i am anna kooiman.ay now back to tucker carlson. ♪ >> tucker: welcome back to our annual tucker carlson. you may remember our "final exam" matchup between bitter rivals dana perino and greg gutfeld. for the questions about bananas going extinct. we remember that match for the difficulties the contestants had with their buzzers. what did he do when they broke? watch. >> we have a little bit of a problem. we got to be honest with our audience. we do not lie to our audience.it we were supposed to do an exam in which the first person to hit the buzzer gets the light and there gets a chance to talk and answer the question, but what happened? >> technical difficulties. lights are not working. >> we could quit but if we were anything but great americans we would have quit. bulgarians would have given up. >> we are doing this for the people. >> and what should we do for the people?ns >> we are going to raise our hands. >> first hand up. gets theg question. if there's a problem with noticing, if it's a tie, we gong to katelyn, who is interning this year. >> her entire career is based on this mom

anna anna kooiman, now back to "tucker carlson tonight" ." stmas, everybody. >> tucker: welcome back to our annual "tucker carlson tonight" christmas special. we will take a look at some of our greatest final exam battles over the last year. you know how the game works. five questions, five answers, but just one winner. sometimes five questions is not enough. our match between bret baier an end had ed henry could not be decided, leaving just one option, sudden-death. >> tucker: question one, the oldest sitting senator in america is having problems with her reelection campaign. the democratic party in her state refuses to support her, who is it? bret baier. >> dianne feinstein. >> tucker: dianne feinstein of california says the anchor of special report, to the tape. >> this is not an easy time. >> are they all like this? >> slamming the door and senator dianne feinstein. party activists denying the state's senior senator in endorsing her bid for reelection. >> tucker: fair, balanced, and -- i was just getting -- you knew that one. if you were u

carlson maintains his comments were in where the my grant caravan is camped out. >> tucker carlson, weow where you sleep at night. >> reporter: carlson's views on. in november the left wing fringe group antifa protested at his home. fox news said in a statement attempts were made last month to bully and terrorize tucker and his family at their home. he is now once again being threatened by twitter by far left activist groups with deeply political motives. experts we spoke with today who cover media ads and sales more than a dozen advertisers pulling their fund sag big deal, but, jeff, if fox is able to find other companies to fill those slots financially, well, then as you can imagine, the show will go on. >> all right. jericka duncan, thank you very much. >>> coming up next here, a new issue for the nfl as new video shows a player in a violent brawl. this litin ♪ californians all align ♪ to let our great state shine. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪ >>> a federal judge today blocked the trump administration from enforcing new restrictions on immigrants seekings lu

tucker carlson has taken criticism for his recent comments on immigration.are leaving. here's jericka duncan. >> we have a moral obligation to admit the world's poor, they tell us, even if it makes our own country poorer and dirtier and more divided. >> reporter: when fox news host tucker carlson made those comments last thursday, critics called for advertisers to pull their ads. >> after he came under fire from a guest. >> i wish you h-bt used that language. language like that was used to describe my parents, great grandparents, and probably some of yours. let's move on. >> actually i was pointing out a fact since you brought it up noted on monday. that was noted with an elected official in tijuana about the feeling of his city. he complained how dirty it had become. >> so far more than a >> reporter: so far, more than a dozen advertisers, including pacific life and ihop, withdrew or have requested that their ads not air on carlson's program. but some haven't, like mitsubishi and bayer. >> reporter: carlson's views on immigration and other issues have come

news host and guy trying to figure out why his pet cocoon turned into a butterfly ( laughter ) tucker carlsonalready got a reputation for flirting with racism, but last week, he took it to a racy new level. >> we have a moral obligation to admit the world's poor, they tell us, even if it makes our own country poorer and dirtier and more divided. >> stephen: now, if just listening to him say that makes you feel dirty and more divide, you're not alone. tucker got a lot of heat for those remarks. but he's nothing if not the little racist who could, and he came chuggin' back up that hill on monday with a new reason he doesn't like immigrants: he just cares so darn muchs,ut u t aulae mass immigration has badly hurt this country's natural landscape. thanks to illegal immigration, huge swaths of the region are covered with garbage and waste that degrade the soil and kill wildlife. >> stephen: right, good point. because americans never do that. i don't hear tucker calling to deport a bunch of forever-21-wearing white girls named "blake." itcritics, tucker is staying focused. yesterday, while every ne

