there and everybody else, have a wonderful week. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: nobody voted for anthony faucher but somehow he wound up in control of the country, all that power has gone to his head and now he's trying to cancel the nfl. barstools dave portnoy joins us straight ahead to discuss that. the stepmother of garrett rolfe was fired from her job for being his stepmother. new development on that story, we will bring it to you in just a moment but first tonight, good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." you can be forgiven if the amounts of events in the month caught you by surprise, you've been used to dismissing the american left out of hand as a joke because they are.

since the day donald trump was inaugurated, the democratic party has been helplessly disorganized and totally ineffective as a political party, they wasted years chasing invisible russian agents and making weird and unintelligible sounds about something called ukraine. still not sure what they meant by that. their entire political strategy was bizarre and in the end it was counter productive and it hurt them with voters, they went down in the polls. only buffoons do that in politics. these people couldn't organize your kids birthday party, they didn't make their beds this morning. and yet suddenly out of nowhere, they roared back and took over the country. they did it in less time than it takes most people to go on spring vacation. what happened? how did they do that? well, it's simple. nobody stops them. there was no opposition to their power grab. the other side surrendered on day one without a fight. the rest of us watched all of this with our jaws hanging open

in shock, the opposite of what we expected, millions of people who regularly vote for the republican party precisely because they would like someone to protect this country from the crazed ideologues who seek to destroy. there are many of them, you're watching them on television now. there is not really another reason to vote republican unless you hav are one of those rare pe who likes pointless foreign wars and sucking up to banks. you vote for republicans to protect you from this but when the moment of crisis came, republicans ran away. major american cities were looted and burned on television. citizens were beaten and murdered. works of public art were destroyed, american history, those shared experiences that bind us together as a nation, was plundered and completely rewritten by illiterate vandals. and everywhere as they watched, americans were afraid not simply for their safety but afraid for their jobs, reputations,

families. many americans were fired abruptly in the middle of a severe recession, doomed to ruin, for nothing. by saying the wrong thing, looking the wrong way, liking the wrong tweet. that happened, it's happening now. some of the accused were so terrified, they denounce their own family. wife, brother, daughter. in the end they were destroyed anyway because that's what happens, your destroyed anyway. most americans assumed they would never live to see a moment like this, but they have, it's still going on. on the question that hangs in the air is where are our protectors? at the height of the riot, the president of the heritage foundation, the nation's single largest conservative think tank, it has consumed billions of donor dollars. the president of heritage road and op-ed accusing america of being irredeemably racist. you probably sent her money. as america burned, the president of the heritage foundation

pylon. and she wasn't alone in that, so many on the right did exactly the same thing. meanwhile, they did nothing, they didn't lift a finger to help the people they promised they had pledged to protect from other voters and their donors. they say they did everything possible to accommodate the demands of the people tormenting them. rational republicans decided to make reining in law enforcement their top legislative priority. they blamed the cops. they didn't blame the rioters, they blamed the cops. then republicans brag about three more criminals from jail, the last thing we needed. in the state of iowa, the republican governor announced that she was giving felons, by executive order, just doing it, signing it. ordinary americans came under attack for the color of their skin, acts of actual racism where people were being hurt for their race, something they can't control, something they were born with and yet no republicans

rose to defend them. republicans refused to defend the principle of equality under the law, the foundation of this country, the most important thing we have. not defend it. really, in the end, the only people who gave anything in the revolution were the ones waging it. our leaders, very much including a republican leaders, shamefully, were focused on meeting their demands. so what should we conclude from what we just saw? the message unfortunately could not be clearer. voting is for fools. you vote come up with these people into office with their votes, and in return they patronize you and when it matters, they abandon you. they have contempt for you, you can smell it, it's obvious. voting doesn't work. when you riot and you burn things and you hurt people, you get a very different response. leaders snapped to attention, they tiptoe around your feelings, they give you what you want as her republicans are, writing works. that's the message they're

