willing to fail in front of vast numbers of people. >> tucker: yeah. you have to let the lama spit on you. >> you better believe it.

you got to do things to barnyard anima animals. >> i've seen you up to the shoulder in barnyard animals. so i know for a fact that's true. thanks for renewing our faith in the country. >> that was a cow, by the way, and she still calls me. [ laughter ] >> tucker: the great mike rowe. cnn, as you well remember, led the media-wide effort to destroy a group of innocent high schoolers from kentucky, denounced them as racist, cnn did. they lie. this time they got caught and they're paying for it big time. settled the case. details on that just ahead. plus, wildfires engulfing entire continent, or huge parts of it, in australia. what a tragedy. it's been going on for months. far worse than anything in california or south america. who is getting hurt worst? the animals. a former co-host of mine is in australia and show us what is happening to save the koalas and

the kangaroos and the wildlife down under. that's next.

>> the maga hat carries a certain connotation that provokes a conditioned reaction from many people, especially marginalized people. >> tucker: marginalized people says the cnn host, suggesting he's one of them. cnn play add role in vilifying the boys of covington high school. cnn and many others tried to destroy them. video surfaced, though, and it showed that the boys were innocent. now cnn has settled a case with student nick sandman. he sues cnn and several other

outlets for trying to wreck his life. cnn has agreed to settle. we don't know how much the amount is for. but they're not going to have to disclose any of the internal communications about the story. which is kind of a shame. so we're not really going to know what the internal deliberations were, unless someone else who was vilified by cnn decides to sue. we're not encouraging that, just saying if you wanted to know how exactly cnn decided to destroy the lives of high school students from a catholic school in kentucky over a totally fraudulent made-up story, you'd have to sue them again. looks like nick has gotten at least part of what he deserved from cnn. we're going to continue following that story. bottom line is this. i'm going to repeat it again. cnn has settled, has in effect admitted guilt in the case of the covington catholic kids

which cnn defamed in a totally outrageous manner. tried to wreck their lives. meanwhile, in australia, tragedy for the animal population on much of that continent. australia battling some of the worst wildfires in its history. they're trying to rescue some of the tens of millions of animals who are being killed unfortunately, already have been killed by those fires. we recently spoke to a former fox & friends co-host. here's how it went. >> i'm so glad that you're with us tonight. watching these fires -- >> wish it was under better circumstances, tucker. >> i do, too. i think people here in this country watching worry, honestly, about the animals, the wildlife. how are they? what is happening? >> well, tucker, what i can tell you, it is estimated that 500 million animals have perished in

these australian wildfires. it's absolutely devastating. we have a couple of koalas up here all nice and cuddled up. they are part of 12 koalas rescued from the blue mountain from a fire zone there. they're being watched around the clock by keepers and veterinarians. there are lots and lots of environmental groups and rescue groups that are doing similar things at the zoo. i can show you video yesterday. we were at sidney wildlife yesterday. i got to hold several eastern gray kangaroos that are meant to be in their mother's pouch still and their mothers died in the blazes. they have smoke and heat damage to their eyes. they're being bottle-fed. it's a heart-breaking situation. silver lining to see humanity coming forward to help the way they are. >> it's hard to realize they

exist in nature in australia. how wonderful that people are trying to serve them. so this is a real concern in australia, the animals? >> it certainly is. the koalas are the face of tourism here. you talk about folks wanting to come visit. it is our summer here. you can only imagine what this is doing to their tourism dollars. the prime minister just pledged $2 billion at least. he said if the price tag is higher, he will go even higher. but for the relief efforts. you hope that will help the tourism industry and all of the folks here who are living and just devastated by this. 2,000 homes have been destroyed as well. you just can't imagine what these folks are going through. it's expected to continue for months. the prime minister says expect this crisis to go on. we don't have any substantial rainfall forecasted anytime in the near future. and they're reminding

australians to remain vigilant and to continue watching evacuation orders because these fires can spread super quickly at the drop of a hat. we're experiencing high winds and record-breaking heat during a drought season. we have lightning causing these fires, dry lightning causing these fires. new south wales police say they have taken legal action against 180 people for infractions big and small related to these bush fires for arson. it's disgusting when you hear about that side of things, isn't it? >> it's beyond. i know that you are a passionate animal lover, a dog owner. baxter, i know your dog. it's a measure of decency how we treat our animals, i think. thank you so much for that update. >> thanks for having me on. it's great that the world is paying attention to what's going on in australia because folks are really struggling here. >> thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. >> tucker: file this under stories that some people care

