♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." after three tries, more than three decades of attempting it, joe biden last night finally got his party's nomination. a year ago, virtually no one would've predicted this moment, for most of the long primary season, he floundered near the bottom of a crowded field, he got so few votes in new hampshire, he didn't bother with the concession speech, he tried to pretend it never happened. in the end, he won anyway, the last kid picked for kickball wound up captain of the team. whatever you think of him, that's an undeniable

achievement, and yet still now very few people take him seriously -- if you see him talk, he is. it's not a partisanll point, its not intended to be cool, it's true. at 70-year-olds are not meant to lead to large countries, it is old age. bigger declines over the course of a lifetime, particularly in men. joe biden has grown week, that's why we don't take them seriously. it turns out there's another way to look at his decline, a perspective that hasn't occurred to most republicans but at the center of democrat selection strategy. he's slowing down, he has trouble starting sentences, he forgets words, occasionally he mistakes his sister for his wife. every time he gets confused, he grins and that charmingly old people do when they know they are losing it, so yes, joe biden has gotten a little daffy but for that very reason, he's not going to hurt you.

there is nothing threatening about him, he's not aggressive or overly ambitious.s. in a time of chaos and a shouting, it might be comforting to be led by a man who talks about record players and wear slippers with socks attached -- that's the actual message, the subtext of the biden campaign. c no one in the democratic party will say it aloud, no one ever will but his handlers understand that his punching us could be his biggest asset. because he's so obviously ineffective, he's harmless. because he is passive, you assume he's well-meaning. you wouldn't put him in charge of your dinner reservation but on the other hand, you're not going to send them to an internment camp. he's the mirror image of elizabeth warren, her eyes gleam with the promise of germanic efficiency. biden's eyes, there's nothing there, just a passive void. democrats see an advantage like this, a party that no longer represents the mainstream needs a leader who won't scare boaters, his job is to soothe

your fears about what the left will do if they ever take power. stacy abrams or beto o'rourke could never do that, their plans are too obvious, joe biden has no plan. the most radical mass political movement in american history has found a front man who seems like he should be feeding pigeons. democrats are happy about that. if you didn't see it biden speak last night, you may not fully appreciate this dynamic. at some republicans in washington will tell you his acceptance speech was scary, it's their job to say things like that but in this case, that's not true. watch this clip and ask yourself what you disagree with. >> while i'll be a democratic candidate, i will be an american president. i'll work hard for those who didn't support me, as hard for them as i did for those who did vote for me.ha that's the job of a president, to represent all of us, not just

our base or our party. this is not a partisan moment, this must be an american moment. it's a moment that callsba for hope and light and love, hope for our future, like to see our way forward, and love for one another. america isn't just a a collectin of clashing interests of red states or blue states, we are so much bigger than that. >> tucker: an american moment, an american president, an american leader who represents everyone regardless of party. a collection of clashing interests, a future of hope and love for fellow americans. that's what he promised last night -- is there anyone who doesn't want that? the leaders of his party for one thing. what you just heard does not represent the dnc's vision for america, it's not even close. read their platform, watch thein speeches -- we spent all week doing it. democratic leadersot are not calling for unity, they are demanding division. they staged an entire convention

that amounted to the extended attribute of the zero-sum viciousness of identity politics.re give it to us now. a nation of 350 million people splintered into countless warring tribes united by nothini apart from a common loathing of their own country. it was an orgy of grievance mongering. watch the reverend freddy haynes saying hates republicans also muscle. >> you have the nerve to build a wall while at the same time you have in the harbor in new york the statue of liberty saying give me your tired, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. will say america, if you don't get your act together, you may well go to.

