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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. if that's a big claim, but in this case, it is not an overstatement. for the past five days, all of us has had, if nothing else, sent on my chance to ruminate on what warad with iran would mean for us here in the united states. and of course at best it would be tragic, very easily it could become a catastrophe. we had time to think about it. we ought to be saying prayers of thanks that it didn't happen. we came close. and in fact we are still close tonight. thousands of american troops remain stationed in iraq and that's a country, we just learned, that is largely run by iran. think about that. after nearly 17 years of american occupation, iran's most powerful military leader, a mant that we considered a terrorist, was flying in and out of baghdad's airport like he owned it. that's how comfortable he felt in iraq, a place that was supposedly controlled. now the government of iraq, which need to be reminded we created out of nothing and then

spent untold billions propping up for 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 hatesd us. it's infuriating. in fact, it's worse than infuriating, it's. immoral. and the people who let this happen should's be punished, the americans who let it happen. the casual recklessness they displayed, the utter incompetence, it's all an insult of the memory of the thousands of americans who died in iraq. this mismanagement of that country by our elites is one of the saddest things america has ever done. suddenly there may be an upside to all of the sadness we can go and appeared iraq's democratically elected government has asked us to leave and we should leave, immediately. remaining in iraq increases the

power of bureaucrats and think tanks inn washington. it does do that, that's why they're in favor of it. but 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't need their oil anymo. a lot has changed since 2003. without fracking now. so it's time to go. but you can't just leave iraq, scream the think't tanks and the tv warplane is, it's irresponsible. they missed 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 you met you and how they get out? if they get out. that's how they get out. declare victory and leave. because i'll tell you, a this country is just going to get further bogged down. they're in a civil war over there. there's nothing that we are going to be able to do with thee civil war. they are in a major civil war and it's going to go to iran and 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 then, we should have taken it. it's not too late, let's do it now. mcgregor is a retired u.s. army colonel, frequent guest on the show, he joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on. >> sure. >> tucker: so what would be the reason to stay in iraq at this point? >> i can't think of any, to be perfectly plain with you. none that are any good. there are people who sympathize with those arabs in iraq would like us to stay as some sort of counterweight to iran. but frankly, we had no vital strategic interests 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 t to evacuate soldiers, sailors, shacked airmen and marines, so there were no casualties. the president made a right decision not to respond.

now he means to live up to the promises he made to the american people and pull us out of both syria and iraq. that war is over. we lost it. iran is a winner for the moment. but it won't be a winner for veryne long, because iran has to compete with the turks and the sunni islamist for control of iraq. so our interests do not involve iraq and syria. our interests begin along a line top ofns across the israel, jordan, saudi arabia, around kuwait and down to the middle of the persian gulf. that's where our interests -- >> tucker: to the gulf, of course. so you're saying if we want to impede the growth of iran's influence in the region, hand them iraq and wishsh them luck. the same with the soviets -- is that what you're saying? >> mr. erawan and turkey has made it very clear he covets northern iraq. he would like to control all of syria.

he is now sending sunni islamist fighters and turkish 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 that are being foughts in iraq and syria by proxy forces and by iranians and thend codes for us. they 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. >> tucker: yes. >> let's get out, leave it alone, let the people they're sorted out, and they will. iran is not going to be popular for very long in iraq. >> tucker: is there any hope that that happens? >> the president can do it. he has a wonderful opportunity now. 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 will tell you what ours are and he can draw that line that i mentioned.

that can become the trump line. and 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. that.ws so we have to go 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 sorted out. >> tucker: the only impediment is permanent washington. >> yes. >> tucker: thank you so much for tke that. corey mills is a u.s. army combat veteran, the founder and ceo of packham solutions international, he spent more than seven years in iraq, knows that country very well and joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on. >> thanks much for having me. >> tucker: so youou just heard colonel mcgregor say that we don't have any overriding national interest in remaining in iraq so why don't we live?y >> i'll be the first to say that i wasn't exactly the biggest

advocate for war in iraq and i certainly am not an advocate for war with iran. i think that the president has continued to inherit a bit of a plague from previous at ministrations and he's trying to unravel those and like an onion, it's got many layers that you must peel back. what i would say, however, is that we do have a certain obligation to the iraqi people. i heard colonel mcgregor just speak of how they don't want us in iraq. the reality is that yes, the iranians typically do not want us in iraq. you see this with the nonbinding parliamentary vote, which is for show, it is not a law binding thing. but you do see the iraqi people, who at the same day stormed in and actually burned and set fire to the pmf, the popular mobilization forces there, which are iranian-backed force. one of the things that you had made mention of and i completely agree with, you made as 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, but what i would say is that when we have intelligence in any form that

