♪ >> tucker: good evening. welcome to the special edition of "tucker carlson tonight." the first reports of a mysterious new virus spreading through china reached the west last september. -- last winter. they reported it before it had a name in january. that was nearly a year ago. for the past 11 months the world has been waiting with increasing desperation for a cure, for a vaccine. more than 1.5 million people have died. now the vaccine has finally arrived. a new vaccine just today approved. we should be rejoicing in this. yet, many americans are reluctant to take the vaccine. why? it's not all superstition. there are rational reasons to be skeptical and ask questions.

there has never been a successful vaccine for any of the coronavirus. the last one for sars was too dangerous to bring to market. nor has any vaccine ever been developed as quickly as this one. the only attempt that came close was the mumps vaccine in 1967. that took four years. this took months. the authorities assure us that the new vaccine is completely safe. of course we want to believe that badly. on the other hand, it's not crazy to wonder. you may have seen video of the nurse in chattanooga passing out cold after getting her shot. you may have seen the press conference on tuesday in san antonio where a healthcare worker received a fake vaccination on camera. he got the needle in the arm but he didn't actually get a dose. the hospital conceded that is what happened. but never explained it. so it's fair to have questions. you are not a conspiracy nut for wanting answers. on the other hand, rushed development and a clumsy rollout do not fully explain many people's reluctance to take the drug.

the worry goes deeper than that. the concern isn't simply the vaccine. it's the people in charge of the vaccine. and their basic moral rottenness. americans understand that many of our leaders really don't care about them. they don't care about human beings in general. they're ideologues and religious fanatics who worship their secular gods -- money, power, wokeness. whether this helps individuals isn't a great interest to them. they removed police from the poor neighborhoods because it made them feel less guilty of their own pampered lives and their own ill-gotten wealth. as a result of the decision, many americans died including small children. but they kept doing it. they never apologized. human suffering seemed irrelevant to them. it was the theory that mattered. unfortunately some of the very same people, the worst in the unimpressive professional class, are now in charge of the coronavirus vaccine. that should make you nervous. tonight, officials at the c.d.c. are debating how to distribute the vaccine.

who gets it first on the basis of what criteria. that decision will, to some extent, determine who lives and who dies. it's a big decision and it shouldn't be complicated. according to c.d.c. own models the way to save the most americans is to give the vaccine to frontline healthcare workers first and then to the elderly, being people over the age of 65. older people are by far the most vulnerable, as we now know well. every other age group has a survival rate of over 99.9%. that is why in britain, authorities are giving the vaccine to the elderly as quickly as they can. but in this country, a panel of idealogues at the c.d.c. has decided that the elderly should not be at the front of the line. the center's advisory committee on immunization practices made a different determination. the reasoning is simple. old people in this country are too white to save. that sounds shocking because it is shocking. but they put it in writing. the c.d.c.'s vaccine advisory committee unanimously approved recommendations last month

from a doctor called kathleen duling. according to duling's presentation, it is true that more lives would be saved if the elderly received priority access to the vaccine. here is the problem. "racial and ethnic minority groups are under represented among adults age 65 and older. therefore, the elderly should not be a top priority." according to a c.d.c. panel, another group, those officially classified as "non-healthcare essential workers" should get the vaccine first. why is that? "racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately represented in many essential industries." in other words, it's entirely racial. they are making the decision based on race. kathleen duling's presentation concluded doling out life-saving medication on the color of skin color would "mitigate health inequities." of course, it would kill people. she concedes that. but the people it would kill come from a disfavored race so it's not a big deal. it's been a very long time since anyone close to what we

consider the main stream has endorsed eugenics. that is exactly what that is. it's eugenics. but suddenly it's everywhere. earlier this month, the "new york times," supposedly our greatest newspaper, interviewed a leading expert on medical ethics and vaccinations. university of pennsylvania. a man called harold schmidt. here is how harold schmidt advised the c.d.c. "older populations are whiter. society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer. instead of giving additional health benefits to those who already have more of them, we can start to level the playing field a bit." level the playing field. that means intentionally causing people's deaths because they are the wrong color. when was the last time you heard someone say something like that out loud in this country? probably not since around 1945. that is when we all agreed that letting certain people die because of their race was bad public policy. not to mention evil. but suddenly our leaders have forgotten that lesson.

