. ♪ ♪ tuc >> tucker: well, good evening, and welcome to tucker carlson tonight.hael, one the president's campaign aides, who spoke to the press after coming out of the briefing. >> whatever it takes to help him clear up this russian collusion delusion. >> tucker: michael with l. join news a few moments what he saw in congress today. first attorney general jeff sessions gave a speech this week to a group of christian lawyers the group called alliance defending freedom. adf. protecting religious liberty and pretty much what the attorney general talked about when he spoke to them. that is not at all what the press reported. here's the headline from abc news. quote: jeff sessions addressing anti-lbgt hate group. over at nbc news there was this. jeff sessions tells hate group doj will issue religious freedom guidance. you would have thought it was a cross burning which, of course, was the entire point of those headlines to give you the impression that it was. in fact, the alliance defending freedom takes positions that are not so very different from the ones barack ob

>> come on, tucker.why that is. >> tucker: i am a man who asks questions that i am asking a question about the statement you made. >> there are acts of terror committed in the name of a la that do not reflect the muslim community. however, -- >> tucker: they may or they may not, but he'll concede, this isn't random. it's not that the u.s. government or police departments are looking for some religious group to persecute or is that what you are saying? >> i am saying that. >> tucker: why don't they do it to the amish? why don't they do it to the amish? hasidic jewish people? they speak a different anguish, not assimilated. i don't see a lot of terror attacks committed by them, do you? >> it is not profitable to be speaking against these other groups. it is very profitable to be speaking against muslims because it is feeding into this wartime effort. >> tucker: we can debate the details but i think it's important to acknowledge a baseline and that is that there has been an awful lot of attacks were actual

tucker carlson is up next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."n outrage bomb went off in washington last night, and by don today there was still a thick cloud of sanctimony and self-righteousness hanging over the city choking out all normal life. the cause, donald trump, jr.,'s meeting with a russian lawyer last summer. no one here had ever seen anything like that before. so they said. there was stiff competition, but the senator from connecticut may have won the highest indignation award when he suggested not only is donald trump, jr., a bad person, he may in fact be a russian spy. >> these emails are a textbook example and evidence of criminal intent. that is potentially a violation of the espionage act. treason. >> tucker: yes, the espionage act. the very one that sent julius and ethel rosenberg to the electric chair. they stole the plans to the atomic bomb. donald trump talk to an attorney about adoption law. both massive threats to the physical and moral security of this country. cnn thought so. it's three hour morning show spent a total of

. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."rime doesn't pay, that's what they tell you in school, though there is increasing evidence that maybe it does in fact pay. consider all the career politicians who somehow wind up rich in the end and then there's omar landau, if if he lived on your street he would be the richest guy in a neighborhood, he joined the telegrams during a firefight with u.s. soldiers in 2002 he threw killed a delta force medic named christopher speer. after he went to guantanamo bay he later pleaded guilty to murder there. lucky for khadr he was born a canadian citizen so after being released from gitmo he sue the government of canada for his impediment. here is the remarkable thing, canada settled with him. this month just in trudeau's government awarded him more than $10 million and issued an official apology for being mean to him. prime minister trudeau later said that he had not bothered to talk to the widow and he decided to defend the settlement as a win for human rights. >> i can understand canadian's

. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."or months you've watched a politicians and journalists assert with confidence that last november's election was in fact a sham. it was not a wake-up call to the political people. t it was not a cry for help from a crumbling american heartland. it certainly wasn't a sign that the ruling class is corrupt where the government was in need of reform. it was none of that. it was a fluke engineered by the russian government because they are evil and they hate our values. so far there has not been much proof that any of this actually happened or any proof at all, but we did learn tonight was that the president trump sat with vladimir putin at dinner, but in any case all of this russian narrative has changed the rules here in washington maybe forever. the russians are now our chief enemy. americans who have contact with them, any contact at all are committing treason. that's the subtext. here it is expressly stated. this is congressman mike quigley, democrat from illinois explaining the new rul

tucker carlson is up next. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the juice is loose. after nine years in prison following convictions for kidnapping and armed robbery. >> i concur and grant parole. in addition, our decision though difficult is fair and just. >> i concur. >> mr. simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. that will conclude this hearing. >> thank you. >> tucker: the decision came after hearing where simpson spoke at length about the 2007 robbery that put him in prison while his daughter testified about wanting to spend time with her father again. >> i always thought i was pretty good with people and i basically have spent a conflict free life. you know, i'm not a guy that ever got in a fight, with the public and everybody. there are tools about how to talk to people. instead of fighting and throwing punches. it's been ruled legally by the state of california that it was my property and they've given it to me. i've never been pulled gun on anybody. i never have. no one ever accused me of pointing any weapon on them. >> i don't

