ah, i'd love to, but people get really emotional when i sing. help from a team that will exceed your expectations. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." for weeks the media told you it was wrong to worry about the coronavirus. the mysterious lethal disease spreading rapidly around the world. if that concerns you in any way, do you think we ought to take steps to protect ourselves from it? a new york bigot, coronavirus racist profiling against asians. an arrogant moron at slate.com. and a writer for "the seattle times," a parol racism is the real academic fear. so one the publications wag their fingers in the face of readers and told him he was irrational and immoral, in fact, to worry about the coronavirus than the annual flu. identity politics trumped public

health and not for the first time. awoken us is a cult. it lets you die before the admitted diversity is not her strength. so fast-forward to today. what began as a regional outbreak in the city of wuhan, china is now spreading across europe. parts of italy shut down tonight and catholic services in in some places funerals have been suspended indefinitely. take a look at a grocery store in milan. italy's industrial capital, the buying in bulk with a natural disaster which this is and it's moving fast. confirm thousands of cases of the disease so far and japan with infectious at the same level. the virus has been reported in iran. at least 12 people have died so far but one lawmaker says the real death toll is at least 50. apparently international sanctions don't stop the coronavirus. on friday, the centers for disease control warned that it's possible, even likely that america will have a general

coronavirus outbreak as well. that shouldn't surprise you. china is the world's most sophisticated authoritarian government. leaders have shut down entire cities and drag people from their homes in an effort to curb coronavirus. but it has not worked. officials in our country reported about three dozen cases of the virus in the u.s. so far. but that is a misleading number. the truth is, we have no real idea how many americans are infected. why? here is why. as of yesterday, only three public health labs in the entire country were properly equipped to detect the virus. fewer than 500 people in america have even been tested for coronavirus. out of a population of 327 million, for real. keep in mind five and a half million people ride the subway every day. worried yet? this could be serious. how likely is an epidemic in the united states? are we ready for if it comes and how many can die? real answers to the most basic

questions about coronavirus. dr. marc siegel is a fox contributor and the international dulles airport outside of washington which is receiving flights directly from asia. and tours of custom importers controller at the dulles airport. international pastors being screened for the virus they were. dr. siegel joins us in the main terminal. thank you for coming on tonight. so first, to where you are now, you just toured the screening area at the international flights of asia coming in. what is your assessment of it? >> well, custom borders protection agents told me people are flat-out lying, tucker, where they have been. they may have started one place. they have started in china, gone to europe, come here, and they don't admit it because they don't want to be quarantined. that is number one. now you talk about japan, south korea and how it's putting there. two flights from japan already here today and expand through customs, south korea quickly through customs and tucker, get

this i am standing in front of air china. there is no china come up i have news for you. i spoke to the agents at china and they said this flight is leaving from here and it is going to new york and then onto china and i asked the passengers they are how can that be? how can they possibly come back? they said, tucker "it's not your business." >> we do know they are getting over to china. i interviewed deputy secretary of homeland security at the dulles airport. he admitted that there is more virus here then we know about. and that it is an imperfect system. he did say though that they are clamping down on travel, south korea, japan are probably next. certainly, they are worried about italy. he said they are very, very intense about iran but nothing they can do about iran because it's an adversarial state. i also asked him where this

virus may have come from. you know what, he said do not rule out the possibility that it was made in a biology lab outside of here. take a listen. >> had to we this was not a lab accident and came out, that has been question. how do we know this did not come from biology? >> so our colleagues in the task force made it very clear, we don't yet know the origin of this particular virus. it is the third coronavirus in the world. the previous ones were mers, middle eastern virus that would come from that to camels to >> this is a fox news alert, we are continuing to follow live coverage of the president's trip to india and were looking at life pictures right now and the presidential motorcade arriving at new delhi.