sending, think about that, that the most dangerous possible message you can send because it guarantees my violence. you've got to wonder how all of this would've played out if barack obama was still president. let's say it was the summer of 2011, right before obama's reelection campaign started in earnest, imagine that that politically critical moment, violent mobs of mitt romney supporters began burning and looting american cities. imagine if th mob defaced and te down statues of martin luther king in public parks, if every street sign in america i denting on martin luther king boulevard was ripped to the ground and defaced with graffiti, most americans would find that appalling and disgusting, we certainly would pay let's say the mob kept doing it because nobody stops them. imagine that the people who planned to vote for barack obama in the fall knew they couldn't admit that in public, citizens

wearing obama hats were physically assaulted, punched in the face, thrown to the sidewalk and kicked, imagine if anyone who spoke out against the mobs or showed support for obama's campaign was censored or deplat formed by tech monopolies that operated at the pleasure of federal regulators. imagine if those same monopolies censored president obama himself. so ask yourself sincerely if all that happened, how do you think barack obama would've responded? by tweeting angry things? by effectively apologizing to the mob, meeting their demands for "reform" and declaring a new national holiday at their request? probably not. it's hard to imagine barack obama doing that, it's hard to imagine him complaining that as president of the united states he didn't have the power to stop political violence or preserve the integrity of an election or protect free speech or public art or the nation's history itself. no, that would not happen. instead, within about 10 minutes he would see the obama justice

department indict everything a person involved on federal conspiracy and civil rights charges. you would watch as seal team six reclaimed downtown seattle, airborne units would dropped through the sky, you would see whatever it took to stop the chaos. that revolution would not last long. say what you will about barack obama, and we do, but he never doubted he had the constitutional authority to act and he did act. obama knew a threat when he saw one. our republican leaders don't believe they have the authority, they don't believe they are legitimate, they don't see the threat, they don't want to see the threat because they know they can't face the mob, they know they are too weak so they offer trinkets and hope the mob will go away but it won't, mobs can't be stated. we thought republicans understood that, that's why we supported them but crisis has revealed the truth. now we know who they are, it could not be clearer and now it's time to find new leaders.

ned ryan, the founder and ceo of american majority and author of the book "restoring our republ republic." i've got to say, it physically pains me to write those paragraphs about barack obama, i only did because i think it's true. i think obama was the worst president in american history but i can't imagine how the republican party can reward rioting, which is what they are doing. the democrats inspire the rioting but the republican to party that should be defending us is rewarding it, what are we watching? >> we are watching the fact that it's becoming clear that the priorities of the base and the constitution really aren't the priorities of republican leaders. i tell people, actions authenticate a belief system. you got black lives matter, they want to destroy capitalism, they want to destroy the western nuclear family but for them, politics is a religion, they want to protect humanity through their belief system, through politics and they are validating

the beliefs by their current actions right now. republicans and conservatives go to d.c. because they want to have a good career and get a check and i tell people, what you're seeing right now coming you cannot defeat basically religious zealots bent on destruction of the american republic with a bunch of careerists looking for their next paycheck and to make my point even further, tucker, the actions of mitch mcconnell, validate my point, they slander us, sell us out and they are doing it because they seek money and power. if you don't believe me, think about the process and how this works. republicans seek to raise money from their corporate cronies to get reelected, to make them happy they do all kinds of policy issues to get the next reelection check. heritage raises money to get the next building, get the next marble bathroom and you realize what they're doing is building even more for ineffective people. the whole point was money and

power, not to advance our priorities. >> tucker: it leaves the rest of us in a very tough spot because obviously you're not going to support what we are watching on television which really is a political action sponsored by the democratic party, this is an election strategy. his political violence and the democrats are behind it. so you're not going to vote for that so the republicans are ineffective because they know they can be because of your normal person, you have no choice. >> that's the point, it really does feel like blackmail. what are you going to do? vote for them? you have to vote for us and fall in line with us, we're going to sell you out, abuse u.n. slander you but this is the whole point of why donald trump was elected, tucker, he was elected as an outsider to represent the american people, to represent americanism, not republicanism, not corporatism and we elected him to punch back on my counter punch, punch even harder and i would tell them, you were elected for a reason, as a reaction to what we are seeing play out, don't hold your punches, don't listen to those

