tony from new york: you want to know why? because of this current job i don't have to do any math. math is very important if you are handling million dollars of other people's money. tucker is next. i am watters and this is my world. >> ♪ ♪ >> tucker: welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." happy monday. not a lot of americans pay attention to european politics. that's understandable. it's a shame. if you look at what is happening in europe you can more than about what is happening here. despite the castles and funny accent and smelly cheese, europe is not that different in the united states. european leaders run their countries the same way our

leaders run our country. they go on endlessly about democracy but do their best to it avoid democracy's most bask requirements like free speech and representative government. the prime minister of italy a few years ago bragged to the world economic forum about his plans to bring more social justice to the country meaning he would import more migrants from the third world into europe. we are saving lives at sea! oh, saving lives. you are such a good person. the question is: the people who live in italy think of that idea? -- what? the prime minister didn't care. quote: are you following this you? run a country in the name of people. you are not a king.

you are an elected leader. but it's dangerous to it allow the opinion of those people to influence your decisions. does that familiar? that's the kind of democracy we live in, a fake one. in fact there is no majority in any country on the planet earth of that thinks open borders are a good idea or considers global warming the biggest problem or think it's wise to quarantine the population because of a flu virus. no group of people wants these things. in the west pollititions don't care what you think. shut up racists! -- this can't endure because it's unstable. you can't tell people they are in charge of their own government and ignore over

decades their strongly held opinions on 36 that matter. -- on things that matter. they will repel. you hope they do it peacefully. in italy they are doing that. this summer giorgi meloni started showing up in the polls. because she refused to bow to the twin gods of climate and migration people panicked. the president of the european commission commanded italians not to vote for her. watch. >> let's see if things go in a different direction. i spoke with hungary and poland. we have tools it if things go in the right direction. all of the governments have to be accountable to play an

important role. >> tucker: if things go in the wrong direction, if voters disobey, we have tools. that sounds like a threat because it is. italians are so desperate, they are not afraid. but liberalism destroyed their country. energy prices in italy are up 400% over last year. why? a pointless war in ukraine and self-destructive climate policy. it's not an accident. parts of italy are dangerous. why? everyone knows why. it's migrants driving a huge amount of the crime. these are not mysteries, but you are not allowed to acknowledge them in public. meloni is one of the few

politicians that is willing to stay the truth out loud. as a result of that, last night her party called brothers of italy won an overwhelming victory in italy. they took both majorities in the houses of parliament. by american standards this is a revolution. but unlike most revolutions, the person at the front can explain what she is about in a way people understand. she is smart. this is part of the speech she gave earlier this year that led to last night's results. >> everour freedom is under att. our rights are underattack. the sovereignty of our nation is under attack -- the education of our children is under attack. people understand in this age

the only way of being rebels is to preserve what we are and be conservative. they will try to take everything away from us. but they can't away who we are. you know what? cherishing who we are, knowing what we stand for is all we need to face this challenge. >> tucker: she is not kidding. she is as serious as the moment we are living through. our rights are under attack and the sovereignty of our nation is under attack she said and the prosperity and well being of our families is unauthorized attack. -- under attack. that's true here. american families are facing the same onslaught. the difference is in this country it's rarely acknowledged

except on the fringes. meloni is the new prime minister of italy and saying that out loud. in the united states house republicans are running on the commitment to america. you have not read it. nobody cares. there is nothing real in it. there is not a single word in that document about the attacks on the american people you see every day. how are my kids? does the american dream still exist? will they have the opportunities we had? no. people are upset. why wouldn't they be, but nobody says it. that'sud. -- that's odd. we know when politicians tell the truth about what is happening, they tend to be

rewarded for it. once again, here's the in coming prime minister of italy. ask yourself if you would vote for a candidate like this if you had the chance in our country. >> [speaking foreign language].

described on american television as far right? really? because she acknowledges that american families are under attack. it's simple. if you want to establish control over a country, of course you have to destroy the family first. because nobody with deep family loyalty will ever pledge absolute obediance to a politician. if you want salutes obedience you have to sever family ties. so schools brain wash your children and instruct them to turn you in if you not. -- bethe. object. that's happening. wokeness is not just on college

campuses. it's a state religion that supplants actual religion which is also being destroyed. there is a reason the strip bars and the liquid stores stayed open under covid but the churches did not. if you don't connect those dots you miss it. meloni understands it watch. >> bureaucrats brought a couple hundreds of pages long telling us in order to be inclusive, we have to exclude off references to christmas, jesus, mary and all christian names were to be row moved from all official communication. will we surrender in front of this? >> crowd: no. >> no, we will fight. we will fight and stand tall.

