♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." sadly it's the end of the road for one of cnn's top presidential picks. he's not dropping out, he's behind bars. creepy porn lawyer convicted on a long list of felonies. we will all so tell you about mayor michael bloomberg and what that says about the democratic party. first tonight as we chronicled extensively come our leaders in washington suddenly seemed deeply sympathetic to people ensnared in our criminal justice system, an awful lot of criminals are getting out of prison early or not going at

all. this is compassion and it may be that yet those same compassionate impulses don't seem to extend to roger stone, one of the president oldest advisors. he was convicted of lying during robert mueller's russia investigation, he couldn't find collusion but stone got up to nine years in prison. good, said official washington, he is annoying, and worse he is close to trump. >> he's trying to protect roger stone for lying under oath for witness tampering, for trying to cover up the trumps connections with >> this isn't jaywalking. it was seven felonies. >> it is outrageous, i hope people are infuriated by this. >> the reason they are doing it is slimy, sleazy, dirty. >> roger stone is somebody i hoed in minimum highest team, so i was not unhappy to see him get

7-9. >> tucker: that last person you may recognize is john dean, he made harsh payments to the burglars. how much time that he served for all of that? he served four months, he's not roger stone come he didn't get nine years. andrew mccain isn't roger stone either, he will serve nothing at all. as an fbi official, he authorized illegal leaks to the press and lied to investigators about doing it, he was fired from his job as he should have been but today's prosecutors announced they will not bring any criminal charges against him for committing what were obviously crimes. over at cnn, they celebrated the news. >> many observers look at the investigation and they believe that to not have merit. to your point that it doesn't have merit, you aren't completely objective party in

that. there are a lot of independent observers that looked at this and said it doesn't make sense. >> tucker: other corrupt former fbi officials were thrilled by the news too, lisa page who spent months texting her boyfriend how to stop donald trump. tweeted this, cheers with herself holding a glass of wine. hey america, of yours. mccabe was the one man on the left who didn't seem happy about the news, he's not grateful to dodge an indictment. instead he says he's angry. he is the victim here. >> as glad as i am that the justice department and the u.s. attorney's office finally decided to do the right thing today, it is an absolute disgrace that they took two years and put my family through this experience for two years before they finally drew the obvious conclusion.

>> tucker: talk about an ingrate. if he was roger stone, mccabe would be in jail, instead he's a celebrity fond over by cable news, no doubt his salary has increased. he ought to be grateful he didn't get caught supporting donald trump three years ago. he's not alone, there are an awful lot of people out there who aren't roger stone who are walking free tonight. take jose george, accused of trafficking fentanyl, police linked at least one death that he sold. police had to release him, even though he was facing life in prison, he was let go without paying fail. what stopped him from trying to flee? nothing. if he doesn't try, he's stupid, that's what life in new york is like. in november, a resident was

arrested for domestic violence, new york ignored them and let him go, now he's been arrested for raping and murdering a 92-year-old woman, it's not just in new york. across the country, cities are slashing the sentence of people who are not roger stone. prop 48 has fueled a wave of car break-ins by criminals who have calculated the potential game come out when the punishment they are likely to get. philadelphia, we've told you this story, district attorney larry krasner is refusing to prosecute dozens of cases of illegal gun possession, how is that worked out? exactly as you would expect. malika jackson was arrested in 2018, he was sent to a diversionary program and released. these are the people who are for gun control for you. in march, he was arrested for

yet another gun crime and he was released yet again. after prosecutors asked for no bail in his case, finally last june he was arrested for a third time, this time for murder. do you see a thread? criminal justice reform was a lot like gun control, it's not about changing the rules for everyone, it's about selectively enforcing them along political lines. the left will lecture you for hours about gun crime and how afraid they are of guns but they don't really feel that way. they oppose stop and frisk which save thousands of lives by taking many thousands of guns off the street, meanwhile they're working deep into the night to disarm law-abiding virginians in rural virginia who committed no violent crime and are a threat to no one. they aren't for gun control, they are for punishing people

who don't vote for them and the same thing is happening here. the left doesn't want criminal justice reform, if they did they would be on roger stone's side. what they want us to send their political enemies to jail and that's what they are trying to do. former campaign advisor michael cavuto has watch this whole thing from the beginning and he joins us tonight. thanks so much for joining us, it's hard not to compare and contrast the treatment of andrew mccabe and roger stone. what do you make of this? >> it's a two tiered justice system, we've always wondered about that in the wake of donald trump selection, and in 2016 it became more obvious, there's one level of justice for hillary clinton and andrew mccabe and another level of justice for roger stone. george papadopoulos, carter page, j.d. gordon,