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♪ ♪ >> good evening and welcome to tucker carlson. i'm in for tucker.will join us later to discuss the ongoing collapse of men in america. but first, yet another liberal media meltdown. the mainstream media turning a visit to troops into an attack on trump. turning the post-christmas visit into a political event. >> from a national security perspective, the president should have stayed home. >> the reason he went now was because the government was shut down. >> he's like the grinch. i'm being honest. >> we should also be concerned that mr. trump once again used the captive audience of american heroes to push his unpopular domestic agenda. even in doing something right, he figures out a way to sow chaos. >> it took far too long, especially compared to obama. >> over at cnn, attacking the president wasn't enough. they decided to attack the troops as well. >> the reporters traveling said that the troops brought the hats with them, including one hat that said trump 2020. we will have to see if that actually proves to be the case. the question is if they bro

"tucker carlson tonight" is up next from washington, d.c., right after this. ♪ >> tucker: good eveningnd welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," if you have been watching television recently you probably heard the bad news. the trump administration is over. toast, cooked, done for good,d, and along with it any hope of the middle-class revolution that 63 million americans voted for two years ago, the president has been caught committing felonies, here is what the legal experts without law degrees are saying on television. >> if precedent means anything in the trump era, donald trump, must be, will be impeached because of the crimes that prosecutors say he committed in the michael cohen case. >> both parties need to get on board to pass articles of impeachment. >> you have conspiracy, you have obstruction, up campaignas finance. >> if the democrats do not pursue this vigorously, they will be accountable for abdicating their responsibility. >> it goes to the mueller question. the ethical question. democracy is at stake.il >> this criminal must be brought up by the united states for impeachme

. >> tonight at 9:00 on after words, tucker carlson talks about his book "ship of fools." he is interviewed by the chairman of the conservative union. >> if you give everyone the vote but only a small percentage share in the spoils, everyone else will be angry and will punish you with the political power they have and they will elect a populist. populism is a red alert that something is wrong with your democracy. the election of donald trump is a warning to the rest of us that this is going in the wrong direction. not get theon could attention of policymakers of the unelected donald trump. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> this week on the , christina chaplin whose government accountability office report says that the pentagon's weapon systems cyber security is vulnerable. >> right now, they do not even test the system for the kinds of threats you might see from russia, china, and north korea. they are not allowed to in terms of testing. they do not want to potentially disrupt the system. the communicators monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. a cl

♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" i'm mark steyn in for tucker. sleeping off his boxing day back but he will join us later to discuss the ongoing collapse of men in america. first another liberal media meltdown. taking the opportunity to turn an american visi a preside. accuse the president of turning the post christmas visit into a political event. >> from a national security perspective, for all the reasons that you just listed, the president should have stayed home. >> the reason he went now is that he couldn't go to mar-a-lago because the government was shut down. he is like the grinch. instead of i'm being honest. >> we should also be concerned that mr. trump once again used a captive audience of american heroes to push his unpopular domestic agenda. even in doing something right he figures out a way to sow chaos. >> it took far too long especially compared to president obama who visited troops in iraq in his first three months in office. >> over at cnn, attacking the president wasn't enough, they decided to attack the troops as well. >> the