>> it [cheers and applause]. >> tucker: so, they hate your family and your religion. don't have to put up with it because it's a democracy and you are supposed to be in charge. that's a radical message, god, family and country? that's not radical. fascists don't believe in godbecause god is a rival to their power. that's so scary to the people running and benefiting from our current system. why is that? she is not the first person to it say this. people said it before, but she's been rewarded for saying it. that's the point. the population likes it. this is when they want. they are not worried about global warming. i deponent want open borders. they think the woke stuff is

absurd. now it's obvious because she just won. even in this country the people running and benefiting from a deeply corrupt and doomed system are hysterical. watch the reaction to that. >> i want to talk about a politician on the right -- a politician who brushed off accusations of fascism. >> what separates us from italy who elected a fascist. >> the far right political party whose roots go back to post world war ii. >> a party that has its roots in fascism. >> tucker: define that for us, joe scarborough. you can't. fascist is unacceptable. whatever she says you are not allowed to agree with. they are worried that many

italians agree with it. she is a fascist! a "new york times" piece mentioned fascist 29 times. apparently on the verge of invading poland. we should be worried. watch this. >> they said it could never happen again. 100 years ago hillary clinton and world war ii. the brothers of italy once on the fringes they ballooned into the biggest part in the country. now their leader giorgi meloni will head the most hard right government since then. she insists she is no fascist. just a proud conservative and fascist and comfortable with

this fascist moto. god, fatherland, and family. >> tucker: well, that's scary! not a word about climate or equity. it's their hysteria and their total unwillingness to ask obvious questions that let's you in on the secret. they are panicked because they know the current system is doomed. what happened last night in italy is the best case scenario for them. it was a peaceful transfer of power. that's a good thing. that's what you want. in a democracy people should be allowed to have some influence on the pirates of the government that claims to represent them. when they speak in an election the people who have been repudiated have a morol -- moral obligation to ask why didn't

they like what i offer? they take no responsibility. when trump got elected they blamed putin. they never learned a single thing from is happening. that's happening in italy and the european union. the bureaucrats who drove italians to speak a change at the ballot box are unwilling to learn from that vote. let's hope there is not an actual rebellion. politicians in this country are attacked for telling the truth. thanks for coming on. you weighed in on this election.

what do you make of this? >> i am so excited. it's funny. i looked miss meloni up when i heard about her a week ago. i could not find any straight up information on her. she's a facist and racist. this is something i can relate to it. they are doing the same thing about me. it makes me realize if they are not calling you slurs and attacking you, you are probably not representing the people of your country. >> tucker: it's so interesting. if you are elected in arizona it will be a change. donald trump was a change. the voters in this democracy never learn anything from that rejigs. -- rejection. why is that? >> i don't know. i can't get into their minds. i think of the marjorie taylor

greens of the world and what is happening in italy. the people nets what is happening in this country, we are losing this country. they said you are not afraid of anything. what i am scared to death of is if we don't step at this moment and do something. i am afraid of the world our children will live in. >> tucker: you spent your career working in news. you know how totally fraudulent is. >> thank god for you. >> tucker: thanks for joining us tonight.

we went to las vegas last week to meet an interesting person. he runses the ufc. dana white. he is in an inspiration in that he didn't care what they said about him. he persisted and turned the ufc into one of the fastest growing sports in the world. even in the middle of a pandemic. how and why? our interview ahead. our traditions are grown and sewn right here in our hometown of moulton, alabama. from our heirloom inspired sheets to our super absorbent bath towels, to our 100% cotton quilts. every single piece is made right here in america. we believe in keeping our heritage 100% american made. enjoy our farm to home products and receive