voices telling you to moderate your views, punch even harder because i'm convinced nothing less than the american republic is at stake, this is a tipping point for us and the fight is very real, if we don't win this fall i don't know what the future looks like for us. >> tucker: i think a lot of people feel that way. thanks so much for your honesty, i appreciate that. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: as you said many times because it's the truest thing we've ever said, if you want more riots and more violence than reward them, as our leaders are. in portland, oregon, last night, writers wrapped in american flag around a george washington statue, lift the flag on fire and pulled the statue to the ground. officials in portland announced that the statue will not go back up.

in seattle, antifa demonstrators drove the police from a precinct building and created their own autonomous area. consequences so far, zero. tracking developments in downtown seattle, our chop corresponded all week, jason, what's the latest? >> the latest is the mood on the ground has changed considerably, it does seem like it's gotten a lot more dangerous since his new leadership started to take hold and a woman who has spoken up saying they will have their demands met by any means necessary. we had in the last 24 hours or so, a man with a machete wandering around calvin anderson park which is now restricted between the time of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to black seattleites only so they will not allow anybody else on the ground until after 8:00 p.m. >> tucker: i'm sorry, may i pause you they are in downtown seattle, there is a racially segregated park. as the city of seattle allowing this? >> of the city of seattle is allowing every thing that's happening, this entire zone, no

matter what the spd is telling you and the chief of police is claiming there is no such thing as a no caps own, that is 100% incorrect and the people who live and pay rent in this area are now starting to speak up, some of them anonymously, some of them putting their name to it because her saying, look, what you guys don't seem to understand is after hours things get very dangerous. there was a local security company out here that ended up finding an ak-47 and fully loaded magazine stashed in some shrubs very close to chop and right now that media is kind of getting pushed out, certainly in certain spots, and the back of calvin anderson park, people are being told, you can't film here, we are not allowing it, it's no longer a public park and they are forcing people to erase any video or photographs that they're taking. >> tucker: that's shocking. does the city have the most ineffective mayor in america,

have any plans on chatting this down before there's bloodshed? >> as of right now there are no plans at any one is aware of, they tried to open some of the lanes for traffic and that right now is kind of tenuous but it's hanging out there but unfortunately there is no plan it seems right now to repopulate the east precinct, this police station with a number of staff members who can actually adequately police this very large neighborhood of seattle and again, people are getting more and more concerned with their personal safety, some of them have said they're just moving into hotels for the time being. >> tucker: unbelievable, be careful. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> tucker: so much bad news. here's the good news, sports. sports are apolitical, you've got football coming up in the fall. oh, but wait. dr. fauci, who appears to believe he's in charge of the country, says we can't have football this fall.

dave portnoy joins us after the break. ♪ we miss you.

it's totally not the same without you. we miss your let's do this look, the sound of your laugh cry screams, and how you make every day here the best day ever. we can't wait to get you back so we've added temp checks, face coverings,

social distancing and extra sanitizing to get the good times going again. it's time to roll out the red carpet and kick open the universal gates. we're finally back... and can't wait until you are too. >> tucker: probably no single american in history has accumulated more power without being elected then dr. tony

fauci. most people had never heard of him before four months ago. now he runs the country. how does he you've use that power? often to promote wild speculation that is taken as gospel by millions of fearful americans. at one point, he told us that the coronavirus was so deadly, we should never shake hands again. there goes one of the oldest terminations known to man. he also endorsed breaking lockdowns to have sex with strangers you meet online. he warned the coronavirus is so dangerous that the entire nfl season may have to be canceled. dave portnoy did not vote for anthony fauci. he did, however, found barstool sports and we are happy to have them on tonight. david, do you think that our unelected monarch tony fauci is making the right decision by destroying america's most popular sport? >> the good news is i don't think he has any actual