like the second world war ever happened. in the same "new york times" piece that quotes schmidt, another doctor makes a similar point. an epidemiologist at harvard and here is why he thinks that teachers shouldn't be in the category of the non-healthcare essential workers. "teachers have middle class salaries, are very often white and they have college degrees." in other words, wrong color. not essential. is the hair on anyone else's arm standing up? what the hell is going on? talk like that from the people in charge makes the population highly paranoid and fearful about the future. and it should. in california, the governor's already announced the state will distribute medicine based on how people look. >> experts in safety, as well as experts looking at equity. and looking at the distribution along the spectrum of making sure that

black and brown communities disproportionately are benefited because of the impact they felt disproportionately because of covid-19. >> tucker: so certain ethnicities will get the vaccine first because of ethnicity, says the governor of california. it doesn't matter if that policy kills more people or that it's not based in science. it's not based in science. maybe that is the point. it will level the playing field. in oregon, the head of the public health department rachel banks made the same commitment. if you want the vaccine, you had better not be white. "we have a variety of ways to ensure there is equitable distribution. geographically and particularly focused on the communities of color who have seen unfair disproportion impact from covid-19." to get more specific, oregon's health authority released a statement that promises that, "black indigenous, latino/latina, latinx and

pacific islander and tribal communities will have equitable access to the vaccine." meaning first dibs. in a world like this when even vaccines are distributed on the basis of skin color, it's no wonder that many decided to transition to a new race. why wouldn't they? it doesn't pay to be in your old race. in oregon, a group of slovic americans petitioned to be member of color. it was granted so they are no longer white. apparently neither is nancy pelosi. she is one of the first to get the vaccine. she is now a person of color and essential, basically the same thing. that is the consensus all over the country from our leaders. >> just over half of states with publicly available plans for vaccine distribution have at least one mention of incorporating racial equity. >> this is a great amount of mistrust. >> vicky hernandez runs a community center here. >> black and brown communities, primarily make up essential workers. they have been disproportionately affected by

covid. so for that reason, they should be prioritized. >> tucker: this is insanity. when you are planning to distribute life-saving medicines on the basis of race, not on the basis of science but the basis of race, you are by definition dividing the country more deeply and more permanently really than you could under any circumstances. nothing is worse than that if you want a cohesive country. the case they are making when you are the right color, you are essential. that makes sense considering increasingly your color is your essence. it's the most important thing about you. in this case, you can determine whether you live or die. that is the country they are creating. so is it any wonder that the vaccine rollout makes people nervous? we have the c.e.o. and founder of roivin sciences and serving in the ohio coronavirus response team. happy to have him on.

thank you for coming. i appreciate it. >> glad to be here. >> tucker: it seems to me that you need for a vaccine rollout like this in a huge country like ours a great deal of social trust for people to believe it's rooted in science and will be handled fairly. i can't think of a clearer way to send the opposite message than this. >> i agree with you. i think the public trust in the vaccine is key. this is the fastest vaccine development program we have seen. i can't think of a worst way to foster public trust than to say hey, black and brown communities, why don't you go first? the principle is simple. take the approach that saves the maximum number of lives in the near term. that is going to be going to the elderly population, working backwards and then everyone else waits in the same line after that. save for healthcare workers, of course. >> tucker: there is an undertone here that is politically useful to the democratic party but seems gravely damaging to me. it's this. somehow there is a conspiracy on the part of somebody to use covid-19 to kill people on the basis of race. i'm open to any theory on anything. but i don't see any evidence whatsoever for that. yet, politicians keep

suggesting it. is there any evidence of that? >> i don't think there is evidence of that. but i think you get to the heart of the matter where this is divisive. using race as the basis for distributing a public good in this country is the antithesis of what america is supposed to be about. it sets a dangerous precedent. think about it the other way. we hope that all is going to go well. i fully expect that it is. but this is a powder keg waiting to explode if we say go to the minority communities first. then god forbid something appears to go wrong, this could be one of the dangerous mistakes of our century if we use this moment to racialize the distribution of a public good. >> tucker: that is such a wise point. that is exactly right. we all pray. i mean, we are rooting, i think everybody is rooting for that vaccine profoundly. but if there were a problem, and we don't know, and they were on record saying oh, black people take it first. i mean, talk about increasing the level of distrust, paranoia, craziness, badness in the country.