there's no climb in between them. the fact of the matter is, we know now just buy the things they have exposed accidentally with the prosecutor is manipulating guideline enhancements to drag it up to 7-9, with the jury foreman revealing that she's a lieutenant in the resistance, was enough corruption, malice, ulterior motive here of the president to pardon roger stone immediately. we know that roger stone is never going to get a fair shake in the district of columbia, no republican ever does. andrew mccabe? look at him, he's celebrating tonight, lisa page tilting him on twitter, it makes one just sick. >> tucker: unlike some people who have my politics are not for sending andrew mccabe to prison. i'm not for sending a lot of

nonviolent people, but i believe in fairness and equal application of the law and i can't remember a high-profile democrat in a politically tinged case, went to jail. tontony podesta lobbied together for ukraine, he is probably in italy. paul manafort is where? >> federal prison with no sign of when he's going to get out. i'll tell you another thing coming look at the likes of hunter biden, no matter what he did in ukraine, you know he lobbied cabinet level officers without a registration. he did far more than paul manafort did, even more than tony podesta did who is probably dining out in washington, d.c., right now. there's a justice system for the democrats in the justice system for the republicans, that's why we are asking people to go to

free roger stone.com. we have an impressive petition going, well over 130,000 people demanding his pardon at freeroger stone.com . we want the president to take a look at this and have compassion. what's happening from the very beginning, i was interrogated by the same prosecutor that roger stone was. the way that guy wielded power, i remember a story of him screaming at a female defense attorney, i am the government! the stories of his bullying go on and on but how he manipulated enhancements. >> tucker: people like that should not have power. >> he took roger into a 7-9 category, it's all done with bad faith. they did the fisa warrants in bad faith, they did the fusion

fbi dossier in bad faith, they followed they are spying upon aid to the opposing candidate for president, everything here has been done in bad faith. the president needs to consider that. when he sees what's going on with roger stone -- one thing is very clear. roger stone should never have testified before the house of representatives, he never should have, it was a fix from the very beginning. >> tucker: people on the right and they don't understand, we don't understand the stakes that the other side is playing for. they don't want to win the argument, they want to crush you, they want to pull you off the internet and cancel your checking account, they want to send you to jail. great to see you tonight, thank you so much. >> once again freeroger ston

freeroger stone.com. >> tucker: appreciate that, one of cnn's top presidential picks, this is somewhat identified by their correct politics team is not going to be on the ballot in the fall. the creepy porn lawyer was just convicted on all counts. did michael bloomberg become the democrats best shot to beat bernie sanders? the key fact rhymes with sonny, 60 billion of it, that's just the head. bottom line is,

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media on your relationship withg her and she is working with the strip clubs, you are exploiting her and you know that, why aren't you paying her some of what you're making?qu >> this is absurd to. >> tucker: why are you rich and your client is working and strip clubs? >> do you have an idea how much money i've earned? >> tucker: like so many lawyers, you are taking o advantage of her and you pose as a feminist hero because you are shameless and the other channels let you get away with it and you are an exploiter of a woman and you should be ashamed of it. >> tucker: the headline is that man is not going to be the democratic nominee, he's not going to be giving a state of the union address next january. creepy porn lawyer came to the end of the road today. prosecutors charged him as you remember with crimes essentially accusing him of extortion and he was convicted in federal court in new york on three of those

charges, he was convicted of trying to extort millions of dollars from nike, he could get more than 40 years in prison, he could face more charges in california as well. no novel could compare with the true exploits of creepy porn lawyer, just two years ago he was a colossus of american public life. cable newsce producers trembled when they said his name, they put them on television daily from to mike for months on end, they couldn't stop themselves, they loved him. >> he's a beast. he keeps popping donald trump in the mouth. johjon meacham said he may be te savior of the republic. >> enough i already, what you he left to say? i was wrong. >> tucker: you don't owe michael avenatti an apology, you owe america an apology for

