so i wanted to start with colin carlson.alk about what is happening to parasites in the world and why it matters. good morning. so i think the key thing that we need to get out there is that there are a lot of things about climate change we still don't know. we spent a lot of time in the last 15, 20 years focusing on the extinction of big charismatic wildlife, and thought little about how that might impact their parasites. the direct impacts of climate change on parasites have not been as well studied. our research comes out and sort of does this global survey, and really think through, ok, how good or bad could climate change be for parasites? it turns out parasites follow the logic most species do, a handful do a little better in changing, and the vast majority actually do a lot worse. they lose a lot of habitat, faced high extinction rates. amy cozad talk about why parasites are important in the world. >> i think one of the cool things about parasites is we have undervalued them for decades. and that means that when it tu

carlson: you do indeed.ou think this will be like other occasions where we've seen some degree of workmanship and they do damage to come up with something of spending bill? ms. carlson: we certainly think that as has happened every other time since the debt ceiling was instituted in 1917, that the debt limit will be raised. the question now is how noisy the process is. in recent years, it has generally been a noisy. the question now is whether the circumstances around hurricane relief change that. from a credit perspective and a ratings perspective, that political noise or the absence thereof is not particularly relative -- relevant. what's more important that the debt ceiling get raised. julia: let's say they struggle. europes of the way approaches the aaa rating -- of the moment, united on stable. what matters? is it maintaining debt payments and interest payments that are the critical things for you in terms of rating? ms. carlson: with regards to this very narrow issue, yes. making interest payments is e

in this case it is carlson.r creates cartoon figures and they're animals alongside a greek god figure they call their king, right? this is hemo. hemo the magnificent is king of nature, king of the animals, but really the persohninative indicati personification of blood. he was called dr. research. there was not a lot of creativity with names in this production. dr. research is actually a university of southern california research professor named frank baxter. if you went to school in the '60s and '70s, you are guaranteed to have seen one of his films. he had a famous series about shakespeare that he did. he became the sort of personification of the scientist, even though he's not a scientist but a doctor. they interact with the animal through a magic screen, which is an interesting way to describe a screen in which animation is predicted. the writer is kind of the wise guy, joking in public, voicing the concern that the audience might have. he smoked cigarettes. he is a little twitchy. dr. research is very calm.

we have an accident westbound 80 approaching carlson and that's backing things up at least -- one lanelocked, possibly two lanes blocked, and traffic backed up beyond san pablo dam road at this point. we're also tracking a problem westbound 80. this is right near richmond parkway. a car broke down and that has one lane blocked. speeds are slowing down and traffic is backing up towards highway 4. here's a live look at interstate 80. this is right near san pablo dam road. and you can see all the brake lights on your screen there. it's about a 22-minute ride making your way from highway 4 to the maze. so give yourself some extra time. the richmond/san rafael bridge is slowing down, as well. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> happening today, the city of benicia will take its first vote on whether or not to legalize marijuana. in november, voters approved proposition 64 legalizing marijuana for recreational use. the city posted an online survey and found 58% of people say both medical and retail pot sales should be permitted. the city council meets tonight at 7:00. >>> estimat

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carlson. i'm sure we'll cross paths again.tucker: [laughs] that is a very ominous thing to say. i don't know what it means. come back anytime. we are 17 years into a new century's of course it is time to quote primitive assumptions about sex, gender, and signs aside and raise our kids gender neutral. that is what i guessed we are about to talk to thinks about. stay tuned for that. ♪ co and dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax. designed for dependable relief. time's up, insufficient we're on prenatal care.es. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you, too. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done. ♪ >> tucker: it's a boy, it's a girl. actually, it's neither. it's 2017, the year of the gender-neutral baby. if you disagree, you are a bad person. listen to this. these are questions that didn't exist, light, 18 months

carlson. >> tucker: hold on, slow down.ore question from what i can tell is why the change.ar is it part of the endless cycle of climate change or does human activity causing it? that seems to be the debate to me and it seems an open question, not a settled question, to what degree human activity is causing it. >> it's not an open question. it's a settled question. human activity is causing climate change. >> tucker: to what degree? >> to the degree that it's very serious problem in the next few decades -- >> tucker: no, no, stop. you said it's a settled point. i am asking you a precise a question. to what degree is climate change caused by human activity? 100%? 74.3%? if it is settled science, please tell us what percentage. >> the word degree is a word that you chose. the speed that climate change is happening is caused by humans. instead of happening on timescales of millions of years or let's say 15,000 years, it is happening on a timescale of decades and now years. >> tucker: without human activity, how long would it h