earlier, the couple were in the official residence of the president in india where they got a very warm reception from president and his wife. mr. trump, first lady millennial will be taking part in a treeplanting ceremony right here. a little bit about it, if you don't know, it's a memorial that's dedicated to the men to back memory. it's the marking of the place where he was cremated after his assassination in 1948. here, they will be joined by prime minister and the two leaders will depart for the house and that's the government building used for officials there. in this case, it will be due for a bilateral meeting which will carry life if we can. that's also where we are joined by fox news correspondent

covered clark, kevin, thank you for joining us live. let's start with the president's current location where he and first lady millennial trump are at right now and, raj ghat, it's a special place for indians, what can you tell us about a questioa toit? >> just an aside, what a pleasure it is to have somebody with your experience and knowledge on the story, and this is a major event for the people of india and they have the depth and the knowledge and they certainly value to the viewers and i can also tell you that there's a real profundity to what will be happening here in the coming hours as the president and the prime minister, obviously, they all take part in replaying other events before we get down to the brass tacks of business at home. the first day was really one of pageantry, today, it's going to turn to the policy just a bit and you mention, we are actually here where the president will have bilateral meetings and yeah, they're going to talk

about things like trade, tarif tariffs, 5g, telecommunications, energy security, as well as defense cooperations and in fact, you've already heard about it, the president and the prime minister have been able to forge a deal to sell the indian government a number of military aircraft in a very big deal that's going to be in the area of millions of dollars and that something the present has made a high priority and not terms of what the relationship with india and also allies around the globe and ahead of that, we will take a watch on what's happening this afternoon. it's a gorgeous chamber of commerce stay here and wow, we are outside we anticipate a lot of great deal of activity on the inside in the hours to come. do not forget, we will also have a state dinner tonight and a banquet, like we have never seen and while this is happening before, i think for viewers in particular, the color, the glitter, all the traditional

colors it will be of great interest and were looking forward to bringing you that. we can you do live coverage and not back to your grade >> kevin, most interested in the menu and that's the most interesting thig here? >> were going back to the life pictures really quickly and give our viewers a lay of the land and what they're looking at. a little bit about the memorial here, so, the memorial dedicated to gandhi in delhi, india, what you're going to see here fully here soon, the stone footpath that surrounded by a lawn and the president and first lady will walk along the footpath that will lead to a walled memorial and within the walls, you will see a black square marble platform and that really marks the spot where mahatma gandhi cremation have been debated that marks the very important moment.

you might just see it come out to the other end of that, it's the eternal flame that's burning for gandhi. you might also see some beautiful orange and yellow white colored flowers on top of the black marble. it is really supposed to be a very peaceful site sort of mirroring gandhi's life work for peace. of gandhi, as you know, assassinated on january 31st, 1948, and every sense, foreign dignitaries come here to pay their respect to gandhi by laying flowers on the platform and you can see the wreath now being brought in and the beautiful large wreath made of white flowers. it will soon be carried in by the president and the first lady and laid on top of the platform. there is always some kind of activity around the memorial, prayers, remembrance ceremony, and i believe, weekly, and to museums near the site.

when the tourists come to pay tribute to gandhi, you know, they can also get a history lesson and learned some things about gandhi and they might not have known it. it's very important site for indians and for folks abroad whenever they come to india, when a the most visited sites when people travel to india. if it's important that the president attends and visits and pays tribute. let's watch for a moment here as they take part in the wreath laying ceremony.

♪ >> okay, watching here, the wreath laying ceremony, excuse me, here at the memorial for gandhi. they are now going to toss some flowers on top of the memorial, this is, again, a platform that marks the spot where mahatma gandhi's creation happened in a very important site for indians. soon to follow, we can see it right now, but there are some trees surrounding the memorial site and what's going to happen next, it's a treeplanting ceremony and president trump will follow in the footsteps and various other dignitaries planting the tree at the memorial. there are some other trees at the park which were planted by

queen elizabeth the second, some other nations of prime minister, and even the u.s. president, dwight eisenhower. he will be in good company there. as he moves now with first lady melania to go and plant a tree. in this memorial site. bringing kevin in now, this starts to happen at the events that are really, you know, really great photo of and there are some serious business that the president will eventually get to in the bilateral meeting we are expecting in the next bit here. what can you tell us more about this meeting and what the price that might touch on? i know we talked a little bit with john yesterday about security, the economy, trade, can you expand a little bit more on that? >> yeah, i think trade is going to be the clear lake number one marker, although the president has made it obvious that he

