soaring gas prices? emily "jesse, what do you think about us sending stephen colbert the bill since he doesn't mind paying 15 bucks a gallon. thank you for watching. tucker carlson is up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ spiel good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." if you had told us just four days ago that the biden administration was funding secret bio labs and ukraine of all places, we would not have believed you. i don't think we would put that on tv, no thanks. it then if you told us that on only did the administration fund the secret bio labs in ukraine, but that they then failed to secure the deadly contents of those labs before the russian

invasion, and evasion they knew was coming and they helped encourage. if you would've told us that four days ago, we would have dismissed you as a knot. it was just too preposterous. there was no way it could be true. it's too far out. and in any case coming out he knew for a fact that that story was false. how do we know that? because we read "usa today." within hours of the russian evasion, "usa today" published a rebuttal to all those crazies yammering on about secret ukrainian bio labs. here was the headline. "fact-check: u.s. bio labs in ukraine tied to russian disinformation campaign." if you look carefully at the story, and we did, notice that this fact-check was sourced to ukrainian government unnamed officials and then bide and state department officials. these were not exactly objectives sources on the subject, but still, it seemed definitive. it was totally emphatic. "russia has teamed up with china to further amplify the false

claim of u.s. labs in ukraine and go. okay. "usa today" says it's russian disinformation. maybe it is. onto the next story. but the fact checks didn't stop. that was weird. we kept seeing the same fact-check again and again. he was almost like it despite endless official clarification, some people refuse to believe the biden administration. they preferred russian propaganda instead. we assume they must be cue in on members. we assume that because form and policy magazine told us that. out according to foreign policy, qanon was disseminating false claims of u.s. biowarfare labs in ukraine. those labs obviously didn't exist. it was all just a lie from the russians who lie for a living. then the european union weighed in. these are conspiracy theories, the e.u. told us. they reminded us that the credibility of information provided by the kremlin is in

general very doubtful and low. that was good to know. "russian disinformation has a track record of promoting manipulative narratives about biological weapons and alleged secret labs." we are not going to do a segment about secret labs in ukraine. last thing i want to do in the show. we took a pass on that story peer that is where things stood until yesterday when we happen to tune into a hearing of the senate foreign relations committee. victoria knew lynn was testifying beard one of the people who brought us the iraq war and never apologize for that and kept getting promoted. now the secretary of state in charge of ukraine. in 2014 -- she's a highly informed source about ukraine. she was having this meeting with senator mark rubio of florida. at one point he took attack that we were not expecting it all.

he asked, if ukraine had biological weapons, we would never imagined ukraine would have biological weapons, why would ukraine have bio weapons? so it seemed like a pretty strange question. but it wasn't half as shocking as the answer he got. watch what she said. >> does ukraine have chemical or biological weapons? >> ukraine has biological research facilities which in fact we are now quite concerned russian troops, russian forces may be seeking to gain control of. we are working with the ukrainians on how they can prevent any of those research materials from falling into the hands of russian forces should they approach. >> tucker: [laughs] does ukraine have biological

weapons? ukraine has biological research facilities. what? you mean secret bio labs like the secret bio labs ukraine definitely doesn't have? ukraine has those? yes it does. and not only does ukraine have secret bio labs, whatever they are doing in those labs is so dangerous and so scary that she is "quite concerned" for the so-called research materials inside those bio labs might fall into the hands of russian forces. our jaws dropped, let's leave it there. under oath in an open hearing, she just confirm that the russian disinformation they have been telling us for days is a lie and a conspiracy theory. crazy and immoral to believe. it is in fact totally and completely true. wow. you don't hear things like that every day in washington. talk about a showstopper. a dozen questions instantly jump to mind. what exactly are they doing in

the secret ukrainian bio labs? ukraine is the poorest country in europe and hardly a hotbed of biomedical research. we are assuming these weren't pharmaceutical labs, probably not developing new leukemia drugs. from your answer you would assume, because you all but said it, that there's a military application to this research. again, your answer suggests that. why would we from something like that in ukraine? and why didn't you secure the contents of these bio labs before the russians arrived as you knew they would. and why did you go out of your way to lie to the american public about all of this? if the research materials in these labs were to escape somehow, and you seem very concerned about that, what would be the effect on ukraine and the rest of the world? how can we prepare for the consequences of that, this thing you are worried about? shouldn't we be preparing? rita spent the last two years living with a pathogen that began in another form bio lab