>> or even the appearance of that. right? even the appearance of that. there couldn't be a single thing worse for undermining race relations and solidarity in the country. i'm worried about the precedent it sets in the future. is this how we distribute public goods or medicines in the future? if so, that is the end of the american dream and the american vision as we know it. >> tucker: why wouldn't it be? we are told every day this is the greatest public health crisis of our time. this is the vaccine for it. they are using the criteria to distribute it. why wouldn't it be the criteria for everything? >> complexity favors the people who are well-connected. funny anecdote in this. new york investment bankers managed to qualify themselves as essential workers. it was a provision that was designed to apply to bank tellers. this is what we have seen all along. the well connected is using the smoke screen of woke values to cover up for the same reason that the tax code is complicated. it helps those in power. you know that as well as anybody.

>> tucker: that is such a great point. repeat that one line. write it down, everybody. >> complexity favored the well connected. they use the woke values as a smoke screen to trick you from seeing that. i run a company. that is what companies up and down silicon valley, up and down both coasts and now wall street are doing, too. espousing the woke, seemingly progressive social values to hide the fact they want to make an extra buck and consolidate extra power. that is what this is all the way down and now we see it in science, too. it's pathetic. >> tucker: man, nicely put. thank you so much. great to see you tonight. >> good to see you. >> tucker: so the c.d.c. appears to be moving toward the decision that the elderly are not, "essential." what is the message of that? what are the ethics that undergird that decision? charles thought a lot about this, author of "existing throwaway culture. how life ethic can unite a fractured people." great title. he joins us tonight.

this is a topic. the treatment of our elderly in a time of plague you have written and talked on the show a lot about. so assess the apparent developments from the c.d.c. if you would. >> tucker, i want to give you a number. 6,000. i did the math this afternoon. that is the number of the people who will die more from this plan from the c.d.c. if they had prioritized, if they prioritize essential workers. 6,000 more people will die per month. if they prioritize the most vulnerable, high risk populations, over 65, 6,000 more people will live. that is the -- i love your first guest. that is the simple fact of the matter. that is what we should be focused on. >> tucker: right. i guess a lot of us who are not in, you know, connected to medicine or don't know much about medical ethics would have assumed that all medical ethicists would think in the way you just described. i thought they did. when did that change? >> academia?

>> tucker: yes. >> there are incentives in my world to arrive at certain conclusions. my favorite philosophy professor when i was an undergrad said, "charlie, a philosophical principle is like getting on a bus. it's not like getting in a taxi. you have to follow it wherever it goes." these folks want an outcome. they want a situation that they in their groups want to arrive at. their principles are geared to the outcome. not to justice or ethics or the prioritizing the most vulnerable with predictable results. >> tucker: so basically you are saying if you are in charge and you want to reward say a group that votes for you and punish a group that doesn't, you just kind of come up with whatever justification you need in order to achieve that. >> they wanted essential workers to go next. they were going to find -- i've gotten a lot of "d"

or "f" papers in my time, tucker. i looked at the plan on the cdc website. it's a "d" or "f" paper. it's terrible. the only thing that justifies the plan is to arrive at the conclusion they want to arrive at. racial justice, that i support, would give a different conclusion. you know who is most high risk and most likely to die? people of color. that is who most likely to die. white people, too, but people of color are most likely to die. why wouldn't you prioritize high risk people and people over 65 if you care about racial injustice? we had other agenda, we heard in the other package, you come to the other conclusion. if you want to protect people of color from dying, you will protect high risk and over 65. that is it. >> tucker: yeah. you would treat people like people, as individuals. as children of god. as all equal in the end. they all have equal value. every person. charles, great to see you tonight. thank you. >> thank you. >> tucker: so people say joe biden doesn't interact with the press.