influence on it and in a rare situation, the only man who thinks he was elected without being elected by the american people more than him, roger caddell, he would infect his own family with corona before canceling the nfl so i don't -- why he has the right to say that they're not, you can certainly say it may be danger about the way he phrased it it was like he was the end all beyond that. i would as be very curious to se if he tried to actually install that regime versus the roger goodell regime. >> tucker: i didn't hear or think single thing you said after you complemented roger goodell. >> it wasn't exactly a compliment, i did say he would in fact his own family with coronavirus.

roger goodell does not care about safety or anything like that, this could be the greatest pandemic of all time, he's playing. why dr. fauci thought he had the right to act like he was a decision-maker, i have no idea. >> tucker: what it is going to do to attendance at the games? >> you know, i think we're seeing right now, the american people clearly have covid fatigue. whether that's right or wrong, people are showing up in droves to casinos, to bars. if you let people go to the games, they're going to go. the american people, humans in general are social creatures so they'll show up. the only way they want is if we physically are told we can't go, not allowed in but if you let people go, they are willing to risk it and by the way i think that should be each individual's choice. >> tucker: of course. we are hearing yesterday that it's possible stadiums will take the temperature or somehow test

every person with a ticket trying to get in, what would that look like, do you think? >> those are probably the longest lines in the history of lines. that's -- imagine getting in a bar when you have a slow bouncer with your i.d., imagine them actually taking everyone he met a person's temperature. i went to michigan, it takes an hour and a half to get to that stadium anyways. impracticality it sounds all right, if you can do it. how they're actually going to make this work -- i mean, you're going to have to get to the game nine hours early, you're going to have more problems with people congregating waiting to get in that actually getting in. >> tucker: one of the effects of the covid-19 locked down, the quarantines is that people live very different than the way they did four months ago, a lot of people have gained weight. you haven't, obviously, but you have grown a very, very bushy beard, are you going to keep it? >> tucker, i haven't had a haircut in three and a half months, the results are very

mixed. i'm having some of the gentle natures, the females, some say they like the girls, some don't, my barber shop not open yet so i'm very in between, i may let the public decide and when i say public i only care about the female gender and let them tell me what they think about it. >> tucker: do you have any sense from your informal polling on the question what the reaction is? >> i think it's about 60/40. tom hanks style from castaway. it's a tough vote right now, i'm not going to lie, he can go either way depending on who you talk to. >> tucker: dave portnoy talking to his soccer ball, great to see you, dave. >> thank you. >> tucker: big tech has finally decided to censor the president directly so of course they're not going to feel any restraint with other targets. twitter and youtube are taking aim at this show. yes. tales ahead of. ♪

be one a week ago our producers whipped up a mock tourism added for chop, also known as chaz, the newest nation in the world. you may remember it. >> the capitol hill autonomous zone located within beautiful downtown seattle. not wild about cops? good news, because there are none. masked men with guns will keep you safe and sound throughout your stay. check out the state-of-the-art porta-potties. we will see you soon. be well and i want to apologize if you found what you just saw hateful, disgusting, if you were traumatized by watching it, twitter is very concerned you might be. we posted that fake out on twitter, twitter flagged it as "potentially sensitive content" and hit it from view. they were saying beware, keep

your kids from watching this. what's the justification for warning people of that? we have no idea. probably this edited video, obviously you know why, meanwhile our half-hour response to nationwide black lives matter riots has a warning on youtube. "the following content has been identified by the youtube community as an appropriate or offensive to some audiences." by offensive they mean that the left doesn't like it and that is the new standard and there's only one response under that standard. silence the person who disagrees with you. that's why censorship is now everywhere, when why the tech company started censoring the president, getting more aggressive and silencing you. you know it's going to happen, it will be a race. it's digital, we will never get in, the left's goal is to make