>> ♪ ♪ >> tucker: we went to las vegas last week to interview the president of the ufc. dana white. we are not sure what to expect. we were highly impressioned. -- impressed. his experiences are similar to business owners in this country. the difference is he found a way to keep going. during the covid lockdown as the government tried to shut him down, cbs reported that dana whites an epidemic on his hands.

there was no evidence that he contributed to the pandemic. it was all a lie. so, the point of the story is that dana white kept ufc alive during the lockdowns. did not layoff a singe person. -- single person. i have never done an interview with human blood on the floor and i like it. the first thing i noticed is how small this is in real life. there is no place to run. >> this is a smaller version we use here. when we go into arenas we use a bigger one. this would look like a match box in some arenas. the one in pay per view is much bigger. >> tucker: what do the fighters think about this smaller space? >> we talked about fights are

more excitinging in the smaller ones but that's not true. >> tucker: this is your arena where fights take place in a world you control? >> 100%. there was built -- we put the last screws in this place right before covid hit. they shut nevada down and we could not even do it in our own facility that we controlled. we could have created a bubble here, but the government would not let us. >> tucker: you are in the sports business. you are in charge of the sport. that doesn't exist anywhere else. you are responsible for the sport and you can't have in person events. where does that leave you with covid? >> it was tough.

covid was the toughest thing i ever had to navigate in the history of this country. if you look where we came from, that's saying something. my attitude was: this is america. we don't quit. we don't give up. we definitely don't run and hide in our house itself. i figured there had to be a way. >> tucker: covid happens. companies start laying off big percentage of the work force and don't know how long the quarantine will remain in effect. they have payrolls to meet. you didn't play people off? >> no, a lot my people have been with me for a long time. 10 to 20 years. we do events every weekend. these people work hard. they have been dedicated to this company and to me. if you look at covid, it's the scariest thing to happen in the history of my life. to just dump my employees the minute something bad happens, that's not the way i am built.

it wasn't going to happen no matter what. i would rather see the whole company burn and go down in flames before i would hurt my employees. >> tucker: i paid every day. -- paid everybody? >> paid everybody. >> tucker: a lot of money going out and none coming in. what do you do? >> figure out how to keep the slow alive and keep it going. i am close to the royal family. they were doing testing over there. well, if they were doing testing there, we could do it here. it was a matter of figuring out a place where we could go to build a true bubble and make sure the people were safe and put on events. >> tucker: went to abdlit-dabi? >> mike tyson called me and said

you can come to our island. there was no infrastructure. that was out. -- they suggested another island. it was the only true bubble that existed in sports. they brought people in. the workers in the hotel and the restaurant, all of the people on this island were tested before we even got. there the people we brought over we tested. flew over our own private plane that only we were on. got to the island. tested again and tested multiple times up until the event happened. the only true bubble that existed. >> tucker: that allowed you to keep your sport on the air when everything else shut down? >> rights. >> tucker: why didn't everyone else do that? ? >> i don't know. i took a lot of heat.

took a lot of bullets. >> tucker: on what ground? >> well, that's what the media does. the media does nothing. they never built anything. nobody depends on them for a paycheck. they sit back and criticize. i am going to kill people. i care more about money than human life. and the "new york times" was blasting me daily. >> tucker: because you were trying to keep your employees paid and fed and keep your business going? >> right. you are trying to figure out solutions to problems. everybody felt like it was a narrative during covid if you didn't run and hide, you were reckless. you were a monster. you didn't care about other people. the list goes on and on. >> tucker: so -- >> [overlapping talking]. >> they were working. they had nothing to worry about.