have a great evening, tucker carlson is up next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlsontucn tonight." one of the most striking features of the debate over immigration in america is the fact that it's not much of a debate. you will notice the failure, indeed the refusal of our elites to grapple with what exactly it means to allow millions of low skilled workers from around the world to move here. when it comes to details about that that quote the statue of liberty and they move on quickly. they don't really want to know much about the effects of their policies. maybe they really believe that every immigrant is a high school valedictorian or some world crest stem talent who is only prevented by founding apple or curing cancer by the biggest tree. either way, facts rarely enter into the conversation. it's wholly emotional. facts matter in senate we have some. under study for the of american immigration reform finds that this country's approximately 11 million immigrants cost taxpayers about $135 billion per year and medical, education and law enforcement expenses. there is

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tucker carlson is calling out nancy pelosi and the democratic party saying the left is so power-hungryndering to whoever will keep them in office. >> the adult in the democratic party, used to be in the leadership but not anymore. nancy pelosi is the most powerful democrat in the house of representatives, not just tolerant of illegal immigration, she's now explicitly encouraging it. breaking our laws is now a great things is one of our country's chief lawmakers, the motive always the same, political power, they lost it, they want it back even if it means hurting people they are sworn to protect, they alienated the country in the obama years but have no plans to convince those voters to return. they plan to replace them with new and more reliable voters from abroad, more upset about daca and the opioid crisis. what is amazing is they are saying it out loud. >> 1000 people feared dead following the massive earthquake in mexico, 245 victims confirmed killed, the 7.1 magnitude quake rescuers in a race against time to find survivors trapped in so much trouble in mexico city and surrounding

rylee carlson, bbc news.s in a few minutes viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a full round up us for a full round up of the day's news with clive myrie. it felt 0k in the september sunshine but temperatures were still below parfor but temperatures were still below par for the but temperatures were still below parfor the time of but temperatures were still below par for the time of year. we had some sunshine in the west but also showers through the day. some of those were really heavy, with some thunder and hail. this was one of those downpours as it went through harrogate early in the day. overnight, showers continued to pester central and eastern areas but then begin to fade away. as temperatures begin to fall overnight, low cloud is likely to form over eastern, southern and central parts of england, with mist and fog hatches. we keep the clear skies in the north—west of the uk and this is where the lowest temperatures will be, getting close to freezing in the court this parts in scotland, northern england a

joining us to discuss, olaf carlson-wee. with us, our guest host for the hour, technalysis president bob o'donnell. you run the largest cryptocurrency hedge fund in the world. what does this mean? >> i think it is still unclear what the full picture looks like out of china. it is clear the chinese government has banned ipo's or initial coin offerings. i think it is still unclear what the status is of cryptocurrency exchanges in china. i do know that many exchanges have proactively delisted coins in response to that regulation. emily: i know you are no stranger to volatility, but what does this mean for your business? >> we operate in high volatility markets. we are prepared for this sort of volatility. if you look historically, this is not that unusual for the large cryptocurrency space. emily: we were talking a couple of weeks ago about regulatory issues. do you think other countries will follow china? bob: it will be interesting to see. china went this way and russia went the other way. there is a lot of discoveries to goi

this accident is blocking lanes at carlson. backed up through suisun valley. headlights westbound.ust under a 40-minute ride from 505 to the carquinez bridge. 680 to walnut creek slow southbound 12 minutes from willow pass to 24. slow southbound on 680 due to an earlier crash near the sunol grade. looks like that's cleared. but we're still in the red for our drive times just under 30 minutes from 580 on down towards 84. the eastshore freeway 31 minutes on down towards the maze from highway 4 and then the bay bridge toll plaza looks more like a parking lot but surprisingly we are in the yellow not the redheading into san francisco. >>> we are about 5 minutes away from the official sunrise but obviously you can see that glow already this morning. sun coming up with clear skies allowing for us to see the beautiful san francisco skyline and look at our mount vaca cam. there's a layer of clouds out there coming in from the north. but other than that, here's some pretty colors this morning as we look to the skies. here's a look at our temperatures, 59 concord, oakland 56, livermore 54. s