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." massive protests in hamburg, germany, where thousands gathered to protest. a g20 summit attended by the president. police used fire hoses to maintain order. 15 police officers were hurt in the ensuing chaos. earlier in the day, the president received a far warmer reception in warsaw,ea poland, where he spoke to a crowd that would not have been out of place at a rally in oklahoma or ohio. speeches like this are always an occasion for a president to say nice things about the country he is visiting, and president trump did that. but then he went on to do something unusual. he offered a spirited defense of western civilization from those who seek its destruction. who exactly would destroy it? radicalon islam, of course, isi, brain-dead jihadists and crazy people with bombs. they are a danger to us, the president explained. maybe the gravest threat we face comes from within. the president put it this way. >> we must work together to confront forces, whether they come from inside or out, fr

i am headed back to new york, leaving the swamp an ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlsononight." it is been a busy week in washington, not that any others are not busy these days. in the senate, republicans are making one last effort to make it genuine repeal to obamacare. in the house, debbie wasserman schultz is an awkward position of explain why she employed a pakistani i.t. expert after he was linked to major security breaches, fraud, data theft, and more. we'll have a lot more on that i had. and then the white house. there is turmoil still over the fate of the attorney general jeff sessions. one man at the heart of everything is the vice president mike pence. we sat down with him of the white house, lori spoke about the repeal of obamacare, russia conspiracies, and the drama between his president and the attorney general. thank you for joining us. those of us were watching and our viewers are basically supportive of, i think, the administration, that things are not chaotic as they seem sometimes pure and >> vice president pence: we've making incredible progress, 860,

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." president trump's speech in poland last week may have been the single best thing he has had allowed since entering politics. and for one reason. it was a rousing defense of western civilization.po he would think speech is doing that would be unusual, the only reason you hire leaders in the first place is to defend your civilization. especially ours. which is the foundation of pretty much everything we have. our history, our language, art, science, law, our entire culture. america itself is the product of western civilization. l you wouold think the people running the west would want to defend all of that. but no. it was left to donald trump to do it. >>n. we write symphonies. we pursue innovation. we celebrate our ancient heroes, embrace our timeless traditionst and customs. and always seek to explore and discover brand-new frontiers. the fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive. do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? >>

. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."resident trump held his very first face-to-face meeting with the russian president latimer putin today as the two are both in homburg for this week's g20 summit. >> we have been -- we've had some very good talks. we look forward to a lot of very positive things happening. for russia and the united states, and for everybod everybody. it's been an honor to be with you. >> tucker: most of the meeting focused on syria's ongoing civil war, but president trump also pressed putin about alleged russian interference in last fall's election. denied any such interference, of course exactly that's what he would say if he and trump ed sedar lee conspired to read it years ago. we will let you decide. meanwhile, violent protests continue in hamburg. it was so bad in one point that millennia trump was unable to attend a boat trip for the spouses of world leaders after security decided it was too dangerous for her to leave the hotel. so the european left is quick to write against trump. here's the inte

have a good night. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."ared kushner testified before the senate intelligence committee today and then spoke with many reporters read afterward. watch. >> let me be very clear. i did not collude with russia. nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. donald trump had a better message, and ran a smarter campaign, and that is why he wo won. >> tucker: ever heard his voice before? most people hadn't. we will hear more from him in a minute, but first there is otherness. democrats have they finally get it. they know why they lost to the last election, and it was not actually because of russian saboteurs. chuck schumer put his day in "the new york times" op-ed, they lost because they failed to articulate an economic message that the middle class cared about. to underscore that point, he and nancy pelosi have their noses and ventured out into rural clark county virginia today, place they'd probably never been, but a place that voted for trump by almost 20 points in november.

good night, everybody. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." we've gotten new details for this evening on the russian takeover of the u.s. government, the one you've been hearing about nonstop from every media outlet in america since tuesday. turns out it's a little more complicated than cnn initially told you. remember that russian lawyer that donald trump, jr., met with last summer? the one you are told is likely a kremlin spy sent directly by vladimir putin? it turns out the obama administration lettering. not only let her in, but took pains to make certain she got here. former attorney general lynch personally got involved in helping that lawyer come to the united states. once here, the lawyer/spy/diabolical hacker of democracy didn't just meet with donald trump junior. she also sat in on a congressional hearing, she lobbied on behalf of her government, she went to events around washington, including a dinner attended by at least one member of congress who, for the record, is not named trump. in other words, the story is considerably more c

. >> tucker: welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." an illegal alien from el salvador getting a six-figure payout from taxpayers current c of the city of san francisco. like many places in california, san francisco is a sanctuary city who privileges to turn illegal immigrants over to the feds for deportation. pedro figaro is an illegal alien from el salvador saying police reported him when he visited a police station two years ago. he sued the city after that and this week officials agreed to pay him $190,000, for the indignity of having the law enforced against him in a country he is not supposed to be hidden. keep in mind that's more than doubled san francisco's median household income. the moral, crime pays in san francisco. roberto hernandez is an immigration activist in that city and he joins us tonight. inkster coming on. so, here's someone who was in this country illegally and he sues because the country enforced its own laws against him legally and then gets paid by the taxpayers of that country. is there another place in a wor