well, yesterday, he sat for an interview. he brought along dr. jill biden in case there was an medical emergency. but the interview actually wasn't what you thought. it wasn't on a news station with a reporter. it was something very different. we'll tell you what it was next. xfinity customers, stream hbo and more

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♪ >> as a husband who loves this person, did you ever, you know, want to get outasor a chain and go full corn pop on these people? >> the answer is of course -- >> no. the answer is no. >> no, no. but there are some of these -- anyway. [laughter] >> tucker: what a shameless shill that guy is. he was once a comedian and talented. politics rotted his brain. that was joe biden across from him saying he is comfortable with his wife prescribing medication or performing surgery. she's a doctor. biden didn't sit with an interview with an angry comedian to satisfy his wife. he wanted to defend his son. yes, hunter biden is under investigation but he is a genius. >> we have great confidence in our son. i'm not concerned about any accusations made against him.

it's used to get to me. i think it's kind of foul play.e but look, it is what it is. he is a grown man. he is the smartest man i know. i mean, in pure intellectual capacity. and as long as he is good, we're good. >> can you reach across the aisle to people who will be using this as an attack on yous when it's such a personal attack because it's about family?uc >> if it benefits the country, yes. >> tucker: it's about family! yes, it's about family doing business with foreign countries that hate us in order to get rich. that part didn't come up in the interview. the whole thing was like this. even for our compromised filthy news media, the level of shilling for a politician was a little nauseating. today, the biden team took a zoom press conference and only saved time for five questions. the reporters were offended. who knows what they thought

they were getting? but that is what they are hagetting. a reporter from "daily beast" probably the most dishonest site on the internet asked this.st hey, guys there are a ton of folks looking to ask questions. could we go longer or hold more frequent briefings? please? a please? we got you elected. won't you talk to us? it's pathetic. steve watches this stuff for a living as the editor of forth watch podcast and media analyst. it's great to see you. so they suspended all disbelief for a full year with this guy and never asked about his obviously declining mental state and business deals. now they are surprised he is not talking to them? reshould they be? >> no. i mean, it's kind of sad and really a little bit embarrassing. clips from joe biden and dr. jill biden's interview with stephen colbert now have to air on cbs evening news. they have to throw to stephen colbert and it's absurd.

i don't fault biden or the transition team. they can get away with this. the reporters covering joe biden have a weekly zoom call where they take five questions. that is it. if it weren't w for peter doocy we wouldn't hear a single thing where joe biden responded for a few seconds to a shouted question. he is the only one trying to get answers. look at the timeline here, tucker. nine days ago, the biden campaign put out a statement about the hunter biden investigation. that pre-empted that other news outlets trying to get the story. o they preempted it. screwing over the media. the media didn't seem to take it personally. since then, stephen colbert is the first comments we're getting on the record by biden and the media seems to be okay with it. they are running the clips from colbertrt and not pressing the biden transition any more than they, i would imagine -- i mean, i would be furious if i were covering joe biden on a

regular basis and colbert is what you go to get any answers. >> tucker: like biden, i'm getting old. i think stephen colbert was at one time was clever. smart anyway. now he seems more self-serious than a news anchor. he takes himself more seriously than jim acosta and iou didn't think it was possible. he is an over eager guy with no sense of humor. am i misremembering that? he was a comedian, right? >> he was on comedy central for a long time. now he has been on cbs. honestly, this is really the drift of thehe last four years. right? stephen colbert, seth meyers, jimmy kimmel have become political commentators in the era of trump. it's too serious for comedy these days.. so besides jimmy fallon therees is no one else on late night trying to have a good time and make people laugh. this interview was pretty serious.re although, it could not get any more friendly than it was. the question even about hunter essentially asking him, you know, how do you feel about people using this

against you? really a far way of going about trying to get some sort of answer. he did get an answer from him a little bit. >> tucker: well, of course it was serious. stephen colbert is a serious man, steve. he is the conscience of a nation. he and oprah. [laughter] it's so embarrassing. am i the only one who is embarrassed? steve, great to see you tonight. thank you. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: well, democrats decided to pull out all the stops to keep you away from your own children.wa family unity is a threat to their plan. so this christmas, they are enlisting santa's help to keep us atomized. we'll tell you how. - hello, michael youssef here,