. >>> accident on 80 westbound on carlson. they moved it out of the way. now, traffic is still a little bit slower as a result even though all the lanes are open on 80 westbound, taking 28 minutes to drive from the carquinez bridge to the mcarthur maze. you can see the traffic is backed up here at the bay bridge teleplays y all over the east bay, we are seeing more and more traffic beginning to fill n no major issues, crash on westbound 92 on clawwitter. traffic is slower than normal. you may want to give yourself extra time. at 6:02, let's get back to the desk. just a few hours from now, attorney general jeff sessions will announce president trump's decision on the future of the daca program. >> he is ex-expected to say that the president will end the program but not right away. ali rasmus moss more details. >> reporter: president trump dropped a not so subtle hint about what he plans to do. he he said, congress, get ready to do your job, daca. attorney general he jeff sessions who is a staunch opponent of that program is expected to announce that. the mo

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next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight.today said it will suspend daca, president obama's program that grants special work permits and amnesty from deportation to illegal immigrants who arrived in this country as minors. you might think the move would set off a national debate about immigration, the pros, cons, how much of it we will need going forward, but no. instead the educated classes became completely hysterical lecturing the rest of us about the racism of the middle of the country. watch this. >> we can think about the policy issues, this is really red

tucker carlson up next! [ music playing ] . >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. the emmy awards aired last night in prime time. if you didn't watch you weren't alone. by the way we don't judge. even by the usual standards of show business last night's show was identity politics over art and the entertainment even before it began. an actress told reporters she was planning to judge the nominees solely on the basis of their skin color and she will wasn't the only one. >> who are you rooting for tonight? >> i'm rooting for everybody black. >> i want to thank trump for making black people number one on the most oppressed list. he's the reason i'm probably up here. >> tucker: those comments didn't seem to raise an eyebrow. of course they didn't, it's 2017 so we're used to open race hostility from the left. so used to it that many of you don't even notice t the entire show was close to that. here is a selection. >> unlike the presidency, emmy's go to the winner of the popular vote. >> i

more of the "the" tucker carlson is up next. >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to tucker carlson tonightdowngraded to a tropical storm, but the threat remains. florida's governor warns that the biggest threat is now rivers overflowing throughout the state. of course, it will be a long road to recovery from devastation and the keys and the gulf coast of florida. in naples on the west side, they took a direct hit. steve, what does it look like? >> tucker, there is a down dowe trees all over the place in the naples area, downed power lines, when you combine that with stoplights and stop

next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight.he administration today said it will suspend daca, president obama's program that grants special work permits and amnesty from deportation to illegal immigrants who arrived in this country as minors. you might think the move would set off a national debate about immigration, the pros, cons, how much of it we will need going forward, but no. instead the educated classes became completely hysterical lecturing the rest of us about the racism of the middle of the country. watch this. >> we can think about the policy issues, this is really red meat, it's really speaking to a kind of deep-seated cultural anxiety about the changing nature of the country. >> people who feel threatened by immigrants and they are using this concept of unconstitutional -- >> he might do away with daca, another moral line that he will be crossing, which is something that would be advancing white supremacy agenda and also against what the majority of americans want. >> tucker: this isn't just demagoguery, though it

more of the "the" tucker carlson is up next. >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. irma has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but the threat remains. florida's governor warns that the biggest threat is now rivers overflowing throughout the state. of course, it will be a long road to recovery from devastation and the keys and the gulf coast of florida. in naples on the west side, they took a direct hit. steve, what does it look like? >> tucker, there is a down dowe trees all over the place in the naples area, downed power lines, when you combine that with stoplights and stop signs that are not there, it makes for treacherous driving. there is also significant flooding in parts around naples, 3-4 feet in some neighborhoods, but still very difficult driving around, the dreaded storm surge that was promised here is a possibility that could claim lives up to ten to 15 feet simply never happened, the back end of that storm was just too weak it, so no lives lost in the naples area. the real issue is electricity, it is dark and quiet, 2,000 people, almost the entire cou

it is 80 westbound at carlson. one at gillman and one at carlson. traffic is slow, especially after hercules and into richmond. it is usually an hour drive. so we're almost double that time. just plan accordingly and you might want to think about using public transportation. when you get to the bay bridge, the metering starts all over from the ma i see to getting on to the bring. about 20 minutes, maybe a little more than that. and if you're driving on 24 westbound, it's moderately heavy. i will say that highway 4 has been slow all the way from the west part of antioch, all the way over to 680. this is the new normal as we have the busiest commute we have had in a while on the tuesday after labor day. just to be expected as i would say schools are all back in. if there's a school not back in, that's the exception rather than the rule. everyone that i know is back. this is a look at northbound 101 in san jose. all of the freeways are crowded getting into the valley. you can see for yourself 280 through downtown, this stretch is going to be slow. 7:33