they were writing horror stories every day and they were working. >> tucker: when you are criticized by the "new york times" it's hard to keep it out of you? >> it wasn't. i live in my only little world. in our own little bubble. i knew if i went and figured out a way to do it. my team would go with me. i knew the fighters would fight. as long as everybody felt the same way, and we were not 100% aligned. some fighters were nervous. nobody was forced to fight. that's how they feed their families too. i kept everybody working. >> tucker: was there any covid death around you? the "new york times" said you killed people. >> there were no covid deaths. people caught covid. i sent out weekly videos to my employees. enjoy this time with your family

and relax. if you get covid or anybody you care about gets covid, make me your first call. we will get you taken care of. if you need toilet paper, you will get you that. if you need food or need anything call us and we will take care of you. through covid me and my team became stronger than we have ever been. once it it was time to get back to it work -- there are companies not back to work yet. my whole team is back to work 4 weeks into the pandemic and worked straight through. >> tucker: did you lose anyone? >> we didn't lose anyone. >> tucker: you were loyal to your employees and never had staff problems? >> my employees were loyal to me for the last 20 years. when the [bleep] hit the fan i was loyal to my people. they were loyal back. we got through this thing.

we threw one hell of a christmas party last year and brought kidd rock in and played for everybody. it's like it never happened here. >> tucker: you are showing the rest of the country how to stare down adversity and thrive. did any politicians call you to say i am impressed by what you are doing? >> you know, the president at the time did. he was very into it. florida was massive for us. i would equate florida to abu-dabhi. the governor and the mayor of jacksonville told us come in.

we will host you here. you can do your events here. have fighters from all over the world. the fighters from other countries we brought into abu-dabhi. the others we brought into florida. we ran our businesslike nothing was going on although we didn't have fans. houston said i need you here. how quick can you get here? i will be there as soon as your mayor lets me. we figured out a date. it was houston, texas, jacksonville, florida, and abu-dabhi. >> tucker: dana white said donald trump called him. he is happy to talk about his decades long relationship with donald trump. it's interesting.

that's straight ahead.

>> tucker: it's interesting to it find out what famous people are like. a lot of prominent people are not great. they are not loyal to the people who work for them. loyalty is a prerequisite for an honorable life. and dana white demonstrated that and was loyal to his friends even his friends were the most controversial people in the world. he and donald trump have been friends for years. he spoke when donald trump ran for president. he is not afraid. he do not work for the "washington post." he is in a violent sport. he talked about his relationship with trump. here's part of it. trump described you as the only

essential person in all american sports. you could take key people out of any sport and the sport would continue. if dana white left ufc, there could not be ufc. you are the same age as i am. 53. how long will you do this? >> i love him and appreciate that. hopefully i built a business over the last 22 years, no matter who comes and goes, tell last and continue to grow. i know for a fact that when i do leave, the right person needs to be in place to take over. there is a formula to this business. many people are trying it right now and have not been successful. i know why. i know exactly why. when i watch them running their businesses, i just shake my head and go, yeah, yeah. when i do decide to leave which

won't be soon because i still love what i am doing. i am still as passionate about it as day 1, i will have the right people in place. i have built a phenomenal team here. no one guy just does anything. you need a great team to surround yourself with. i have done that. there is no way i would let any of these people leave when covid hit. >> tucker: i didn't realize you were a legit friend of trump because of work. can you explain that? >> donald trump has been such a good friend to me since the day i met him. this company had such a bag stigma attached to it, venues didn't want us. donald trump saw this could be

big. plus, he loves sports. he offered us to come and do the event at the trump taj mahal in atlantic city. he showed up for the first time and stayed for the last fight. trump up here and wharfing down here. -- ufc down here. everything that happened, the first guy to say congratulations was donald trump. we were on the cover of the "new york times," he said i knew you would do it, dana and sent me the paper. sent me a pen to congratulate me. always sending something. a guy who was happy for your success. >> tucker: not a ton of those? >> no, then came the day he was running for president. he called me and said you, "you

don't want to do this, i completely understand and there are no hard feelings. but i would be honored if you would speak for me at the national republican convention." i said i will be there. >> he recognized the potential of the ufc and encouraged us to start the business. he got in the trenches with us and made a deal that worked for everyone. you have always been a great guy to me and a good friend to me. i spoke that day. after that day, our friendship went to another level. this guy has been so good to me. it's unexplainable. >> tucker: that's fascinating. a window into something we don't get to see. did you take a lot of abuse for that or did people accept this is a real friendship?