funded by the united states government secretly. this question is on our mind and it seems fair. at some of what we would've asked if we are u.s. senators, which we are not. yes, there's a time limit. time limit to be damaged because this is kind of important. rubio did not ask these questions. instead he change the subject and said once again that vladimir putin is bad. watch. >> if there's a biological or chemical weapon incident or attack inside of ukraine, is there any doubt in your mind that 100% would be the russians that would be behind a question mark >> there's no doubt in my mind, senator. it is classic russian technique to blame on the other guy what they are planning to do themselves. >> tucker: okay, get a pen. it is a classic russian technique to blame on the other guy what they are planning to do themselves. that is what victoria newland said. so what you are saying, if, for

example, you are a are funding secret bio labs in ukraine but wanted to hide that fact from people who were paying for it in his name you are doing it that you might lie about it by claiming the russians were lying about it. in other words, you might mount a disinformation campaign by claiming the other day was mounting a disinformation campaign. is that what you are saying? it's pretty funny. what is not funny is that this is all entirely real. we invited marco rubio on the show tonight to tell us what he knows about these bio labs. he declined to comment. the invitation remains open. in the meantime, let's review what little we do know about this. we are going to start with a spokesman for the russian defense ministry on sunday. we would never do this, we've never played anything like this on the show before, because of course, we are american and we want to know what's going on, we ask our own officials, the people we elect and whose salaries we pay, because it's our country. we trust our own sources first. but when it turns out the people who represent us and run our

government are lying to us and never apologize for it and doing horrific things in our names, then you have to open your mind a little bit and at least assess what other people are saying. he was the russian claim. watch. >> during the course of the special military operation, they were covered at the key regime with military biological program under development in ukraine. >> tucker: okay. he said that apparently we haven't seen that until this afternoon. we started poking around. that may have been the root of the conspiracy theories that the fact checks told us were russian disinformation. let's quote it. military biological programs are under development in ukraine financed by the u.s. defense ministry. that is the russian claim. separately, russian industry spokesman said that the ukrainians working on deadly pathogens glued in plague and anthrax. is that true? obviously we would not take russia's word for it.

ever. but we don't have to take russia's word for it. the u.s. defense department has a website that contains this media clip about the opening of a biological research facility and ukraine in 2010. "u.s. senator lugar applauded the opening of the interim central reference laboratory in odessa ukraine this week announcing that will be instrumental in researching dangerous pathogens used by bioterrorist and go. the level three biosafety lab will be used to study anthrax come come up to a marriott, q fever, as well as other dangerous pathogens." oh, okay. then the dash also explaining the odessa base laboratory "is responsible for the identification of a specially dangerous biological pathogens." so what we're doing -- is not the first time you've heard the story. we are funding the creation of deadly pathogens so we can study them and prevent people from

getting infected with them, may be. there is lots of examples of this. the u.s. embassy in ukraine has a handy web page explaining that the american and ukrainian scientists worked on a whole bunch of different experiences like this. some include working on african swine service, and various respiratory viruses. the interesting thing, the telling thing come as of the u.s. embassy's website also contains links to fact sheets about american support for biological research in ukraine, but all of those links are now dead. that is weird. it is our government, we pay for it. they are there in our name come in the name of american citizens, but we can no longer read their web page? how does that work, exactly? the web page is archived thankfully and the fact sheets show laboratories in ukraine. so that looks like proof. it's not russian disinformation. sorry "usa today" it, and israel. you could look it up on the internet if you want.