promoting a guy you knew was filthy at the time but because he hated the same person you nate you made him seem like a hero and you do owe us an apology, you should at least acknowledge that the guy you made famous is now going to jail for extortion. we saved all the tape, especially this one. here is jeff zucker's marionette on cnn telling you the creepy lawyer is actually a presidential contender. >> one reason i'm taking you seriously as a contender is because of your presence on cable news.ve >> i've got 20 years of u experience at a high level, i understand how government regulations are passed, how laws are passed, how the supreme court works. i have an extreme depth of knowledge. >> tucker: the icarus syndrome came into play, he fell as quickly as he rose. initially we were the only show calling exactly what he was, a

scam artist, someone who specializes in exploiting thee week. soon it became clear to everyone when he tried to defame brett kavanaugh, when he'd stolen money from stormy danie stormy daniels -- even from a disabled client he apparently defrauded but everyone knew exactly who he was until they didn't know because as his recent clip showed, the man who so dominated cable news you couldn't get his face out of your head was swiftly forgotten once he couldn't get back on the cable channels. >> this lawyers start rose while repping stormy daniels but fell after he was accused of trying to extort millions from nike in 2019. his name, quicklyio forgotten. >> tucker: author and columnist mark steyn has been following creepy porn lawyer from his earliest, creepiest days, we are happy to have him back for a final assessment of

the saga. i never take pleasure in anyone going away because prison is horrible. but it's not really cpl i'm miffed with, it's the people who have promoted him. you have following this, how did they fall for him? >> absolutely, how was it that tucker carlson is the only person in the media who could see that this guy is just a creepy porn lawyer while everyone else thought this very week, he should be standing on stage somewhere in concord, new hampshire, thanking everyone for his tremendous victory on primary night because he was supposed to be the magic bullet who would take out donald trump. this is actually on the media, to go back to what you were talking about earlier, he is a disgusting man.

he's wearing $3,000 suits while stormie was standing on a bar in virginia hoping there would be enough dollar bills tucked in her garter belt. he treated his clientsbo appallingly, to go back to whaty you were talking about earlier, this is the embodiment of what the last three years has been about. he was supposed to get trump out of the oval office and into jail and instead the guy they said was going to be the next president is himself going to jail and the only problem i have with it is it goes back to the distinction you made. there are those in the club who never paid a price, just a sailing from tv contract to one deal onto the next tv contract and this guy was some sleazy chanter, an undoubted criminal, the most reprehensible kind of

guy and the reason he is going into jail is for the reason you were talking about earlier. otherwise if you are really the guy, he would be laughing at us the same way that awful mccabe that i was laughing us today. >> tucker: have you ever noticed the people who spend the most time talking about how concerned they are about the world and injustice, big picture compassion are always the worst to the people around them, they've got a trail of ex-wives and alienated children, defrauded clients, there's a connection, right? >> one thing i think i said at the time he began representing stormie, you've seen this with so many sleazy lawyers before. you know at the end of it, he's going to be rich and famous and she is still going to have no money and she's still going to be completely forgotten.

that gets to the heart of what is wrong. they so hated trump, they bet their chips on this guy. how stupid do you have to be? never mind about to bite and, never mind about bernie, we've got creepy porn lawyer as the best president we never had. meat's on jon meacham and all of those other idiots -- i would rather be hot for stormy daniels than hot for creepy porn lawyere >> tucker: i feel a little sorry for cpl, i don't feel sorry at all for the panels on y those shows. great to see you tonight, thank you for that summation. >> thanks a lot. >> tucker: michael bloomberg is a former republican, a billionaire who made his money on wall street and he's a guy who's every good idea is now considered racist by modern

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♪ >> tucker: two primaries in, as the smoke clears it looks like bernie sanders is the front runner for the nomination but he's not way out ahead of everyone else.

igpete buttigieg leads him in te delegate count, amy klobuchar seems like a real candidate and joe biden and elizabeth warren have lost to the race but each is refusing to drop out. it's a mess and each of the contenders is dragging the others down. chaos like this is a disaster for the democratic party. it's a massive opportunity for tiny billionaires who think they should run the country. people like that view our political system like an aging company ripe for hostile takeover. just a few months ago, it seems absurd, he wasn't w even on the ballot in the first few states. he was pulling in the single digits and didn't seem like he wanted to run for president. >> it's not going to happen on a national level for somebody like me starting where i am unless i was willing to change all of my views and go on what cnn called an apology to her.