>> tucker: america is headed to hell says the reverend. fraternity, that's not speculation -- it is a straight prediction from himself. also from jeremiah wright from chicago. he was the spiritual mentor, he and barack obama at that in common. he didn't speak at this week's dnc but he was certainly there in spirit. kamala harris channeled him in her prime time speech, watch harris diagnosed america with a fatal case of racism. >> there is no vaccine for racism. we got to do the work. for george floyd, for breonna taylor, for the lives of too many others to name. we've got to do the work to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law.

here's the thing, none of us our free until all of us are free. >> tucker: there is no vaccine, it looks like the patient won't make it, sorry. america is dying from the virus of racism and there's nothing we can do, we've reached the limits of modern medicine. we have to let the country go and start over. kamala harris was hardly the only one to say that. speaker after speaker this week hit the same theme, america is beyond redemption. tear it down and build a new country with us in charge. there is no vaccine for america's sins,n it's terminal. it's unlikely that any major political party has ever had speakers to say anything like this from the podium. attacking the country you are trying to lead as a radical move and it's not a good way to win a majority but this message wasn't aimed at the majority, they would rather you didn't hear it. that's why they trotted out to joe biden. the job of the president is to represent all of us, not just our i base.

everyone is for that, and yet virtually every word of the convention other than biden's speech was aimed directly at the left base, the coalition of the miserable that is the engine of the democratic party. hereon is the single dumbest talking head on the single dumbest cable news channel clapping her hands because the democrats managed to exclude an entire racial group, she is grateful for that, she couldn't bear to look at them anymore. >> it was all about representation, my little myelinated cynical heart, my immigrant heart felt so full last night. today with david and john is the first time i've seen a white man in eight hours other than joe biden last night. that's okay, they've had 240 years of representation, they are going to be okay.

>> tucker: what kind of person would say something like that or even think it? if you ever catch yourself feeling thrilled that you don't have to see certain racial groups, if you find people who look different from you that horrifying, that repulsive, then you can be certain that you are indeed a racist, nasty one too. that's exactly the sort of person the democratic national convention a was aimed at. outside the convention, the base stayed busy. thousands of biden voters work to help the democratic ticket in the way they know best by hurting people and destroying things. [shouting] [sirens] [bleep]

[bleep] [shouting] >> tucker: anyone who lives in an american city can navigate a computer and knew exactly what was going on but if you got your news exclusively from the democratic message machine, you would have no clue that your country was being reshaped by violence in the streets, no mention of that, antifa wasn't allowed to send delegates. various speakers made blm sound like a branch of the united way, the media did not contradict this message, they refused to cover the violence outside, it was like it all never happened. it's possible that joe bidenr never found out about it, he doesn't get outside much, he knows only what they tell him. judging from his speech last night, he is come to believe he's mahatma gandhi leading a movement to restore love. >> we can choose a path becoming angrier, less hopeful, more divided. a path of shadow and suspicion,

or we can choose a different path and together take this chance to heal, to reform, to unite. a path of hope and light. >> tucker: it sounds like a beatles lyric from their acid phase -- who doesn't want hope and light? all decent people want that and that's why it's a winning message in a national election. unfortunately it's also a deeply dishonest message. p unity is not with the democrats are promising, unity is not what they plan to deliver. the media understands that very well, they are committed democrats as well. hope and light? please. these people cheered when they thought roger stone was going to die in prison for some made-up crime. these are hardened partisans, not jors, they know perfectly well what joe biden said on stage last night was absurd but they also know that many americans will believe it, so they loved the speech.rf

>> it may have been the best speech that joe biden ever delivered. >> it's the best beach joe biden never delivered. >> one of the strongest beaches of joe biden's career. >> it was probably the best speech i ever heard joe biden give. >> whoever wrote that speech needs to get a cookie and a hug and a flag and a puppy. that thing was crafted so well. >> he came ready. >> he spoke passionately and from the heart. >> it's a tale of two visions of what this country is about. one is about anger, joe biden gave youfrfr something very different tonight i'm a he said "i will draw on the best of us." >> if i could jump out of the chair, this was the best night for joe biden ever. >> tucker: the best night for joe biden ever! she might be right about that.

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♪ >> tucker: joe biden's speech at the democratic national convention wasn't really a speech, for our media, it was a transcendent -- indeed, almost biblical experience. joe biden was able to read from a teleprompter effectively, that means the rapture is on the way. an actual headline from cnn's website readd "the moment when the destiny of a man and his nation converged." give that man a raise. cnn wasn't the only news organization beside itself. they all were and they reacted this way to almost every speech all week, watch. >> michelle obama is riveting, was riveting, one of the best speeches i've heard her give and i've heard her give many speeches. >>t clearly one of the most talented political minds of our time right now.