in the face of that evidence, the pentagon is still lying about it. and in fact, they repeated the same unbelievably stupid and thoroughly discredited lies that the fact-checkers have told for weeks now. here's the spokesman, john kirby today. to speak of the russian accusations are absurd. they are laughable. and in the words of my irish catholic grandfather, a bunch of malarkey. there is nothing to it. it is classic russian propaganda. and if i were you, i wouldn't give it a drop of ink worth paying attention to. >> can you explain to us -- has there been any relationship? >> we are not, not developing biological or chemical weapons inside ukraine. it is not happening. >> if i were you, i wouldn't

devote a drop of ink to it. first welcome you don't get to make that decision. we have free pass in this country. i do don't get to decide. has there been a relationship between the u.s. pentagon and a bio weapons facility in ukraine? if so, what is that a relationship? what is the answer? were not developing -- okay, got it. but why are we funding this? and what exactly are we funding? we were reached out to the state department and they provided us with this carefully worded statement. "the u.s. department of defense does not own or operate biological laboratories in ukraine." not that anyone said they did. "referring to ukrainian diagnostic and bio defense laboratories during her testimony which are not biological weapon facilities and go. what is the difference, exactly?

these institutions counter biological threats throughout the country. so that means nothing. you could describe our nuclear stockpile correctly as defensive bear the nuclear weapons are not designed to preemptively kill anybody. they are designed to prevent other people from killing us. but they are still nuclear weapons. so why don't you stop line and why don't you, more specifically, tell us why you didn't secure these materials. so yes, we are funding secret bio labs in ukraine. but there diagnostic and laboratories -- they counter the threat. if these are purely defensive labs, why was she so concerned that russians would get a hold of materials from these facilities? other world powers have come to the obvious conclusion. again, we had to do this. but under the circumstances we asked her own spokespeople. we are going to the foreign industry of china. he has what they said today.

they are calling on weapons inspectors to take a look at the facilities in ukraine right away. >> over the past two decades, the united states has been blocking the establishment of a verification regime to the biological weapons convention and refused to inflict the inspection of biological facilities within and outside its orders. the move has further aggravated the concern of the international community. we once again urge the u.s. to provide full clarification of its bio militarization activities within and outside its borders and accept multilateral verification. >> tucker: they are putting russian and chinese propaganda on the screen. yes, we do. that was u.s. government propaganda on the screen. and the differences we expect to be lied to by foreign governments. we are not globalist. we believe in one country, the united states. we do not expect to be lied to by our government and we won't accept it.

but let's get to the substance of what the chinese government just said. and we never agree with them on anything. but in this case, they made a fair point. whether you call them weapons or not it's completely irrelevant. not when you are quail hunting. it is a ridiculous semantic. dangerous biological agents, remain in a chaotic war zone. at some point we need to know how that happened. who made those decisions? and we have a right to know. hopefully someone will get to the bottom of it. in the meantime we prayed that somewhere in the united states government there is an adult to cares enough to get the situation under control immediately. tulsi gabbard, the former member of congress from hawaii. congressman, they get so much for coming on. without even going into what they told us was russian

disinformation is actually true, how concerned are you that she's overseeing this war and has just admitted this on secure bio agents, dangerous bio agents in ukraine? >> i'm extremely concerned as should be every one in the world. the seriousness of the situation really can't be overstated. first of all, she didn't say no when she was asked by marco rubio about there being biological or chemical weapons in ukraine. so if there were or are, obviously that would be a violation of the biological weapons convention. number two, they are categorically being trying to hide this. as you laid out very, very well. once they found out rather than saying hey, you know it, this is a critical emergency, it is a crisis, we have these pathogens, not just in one location, but between 20 and 30 labs in ukraine. this is a global crisis. were going to take action

immediately but this is how a responsible leader would react given the crisis of this moment. but instead, what did he do? her response to senator rubio was immediately starting to point fingers. we're going to preemptively start the blame game should anything happen to these pathogens and who knows what is going on in these labs. before anything bad happens to say you know it, it's the bad guys. it's the bad guys responsible for this. it is the height of irresponsibility. the fact that they are covering it up. the fact that they are not doing what it needs to be done because unless the seat war in ukraine ends tonight, we face a very real certainty that one or more these labs will be -- when you look at a pathogen that could be released. we just went through this with covid. we can't have forgotten us