actually does minimally threaten american lives and having been the recipient of one of the iranian explosive form projectile ieds in 2006 that got three out of the five guys in my vehicle, i can tell you that we must take action. >> tucker: i don't think you have any argument with anyone in america except with -- if there's a way to strike preemptively to save american lives, i think every american would be for that. the question is, how long do you stay in e a country that doesn't want us in which we have 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 paid the price we owe them and when can we leave exactly? >> i don't look at it so much as we owe it to them or we have a price that must be paid. i look at it -- >> tucker: but when can we leave? >> i think that we leave as soon as we actually have iranian influence, which has basically been -- or in some abilities have been crippled. and they're to basically stand

up to nonsectarian democracy. keep in mind the 2005 -- >> tucker: [laughs] now i have to laugh at you. so you're still a believer in the george w. bush vision that people who have nothing in common, that are living in a fake country created by the european powers after the fall of the ottoman empire in world war i, or some how going to come together and overcome their ethnic and religious divisions and become a rock is just? are going to -- you think that? >> again, i'm not completely bought into the entire bush -- i wasn't for the iraq war to begin with. however, i doel think that the diversification and the implement in 2005, the constitution it basically creates a sectarian democracy must be reformed and we must recall that we actually had a large part to play in that. so i think that while. we actually influenced that to be a more destabilized nation, with and did nothing for eight years under the previous administration, which enable things to continue to fester. >> tucker: it seems to me that

the fascism of saddam was the only thing holding that country together. i mean, she had shia, sunni, the kurds, they didn't want to live together and without saddam forcing them to, they probably rather be three countries, why not just let them be? >> actually -- i was thinking about that the other day actually. a lot of people want toto talk about the baath party and how it was uniting. what actually it was uniting is when you watch the 1979 saddam public purge whether calling people ten at a time and having them executed, everyone stood up and said long would saddam come along with the baath party. loyalty. about that's about preservationists. >> tucker: yet. >> and right of the people of iraq are standing up against the iranian regime. they are standing up and fighting against lucille melissa's. the cause him the monies. if you watch in the coming days, will have in the next 48 hours to 72 hours, millions of iraqis who are going to storm the streets into her square and all the other areas and boycott everything that parliament has voted for because they realize that this parliament is being threatened byth the pmf and iran and the only reason they've done this nonbinding vote as a show of force very much like iran did

with their ballistic missiles. >> tucker: i i wish them all luck. i'd like to wish them luck from thousands of miles away. thanks so much for coming on. >> thank you so much for having me, tucker. >> tucker: i'm at the flurry of events last night, there was also the story, a big story under normal circumstances. an airliner ukrainian carrier crashed shortly after taking off from tehran, the capital of iran. all 176 people aboard died unfortunately. why did it crash? early reports were technical problems. it's been revised. now we don't know. chief breaking news correspondent trace gallagher is on the story for us tonight. hey, trace. >> like tracking software shows the 737800 took off on the airport at 6:12 in the morning, that's five hours after the iranian missile attack in iraq. the plane of austria's direction, altitude, and airspeed were consistent with the same flight in previous days, but three and a half minutes into the flight at 8,00s lost. there was no may day, no more emergency signal. so n whatever happened to happen fast. authorities in iran say it was

caused by engine failure, but aviation experts say you can't know that without examining the wreckage and the black boxes, meaning the flight data recorder, which tells of how the plane was operating in the cockpit voice recorder which records conversations and ambient sound inside the cockpit. for now, 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. an iranian student news organization capture video, which we have not verified, showing the plane in flames before 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.e. so it's a very good chance this was hit by something. >> other experts say that something could be a missile or some onboard explosion. but these 737s have had engine problems. back in 2018 at southwest jet

suffered an uncontained engine failure that broke apart, shattered a window, and killed a female passenger. the plane that crashed today was only three years old, had maintenance check just two days ago and remember the 7:30 sevens can easily fly on one engine, tucker. >> tucker: yet. on the night of an? internationl missile drama. does make you wonder. trace gallagher, thanks so much for that. by the way, even as we are running this show live, we watch the competition on the other channel, so you don't have to. and over there on one of those channels, here's what you must. here's the graphic on the screen. crisis created by impeached president! behind it it says trump makes war. [laughs] so everything, literally everything is about impeachment. over there. pretty amusing. hillary clinton spent years promising conflict with iran. iran! that the greatest threat we face! they told us that for a long

time! now she's saying she didn't. she's the peacemaker. tulsi gabbard joins us onset. she's got a pretty sharp memory on that subject. lester also, by the way, is it triumphed on my time to bring u.s. troops home from iraq? places she serves. that's next. ♪ - do you have a box of video tapes, film reels, or photos,