joe biden went out and apologize for being male, over 50, white, beto o'rourke apologize for being born. >> tucker: it turns out he was willing to change all of his views. he's made an awful lot of apologies over the last six months about core beliefs, he no longer has them. it has worked, amazingly. he has risen in the polls week by week and by the real clear politics average, he is now third, he will be second when he takes over joe biden. it could be a contest between a socialist in one of the world's richest men. how did this happen? just the way you think about the same way bloomberg wound up with 14 houses, he bought it. for months, warren and sanders have been complaining about the possibility of that happening. >> the fundamental problem in this country is the power that the billionaire class has over

the economic andnd political lie of this country. >> i don't think any billionaire ought to be able to do it and i don'the think people who suck up to billionaires in order to fund their campaigns to do it. >> they corrupt the political system in which billionaires are buying elections. >> he doesn't need people, he only needs bags and bags of money. >> one person, one vote, not billionaires buying elections. >> we've got to billionaires who think they can buy an election. case in point, michael bloombe michael bloomberg. >> tucker: you may not agree with either one of thoseei candidates, we certainly don't they do raise an important point about the basic vulnerability in our system. w it's possible if someone has enough money he could get much farther than he would otherwise, it challenges the idea of democracy. what sanders and warren said what you just saw them say, it was an attack. bloomberg is trying to hide the

election, he's not hiding it one bit and it's working. what does that prove? it proves in america, race politics may be powerful unfortunately it is but it's nothing compared to the power oe cash. beto o'rourke, kamala harris all ran on identity. race, gender, sexual orientation and they all failed. bloomberg is running on his checking account and it's working. if you had to choose between woke and money, go wa with monet matters more. four years ago you heard donald trump trying to buy the presidency. trump campaign was a tiny operation, democrats outspent republicansbl 2-1. trump top challengers in the republican primary outspent him, even ben carson. bloomberg occupies an entirely different level, he is worth

almost $62 billion, that is about 17 times richer than donald trump. of his net worth is higher than the gdp of seven u.s. states, actual states in our country. he's not just rich, he's incredibly rich, one of the richest people on the planet and uses that money effectively. in a recent twitter thread that you should read because it's fascinating, he pointed out the way he operates and is running for president. the first thing he buys with his money is loyalty, in years past bloomberg's political operation spent $2.2 billion to elect mickey cheryl and haley stevens and congressman harley rouda in california. all three have endorsed bloomberg. ever since his days as mayor, he has showered millions of dollars on charities, nonprofits, a lot of gun-control organizations and all of them are totally indebted

to him. that's helpful when you are running for president. you can buy a lot of talent and he has. his campaign staffers get free macbooks, free iphones, catered meals and salaries that are two or three times greater than what staffers get another campaigns. he has promised them he will pay through november whether he wins or not. when you offer benefits that generous you don't have to be a cynical political operative to be won over, money corrupts everyone if there's enough of it. a committed socialist too badly wants beat trump will learn to love michael bloomberg in fees paid a six figure salary to do it. money is good for advertising, that's a traditional use in politics. bloomberg has millions for an ad during the super bowl. if you are stuck in a super tuesday state, you will see his ads all day on all tv channels. all of this works because bloomberg and the people around him aren't stupid, not of all, they are smart.

he doesn't work with the same useless consultants, most of them are stupid and overpaidde dashes aren't. his team has a rare combination, maybe even unprecedented. unlimited money, elite intelligence, and machiavelli and ethics. they know he has real vulnerabilities in the primary but they also know democrats hate trump. that's where the campaign turns all of its focus, this presents one of the biggest republican donors ever as a loyal democrat who just wants to see trump his old golf buddy lose. so far voters are laughing it up, it's scary if you think about it. it's so dishonest. there are a few holdouts, bernie sanders is still the front runner. there are democrats who don't want to see their party sold to the single richest man on wall street. a lot of other americans look on in horror as they watch a major party's nomination go to the highest bidder, it's horrifying.

it's not democracy. bernie sanders is wrong about a lot, it's not democracy but that doesn't mean it doesn't work, it does. seth baron is an associate editor at city journal. i've forgotten bloombergia essentially bought a third term as mayor. previous mayors weren't allowed to run for a third term. >> there had been three term mayors, there was term limits imposed but bloomberg convinced the city council to overturn the referendum that had established them and give him and then a third term. bloomberg when he was mayor, he was an effective mayor, i'm not going to say hee wasn't. he bought pliability from arts organizations, social service organizations, activist groups by giving them a lot of money. he gave al sharpton's group