>> she comes across as your favorite next door neighbor. >> it was all tied together in a beautiful bow by michelle obama. >> this extraordinary speech, she's beautiful. >> tucker: michelle obama is one of our most talented political thinkers in america. name something that she said that wasn't banal -- whatever, the bar isn't that high if you're democratic party figurehi who could possibly be on the cover of "vogue." steve krakauer is the founder and editor of the media newsletter come out what to watch for. thanks so much for coming on. let's say you've got a strong political views, covering stuff on tv, you can shape the message in a way that it is more subtle than coming out and calling a candidate but they are going for that, why? >> you talk about joe biden, this was a true victory and expectation setting.

the expectations couldn't be any lower for his speech and he exceeded them. i think if he didn't go out there and say "if you ain't black you don't think a certain way" it would be a big praiseworthy moments. you played a clip of van jones, and he said on air we were all prepared for it to be terrible, as long as he wasn't, we would praise it.ta if as long as he wouldn't go out there and call someone a junkie, it would be a perfect moment. >> tucker: the republican convention is next week, monday. so, there is going to be not much time for people to forget the way the media responded to thext democrats as they compare the way the media response to the republicans, is that a problem? >> i think it's going to be very clear to contrast the two. i'm very curious to see how much of the republican national convention they cover.

there was a story this week that media networks covered a little bit less of the dnc than they were originally going to plan to because they don't want to look like they are giving a short trip to the rnc when they really don't cover it next week very much at all. i would be curious to see how much it gets covered if at all. >> tucker: you think it's possible they can say with a straight face we will give this amount of time to the national convention, we will give less to the republicans. >> it was a pretty boring dnc and i don't necessarily fall to them all that much, it match the tone in five of joe biden. i'm not sure it's going to be very different for the rnc, it's a very strange and different time. it would not surprise me at all if there was a significant reduction in next week. this is a very different time. networks like cnn and others believe they are in an exigent sulfide with the person in the

white house. they are covering it like it's documentary style -- i would be very surprised if that happens and if it's not fact-checked immediately as things are going on. >> tucker: it's fine with me when reporters are tough for politicians, that's their job. it's the sucking up that bothers me a lot. if you were a tv producer andwh you see one of your on-air people -- say michelle obama is great, that's fine but then to say she's one of our most important public intellectuals, would you get in the person's ear and say settle down a little bit, she's not actually socrates. >> it's unfamiliar to me. if we were at cnn, it is a completely different world there right now and it's because they believe they are in this fight. it's almost unrecognizable the network right now but i would say this -- one of the biggest problems, joe biden, he can read it from a teleprompter, it's ale

about unity and everyone likes that. look at the people he has interviewed. the last two people he has interviewed with his "people" magazine and cardi b, he is not being pressed by any significant media figures and i don't know if he would be pressed if they actually got him in a room and sat down with him. wait until we get to the base, assuming that all happens, joe biden and donald trump on stage in a way that you can't go and pick and choose how you'redo going to cover, you're going to see how this plays out. the media isn't going to be able to weigh in as much as they have in the y past. >> tucker: he's always welcome on this show. steve krakauer, great to see yoo tonight. we got news tonight, an update in the case of that horrifying beating of an innocent man last

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♪ >> tucker: last sunday in portland a man authorities have identified brutally beat another man during the city's never-ending riots, we showed you the tape the other night, we are going to show you again -- it's real, it happened. the other networks don't want you to see it, here it is. >> backup, stay down. you're not leaving. [bleep] [bleep] chill, chill. [bleep]] >> tucker: this morning authorities in portland took him into custody, it was a manhunt for they finally got him, he faces felony assault and riot charges, haner said he tried to help someone who is being mugged, he believes he was targeted because of his skin color.