would like to something done foy the conversations between now and then. making deals along the way, i mentioned earlier, the idea having the defense deal where you sell military aircraft for example, where the billions of dollars, that's a nice good pay and pay dividends and not just in the short-term, but obviously, the long-term strategic interest against india being a force against russia and chinese interest. it typically, the russians in the primary military supplier for india so the idea of getting u.s. involved in the marketplace in a more way is a great interest for the president. i mention that 5g tele making occasions is a big issue in commerce and that's also going to be part of the conversation as well as religious freedom and we also suspect there will be some talk

about energy security. in fact, told by the administration official it's very likely that among the deals the president and the white house will announce today, we will also be one that has to do with energy security as well and perhaps something to do with power to assist in the energy conception of the people. the bilateral's are usually -- this is a policy statement, this is of the policy statement and as of the progress we made along the way, and these are our goals and aims moving forward. beyond that, you have leaders that will be very interested in meeting with the president in the white house officials as well. >> right, i think we have this continuously remind yourself that this is the first state visit where this is really about keeping the times between the two countries and what's the mood like? we have seen so many people, just cheering, clapping, waving, at the president as he moved with the rows of the country

here. what's the mood like is the president coming out of the giant welcome rally we saw yesterday and going into that bilateral day? >> you can really sense it, not an official capacity, but the bond between the two leaders but you really feel it when you talk to people on the street and we were actually in old delhi yeste here in new delhi, and asking people, not just on the streets, people we interacted with and how does the country feel about the president and the first lady coming here? there is a genuine excitement and anticipation among the people. very great fondness, and i think were not out of what happened, but some of the specific policies that the president focused on most notably, the right battle against the red radical terrorists.

it's fair to say, he's quite welcome here in india and it's clear that they have a great friend in the indian government. >> i think he and many people will call it a successful trip and the president and first lady traveled to india with a 12 person official delegation and that includes several people with the u.s. ambassador to india, the energy secretary, commerce secretary, chief of staff, national security advis advisor, and can you tell us a little bit more about what role they may play in the bilateral's coming up? >> yeah, very interesting, you notice that the chief of staff, nick mulvaney's not on the list, he's actually back home battling the severe cold and you notice that robert, the trade representative, not on the list to make the trip. again, we all know that they would like to hammer out something of substance with respect to trade, you do want to have him here you have the commerce secretary -- i can come

up conversation forward to. i think it's very interesting the national security advisor and that's crucial there is a major, major emphasis by the trump administration to really build up and develop the relationship between the two countries and you may recall very recently, a massive military operation training opportunity between the two countries. this is again, the idea of really forging a very strong partnership with india. not just again, for the region, but globally, this country will only continue to get stronger economically, stronger militarily, and certainly, the u.s. wants to be a part of it and a part in moving forward, he will be an integral part of the conversation that they have here today. >> looks like the president is signing a book here at the memorial for gandhi, in the meantime, take a look back at the last couple of hours, lasted 30 t30 where whirlwind that begn

with a cultural ceremony at the airport. it would be the western part. he was there to personally greet the presidential party, at the state of the job, in his own state so very equally proud moment for him. the motorcade then drove through the streets lined with cheering crowds and eventually, arriving at the stadium, the world's largest cricket stadium. it drew more than 100,000 spectators and you can imagine how loud that might be. here is part of what they told the crowd. >> america loves india. america respects india. america will always be faithful and loyal friends to the indian people.

