. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." journalists weren't able to keep donald trump out of the white house, but they would like to keep some of his representatives out of the pre press. nyu journalism professor said they ought to stop interviewing kellyanne conway on the grounds that she lies too much. elite daily defended the idea of banning conway, writing this on twitter... he joins us now. thanks for coming on. >> good to be here, tucker. >> tucker: there are people i

tucker carlson star of the fox news channel. we take a look at the apoplectic left and donald trump's wit. back in a moment. >> well, meryl streep accepted a lifetime achievement award at the golden globes last night. now, her speech was full of real contempt for donald trump. she attacked him on several fronts, including his alleged mockery of that disabled reporter during the election. well, mr. trump hit back early this morning with a series of tweets. here is one. meryl streep, one of the most overrated actresses in hollywood, doesn't know me, but attacked last night at the golden globes. tucker carlson tonight is the new show, debuts on the fox news channel at 9 eastern today, this evening, and tucker carlson is with us this morning. tucker, i don't like the president using that kind of personal attack and i don't think he should have demeaned the acting talent of meryl streep. what say you? >>. [laughter] >> i can't speak to the acting talent of meryl streep, i personally-- he shouldn't be responding to meryl streep. meryl

i happened to be on tucker carlson's show just minutes after the news broke about the firing of the acting attorney general, and i said on the air, okay, people who don't like this president are going to compare it to the saturday night massacre. pick up my new york times this morning, theres it is, fifth paragraph. [laughter] so there's two basic reasons, and you touched on one of them, why they have nothing to do with each other. one is arch bald cox was investigating a criminal conspiracy involving, it turned out, president nixon and his people and two top justice officials. and the other is nixon had appointed that ag, elliott richardson. sally yates is an obama holdover. she was leaving anyway, so it was a bit of a grandstand move. she's entitled to say i can't do this as a matter of conscience, i'm resigning, but instead she tried to make herself a hero, and really president trump had no choice but to fire her. trish: you know, howie, it seems like there is a level of hysteria. i think it's climaxing now. as you watched the feeds come in over the weekend and you saw the protesterses

i have to ask you about this i think watched congressman jim humane on tucker carlson last night a democrat one of the first things out of his mouth literally that americans don't like obamacare, and, by the way, 8 out of 10 support changing it significantly in some way, americans don't like it because they have been lied to by republicans about it because they don't understand it. and i thought that that was level of insanity i rarely hear from democrats. >> the whole process i think on obamacare has been a disaster they say what what we haven't done right articulate the message. >> you are too stupidest to understand i guess premium increases lot of coverage i don't have access to my doctor, and the deductibles high but smoke and mirrors. >> absolutely they are not willing to listen they have their truthths we have ours they are not willing to listen to anybody else it is to their death 8 out of 10 want change to this that is what republicans say they are going to do they issue going to bring not saying we are going to repeal it let it go we are going to repeal and replace. >> final words

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trump's senior policy advisor, steve miller told tucker carlson last night that yates's refusal is a betrayal of her office. watch this. >> what is unprecedented here, that the justice department would refuse to defend a lawful federal order for political reasons. that is dangerous to our constitutional system. >> right. >> when somebody sues the government of the united states for doing its duty, the justice department is defending the taxpayers of the united states and defending the constitution of the united states. refusing to do that is again a betrayal of the office and it is unconscionable to do so. stuart: come on in please, former attorney general of the united states, john ashcroft with us now live. mr. attorney general, thank you so much for being with us on a very important day. following the firing of sally yates, the democrat national committee called president trump a tyrant. would you care to comment, sir? >> well, first of all the president is acting to defend the american people with these orders regarding immigration and refugees and he is well within the law. the