this story is an awful story but it's more than about just one beating, it's about punishing normal people for the crime of living their lives in peace which most of them do. as long as there is suffering anywhere there must be suffering everywhere. watch as writers terrorizing residents for flying american flags. >> right here is another example of white men feeling comfortable. you haven't had a struggle in your life, [bleep]. [cheers and applause] >> tucker: these are explicit racial attacks, explicit racial harassment, what a country ever put up with this and any other context? no, but the justice department stands by, the local authorities stand by, democratic politicians stand by, even republicans, w no

one says anything. what did the people sleeping in their homes do wrong? nothing, they never attacked anybody, they didn't even fight back against the people screaming at them. all they are doing is leaving in peace but that's not allowed. in portland, major cities everywhere, you are not allowed to do that if they don't like the way you look. chicago mayor lori lightfoot wants you to know rioting is good, she has allowed it in her city for many weeks now, but you're not allowed to do it near where she lives, watch. >> i'm not going to make any excuses for the fact that given the threats i have personally received, given threats to my home and my family, i'm going to do everything i can to make sure that they are protected and i make no apologies whatsoever for that. i have an obligation to keep my home, my 12-year-old, and my neighbors safe. >> tucker: to lori lightfoot, having a safe neighborhood is

sort of like getting a haircut, no one is entitled to one except lori lightfoot. meanwhile, scenes like this are playing out across the country. >> [bleep]. [chanting] >> tucker: what do you do if you're find yourself surrounded by a mob like that, it could easily happen. no one is going to help you, know when you voted for will move a finger, no one who says i care about you really cares. you're going to have to defend yourself and your family, how do you do that? jack carr knows the answer, he's a selling author and former navy seal. we are happy to have them on tonight. i'm glad you're here, we've been thinking about doing this segment for a long time and until we saw a recent piece, we

don't know who would be the right person -- what do youu do if you find yourself for example driving with your kids surrounded by a mob of screaming people? >> there's a few things to unpack. the first one is lori lightfoot, she's not the only politician that does this, there are politicians and senior levelel officials who do the exact same thing. it is the height of hypocrisy to have a taxpayer funded 24/7 armed security for the same people that want to defund the police on one hand and take your guns on the other. i say the height of hypocrisy because we are talking about the most precious gift of all. we are talking about human life. your life, the lives of your family members. youu know that police by their very nature, no matterst their intention, they are going to get there after a crime has been committed, they respond to criminal activity, they are standing next to you unless they happen to be on lori lightfoot's personal security detail. >> tucker: that's a great point.

>> i've been thinking about this for a while, it's been my whole life professionally and personally.. this video over the last few days having a guy pulled out of his truck, beaten to within an inch of his life on the streets of america and i thought what if my wife is somewhere, she takes a wrong turn and all of a sudden she surrounded by this mob. we have kids in the back of the car, strapped into a seat in the back there, what is she supposed to do? some of those basics are stay in the car, doors closed, windows up and that only allows you some level of protection. it only goes so far, the main thing is to avoid thosely right away. situational awareness. looking around, being aware that there are threats, turning around. if you turn a corner and you see something that doesn't look right as an army special forces sniper from vietnam told me y years ago, he said if it doesn't look right, it's probably not. and trust your instincts and pay attention to that sixth sense

that has kept us alive as a species. if it doesn't look right, turn around, reverse, get out of there. if you're surrounded by a violent mob like we saw in virginia, a woman in her car surrounded by a mob beating on the windows, beating on the hood, climbing on top of her car, calling 911 and being told by the dispatcher, we can't send the police, but you can call your city council and express your frustration to them. meanwhile, she's scared, her kids are scared, she made it out of there luckily. your vehicle is a weapon but you don't want to be in that position to begin with. if you do get to that phase where you have to fight, it's good to be prepared and to knowc how to fight. and we've seen even before these riots, we've seen an uptick in that gun sales and ammunition sales and those rights hit, it gets compounded. we've seen people want to get training with that firearm which is the most important part of that firearm, you must also

invest in that training. right now for better or for worse, we've been at war for close to 20 years and we have a lot of people with experience that have come back from the battlefield, they are in the private sector, they are passing on their lessons learned, passing on those skills and we are about to get a lot more law enforcement and the tactical training industry as wellin as they leave their department in droves and who can blame them? you don't have to be a veteran of the military and law enforcement to be a great firearms trainer, you have to search for these people, do a web search and get that training. for those who are wrestling with the fact that they might have to defend themselves, i always think what if you just appeared here out of nowhere, all of a sudden you were violently attacked by a person or a group of people, you wouldn't need a piece of paper that told you it was okay to defend this gift of human life. i wrote something down, it's from cicero and i didn't want td misquote him on your program, he said there exists a law inbornwa in our hearts by natural intuition, if our lives are in

danger, and to mike any and every method of protecting yourself is morally right. protecting the lives of your loved ones is as natural as breathing. >> tucker: it's a fundamental right. i knew you what the right man to talk to, i hope you will come back foror some more granular lessons on what that would look like, we appreciate you coming on. the pentagon has announced a new ufo task force. it turns out the x files are real, we will tell you what they are working on next. ♪ task force. it turns out the x files are real, we will tell you what they are working on next.

