. >> tucker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." pretty good show up ahead, we will be talking to a leader of one of the many airport protests that may have kept you from missing your flight. also debuting new segment segment, looking at what our top journalists really think when they are not writing or on camera. but first, president donald trump's executive order, seven majority muslim nations not be a now, aloud. it is faced astonishingly hostility. secretary sounds spicer said the mild down over the weekend with unjustified. here's what he has said. >> this is a blown way out of proportion, in a 24-hour period that the lack -- it's the same that people were inconvenienced but at the end of the day we're talking about a couple hours. being able to come to america is a privilege, not a right. >> tucker: joining us now, this refugees settlement director -- thank you for joining us, mark. part of it, you said this. with the stroke of a pen, donald trump has advocated american values. i compared that against the public polling on the

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the trump administration signaled that it will move forward with trump's immigration agenda. with first removing illegal criminal aliens. and a much promised wall is on the way. the white house news conference, sean spicer had this to say. >> i think the president has noted that this was a serious priority throughout the campai campaign. he has already started to work with congress. he is doing everything he can to direct the agency's and congress to commence a top work as soon as possible. >> tucker: we are joined now by the pro-immigrant group bordered angels and a fierce critic of the immigration plan. >> glad to be here. >> tucker: i've read about your views on this, they are pretty conventional on the left. you think his immigration plants are wrong and mean and immoral. you described above as a racist. you're not just a citizen of the u.s. but as mexico. you describe yourself in your bio as a proud american but an even proud or mexican. i think it is fair to ask you this questio

. >> tucker: great to see you tonight. >> thank you for inviting me, tucker. >> tucker: the senate held a hearing today for four of trump's cabinet nominees. there were many contentious moments. we are joined by trace gallagher. hey, trace. >> the most combative was for congressman tom price, donald trumps health and human services. price is a big opponent of obamacare and a big supporter of privatizing medicare. he was hammered on both fronts. first, democrats repeatedly challenged price on repealing the affordable care act. if millions americans will find themselves uninsured. watch. >> nobody is interested in pulling a rug out from anybody. we believe it is absolutely imperative for people who have coverage to keep coverage and hopefully to greater choices and greater opportunities to get the kind of coverage they want for themselves and their families. >> as for donald trump would live up to his pledge not to cut medicare, tom price believes he was telling the truth but could not offer assurances. then came the hearing for scott pruitt, chosen to head the epa. he is from one of the

♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." for people in chicago face felony hate crime charges, in addition too many charges come after they allegedly kidnapped and tortured a mentally disabled man and broadcasted on facebook. video shows the attackers, who were black, yelling f donald trump and f white people. he joins us for an update. greg. what can you tell us? >> the superintendent today called at this video reprehensible and prosecutors called it a crime, filing those charges against the four suspect, they included height crime, kidnapping, battery, as well as unlawful imprisonment, and some additional charges against the two sisters, as well as one of the suspects, who was a friend. you saw the video happen on tuesday. we know that is when the torture happen. at actually began on saturday when the victim got together with one of the suspects, front of his, jordan hill, for a sleep over for new year's. they ended up in chicago at the apartment of those two sisters and police say it all started when there was a friendly

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." just three days ago, in an interview with nbc, john lewis of georgia called donald trumpto illegitimate. he followed up by saying he won't attend the inauguration. trump responded with a series of tweets. the networks went wall-to-wall with their coverage of this. you've been watching it. this is a fight democrat started and they seem to enjoy it so far. republicans enjoy it too. attacks like the one from john lewis, will it help the democrats win elections in the future? the democratic party has lost more than 1,000 officeholders nationwide. for someone who wants to lead the democrats into the future, who is running for dnc chair, thanks you for joining us tonight. >> good evening, tucker. >> tucker: you were asked about this over the weekend on fox & friends. they asked about congressman lewis' comment. by that, did you mean that this is an election that didn't actually take place where we should pretend it didn't happen, as someone who wants to lead the democratic party, what is yo

♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the inspector general's office has issued or has started an investigation into the department of justice. specifically, its fbi director, james comey's conduct prior to the election. this is reopening something that is already been closed, we are joined appropriately by james rosen. what is this, james? >> tucker, going to be with you. many trump supporters, conservatives and legal experts are questioning the timing and particularly the scope of this investigation into the conduct of james comey. that will be carried out by the inspector general. the chief among these skeptics are the president-elect himself, who tweeted before dawn dawn and i quote, "what are hillary clinton's people complaining about with respect to the f.b.i. based on the information they had she should never have been allowed to run - guilty as hell. they were very nice to her. she lost because she campaigned in the wrong states - no enthusiasm!" investigators will probe comey's statement about the clinton investi

thank you. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: twitter storm. the forecast on social media, a dark cloud of ignorance and a lead of some over hollywood. that's always the forecast there. humidity for progress. featured a video with a number of celebrities and semi celebrities begging congress to obstruct presley elect strom's agenda. here's all a bit. >> we didn't need you and we expected to have our backs. and to use powers. >> to obstruct. >> obstruct. >> defeat. >> anything. anything that defiles our core values of american values. >> the majority. >> the majority of american people. >> tucker: there was episcopal priest in there. not surprised by that. they should totally continue to lecture americans. carlos tweeted this. these people never stop, do they? now they want to run the country? unbelievable. one wrote, they are part of the reason trump was elected. probably not his real name wrote sally field and rosie perez qualify as celebrities still. finally, come on celebs, you are ruining my good movie memories. that is tonight's twitter st

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. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." today, the inspector general's office announced it will be conducting an inquiry into the fbi and doj's pre-election investigation of hillary clinton's emails. remember that? we are going to talk to a former official on what they are doing and why. we will also talk to charles krauthammer, does it expose the deeper rod in the american press? thanks for coming on. why are we reopening this musty box? what don't we know about what happened? >> we know a lot about what happened, what we have not seen officially is whether his behavior was appropriate. there been a lot of people like me who argue that he violated a number of department of justice rules, first by speaking publicly about secretary clinton and condemning her conduct when they weren't going to be charge charges. the inspector general's job is to look at that and then pass judgment on whether or not what he did was appropriate. >> tucker: i don't think that's a crazy point to make in that he basically passed judgment on secret

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the inspector general's office has issued or has started an investigation into the department of justice. specifically, its fbi director, jim comey's conduct prior to the election. this is reopening something that is already been closed, we are joined appropriately by james rosen. what is this, james? >> many trump supporters, conservatives and legal experts are questioning the timing and particularly the scope of this investigation into the conduct of james comey. it will be carried out by the inspector general. the president-elect himself tweeted before don and i quote, what are hillary clinton's people talking about? guilty as hell, trumpet said investigators will probe his statement about the lenten investigations. and the letters that comey sent to congress just days before the election. and then closing the case again. they urged comey to resign. >> i think it is hard to be a director of such an important institution when that trust is no longer there. >> i think the fate of the

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." much like general patton, donald trump believes the best defense is a good offense. trump went on an all-out attack on today's news conference, his first since last july. it was a high-energy event. here is a highlight reel of what happened. >> i will be the greatest jobs producer that god ever created. as far as hacking, i think it was russia. but i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. i will say again, i think it is a disgrace that information would be let out. i saw the information, i read it, outside of that meeting. it is all fake news. it is phony stuff. it didn't happen. it was a group of opponents who got together, sick people. and they put that together. hacking is bad and it shouldn't be done. but look at the things that were hacked, if putin likes donald trump, guess what, folks? that is called an asset, not a liability. i don't know if i'm going to get along with vladimir putin, i hope i do. but there is a good chance i won't. >> reporter: every pr

. >> 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 press. nyu journalism professor said they ought to stop interviewing kellyanne conway on the grounds that she lies too much. t 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 disagree with all the time. i'm doing it right now. but it has never occurred to me to shun them or to punish them by not talking to them. it doesn't seem like it would serve our viewers or your readers. why would you do that? >> first of all let me say that my opinion does not represent the official position of my country. this is my personal opinion. o >> tucker: you've been talking to lawyers. i love that. >> having constructive political discourse and disagreeing with somebody, there needs to be a basic agreement on the facts. she is spreading blatant

here is tucker. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." 2016 marked a long and violent year and the likes of the city of chicago. 3550 shootings, 762 murders, an average of two killings every single day. it is getting worse. this year's death 12 marked a 57% increase over the year before. so, what is going on at chicago? to politicians and activists, too many guns. not enough restrictions on those guns. but wait. chicago already has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, those laws have not gotten any looser. could it be that the last central assumption about gun control is wrong? joshua horwitz is the director and director of coalition to stop on violence. thank you for coming on. if you look at the numbers, and i have, there doesn't seem to be any direct correlation between gun ownership and acts of violence. so, more americans own guns than they did 20 years ago. a lot more. there are far more guns per person and america than there were 20 years ago. the homicide rate has dropped dramatically. if gun control is the answer, how can that be