>> yeah -- i am in the abuse business. we take abuse every day. you would have to explain to me what the abuse on the trump side would be. i get it. this is what is sad. obviously i didn't vote for president biden. he is my president. he is the president of the united states and i am an american. i don't dislike or hate anybody who voted for biden. the fact that you are the type of person that would hate somebody because of who they voted for shows me who you are. i don't want to know you anyway. you are not my kind of person. i don't want to be friends with you either. the feeling is mutual. it's not because of who you voted for. it's because of how you carry yourself. who you vote for or what you do with your life means nothing to me. that's your personal choice. america is a free country. can you choose to vote or do whatever you want to do with your personal life. >> tucker: this is a free country. nice to be reminded of that and

nice to be a man loyal to your friends. working a documentary for tucker carlson originals about dana white. it will be out this winter on fox nation. if the animal part of you is starting to tell the higher reasoning part of you this is a police state, don't ignore your instincts. joe biden targeted his major political opponents. now the war against dissent reached a new level. the fbi targeting christians for their religious beliefs. that just happened. details straight ahead.

>> ♪ ♪ >> tucker: so you tell yourself it is not happening because you are an american and you believe in our institutions which have not been corrupt but now they are. justice department under joe

biden. the doj spent the year trying to crush joe biden's political opponents. on friday dozens of fbi agents arrested a catholic pro-life activist in front of his wife and children. here he was in december of 2020. spot the criminal behavior. >> i turned the corner to go home and there is the abortionist at the end of the block. i have been praying for 20 years i would meet him. i went up to him said, when is this going to happen? when the baby killing going to stop? he said move on. i said can't we dialogue? i had a wonderful dialogue. we talked with women, healing and babies and thanksgiving. at the end of that exchange i shared the love of christ with

him. >> tucker: that's a dangerous extremist? he is non-violent, a man of faith. biden's justice department accused him of obstructing access to abortion. a guy came up to his 12-year-old son and got in the son's face so he pushed him back. bruce love was harassing his boy. that was it. for pushing the guy back and the matter was thrown out of court, the biden administration tried to send that man to prison for 11 years. it's out of control. judge jeanine pirro was the co-host "the five" and joins us tonight. judge, thanks for coming on. this is a story you have to read it twice. trying to send a guy to prison for 11 years for pushing a guy back who gets in his

12-year-old's face? >> not only does that but tells him things i can't repeat on the air. the fbi conducts an early morning raid at the home of an individual. they is 30 fbi agents with long guns and 15 vehicle surrounding the house and pounding on the door. they have a swat team. they almost break the door down. when they open the door, there are 5 guns aimed at the head of mark. let's go back and say what do you need a swat team to arrest this father? is he a violent criminal? swat is designed for specialized training for those individuals who are a danger or a threat to public safety. the absurdity of using swat to do this is evidence of what the biden administration is intending to do to intimidate people on the right.

with a married father of 7 children all home schooled, he is someone who goes and prays on the sidewalk with his son which is a protected right. he is charged with a federal offense. this is an example of the fbi and the doj weaponizing the department of justice. we saw their it with the supreme court decision and the final release. in the end what we got is a government that is a police state. >> tucker: those fbi agents should resign in protest. judge jeanine pirro, thank you. we'll be right back.

>> tucker: george soros spent millions getting d.a.'s elected. what is the effect? this is philadelphia. a mob swarming a place and enjoying it.

and one woman walked up to the staff mid-robbery and asked are you going to make my sandwich? >> [shouting]. >> [screaming]. >> tucker: that's the country they are creating. want more of it? vote for them in november. sean hannity right now. >> sean: 43 days. welcome to "hannity." hurricane ian is strengthening in the caribbean nearing the florida coast. the latest updates. and crime in democratic cities and towns is going from bad to worse. you heard tucker. that philadelphia store ransacked. we will show you the full tape. for a pennsylvania senate candidate fetterman, his