. >> tonight at 9:00 eastern on host words, fox news tucker carlson talks about his book "ship of fools." he is interviewed by the chairman of the american conservative union. >> if you give everyone the vote but only a small percentage share and the spoils, everyone else is going to be angry and they want to punish you with the political power they have and they will elect populists. populism is a red alert that something is wrong in your democracy. the election of donald trump is a warning, whatever you think of him, to the rest of us that this is going in the wrong direction. get thelation could not attention of policymakers of the elected donald trump. >> watch the tv this week and on c-span two. --tonight, on q&a >> i have worked with four people who once and future presidents, jimmy carter, bill clinton, barack obama, and to my surprise, donald j. trump. --peter osnos >> i also came to understand about donald trump and this is profoundly important -- donald trump in his heart of hearts believes that he always wins. here is a guide that has been in new york real estate, gambling, b

what tucker carlson does is not new, and you said he's your colleague. i worked at fox news. first real job in this business. i worked for roger ailes. >> he once worked here too. >> i didn't work with him. i don't consider him my colleague. i think the trump trio are in a different business than the one that i'm in. they have different tactics. they have different reasons for doing it, and they have different goals of what they're trying to do. so i don't consider him a colleague. it doesn't mean he doesn't have the right to say it, but so do advertisers have the right to respond to what he says. same thing for us. >> the other thing that is interesting, it is a tactic -- demonizing immigrants is a tactic for the people you mentioned, for the folks over there. and also demonizing other networks and conflating liberals and democrats with actual journalists and news networks. it is a tactic to them. they do it every single night. >> right. >> they know it's not true, but they do it because of what? they are exploiting -- >> i hope you're right on one level. >> of course. they'

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tucker carlson has one of the highest rated cable news shows in primetime.own for his hard-hitting conservative views but when it comes to immigration some say he recently crossed the line. >> we're not intimidated. we plan to say what's true until the last day. >> reporter: this morning, with a number of advertisers fleeing his show -- >> good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." >> reporter: fox news star tucker carlson is standing by comments he made about immigration which some have called racist. >> we have a moral obligation to admit the world's poor, they tell us, even if it makes our own country poorer and dirtier and more divided. >> reporter: carlson later saying his comments were being taken out of context. >> thanks to illegal immigration huge swaths of the region are covered with garbage and waste that degrade the soil and kill wildlife. >> reporter: that he was highlighting what has happened in tijuana with the migrant caravan and the garbage from their tent cities, along with trash found along the border. but some on social media h

if stick around now for tucker carlson. r carlson tonight, for more than a year now the media story on immigration has been as mindless and predictable as a jim acosta script. the talking points never change, it doesn't matter what the story is. b it could be the caravan or family separation, sanctuary cities, or even ms-13. the details are irrelevant. immigration is always good whether it's legal or not because immigrants are always good. it doesn't matter where they are from or what how much english they

. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to tucker "tucker carlson tonight." cker will be breaking his observances to make an appearance later, so stay tuned for that. but first, a new warning from president trump as the government shutdown enters its second week. trump refuses to give an inch in his fight for the border wall and, today he warned on twitter "we will be forced to close the southern border entirely. if the obstructionist government, democrats and also change the immigration laws that they know mike our country is saddled with. it's hard to believe that there is a congress and president that would've proved. the office the office of management and budget director in the oncoming chief of staff mick mulvaney told fox this morning that the president is ready to negotiate an end to the shutdown, but the democrats are nowhere to be found. >> the president has been here by the way all weekend, or i christmas. he has canceled his plans for christmas and now has canceled his plans for new year's. we are talking on an hourly basis about not only what's ha

tucker carlson is coming up next. good evening, everybody. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the migrant caravan that they told you didn't exist israel and tonight it's languishing in tijuana. amazingly the local population of people who live in tijuana -- is a disaster. here is what tijuana look like e tonight. he says it's past time for the caravan to go back to honduras. plus, paris is burning and there are riots in the street. most news outlets are lying and they won't tell you why. or what this is. turns out it's a backlash against climate change agenda. tonight, the comey probe continues to hurt people who clearly have no connection to my connection at all to russian spying. comey's up prosecutors and trapped him in perjury and threatened him with prison all in an effort to make them compliant. plenty of others though on television or confident that the jerome corsi connection is finally the big breakthrough. >> the question now is, as he crossed the line legally? it looks every d