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>> tucker: welcome back to a special edition of "tucker carlson tonight." bill de blasio, the mayor of new york, destroyed the city, our largest. the economy is evaporating. people with money is leaving

and tax base is going away so the city is about to be broke. but de blasio has a solution. you are going to pay for his disaster. >> and if we are really going to have the recovery we deserve we need the stimulus. still no clear direction coming from washington.on we'll keep fighting for a stimulus that actually allows the small businesses in new york city to recover and the renters in new york city to recover. and the people of new york city to recover. and our economy to come back. >> tucker: uh-huh. will it pay to get the junkies off the subway? whinos assaulting women in parks?in seth baren is associate editor with the city journal and he is joining us. i shouldn't be surprised but the gall of de blasio after a wrecking the city and driving out the tax base to demand the rest of us bail him out, hard to know what to say. >> well, that is his number one solution. he has been saying the same thing since march or april. he just repeats it. recently he had a whole litany

of ways of different stimuli he would like to receive.nt first for the small wbusinesses. then one for the subways.. then one for everything else. this is his plan. 300,000 households have left the city, filed change of address forms. goldman sachs asset management is leaving. big business has said please, do something to improve livability. he just thinks that is a joke. his spokesman said kick rocks, billionaires. they think they are doing a great job. >> tucker: but how can you -- i mean, there are very few disasters of this magnitude in american history that can bee pinned really on one guy. we know how it happened. bill de blasio did it. he didn't do it alone but he drove it. how can the democratic party reward that with the money of the rest of the country? >> well, that is a national question. you know, that is something for them.

there is a good argument to be made that the goal in a lot of the blue states is to crater the economy so badly and cripple it that, you know, we can just turn to state ownership of everything. just take over. just have absolute socialism. bill de blasio has in his term in office he has expanded the city budget three times faster than the rate of inflation. he has hired a videographer that works for his wife. dr. gray. she does have an honorary doctor of science she puts on official documentation and takes video of her dancing on the front step of gracie mansion. this is his response. and to just demand a bailout. so we are in, we are in for it. >> tucker: i just got to ask you really quick since you covered de blasio and know him. everybody in new york hates de blasio. i don't care how liberal you are. nobody supports bill de blasio who i have never met in my life.al has de blasio ever one time acknowledged that maybe he is

the worst governor in history or has done anything wrong? mayor, rather. >> well, i mean, like today hewe said oh, yes, he should have restrained the nypd more in the protests. all he will say things like that. or yes, he s should have fired the cop who arrested eric garner sooner. you know, things that appease his base. he will say things like that.. but no, he doesn't take responsibility for anything that has gone wrong. >> tucker: it's just really, it's amazing how one guy who got the support of less than 10% of the population in the city is allowed to destroy everything. it does make you wonder about democracy as we are practicing it. >> it sort of does. >> tucker: it raises real questions, i would say. great to see you tonight. thank you. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: so democrats want your kids to know one thing.t these lockdowns are good for you. now that is not an easy case to make because the lockdowns have destroyed a generation of

children.ec so when a lie is that big, you need the big guns to help you sell it. othey have them now. they brought help from the north pole to make their case. fox's rick levinthal has the story for us. hey, rick. >> hey, tucker. i thought santa wasn't supposed to be scary but thiske is a whole new world, and in 2020, mr. claus wants kids to know they have to do more than be nice. we have video highlights to prove20 it. my favorite part is the beginning where the michigan governor appears to read herhe name off the prompter. >> thank you for joining us, i'm governor gretchen whitmer. and i'm really excited. >> i'm in my workshop with all my elves. we all are masked up and social distancing. >> yeah. >> is the coronavirus at the north pole? >> everyone has tested negative. we are still getting tested.rt i think we are so far up north it might not be getting s to us

but we are not going to take any chances. social distance. wash your hands, and make sure you wear your masks when you're outside your home. >> and another way to stay safe during the holiday is to stay home but call your grandparents and your cousins and your family. it's the safest way to tellou the people you love how much you care about them. >> is it comforting to learn that santa and the elves are masked up and social distancing and there is no covid at the north pole yet, tucker? i was kind of disturbed by the whole thing. >> tucker: kind of disturbed. that was like an ad for xanax. what happened to the governor? would you let your kids sit on his lap? no chance! i won't make you answer -- rick leventhal! great to see you tonight. >> you, too. >> tucker: gretchen whitmer.