this invisible and therefore irrelevant. the same tech companies make it very easy for 12-year-olds to watch hard-core pornography. they have no problem with that at all but political views they disagree with? no. "gone with the wind," too scary. he tells you everything about who they are. the strong prey on the week with impunity, laws exist to protect the weekend that's why we pay taxes to protect the weak from those who might harm them. what happens when the government stops protecting its citizens. on may 30th, riots ripped through downtown charleston, south carolina, and many citizens they are discovered no one came to help. >> i called earlier but it's gotten worse, they broke into the restaurant, 30 employees are

stuck in the courtyard and they are barricading the doors and trying to break in. i called 15 minutes ago and they're still no caps and there's 30 people that are in danger. >> you said that people throwing stuff of the windows wesco >> people out screaming, throwing things through windows, insulting people, where are the freaking police? [crying] >> tucker: where are the freaking police? imagine if you had asked that question to a 911 dispatcher. a wine bar in charleston was attacked, he called police repeatedly and received no assistance. meanwhile, his business was destroyed. >> what's the name of the business? >> on port charleston, my staff and guests were running for their wives well the police coward and still have it moved and left the entire city unintended, people in harm's way, businesses destroyed, are you guys ever going to show up tonight? >> we do have calls and for the scum of the charleston police

department has officers responding, okay? >> tucker: tim, thanks so much for coming on, something about your call may be emotional as i listened to it, i think every person who heard it could picture themselves in your position. what was it like? >> thanks for having me, i will say the first collar, i believe that first 911 call. and you know, kind of getting a little emotional, teary-eyed, not only did i live it, my son was literally the last line of defense, he just dragged two customers off the street to protect them and the first break came through the window and chatted the glass on him. i left about an hour before it started it, because king street was reasonably quiet, a lot of people stayed away because they knew there were protests going on in marion square which is our center park. and i got home and my staff

started calling in, first started with the doorman he said, i heard on the street that there might be an 11:00 curfew. so i called the nonemergency line first to which they said yes, there is. i said, what does that mean? do i have to have my guests leave, my staff leave and they are quote was of what we don't know" so i thank them and i hung up and i go up to my office and start watching the cameras. and i start watching the scene unfold and it's hard to think about now, again, my son was there, my staff was there and i'm getting staff members calling me, telling me they called 911, there's gunshots out on the street. this is not a town where this stuff ever happens, we made it through the murder, made it through mother emanuel would yesterday was the fifth anniversary. and the people of charleston of always come together, when this

happened it was frightening, it was devastating. you know, my business is being rebuilt by the bottom line is, we had guests, employees basically scared for their lives and they should have been because what was going on? and nobody came. you know, i'm 55 years old, in my life i never would've thought no one came. i'm going to say, carson, i don't hold anything against the police because they were following orders. i hold it against the leadership of the city, total lack of leadership, lack of planning. lack of communication, no one had any warning. no one said no one's not going to come, it's almost as if when you call 911 the final time, i felt like i was calling a restaurant for a reservation. "is there anything else you'd like to tell us?" , it was so nonchalant and it's just a terrible feeling to know that you live in a place where

when you know what hits the fan, no one's going to show up to help you and i -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> tucker: i'm listening, mesmerized. charleston is such a wonderful place, it's hard to believe that your city would allow this, that your mayor would be this negligent, would care so little that the city would allow this. >> the lack of leadership, creativity planning, all of that goes into it. i started sending them emails and i have his email address and i know he responds because he has in the past. emails to him on saturday night, the 30th of may when this happened saying how can you let this go on, your lack of leadership is appalling and nothing, to this day, the outreach to the community hasn't been there, we've been boarded up, we are getting close to opening, i've begged and borrowed and pulled a lot of cards to have people help rebuild my place.

we survived covid, i'm not going to let this take us down. >> tucker: you didn't even do anything wrong, you are completely innocent. i really am rooting for you, i know our viewers are, too. i'm sorry about that. great to see you, tonight. >> thank you. >> tucker: in some cities as in charleston, south carolina, the police don't show up. police officers are being persecuted, facing the death penalty offense for doing their job trying to protect the public. a lawyer for a police officer facing the death penalty tonight. ♪ - i'm jeff anderson.