tucker carlson joins us from d.c. have a great night, everybody. >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." people debate all the time about mass immigration. what you never hear anybody do is make the economic case for mass immigration. here's why. our country's economy is becoming more automated and tech centered by the day. it's obvious we need more scientists and skilled engineers. that's not what we're getting. we're getting people with waves of high school educations or necessary. nice people. nobody doubts that. but for economics this is insane. nobody tries to defend it. instead, our leaders demand you shut up and accept this. we have moral obligation to admit the world's poor even if it makes our own country more poorer and divided. immigration is a form of atonement. previous leaders committed since. we have to pay for those since by welcoming an endless chain of migrant caravans. sounds like a dopey socialology thought up at long beach state half drunk in the 70s, you're right. that's what it is. somehow the immigration as atonement idea has b

see you then. >>> good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. vening. he will be breaking his prehog man a observances to make an appearance later on. a new warning from president trump as the government shutdown in the second week. trump refuses to give an inch in his fight for a bored dwer wall. today, he warned on twitter, we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall and also change the

tucker carlson up next in d.c. good night, everybody. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." a couple weeks from now, democrats take control of the house of representatives. before that happens, one final battle remains in congress, over the wall we have been promised along the border with mexico. for two years, democrats and their allies in the republican leadership have worked hard to keep that wall from being built. they are still working to prevent it, just five days before christmas. the thinking is if they can delay funding just a few more weeks, the wall will never be built. killing the wall, of course, would be a big political win for the left, no question about that. congratulations. but there are other considerations, too, like what about america? why shouldn't we have secure borders? i'm pretty sure democrats will have to explain that to the country. congressman jim clyburn of south carolina took a stab on it today on cnn. here's how it went. >> why would a wall help improve sec

tucker carlson is coming up next. rybody. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the migrant caravan that they told you didn't exist israel and tonight it's languishing in tijuana. amazingly the local population of people who live in tijuana -- is a disaster. here is what tijuana look like e tonight. he says it's past time for the caravan to go back to honduras. plus, paris is burning and there

tucker carlson is up next in washington, d.c. ody. ♪ no ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the mueller investigation appears to be moving in directions nobody could have anticipated. none of them obviously connected to russian meddling in the past presidential election. what is the point of all of this? and when and where does it end, if ever? ken starr and joe dee dee general have a join us. a lot of people voted for donald trump hopes they would have more of it two years in' off sit. rulila

if stick around now for tucker carlson. tu >> tucker: welcome to tucker carlson tonight, for more than a year now the media story on immigration has been as mindless and predictable as a jim acosta script. the talking points never change, it doesn't matter what the story is. b it could be the caravan or family separation, sanctuary cities, or even ms-13. the details are irrelevant. immigration is always good whether it's legal or not because immigrants are always good. it doesn't matter where they are from or what how much english they speaker home they live their lives, immigrants are alwe heart of america, they are much moree impressive than actual americans, most of whom are fat and racist. that's jim acosta's position or it was. you may havee noticed the other channels suddenly seemed less eagerbo to talk about immigrati, they are deemphasizing the issue, why is that? the problem may be the caravan which actually exists and is in tijuana, mexico, right now. this should be good news for mexico if you believe what they're

fox news is backing carlson saying, quote, we cannot and will not allow voices like tucker carlson ton intimidation efforts. >>> global markets mixed ahead of the federal reserve's decision on interest rates. in asia, the kaine closed down over -- the nikkei closed down over half a percent, the shanghai closing down 1%, the hang seng closing fractionally. european markets are mixed as markets open there. on wall street, we are seeing green arrows before the bell. the dow closed 38 points higher on tuesday. and the s&p 500 ended virtually unchanged. the nasdaq gained a fraction. both the dow and the s&p 500, they remain on track for their worst december since the great depression. this as all eyes will be on the federal reserve this afternoon. the fed is widely expected to raise interest rates for a fourth time this year. >>> imagine traveling underground in los angeles at 150 miles per hour. tesla ceo elon musk has debuted a prototype for his tunnel venture. the boring company in awe thorn, california. last night guests were invited to take a cool-looking demo ride inside the subterra