already. >> tucker: once again, they are secretly funding research that imperils the world and nobody is ever punished for it. and wanted to get reaction to this 27 foreign policy heavyweights just signed an open letter calling -- what they call limited no-fly zone over ukraine. some of the people who signed and included former nato ally, u.s. ambassador to ukraine, former u.s. ambassador, et cetera, et cetera. what exactly are they proposing and is it a wise idea? >> it is not. one last thing on the danger of these labs that the u.s. is funding not only in ukraine but around the world, they need to be shut down immediately pair they need to be shut down immediately. they are insecure, they're posing a threat to the world. they need to be shut down immediately. on the no-fly zone that is being

proposed and encouraged by the so-called foreign policy experts -- look, they are trying to act tough. they are trying to say, we've got to do something. and i get it. so much suffering on our televisions all day and all night. and i get that the american people are frustrated because we want to see this on. instead of our leaders doing the responsible thing and saying okay, let's do our best to try to facilitate a negotiated outcome to actually end this conflict, window of opportunity. instead of doing that, they are focused on hey, let's just do something, looked off, and knocked the no-fly zone which would not help the ukrainian people. it is not going to help the american people. it will make things worse. it will drastically escalate this crisis and put our pilots directly against russian pilots putting us in conflict at war

with russia. pushing us towards this brink of nuclear catastrophe. >> tucker: save ukraine by destroying it. >> exactly. iraq, libya, syria. we've got to learn from these lessons and stop this madness. >> tucker: we are just getting this from the state department prayer this is a tweet and i'm reading -- i want to run it by you. "the united states does not have chemical or biological weapons labs in ukraine and go. and they put up a graphic that read that the u.s. is in full compliance with its obligations under the biological weapons convention developed. i could see about four holes in that. they are telling us we don't own any bio labs in ukraine. i don't think anyone is suggesting we owned bio labs there, right?

>> that's right. but you pointed to evidence and we've seen through different parts of the world we saw in china how the u.s. is funding this research or these labs to the tune of hundreds around the world. why? the question has never been asked or answered by them. why is it? why is this research something that is so critical and not done in secure labs in the united states. why is this research being outsourced? there are so many different questions here and all of it points back to the risk that this is posing. this is something that is fresh in our memories and if they have nothing to hide, why are they trying so hard to hide it? >> tucker: they just invented it under oath yesterday. so let's not let them pretend that this is like -- that we are carrying pruden's a gun or a -- i appreciate having an honest person on the show. at such a relief. thank you. >> thank you.

>> tucker: major explosions apparently going off in ukraine and its just before 3:30 in the morning they are. lucas tomlinson is in ukraine for his love tonight. lucas. >> u.s. officials say that they fired over 700 missiles into this country and are increasingly target civilians by the following video, some might find disturbing showing a rocket attack in southern ukraine. >> on the other side of the country near the border with russia, the city of 1.5 million is surrounded. according to u.s. and reddish intelligence. out of the 2 million people who have fled this country, 5% of the population since the war started, 1 million are children. they say over three dozen children have been killed or wounded. as the sanctions against

vladimir putin has agrees, he's putting more troops in this country pit officials told me this war is going to drag on for years. tucker. >> tucker: that is so sad to hear. i bet it's true though. lucas thomason, thank you. drag on for years. he could certainly see that happening. no one in this country is doing anything to stop it. so who is benefiting from all of this? ukraine is not benefiting for the united states is not benefiting. china is benefiting. in the past few months, they've signed a series of trade deals on shipping arrangements with russia, which has the energy china needs. r boudin and the president of china have not been closer until they are now. as this continues to develop, as china becomes stronger with every misstep in the biden administration, you'd have to wonder, will china invade taiwan?