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♪ >> tucker: well, repeatedly over the past decade in this country, criminal suspects have grab tasers from police officers out of their belts or their hands and whipped around and tried to shoot the cops with them. for doing that suspects have repeatedly been shot and in some cases shot to death.

repeatedly, the officers who shot them have been cleared for obvious reasons. we allow police officers to defend themselves and the public when i'm in us try to kill them. but all that changed this week because the mob descended on atlanta and ordered the authorities they are to change the rules. atlanta police officer garrett roth is facing the death penalty for murder after he shot and killed a man called rayshard brooks. why did he do that? because rayshard brooks grabbed his taser after knocking him to the ground and tried to shoot them with it. meanwhile, rolfe's stepmother just fired from her job called "equity prime mortgage." she was told "we have to terminate our relationship with you," because she was a stepmother of someone who was unpopular. officer wolf' rolfe a bunch of .

attorney joins us tonight. i want to get to the story of melissa rolfe, the stepmother who was not involved in any kind of shooting, a private citizen, hr director at this mortgage brokerage. and she was -- tell me if i'm getting this right, she was assured by her employer, that she could stay -- the company supported her, everything was fine and then they whipped around and fired her, why? >> that is my understanding, all we heard as there were some social media posts they were concerned about. we have not seen the post and obviously we are vigorously looking into this to find out what changed and what was the basis for her termination. >> tucker: what you mean, social media? they issued a statement suggesting that she had written something racist, that was a suggestion. they attacked her as a bigot. my understanding is that the post was defending her son and other police officers. do you know differently? >> we have not seen what the

post is and it is amazing and unconscionable that she would be terminated and not told why and especially in an environment like this, where her and her family are going through so much, you would think there would at least be the courtesy and decency of an x donation if there was such a post that was offensive. >> tucker: i disagree, there's nothing courteous about firing someone for something she didn't do, they fired her because her stepson got arrested and it's disgusting and i hope our viewers understand that. it seems clear that the d.a. in the case, in the rolfe case, has a lot of motive to overcharge. he's being investigated for corruption, he up for reelection, can he remain the prosecutor in this case, do you think? >> that's going to have to be determined by a court to see if he can remain impartial and whether his office can remain impartial, georgia does have a procedure and it happens all the time where there is an issue raised or a prosecutor voluntarily seeks a conflict

prosecutor is what it called from the d.a.'s office, that is what is criminal defense counsel will be working on on a regular basis going forward. obviously there is a great deal in this case it has to be looked at but i think anytime you have a rush to judgment, people get concerned. when you have an investigation that takes place while a third party has been asked to come in by the atlanta police and their investigation is only days old and charges are announced, that should cause everybody some pause. nothing ever benefited from a quick investigation. >> tucker: you are quite the master of understatement, aren't you? i'm outraged, it's really clear that this is a violation, the prosecutor himself just said that using a taser against a cop is considered a deadly weapon, deadly force. by that standard this whole prosecution is insane, or am i

missing something? >> no, you're not missing anything, a taser is an incapacitating weapons or when an officer uses a taser in the course of an lawful arrested incapacitates a person for a period of five seconds, they are taught target areas, no target areas, taught how to care for a person afterwards. as a taser in the hands of somebody, first of all, who is untrained or using it against the law enforcement officer can incapacitate the officer, shoot them in the face, blind them and incapacitate them, taking their weapon. that's the reason why it is so serious when somebody takes all weapon who is untrained and uses it against at a enforcement officer. >> tucker: it all makes sense. one last quick factual question, stacy abrams, the demagogue who may be jos biden's vice president claimed that the officer, officer rolfe knew the suspect did not have a firearm, is that troop?

true? >> there's been so much that has been said about that, we have people misquoting what's in the video when you can see it, the amount of time something took place, people's relationships to each other and as far as i know, i've seen that video several times and i don't remember seeing stacy abrams there. >> tucker: yeah, good point. thanks so much for joining us tonight. if a family ever it deserves punishment, you would think, punishment -- their painkiller oxycontin kicked off the opioid epidemic that's killed so many americans. now the family is using bankruptcy court to avoid paying up. not enough has been written about this, we will shine some light on it after the break. ♪ itching for a treat.