>>> good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. i'm marc stein in for tucker this evening. he will be breaking his prehog man a observances to make an appearance later on. a new warning from president trump as the government shutdown in the second week. trump refuses to give an inch in his fight for a bored dwer wall. today, he warned on twitter, we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall and also change the ridiculous immigration law that is our country is saddled with. hard to believe there was a congress and president who would approve. the office of management and budget director and the incoming white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, told folks this morning, that the president is ready to negotiate an end to the shutdown but the democrats are nowhere to be found. >> the president has been here all weekend, all christmas. he is staying in washington, d.c. over new year's. he has canceled his plans for christmas and new year's. we are talking on an hourly basis of what's happenin

now back to tucker carlson. ♪ >> tucker: most americans come according to surveys, don't want more immigration used to being denounced as racist for having those he was. it turns out, they are not alone. hardly. a skepticism of immigration is a trait they share with virtually everyone else on the planet. pew research survey people and 27 different countries on the question of immigration. and not a single country, that includes mexico, south africa, sweden, not a single country did they find a majority that wanted more immigration into their country. the question must be asked, is the entire world racist? victor davis hanson is a fellow at the hoover institution, he joins us tonight. thank you very much for coming on. we have been told for many years that elites have an attitude of immigration, open borders are great, the rest of the world shares this attitude with them because they are enlightened and only dumb people in ohio and alabama disagree. these numbers show that is not true at all. >> no, it's not. the dissatisfaction comes because of the sheer numbers. we have one fourth, almost one

tucker carlson joins us from d.c. have a great night, everybody. >> tucker: good evening.debate all the time about mass immigration. what you never hear anybody do is make the economic case for mass immigration. here's why. our country's economy is becoming more automated and tech centered by the day. it's obvious we need more scientists and skilled engineers. that's not what we're getting. we're getting people with waves

violent or kicking keep out of restaurant or attacking families in privateie moments, we saw wih tucker carlson family. you know, in his home, that is terrifying. we saw package of white powder to home of donald trump's senioe jr. and his children. i don't care what party you are in. tonto think my family, children could be attacked in a restaurant for my husband's work that is wrong. i hope people on both sides of aisle will stand up. it the come back around when democrat is in lower som power y this is not a behavior any of us would like to condone. >> mike in new york. >> i find is on offensive you aw yourself to be presented as say psychologist. real phd, your supposed graduate degrees are from mail order schools. >> not true. >> you know, you are not a licensed psychologist, i am beened in two states -- >> phil. >> to okay. the point to make to her? >> the point is she is not a real psychologist, people will take her ignorance as a possible real opinion, she is just a right winger who is presenting opinions that are not -- >> mike, we have your point. let's get aos response from our guest.

tucker carlson up next in d.c. body. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." a couple weeks from now, democrats take control of the house of representatives. before that happens, one final battle remains in congress, over the wall we have been promised along the border with mexico. for two years, democrats and their allies in the republican leadership have worked hard to keep that wall from being built. they are still working to prevent it, just five days before christmas. the thinking is if they can delay funding just a few more weeks, the wall will never be built. killing the wall, of course, would be a big political win for the left, no question about that. congratulations. but there are other considerations, too, like what about america?

tucker carlson is up next. tucker: welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." a special edition. inside the issues where we take a deeper look at some of the questions america is facing tonight. but first the news. a few hours at this point away from a potential partial government shutdown. the president says that any further funding of the government must include money for the border wall that he promised. the house narrowly voted to give him that money yesterday but so far, the senate hasn't budged. many senators are out of town. so it looks like that may not change. the official democratic line tonight if you want to protect america's borders with the wall, you hate jesus.