the story of the indian nation is a tale of astounding progress, a miracle of democracy, extraordinary diversity, and above all, a strong and noble people. india's rise as a prosperous and independent nation is an example to every nation all over the world and one of the most outstanding achievements of our century. in america and in india, we know that we are all born for a higher purpose and to reach toward the fullest potential and to work toward excellence and perfection and to give all glory to god. >> okay, so the president and the first lady traveled to india again with a 12 person delegation. later on, the first couple paid a cup meg visited the iconic tal and with a sight to see that wa. billed by the indian emperor as

a team for his beloved wife, and before mr. trump arrived there to take the privates on site tour visit and a beautiful picture up for the family there. they traveled to raj ghat, the memorial marking the site where mahatma gandhi was cremated after his assassination in 1948. president trump brief visit will be long on pageantry and symbolism, and a lot of that today as well as we saw yesterday. relatively short on substance. he is going to be talking trade issues with prime minister modi, but no firm agreement is expected in the true countries are facing tensions over trade and even as they continue to deepen their ties, the security cooperation and there's that intention in the background. as for what lies ahead on the agenda, the presidential party

will wrap up the trip today with a meet and greet at the u.s. ambassador resident. it will be followed by state banquets come up over they said goodbye and have back to the air force and back on the journey to d.c. and i want to bring kevin back in who is at the palace. what's the mood like that? has there been a lot of flirty y of activity as he welcomed the president to kick up the bilateral talks? >> you know there certainly has a very interesting on the drive up, obviously, the streets have been swept and there was painting being done over the past couple of days making sure that everything was in perfect order and i've noticed the security has been extraordinarily -- i mean extraordinarily tight. typically, we are able to get into an event with fairly little trouble especially given that we

have been vetted before, you go through the manx and make sure that all the bags are properly investigated but in this particular instance, the security has been -- i mean times 100 prefer demonic compared to many events we seen around the world. we are here with a great anticipation and i think that also reflects the mood inside the building and inside the room over there, a number of people here who been waiting very patiently for many, many hours just to get a glimpse of the first lady and the president and this is not just a chance to showcase india, and it's great rise but also a chance to showcase the relationship between the two leaders themselves. i suspect that when we make our way in there, we have a chance to question the president and question the prime minister, they will be very eager to share what's clearly clearly a positive story, i'll be at come out light and heavy substance because i think a lot of us are looking for to a trade deal and that won't happen until. >> kevin, what would be your

first question what kind of questions are you hoping to be able to have asked the president today? >> couple things jump right out, first of all, you want to ask did you accomplish what you had expected to accomplish because i think often you come into an event like this with a specific agenda, you look for deliverables and we talked about the deals. but there's all the things that happen behind the scenes and so you want to give him a chance in this case to sort of expand on anything that may have surprised them. i also think you want to broaden your questions and maybe ask them about the battle against the coronavirus. as something not just impacting economies all over the globe, it's also impacting us in the u.s. and you've seen the dell has been down and i would be remiss if i don't ask him about that and then maybe you want to give a little bit more color and say what will you remember most? about the first trip as president and obviously, he's been here to the great country on number of times as a private citizen but this has been -- i

have to say, it has been remarkable and i'll be curious to see if he has the same sort of feeling in particular after what we saw yesterday. 11110, hundred and 20,000 people cheering thunderously and listening to his everywhere. the sunset at the taj mahal, at least for me, as a reporter covering this, it certainly a trip that i won't soon forget and i'll be curious to hear what the president has to say about that. >> will to more than 100,000 people, and remember how loud it was and what were your takeaways from that and what you think the president will take away from that? >> number one, he delivered a passage of hope and cooperation and yeah, he was honest about the idea that we will get something done with respect to trade and he mentioned that the prime minister is a fairly tough negotiator and obviously, he's a

man who's quite seasoned. i also really felt like an addition to talking about hope in the relationship, i thought he was very, very good about extending a hand of friendship and saying that we respect you and we will build with you. i thought his compliments with a great rise of this nation in particular over the last ten years was a fairly effective way to communicate to the crowd that, yeah, we are watching and enjoying it every step of the way and don't forget, there are more than 4 million indian americans in our country. don't lose sight for a moment that there is a political overtone to this visit as well and that's a very powerful lobby in our country and a strong voting block. an agreed number of business owners come from the community and a chance to expand on the goodwill from the event which i really thought opened roads politically for the president and you can't underestimate that as well. >> right, just to kind of