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." president trump announced an inauguration crack town. but is it enough? someone says he's already betraying his promises campaign promises. one of its chief architects is going to join us to discuss its decline and fall and to defend but first, a "wall street journal" report reveals that the tenacious but unverified 35 page dossier published by buzzfeed news. it had been co-opted by russian intelligence and hardly proves the documents liability to have its claims come from a businessman instead of intelligent sources. why did buzzfeed publish it in the first plates? joining us now is ben smith, editor-in-chief of the buzzfeed news. instead of only presenting known facts, they left it to readers to reckon with a messy reality. i know you have taken a lot of flak for this. let me just ask the obvious question which is, let's say i had an unverified document given to me by one of your enemies claiming that you had committed a crime. let's say that was in the hands of law enforcement but

tucker? >> tucker: thank you so much. what a sad story. we are joined by fox news national security correspondent who has more on the gunmen tonight. jennifer? >> i just got off the phone with law enforcement sources here in washington who tell me that the gunmen flied demonic flu first class. not only by the fbi, but also the army cid, that's the criminal investigative division. we know that he served and alaska and in alaska narration demonic national guard in august of 2016 pure 2016 fod serve one tour in iraq, that was from 2010-2011, february 2011. i would know that that was not a very active time in iraq. that was just before they pulled out at the end of that year. he was a combat engineer, he was separated from the national guard from the alaska national guard for performance we are told by the spokesman out in alaska. he joined the national guard, the puerto rican national guard and 2007 and that is when he deployed to iraq. his family says, has told reporters, he did suffer some mental problems after returning from iraq and what

tucker. >> tucker: of moloch. that's really nice. the dancing part though would make more than the inaugural address. thank you, jennifer. great to see you. looks pretty great over there. well, thousands of people have been celebrating here at washington. others have used the inauguration for destruction for no obvious reason. just a few blocks from the inaugural trade route, somebody let a limousine on fire. and spray-painted we the people on it. i'm not sure what people they were referring to. they smashed windows and stores. thrown objects from riders. please have come back with us pepper spray and grenades, money charged with felony rioting. no reports of a jailhouse ball tonight. president donald trump's inauguration is the biggest event of the week here in washington. in fact, in the country. it's not the only event. tomorrow, the wall will see the women's march on washington. sometimes on the president of his first day in office. it's open to women of all backgrounds, that pledge does not extend to all women, actually. includi

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," we are fewer than 40 hours away from trump's inauguration. friday's festivities continue to grow by the moment, as of right now, 68 house democrats are ditching trump's inauguration. some say they oppose his policies, other ones insist they do not agree with his entire presidency. it is not legitimate in their opinion. congressman, thank you for coming on. >> thank you very much. >> tucker: you just got elected and now you are boycotting. how come? >> a couple reasons, first and foremost, i believe that the president-elect does not share the same aspect around the affordable care act which is basically for the constituents i represent, it's very important. secondly, about the rushing hacking. i think that also to be taken seriously. thirdly about the congressman john lewis, he in the city of philadelphia received the liberty metal, celebration of the constitution a couple weeks ago. the very same mental that jimmy carter, colin powell, nelson mandela received. at the very end of the day, the president-elect will be sworn

tucker. >> tucker: trace gallagher. obama's clemency makes sure manning will only send seven years, what kind of message will it send to other soldiers who might feel tempted to reveal other secrets? we are trimmed by a former green beret. nice to see you. first, the macro question, two clemency is granted on the same day, one for chelsea manning, who betrayed the country, and one for a puerto rican terrorist who sought to wage war against the company. what are these have in common? >> both are anti-american. like a last kick in the teeth at least for obama. to be able to look at president trump and look at what has occurred over the last election cycle to say, look, this is my final gasp of, you know, look, here is my legacy, right? that we are bowing down to organizations. 130 bombs across multiple cities across the u.s., like you said. private manning, treason. >> tucker: it is hard to imagine president obama granting clemency to an abortion clinic bomber, for example. the administration on the chelsea manning clemen

tucker. >> tucker: think the lot, trace. president trump hosted british prime minister theresa may at the white house today, it was his first meeting with the foreign leader. the nato alliance which he had criticized campaigning for president. watch. >> on united in our recognition of nato, the bulwark of our collective defense. we have reaffirmed our unshakable commitment to this which i think president subject you are hundred% behind nato. >> i will be representing the american make people very, very strongly, forcefully. and if we have a great relationship with russia and other countries, and if we go after isis together, which has to be stopped -- that's an evil that has to be stopped, i will consider that a good thing, not a bad thing. how the relationship works out, i won't be able to tell you th that. >> tucker: a strong nato alliance, that's what the brits want. it sounds like a great idea. who could possibly oppose that? what would it really mean for the united states? charles krauthammer, he joins us. he has though