"tucker carlson tonight" is up next from washington, d.c., right after this. ♪ >> tucker: good eveningker carlson tonight," if you have been watching television recently you probably heard the bad news. the trump administration is over. toast, cooked, done for good, and along with it any hope of the middle-class revolution that 63 million americans voted for two years ago, the president has been caught committing felonies, here is whether legal experts without law degrees are saying on television. >> if pp, must be, will be impeached because of the crimes that

eastern, on after words, fox news host tucker carlson talks about his book, "ship of fools", he's interviewed by the chairman of the american conservative union. >> if you give everybody the vote, but only a small percentage share in the spoils, everybody else is going to be angry and they're going to punish you with the political power you have and they're going to elect populist. donald trump election is a warning. whatever you think of trump pro or con, the rest of us that this is going in the wrong direction. the population could not get the attention of policy makers so they elected trump as sort of break the glass in cast of emergency. you're not going to listen to me, i'm going to elect this orange guy, maybe you'll listen to me. >> that's on c-span2. >> when the new congress takes office in january it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span starting january 3rd. >> we take you live now to the u.s. senate where work continues on the nomination of bernard mcnamee to serve on the regulatory commission. a fi

tucker carlson is up next in washington, d.c. good night, everybody. ♪ no ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the mueller investigation appears to be moving in directions nobody could have anticipated. none of them obviously connected to russian meddling in the past presidential election. what is the point of all of this? and when and where does it end, if ever? ken starr and joe dee dee general have a join us. a lot of people voted for donald trump hopes they would have more of it two years in' off sit. ruling class clampsd down as never before on personal expression. gone are the exchange of free ideas as promised as americans supposed to be our birth right, remember? in its place now mandatory soul deadening conformity. an entire population forced to repeat the same mindless platitudes, or else. an axles of left wing corporate power, ache deemia, the media, and lawmakers have all aligned to curb your right to speak freely, which is your right to think for yourself. when they control your words, th

tolerate violencent or attacking people's families in their private moments like what happened to tucker carlson's family at his home. how terrifying that must have been for his wife. white powder sent to the home of donald trump jr.. i don't want that to happen to anyone especially someone who has put their life out there. if you suspect -- to think that my family and my children would be attacked in a restaurant i just think that's wrong. i hope that people on both sides of the aisle will stand up against her. he will come back around when democrats are in power some day. i don't think this is the kind of behavior to any of those want to be involved with. i wish the more left-leaning politicians would -- . >> host: mike in clifton park, new york. hi mike you are on with dr. kathleen hall jamieson. >> caller:r: i find it offensive that you allow yourself to be presented as a psychologist or even related to t a psychologis. you're supposed to graduates graduates degrees are not even real. >> guest: that's not true. cole you are not a licensed psychologist are you? >> host: is that the point you wa

fox knows he needs fox, and fox friends like tucker carlson and laura ingraham. >> the way he's had toetimes kiss up to fox. >> laura. how good has laura been? do we like tucker? i like tucker. >> reporter: is a remarkable merger. trump has given 40 interviews to fox since inauguration day. one day even waking ing up at t white house, seeing steve ducey outside, and coming out for a chat. >> you are about to see something on the fox news channel that has never happened. >> reporter: offer the air, stars like sean hannity confer with trump by phone. "the washington post" say advisers sometimes call hannity the shadow chief of staff, and former producer bill shine is now deputy chief of staff for communications. shine was co-president of fox news when he was forced out in 2017. he's still being paid millions in severance and bonuses. meantime, former trump communications director hope hicks is now the head of p.r. for fox's parent company. her very first press release announced fox's corporate support for this trump-backed criminal justice reform bill. the revolving door keeps turning wi

test. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight."ng in front of the tv the whole night and watching the unfolding pageant, you know that michael flynn was supposed to be sentenced tonight for the crime of lying to white house agents in his famous interview. at the very beginning of the administration. for a number of reasons you probably already heard about, none of them very significant in the cosmic scheme of things, that sentencing has been postponed until the new year. we will bring you the details when that happens. in the meantime though we thought we would seize this y opportunity to take stock of all that we have learned. michael flynn being the first target of the mueller investigation. that was all the way back at the beginning of last year, 2017.