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>> tucker: want to bring you back on a fox news alert. ever responsive to our viewers, we heard from a very sharp-eyed watcher tonight who brought this to our attention it's about that slobbery, embarrassing schmooze fest between stephen colbert and joe biden we brought you.ss w look how far apart they are sitting. you could park an airplane between them and run a marching band through there. not that they are allowed. not clear why. maybe a recommendation from dr. jill biden. 60 feet of social distancing! she has never been great at math. we'll keep you posted as we find out. b dave portnoy is a frequent guest on the program and we are proud of that. he's a genuine supporter of small businesses. he built one himself.

he has been watching as america's independent business sector is destroyed. on thursday in frustration he announced that he is creating a fund for small businesses to help them survive. dave portnoy is the founder of barstool sports and he joins us to explain the fund. dave, thank you for coming on. you said you would do this. i knew you would. i'm impressed you have.ou tell us how it works. >> i appreciate you letting us back on. basically we donated $500,000, half of million of our own money and we said we would raise more funds from our readers, friends we may have who are fortunate, whatever it may be. we'll feature a new business every day. they tell us how much they need, struggling small business. the only requirement is their payroll has to be on. then we will hit that goal and move to the next business. once we hit the goal, we hit the next. hopefully we can save as many small businesses or bridge the gap, really, till covid is done cd they can go back to earning a living. by the way, when we talk to these people, that is all they want.

they want the opportunity to work. we put t-shirts on sale last night and we sold $1 million in a couple of hours. i think it could be tens of millions of dollars. i didn't think i'd be the guy doing it. i would rather be sitting on ang beach or betting on horses drinking but nobody else will do it. we have a big platform so we'll try to help as many small businesses as we can. if you want to donate, i asked to come back on. thank you, tucker. i don't think i have done that. you have a big platform barstoolsports.com/fund. you can donate. 100%. we won't take a penny of it. everything will go right back f rthe businesses who need help right now because as we have seen and as we have heard, nobody else will do it. we have to do it. >> tucker: that is right. no one else has done it. you said the one requirement has to be payroll has to be on. you have to be paying your employees. you have to be employing people. >> correct. it's so hard to help everybody.

we want to kill two birds in one stone. not just business owners. the perfect example is barelli. they are on the verge of going out of business. he wasn't going to ask for help. the owner. he kept his payroll on. today i met with a guy. he is going on hannity next and he made a video in the snow. you can only have outdoor dining. we had a blizzard in new york. staff eating a nice dinner. he had to lay off 40 of 45 people. we want to help not only the business but pay the employees so they can have christmas and all that. have a payroll still on. keep your business. tell us how much you need. we'll get you a goal and then we don't just disappear. if you have it $75,00 a month, you have it. we don't just disappear. we'll do it for the life of this thing and get through hopefully to the summer at the very latest. but as many businesses we can

help, it's better than nothing. >> tucker: first, bless you for doing this. i love it. y i know the people you are helping will be grateful. you are a founder of a big digital property. it's not black stone. you are not in finance. you are paying 50% taxes like everybody else. what about the really rich people? why isn't amazon doing this? >> i don't have the answers. to be honest, i wasn't planning. on doing it. mark lamones said put your money where your mouth is. i was like, he is right. i don't have answers for anybody else. i don't pretend to. it's crazy that i pay all the taxes and the tax money isn't going to this very use to help other people. i h have no idea. it's one of those things you look around. everyone is talking and pointing and no one is doing. that is how we jumped in to it. we are not a charity organization.

we raised money in the past. it's a huge undertaking. but, you know, sometimes you just got to do it. that is one of those situations. i don't have answers why nobodyth has, government has, super rich people. if you are a rich friend of mine i'll be hitting you up. get ready for that call. i have no idea. i have no idea. i don't have the answers right now. i know just nobody is doing something, somebody has to do something. barstoolsports.com/fund. i hope you raise a ton. thank you for doing this. good to see you. >> thank you. >> tucker: the coronavirus pandemic, as bad as it's been, is not the only public health emergency right now. tens of thousands of people are dying, and no one is talking about how they are dying or why. that number is accelerating. we are talking about the drug epidemic which has got much worse under the lockdown. details ahead.