this is tucker carlson's show on august 24. >> did the russia story disappear or is that my imaginationnt on vacation, it was the biggest story of our lifetime and with we were entering a constitutional crisis. after i came back on vacation, it's difficult to find anything on this. >> that's a typical trump protalking points. the day before that tucker carlson clip, actually cnn broke this news. >> breaking news, a cnn exclusive, a revealing email from a top aid to president trump under knew scrutiny tonight under congressional investigators. the email detailed an effort to arrange a meeting between top trump officials and russian president vladimir putin, during the campaign. >> fox's newsroom, did follow up on it, maybe tucker did -- trump had been clashing multiple gop senators over russia. but this idea has been a theme on fox's opinion shows in recent weeks, the idea that the russia scandal has -- i don't know, just faded away. >> what is one thing that i don't think anybody has talked about all week, russia. in fact i don't remember the last time i read a story about russia and th

tucker carlson is up next. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome to tucker karl son tonight.t spring, president trump drove official washington into hyper ventilation by claiming the obama administration had wiretapped members of his campaign staff. in his office at trump tower prior to the last election. not everything the president says on twitter is factually accurate, but to anyone who has been in washington for a while, that claim didn't seem crazy or even really that unlikely, that's where sort of thing does happen here and everybody knows it. imagine now confusing it was to see a parade of washington figures leap forward to denounce trump's claim is not just untrue but insane. speaker of the house paul ryan confidently told reporters that, quote, we have not seen any evidence of wiretapping at trump tower or on anyone within trump tower. richard burr and mark warner those are the two top senators on the senate intel committee. the justice department denied surveying trump staff as then fbi director jim comey while givin testimony befe congress. the media laughed derisi

tucker carlson up next!: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. the emmy awards aired last night in prime time. if you didn't watch you weren't alone. by the way we don't judge. even by the usual standards of show business last night's show was identity politics over art and the entertainment even before it began. an actress told reporters she was planning to judge the nominees solely on the basis of their skin color and she will wasn't the only one. >> who are you rooting for tonight? >> i'm rooting for everybody black. >> i want to thank trump for making black people number one on the most

for now, tucker carlson is up next. have a good night. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." last night, at a dinner with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, president trump apparently hammered up the framework to a deal that would protect 800,000 illegal aliens now covered under daca from being deported. they will get to stay, and under current law, so will millions of their relatives. it would be a massive amnesty, the biggest ever granted in american history. this is thrilling news for democrats and for open borders advocates everywhere. in return for this concession, the president receives nothing, no reduction in overall immigration totals, no titan restriction on foreign workers who take jobs from americans, no e-verify, no end to chain migration. the president isn't even getting a border wall, though he insisted he will somehow get one later possibly. >> able to get something in six months, will you continue the daca program? >> we'll talk about that, but i think adil will be made within

. ♪ "tucker carlson" is up next.ave a wonderful weekend, everyone. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." it is one video shot on a cell phone recently, shot at the university of california at riverside, but it tells you a lot about what our kids are learning at school and, therefore, where we may be heading as a country. in the video, a student sees a man wearing a "make america great again" had become so enraged that she steals it off his head. he demands it back. she refuses. and this exchange ensues. watch. >> do you know what this represents? this represents genocide. >> i understand. >> genocide of a bunch of people. >> you do not get to take other people's property in this country. >> you're recording me like i'm the criminal here. >> used all my property. that is literally a crime. >> your ancestors stole this land. [bleep], [bleep] hate this country. i'm saying it because it needs to be fixed. that's why. >> you don't fix it by -- >> because we need to get rid of all y'all [bleep

"tucker carlson" is up next.l weekend, everyone. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." it is one video shot on a cell phone recently, shot at the university of california at riverside, but it tells you a lot about what our kids are learning at school and, therefore, where we may be heading as a country. in the video, a student sees a man wearing a "make america great again" had become so enraged that she steals it off his head. he demands it back. she refuses. and this exchange ensues. watch. >> do you know what this represents? this represents genocide. >> i understand. >> genocide o

good night, everybody. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." nfl players and the national anthem continues. over the past couple of days an array of media figures and political elites have demonstrated why they are often called talking heads rather than thinking heads as they repeatedly argued that the president's attacks on those millionaire athlete protesters were both scary and bigoted. watch. >> he came proverbially as close as

carlson tonight.illary clinton's epic cross-country blame to work continues tonight in a series of interviews promoting her book, "what happened," she insists that what happened is everyone else screwed up or was out to get her. she said as much this morning on the today show. watch. >> when it comes to the self-inflicted wounds, when you look at the list of them, and you go through them in the book, did you make enough mistakes yourself to lose the election without any of the other things you talk about? >> i will say no. i don't think that will surprise you. >> tucker: so how did she lose? one hillary clinton is telling the list of guilty parties is long, not surprisingly it does not include her. in an interview she blames the media, whose members supported her in the race, but somehow sabotaged her campaign anyway. >> i don't think the press did their job in the selection, with very few exceptions. >> is it as it's just not as, you know, as enticing to the prs because the other guy is running a rea