tucker carlson up next in d.c. ker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." a couple weeks from now, democrats take control of the house of representatives. before that happens, one final battle remains in congress,on or the wall we have been promised along the border with mexico.ee for two years, democrats and their allies in the republican leadership have worked hard to keep that wall from being built. they are still working to prevent it, just five days before christmas. the thinking is if they can delay funding just a few more weeks, the wall will never be built. killing the wall, of course, would be a big political win foe the left, no question about that. congratulations. but there are other considerations, too, liketh what about america? why shouldn't we have secure borders? i'm pretty sure democrats

. >> come up on "after words," fox news host tucker carlson offers his thoughts on elitism in america. he is interviewed by matt schlapp, chair of the american conservative union. >> host: great to be with tucker carlson. i'm not used to this. the table has been turned. >> guest: it's a lot easy to ask questions. >> host: i did stay up late and really enjoyed your book. because what i find about good writing is that you pick it up quickly and you don't think about it as being onerous. you keep plowing through it which -- >> guest: nobody needs more to read. >> host: very few books you can get all the ones which it did. i think a testament to writing. i had the first question, i look at the cover art. we are all visual these days. you can judge the book by it's cover. i look to the cover and you've certain people on the cover. i expected this book to be your typical hey, republican party sometimes off-track and a little week. you didn't necessarily go into personal criticism or professional criticism on republican leadership was much bigger than that. how did you pick was on the cover?

tucker carlson is up next. ♪ ♪ >> good evening, everybody, and welcome to the "tucker carlson tonightling in for tucker this evening. president trump surprised he was troops in iraq with a holiday visit today, his first visit to troops serving in a combat zone. rather, the president briefly touched on domestic politics, saying a government shutdown will only end with money for a party wall. >> how long do you think there shutdown will last, mr. president? >> whenever it takes. we will have a wall. we will have safety. we need safety for our country. >> tammy: mack to mike emanuel is in washington with more. mike? >>

tucker carlson is up next. ♪ ♪ >> good evening, everybody, and welcome to the "tucker carlson tonightogram. i'm tammy bruce filling in for tucker this evening. president trump surprised he was troops in iraq with a holiday visit today, his first visit to troops serving in a combat zone. rather, the president briefly touched on domestic politics, saying a government shutdown will only end with money for a party wall. >> how long do you think there shutdown will last, mr. president? >> whenever it takes. we will have a wall. we will have safety. we need safety for our country. >> tammy: mack to mike emanuel is in washington with more. mike? >> tammy, good evening. president trump went to see the troops in a combat zone at a time when he's made significant as it concerns about american foreign policy and there is also a shake-up of some of his senior leadership. the president and first lady left late christmas night under tight security to visit american forces serving in iraq at christmas time. some of the message was clearly to us those men and women a merry christmas and to thank them

you saw what happened to tucker carlson said family. that's a a terrifying thing, must've been for his wife. we saw a package of white powder sent to the home of donald trump, jr. and his children. those think a terrifying. i don't want that to happen to anyone, especially someone who's elected who put their life out there. i don't care what party you are in. if you subjected yourself, my husband served in the state of missouri as a state senator, to think that my family, my children would be attacked in a restaurant for what my husband work was, i think that is wrong in that away and help people on both sides of the i will stand up against it because it will come back around when democrats are in power someday and have the presidency and i don't think this is the kind of behavior that any of us really want to be condoned. i wish that the more left-leaning politicians would do a a better job of containing it. >> host: mike is in clifton park new york. you are on with gina loudon. >> caller: i find highly offensive that you allow yoursel