hundreds of thousands of dolla dollars. over the course of his term, al sharpton -- bloomberg said al sharpton had been a calming influencee in new york city whih is not something you usually think of when you think of sharpton but under -- he basically kept a lid on protests and things like that. it was an effective strategy to run the city, i don't know how well that translates to a national stage. new york city has low electoral turnout and not that many people vote. on a national level if you have 10 million rabid socialists it might be hard to convince them that this is the right way to go. >> tucker: you have to buy a lot of al sharpton's to do that, a calming influence. it's great to see you tonight. one reason he's doing well is the steady disintegration of

joe biden. even his hecklers are demanding he drop out. [chanting] are those hecklers on michael bloomberg's payroll? even if they aren't, other much richard allies are putting pressure on him to leave the race, the new report -- thanks much for coming on. explain your scoop. >> i speak to a lot of biden supporters on wall street in my producer is a huge assistant ins this, we spoke to him, what's going on with the campaign and it was simply this, they were saying we are almost out. if he doesn't turn it around quick, we are moving out. we are going to support

bloomberg, obviously he doesn't like thei to need their money -y were saying this thing is over, particularly if he doesn't do well in south carolina. a lot of them are saying he should leave now so we can pick up the pieces and to save what they believe is the moderate wing, the establishment wing of the party because joe biden cannot keep up with bernie sanders. it's unbelievable that bernie sanders and they are about the same age. when you see him on tv he's so energetic. i don't agree with anything he says but i can see how he rouses up the base. you don't get that out of biden and they mean a lot. if he doesn't have money, he's not going to make it the super tuesday.er he had two fund-raisers, they thought they were going to get a million, we should point out that a lot of people were locked in the preiowa when he was still the front runner, he got less than a million.

he got 800,000. you can already see the wheels coming off this and that is the story right now. bloomberg is encroaching on becoming that moderate, a lot could happen. he could surprise us in nevada omand killington south carolina and somehow get a second life but people are betting against that right now. >> tucker: that is a telling story, thank you for telling that. the coronavirus turns out to be so infectious that may have penetrated north korea -- north koreans have a particularly blood the way of keeping that the virus in check, we'll tell you what they are doing. democrats have a plan to bring foreign felons back into this country at your expense, the acting secretary of dhs is here to respond. then adam corolla is back, great interview as always, we'll be

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♪ >> tucker: chinese coronavirus continues to spread tonight, another 5,000 confirmed cases in china gives you official numbers, that includes at least 139 new deaths. 1700 health care workers have been infected, fortunately there are still only 15 confirmed cases in this country but last night the director of the centers for disease control said the virus will likely be around

for months if not years. despite many in the media ignoring this crisis, americans ought to be paying attention to this story. one country is taking radical measures to keep this virus in check. north korea has not seen a single case, according to a south korean news outlet a trade official broke quarantine by visiting the bathhouse, his penaltyol execution. we told you about the new way forward act, that is cosponsored by sitting house democrats that would completely remake america's immigration system for the sake of protecting foreign-born criminals. violent felon could not be deported unless they received a five year sentence and even then the judge could override it. the government would have to pay to get criminals back into the united states to resume living here.

what does this mean for america? what this -- chad wolfe's acting secretary for homeland security, he joins us. if it became law, what would happen to the country?y? >> it's dangerous, it completely cuts our immigration enforcement system that we have in place. just from a pure legality perspective, it cuts the rule of law. envision a world where individuals no longer have to in line for visas. they can come across the border, it's no longer criminal to do that. they can come into the system, we can't deport them, it essentially abolishes ice. on top of all of that going back 25 years we have to find a folks and bring them back into the country, relitigate their immigration proceedings, if you are looking for a way to abolish our immigration system, abolish

i.c.e. and rewrite the immigration code completely, this would be the legislation. >> tucker: in effect, he would abolish the country. why would anyone want the u.s. government to affirmatively seek out foreign criminals and import them into the country. >> >> we've seen us in the last several years, i think the idea is that somehow even though they go through due process, they have legitimate order from an immigration judge, somehow that's not good enough. somehow we have stacked the deck against them, you need to bring them back, relitigate them, provide them attorneys at government expense, there's a theory here that the deck is stacked against these individuals when that isn't the case at all. they have a due process, they go through the immigration system like everyone else, the immigration judge declares they have no legal right to be here and order some deported, that is