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>> tucker: well, just 24 hours ago, america appeared to be on the brink of yet another major middle east war. were americans ever for it? what do they think of it? we have fox news national security correspondent. >> hey tucker. the kudos for president trump's deescalation with iran continuing to roll in tonight, but the u.s. still facing a very uncertain future in iraq, including the imminent prospect of the government of iraq ordering the removal of all forces on the ground. the president making it clear he's not planning on a pullout.

take a listen. >> i think it's the worst thing that can happen to iraq. >> reporter: the american people, though, don't think a withdrawal is such a bad idea. they remain intensely skeptical of continued u.s. presence on the ground. the latest poll finds over half americans believe the war in iraq has made the homeland less safe when it comes to terrorism, 51%. half of americans, 50% on the noes think that u.s. military engagement with iraq in the first place was a big mistake. the numbers even more alarmingly high among veterans. 64% of them say the war in iraq wasn't worth fighting. when it comes to iran, the american public also still largely skeptical of u.s. military intervention. new polling shows less than 10% of americans support a military strike against iran's nuclear facilities. the large majority, far, far prefer a diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis.

some stats for you to chew over while we're on the brink of war, it sounds like, we're winding down. >> tucker: surprisingly clear, i would say. thanks so much for that. hillary clinton isn't the only person trying to rewrite personal history on foreign policy. by the way, history that just happened a few years ago. over the weekend in iowa, joe biden claimed this. >> the president then went ahead with seahahock and awe right af that. from the very moment he did that, i opposed what he was doing and spoke to it. >> tucker: unfortunately for joe biden, back in 2003, they had cameras. >> nine months ago, i voted with my colleagues to give the president of the united states of america the authority to use force. and i would vote that way again today. it was the right vote then, and it would be a correct vote today.

>> tucker: we have a marine corps veteran joining us tonight. does it seem a little weird that a politician would try to deny something that is available on cspan? >> i spent nine months in iraq. i went there honorably and excited to serve my country. the information i had been given, it was an honorable mission and we were there to stop weapons of mass destruction from being used against us and our allies. i'm so offended that the same people now in this race to lie about whether they supported it to begin with it not. the same vice president that sent me to afghanistan to lose my legs over a war he and his boss gave up on just a few months later now is trying to lie about iraq and become president. i can't think of anything worse for our troops in the military than to have joe biden become president. >> tucker: it must make people cynical, people in the armed

services cynical when they hear politicians talk like that. >> we have something now could social media that we didn't have when i was serving for the most part. they have access to this information. they can see in iraq today in a stronghold or kuwait that they're reporting on joe biden lying about supporting the mission. of course that takes a toll. we're honorable. we do our mission. we come home and we vote. we're not going to vote for someone who would lie for a surge in iowa about what he decided for our lives and welfare. >> tucker: he may not be aware of the fact that it's all on -- on video. >> that's even worse. >> tucker: it is. [ laughter ] you make a very good point. great to see you. thanks so much for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: we're out of time. we're grateful the country's at peace. amen. we'll be back tomorrow night and every weeknight 8:00 p.m., the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pompocity, smugness and

group think. in the meantime, have a great night. sean hannity, sean: amen. we should pray for the greatest military force that god gave. there's a lot of evil in the world with and they put their lives on the line every day. we start with some important breaking news tonight. we as a country will need to still be on high alert spite early sports that strongly believe iran was, in fact, attempting to kill meanies in last night's missile attack not an intentional space-saving maneuvers. they intended to kill off men and women in iraq. they failed. all 16 rockets missed their objective. now president trump is giving them an out. in order to