summarize what we have been watching here on your screen was the treeplanting ceremony here at the gandhi memorial. basically, what this was about was falling in the footsteps of so many dignitaries around the world and planting a tree at the memorial. there are other trees at the park which were planted by queen elizabeth the second and some other countries in the prime minister and even u.s. president, dwight eisenhower. so now president trump is added onto the list of paying tribute and planting the tree in the memorial site for mahatma gandhi. okay, up next, the president is going to return to his motorcade and head towards i believe the presidential palace where kevin corke is. we will continue to watch this. he's on his weight to way to have their house , and we will be watching more

about that. let's continue to talk with kevin and find out what may be going on there. kevin. >> yeah, right now, their continuing their preparations and our photographer was actually inside and has come back outside to help us conduct the interviews but what's also been interesting is the preparations as he can mention have been going on for quite some time and yet right up until the very moment that you see the president of walk-in, when i say, up until the very moment people are making certain that everything is just so and one thing that of a mold to observe what the indian people in addition to the great pride in their history is there attention to detail and we have seen literally every i dotted ad t crossed throughout the trip here and it will be interesting to see how everything is laid out and what the president makes his way over.

these meetings are so important on other different levels as we talked about having the energy secretary here and the commerce secretary here. the national security advisor, they should tell every and anyone watching at home the importance of the relationship, and more broadly, how important moving forward in a number different areas with the indian people this will be and will become moving forward for the administration. i should also add this, talking about a little bit earlier, trade, tariffs, 5g telecom, it is really all about all about developing a relationship moving ahead for the fall and into the second term if you are president trump assuming that he were to be reelected. the idea is, we want to work with you, we haven't gotten a fair shake in some of the business and trade deals in the massive dairy market that he would like to have at hand and other areas where he feels like

there has not been nearly enough. when you come inside, yes, pleasantries, pageantry, business at hand will certainly be important before we head over to the state dinner. >> okay, kevin, standby for us, we are going to follow the president movement in india as he's on his two day trip. right now, returning to regular scheduled programming.

>> tucker: harvey weinstein is probably going where you thought he would go. he's going to prison and convicted on two web five sex crimes against him. trace gallagher has the latest on that, trace. >> despiteco strong objections from defense attorney saying harvey weinstein was in fragile health and should not be taken into custody, the judge was having none of it. courtroom weinstein ordered taken to jail immediately after deliberating five days, five women and seven men found disgraced movie mogul guilty of a first degree criminal act and a third degree rape, found not guilty more serious charges of predatory sexual assault which could have sent him to prison for life. when the verdict was read the defense attorney said weinsteinn was stunned. manhattan district attorney cy vance said he is a predator. listen to both. >> he kept saying over and over again, i'm innocent, i'm m innocent. how could this happen in america? i'm innocent, i'm innocent. >> it is a new day because harvey weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes committed.

>> harvey weinstein will spend five years in prison and we could spend up to 25. he is facing four sexual assault charges and a new trial in los angeles, tucker. >> tucker: and a new trial, trace gallagher thank you so much for that. nobody knows crime quite like nancy grace does. she's covered it for decades.ia crime stories with nancy grace on fox nation. we are happy to have her tonight to assess the harvey weinstein case. thanks for coming on. it is a segment but what do you make of what happened? >> the kid treatment is already started. you know where weinstein is right now? he's not on his way to jail but on his way to the hospital. he's already whining, having chest pains. you wonder, do those women have chest pains after he raped them? you know what else, tucker, this is a devastating blow to the state but i don't know what those people are talking about. this guy went down for two

felonies can actually facing five to 29 years. the potential on one charge and a potential 25 years on the other. if they run consecutively, that is 29. now, they didn't teach math in law school, but i'm pretty sure that is right. after march 11th, he can get ready to travel out to l.a. where he's facing four felony charges on two other women. if you didn't leave these charges, one of those women made an outcry to her priest. i can't wait to see what the defense will try to do with that, tucker. >> tucker: so harvey weinstein was, of course, if famous movie producer and famous president and as you know a lot of political figures.ke >> i don't care. >> tucker: judging what we learn from the trial, could he have kept his life secret? would people would have known what he has about? >> you know what, tucker everybody knew. everybody knew within the