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♪ >> tucker: last night as america really did for a moment seem on the brink of war with iran, some users on twitter voiced their displeasure by tweeting a hashtag #ivotedforhillary. a nice little rhetorical win until hillary clinton herself had to join in. the message of course it is president hillary would not be

starting would not be starting a war with iran. is that true? or would hillary clinton believe the single most likely person in the history of america so start a war with iran? she bragged about overthrowing muammar qaddafi in libya. how does that work? they're now selling in downtown tripoli. watch. >> that is a land of unconfirmed -- >> we came, we saw, he died. >> did it have anything to do with your visit? >> tucker: we killed him! killing people is hilarious! especially when their countries fall apart and markets open. if anything, hillary clinton's intentions towards iran or even more bloodthirsty. in 2008, a long time ago, the first time she was running for w president, she was morning that iran would better be ready because she was going to crush them. >> if iran were to launch a nuclear attack on israel, what what our response be? and i want the iranians to know that if on 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 foolishly consider launching an attack on israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them. >> tucker: yeah. so just in case you didn't remember that hillary clinton was the neocon because she was and is buried there you go. one woman you may remember is tulsi gabbard, who joins us onset tonight. congresswoman, thanks so much for coming on. so whatever you think of hillary. i think she's capable in certain ways. i don't think everything about her is bad. what kind of a full-blown neocon, no, or am i imagining that? >> your not imagining -- i think everybody knows and understands that she is a warmonger. and it is her record. that is proof of that. >> tucker: you're totally right, i love that phrase. >> you show the clip about libya. >> tucker: yep. >> looked at her influence on going to launch a regime change

in syria and libya. you look for obvious liquor support the war in iraq, throughout her history. her track record is well known. i think this is well known -- i think that's why a lot of people back into thousand 16 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 in hearing from aan lot of people o 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 and now us, our country at war with iran. and w they're coming and saying hey, tulsa, very confident that u.s. president, commander-in-chief, will actually end his long-standing regime -- >> tucker: i think you make an entirely -- you make a fair point. so what should we do going forward? so we opened the show with a call for complete withdrawal

from iraq. you served there. in the u.s. army. >> and the only candidate running for president who served in uniform in iraq. i understand very clearly the situation now and for days now i've been calling for our troops from iraq and syria to come home and here'sra why. when we deploy our troops, don rich, when they're in harm's way, there has to be a verydo 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 securityat interest. but that's not what's happening right now. i think in iraq especially we see how our troops are there, theirpet mission, they were supposed to be there to prevent the resurgence of i sense and al qaeda. that's not what's happening now. with the u.s. commander in iraq announcing a couple of days ago that our u.s. troops will no longer be putting any effort towards preventing al qaeda and isis for mounting a resurgence, because they will have to dedicate all of their resources and efforts towards mounting a

defensive posture against iranian forces and iranian-backed -- >> tucker: it's so crazy. i'm not endorsing iran, obviously. >> of course not. >> tucker: but just in point of fact, because facts do matter even in 2,020, wasn't iran one of the forcesf that overcame i isis? or my imagining -- >> yes. andd iraq. there was this kind of long-standing, uneasy alliance between u.s. forces. iraqi government forces. iranian and iranian-backed shia militias and the kurds, they are 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 being able to focus on that mission of preventing isis from getting a resurgence, it's creating an opening for isis ans al qaeda to reconstitute themselves and to pose a threat tost our forces, to our country