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♪ >> tucker: add to the longing, growing list of real issues with the leaders who care nothing

about the opioid epidemic. over the last 20 years, it has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of americans, hundreds of thousands. killed far more than the coronavirus will thanks to this years lockdown 2020 can be the deadliest year yet for drug ods in america. many people who die are young people, promising futures. no one deserves more blame for this dental sackler family the owners of a company called produce famine. for years they made billions with a painkiller oxycontin and knew how addictive it was. they had that fact and lied. the family could lose its fortune, an estimated $14 billion but instead they appear to be exploiting american bankruptcy courts to save almost all of it. joe pozner is maybe the best known and thorough -- thorough investigative in the country. and the book "pharma, we are happy to have them tonight, joe, thank you for coming on. >> great to be with you.

>> tucker: thank you for writing the book. this is basically ignored by the press and so i'm glad you did not ignore it. but the sackler's we know from documents where aware of some extent who what was going on. how can they escape punishment? how can this be happening? >> it is absolutely infuriating, tucker. the sackler's and purdue the company responsible for the oxycontin already pleaded guilty. the company did back in 200 200o felonies for misbranding the drug and the executives also pled guilty. what did they do? what happens over time in the pharmaceutical business, they pay big fines, $600 million, the cost of doing business. oxycontin brought in $35 billion in revenue from the time it went on sale in 1996. after they pled guilty in 2007 the company went on with the same behavior except on steroids. that is why you said in 2015 put them one of the richest families in america at $14 billion.

this is a company that normally takes a high profile and they have their names and branded letters columbia, yelled and harvard come at the smithsonian and yet now, they are low-key because they may be able to get away with a great ms. character of justice in bankruptcy court. and you think bankruptcy. how was it possible a company is in bankruptcy? they aren't. their company is, purdue filed last september. they did a clever thing. they went to the bankruptcy judge and said, oh, by the way we have 2,000 lawsuits against us as individual directors, family members and produce food. why don't you give all of the litigation against us right here and we will cooperate in court and come up with a settlement? they offered $3 billion. you know what, no one is paying attention to it. if they do, they will be able to leave with billions of dollars of oxycontin products.

the victims will be badly served and they will be no justice in this case, no final report, node account of responsibility from the sackler's and we need an independent examiner to be appointed in the bankruptcy case but i don't see any move for it. >> tucker: can the attorney general do anything about this? >> their hands are tied by the bankruptcy court which is remarkable. they sued the sackler's and all and all of a sudden they were told to go through the bankruptcy which is settlement for companies and not just us unfortunately. remember this is a family discovered in the book, members of the communist party, the three brothers that about purdue in 1952. the communist parties into a post report is, '50s and gonna ride with $14 billion of money and not one single drug. which you said killed hundreds of thousands of people. the poster child for the opioid academic. how is it possible to pull off this man's character of justice? it is a shame to the justice department and what is happening

in the country. >> thank you for caring enough to write this book. >> thank you for being the only host to talk about this subject, thank you. >> tucker: it is awful, absolutely awful. >> we hope you have a great weekend nevertheless, we will see you monday. sean hannity right now. ♪ >> sean: welcome to the special "hannity" countdown, i'm jason chaffetz and for sean. president trump is going back onto the campaign trail tomorrow night and told to oklahoma, set to hold his first rally in months and supporters are already lined up and eager to see the president and action. now the president tweeted earlier today "big crowds in line already forming an toll set up. my campaign hasn't started yet. it starts on saturday night in oklahoma. and also warned anarchists and agitators to stay away.