and what happens when that happens? the author of "bully of asia: why china's dream is the new threat to world order and go. thank you so much for coming on. i believe we have talked about this before. pushing russia to china is a disaster for american interests. that seems very obvious. that has happened, it seems like. story over. they are now blocked against us. >> our policy was always to keep russia and china divided. the fact that they are now united against us is bad news for the united states of america and for the west in general. look, the big winner out of this is not vladimir putin. vladimir putin may pick up a little bloodied piece of ukraine at the end of the day coming is going to be weaker as a result. he's going to be more dependent on one of the people who provoke this fight to begin with and that person is a xi jinping. according to the ancient chinese strategy, he said it on the top

of the mountain and watching the tigers fight. and he encouraged the russian bear, the tiger, to go into a ukraine brit undies watching the results for the results favor him in all areas. they favor him because russia is now dependent upon the chinese market to sell its wheat, oil, natural gas. they signed agreements. they signed 15 different agreements on the day that vladimir putin came to moscow at the beginning of the winter olympics. they approved the importation of russian wheat. we know these didn't happen on the date of letter report and got there. they were months in the making. and we know that because of the shipping agreement three and half months ago, almost four months ago. the russians and the chinese agreed that once they bought -- once they bought russian commodities that china owned it. so they shipping, the delivery of the commodities, was all on china. so you can't do what? you can't embargo them. you can't sanction them. you can't take them away from

russia. very clever. happened almost four months ago. the real russian collusion is not between someone in the united states who shall not be named, but between china and russia. and it is very, very far advanced. >> tucker: we will look back at this moment. there's a lot else going on and it was a tragedy, it was a tragedy in world history i think. i appreciate your perspective. thank you. >> thank you. >> tucker: there is a war underway in ukraine. it is a very sad and awful thing. we are monitoring it. also a fourth-generation farmer joins us to remind us that the ban on russian oil is not an attack on putin who has a market for china. it is an attack on america. that farmer joins us nuts. plus, a "new york times" reporter makes a stunning private admission on the fbi's

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>> tucker: on january 6th of this year, "the new york times" did a page one look back at the right at the u.s. capitol. a retrospective. quite long, quite intense. the piece was triple bylined. one of the reporters was an amp named matthew rosenberg. the spent a lot of time attacking the show. here is part of it "mr. carlson has emerged as a leading proponent of january 6th revisionism." "most prominently with this three-part patriot purge series. the fox nation streaming service amplified a debunked a false flag conspiracy theory that the fbi had investigated the

violence as a request to create a class of patriot martyrs." "spreading these conspiracy theories to one of the largest audiences on cable. mr. carlson's monotonous promotion of the series and the ensuing songs from fox news managers recently prompted to long-time conservative contributors at the network to quit in protest. they contributed to the exit of chris wallace, the longtime news anchor." okay. so we are completely out of control, spreading conspiracy theories about how the fbi was on the scene on january 6th, totally debunked and discredited. that was the word from matthew rosenberg on the front page of "the new york times." so recently, project veritas honey trap to the guy come apparently. got a yellow and the woman drinks and videotaped it matthew rosenberg talking in private.

it's kind of fascinated with matthew rosenberg says when he doesn't think people are listening. in fact the expense of the fbi, and he would no, had a ton of informants in the crowd on january 6. watch. >> you could tell how much fun we had. >> oh, that's great. are you allowed to have that much fun? >> i'm supposed to be traumatized. [indistinct] >> tucker: oh, they uncovered

that there were "a ton of fbi informants on the ground on jenner's sixth and go. i don't remember reading that in "the new york times." we ratted on revolver news which is edited by darren beatty. he was the first document that there were a ton of fbi people in the crowd on january 6th. a ton. and he was denounced for it and so were we. darren beatty joins us tonight britt think is much for coming on. and most feel kind of nice to see the sky admit that you were right all along. >> it is nice and it is amazing and what it shows is that "the new york times," highly certain reporters, are not as ignorant as we thought. simply may be even a bit more duplicitous than we thought. it is the whole expose by veritas is fascinating. it is fascinated to hear this individual josh's colleagues. it is not just the presence of

fbi informants. the whole notion that it was this brand insurrection is something that he rightly, at least in private, dismisses as ridiculous and ridicules his colleagues who are dumb enough to believe it. it is quite a remarkable piece of footage. you have to wonder, if you are a national security reporter at "the new york times" that you find out there are a ton of fbi people in the crowd, that does not demand a follow-up? doji of a moral obligation to find out who are these people? why haven't they been arrested? what was the federal government roles in this "insurrection." where they run running that story? >> it is a great question. and they seem resolutely uninterested in exploring this other than the occasional exception to do damage control when a certain tidbit of the truth comes out. and it is particularly important revelation coming right at the heels of the michigan kidnapping trial. which as we see, the difference in that case -- it was so