and the people in the region. and secondly, iran is now -- at this announced, there are no longer complying with any restrictions that were in the iranow nuclear agreement, speedg quicklyy towards developing ther own nuclear weapons capability, which puts us at greater risk and puts our partners and allies in the world at greater risk. >> tucker: i get it. getting out of iraq would be, i have to say -- >> here's why this is so important. getting our troops out of iraq and syria is essential because 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? what are we trying -- >> tucker: exactly and our troops are hostages and we owe them more than that. >> absolutely. >> tucker: congresswoman thank you. >> thank you. >> tucker: good to see t 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? bazaar. we will show you part three o of our explosive american dystopia series next. ♪ robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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fight homelessness. of course if the government gets his money, it will do nothing to reducele the incidents ofce homelessness, nothing they tried in that state has. buried a fundamental of authorities are unwilling to fix the core problem. in san francisco, police in action against crime and vagrancy -- turning to private police. they're hiring their own, they have no choice. that's the focus of tonight's episode in our weeklong series, "american dystopia." >> can i help you? >> tucker: meet cody clements. san francisco patrol specialist. clements isn't an ordinary cop. in fact, he's not a cop at all. >> special police officers. >> we are paid for by private businesses, merchants. >> hello! >> tucker: we spent two hours writing along with clement as he fielded call after call. mostly about the destruction of drug addicts who mined the neighborhoods sidewalks. the go i talked to him every day, all day. i talked to him and encouraged him to move. >> tucker: outside the library, which they use as a day

shelter -- >> wire the recording? >> tucker: accosted by this man. >> if i wanted to, right? >> you to think you will be homeless for the rest of your life? >> yeah, i think that's a choice. >> it's your choice? >> tucker: the castro district is rich. homes their cost as much as $4 million apiece. >> the residents that live on the streets, they pay for our service. >> tucker: area's richest residents voted to create a community benefit district. that's bureaucratic jargon for a private government to do jobs that san francisco's a city government won't do. >> some of the most common cause that i get from residents, somebody setting up a tent in front of her house, almost person going through our garbage, making a mess. >> tucker: the benefit pays people to patrol the streets, clean up trash and controlled graffiti. >> in most cities the city government is provided? >> most cities they would. >> tucker: but not separate cisco, or property owners are forced pay mandatory fees to finance services the city fails to provide. >> almost 40 years i've been here. it's the worst i've ever seen.

>> tucker: john henry runs a hotel near union square which has its own community benefit district. the neighborhood has gotten so bad that he routinely deals with horrified hotelte guests. >> they are troubled by the cleanliness, the fact that times don't feel safe. seen people who are sleeping on the sidewalks. and they're baffled. >> hello, how are you? >> tucker: not all san franciscans are privileged enough to afford private policing grade >> feces, no garbage, we try to keep it pretty clean. speeone's of the prosecutors are unwilling to enforce the law, there's not much for patrol specials like clemens can do. >> where did they go, they go to the next corner and you have to move them again. >> nice to see you too, thanks for being so nice. >> it does get frustrating because as you heard, they don't want services. a lot of them choose to be on the street because it's a lifestyle they like. >> tucker: our american dystopia series continues this entire week with things as bad as they are there, you might think that housing inir separate cisco might get a little cheaper. but somehow it's gotten more

expensive. costs have become so extreme that ordinary people with jobs are trying desperate measures, moving far away. those who want to stay close to town live in boats in some cases. don't miss part four of our series tomorrow, 8:00 p.m. eastern on the show. in a nation divided badly over politics and culture and just about everything, mike rowe spends his time trying to remind all of us the great human beings still live in this country, a lot of them. the host one of the top shows on facebook. it's called returning the favor. the fourth season of that show debuts next week. >> a tv host and his crew began traveling the country. >> here we go. >> comea here. you ready for this? >> giving back to america'se do-gooders. >> if you change lives -- >> one of the price beds of cancer statements is the social isolation. because if you help others -- >> i knew there were some good people locked up. >> than one man.

>> you're using her power when the spotlight to put the spotlight on these people. >> returning the favor, january 13th only on facebook watch. >> tucker: a bright spot in a dull landscape. mike rowe just joined us recently to talk about what he's doing with thehe show. first of all congrats on the new season. number four already. it sounds like your job is basically to just locate great people and shine a light on them? >> that's really t what it's coe down to. 20 years ago it was located 30 people, shine the light on them, find them in the sewer, find them on the bridge, find that whatever, tell their stories, try my hand at whatever they do to earn an honest living and now -- it's really funny, no one's pointed out before, 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 and rather than celebrating work on its face, we are now celebrati celebrating -- if dirty to dirty jobs was a rumination work, returning the favor is a rumination on kindness and