industry. and we heard that from the defense very first witness. there have always been rumors about harvey weinstein and his girlfriends.fe his rape were victims. you know what is interesting in the case with these women went through on cross-examination. they were cross-examined on the site, did they keep in touch with weinstein? some of them pitched projects to weinstein after sexually assault about what people don't get, women have to make a living. and after you have been raped, very often i have seen and i have tried a lot of rape cases even before dna and that is not easy. but a lot of women want for peace of mind to return to a sense of normalcy. they blame themselves.an so they try to trudge forward. that was painfully obvious for me, anyway on cross-examination. >> tucker: quickly, can you assess the next stage of this? he's on trial for more charges? >> yes, i can.

the very next day, the defense in new york will parade into court, and they will challenge the bond revocation. in other words, they want him out on an appeal bond. they want him to stay free while this case goes up on appeal. that is the first thing. then they will try to get him, move to another jail, then they will try to get a new trial. it is not going to work. we will see what the judge bert -- >> this is a fox news alert, we are continuing now with live coverage of president trump's trip to india and right now, president trump making his way to the house of the government facility used for meetings with foreign dignitaries. of president trump and prime minister modi will have a restricted bilateral meeting for participating in and expanded a bilateral that is going to be open to the press. they are, they will give a joint

statement and an exchange of agreements. this marks donald trump's first trip to india as a president but the for the meeting with modi. if a growing deepening friendship between the u.s. and india and president trump at the welcome ceremony yesterday telling the audience of over 100,000 prime minister modi is a true friends and trump posting of the strong bond between the u.s. and india and expressing hs desire of strengthening the bond even further. if the bond is something that likely helped lead to a $3 billion defense deal and trump announcing the deal at the same welcoming ceremony. many foreign policy thinkers see the friendship as a asset and something that could push back against china's rise and china's influence in the region there. but the u.s. and india has

relationship have some tense moments during the trump administration and both nations are fighting right now over tariffs. really, everything from harley-davidson motorbikes and farm goods beta trump calling india a tariff king and the trade deal has been in the workd u.s. and india for really over a year now. india has remained locked into signed a deal and choosing to cling on to its projected list trade policy instead, trump intensified pressure on india by raising tariffs on the imports and helping it will close the over $23 billion trade deficit that the u.s. has with india last year. kevin corke is standing by at the house for us and we are going to it a little bit later, but he's there. in the meeting, he'll be a little bit about it, it could be a clash of america first versus india first and president trump

the opportunity to exercise the deal making abilities and president trump had a big rally yesterday let's listen into some sounds from the rally at the stadium yesterday. >> america loves india. america respects india. and america will always be faithful and loyal friends to the indian people. the story of the indian nation is a tale of astounding progress, a miracle of democracy, extraordinary diversity, and above all, a strong and noble people. india's rise as a prosperous and independent nation is an example to every nation all over the world and one of the most outstanding achievements of our century. in america and in india, we know that we are all born for a higher purpose, to reach toward our fullest potential, to work toward excellence and perfection

and to give all glory to god. >> president trump on his second day of the two day official visit to india here and he's only going to be on the ground for about 36 hours. giving the leader is not a lot of time, a short amount of time to hopefully work out the differences and move forward and that really is the work that begins here at the bilateral meeting which is now getting underway at the house and when you're looking at right now in new delhi. the capital of india, the leaders looks like they're coming right back out now. and i believe they're going to be standing for a photo hub and a lot more to come later on in the day as prime minister modi playing host to the president. basically, having a joint statement together with the president and let's go ahead and

listen i in and see if that to have anything to say and it looks like a photo op of the shaking of the hands here. we will watch that for just a second. okay, intending to follow this, the official visit of the president. we will keep an eye on what happens next and bring you back to the live coverage and more activity occurs it but for now, returning you to regular programming. >> tucker: for my cross and some concerns with our leaders what are they worried about instead? if you guessed russia, unfortunately, you are right. over the weekend, cnn delivered the segment about how internet memes are not harmless fun, no.