infiltrated by the feds that they are actually going to use an entrapment defense. there's so many unanswered questions. there is still the issue which has got no answer. and all these people can do is apparently a good knowledge it is all right private and then do nothing with their resources in order to expose the truth to the american people. >> tucker: really quick, it is -- the more loudly this cream come with a more aggressive they get, they did this after the death of george floyd, they are doing it now with ukraine. it seems like there's a connection between their self-righteousness, their aggression, and their duplicity. the louder they yell the more they are lying, that is what it seems like. >> absolutely. they've been extremely vicious protectors of the narrative because it's so important to them. the whole lie about january 6th is used to justify the repurposed scene of the national security state domestically against the american people.

if they lose that narrative, they lose that agenda. and they can't stand to have that happen. >> tucker: you think kevin mccarthy would clue into this. you know what i mean? if liz cheney is screaming about january 6 and then screaming about -- what is going on here? darren beatty. we are grateful that you do pair they give our reporting. >> thank you. >> tucker: we analyze the presence of informants on january 6 for a three-part investigation of tucker carlson originals, patriot purge, the one at "the new york times" denounced as a conspiracy theory. we've got fox people to quit. we spoke to a security analyst called michael waller. he spent years working as a professional agitator for the u.s. government. he told us that the scoring of the u.s. capitol was a coordinated event. it resembled his own trading pit in case you haven't seen it, here's part of what he told us.

>> they created the environment that made the january 6 violence all but inevitable. but where there are other agitators there that day? someone who might know his security analyst jay michael waller. for years, he worked as a professional agitator. >> my area of specialization has been political warfare, psychological warfare, and subversion. during the cold war, a infiltrated national front organizations. for the purpose of causing provocations that would discredit the soviets. so we actually managed to provoke a fight to break out at the world peace council conference that they've been sponsoring in europe. we had the headline at "the boston globe," fight breaks out at world peace conference january 6 was a political warfare mission heavily been trained by a professional agitator as of the past. i saw this was a coordinated effort and there's different agents, provocateurs, and other

troublemakers who led a military like precision and what was to become a storming of the capital. >> tucker: that was from patriot purge. denounced by "the new york times." turns out unfairly. he could watch the whole thing out tuckercarlsoncapsoff.com our leaders have been busy begging other countries, in some cases pretty loathsome countries for help. recently joe biden personally reached out to leaders of saudi arabia to beg them for oil. but they didn't return his call. america's place in the world shifted and we've been reduced by the last 13 months? yes. maybe you are getting the impression they leaders don't really want to solve this gas crisis in the first place. we have confirmation for your tonight that is absolutely true. here is the secretary of energy

performing any music video filmed a couple of years ago. in the performance, she sings hopefully that gas will disappear in this country entirely. watch this. ♪♪ gasoline, gasoline ♪ ♪ you are driving me insane ♪ ♪ you've got to go quick ♪ ♪ electric ♪ ♪ change the way we move around ♪♪ >> tucker: so decadent, so stupid. gasoline is a miracle and it's been a blessing for this country and for the world. it's one of the most highly concentrated forms of energy ever created britt if you think it's not a big deal, you are an idiot. and malicious. these are the people who are blaming vladimir putin for the price of gas. this is a fourth generation dairy farmer. stephanie, thank you so much for coming on. so you are actually producing something in this country that people need come on like the people you just on the video.

how do you feel about the rise in energy prices? >> i think it's a pivotal point in our country. coming from california, i saw how pelosi really attacked the agriculture industry and now their response to gas and diesel high inflation is coming you know, we're not going to let up on regulations. we are not going to back off of our clean energy and investment. americans, it's an investment to them. it's not about making the earth a better place or our economy. they could care less about doing that. all they want as an advancement, money back in their pockets, and i think it is really an idea on subject we don't talk about in the largest industry. and that is agriculture. >> tucker: if they care about the environment, california would be clean and it's not dirty. it's dirtier than it's ever been things to them. this would imperil the ability of people to form, will it not? >> we are already seeing an