decency. but we try very hard for the last 70 episodes not to let it devolve into forgive me, but this old house. i don't want the cello getting sick. i don't want manufactured tears. on primeant a full 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. >> of god. >> tucker: but you and your producers are spending your whole lives focused on virtue forer once. has it changed you? >> yes and no. it's very kind, but it's not y o much that were focusedki on virtue. we're focused on something like transparency. so dirty jobs changed fundamentally back in 2004 in the second season 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 and so with the viewers saw was the making of a nonfiction show. and that, if there's a secret sauce, 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 foror sale, can't really fake it. all you can do is in the works and all way but the viewers see what it makes don't i to make a show. the show, my old show, the current show, it doesn't matter. 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. >> and i think that's what people are looking for. >> tucker: the people i know who are highestng on america --

the deepest reservoir of affection for americans are the ones who spend the most time with them. do you think that's true? >> i know that every four years we will see whoever's running attempt to prove it by sitting down. maybe it's a bar in erie, pennsylvania, doing shots of rye with the construction workers, or maybe it's a single mom over here in akron and were looking to -- you know, the candidates get elected by their ability to connect or facilitate the illusion of a connection. not to be cynical about it. >> tucker: it's true. >> but it's so true and it's all fundamentally for sale that 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 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: you. you have to let the llama spit on you. >> you better believe it.

you've got to do things to barnyard animals that will facilitate phone calls for the rest of your life. >> tucker: i've seen you up to the shoulder in a barnyard animal. congratulations, thanks for renewing our faith in the country always. >> that was a cow, by the way, she still calls me. >> tucker: the great mike rowe. cnn, as you well remember, let the medial wide effort to destroy a group of innocent kentucky.lers from denounced them as racist, cnn did. theys live. this time they got caught and they're paying for it bigth tim. we settled the case, details on i just had. plus wildfires engulfed the entire continent, huge parts of it in australia. what a tragedy it's been, it's been going on for months. anything we see in california or south america. who's getting hurt most? the animals as always. millions of them, but there are some good news, former cohost of mine iset australia and will shw us what is happening to save the koalas and the kangaroos and the wildlife down under.

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outlets for trying to wreck o hs 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 were not really going to know what the internal deliberations were unless someone else was vilifieded by cnn decides to su. we are not encouraging that, we are just saying if you wanted to know how exactly cnn decided to destroy the lives of totally innocent high school students from a catholic school in kentucky over a totally fraudulent, made up story, you have to sue them again. but it looks like nick sandmann has gotten at least part of what he deserves from cnn. i think he also sued "the washington post." anyway, we are going to continue following that story, but the bottom line is this and we are just going to repeat itha again, cnn r has settled, has in effect admitted guilt in the case of the covington catholic kids,

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

wildfires. it's just absolutely devastating. we are the toronto zoo. we got a couple of koalas who up here all night and cuddled up. they're a part of 12 koalas, a few dumb a group of 12 of them that were rescued from a fire zone they are. and there being washed around the clock by keepers and veterinarians and there are lots and lots of environmental groups rescue groups that are doing things at the zoo. i can show you video from yesterday where we were at sidneyey wildlife rescue where i got a hold several joey kangaroos. eastern gray kangaroos in fact that are meant to be in her mother's pouch still. their mothers died in the blazes. they have smoke and heat damage to their eyes, they have ulcers in her eyes, they are being bottle-fed. it's just a heartbreaking situation, but a silver lining to see humanity really coming forward and looking after them the way that we are. >> tucker: those animals are so cute, it's hard to believe there even real and they exist in nature in australia.

how wonderful that people are trying to save 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. if you can only imagine what this is going to be doing to their tourism dollars and the prime minister has just pledged $2 billion at least. he said if the price tag is higher he will go even higher, but for the relief effort here, so you hope that will help the tourism industry. and all of the folks here are living in who are just devastated by this, 2,000 homes have been destroyed as well. so you just can't imagine what these folks are going through and 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 any time the near future. and they're reminding australians to remain vigilant

evacuation watching orders because these fires can spread super quickly at the drop of a hat. we are experiencing high winds and record-breaking heat during a drought season. we have lightning causing spires, dry lightning causing expires. and new south wales police actually just told us yesterday legalhey have taken action against 180 people for infractions both big and small related to these bushfires for our sin. so it's just -- it's disgusting when you hear about that side of things. isn'tou it? >> tucker: it's beyond and i knowbe that you are a passionate animal lover, a dog owner, baxter, i know your dog, and it's a measure of decency how we treat our animals i think. anna kooiman joining us from sydney, australia, tonight, thanks so much for that update. >> thanks for having gone and it's great that the world is paying attention to what's going on in australia, because folks are really struggling here. >> tucker: amen. cute. good to see you. file this under stories that some people care about.