>> tucker: are moral leaders used to talkk about nothing and called called equality, we are all for that. if we don't use the word anymore, we use the word equity. and how was it different from a quality? let's illustrate, here's the story, from the state of california. in california were learning tonight officials have released a convicted child murderer from prison, happened earlier this month. the man's name is carlos morales ramirez, 34 and an illegal alien. a federal officials made sure before the feds could arrest him. he was here illegally. a week after he was released, the feds tracked him down in l.a. he's not alone, los angeles approximately 100 illegal criminal aliens a day, 80% of them go on to commit more crime. we don't get the consideration because you'reay born here. that's not justice, it's not

equality, it's equity. the's opposite. the opioid epidemic and people who caused it has been largely forgotten, faced all the drama we seen. this week during the hearing on capitol hill, the founders marketed oxycontin and lied about it denied doing anything wrong. but the problem is with us and still getting worse, and the cdc recorded a total of 80,230 drug overdose deaths, the highest number of drug ods and any one year. period in the history of the country. almost more than anybody to ask why is it happening? we spoke to him earlier. >> economic displacement rippled through the generations and kills people, we saw with the death of the industrial economy and now we have seen really the death of small businesses by the thousands in this country. do you expect that that will lead to increased death and

despair? >> it depends on what we do now. it's important to say that you're right, part economic despair, partly other factors. my book is about this because we lost our connection to so many other things. one of them is that economic security and give you the obvious example, many more i go through in the book. 40% of americans agree with the statement nobody knows me well. the answer to your question is entirely dependent on what we do now. in the year 2,000, switzerland had a horrendous opioid crisis. they dealt with it very differently than how we deal to with it in the united states. they did two essential things, theyct realized that once someone's convicted if you throw them off they'll go get street heroin. that's even worse. what they did was to things, first thing, they prescribed the safest possible version v of the drug and at the same time once

someone became addicted, at the same timeic they gave the push f huge amount of support to deal with the pain. in some wife's therapy, rehab, a lot of it was getting people subsidized jobs. housing, getting them back into a meaningful life. regenerating the communities in working with families. you think that strategy, switzerland has ended its opioid crisis, virtually no opioid-related deaths in now.erland it's a strategy that deals both with the problem of the drug and the problem it deals with the pain and it's something i desperately want to communicate to viewers because i know so many of them are suffering in this crisis. this isn't your fault. you don't deserve this. you didn't design the society, screwing people overd that's not meeting their needs and not hurtful to feel this way. we can rebuild hope, and i've been to the places that have done that. it has to start by acknowledging

what's really going on and i thinkk there's three things we have to do to deal with the opioid crisis. stop the promotion and imprisonment of criminals who lied over years and made a fortune while you make $35 billion in the crisis. secondly, stay with someone who's artie got it in addiction and provide them the safest possible version of the drug, crucially, also provide them with extensive help. thirdly, we've got to heal society and deal with a deeper pain that's driving so many people to suicide and opioid problems. >> tucker: i couldn't agree withth the last point more. thank you, one of the few who looks at the causes and i appreciate it. good to see. >> thank you so much, tucker, cheers. >> tucker: beforeee we go, michigan governor gretchen whitmer would like to which you a merry christmas. >> thank you fors. joining us, m governor gretchen whitmer and

i'm really excited. >> i'm in my workshop with all my elves and were all messed up >> tucker: that's real. we will play that every night. have the best night and a great weekend. sean hannity now. ♪ welcome to the special edition of "hannity." i'm jason chaffetz in for sean. tonight we look at the too cozy relationship with china. despite participating in a close relationship with a chinese spy, congressmanto eric swalwell of california somehow remains on the house intelligence committee. now, after receiving an f.b.i. briefing aboutw, swalwell, house minority leader kevin mccart thy is demanding answers -- mccarthy is demanding answers. watch this. >> we were briefed for an hour.