increase in farm input. and talking about russia, they are huge impact. ukraine has a huge impact in wheat. the farmers in this country are really wanting this administration to own up to their mistakes. they are not taking care of the american people, our food supply come our food security. all they could care about is their investment again and running the country they want to run and not for american economy. >> tucker: if the farmers all go under, we could still get food from uber eats, right? come back and let us know, stephanie. thank you for that actual fact-check. good to see you. >> thanks. >> tucker: we've got a fox news alert for you. you are looking had a video in ukraine showing air assignments a few moments ago britt this is obviously part of a much larger story and a very confusing one. maps help a lot a lot.

bill hemmer is a master of the mat. we are happy to have them join us tonight. >> nice to see you come up tucker. gives us an idea of what is happening out there. i know you are very interested in this convoy. and for good reason for it but frankly, tucker, two weeks in the convoy hasn't really moved. remember it came from the north and stopped right around this location here. i will just wear the solve and advance the map one time to give you a better idea. this is the airport northwest of the city. that is as far as the convoy got from 12 days ago. they haven't moved sons. tucker, if the city center is this direction, that's about 20 miles as the bird flies to reach year. a lot of analysts are suggesting that russian air cover is what is protecting his supply lines and the convoy from being hit by the ukrainian air force. so for right now, it is still intact. that is what is happening here in northern part of the country. putin's army is moving in from the east. it is largely country side. they can move pretty easily, but again they are getting closer to the capital city.

based on some of the video i saw online last night, some of those tanks on the east side are getting within 16 miles to the east and north of the contrary. the other big story here in the south, you are showing that video moment to go about this maternity hospital that was bombed. it was a devastating video, tucker. that was in mary a pole. they've been under siege for the past seven days. who's to say what is left of that tone. 200,000 they say want to get out of there, and they can't. in the west, uc odessa has not been touched. as a reason for that possibly. and that is because -- right now, about 80 miles to the east, taken fire by the ukrainian army. they are holding them off so far, but we will see at some point whether or not putin's army can advance. that is the state of play, tucker, on day 14 tonight. >> tucker: great to see you tonight. stay tuned for that.

everyone you see on tv has exactly the same opinion. if ukraine is after the same opinion of everything, those opinions are formed on twitter which you probably don't use since you don't work in journalism, thank god. but then they are repeated to the public who are expected to assume those opinions as well. thinking for yourself is no longer allowed. it is interesting to talk to people who are outside of that closed information loop. a rational, clearheaded people whose priorities are their family in the country. and that is why last night we spoke to a man called brace mitchell. he's a cattle farmer and usa fighter. he articulated why a lot of people in this country have no interest in fighting a war against russia over ukraine. here is part of what he said. people who say what you have said are often denounced as unpatriotic or traitors to their country. does that confuse you? the first thing you said is, i will fight and die for arkansas.

>> that would be the greatest honor i could ever have come a brother. i'm far from not being a patriot. i would be the greatest thing i could do is die defending this land freedom not afraid to do that. i'm just not wanting to go waste my life i did and for some bit of these battles that i don't even believe in. >> tucker: brace mitchell is not a coward. we can establish that right there. second, he said very clearly he would be happy to die. it would be an honor he said, to die for the people and country that he loves. he does not want to die in a war with a nuclear power over an obscure country in eastern europe you can find on a map. that is his pretty simple principle. not just on this country, but in every other country. you sent people to war when your real interests are threatened. but in washington, that idea is heresy. these are the people who are about to spend another $15 billion in american tax money not on texas, not on

fixing homelessness, not on helping the families whose children who have died a foot retinal overdoses because of the open border that we have, but they are going to send to defense contractors to defend a country's border on the other side of the world. people like the man you just saw are a huge threat to the tiny minded members of congress like adam kinzinger who are doing things that do not serve this country in any way. he was completely triggered by that interview and he went on twitter and wrote this. "oh, my lord, this is america. by the way, i will fight when the war comes to arkansas. the world war ii generation would love to slap him, i'm sure." this is a new way to support potent without being so obvious. he continued, side note, please just stay here and entertain. no one is asking you to fight for their country. there's far braver men and women who will do that. really, where are these men and