. >>> more sponsors have pulled out of tucker carlson's prime time show after the fox news host suggested that some immigrants make the united states quote poorer and dirtier and lost up to 17 sponsors, but most of his biggest sponsors are staying put and carlson says he's not intimidated. >>> well, president trump's charitable foundation is shutting down amid an ongoing investigation by new york's attorney general. she accuses the president and his family of misusing donations and says the foundation is basically, quote, little more than a checkbook to serve mr. trump's business and political interests. the trump team calls the investigation pure politics and say they've been trying to shut down the foundation since the election two years ago. >>> here's some good news before you hit the roads. gas prices are plunging just in time for holiday travel and dropped an average of $26 per gallon thanks to falling oil prices. by the end of the week these eight states are expected to see prices below $2 per gallon. the cheapest gas right now is in texas at 1.65 per gallon. >>> ugly will be prett

you saw what happened to tucker carlson family, out in his home. that's a terrifying thing, must've been for his wife. we saw a package of white powder sent to the home of donald trump, jr. and his children. those are things that are terrifying. i don't want that happened anyone, especially someonei whs elected to put their life out there. i don't care what party you are in. if you subjected yourself, my husband served in the state of missouri as a state senator, ane to think that my family, children would be attacked in a restaurant for what my husbands work was, i just think that is wrong in every way and hope that people on both sideses of the aisle stand up against it because the will come b back around where democrats are in power something of the presidency. i don't think this is the kind of behavior any of us really want to be condemned. i wish that the more left-leaning politicians would do a better job ofea condemning it. >> host: mike is in clifton park, new york. you're on with author gina loudon. >> caller: i find it highly offensive th

we saw what happened to tucker carlson's family out, you know, in his home. a terrifying thing, must have been, for his wife. we saw a package of white powder sent to the home of donald trump jr. and his children. those kind of things arerfying. i don't want that to finish terrifying. i don't want that to happen to anyone, especially someone i whs put their life out there. i don't care what party. my husband or or or is in the state of missouri as a state senator, and to think that my family, my children would be attacked in a restaurant for what my husband's work was? i just think that's wrong in every way, and i hope that people on both sides of the aisle will stand up against it because it will come back around where democrats are in power someday and have the presidency, and i don't think this is the kind of behavior that u any of s really want to be condoned. i with wish that the more left-leaning politicians would do a better job of condemning it. >> host: mike's in clifton park, new york. hi, mike, you're on with author ginado loudon. >> caller: yeah.

fox news backing carlson saying we cannot and will not allow voices like tucker carlson to be censoredlitter. after having a package stolen off his doorstep, former nasa engineer mark rober took advantage of his background to get back at would-be thieves with what else but a glitter bomb. it contains one pound of glitter and pungent spray so it bursts on the thieves. rober took it one step further by attaching four phones on the device to -- what else -- record their reactions. there is really interesting and intricate. i think this guy's got a lot of time on his hands. something tells me he's so smart that he thought of this in a snap. >> how steve jobs would get revenge. >>> an update on a trending story from yesterday. the "carlton" is the subject of a lawsuit. actor alfonso ribeiro suing the makers of "fortnite" over the use of his famous "fresh prince" dance and suing epic games over backpack kid over the signature floss or pickle dance. i spoke to the world's most-famous "fortnite" player. he's known as ninja. you helped get these dances and popularized the dances. should people

. >> antifa harassing politicians or tucker carlson and the universities are teaching students to hateof race and gender. unless we counter that narrative which originates in the view that america is oppressive to females -- i can never tell you i've been oppressed in my life. i've been the subject of gender quotas in my alleged favor and unless we fight that narrative of endemic racism we are in civil war. mark: on that note, it's been a great pleasure. >> thank you, mark. mark: the next time on "life, liberty and levin".