♪ >> tucker: the vast majority of people out there on the streets wrecking our country have not been charged but actress lori loughlin has been charged, she was sentenced today crime of clumsily bribing officials to get her unqualified daughters into the university of southern california. why would you want to do that? it's important to emphasize the real federal crime was not that she used her celebrity statusero gain an unfair advantage, that's

a lot. prominent liberals have placed their mediocre children in prestigious schools for a long time, in fact forever. for those students, people like chelsea clinton, cnn's body building correspondent -- the admissions department at schools like stanford, oxford, and the yale were more like welcoming committees but lori loughlin went wrong by being too obvious about it. next time she wants to get one of herin kids in the usc, she's better off calling a democrat and we can be certain everyone will look the other way and call their kid a genius. ♪ dod has announced the creation of a new ufo task force that will analyze the nature and origin of unidentified aerial phenomena -- that news comes after several video surfaced showing u.s. navy pilots across unknown objects moving in ways that defied physics.

those images are captured by advanced jets, using infrared technology, what do we think they will find? nick pope is the man we asked these questions to, he's a former u.k. ministry of defense official, he joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on. we've touted this story a couple of times that there is this new task force but we haven't gotten into the details at this is an important story, may be more important than our t presidentil election. is not clear what they're looking for and what people are expecting to find, what do you think? >> when the senate intelligence committee demanded a report on all this from the director of national intelligence, one of their concerns was a lot of different people in the u.s. government, the military can be intelligence committee were doing things on this but nobody is pulling it all together. one of the first things this tasks force will have to do is

find out who knows what about this and put it all together and see what we already have. >> tucker: one piece of information is where is the physical evidence? there is apparently somewhere in the of a u.s. government storage facility, physical evidence of the remainsth of one of these unidentified flying objects, why don't we know more about that? >> i've heard these stories too about this debris, this meta-material, whatever anyone calls it and i think the task force must have access to all that information and one hopes -- this is a navy, all these interactions with u.s. navy jets as you would imagine. the undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security

also has oversight of this andld that is very important. i hope the task force will get to the bottom of this and find out what these materials are. is thisrc something of ours? 's of russia, china, or is it something else? the time has come when we need answers to these questions. >> tucker: it's pretty clear from our conversations, they've ruled out russia and china, they don't believe these are aircraft from foreign militaries. why would they be keeping details from the public? what is your best guess? >> i think all of these programs, it's all very highly classified and of course when you've got these interactions between the phenomenon, whatever it may be and these multibillion-dollar assets that the u.s. aircraft carriers, --

there are extreme sensitivities. that's the other point, no government really likes to turn around and say "we've lost control of our own airspace here. something in our skies is faster and more maneuverable and we don't know what it is. >> tucker: may be our understanding of physics isn't broad enough -- i think that's u very good point. democrats as you doubtless know control virtually every lever of power in the state of california, the largest state in the union. it's effectively a laboratory for left-wing ideas, democrats can do whatever they want and no one pushes back. no state is closer to enacting the green new deal, no state is even newer as close as california is, what does the green new deal look like? this week, california islo grappling with historic blackouts, millions of people gone without power -- it's the third world. according to a report, the electoral grid was unprepared

for the heat wave under way there now. it's august and hopped, they had no idea. now we are told another wave of blackouts could strike within days, still august. the governor of california gavin newsom has called the situation unacceptable and on the fitting of the nation's largest most innovative state. not innovative enough to predict the obvious spirit of california's energy operators have warned for years that renewable energy including solar energy doesn't make it work. you can't ensure residents getli electricity if you rely too much on renewable energy. democrats like gavin newsom complain about power outages but they are pushing more reliance on renewable energy. right now, the state of california uses about 36% renewables for its power grid. democrats would like to increase that the 60%. what will happen then? you know, more californians will lose power but they will keep

doing it because the ideology is more important than the lives of the people who vote for them. we are telling you about this because we think it's really important for you to understand and the rest of the country to understand what this means in real terms. it means moving backwards. the democratic convention isn't all bad, some people on stage watched this show -- we are flattered. we'll show you what wewe mean next. ♪ flattered.