. ♪ "tucker carlson" is up next.e. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." it is one video shot on a cell phone recently, shot at the university of california at riverside, but it tells you a lot about what our kids are learning at school and, therefore, where we may be heading as a country. in the video, a student sees a man wearing a "make america great again" had become so enraged that she steals it off his head. he demands it back. she refuses. and this exchange ensues. watch. >> do you know what this represents? this represents genocide. >> i

virgin islands is suzanne carlson. she's a staff writer for the"da news." thanks for joining us. i know types are tough. >> thanks for having me. >> where were you during the storm and how have you been holding up? >> i was at the newspaper's office during the storm and rode it out with colleagues and it was absolutely terrifying. i never experienced anything like that before. it was extreme ly frightening t hear what sounded engi engine. things flying around and the building was shaking and roof was shaking. the building survived and we came through just fine. >> it's been hard to get a lot of information out of -- a lot of different places in the caribbean and understandable why. people are in survival mode in some cases and communications infrastructure is down and hard to reach people and talking to the u.s. news media and the american mainland but given that i think it been hard to piece together a sense of how dire the circumstances are, even just in the u.s. virgin islands there, can you just give us your assessment about how tough things are right now in st. john and part

tucker carlson is up next. >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to tucker carlson tonight.ngraded to a tropical storm, but the threat remains. florida's governor warns that the biggest threat is now rivers overflowing throughout the state. of course, it will be a long road to recovery from devastation and the keys and the gulf coast of florida. in naples on the west side, they took a direct hit. steve, what does it look like? >> tucker, there is a down dowe trees all over the place in the naples area, downed power lines, when you combine that with

my colleague and friend tucker carlson coming up next from d.c. we will see you tomorrow. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" ." what if one of america's two great political parties changed completely and nobody noticed? we don't need to guess, it happened. the national press corps stairs transfixed at the president's twitter feed, the democratic party has morphed into something that bears no resemblance to what it was even ten years ago. for many decades that party was a coalition of liberal intellectuals, the organ for the country's working class. that last group kept the democrats grounded in the vicinity of reality and with them the democrats connection is gone. bill clinton ran twice against illegal immigration. he attacked it in his speeches and state of the union address. he understood that without borders you don't have a country. he also knew and repeatedly said that a flood of low wage labor undermines the wages of american citizens because it does. try making that point today. keith ellison will denounce yo

and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. today said it will suspend daca, president obama's program that grants special work permits and amnesty from deportation to illegal immigrants who arrived in this country as minors. you might think the move would set off a national debate about immigration, the pros, cons, how much of it we will need going forward, but no. instead the educated classes became completely hysterical lecturing the rest of us about the racism of the middle of the country. watch this. >> we can think about the policy issues, this is really red

my colleague and friend tucker carlson coming up next from d.c.er: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" ." what if one of america's two great political parties changed completely and nobody noticed? we don't need to guess, it happened. the national press corps stairs transfixed at the president's twitter feed, the democratic party has morphed into something that bears no resemblance to what it was even ten years ago. for many decades that party was a coalition of liberal intellectuals, the organ for the country's working class. that last group kept the democrats grounded in the vicinity of reality and with them the democrats

tucker carlson is coming up next. tonight at 9:00 bill o'reilly joins sean hannity for an exclusive interview. see you back here tomorrow night, back in new york for "the story." ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the battle over nfl players in the national anthem continues. over the past couple of days and array of media figures and political elites have demonstrated why they are often called talking heads rather than thinking heads as they repeatedly argued that the president's attacks on those millionaire athlete protesters were both scary and bigoted. watch. >> he came proverbially as close as you could possibly come to shouting at a rally the n-word. >> you tell me which of those children's mothers are a son of a b, that is racism. >> come copper nick in alabama as a son of the b word, -- >> you don't have to agree with them but that's not really the point here. no american gets to tell another american how to express their love for this country. >> tucker: did you hear that? no am