women who are far braver than the men we interviewed last night? we would love to know. adam kinzinger is always invited on the show. any time. we will give him the hour. mr. tough guy. ilhan omar is the sitting member of congress representing minnesota beard she's only been there a short time. she is very angry at the united states. but there's hope for the people of minnesota, the former nba player called royce white is running against ilhan omar. royce white joins us now. mr. white, thank you so much for coming on tonight. haven't talk to you before, excited to do it. why are you running against ilhan omar? >> i will cut straight to the jays. this country is in a crisis. the only way we can save it is through restoring our faith in god and national honor. we have to do it through american constitutional values.

freedom being the cornerstone. freedom being the cornerstone and we can see that there is an attack on our freedoms. we also have to do it through truth. the truth is that the global effects the local. the global effects the local. minnesota is my home. my family has been here for five generations but i was born and raised here. i will a deep affection for the state of minnesota, the twin cities, my community, in this country. the reality is that we've been lied to. we've been misrepresented, we've been misled by the democrats, by the liberal establishment, by the unit party that sold us on this fantasy of globalism, which is just another way to attack the american working class. listen, all i can say is that she has an all night. she sold us out. our leadership has sold us out. >> tucker: she is in on it. so when she and the rest of her friends came into congress, they posed as radicals. but within about 10 minutes they were flocking for google and nancy pelosi. they are part of the system.

in fact, some of the people who were on the system it seems like. is that your impression? >> the telltale sign for me as -- congress is supposed to regulate the fed. the congress is supposed to balance this budget. these people have either been too cowardly or too corrupt to do so. everybody knows or should know that wall street is running the fed and the fed is regulating the congress. we are living in the united states of the federal reserve. and i hear ilhan omar and these people talk about progressive policies, but when push comes to shove, they will sell us out. to confirm a history where i thought the establishment around mental health policy and around this idea that there is a global corporate community and there's something very wrong with this global corporate community. i got an offer to sell out. i got an offer to shut my mouth and go along with the get along, and i couldn't take a bit i would never accept an offer to sell us out. i can't see the same for ilhan omar and many of these politicians. >> tucker: that is not a

typical campaign pitch. that is really interesting. i appreciate you telling us that tonight. we will be watching. thank you. lots going on in ukraine, obviously. we are trying to bring you some of it. but in the middle of that, it's important to think through what is happening there will affects us here. dan holloway served in iraq, left a lot of himself there, and we had a long conversation with him about that question. what will this war mean for america? we will bring some of that to you, next.

speed on what's happening in ukraine is complicated and we are looking for wise voices. we spoke to down holloway, an iraq war veteran. he told us it's important to put america's interest first as we assess ukraine. here is part of he said. ♪ ♪ >> we never know how these things are going to turn out.

but we can make educated decisions and nobody with any kind of education of foreign policy chops, which by the way it was the number one reason biden gave for electing him to office. that was the number one -- i've got the form. i've been doing this for a long time. he is completely filled on all of this. he gave the biggest bully we had bullet we had over to vladimir putin. and you're up at the same thing. what did they expect was going to happen? he's the architect of all the stuff we are seeing right now. and now they are on parade trying to blame everybody else for their problems. if you disagree, you are a russian agent. it's nonsense, right? this is like classical psychological operations. and we are just living through it. >> tucker: dan holloway, the whole interview is on fox nation. we are out of time tonight. we are grateful that you tuned in. we will be back tomorrow and

every and every weeknight to assess really a world in distress. have a wonderful evening with the ones you love. we are going to turn you over now to sean hannity. here he is. >> sean: welcome to "hannity." we begin tonight with a another fox news alert. tonight is russia's forces become stalled across ukraine, becomes tactics are becoming more and more barbaric. vladimir is embarrassed on the world stage. he feels like he is losing and now it is clear he has attempted to unleash on the ukrainian people. things will likely get dramatically worse for the people of ukraine very quickly. today he reportedly targeted, you got it, a maternity on children's hospital with an air strike. only a soulless psychotic power-hungry maniac would be able to do this. [explosions]