>> tucker: i don't know. >> tucker: who we protected!> we are aligning with iran, we are aligning with assad. do you think iran is good for american interest? >> tucker: i think iran is a bad country in a lot of ways, but when it's in the context of syria, assad was much better for america than the people i believe you hope to replace them with. the kurds are going to run syria? >> they will have their independence. i'm not going to break it up. >> tucker: does it work so in iraq? >> it hasn't broken up get on the problem with iraq wasn't 2003 when we had the chance we didn't break it up. >> tucker: we didn't break it up. last question, would you, knowing what you know now, i hate to revisit this, but since you brought it up, knowing what you know now that supposing saddam, his subsequent death empowered iran dramatically, we help them gain traction, do you think that was a wise idea and do you think there are t any lessons going forward -- maybe when you take out a secular leader? >> that is a valid point you can make. in 2003 we did a

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." we are alive back in the studio for the second hour. there is breaking news. senator john mccain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, the same cancer that killed senator ted kennedy in 2009. mccain underwent surgery last week to remove a blood clot in his brain. doctors discovered a aggressive tumor. dr. said mccain remains in strong overall health and is considering treatments. washington was shocked. outpouring of support for the senator. he is from washington. the president released the statement "john mccain has always been a fighter. melania and i send our thoughts to their entire family." vice president tweeted this "answer picked on the wrong guy. john mccain is a fighter and will win this fight." george h.w. bush, "the hanoi hilton could not break john mccain's spirit years ago. we know he will meet this battle in his singular life of courage." barack obama tweeted "john mccain is an american hero, one of the bravest fighters i've ever known. cancer doesn't know what its appl

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" ." by the time we landed, things changed dramatically in washington. this is at least the fourth day in the road that is happened. everything we thought we knew about politics changed in just an instant. reince priebus was out to be replaced by general kelly. president trump tweeted out that i am pleased to inform you that general kelly will be replacing reince priebus. he also said that reince priebus is a good man and john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star and respected by everybody. a great american and reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> tucker: will he make an effective chief of staff? the most powerful branch of the world's most powerful government seemed to be devolved this week to a state of nature four against all against all. and they believe the world they wake up tomorrow where they some resemblance to the one they know now. it's seen all over the world and that's the last thing we need here. let's hope the upswing begins with general

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." we are alive back in the studio for the second hour. there is breaking news. senator john mccain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, the same cancer that killed senator ted kennedy in 2009. mccain underwent surgery last week to remove a blood clot in his brain. doctors discovered a aggressive tumor. dr. said mccain remains in strong overall health and is considering treatments. washington was shocked. outpouring of support for the senator. he is from washington. the president released the statement "john mccain has always been a fighter. melania and i send our thoughts to their entire family." vice president tweeted this "answer picked on the wrong guy. john mccain is a fighter and will win this fight." george h.w. bush, "the hanoi hilton could not break john mccain's spirit years ago. we know he will meet this battle in his singular life of courage." barack obama tweeted "john mccain is an american hero, one of the bravest fighters i've ever known. cancer doesn't know what its appl

and we will not sexualize anybody. >> tucker: thank you for joining us. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker of feminism, one of the organizers of last january's women's march is planning a new protest, this time targeting the nra, that national rifle association. protest comes in the wake of an nra ad in which radio show host dana loesch when after hollywood, and other anti-gun institutions in america. here it is. >> and then they used their ex-president to endorse the resistance. all to make them march, make them protest. make them scream racism and sexism and and a xenophobia and homophobia, the smash windows, burn cars, shut down interstates and airports, bully and terrorize the law-abiding. >> tucker: dana loesch joins us tonight. her voice is what you heard. are you going to the women's march, dana? >> oh, tucker, it's not the women's market. it's only some women's march. they don't like pro-life women's groups. they don't like women who want to be in power to use this commitment to defend themselves. i wasn't invited. they don't really like all wome women. >> tucker: i've noticed that

danna, things left coming on tonight. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: the u.s. monetary has a long and noble history of crushing tyrants and liberating countries. now another priority. limiting people from the disk them in a tory belief that there were only two cogenders in the world of biology. the veterans of the war in afghanistan are here to talk about the new transgender policy and how it will affect the world's most effective fighting force. plus big developments in the case of four men missing and the commonwealth of pennsylvania. we have a live report on that straight >> tucker: everyone america pretty much respects the u.s. military and for good reason. they are amazing. most taxpayers likes to think the money the military spends goes to expenses like submarines and ammunition. very few think it's six changes and transgender awareness training. on the other hand, it's 2017 and that means transgender recruitment is part of what the pentagon does. the question is, will that help us win wars? this captain served in afghanistan, knee joints now for an updat