. >> tucker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." president trump signed a pair of executive orders fulfilling his pledge of a ban of refugees from dangerous nations, syrian refugees from entering the country until a stronger vetting process can be implement it. all refugees of rivals for the next three months and cap total refugees at 50,000 for this year, the order is already being labeled a muslim ban by critics. it won't make this country safer. one of those critics is kevin, from the center for migration studies in new york. he joins us on the set. kevin, it's good to see tonight. the kind of core question around the entire refugee issue is why does bringing in refugees from placesit like syria benefit american citizens? what's in it for americans? >> first of all, it is soft power. we are able to help other countries who share the burdent of the refugees. in that way, they are able to negotiate other issues with them. if they are in our vitalal interests. it is also a humanitarian gesture. we are a nation of safe havens. a lot

tucker. i think you're absolutely right. i have criticized the clintons for being too close to wall street. i supported burning standards. in the democratic primary. bernie sanders. he was a populace. he really did with working people. about a year and a half ago at the start of all of this, when i was out in missouri, kansas, i was out on a book tour actually. i talked to a lot of people in the middle of america who try to make up their minds between donald trump and bernie sanders. there is a huge populist wave. i think the difference between donald trump and bernie sanders is donald trump is an authoritarian populist and bernie sanders is a progressive populist. i don't think authoritarianism works in america. i am worried about authoritarianism, quite wrinkly. >> tucker: i am too. i am too. we saw that last administration. the children of the democratic party are spun out about trump, he's is a nazi, sexist but they are ignoring the economic critique. the smart people in the party like you who have had a consistent econo

>> tucker: can democrats do anything to stop it? >> don't know. >> tucker: no. [laughs] the final address to the country, our show starts right now. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to the new 9:00 p.m. in addition, as you can see we are waiting for the president. in his farewell address to the country. it should start in about 90 seconds. but until then, i am joined by my friend, bret baier. so, you have said that this is basically a summation of what the president thinks his legacy is and also a defense of that legacy. in what proportions do you thin think? >> as a looking forward speech, one that will be optimistic, that the country and president obama's eyes can still come together. but obviously she's going to be talking to the people that voted for donald trump, who are in some way democratic party politics or republican politics and they voted for the change agent. again, a short distance from this stage, barack obama was the change agent in 2008. this time, he said that this election was all about running on his record. hillary clinton. was about runn

impulsive. >> tucker: that is right. you noted that, to have up to our defense of legacy, to improve race relations, you can raise serious questions about whether he achieved that. it was really speech, he used the word organizer at least three times, may be more than that. to me that sounded like really a harbinger of what is coming. that he is trying to inspire people to share his worldview. what he is going to do next, which is something very public, isn't it? >> yeah, he is saying lace up your shoes, get the clipboard. if you are talking to people anonymously on the internet, talk to someone in person. he's trying to fire up his party. it is a party in the wilderness when it comes to the politics of where it goes. but the images here of him with his family in chicago, as i mentioned just a few miles away from grant park where he accepted the victory in 2008, for democrats i think it is probably a double-edged sword. there is some sadness but there is also, where it is a party from here? >> tucker: whenever you have a

all of this is meant to express, tucker -- >> weight. you were just explaining -- first of all, let me say, having read things you've written, going back to high school, you have written a lot, you are pretty articulate what they precise command of the language. in an article this long, you can ask blaine what that action, what form it would take, in this case, you said, it takes flipping cars over. someone paid for those cars. those aren't your cars. to destroy other peoples property to make your point isn't a valid path, is it? >> first of all, they flipped cars, second of all, tucker, i think that -- yeah, it's an article, i exaggerated. i am trying to explain what i think i actually mean by political action it doesn't consist of moderated q and a sessions or bipartisan roundtables. at the institute of politics. i think that you want to say that this way of engaging in politics is a sort of young, petulant thing among close minded liberals, but really, the ancestry of this kind of action as the tea party. they staged massive demonstra