what the men and women of ice do, carry out illegal immigration orders and deport individuals. i think there's a group of individuals that would say we don't like that, we don't like the rule of law and we would like to rewrite at. >> tucker: we want to pay to bring the worst possible people in the country, it's a kind of punishment meted out against america, if this became what you become concerned for the country? >> i'm not concerned about its becoming law, there's a lot of steps that would have to occur between then and now and president trump would never sign anything like thist into law but should it become law? absolutely, it would be devastating not only to the department of homelandd securit. very dangerous for our country, dangerous for our communities. you would have hardened criminals coming into the country illegally, with but have no ability to enforce that law and deport them. basically your sanctuary city

policy that we would have an effect in several jurisdictions, nationwide. that would be the end result of the end of theg day. >> tucker: thanks for joining us, we really appreciate it. ratings for the oscars plunged to a record low last week and something is really disturbing happening in washington, the situation is worse than we've ever seen it. adam corolla is back for a diagnosis, we'll be right back. you always get me. now, get free 1 hour in-store pick up... ...at office depot officemax and officedepot.com. same time next week. yes!

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♪ >> tucker: so did you enjoy the oscars this year? probably not. tv ratings for the academy awards were the lowest ever this year with a 20% drop over last year's show. one possible explanation for this, maybe americans remembered how unbearably political andns how pedantic and boring last year's oscars were and decided not to watch this year. the people who do this, will the actors ever learn anything and back off a little bit? we recently asked that question to comedian and podcast hostst adam corolla about hollywood's political turn. he lives there. this is what he said. so you live here, ricky gervais shows up at the golden globes and just lacerates the people in the room. >> if you g win. come up, accept your little

award, thank your agent, and your god, and [bleep] >> tucker: what did you think of it was the effect of it, if any? >> it was funny because it had a little precursor to that when i did the alec baldwin roast on comedy central a few months ago. >> comedians need a place where they can be offensive without your [bleep] fake outrage. [cheers] #heroes. >> and i was writing some jokes and jimmy kimmel said you should do a little soliloquy at the end of the all woke and no joke culture and sort of tell them to get over it. and i did a little piece on it at the end of the comedy central alec baldwin roast. >> you already ruined the oscars. [laughter] you are all woke and no joke. >> so i was sort of thinking about it. >> tucker: how did that go over by the way when you did it? >> it's funny. it always goes over and then everybody goes back to it. like, if you did a corporate event for lawyers, and you said, oh, lawyers, all of them have

shysters who cheat on their wives. everyone would laugh. but i don't know why you are calling them that. you know what i'm saying? >> tucker: they wouldn't stop being shysters who cheat on their wife. >> they all stop clapping and laughing. >> this is how [bleep]ed up hollywood is. bruce jenner announces he transitions and everybody applauds it. but when they find out he is a republican, they are outraged. which is an interesting thing. i don't think it would work that way for tuna fishermen. >> tucker: no. >> you would get harpooned through your chest. but either way, i've said -- and i love what ricky gervais said. i said dr. drew always said to me when is the pendulum going to start swinging back? we are so politically correct. everyone is woke. we're getting everyone fired for

the thought police are out there. i said the comedians. tip of the spear. the comedians are going to bring the pendulum back. ricky gervais did a great job of the tip of comedian i didn't care spear of bringing us back. >> if isis started a streaming service, you would call your agent, wouldn't you? >> dan chapelle, doing a standup special that is unapologetic. the comedians, i believe, are going to be the group that usher us back towards sanity. >> tucker: i hope that's right. >> that would be nice. >> tucker: amen. thank you. >> sure. >> tucker: well, a quick public service announcement, the u.s. space force, which is real, is asking for public inpuu on what it should call its members, its ranks, its unit. do you have any ideas? stargeants? blastronauts? sky admirals? you can do better than that. we would love to hear your

ideas. go to the tucker carlson facebook page and share with us. that's it's for us and the week. be back monday 8:00 p.m. the show that's the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, and, groupthink. sean hannity takes over. have a great weekend with the ones you love. ♪ >> sean: welcome to "hannity."v. we begin tonight, a fox news alert. big, breaking, positive developments to share surrounding the deep state. this is very detailed. pay close attention. d i have to unpeel the layers of this onion.ti first, i have to admit the mccabe news on the declination for prosecution is frustrating, especially when the ig had identified four separate incidents of lack of candor. that means lying. seems, as i said last night, only conservatives they seem to get punished for that in today's america.igse now, what we know is this is the single biggest abuse of power scandal, corruptionn scandal in modern american history. and it is playing out before our very eyes. we now see that the corruption at the highest lof