they are dangerous russian propaganda. the means wars. and for folks, you don't know this is the new thing driving a lot of narratives in conversation and voter r suppression efforts and this upcoming election. how is it weaponize for a chiefi political and what are those political ads that we have seen? >> memes to introduce new ideas and often these ideas can be that problematic and memes in 2016 were used on facebook and to spread misinformation. >> one of the things that is interesting and sinister about this stuff, it really does havet the impact of trying to increase cynicism and apathy. >> tucker: by the way, sidebar because it's hard to resist, two words there: narrative and problematic. if you find yourself using either one, tried to find another word. the hallmark of phony, please. meanwhile, the former chairman of the dnc threw out a wild allegation that the president

could be plotting to sell a state, an american state. 150, watch. >> i used to say this all the time, but now it has new meaning. if you are not tough enough to get through this problem what will you do when vladimir putin asked for alaska back, and we have a president today that would give it back. >> tucker: giving alaska back to the russians. he loves the russians. yesterday cnn wrote an entire piece predicting the president would be shocked that he can't eat steak and burgers while in india. so absurd. not only absurd, but bad for the country over time. cnn has dozens of anchors on highly abated experts and analysts and smart people that work there. this is what they talk about for three years running.g. what does that tell you? it tells you they cannot be trusted with positions of public trust. and in a crisis that matters. these people ought to resign today because it actually is degrading our public conversation. it is making us dumber and

blinding us to what the real threats are. it is obvious to the rest of thd world but not obvious to us in part because the media is so stupid and so far off that they can't see how the world hasat changed. other columnist mark steyn joins us to assess the state of all of this. mark, as you gaze around the globe at the eminent threats pressing in on us, where would you rate russian memes on that list? >> i would rate them very low along with the threat that trump will give alaska to vladimir putin. he will give vermont to justin trudeau long before he does that. and that is win-win for everybody. [laughter] but actually, i would slightly disagree with you, tucker, that this demonstrates the triviality of cnn. in actual fact, something rather profound is going on here. as you know, an obsession with dangerous jokes used to be a sign of totalitarian societies. and he wrote an excellent novel

about it called "the junk about a student whose entire life is ruined about telling a joke that fails to meet the favorite of the communist party." that is actually what's going on. if you listen to all of that tripe about memes using humor to advance problematic ideas and the russians must be behind that, do you realize what they think? cnn is advancing the proposition that enjoying a laugh means that you are being manipulated by the kremlin. this is actually completely idiotic. >> tucker: and it is also totally corrosive to the country. i have to ask, and this is not atop the list of important things, but i just cannot contain myself. joe biden is claiming on the campaign trail on at least three separate occasions that he was arrested in south africa during a party. watch this.

>> this day, 30 years ago, nelson mandela walked out of prison and entered a discussion about apartheid. i had the great honor of meeting him. i had the great honor of being arrested with a u.n. ambassador trying to get to see him in robbins island. >> i got arrested trying to see him when i was in south africa and nelson mandela.. >> i came back from south africa trying to see nelson mandela and got imprisoned.. >> tucker: is it true? well biden's own 2007 memoir never mentions being arrested in south africa trying to see nelson mandela. b someone traveling with him at the time does not remember it either. one of corn pops long lost relative, mark, were you there when he was arrested? trying to bit nelson mandela? >> i was there when biden was

arrested trying to see manhattan mcgann. he did not want to swim in the pool with the secret service agents. so joe lent him a made of himself. these stories are quite interesting. l all of these fans want to place him at the center of world events. it is like when they need amy klobuchar who ran into trouble and forget the name of the mexican president, but joe biden immediately said, i'm the only person on this stage who has met the guy who was the mexican president. and whoever was the mexicanjo president before that and the guy that was the mexican president who was before the guy who was the mexican president who was the guy before the mexican president. and all slightly perplexing things and a relevant man wants to place himself at the centerpr of well historical events. and in some subtle way, these pitiful fans of his actually tell you why he is running for

president.t. >> tucker: well, it is so sad. he was the vice president. he went to foreign dictators. that is it. mark steyn, so great to see you as always. thank you for kicking off the week. >> thanks a lot, tucker. >> tucker: one of our favorite people here at the fox news channel joins us in the "friend zone" who is that person? we will tell you when we come back. ♪