♪ >> good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." interest two days, newly selected white house press secretary sean spicer will travel west to speak at the university of chicago. one of the nation's most prestigious and expensive colleges. he's coming at the invitation of longtime obama aide david axelrod, the topic of course is politics in the presidential campaign. not everybody on campaign believes he should be allowed to talk in public. they argue that by inviting a trump supporter to campus, the school's quote normalizing the incoming administration. some students are threatening to shut down the event entirely. one of those joins us now. he is university senior, he is also the editor of the weekly paper. things are coming on tonight. >> thank you for having me, tucker. >> i like your type. >> you wrote on facebook that you wanted to shut this thing down, and you suggested projectile vomiting, i assume it was a joke. you said that sean spicer should not be allowed to speak. i read about what you wrote about it. one of your expl

>> tucker: is just like a volcano of dumbness. it's unbelievable. it is hitlerian to say that. a lot of them just don't want to go to war. it doesn't make you a hitler admirer. >> this came up in the campaign. and trump said again and again, he wasn't talking about that. he was try to reinvent the slogan. for chris matthews to go there i think was a cheap shot. >> tucker: a leader of another country -- that's so ludicrous. chris, wake up. >> so when president-elect trump was with john lewis, martin

here to analyze it, tucker carlson, whose program, ""tucker carlson tonight," as opposed to this morning, moves to 7:00, moves to 9:00 from 7:00. you were on at 7:00, you are going to be at 9:00 right after a "the factor." carlson, you are very fortunate to have my lead and with the ratings here. you know? >> yes, i am. very, very aware of that. >> bill: the check is in the mail. are you going to cover this globes thing tonight? how are you going to do it? speak of yet, we are. i agree with everything you said. whenever privilege people act like victims, though, it annoys me so much. i think there are a couple deeper questions worth exploring. the first -- i'm not going it's to defend a trump come he can defend himself, he's got twitter -- the first is, hollywood is a business, a mass-market retail business. do they understand their customers? they seem to hate them, which is striking to me, that is one of the reasons hollywood is in trouble financially. the second question, how they learned anything from the election? you, me, everyone paused and said, what it does mean, i didn't expect

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. this justin, i am not tucker, i am ed henry. one of trump's top advisors came from the shadows. after lurking in the background for months, steve bannon told "the new york times" that the media should be embarrassed and humiliated and should be keep its mouth shut. we will have some red-hot reaction from newt gingrich. a fox news exclusive. the president just sat down hours ago with sean hannity. we have some highlights you have not seen anywhere else. and my friend willie robertson from duck dynasty will be stopping by too. the trump administration is moving so aggressively saying that the pace is just downright dizzying. those actions to move along the southern border and cracked down on sink century city's, today canceled a planned meeting with trump. in another swift move, slapped back at mexico. by proposing a 5-20% tax increase on the wall. and to keep illegal immigrants from sanctuary cities right here in america. our first guest tonight saying those sanctuary cities don't even

see you, tucker. donald trump will be here in just a few minutes. we'll have reaction tonight. and analysis, ainsley earhardt, geraldo rivera, and so many others. joining us is somebody i admire, and outspoken hollywood mega-superstar. probably one of my favorite actors of all time, such a good friend of mine, unlike

he >> tucker: a yeah. i don't think there is any got the overlong majority of norwegian bicycle lists. david paul kuhn, thank you. if it wasn't trump's races supports, it must have been the clinton campaign emails released by wikileaks. that is the explanation of the week. my colleague, sean hannity, interviewed julian a sound, the founder of wikileaks. that interview airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. here's what he told him about the effect of those weeks on the election. watch. >> did it change the outcome? who knows. it is absolutely impossible to tell. if it did, if it did, the accusation is that the true basements of hillary clinton as her campaign minister, john podesta, and the dmc, they are true statements. this would change the election. >> tucker: a lot of news, he went all the way to london to do it. you can see it tonight come a couple hours from now, 10:00 p.m. "hannity," worth it. garry kasparov is here next. he says he knows what the real problem is in russia and the >> tucker: the white h

back to you, tucker. >> tucker: thanks, bill for the update. coming up next, yet he has decided to build a big fat wall anyway. it's not next to the border, it's in d.c. >> time now for you choose the news. putting you in the driver seat. what stories should we be covering. she would like to know more about the o wall. president obama's wall. here is the story. >> welcome to red eye. hello, everyone. i'm tom shillue. >> coming up a new card with a checklist can now be bought. seems like it would have been easier to just print i'm tom shillue. if donald trump tweets about a company whose stock you own. to me this is meaningless and a 37-year-old man is banned from the starbucks after he asked