britain's prince harry and his american wife meghan markle have announced that they are "stepping back at senior members of the royal family." they say they are going to seek a new "progressive role within the monarchy." seems like an oxymoron and split their time between the u.k. and north america somewhere. it's a big continent. who knows, breaking away from the traditionally apolitical royal family may allow her to weigh in on political issues and hopefully will understand why america fought a war to become a republic. so you've got to say, obvious and un-american site, you got to feel sorry for great britain a little bit. joe biden voted for the iraqq war. he's a booster of it. now is trying to rewritete histy and pretend he didn't, but some of us remember! details i had. ♪ - do you have a box of video tapes, film reels, or photos,

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♪ >> sean: just 24 hours ago come on the brink of another major east middle east war. americans, what do they think of it? keeping track of my fox news security correspondent and she joins us tonight. >> hey, tucker, the code was from the de-escalation from iran but the u.s. still facing very uncertain future in iraq including the prospect of government ordering withdrawals and all 6,000 forces on the ground. president trump so far making it clear, he's not planning on a pullout. take a listen.

>> you know, i think it is the worst thingg that can happen to iraq. >> turns out the american people though don't think the withdrawal is such a bad idea. judging from recent polling, they remain skeptical of u.s. presence on the ground.ed the latest call from gallup signed over half of americans believe that the war in iraq has made the homeland less safe when it comeses to terrorism. 51%, half of americans, 50% on the nose think that u.s. military engagement with iraq in the first place was a big mistake. the numbers,la even more alarmingly high among veterans. 64% of them say the war in iraq fighting, when it comes to iran the american public still largely skeptical of u.s. military intervention.s the group shows less than 10% of americans, reported an american strike against the facilities. the large majority far, far

preferred diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis. some stats for you to chew over while on the brink of the war. >> surprisingly clear. thank you so much for that. >> you bet. >> tucker: and not the only person trying to rewrite personal history inform policy, by the way, history that justt happen a few years ago. over the weekend and iowa, joe biden claimed this. speak with the president then was in shock and awe and after that, the very moment he did that, i opposed what he did and spoke to it. >> tucker: unfortunately for joe biden back in 2003, they had us. >> nine months ago, i voted with michael is to give the president of the united states of america that 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.

>> jones, a veteran joins us tonight, what do you -- does it seem a little weird the politician would try to deny something that is available on c-span? >> i spent nine months in iraq in 2007-2008 but the information i've been given from the british administration and congress with their vote, it was honorable to be there with mass destruction. from being used against us and our allies. what i hate and am so defended by, the same people in this race to lie about if they supported it to begin with or not. listen, the same vice president that sent me to afghanistan to lose my legs with 40,000 troop surge over a war he and his boss gave up on a few months later, now trying to lie about iraq and become president. i can't think of anything worse for the troops in the military than to have joe biden become president. >> tucker: it must make people

sinful, people cynicalic when yu hear politicians talk like that. >> you know we have something now called social media we didn't have when s i was serving for the most part especially when i was deployed. they have access to this information and vacancy in see in iraq today, and kuwait that we are reporting on joe biden lying about reporting the mission. and of course, that takes a toll. at the end of the day we are honorable. we come home and we are not going to vote for someone who would lie for what he decided were lies and welfare. >> he may not be aware of the o fact that it's all on video. >> that is even worse. it's been when you make a very good point. it is great to seeing you. m thanks for coming on. >> absolutely, thank you. >> we are out of time and we are grateful that the countries in peace. say a prayer for that. we will be back tomorrow 8:00 p.m. >> the show is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think

another selection in the american utopia series errors tomorrow. it's a good one but in the meantime have a great night. sean hannity live from new york city >> sean: amen. we should pray for the greatest military force that god gave. who put their lives on there's a lot of evil in the the line for us everyday. 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 -- americans 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. thank god, no americans or iraqi killed. now president trump is giving them an out. in order to deescalate the situation, keep the campaign