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♪ >> tucker: time for that "friend zone" and regular but much love segment where we welcome some of our favorite people from the fox news channel into the show. definitely qualifies for that. she's been giving us the story 7:00 p.m. for the past three years and now she's given it to you in written form. she has a new book coming out tomorrow called "unknown valor," a story of family courage and sacrifice from iwo jima, pearl harbor. and martha maccallum joins us for the first coming on. thank you for coming on tonight. >> thank you. >> tucker: you learned a lotlu but what did you learn in this book? give us the outline. >> it begins with letters written to my mother and my grandfather from her cousin, harry who was an 18-year-old kid fighting on iwo jima. i was always fascinated by the letters. i started researching them and i got all his marine documents and that led to others with him. i ended up finding two with them, charlie lives in

pennsylvania and george who lives in florida now. but was a football buddy of my uncle back in boston before they left for the war. and the stories of these young men and the 17 and 18-year-oldsd who were willing to give up everything, tucker, some of whom stole, when i met, iwo jima,wh stole baptism certificate from his church because he wanted to go so badly at the age of 16. and incredibly inspiring and the love for our country is something that, you know, makes a stop and think about where we are in our country today and a lot of ways. >> tucker: iwo jima was a nightmare for the men who were there. >> it was. >> tucker: did you know your uncle? >> i did not. he passed away at the age of 18 and he was killed there. so his letters are the legacy that we have of him. either there is a picture on the screen, right there my mom has a little girl in front of that woman and that is my aunt and sister. l so i loved it, tucker, using this story, i learned so much

about the pacific theater and how brutal it was. i traveled to iwo jima and walked on those beaches and climbed the mountain and learned about what it was actually like there. it is an 8-mile square island in one of the bloodiest battles in history. we lost 7,000 marines they are and 20,000 were injured. one was charlie, who i thought i had the honor of meeting and getting to know through the process of writing this book. >> tucker: i can actually seewe the family resemblance. i don't think i'm in imagining it on the screen. you went to iwo jima. i didn't even know -- >> you can only get there one day a year. and you have to go through guam. i traveled on a plane, two planes, they go one day a year for the reunion of honor in japan is back in control of the island so you have to getne permission to go there as a reporter or journalist or historian or veteran or family member. so i traveled with all these other veterans, some going back for the first time since they were 17 or 18 years old. to sit near them and watch them gaze

out the window went as they saw it coming into view, the beache laid out before them and to watch the expressions on their faces has now 90 plus-year-old man who made this very long journey, to go back and pay tribute to their friends was something i will never forget. >> tucker: that is an amazing story. t i cannot believe your uncle died there. all these years later, you do this with these letters. that is a very touching and cool story.ot >> thank you, tucker. it has been amazing. >> tucker: everyone watching get this book. >> i think everyone will take something away from it. i feel like everybody as and the kids who die on the beaches and nobody knows about. and you should take into that story and learn your family member stories as well. tucker: martha maccallum thank you so much for that.ul >> thank you so much, tucker. >> tucker: great to see you. >> great to see you too. >> tucker: we are out of time but you can go on and on and on and i bet you don't doubt it. >> the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity,

smugness and group think. have the best night with the't ones you love sean hannity in new york to take over.t hey. >> sean: hi, welcome to "hannity." huge breaking developments tonight in the quest for equal justice and the truth of john solomon. house republicans are considering filing criminalan referrals against mueller prosecutors, and now this is major news. john solomon will be here to break it down, but first we began the president making history in the world's biggest democracy just a few hours ago. he landed in new delhi, india, where 100,000 plus locals lined up along the president's motorcade route and another 100,000 filling in the largest cricket arena and 110,000, 120,000 within a rousing speech vowing america will always be faithful to loyal friends like