♪ >> 30330, it's not that hard to remember -- watch. person, woman, man, camera, tv, 30330 -- anyone can do it. >> tucker: you recognize that, that's the interview that our own dr. marc siegel did, referenced recently at the democratic national

convention -- we are flattered. it doesn't look like democrats listen to too many other things on that show. watch kamala harris explain the real dangers of the wuhan coronavirus. >> while this virus touches us all, we got to be honest. it's not an equal opportunity offender. black, latino, and indigenous people are suffering and dying disproportionately. this is not a coincidence, it is the effect of structural racism. joe will bring us together to end at this pandemic and make sure that we are prepared for the next one. >> tucker: we've got to be honest, which means they are lying and in this case they are -- structural racism, can'tt even be defined. racism has nothing to do with this virus, it's a virus.nd it's science. they seem to think the problem

that restaurant servers, waiters and waitresses aren't wearing dog cones, unofficial government document says in order to prevent coronavirus, waiters need to wear a shield that is designed to be worn inverted attaching below the face and open at the top of the shield -- would you want to eat there and will it work? dr. marc siegel is a fox news medical contributor, a very famous one now -- he joins us tonight. >> good to see you, as far as those dog collars are concerned, they are called cones of shame and you can't eat in them i think. in other words, maybe they will keep you from getting covid but there's only 19 new cases over the last 24 hours. in terms of the idea of someone else writing to the rescue here and becoming the president and imposing a national policy, perhaps lockdowns again which have cost us great in terms of mental and physical suffering

and medical problems and tremendous damage to the economy, i want to propose an idea that has not been talked enough. the current president is a dealmaker and you know he has used the defense production act 78 times according to the white house to bring the supplies we need, the masks we needed, the ventilators we needed, the testing has ramped up. the vaccine we talked about on the show, operation warp speed is unbelievable, the rate that it's performing the science and the treatments that are in the pipeline all because of public-private partnership and a lot of businesses ponied up in that direction without the superimposition of the government. the other point i want to make is when you talk about nationall lockdowns, the party of national lockdowns is also allowing protesting where masks arehe not superimposed or even physical distancing is not superimposed. there is a certain inconsistency to that but the most important thing is states vary from one

state to the next. how can you superimposed something on florida right now which has done so well, it'st actually down in terms of the case rate of positivity to 8% or california, rates are going down 6.6% meaning if you are tested, there's only a 6% chance you're going to be positive, or new york. >> tucker: it's a suchch a great question, how can a country -- i'll use the word -- diverse as this benefit from one-size-fits-all? i want to play a piece of tape for you, vice president joe biden asked about covid and i want to see a response. >> if you are sworn in come january and we have coronavirus and the flu combining which many scientists have said is a real possibility, would you be prepared too shut this country down again? >> i will be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives.

>> if the scientists say shut it down? >> i would shut it down, listen to the scientists. >> tucker: shut it down. that's unequivocably right there. >> that's very disturbing, because first of all, we are not predicting a severe fluha d sean because in the southern hemisphere, we aren't seeing it. that aside, what about all the costs of another lockdown imposed? kids that can't get their teeth taken care of for eyeglasses? no nutrition, problems with mental health, problems with physical health, operations that are put off. many more people will die of heart disease and cancer from extended lockdowns then will ever die of covid-19. that's not to mention depression heand suicide. locking the whole country down, locking down montana with no cases, locking down maine, 19 cases. we are going to see more of those dog collars, owners and restaurants are going to have to wear these cones of shame as the state is locked down with 19

cases. >> tucker: politicians become more powerful great to see you. have a great weekend, see you monday. ♪ >> tammy: welcome to this special edition of "hannity, countdown to the election, on tammy bruce in for sean. after four very long days, the democratic national convention has finally, mercifully come to an end. joe biden capped off the week with a forgettable speech, short on policy details but full of negative platitudes about president trump in the state of our country. president trump responded, take a look at this. >> joe biden grimly declared a season of american darkness and yet look at what we have eaccomplished.