thank you, everybody. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."s you just saw, the president has wrapped up the rally in youngstown, ohio, where he touted his accomplishments in the last six months. some of the most significant in the history of this country. here is part of what he said. >> sometimes they say he doesn't act presidential. and i say, hey, look, great schools, smart guy. it is so easy to act presidential. but that's not going to get it done. but i think that with few exceptions, no president has done anywhere near what we've done in his first six months. not even close. >> tucker: will have more reaction to the rally in ohio throughout the hour. back here in washington though, it was one of the more dramatic days of memory, at least politically, as the president continued a protracted rhetorical assault on his own attorney general, jeff sessions. it began before breakfast this morning with the street. "attorney general jeff sessions has taken a very weak position on hillary clinton climbs. where our emails and dnc server and intel l

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." donald trump's feud with the media got even weirder and more intense over the weekend. the president tweeted a video of a brawl with vince mcmahon with a cnn logo superimposed over mcmahon's face. it a little confusing since cnn could not be more different than this is called trolling. the digital version of getting some of someone's goat. should the president be taking time running the free world to drive the media insane? maybe not. probably not but he obviously enjoys it quite a bit. here's the response he got. >> he is sending a message that this kind of violence is okay and that the media are okay target for violence. >> he's going to get somebody killed in the media. >> there are way too many unstable people on the streets right now. this time of heightened passion passions. >> there are people out there, who will -- unhinged. irrational. who take these messages, internalize them, and may act on them.ra >> tucker: cnn's media critic argued this video is so offensive that we ough

. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."you know doubt know by now, press secretary sean spicer announced his resignation earlier today after a rough six month tenure.pr just one month after he was promoted intor new duties. meanwhile, anthony scaramucci has joined the white house as a communications director. he is the same man who just blotted cnn's nose by forcing them to retract a story linking him to russia. cnn had to fire three producers in the aftermath of that. he spoke to sean hannity following his departure. here's a preview of what that conversation looks like. >> he started sharing the podium with sarah huckabee sanders, anthony scaramucci comes in, did you feel in any way that this was against you? did you feel you are pushed out in anyway? or was it totally your decision? >> the president wanted to add to the team more than anything. i think it was in the best interest of our communications to permit, of our press organization, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. >> tucker: catch the rest of that interv

have a great night, here is "tucker carlson tonight." ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tuckerarlson tonight." donald trump's feud with the media got even weirder and more intense over the weekend. the president tweeted a video of a cnn logo as he wrestled at, a little confusing since cnn could not be more different. the most over-the-top fictional narrative, the other is a wwe. but whatever. there's a word for this. it's called trolling. the digital version of getting someone stoked. should the president take time from running the free world to drive the media insane? maybe not. probably not. he enjoyed it quite a bit. here's the response he got. all of which you could have predicted ahead of time. >> he same thing the message that this kind of violence is okay. >> he's going to get somebody killed in the media. there are way too many unstable people on the streets right now. >> there are people out there, unhinged. irrational. to take these messages, internalize them, and may act on them. >> tucker: cnn's media critic argued this video is so offensive that we ought to censor

thanks. >> tucker: any time. u.s.oving ahead with policies for integrating transgender soldiers into the army chemic armed forces. why is the question. social engineering or will it make our military more effective in fighting foreign wars? we debated with a former member of the obama administration next. they're back! and, at outback our sweet, tender snow crab legs come with a big bold outback steak! and, speaking of big... why not go full aussie, and go for a full pound! steak & crab starts at just $15.99. but, hurry in... when they're gone, they're gone! ♪ it's happening, it's happening! in the modern world, you can control just about anything with an app. your son is turning on all the lights again! and with the esurance mobile app, you can do the same thing with your car insurance. like access your id card, file a claim, or manage your policy. it's so easy it's almost scary. let's get outta here! that's auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. >> tucker: late in

night at 7:00 p.m. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."e hope to be off the twitter beat by now. there is actual news happening in the world. but there was a development in the president's ongoing feud with a certain cable news outlet that we felt was revealing enough to bring you details tonight. remember that professional wrestling video the president weeded out the other day, the one with the cnn logo superimposed on the face of a billing? how could you forget that. we interrupt this broadcast force in breaking news, because cnn had its own crack investigative team working through the night to hunt down who made that seconds-long piece of tape because nothing is more important than that. what they found out, let them explain what happened next. >> posted an apology after cnn identified and tried to contact him. he apologized for some of his other posts that were racist and anti-semitic. cnn is not publishing the user's name because of his apology, his removal of all the offensive posts, and his pledge not to repeat this behavior on soci